The little one's purse connects the two worlds, turning a desolate village into a paradise.

After Wang Guifen paid by scanning the QR code, she took out a bunch of cat's paw greens and a bunch of bok choy and placed them on the small table in front of Zhao Haohao: "Haohao, please help Grandma wash the vegetables, we'll add them to the noodles later."

"Okay, Grandma Wang, please come in and have a seat." Zhao Haohao had just finished cooking five bowls of noodles and was happily carrying the vegetables to the small bathroom in the back.

His mother said that he would get extra pay for extra work.

I think I can make at least fifteen dollars today!

Seeing that Brother Zhao seemed a bit overwhelmed, Ya Ya went over to lend a hand, but Zhao Haohao dodged her with a cute little twist of his waist. "Sister Ya, you rest, I can manage on my own."

After blanching all the greens in the pot, Zhao Haohao scooped them out and brought them over.

After finishing, he noticed that Ya Ya next to him looked a little lost. He wiped his wet hands clean and said, "Ya Ya, give me your phone. I'll find you an anime. You can watch it while I do the work!"

"Brother Zhao, what are cartoons?"

Ya Ya took out her phone and handed it over.

"Huh? You don't even know cartoons? You haven't watched them?! What kind of bland life are you living, Ya-jie? Cartoons are so much fun, you'll understand once you watch them. Wait for me to find you a good one."

Zhao Haohao tapped on his phone for a moment, then handed it to Ya Ya: "Sister Ya, take a look at this first."

Ya Ya stared at the two pink pigs that were moving on her phone. The pig in the red dress grunted and said, "I'm Peppa, and this is my little brother George..."

At first, Ya Ya watched Zhao Hao Hao and her aunt busy themselves, thinking that she could lend a hand if they were too busy. As the cartoon played, she gradually became engrossed in it and curled up in her chair.

Several more guests arrived outside, but they didn't call out to Ya Ya because she was watching cartoons.

Wang Guifen and her family sat down around the table with their bowls of noodles. She stirred the noodles and vegetables in her bowl, picked up a piece of cat's claw vegetable with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth: "This is the taste, just right. The young boss's wild vegetables are just more fragrant than what others dig. My son should eat more; it's good for his health."

The rest of her family members were slurping noodles and nodding, their mouths too busy to keep up.

"Mom, this bok choy is delicious too. I can't quite describe it. You should try it. If they sell it, buy some more so we can stir-fry it with mushrooms when we get home," He Lei said to Wang Guifen after swallowing a big mouthful of food.

Wang Guifen took a bite and immediately put down her chopsticks. "Wow, I thought this bok choy would be similar to those organic vegetables with traceability codes in the supermarket, but I didn't expect it to taste completely different. It has a pure, natural flavor, even more refreshing than the kind I ate when I was a child. Greenhouse vegetables are all bland and watery, they can't compare at all."

Wang Guifen quickly finished her noodles, glanced at her little boss Ya Ya who was still engrossed in Peppa Pig, hesitated for a moment, then gently patted her shoulder: "Little boss?"

Ya Ya reluctantly looked away from her phone. She had just seen Peppa Pig and her family shopping at the supermarket. The supermarket was huge and had so many things that Peppa's dad had to push a cart to buy them.

"What's wrong with Grandma Wang?"

"Grandma wanted to ask if your village grows a lot of these homegrown vegetables. I'd like to buy some. Could you supply the store regularly in the future? Wild vegetables are very seasonal; they depend on the weather and are gone after a while. But leafy greens can be grown all year round. Your vegetables are of good quality, so you're sure to sell well."

Why don't you go back and talk to the elders in the village?

Ya Ya blinked. Why was Grandma Wang so supportive of the vegetables she grew? She bought the seeds here; a few dollars was all it took to grow a whole patch.

However, since Grandma Wang had asked, Ya Ya answered seriously, "Grandma Wang, we don't have much land in our village. We only planted one row of bok choy. I have to go back and ask Grandpa Village Chief and the others. If you like, I have another basket for you."

"You've already given me a whole basketful, how can I keep taking your things for free! I'll buy this basket. Mr. Cao, come here for a moment! Try some of the bok choy that the young master grows himself, and set a price." Wang Guifen waved her hand and called Cao Xiulian over.

Zhao Haohao, who was listening nearby, quickly washed two slices, dipped them in the pot, and handed them to Cao Xiulian.

"Mmm, so refreshing. This... I... I don't know how much it costs. Outside, bok choy is at most two yuan a pound. This is homegrown, five yuan?" Cao Xiulian hesitated after finishing her meal and quoted a price. It was double the original price. Was it too expensive?

"I think it's a good deal. Five yuan is quite fair, and it would be best if we could supply the store with a stable amount."

Ya Ya lowered her head and counted on her fingers. She'd spent two yuan on a packet of seeds, and Grandma Li said the first crop weighed over eighty jin (approximately 40 kg). The second crop, with the heart of the cabbage, wouldn't be ready for another ten days or so. Selling it for five yuan a jin, that one plot of land could earn…

How do you count five eighties?

Ya Ya doesn't know advanced arithmetic like multiplication yet; she doesn't have enough fingers to use. Let's wait until we get back to the village and ask Grandpa Fang and the others.

The group attracted the attention of many regular customers eating noodles in the shop. Ma Kaiyun, an elderly woman at the next table, came over and said, "Sister Wang, what are you chatting about? I didn't see any of these bok choy on the shelf. Did you buy them all?"

Wang Guifen proudly waved the vegetable basket in her hand: "This was a gift from the young boss. It's very sweet and delicious. I'm talking to the young boss about whether we can let the village grow more to sell in the long term."

Ma Kaiyun reached out and picked up a leaf of vegetable. "This is a genuine farm-grown vegetable, healthy."

"Right? The boss said there's not much land in the village, so they don't plant much. Let's talk about it in the group chat and see if there are enough people interested in buying. If there are enough people, we might have a chance to expand planting!"

After chatting for a few more minutes, Wang Guifen and her family left the Huaya shop carrying two bamboo baskets and a bag of cat's paw vegetables.

One basket was a gift of bok choy from Ya Ya, and the other basket was also a gift, but she insisted on scanning the code and paying fifteen yuan, saying she was unwilling to take it for free again.

As the number of customers in the store gradually increased, Zhao Haohao was so busy that he barely had time to breathe. He cooked noodles, cleared the tables, and washed wild vegetables, and sweat beaded on his forehead.

Cao Xiulian felt that her son was working too hard.

Ya Ya couldn't resist helping Zhao Haohao, and even made a special mention to her aunt that Zhao's wages shouldn't be deducted.

After seeing off another table of guests, Zhao Haohao was clearing away the dishes when the shop door opened. A grandmother and granddaughter walked in. The little girl, with two thin braids, immediately spotted Zhao Haohao working and her eyes widened: "Zhao Haohao? What are you doing working here? This is illegal work! Auntie, you're employing child labor, which is against the law. You've hired two, that's double the crime!"

The little girl's grandmother was so startled that she quickly covered her granddaughter's mouth with her hand, and smiled apologetically at everyone in the store, saying, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. The child just spoke without thinking. Please don't take it to heart, boss."

The little boy looks so much like the boss; he's obviously the boss's own child helping out. How did this become child labor?

Zhao Haohao was also taken aback when he saw the little girl at the door: "Peng Xuanxuan?"

Peng Xuanxuan pried open her grandmother's hand, ran up to Zhao Haohao, and tilted her head to look him up and down. "It really is you, Zhao Haohao! The teacher just said in class last week that it's against the rules for minors to work! You're working illegally!"

"What illegal work? My mom owns a shop here, I'm just helping out and earning some extra money!"