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Luo Tian texted Niannian, telling her to come back after a month of fun and not to rush back.

After reading the message, Niannian turned over and went back to sleep.

When I woke up the next morning, the yard was already bustling with activity.

Xiao Jin somehow got hold of a string of candied hawthorns and squatted on the doorstep to eat them. Qi Qi sat on a swing and swung around. Qian Qian was looking at an old book that she had found somewhere, the cover of which was curled up.

Breakfast was eaten at a small shop at the alley entrance. Niannian ordered soy milk and fried dough sticks. Luo Nannan didn't know what it was. She stared at the fried dough sticks floating in the bowl for a while, then picked one up and took a bite. It was crispy.

Her expression was subtle. She dipped the soy milk in again, took another bite, and her expression became even more subtle.

Xiao Jin asked, "Is it delicious?"

Luo Nannan chewed and swallowed, saying, "Delicious."

Niannian added another one for her.

After breakfast, I walked along the street, and there were more and more people on the road.

People pushing strollers, carrying shopping baskets, and riding electric bikes weaved through the crowd.

Luo Nannan dodged several times, but she still almost got her clothes grazed by an electric scooter. Niannian pulled her to the side.

As Luo Qiqi passed by a vegetable market, she was drawn in by the sounds coming from inside.

The sounds of fish being killed, meat being chopped, vendors shouting, and plastic baskets stacked together mingled together. She looked in from the doorway and was drawn to the pile of lively, wriggling shrimp inside.

Qianqian followed her inside for a walk, and when she came out, she had a bag of shrimp in her hand, saying that Qiqi wanted to buy them to feed the spirit fish in the sect's fishpond.

When we walked into a slightly off-the-beaten-path alley, there was a crowd gathered in front of us.

A middle-aged man in a black short-sleeved shirt stood next to a tricycle, patting the back of the vehicle and talking loudly, his spittle practically flying out.

Several baskets of fruit were placed on the tricycle, and a young woman stood next to it, her face pale, her head down and silent.

Niannian got closer and understood after listening to a few words.

The man said the fruit wasn't fresh and demanded a refund from the woman. The woman replied that it had only been on display for two hours and was all freshly delivered that morning.

The man ignored her and kept banging on the truck bed, making a loud banging sound. A crowd of onlookers gathered, but no one stepped forward.

Seeing this scene, Luo Nannan whispered to Niannian, "What is he going to do?"

"Looking for trouble," Niannian said.

The female vendor's face grew increasingly grim; her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

The man probably thought she was easy to bully, so he took another step forward and raised his voice a bit higher.

Niannian glanced at it a few times, then walked over.

She walked to the tricycle, bent down, took an apple from the basket, wiped it on her sleeve, took a bite, chewed it twice, and then looked up at the man and said:

"Did you buy these apples this morning? How much were they per pound?"

The man was taken aback by her question: "Who are you?"

"I was just asking." Niannian took another bite of the apple. "This apple looks quite fresh, it doesn't seem rotten."

If you don't think it's fresh, you can return it, but what kind of behavior is it to smash someone's car here?

Someone nearby quietly chimed in, "Exactly."

The man, embarrassed, glared at Niannian and said, "Why are you interrupting when adults are talking?"

Niannian didn't respond to that, but threw the apple core into the nearby trash can and clapped her hands.

"Then go return your goods, don't just stand here."

People around started making a fuss. The man's face flushed, and he wanted to say something, but with more and more eyes on him, he finally said "You people" and turned away.

The female vendor breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked Niannian.

Niannian waved her hand and said it was nothing, then casually took two apples and put them in her pocket, saying they were a thank you gift.

The female vendor smiled and said, "Take it, take it."

As they walked out of the alley, Luo Nannan approached Niannian and asked, "Why did you bite that apple just now?"

"How do you know if it's fresh or not if you don't take a bite?"

"You put it back after you finished biting into it?"

"I put it in my pocket." Niannian patted her pocket, revealing two round bulges.

Luo Nannan didn't say anything more, but as she walked beside her, the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.

They ate lunch at a noodle shop. The place wasn't big, and the tables and chairs were close together. They sat in a long row, with Xiao Jin and Qi Qi sitting opposite each other, Qian Qian at the very edge, and Ku Mu Zun Zhe sitting in a corner. He didn't talk much but ate slowly.

When Luo Nannan was eating noodles, she picked up a noodle and blew on it, which caused her eyes to be steamed by the hot air. Qiqi, who was next to her, saw this and laughed so hard that she could barely hold her bowl.

Niannian pushed a small dish of vegetables in front of her, saying it would taste better if she mixed it in. She tried it, took a bite, and then picked up a second bite.

After finishing her meal, Luo Qiqi was walking around the square to digest. In the center of the square, there was a flock of pigeons. She ran over, squatted down, and reached out her hand. The pigeons scattered in a flurry, and she stood there stunned.

Qianqian walked over and scattered some crumbs of bread on the ground, and the pigeons circled around again.

Luo Qiqi followed her example and scattered some pigeons. This time, the pigeons didn't run away. She squatted among the pigeons and laughed until her eyes crinkled.

As I walked back in the evening, there were fewer people on the street.

Luo Nannan walked between Niannian and Xiaoxiao, not very fast, but faster than yesterday.

While waiting at a traffic light at an intersection, she looked up and saw the traffic light across the street turn green, and said:

"The lanterns will change color."

"Traffic lights," Niannian said. "Red means stop, green means go."

"I know," Luo Nannan said. "I've never seen it, but I know this."

Niannian glanced at her, said nothing, and walked forward when the green light came on.

It was already dark when I got back to my lodgings.

A small lamp was lit in the courtyard, its dim light casting long shadows on the stone pavement.

Niannian sat on the stone steps, took out the two apples from her pocket, wiped one, and handed it to Luo Nannan.

Luo Nannan took it and took a bite; it made a crisp sound.

Xiao Xiao sat down as well, put the shrimp she bought during the day into her spirit beast pouch, and turned around to say:

"Let's go for a walk on the other side of the river tomorrow. I heard the riverbank is quite wide."

Niannian agreed, and Qiqi called Qianqian from inside the house to help her untangle her hair. Xiaojin pulled out a bag of spicy strips from somewhere and squatted down against the wall to open it.

The sounds in the courtyard were all mixed together, and they couldn't travel very far even through the courtyard wall.

Luo Tian received a short message from Nian Nian in the sect, which read "Everything goes well" followed by a crooked smiley face.

He read the message but did not reply. Instead, he continued reading the ancient book that was spread out beside him.

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