Early in the morning, Li Yu and Lin Jiang washed up and checked out. Perhaps it was because their room was too low-end, but Li Yu didn't sleep well.

Knowing that Lin Hai and his wife would definitely come to sell roujiamo, Lin Jiang wanted to go over to help.

Li Yu did not go with him. She planned to go to the library again to buy some paper and a pen.

The pen at home is an antique that has been around for who knows how many years. Li Yu is not used to using it.

Arriving at the library, Ah Hu was not there. Only Chen Zongwen yawned as he opened the door. Seeing Li Yu, he greeted her, "Sister Li, do you have anything to add to what we discussed yesterday? Come in and sit for a while."

Li Yu said, "No, no, it's impossible to add to something we've already discussed. I'm going to buy a pen and some paper. We don't have much paper at home, and my pens aren't very good either."

"Well, it's no big deal. You can write in our bookstore. The paper and pen will be free every time you come here. As long as you can always provide our bookstore with good stories." The boss said generously.

Li Yu declined, "How can this be possible? Buying paper is buying paper, and publishing is publishing. They are two different things. There's no need to do this."

Chen Zongwen did not argue with him, but just refused to accept the money when Li Yu paid.

Li Yu had no choice but to compromise in the end.

When they arrived at the breakfast stall, they heard Lin Hai say to Lin Jiang, "Second brother, when you go home to buy meat, remember to buy some spare ribs. Your sister-in-law and I will go see if there is any fish or something nearby.

Today is the day my third brother comes home for his day off. I'll ask my mother to make him something delicious to nourish him. I wonder how he's doing in school and if he's eating well."

Li Yu then remembered that today was the day Lin He would be home. She had been so busy writing storybooks in her room lately that she had almost forgotten about it.

I walked towards the stall while thinking about it.

Said: "How's business today? Your second brother and I didn't go home last night. Is everything okay at home?"

Yang said, "Everything is fine, except that Xiaobao was making a fuss for a while. Why didn't Grandma come back? Maybe she didn't want him anymore. This is the first time in his life that he has seen his mother spend the night away from home, so he was a little scared."

Li Yu smiled and said, "It's okay. I miss him too. I'll go back and buy Xiaobao and Meimei a candied haws each."

Lin Hai agreed with a smile.

The Roujiamo business was booming, having sold out before noon. This left Lin Hai at a loss as to what to do. He had wanted to wait until the afternoon to pick up Lin He and go home together.

But with so many people, it was impossible to wait until the afternoon. In the end, Li Yu asked Lin Jiang to go to Mingde Academy and bring a message to Lin He:

"Just tell him we're going back first. We're busy this afternoon at home, so he can take the village oxcart home after school. Tell him to take the car and not walk. Tell him that I, your mother, told him that myself. Tell him not to save money."

Lin He agreed and left.

Li Yu asked Lin Hai and his wife to buy some meat and some snacks for Xiaobao.

She went to the vegetable market by herself to take a look.

There were many people at the market, most of them were farmers who grew their own vegetables, hunted in the mountains, caught fish in the river, or brought food that they couldn't bear to eat at home. They all came to the town to exchange for some money.

Li Yu walked to the stall of a little boy. He looked about twelve or thirteen years old and was very thin. In front of him was a wooden barrel with two or three fish in it.

I stared at the passers-by, but unfortunately no one was interested.

People here don’t know how to cook fish. Li Yu discovered this when he went to the restaurant with Chen Zongwen yesterday. Although a lot of seasonings were added, there was still a faint fishy smell.

Li Yu felt that they probably had not yet discovered the benefits of ginger and wine.

Indeed, people of this era did not know that wine and Chinese medicine could be used in cooking.

She squatted in front of the little boy and asked, "How much are the fish?"

The boy timidly held up two fingers: "Twenty cents each," he said.

Then he probably thought he was asking for too much, so he put one finger back and said, "Ten coins, ten coins is enough."

Li Yu sighed and said, "Twenty cents, I want all three of yours. Please help me put them on."

The boy deftly used a straw rope to string the three fish together for Li Yu and handed them to him with both hands.

Li Yu paid and turned to walk away. Halfway through, he turned back to the boy and said, "Sell me fish when you have one. My family sells roujiamo near the breakfast stall. Can you find it?"

"Yes, I can find it. Auntie, thank you, my sister can be saved. She was sick and the family had no money to buy medicine. Now I can finally go get medicine for my sister." He cried with a heavy nasal voice.

Li Yu felt sad. It turned out that her family was in the same situation. Lin He didn't even have money to buy medicine.

She smiled at the boy and said, "What a good brother! Go quickly, your sister is waiting for you."

He uttered a heavy nasal "hmm," then picked up the barrel and ran to the drugstore.

It was a long time later that Li Yu realized how powerful the two people he had saved were.

Of course, this is all in the past.