As they were talking, a girl of about seven or eight years old, carrying a basket, struggled through the crowd and came over.

"Mom, I've brought you your food." The little girl called out in a clear voice as she walked up to the stall.

Rong Qingqing and Shangguan Yanran turned to look when they heard the sound.

They all fell silent when they saw the little girl wearing old clothes with several patches on them.

The old woman said somewhat awkwardly, "Please excuse me, young ladies. This is my eldest daughter. Yaya, quickly call her 'older sisters'."

The little girl named Ya Ya, carrying a food basket, looked at Rong Qingqing and Shangguan Yanran with some confusion, but still greeted them politely, "Hello, both of you sisters."

Rong Qingqing touched her twin buns and smiled, "Yaya is so good."

Ya Ya smiled shyly, handed the food basket to the old lady, and crawled under the stall. "Mom, the food is still warm. Grandma told you to eat it early, don't wait until it gets cold, or you'll get a stomachache."

Shangguan Yanran glanced at the sky and saw that it was only mid-afternoon, with some time to go before evening. She couldn't help but ask, "Is it lunch or dinner?"

Ya Ya looked at her strangely, "We don't eat lunch, so of course it's dinner."

"You only eat two meals a day?" Shangguan Yanran asked in surprise.

The old woman hugged Ya Ya and said with some sadness, "We poor families only eat two meals a day."

Shangguan Yanran fell silent.

She had always lived a wealthy life and had no idea that ordinary people at the bottom of society only ate two meals a day.

She thought that even if they couldn't afford meat, they could at least have enough to eat three meals a day. Little did she know that she was overthinking it.

Rong Qingqing squeezed her hand, understanding her shock at that moment.

Suddenly, Shangguan Yanran untied the purse from her waist and stuffed it into Ya Ya's hands, saying, "I have some money here to buy you some food."

The old woman's expression changed. Ya Ya glanced at her and quickly pushed the purse back, "Thank you, sister, but we can't accept it."

Upon hearing this, the old woman's expression relaxed a bit, and she said to Shangguan Yanran, "You look like a young lady from a wealthy family, and you are also very kind-hearted. But we are able-bodied and don't need gifts from others. If you want to buy something, we would be very happy to oblige."

Shangguan Yanran was stunned, as if she had never seen such a person with such backbone before, and she was speechless.

Rong Qingqing admired the old lady's character and said, "Auntie, you can consider what I just said. If you're willing, you can also work in our shop."

Upon hearing this, the old woman's expression softened slightly, and she sincerely thanked her, "Thank you, young lady, we will consider it."

Looking at the weariness on her face and the bitterness etched by life, Rong Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "How old are you this year, madam?"

The old woman looked at their smooth, clean faces for a long while before murmuring, "They are twenty-five this year."

Shangguan Yanran stared in surprise, never expecting that she was only twenty-five years old.

Rong Qingqing snapped out of her daze and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, our eyesight isn't good. We should have called you 'sister'."

The old woman said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, it's all the same no matter what you call me."

Ya Ya stood beside her, listening to the three of them talking in a daze.

Rong Qingqing sighed inwardly and said nothing more. Instead, she bent down and carefully picked up the purses and sachets on the stall.

She planned to buy several more to give to Butler Hong and Zhao Yong.

After a pause, I thought I could also buy one for Xie Jingrun.