Zhou Xiang walked to the end of the farmers' market and saw an old man carrying a wicker basket, standing by the wall, looking at a loss.

Zhou Xiang asked, "Grandpa, why are you standing like this?"

Seeing that it was a little girl asking the question, the old man did not look down on her age and said, "They said that if we take up space, we have to pay. I didn't know if I could sell these baskets, so I didn't dare put them down."

Zhou Xiang was amused by the old man's honesty and straightforwardness. "Come on, I'll take you out to sell baskets. No money required."

The old man really followed Zhou Xiang out. When they got to the farmer's market, Zhou Xiang found a wall where people were sheltered from the crowd and told the old man to put down his basket. "No matter how much, I'll buy them all."

When the old man heard that they had all bought it, his lips trembled with excitement. He had not held out any hope at all and just came to try his luck.

"A large basket costs 40 cents, and a small basket costs 30 cents. Ten large baskets and two small baskets in total."

Zhou Xiang counted out four dollars and sixty cents to him. This was from the ten dollars he had just deliberately given as change. Now, ten dollars cannot be easily changed into change.

The old man took the money, and with trembling hands, he stuffed the money into his inner pocket through his collar.

Zhou Xiang went forward and shook the old man's clothes. Seeing that they did not fall off, he believed that he had put them on securely.

The old man understood what Zhou Xiang meant and patted his chest, "It's safe, don't worry, little girl!"

"Old man, do you still have wicker baskets at home?"

"Yes, yes, there's more, do you want more?" The old man was very excited.

Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, I'll take as many as you want."

"All, all of them? There are dozens more, big and small?"

"I want both. Where is your home? How about I wait for you here while you go back and find a car to bring it over?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go back now."

Zhou Xiang looked at the old man tripping over his legs in excitement and felt worried. He looked around to see if there was anyone around and put away the basket.

He followed the old man, watching the direction he went, then searched near the farmers' market, found a donkey cart, negotiated a price, and pointed in the direction to ask the donkey cart driver to drive.

In a few minutes, he caught up with the old man, who was still walking anxiously, and it seemed that the more anxious he was, the more he stumbled.

Zhou Xiang shouted to the old man, "Grandpa, get in the car. I'll go directly to your house."

The old man turned around and saw the little girl sitting on a donkey cart, so he quickly climbed onto the cart. The little girl was really thoughtful. It was a good decision for him to go out today and meet such a kind little girl. After selling all the wicker baskets at home, he would be able to have a prosperous New Year.

The old man's village is not far from the city's farmers' market, about ten miles away.

Well, this location will be the city center in the future.

The old man’s house has a separate small courtyard, which is tidy and clean.

"Old woman, hurry up and move all the wicker baskets out. We've met a big client and he's bought them all."

An old and cheerful voice came from the room, "Okay! We'll move right away."

The old man asked Zhou Xiang to sit down and poured a glass of water for the donkey cart driver.

"Grandpa, are there only two of you at home?"

The old man sighed, "There's still a grandson in the house! My son and daughter-in-law are gone. My grandson's limbs are weak and his neck is swollen. I said I'd take him to the hospital, but he didn't want to go because he had no money."

Zhou Xiang thought it sounded like the symptoms of iodine deficiency. "Can I go see him? Maybe I can tell you what's wrong with him."

When the old man heard this, he nodded quickly without caring how old Zhou Xiang was. "Okay, I'll take you to his room."

The old man pushed open the wooden door on the west side of the main house. A boy about ten years old looked at the door in shock. The boy's neck was indeed swollen and his limbs were thin.

"You're fine, you're just iodine deficient. Don't be afraid, just eat more kelp. You can eat any seafood."

The boy's eyes flashed with hope after hearing Zhou Xiang's words. Zhou Xiang nodded vigorously at his gaze, "Eat more kelp and you'll be fine. Deficiency is anemia. Eat more pork liver and spinach. You can also eat jujubes and brown sugar. Postpartum foods are all good for replenishing blood. Many people who are deficient in iodine suffer from anemia."

The old man was very happy when he heard that eating would make him better. He said, "Old woman, come here, come quickly."

The old lady who was carrying the basket had no choice but to put down her things and walked in. "What's up? You're so jumpy."

The old man looked at Zhou Xiang and said, "Little girl, please say it again. My old woman has a good memory. Tell her to remember it."

Zhou Xiang said to the old lady, "I'm telling you, remember this carefully. Your grandson is iodine deficient. Iodine is abundant in seafood, and the cheapest is kelp. Feed him more kelp, and slowly his big neck will get smaller. His weakness in his limbs is due to anemia caused by iodine deficiency. You can feed him red dates and brown sugar. Pork liver and spinach also have blood-tonifying substances, so feed him more pork liver and spinach."

The old lady was also excited. She couldn't just rely on memory anymore. "Liangliang, take a pen and remember it. When you get better, you won't have to worry about others laughing at you."

The boy nodded, found his pen, and wrote down everything Zhou Xiang had just said. Seeing that he could remember it without asking, Zhou Xiang knew that he had a good memory, so he whispered in his ear: "Remember this, don't sell your yard no matter how much money you get. In a dozen years, you can buy several houses with it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just remember what I said. You'll understand when you grow up."

The boy nodded vigorously. This sister was a good person. She didn't laugh at him and even told him secrets.

Zhou Xiang left with more than 60 baskets. The old man looked at the five yuan in his hand and thought about what the girl had just said. "I won't have money until tomorrow. If you trust me, let me take all the baskets away. You can wait for me by the wall at 8 o'clock tomorrow and I'll give you the remaining 20 yuan. If you don't trust me, I'll take 12 baskets and come back tomorrow to pick them up."

I agreed to let her take everything away in a fit of anger. Now that I have a clear mind, I no longer think that the girl is a liar. She speaks and acts like an educated person, and she knows what is wrong with my grandson. Even if I can't get the money tomorrow, I will accept it.

I'm going to the farmers' market tomorrow and I'll buy the kelp and red dates that the little girl mentioned.

Zhou wanted to ask the driver to drive the car to a remote corner of the farmers' market, unload the baskets, and give the driver fifty cents, leaving only sixty cents.

I will have money tomorrow, Zhou Xiang encouraged himself, put away the basket, and looked for a place to eat nearby. He spent 28 cents on a bowl of knife-cut noodles.

Then I strolled to the Finance Bureau, found a corner and started working, picking fruits, cutting leeks, and picking cucumbers and tomatoes.

The big baskets filled with apples and pears usually weigh more than 80 kilograms. There are 22 baskets of pears, 23 baskets of apples, and 11 baskets of peaches.

The vegetables have been picked before, and the ones on the seedlings can still grow, so we can pick them tomorrow.

We continued picking fruits and piled them on the ground. There were more than 30 fruit trees, and a normal fruit tree could produce more than 200 kilograms of fruit.