Zuo Ling was very surprised by the current situation in Anshi.

Despite more than three months of rain, Anshi suffered much less damage than Kyoto.

In Kyoto, you can hardly see any bare ground, but in Anshi, you can walk around in rain boots, and there are scattered people setting up stalls to exchange goods.

Zuo Ling had no shortage of things for herself, and Pei Nansheng had no shortage of things to wear and use.

What's most lacking is Xiao Hao's clothes.

Looking at each stall, Zuo Ling wanted to find some things that Xiao Hao could use.

After shopping for half a day, I used 3 compressed biscuits to buy Xiao Hao two pairs of rain boots, a pair of sneakers, and three sets of sportswear.

Nowadays, nobody checks the production date when it comes to food. If it's not moldy and doesn't smell bad, people will be scrambling to buy it.

Seeing Zuo Ling exchange compressed biscuits for supplies, many vendors stared at her expectantly, their voices full of flattery.

"Young lady, take a look around here, do you have anything you need? The price is negotiable."

"Young lady, I have quite a few clothes here that would suit you. Would you like to take a look?"

"Oh my, is this your son? He's so handsome..."

Xiao Hao glared at him, "She's my sister."

Protecting its master on a snowy night, woof, woof, woof!

The vendor quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I was blind and clumsy, please don't mind, young lady."

Looking at Pei Nansheng again, I didn't dare to ask if he was your husband or something like that.

Zuo Ling was flattered the whole way, and to be honest, she felt pretty good about it.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any suitable warmer clothes for Xiao Hao.

Zuo Ling had some old clothes, but she didn't change them. She only had one precious younger brother, and Zuo Ling couldn't bear to let him wear old clothes.

He asked Pei Nansheng, "Brother, is there anything you'd like to change?"

Pei Nansheng shook his head: "I don't need anything, just change it for Xiao Hao."

Zuo Ling lowered her voice and said, "Our family is rich. Don't be shy about asking for anything."

Pei Nansheng smiled gently: "I know, I have a wealthy younger sister."

Zuo Ling said smugly, "That's right."

As she walked, Zuo Ling was drawn to a street stall.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man, pitifully thin, with a sallow complexion, staring blankly at the items on his stall.

Zuo Ling pulled Pei Nansheng to the street corner:

"Brother, could you help me switch back the fan-shaped stone and the biggest one from that stall?"

Pei Nansheng didn't ask for the reason and went directly to negotiate with the other party.

After some haggling, the deal was completed with four compressed biscuits.

The stall owner looked dejected and reluctantly helped Pei Nansheng load the stones onto the car.

After the stall owner left, Zuo Ling took out a bottle of mineral water:

"Brother, I'll perform a magic trick for you."

She poured water onto two stones. On one stone, a colorful peacock slowly appeared, while on the other stone, an even more striking image appeared: a rooster shaped like a map of China, proud and confident.

"Seven-colored malachite and a rooster embracing the dawn stone, how about that, not bad, right?"

Zuo Ling was smug.

Pei Nansheng nodded:

"That's right, that guy was Stone Madman, wasn't he? These are two of the 60 million stones?"

Zuo Ling's eyes widened.

"I was wondering what kind of stones were worth 60 million. Oh, so these are the ones. Not bad, they're worth the price."

Suddenly I felt a chill on my back.

Pei Nansheng chuckled: "Not bad. After leaving Xinzhou, you've become smarter and know how to hide your identity."

Zuo Ling's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "You know?"

"I know about all the transactions in and out of your bank account, but I don't know about anything that isn't shown on the books."

Zuo Ling said discontentedly, "Why didn't you say that?"

They've been living together for over two years, and Pei Nansheng hasn't mentioned it once.

"What did you say? Ding Jiaojiao is dead. The Ding family has suffered a great loss. They're almost all dead. What's there to say?"

It seems... that's the case.

“I expected them to check my bank account, but let them check, I have an excuse anyway. But I really didn’t expect you to come back too.”

Xiao Hao was confused. What did it mean that "you're back too"?

Pei Nansheng changed the subject:

“When the apocalypse comes, Stone Madman’s hobby will be worthless. If he knew that you traded his stone for four compressed biscuits, he would be furious.”

Zuo Ling retorted:

"You should say that it's lucky you met me, because I was willing to trade him compressed biscuits for a broken stone that is neither edible nor drinkable."

"Broken? You still want to change it?"

Zuo Ling blinked: "I...do good deeds."

Pei Nansheng was disgusted by Zuo Ling's shamelessness.

Zuo Ling clicked her tongue: "What a pity, there were still three pieces left. I wonder who he sold them to. One of them..."

She gestured to Pei Nansheng to indicate the size of the stones:

"It's a bit bigger than the Rooster Embracing the Dawn Stone, with one big and two small ones, and three sika deer, the Three Deer Welcoming the Morning Sun Stone. I think that stone is even prettier than the Rooster Crowing at Dawn Stone. I guess he sold it, I don't know who he sold it to. It would be great if we could get that stone back too."

"How about I ask for you?" Pei Nansheng pretended to leave.

Zuo Ling quickly grabbed him:

"I was just saying that. If you actually go to him, he might guess what I am. You don't know the mentality of people like him. He would rather give it away to someone else than let me have it."

Pei Nansheng didn't really want to go; he just wanted to see just how shameless Zuo Ling could be.

Zuo Ling comforted herself: "Two yuan back is already pretty good. One shouldn't be too greedy."

After saying that, he smacked his lips, unable to hide the regret on his face.

Pei Nansheng turned his head, unable to bear looking at Zuo Ling's greedy appearance.

It was the first time the family had gone shopping together. Zuo Ling didn't get enough of shopping, and Xiao Hao was also very excited.

Not wanting to spoil his younger siblings' fun, Pei Nansheng patiently accompanied them to another street and continued their stroll.

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