"This stack is for you; you can take it and share it with your family."

Xia Lan turned around and took another stack of food, giving it to Xiao Ling and the others, asking her to share it with Xu Li and the others.

"good."

Xu Li and the others' eyes lit up; it was a buy-one-get-one-free ticket!

"Thank you for your hard work today!"

Xia Lan smiled and waved goodbye to them, returning to her shop, the first stop on her journey.

Looking at the store already filled with goods, Xia Lan's lips curled into a smile.

What we need to do now is go to Shenzhen to purchase the goods.

"Mommy is going away for two days. Can you all be good and listen to Grandma?"

On the day Xia Lan set off, she spoke to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan.

"Yes, Tuantuan will be good."

Tuantuan pursed her lips, suppressing the urge to cry, and looked at Xia Lan with teary eyes.

Yuanyuan hugged Xialan's legs tightly, without saying a word.

Xia Lan picked up Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan and gave them a big kiss.

Xiao Yuqin and Xiao Guoqiang watched as Xia Lan boarded the train bound for Xia City.

Xiao Guoqiang sighed.

"It was something I could have done with a simple phone call, why did she insist on going herself!"

"Children have their own ideas, and we should just support them."

Xiao Yuqin glanced at Xiao Guoqiang, picked up Tuantuan and placed her in Xiao Guoqiang's arms, then picked up Yuanyuan herself.

"Waaah!"

After Xia Lan's train started moving, Yuan Yuan burst into tears in Xiao Yuqin's arms.

"This child, now that he's crying!"

Xiao Yuqin chuckled and hugged Yuanyuan to comfort her.

Xia Lan sat on the train to Shenzhen, in her sleeper berth. When she got hungry, she ate the pancakes that Xiao Yuqin had prepared for her, gazing at the scenery outside the train window.

The train was full of people heading to Shenzhen, most of them in groups. It was quite rare to see someone like Xia Lan traveling alone.

"Let me tell you, you need to know a couple of phrases in Shenzhen dialect when you get there."

"How should I say it?"

"Listen to me! You little bastard! Hang Li Laomou..."

Xia Lan was drinking water when she heard this and almost choked to death.

Everyone immediately looked over, and Xia Lan quickly waved her hand.

"Excuse me, I choked on my water."

The group then turned back to listen to the man teach them the local dialect.

Xia Lan dared not listen anymore; she was afraid she would laugh herself to death.

"When you see a woman, you can't call her 'Miss' or 'Big Sister,' you have to call her 'Pretty Girl'..."

"The same goes for gay men; you can't call them 'little brother' or anything like that, you have to call them 'handsome guy'..."

The man was still explaining things when Xia Lan covered her head, laughing silently until she was almost cramping up.

On the way there, Xia Lan couldn't stop laughing, amused by the kind older brother.

Not daring to be discovered, he could only hide in his sleeper berth, laughing uncontrollably.

The train finally arrived in Shenzhen. When Xia Lan got off the train, the man had already disappeared into the crowd.

As Xia Lan exited the train station, a large number of people swarmed around her, wanting to ask if she needed a hotel or if she was going to buy goods...

Seeing this scene, Xia Lan smiled.

"No need, I'm here to visit relatives."

As soon as Xia Lan spoke, her fluent Shenzhen dialect caused the people blocking her way to scatter.

I went directly to someone else.

Xia Lan shrugged and walked calmly to the side. Her target this time was not those shopping malls, but the service factory.

Xia Lan bought two newspapers by the roadside and then found a tea shop where she sat down and drank sweet soup.

They were as skilled as a local.

Even the stall owners were a bit confused. Xia Lan's attire didn't seem like that of a local, but her practiced manner didn't seem like that of an outsider.

"Boss, are there any clothing factories open lately?"

Xia Lan noticed that the stall owner was staring at her, so she decided to start a conversation with him.

Upon hearing the fluent Shenzhen dialect, the stall owner's eyes lit up, and he immediately replied.

"You're back to visit relatives? I thought you were from out of town!"

Xia Lan smiled.

"I guess so! My family is gone, and I married and moved to another province. I came back this time to look for my third aunt, but I haven't been back for so long that I don't even know her address anymore! I only remember that her house is next to the garment factory."

Xia Lan sighed, her face full of worry.

"It's definitely not easy to find a garment factory now! That area is full of garment factories! We have a policy now, so all the factories here are run by bosses from Hong Kong."

As Xia Lan listened to the boss's introduction, she couldn't help but nod.

Following the address given by the helpful boss, I found the garment factory. This area was full of garment processing factories.

Xia Lan doesn't plan to touch the big ones; what she wants to do is a small factory.

With so many factories, what should she do?

Just as Xia Lan was at her wit's end, two children ran over.

Who are you looking for here?

“I want to find my third aunt; she works in a garment factory.”

Upon hearing Xia Lan speaking in the Shenzhen dialect, the child pulled Xia Lan away.

Xia Lan stared at the child, momentarily stunned.

Where are you taking me?

As soon as Xia Lan finished speaking, a group of people ran out.

Xia Lan was startled, but these people meant no harm; they just assumed that Xia Lan was the kind of boss who came to work in a factory.

"Boss, watch me! I can take any job!"

"Boss, these are our samples. Your quality is excellent!"

"Watch mine, watch mine, my goods are the best!"

"Our workers are all very experienced!"

“We’ve been doing this for several years now.”

"..."

As Xia Lan listened to their self-introductions, she couldn't help but wave her hand.

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