"What's the matter?" Su Qian glanced at Li Zai indifferently, and couldn't help but frown slightly. This place really smelled bad, even the smell of durian was almost overpowering it.
"Let's sell them all quickly and then head back."
Li Zai nodded and started hawking again, "Delicious rice porridge, one crystal core per bowl, cheap and affordable."
The old man fed the child and ate some himself. Looking at the half-bowl of porridge left in his bowl, he felt a pang of reluctance. He wanted to save it for his grandson's next meal, but this bowl...
Li Zai glanced at him and said, feigning impatience, "Why haven't you returned the bowl yet?"
The old man lowered his head and remained silent.
He really couldn't bear to part with it...
"If you want to come with us, finish your meal quickly and then go dig up ten more crystal cores!"
The old man looked up in surprise at Li Zai, "Young man, are you saying that my grandparents and I can go with you?"
"Um."
The old man slurped up the porridge in his bowl and then got up to dig out the crystal core.
Ten...
With just ten crystal cores, his grandson could survive!
The old woman moved quickly. When the ten crystal cores were placed in front of Su Qian, she nodded slightly. "After you enter the village, you won't be able to eat for free. You'll have to work."
"Thank you very much, young lady," the old man said gratefully.
In the first few days of the apocalypse, they still had some food left at home. But later, their food ran out, and their fields were ravaged by the beasts. With no other option, they had to flee the famine and seek a way to survive.
Along the way, they could only survive by gnawing on tree roots and bark.
Seeing the old man's expression, someone tentatively asked, "Where are you from, young man?"
Li Zai scoffed and said, "Where you are from is none of your business. If you want to eat porridge, trade it for crystal cores. If you don't want to eat it, we'll sell it somewhere else."
"Of course we'll eat," the man said, and then led his family to dig for crystal cores.
It's disgusting, but it's better than starving to death.
With someone taking the lead, the pot of porridge sold out quickly. Su Qian carried a small bag of crystal cores and went home satisfied.
Looking at the towering wall before him, the old man exclaimed in amazement, "Could it be that I have encountered an immortal?"
If one were not an immortal, how could one produce rice porridge in such chaotic times...?
If one is not an immortal, how could one live in such a place...?
The village gate opened, revealing a peaceful scene that brought tears to the old man's eyes. "It truly is a paradise," he said.
Shang Tian strode out and carefully examined Su Qian. "Are you alright?"
Su Qian shook her head, held up the durian in her hand, and asked, "Want some?"
Shang Tian shook his head, took her hand, and led her inside. "Let's go home first."
"Um."
"Grandpa." The old man's grandson looked at the fruit trees by the roadside and couldn't move, staring intently at the fruit on the trees.
Su Qian turned her head to look at the child and asked, "Want some?"
"Mmm." The child nodded vigorously, looking at Su Qian with his bright, watery eyes.
"I won't give them to you; they're all mine."
Everyone: "..." Is it really fun to bully a child like this? ←_←
The child burst into tears, crying, "My sister is mean!"
"Yes." Su Qian nodded, "But those fruits are still mine."
No matter how much you cry, it won't help.
Quietly, she asked, "Host, why are you bullying the child?"
"I didn't bully the child."
Jingjing: "Could it be..."
Σ（OдO‖)Σ(☆д◎川)ノ!
Under the silent, horrified gaze, Su Qian slowly nodded, "No."
That doesn't mean she's admitting to bullying her.
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