It was just dawn and the city had not yet fully awakened from its silence, but the three Yu Bai siblings had already gathered in the living room.
"Brother, you should rest at home today."
"I'm going to the market to buy some necessities for Fusu and Han Yi. Fourth brother, go pick up the car."
Yu Bai's voice had the hoarseness that was unique to the early morning.
She has already planned it.
Yu Sheng's body still needs to be recuperated, and she doesn't want him to be too tired.
After all, I still have to undergo surgery in a few days.
Yu Sheng shook his head and looked up at Yu Bai: "I'll go with you."
His voice was not loud, but very insistent.
Yu Bai looked at the stubbornness in Yu Sheng's eyes and swallowed the persuasion that was on the tip of his tongue.
That's good, let him go out for a walk and relax, it's better than staying at home.
Thinking of the surgery and bed rest she might have to face in a few days, she nodded slightly.
"Okay, then we'll go together. Fourth brother, be careful on the road."
"Um."
Yu Cheng responded, picked up the car keys, turned around and walked out.
The farmers' market at seven o'clock in the morning presents a strange scene.
It's busy, and it is.
Trucks and tricycles, big and small, came in and out, their tires rolling over the wet ground, leaving marks of varying depths.
It's deserted, and it is indeed deserted.
Compared with the bustling and crowded individual buyers around nine o'clock, there are far fewer individual buyers now, and they are replaced by vehicles purchasing in large quantities.
In this way, the small truck driven by Yu Bai and his friends did not seem out of place among them.
She drove into the parking lot of the small park opposite the market with familiarity.
The terrain here is open, but because it is still early, there are only a few elderly people here, each occupying a small piece of world, leisurely playing with spinning tops and practicing Tai Chi.
The crisp sound of whistles and soothing music intermittently in the cold wind made the place seem especially quiet.
"It's safe here," Yu Bai turned off the engine and explained to Yu Sheng, "There are fewer people and the view is good."
After parking the car, the two walked towards the market.
Yu Bai’s goal was clear, she went straight to the steamed bun stall that she had reserved in advance.
The stall owner was a down-to-earth middle-aged man. Seeing Yu Bai, he smiled innocently and pointed to several large plastic bags piled up like a small mountain nearby:
"Sister, the two thousand steamed buns you requested are all packed for you. They're fresh out of the oven and still hot!"
"Thank you for your help, big brother." Yu Bai nodded and paid the balance readily.
Then she gave the stall owner some extra money and asked him to find a young and strong man to help her deliver the buns to the truck in the park parking lot.
Only after the young man loaded several large bags of steamed buns into the back of her pickup truck and disappeared at the market entrance did Yu Bai slowly move.
She first looked around to make sure that the elderly people doing morning exercises were still immersed in their own world and not paying attention to this side, then she gently placed her palm on the bags full of steamed buns.
A glimmer of light.
In just a blink of an eye, the carriage that was originally packed to the brim became empty in an instant, as if those steamed buns had never appeared.
For the entire morning, Yu Bai was like the most efficient shopping machine.
She took Yu Sheng to every corner of the market. Considering that they had to supply goods to Han Yi and Fusu, they were no longer limited to a specific target.
Rice, flour, and various cooking oils are bought in barrels and boxes;
She would take fresh vegetables and fruits without hesitation as long as they were of good quality and could be stored;
Pork, beef, mutton, large cuts of fresh meat, she also took them all;
There are also various dried goods, such as mushrooms, black fungus, kelp, as well as bacon, sausages, and cured fish that southerners often prepare for the winter, which are her special focus.
Her purchasing principle is simple and straightforward: as long as it is edible, usable, of acceptable quality and reasonably priced, she will buy it!
Each time, the stall owner would deliver the food to the pickup truck in the parking lot, and then quickly move it into the space when no one was paying attention.
Until the cell phone in Yu Bai's pocket vibrated, she took it out and took a look. It was her fourth brother Yu Cheng.
"Hello, Fourth Brother?"
"Xiaobai, the car has been picked up and all the paperwork has been completed. There's no problem."
"Where are you? Should I come straight to you?"
Yu Cheng's calm voice came from the receiver.
"No need, Fourth Brother."
Yu Bai looked at the market stalls that were almost at the end, feeling the space becoming increasingly full of supplies.
"Find a secluded place and we'll come find you."
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