Why was she clueless about everything when they were all under the same roof?
"I woke up with it this noon when I was sleeping," Su Xiaotian didn't want to lie, but what else could she do in this situation?
Grandma Su truly believed that her granddaughter had dreamt of the Dragon King.
Otherwise, why would so many vouchers fall into the hands of a little girl?
"My dear, Grandma knew you were blessed. You have no idea, the year you were born, there was a severe drought, and it hadn't rained for over two months. After you were born, it rained, and the crops were thoroughly watered..."
Su Xiaotian maintained a smile on her face, listening to her grandmother's rambling.
She had heard these words countless times in both her past and present lives; she could recite them by heart.
But since Grandma was willing to talk, she would listen.
This generation of parents was a bit difficult to handle!
Finally, after Grandma Su finished her lengthy story, Su Xiaotian tugged at her sleeve and lowered her voice, saying, "Grandma, let Dad go to town to buy some things. I want to thank Brother Chi!"
Su Xiaotian's words were not a request for opinion but a direct statement.
"Alright, I'll tell your father later. He's going to town this afternoon to get farm tools repaired anyway," Grandma Su agreed immediately.
If it were before, Grandma Su would have hesitated, as the family was too poor. But now that they had money and vouchers, Grandma Su had become more generous.
Hearing that her father would go later, Su Xiaotian quickly tugged at Grandma Su again and said, "Can I go with my father to town to see?"
Grandma Su hesitated for a moment. Her granddaughter's health was so delicate; would going out make her sick?
Su Xiaotian knew from her grandmother's expression that she was worried about her health.
"Grandma, I'm all better! I can go to school next week," the little girl's soft and sweet voice immediately chimed in.
"Then it's fine. I'll let your father take you, and have him buy you some sponge cake when he's back," Grandma Su agreed, seeing that her granddaughter was truly well.
"Let's not buy sponge cake, it's too expensive. Grandma, let's buy some meat and white flour and make meat patties ourselves. They're much tastier than sponge cake!"
Sponge cake only came in a few pieces, and it cost money and vouchers, which wasn't practical!
It was better to buy meat directly and eat meat patties, so the whole family could have some.
Although Grandma Su felt a pang of pain at the thought of spending money on meat, she considered that their money and vouchers were gifts from the Dragon King, so why not spend them instead of hoarding them? Waiting for them to breed?
"Alright, we still have enough flour at home. Just have your father buy two pounds of meat. It's perfect, the chives at home are growing well lately," Grandma Su considered and agreed.
The key was that her granddaughter wanted to eat them; others could only have a taste!
With so many mouths to feed, if everyone ate white flour and meat, where would all these good things go?
Su Xiaotian, unaware of her grandmother's thoughts, happily went back to her room to read.
"This child, why has she been staying in her room lately? She doesn't go out to play with other children!" Grandma Su muttered, then busied herself with other tasks.
In the afternoon, Su Xiaotian followed her father to town.
Su Laosan pulled a flat cart loaded with farm tools. A piece of felt was placed on the tools, and the little dumpling Su Xiaotian sat on it.
The road to town was a dirt road and not easy to travel.
Su Xiaotian, sitting on the cart, still felt uncomfortable even with the felt padding.
Fortunately, the distance from the village to town was not far, and they arrived in just over half an hour.
"Daughter, we're here!" Su Laosan said as he lifted his little daughter, whose face was scrunched up, off the cart.
After getting off the cart, Su Xiaotian immediately bounced a few times to relieve her stiffness.
"What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"
"Dad, it's nothing. I just sat for too long, and my body is stiff," Su Xiaotian was too embarrassed to say that her bottom was sore.
Su Laosan chuckled and picked up his daughter, saying affectionately, "My little girl is getting shy!"
Su Xiaotian was startled.
The town was truly a small town, with a street only about twenty meters long. It wasn't bustling, with only a few scattered shops.
The most imposing was the supply and marketing cooperative, its tall facade looking particularly grand.
At this time, the supply and marketing cooperative was a very high-class existence. No one could have guessed that in a few years, with the recovery of the private economy, it would become a declining entity.
Su Xiaotian remembered that her paternal aunt always felt superior because she married a staff member of the supply and marketing cooperative?
However, it was understandable, as people working at the supply and marketing cooperative could buy defective products at low prices and without vouchers, living much better lives than others.
But she believed that with the boost of the reading system, their family's life would get better and better. What was a staff member of the supply and marketing cooperative compared to that?
She wanted to ensure her family had enough to eat, wear, and have meat, living a moderately prosperous life!
Just then, Su Xiaotian suddenly heard the system's voice.
"Congratulations to the host for activating the first stage main mission 'There are a thousand bushels of grain in books'!"
What?
Main mission?
Isn't this a sign-in and reading system?
There are missions too?
Well, she seemed to have misunderstood something.
The system had never said it was a sign-in system...
Su Xiaotian could barely suppress her thoughts and immediately communicated with the system, but her father was still beside her!
Endure!
She would study this when they got home!
"Let's go. We'll go to the farm tool factory to hand in the tools first, and then Dad will take you around."
Su Laosan rarely had such an opportunity to be close to his younger daughter, so he naturally wouldn't miss it.
But he was here to repair farm tools, so he had to complete the task for the brigade first.
Su Xiaotian actually didn't think there was much to see in this small town.
It was only about twenty meters long, and you could walk to the end in a couple of steps.
But she was only seven years old and a curious baby who hadn't seen much of the world, so she couldn't say that. Thus, she nodded seriously.
The two then went to the farm tool repair factory.
The farm tool repair factory was at the end of the street, in a dilapidated courtyard, where the clear sounds of hammering could be heard.
The farm tools of this era seemed to be mostly made by blacksmiths.
Repairs, of course, would also be done by blacksmiths.
It made sense.
"Why did you bring your little daughter today? The little girl is so pretty!" said the person in charge of the farm tool factory, a man in his forties, who was very kind and approachable.
"Brother Wang, I just happened to be delivering farm tools today, so I brought the child to see. I don't usually have time!" Su Laosan explained with a simple smile.
"Hello, Uncle!" Su Xiaotian tilted her little face up and asked the man with a very bright smile.
"Oh my, the little girl knows how to greet people. I feel so sorry for her. Come, come, Uncle has a few White Rabbit candies here, I'll give you two to sweeten your mouth."
Director Wang smiled until his face was full of wrinkles, then he really took two White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket to give to Su Xiaotian.
"Uncle, I've grown up, I can't accept them!"
Hearing the childish voice, Director Wang laughed even more heartily.
"Brother Su, your daughter is wonderful. Such a little girl, and she says she's grown up! Hahaha..."