A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 19 The Dispute Caused by the Chicken Cake
After leaving the alley, Yun Linhe and Yun Chenxi managed to suppress their excitement.

Yun Linhe thought for a moment, then took out a 100-yuan note and handed it to Yun Jiao.

"Jiaojiao, here's ten yuan. Buy whatever you want. The rest is enough to build a house."

The pearl was picked up by Yun Jiao; no one would feel bad giving her ten yuan.

Yun Jiao didn't stand on ceremony, holding the money in her two soft, white hands and revealing a sweet smile.

"Canned food."

She'd been craving canned food for a while.

"Haha, okay, let's go buy canned food now."

Yun Linhe carefully placed the remaining money in the innermost pocket of his clothes, close to his skin. He couldn't afford to lose it; thieves these days are very shrewd.

Then the two took Yun Jiao to the city's largest department store.

The individual economy is quietly emerging, but people still prefer to shop at department stores because they have the most complete selection.

The department store was filled with a wide variety of goods, and Yun Jiao had several kinds of canned goods that she wanted.

There are canned meat and canned fruit. Since this area is close to the sea, most of the canned meat is various kinds of canned fish, as well as canned shrimp paste, and of course, canned pork.

"Comrade, which of these canned foods tastes the best?"

The sales clerk in the canned food section enthusiastically introduced the products to them: "Hello, comrades, what kind of canned food would you like?"

"Meat, please. And some canned fruit too."

"Our best-selling canned meats here include this braised pork can, this shrimp paste can, and this Yu Gan Zhu brand fermented black bean fish can. As for canned fruit, the most popular is this yellow peach syrup can, and this pineapple syrup can is also quite good..."

Yunlinhe didn't really consider fish, shrimp paste, or similar foods, mainly because they live by the sea and are tired of eating fish.

"Could you please get us that canned braised pork and canned yellow peaches?"

Braised pork canned food costs 2.5 yuan, and yellow peach syrup canned food costs 1.8 yuan.

Just these two cans cost more than four yuan.

Yunlin River is so expensive it hurts to even look at it.

How could their family afford to eat that?

Yun Jiao, who had a sweet tooth, hugged both cans of food.

The little guy opened his mouth and took a bite out of the bottle cap.

Yunlinhe & Yunchenxi: …………

Get used to it, get used to it.

They laughed awkwardly, then carried Yun Jiao away.

"Jiaojiao, this can of food needs to be opened before we can eat it. Let's buy other things first, and then we can eat it when we go out."

Yun Jiao opened her mouth and said, "Oh."

Held in her second brother's arms, her big eyes darted around: "Um, chicken cake."

"I want White Rabbit milk candy."

"Hawthorn candy, and soda, two, no, three bottles, and biscuits."

Finally, they stopped in the toy section, where Yun Jiao squatted down to look at toy guns and slingshots.

"Toys, buy them for my brothers."

Yun Linhe smiled wryly: "Jiaojiao, we don't have enough money. We can't just buy one toy gun and one slingshot. They'll fight over the toys."

Yun Jiao frowned slightly, her gaze sweeping around before settling on a metal box filled with a dazzling array of beautiful glass marbles.

It has a round, pearl-like shape and comes in a variety of colors.

She remembered that Yun Zhuangzhuang, Cai Jinhua's precious son, had a few marbles. He would show them off in the village, and all the children in the village were extremely envious, including her brothers.

But they only watched and didn't play with Yun Zhuangzhuang, because the fat boy had taken her candy just like his sister.

Although Yun Jiao slapped and bit her hand, Cai Jinhua later brought her crying son to her house and made a scene.

Of course, he was also beaten out by his fierce aunt and the protective Yun Ama and Yun Ana.

The little girl was suddenly filled with pride. She wanted her brother to have everything that others had, and she didn't need to envy others!

"this."

She pointed to the marbles. Marbles weren't expensive; you could get five for a dime.

"Big brother, second brother, do you want some?"

Yun Chenxi felt a warm glow in his heart. Children as young as Yun Jiao usually only thought about eating or playing by themselves.

Although their daughter Jiaojiao also likes to eat, she always thinks of her family.

“My eldest brother and I don’t play these games, and neither do your third and fourth brothers. You can buy some for Xiao Wu and the others.”

They used to envy the toys other children had, but they're past the age of playing with those now.

Yun Chenxi couldn't help but feel envious of Yun Xiaowu and the others.

Having a younger sister like this is truly wonderful.

Yun Jiao bought two cents worth of glass marbles for each of her five, six, seven, eight, and nine brothers. She carefully selected the marbles, choosing the ones she thought were the prettiest and had the best colors.

By this point, she had almost used up her ten dollars.

The three left the department store with a full load of goodies.

On the way back, they took the bus again. This time, Yun Linhe sat by the window, while Yun Chenxi sat on the outside, mainly to protect the money.

Yun Jiao nestled in her uncle's arms, nibbling on the fragrant, soft sponge cake.

She was afraid that if she ate too quickly, it would be gone.

The sponge cake in her hand made a little boy sitting in the opposite row of seats extremely envious.

"Milk, I want a sponge cake too."

The little boy started pestering and yelling at his grandmother.

The old woman holding the little boy turned her head and saw Yun Jiao eating a chicken cake.

Yun Jiao wrinkled her nose and turned her back to them.

The little boy cried out, flailing his arms and legs: "Grandma, I want to eat chicken cake! I don't care, I just want to eat chicken cake!"

The noise was so loud it hurt the ears of the people on the bus.

"Young men, look at my grandson making a fuss. He's still young, this chicken cake..."

"No."

Yun Jiao simply hugged all the chicken cakes.

The old woman's face immediately darkened: "The adults haven't even spoken yet, what are you kids interrupting for?"

Yun Linhe smiled protectively: "Grandma, the sponge cake belongs to our daughter. It's not even enough for her to eat a few times."

The old woman said, "Don't be so stingy, you still have so much left."

That's really harsh. You think I'm being stingy just because I gave it to you?
Yun Chenxi rolled his eyes.

Yunlinhe: "Not much. We have a large family, and this amount isn't enough to go around."

Upon hearing this, the old woman's face fell, and she spoke directly to her grandson.

"Grandma doesn't have any sponge cake, go cry to someone who does."

Upon hearing this, the little boy actually ran to the Yunlin River and started making a ruckus.

"Chicken cake, I want chicken cake, I want chicken cake..."

Yun Linhe and Yun Chenxi's faces immediately turned ugly. This was too shameless.

Some people on the bus couldn't stand it either: "Grandma, how can you do this? Do something about your grandson!"

These days, who would want to share their food with others? Those sponge cakes aren't cheap.

The old man glared at him: "What's it to you? If he wants a chicken cake, any of you who have one will give him one and that will put an end to it."

"How did you raise your child? A sponge cake costs two cents. Why don't you go and buy one yourself?"

The old woman over there was talking about several things by herself, while Yun Linhe and Yun Chenxi, the two adults, couldn't do anything about the child.

Yun Jiao roared in a cute but fierce way: "Shut up, or I'll eat you up!"

Her eyes were fixed on her, filled with the ruthlessness she had shown when killing prey in her past life.

(End of this chapter)