Xu Zhuzhu stood in front of the hazardous waste bin, pacing back and forth. Nearly a month had passed, and the progress bar of this waste bin was finally about to be full.

Since discovering that she could control the garbage in the garbage station at will, her curiosity about the garbage station has reached an unprecedented level.

Xu Zhuzhu once tried to walk towards the edge of the garbage station.

Two steps, three steps...

The scene she had hoped for did not occur, and she sighed with some disappointment.

Even with so many features developed, the boundaries of the garbage dump have not been broadened.

She still couldn't step out of this garbage dump. The place where she lived in her previous life was so close, but she couldn't get there, couldn't reach it, and couldn't touch it.

Disappointment welled up in my heart.

Xu Zhuzhu stood blankly at the edge of the garbage station for a long time before she composed herself and began to focus on controlling the garbage sorting.

These past few days, her father has been setting up a stall in town, and only her mother and brother have come with her.

Every time Xu Zhuzhu finished cleaning up the trash, she felt extremely tired and would always fall asleep until noon the next day. No matter how Zhang He tried to wake her, she couldn't. Once or twice was fine, but it happened every time, so Zhang He couldn't help but worry.

Therefore, when there wasn't much garbage, Zhang He firmly opposed Xu Zhuzhu controlling the garbage and let her manually sort it herself according to Xu Zhuzhu's prompts.

Xu Zhuzhu knew that Zhang He felt sorry for her, but seeing her mother holding her nose while sorting garbage made Xu Zhuzhu feel very sad. However, her mother was very eloquent, and she couldn't argue with Zhang He, so she had no choice but to compromise.

So today, after she accompanied her mother to deliver dumplings and returned home, while Zhang He was preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, she took advantage of Zhang He's inattention and slipped away to the garbage station by herself.

There's been unusually little trash lately. Sometimes they even wait until night to come, and they still can't find three or four cabbages.

Just like today's garbage, there is less of it.

In less than an hour, Xu Zhuzhu had sorted all the garbage for the day, which made her work relatively easy and didn't require much effort.

Their family has a lot of rice stored up now, in a plastic bucket that is about half a person's height.

The plastic bucket was also picked up from the garbage station; Xu Zhuzhu figured it was probably someone's bathtub.

When she found it, her mother patted the bucket and exclaimed in surprise that it was very sturdy, so she carried it back to store rice.

Fortunately, there were only a few people from their family who came, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to explain the origin of the bucket to others.

However, she doesn't seem to need to worry about this, since her father is there.

However, the amount of wood coming out of the recycling bin is decreasing. Even when the same amount of trash is put in, less comes out.

Xu Zhuzhu was puzzled.

Perhaps this trash can has a limited number of uses, so I decided to study the trash can manual carefully tonight to see if I could make any new discoveries.

After discovering that other trash cans could be combined to create the stainless steel pot that makes everything taste good and the stainless steel spoon that makes everything taste bitter, her father kept telling her to study the trash manual carefully.

This led to the discovery that two pages had been added at the end of the manual, one of which prominently featured a picture of a stainless steel pot, along with a full-page instruction manual.

After studying it repeatedly, Xu Zhuzhu and her father summarized two main points.

First, the pot is called the Meimei Pot. It will cook the most perfect dish based on the ingredients put in, the user's wishes, and the user's skills.

Just like that pot of boiled water that had a rich, flavorful taste, it was actually because Xu Zhuzhu had a particularly strong craving for meat broth at the time...

Ahem... I've gone off on a tangent.

Secondly, that pot can be upgraded.

After successfully cooking 999 delicious and visually appealing dishes, the MeiMei Pot can be upgraded to the SuperMei Pot, enabling you to cook dishes at the level of a culinary master.

Thinking about this, Xu Zhuzhu suddenly began to wonder if that stainless steel pot might be the God of Cookery's.

She remembered watching the TV series "Seven Fairies" when she was a child, and there was a God of Cookery who could make everything taste delicious.

As for the description of that stainless steel spoon, it only has two lines. One line is the name of the stainless steel spoon: Bitter Spoon.

Another function is the bitter spoon.

In short: bitter, extremely bitter, everything tastes twice as bitter.

Upon seeing this description, Xu Zhuzhu's first reaction was to throw it away, but her mother snatched it away.

He said he really liked it, and even secretly put it away. He proudly said that if Xu Zhuzhu refused to take her medicine again, he would use this spoon to feed her...

Xu Zhuzhu rubbed her forehead, speechless and helpless.

Regaining her composure, she organized her findings from the garbage sorting session: half a plastic bag of rice, two bunches of chives, two potatoes, and one ear of corn.

How could she have suffered such a dismal outcome during the New Year?

Looking back, I found that the progress bar for the hazardous waste bin was already over 90%, and I figured it would be ready to go out in the next few days.

Once everything was settled, she carried a bunch of things back home.

As soon as she returned to the dilapidated house, her mother lashed out with a slap from above, yelling, "You brat, you dare come back!"

Caught off guard, Xu Zhuzhu received several solid blows to the head from Zhang He, startling Xu An who was standing nearby.

"Mother?"

Xu Zhuzhu's eyes were seeing stars, and her eyes were red from the pain. Her big, watery eyes looked at Zhang He with a pitiful expression.

Zhang He's heart skipped a beat, and she was completely captivated.

"Ouch, did that hurt? Mother hit you too hard. Why didn't you dodge?"

Zhang He immediately regretted it. She didn't expect that Xu Zhuzhu, who was usually quick-witted, would not dodge this time. She quickly hugged Xu Zhuzhu and rubbed her head.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, it's all Mother's fault... But next time you mustn't sneak over alone."

Although she felt sorry for her, Zhang He still said in a low voice, "If something happens to Xu Zhuzhu, a little kid, over there, her family won't even be able to get through, let alone save her. How can she not worry?"

"Don't worry, Mother, I won't."

Xu Zhuzhu knew what her mother meant, so she tugged at Zhang He's sleeve and acted coquettishly.

Just as he was about to explain, Xu Wenjie's cheerful voice came from the courtyard, interrupting their conversation.

"He Niang! Zhu Zhu, An An, come and see what I brought back!"

Before she arrived, her voice preceded her arrival, and the mother and her two children inside were instantly infected by her excited tone. The three of them rushed out to greet her.

As soon as Xu Zhuzhu saw her father's arched eyebrows, she knew that he had made money today, but she didn't know how much.

So when Xu Wenjie took off his basket, the whole family was astonished to see how tightly it was packed.

"Husband, did you hide money in the other shoe as well?"

Zhang He looked puzzled, glancing sideways at Xu Wenjie's worn-out shoes. The insoles didn't look like they had been pried open.

Xu Zhuzhu and Xu An also stared intently at him.

A hint of embarrassment crept onto Xu Wenjie's smile; he hadn't expected his wife to still be thinking about the money hidden in the sole of her shoe.

However, he didn't mind at all, and smiled generously, "This is all thanks to the two children."

Xu Zhuzhu and Xu An were full of questions. They had stayed at home all day and hadn't done anything. How could they suddenly be so grateful to them?

It wasn't until Xu Wenjie revealed the story about the portrait that the group understood, especially Xu Zhuzhu, whose smug smile was impossible to hide.

"As expected of me!"

"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to Zhuzhu!" Xu Wenjie pinched her nose, then hugged Xu An, who was smiling shyly beside him, and sincerely expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart, "And our An'an too."

Xu An smiled slightly, her reaction was a bit smaller than Xu Zhuzhu's, which was normal.

The brother and sister inherited their parents' good genes and were well raised by Zhang He when they were young. They were cute, chubby, and had three layers of flesh on their arms. They were definitely the dream grandchildren of grandmothers.

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