A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

Anning looked up and saw that the person chasing her was a strange woman wearing a fashionable wool coat and with big wavy hair.

Before she could speak, the other person frowned and said uncertainly, "Shen Anning? You're not..."

He stopped there, reverting to his previous condescending attitude: "I thought it was someone so clueless! Oh, it's you! This is a county town, not a small town. Not just anyone can come to the department store!"

An Ning looked at the unfamiliar face. She was certain that this woman did not exist in the original owner's memories, but the other party's behavior clearly indicated that she knew the original owner.

Ma Cuihua and the Song family father and son had always lived in the countryside and could not possibly have known such people.

That leaves only one suspect—Song Wenying.

This woman is most likely related to Song Wenying.

Could it be that Song Wenying was upset yesterday because I took a large sum of money from her, and sent someone to make things difficult for her?

“A good dog stays out of the way.”

An Ning did not fall into the other party's verbal trap, but instead directly asked them to leave.

"You...what did you say?"

The woman with the big, wavy hair widened her eyes, unable to believe that An Ning dared to speak to her like that.

“I said, a good dog doesn’t block the way!” An Ning slowed down her speech and repeated the sentence word by word.

"Can't you see what I'm wearing? It's made of Dacron fabric; the price of just one garment there is equivalent to your monthly salary before!"

The woman with the big, wavy hair tugged at her collar, trying to show An Ning the fabric.

"And then? Is that your reason for barking like a dog here?"

Anning kept calling him a dog, leaving the other person completely bewildered and unable to think of a response for a long time.

Finally, all he could do was angrily throw down a harsh remark: "Fine, fine, I'll see what you, a poor wretch, can afford!"

An Ning ignored her and headed straight for the clothing counter with the little girl. She slapped a small stack of money on the counter and said, "Comrade, could you please show me the clothes that don't require coupons? The ones I wear, and the ones the kids wear."

The sales clerk, who had been expressionless, immediately beamed with joy upon seeing the stack of bills consisting of different denominations: "Alright, comrade, wait a moment, I'll go get it for you right away."

The woman with wavy hair following behind An Ning saw this scene and wrinkled her nose in anger.

Why is it different from what she imagined?

The sales clerks in the department store are all arrogant and conceited. If a customer's clothes are even slightly shabby, they won't even acknowledge them!

Shouldn't Shen Anning have been kicked out as soon as she arrived?

As it turned out, Shen Anning didn't follow the usual path; she simply slammed the money onto the table.

He acts like a nouveau riche; how is he any different from a capitalist?

Seeing that Shen Anning had already started holding the clothes up to the ragged child, the woman lost all interest in watching the spectacle and turned to leave the department store.

She remembered Song Wenying telling her that Shen Anning's job had been given to her and that all the family's money was in her mother's hands. How could she possibly come up with such a large sum of money now?

It was either stolen, or it was obtained from some other source.

The woman's eyes darted around. She wanted to see how arrogant Shen Anning would be if Song Wenying's family found out about this!

Anning bought two beautiful new outfits for Xiaonier from head to toe. She changed into one outfit directly in the warehouse behind the counter, and put the other outfit in a bag.

By the time she was five years old, the little girl had never owned a new piece of clothing. All her clothes were hand-me-downs from her older brother, worn out and unwanted, covered in patches.

If it weren't for the two little braids in her hair, you wouldn't be able to tell she was a girl at all.

Anning doesn't have high requirements for her clothes; as long as they keep her warm, that's fine.

The original owner still had a few pieces of clothing from before her marriage, all of good quality, but the expensive and beautiful ones were all "borrowed" by Song Wenying and her sister-in-law under various pretexts, like a tiger borrowing a pig.

"Wow, our little girl looks so pretty dressed up!"

Anning praised the child generously, while Xiao Ni'er blushed in front of the mirror.

"Mom is beautiful too!"

After changing into new clothes, Xiao Ni'er became much more cheerful than before, shedding her previous sensitive and introverted demeanor.

The clothes and shoes that don't require a ticket are all defective products, and they are cheaper than regular clothes. The three sets of clothes cost a total of seventy yuan.

Anning didn't ask for a refund for the remaining change, but instead asked for two boxes of face cream and scraps of various snacks.

Scraps of things like crushed rock sugar, crushed cookies, and crushed pastries are one to two cents cheaper than whole products. Buying them for personal consumption makes no difference, and you can use the money saved to buy more.

After returning to the guesthouse to put their things away, Anning exchanged some tickets with the staff, and the two of them went to a state-run restaurant for a delicious meal.

In the original owner's memories, the best thing that Xiao Ni'er ate at the Song family from childhood to adulthood was actually the chicken soup during the New Year?

It's not even meat, this is outrageous!

The original owner of this body was also unable to stand on her own, and her child suffered with her for so many years.

Next, Anning took Xiaonier to see a movie and to People's Park to play on the trampoline. Luckily, they also ran into a traveling circus.

After several days of nourishing food and drink, the little girl's complexion looked much rosier, and she smiled more often, which gradually calmed Anning's mood.

Happy days are always short-lived. The hospital test results are coming out soon, and it's time to go back home.

A major battle was about to begin, and Anning had to have a serious talk with Xiaonier before returning, as it concerned their future lives.

In the hotel, Anning had Xiaoni sit at the foot of the bed, while she sat on a small stool, the two facing each other.

"Ni'er, Mom has something she wants to talk to you about."

Upon hearing her mother's words, Song Xiaoni instinctively gripped the bed sheet beneath her.

In the few days since leaving the village, she has learned what happiness feels like for the first time.

The serious expression on her mother's face instantly transported her back to that suffocating place in the village, the drafty woodshed.

She felt uneasy, wondering what her mother wanted to say to her.

She had heard her grandmother say that when she grew up, she would be taken to the city and sold for a good price, and the dowry would be used to help Da Bao get married.

So, did her mother bring her to such a far-off county town in order to sell her for a good price?

The more Xiao Ni thought about it, the sadder she became, and tears streamed down her face.

"Mommy, sweetie, please don't abandon me!"