Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

They need to eat lunch, and even if it's just a bowl of noodles each, it will cost 40 cents.

Clear broth noodles are cheaper, but neither of them likes them.

They wanted to eat shredded pork noodles, and they also liked to have a lion's head meatball on the side.

So, I'm worried about not having enough money!

After all, we'll need to take a car to get back.

I just got off the bus and ate two popsicles, and it cost me a dime.

After hearing Lin Jiaojiao's words, Jiajia said, "Then I'll watch for a while longer!"

"Ok!"

Zhou Yanxiu didn't know where he could run into Lin Jiaojiao, so he wandered aimlessly.

He figured that the young girl would always visit a department store when she came to the city, so he went to the department store first, walked around inside, and then started walking outside.

This area is a bustling and prosperous region.

State-run restaurants and supply and marketing cooperatives outside...

As he walked, he saw a familiar figure from behind.

Zhou Yanxiu then walked over.

He mimicked Lin Jiaojiao and Jiajia, peering into the coffee shop and asking, "Are there any acquaintances inside?"

"Why don't you go in?"

Lin Jiaojiao shook her head.

Jiajia turned to look at the tall and handsome Zhou Yanxiu and replied, "We were looking at the cake."

"Hmm?" This question puzzled Zhou Yanxiu.

Jiajia was very frank: "My aunt didn't bring that much money, so we can't afford it. We'll just look around first. If we have more money left when we go back tonight, my aunt will take me to eat here."

Lin Jiaojiao turned around and, seeing it was Zhou Yanxiu, wasn't embarrassed. "We still need to eat lunch, and we're worried we won't have enough money!"

Jiajia and Lin Jiaojiao do look somewhat alike. Looking at these two similar-looking faces, one big and one small, Zhou Yanxiu asked, "Little one, who are you...?"

Jiajia introduced herself loudly, "My name is Lin Nanjia, you can call me Jiajia."

"In the south there are fine fish, swimming in abundance, what a wonderful name!"

Jiajia puffed out her chest and said, "Dad named him."

“Your father is a very cultured man,” Zhou Yanxiu praised.

Lin Jiaojiao then said, "You're quite cultured too, you even know about the South..."

Zhou Yanxiu only said "Nan" once, so Lin Jiaojiao couldn't quite remember it.

Zhou Yanxiu smiled and repeated, "In the south there are fine fish, steaming and bubbling!"

"Oh, yes, that's it. You're very cultured too."

Zhou Yanxiu modestly shook his head, "I just wrote it down while reading the book."

Lin Jiaojiao expressed her admiration, saying, "If you asked me, I couldn't remember it."

Zhou Yanxiu said, "These things are useless in life; they're just for show. It doesn't matter if you can't remember them."

He said, pointing inside the cafe, "Want to come in and sit down?"

Lin Jiaojiao suddenly remembered something. She tugged at Zhou Yanxiu's sleeve and pulled him aside, whispering, "You don't mean for me to invite you in for a meal, do you?"

"Let me tell you, I only brought three yuan with me. Jiajia and I took the bus here, and we ate popsicles when we got off. I don't have any money left now."

"How about I treat you to a bowl of noodles?"

"I can add a lion's head meatball for you!" Lin Jiaojiao said with an air of generosity.

Zhou Yanxiu couldn't help but laugh, "Then you treat me to noodles for lunch, and I'll invite you all in to eat now, is that alright?"

Is that okay...?

Lin Jiaojiao looked at Jiajia.

Jiajia nodded immediately.

Lin Jiaojiao nodded, "Then... okay!"

After the aunt and niece went inside, they not only ate cake but also drank sweet milk.

Both faces, so similar in appearance, wore expressions of satisfied enjoyment.

The two of them were also swinging their feet under the table in perfect unison.

Zhou Yanxiu was first kicked by Lin Jiaojiao, and then kicked by Jiajia.

A grown man, he's starting to try to minimize his presence.

Jiajia had almost finished eating and then started talking non-stop, "Uncle, what's your name?"

“My surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Yanxiu,” Zhou Yanxiu said gently.

"Uncle Zhou, how old are you this year?"

"Twenty-six years old!"

Twenty-six!

"My aunt is twenty-one!"

"Five years younger than you!"

"Uncle, you're quite handsome!"

"As handsome as my dad!"

"Uncle, I also have a younger sister!"

"My sister is so cute!"

"I'll bring you my sister next time!"

"My sister's name is Nan Xi!"

"My younger sister calls me 'sister' every day. She's so cute."

"We didn't bring my younger sister with us today because she's too young to run around with us."

Jiajia didn't need anyone to respond; she started rambling on and on about her family situation.

"I also have an older sister named Qiuqiu, but she was born to Aunt Xiaohui. When Aunt Xiaohui is resting, older sister Qiuqiu stays with her."

"Oh," Zhou Yanxiu nodded as if he understood.

Jiajia continued, "I also have a beautiful great-aunt!"

"She's so beautiful, just like my mom."

"My great-aunt's family has three younger cousins, hehe, but they're not even as old as my little sister!"

"My three little uncles were so cute when they were little."

"When they cry, my aunt and I get this big and this big head~" Jiajia began to gesture with her little hands to show how big her head had become.

Zhou Yanxiu's voice softened unconsciously as he looked at the child, "That's really a disobedient child."

Jiajia added, "But they're not crying anymore. They've grown chubby and are very cute."

"I'll take my uncle to see it next time!"

Zhou Yanxiu nodded, "Okay!"

Uncle, do you have any younger brothers or sisters?

Zhou Yanxiu shook his head. "No, I have two older brothers and three older sisters!"

Wow, you have so many older brothers and sisters!

"You're so amazing!" Jiajia said with genuine envy.

Zhou Yanxiu could only smile and nod.

Jiajia then asked, "Are your older brother and sister good to you?"

"Yes, it's fine!"

"I will be good to my sister from now on!"

Do you have an aunt?

Zhou Yanxiu nodded.

Does your aunt love you?

Zhou Yanxiu nodded again.

Jiajia proudly told Zhou Yanxiu, "My aunt also dotes on me!"

"My aunt takes me out for a nice meal when she's on vacation."

“I sleep with my aunt every night, and she doesn’t mind that I wet the bed.”

“My aunt said she will never get married again and that I should bury her when she dies.”

Lin Jiaojiao "..."

Lin Jiaojiao tugged at her niece's arm, "Jiajia, you don't need to say this!"

Jiajia belatedly nodded and said, "Oh!"

She then said to Zhou Yanxiu, "Uncle, then forget what you just said!"

Zhou Yanxiu was both amused and exasperated, but still nodded and said, "Okay!"

Lin Jiaojiao finished the last sip of milk and said, "Jiajia, let's go!"

Jiajia quickly said goodbye to Zhou Yanxiu, "Goodbye, Uncle!"

Lin Jiaojiao also waved goodbye to Zhou Yanxiu!

Zhou Yanxiu “…”

"Didn't you say you'd treat me to noodles for lunch?"

One sentence stopped Lin Jiaojiao in her tracks, "Oh, right, then you can wait for us at the entrance of the state-run restaurant!"

Where are you two going?

"Just browsing around!"

Would you mind if I accompanied you for a stroll?

“I know this place very well,” Zhou Yanxiu added.

"Aren't you hot?" Lin Jiaojiao asked.

Zhou Yanxiu shook his head.

Lin Jiaojiao nodded immediately.

Zhou Yanxiu was indeed more familiar with the facilities in Shanghai than Lin Jiaojiao.

Previously, when Lin Jiaojiao and Jiajia came, they would watch people play shuttlecock, hopscotch, and table tennis, which was already very interesting for them.

But Zhou Yanxiu took them to see the animals.

Although there were very few animals, it was still a novelty for Jiaojiao and Jiajia.