She Lives Well with the Shopping App in the 80s

Compositions, even less so, she often scored highly on her high school essays.

She needed to review mathematics, physics, and chemistry, but of course, she could also just study the liberal arts, as that required rote memorization. Why not study both and see which to choose for the admissions exam later? It depended on the effectiveness of reviewing for a month. She planned to buy some test papers and take practice exams.

"Mommy..."

Yun Xiaoxiao was flipping through a physics book when she heard Xiao Bao calling for her. She put down the book and came out of the room to see the two little ones sitting in the yard.

"What's up?"

"Mommy, can I eat that peach?"

What?

After a moment of surprise, Yun Xiaoxiao solemnly said, "You can eat anything in this house; you're the little masters here. But don't eat too much, or you won't have room for dinner."

"You need to wash the peach first, get rid of the fuzz on the surface."

"Thank you, Mommy."

The two little ones started eating the peaches and found them incredibly sweet, grinning with satisfaction.

Such a simple treat could make them so happy.

"Once you're full, take a nap, and Mommy will go read. What do you want for dinner tonight?"

What to eat?

The two little ones realized for the first time these past few days that they had a choice in what they could eat.

"Can we have that powdered milk?"

The brewed powdered milk was very fragrant.

Xiao Bao especially loved drinking it.

"Sure, but tonight we're having sweet potato ball soup. We'll drink the powdered milk tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

Yun Xiaoxiao thought about adding shrimp paste, which was made from shrimp meat; children could eat a bit more of it.

For dinner, Yun Xiaoxiao made shrimp paste ball soup.

"How's the taste?"

Yun Xiaoxiao looked at the two little ones, unsure about the taste since her cooking skills were average.

The food she made was easy for children to digest.

"Mommy, these sweet potato balls are so delicious!"

"Yes, I've never had sweet potato balls this tasty before. Mommy, can we have sweet potato balls again tomorrow?"

Looking at their innocent faces, hearing their tender voices, she realized they lived in the south, where basins were more prevalent, and River and Sea was quite a distance away. They might have never eaten shrimp before or even knew the taste of shrimp. She called them sweet potato balls, and so they believed they were sweet potato balls.

"Tomorrow, we'll try other tasty treats."

"Okay."

Both Da Bao and Xiao Bao were very satisfied and full. They went to wash the dishes, and Yun Xiaoxiao had gone from worrying about them washing dishes at first to not worrying anymore.

Children in rural areas took on household responsibilities early on; they started to help with chores at such a young age.

It wasn't dark yet.

Yun Xiaoxiao heated water for a bath and was quite satisfied with the rudimentary washroom in their house.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao..." Coming out of the bathroom, she heard someone calling her from outside. Who could it be?

"Who is it?" It was getting dark; who would come by now?

Da Bao and Xiao Bao hadn't slept yet and went to open the door.

"Xiaoxiao, it's me. Are you asleep yet?" A woman in her twenties asked as soon as she saw Yun Xiaoxiao.

Who was this person?

What was she doing here?

This familiar tone made it seem as if she was quite close to the female supporting character.

"What brings you here at this time?" Yun Xiaoxiao was planning to wash her clothes before it got dark. Without electricity, things were indeed inconvenient.

She also didn't dare buy a rechargeable lamp from Pinduoduo for fear of being discovered.

She was still using the kerosene lamp the female supporting character had used before.

And an old-fashioned flashlight was also an option.