System: I open an inn in the desert

To be honest, at that time, Kobayashi had only occasionally seen this name that was so characteristic of the era in nostalgic TV dramas.

It has a very contemporary feel and is filled with stories.

So three quarters of the family members sat in a row and "interrogated" the other quarter, Mother Lin, wanting to know why she kept buying seasonal vegetables that were available everywhere from this little girl, and then "re-sold" them at zero price difference in her own supermarket, and finally "completely destroyed" the ones that couldn't be eaten by her family.

Mother Lin had never intended to hide it from her family, she was just not used to using other people's private affairs as a topic of conversation. When she heard them asking about Fan Zhaodi, she told them what she knew.

This girl's story would make people sigh in real life, but it seems like a common plot in film and television works.

My parents fell in love freely when they were young and had a child impulsively, but they were too young to even get a marriage certificate. During pregnancy, they found that life was a mess and they could not see the future, so after the child was born, the couple broke up peacefully and went their separate ways.

The girl was from another city, she came to work alone, and when she left, she disappeared with her train ticket, and she never heard from him again. The boy packed his bags and went to work in a big city, and at first he still remembered to give some living expenses to his old mother and daughter, but after a few years, he never heard from her again, except that he had a new family there.

Only the aging grandmother is left to take care of the girl.

The old and the young depend on each other for survival, and neither of them has any skills to earn enough living expenses. Fortunately, the country has compulsory education, which allows the grandparents and grandchildren to avoid starving to death and the girl to go to school.

"…Our school is not big. Although her academic performance is quite good, she can hardly get any scholarships. The number of scholarships is limited. So she would search for these things everywhere after school or during holidays and bring them to me in exchange for some money…"

Mother Lin spoke slowly, and the three people with the surname Lin looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"What do you three have in mind? I'm not some pushover, and I didn't pay her more than she deserves. I just paid her whatever the market price is. It doesn't matter who I buy from. Scientists say that eating and drinking in accordance with the seasons is the best way to live a hundred years..."

The mother who bought the vegetables at the retail price and sold them said that she was doing her job impartially. Xiaolin had a deep memory of this incident. After so many years, he still clearly remembered the dishes that were repeated countless times every year, so he immediately matched this person with the name in his memory.

"You...you know my name?"

Fan Zhaodi had heard the owner and his wife of the small supermarket talk about their two children, who were excellent all the way and went to prestigious schools. They were the legendary children of other people's families, and every family on the street who had children in school was envious, but she had never seen them.

When they were younger, it was because their school schedules were inconsistent. Later, when Lin Yu and his family left home to go to college, the chances to see each other became even more rare. When the siblings were not working or on vacation, they both loved to stay at home, so it was by chance that we could not meet each other for so many years.

"Of course. My mother often mentions you. Are you here to give me winter bamboo shoots this time as well?"

Lin Yu reached out and untied the knot of the bamboo basket, took it down, weighed it, and roughly estimated the weight. He said, "It just so happens that my family hasn't bought vegetables yet tonight, so I'll take all of these. How much is one pound in the market now?"

Fan Zhaodi blushed and wanted to snatch the bamboo basket back: "No, no, I'll take it to the market and set up a stall to sell it. If Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin don't open a supermarket, your family won't be able to eat so much."

The little girl had thin arms and legs, so of course she couldn't compete with Lin Yu, a big man with long arms and legs: "Okay, if I can't finish it, I won't give it away. Besides, if it's such a small meal, I can't leave it for another meal. If you don't tell me the price, I'll give it to you."

He took the basket back to the supermarket, found an empty plastic basket to pour the vegetables into, and searched the local vegetable prices online before handing the basket back to the girl: "Give me a QR code and I'll scan it for you."

The girl held the edge of the basket, blushing and not moving. Lin Yu said, "I kept all the bamboo shoots. You don't want money. Do you want me to eat a free meal? I have never done such a thing since I was a child. Come on, give me the QR code."

In this era of developed Internet communications, many mobile phones can be given away for free by topping up their phone bills, so Lin Yu is not worried that the other party won’t even be able to produce the QR code.

Sure enough, the next moment, the girl took out a half-used mobile phone from her pocket and pulled out the QR code.

Lin Yu scanned the code and paid quickly. After receiving it, the girl whispered thank you and left.

"Wait, do you have time to chat?" Lin Yu stopped her and pointed at the two benches at the door of the shop and asked her: "Right here, let me ask you a few questions. If it's convenient, we can chat."

These two benches are also the old actors today. There are not many furnitures moved out of the supermarket. Just now, Mr. and Mrs. Lin were sitting here waiting for their eldest son.

"……it is good."

The girl nodded hesitantly, parked the car by the side of the road, and picked a stool to sit down on stiffly.

Perhaps because her parents had been helping out all year round under the pretext of picking vegetables, Xiao Lin was trusted by everyone in the family. The girl answered almost all of Lin Yu's questions, starting with introducing her own family situation and giving a general answer to all the questions he wanted to know.

Lin Yu took notes while listening. Of course, he was just pretending to write quickly. In fact, he was asking the system to investigate the authenticity of this information through the Internet, and by the way, to find out what happened to the person lying in the hospital.

After asking everything he wanted to know, the conversation came to an end. As the system sent back the survey results, Lin Yu asked the girl one last question: "How are your grades now? If I remember correctly, it was the college entrance examination this year, right?"

"I have always been in the top three in my grade. My teacher told me to make a final sprint in my last year. I have a good chance of getting admitted to Yunhai University. If I can get a scholarship, I would like to..."

When the girl talked about her future plans, her eyes sparkled, but she only remembered halfway through that the person opposite her was an outstanding graduate of Yunhai University. She remembered that among the group of people who took the college entrance examination in the town at that time, the number who could be admitted to a school of this level could be counted on one hand.

Would he feel like he was bragging?

Lin Yu didn't have this idea. His brain was currently receiving the investigation report sent by the system.

What he was looking at was the girl in front of him. Don't get me wrong, he didn't let the system take advantage of the convenience to investigate people's privacy or anything. What he wanted to see mainly was the questions he had just asked the girl, including whether her family situation and academic performance were true or not.

The result was of course good. What the girl said was close to the truth, and she was even modest. Judging from her past grades, this girl always ranked first or second, and only occasionally ranked third.

She said that being able to get into Yunhai was definitely not just a fantasy.