Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Pocket Supermarket

Chapter 3: Supermarket Space

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yu Xiaolian leaned against the window and looked into the courtyard. There was no one in the courtyard. The entire Yu family had gone into the house to eat. This was the best time for her to secretly find Granny Hao.

Yu Xiaolian put on her small cloth shoes and slipped out of the Yu family’s courtyard.

According to the original owner’s memory, Granny Hao’s family lived at the west end of the village, near the foot of the mountain. That place was very easy to find because there were only two families there. One was Hunter Jiang’s family, and the other was Granny Hao’s family.

Yu Xiaolian often went to the mountain to dig wild vegetables and would always pass by there. Therefore, she easily found Granny Hao’s house.

Granny Hao seemed quite surprised to see her. Yu Xiaolian thought for a moment before saying, “Grandma Hao, if the wrong soul is called, can we still send it back?”

Granny Hao reached out and touched Yu Xiaolian’s forehead. “Could it be that this child has a high fever and has become stupid? What nonsense are you talking about?”

Yu Xiaolian swallowed nervously. She was actually very uneasy. “It’s just… if you call the wrong soul, can you send it back?”

Seeing Yu Xiaolian repeat it again with a serious expression, Granny Hao’s expression changed. She took Yu Xiaolian’s hand and entered the house.

“Get on the bed and lie down!”

Yu Xiaolian obediently lay down. A sense of relief rose in her heart. This was great. She should be able to go back.

Granny Hao took out a handful of incense. Yu Xiaolian didn’t see how she lit it, but the incense seemed to ignite on its own. Granny Hao drew the incense back and forth on Yu Xiaolian’s body a few times, and muttered some incantations that Yu Xiaolian couldn’t understand. The strong incense made Yu Xiaolian unable to open her eyes, and she had no choice but to close her eyes.

Slowly, Yu Xiaolian felt like she was sleepy. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her own supermarket.

She was back!

Yu Xiaolian jumped up happily. She couldn’t wait to open the door and go out to find her parents, but the glass door seemed to be locked, and she couldn’t open it no matter what.

Yu Xiaolian was burning with anxiety. She used all her strength to pull the glass door, but it still didn’t move.

“Yu Xiaolian… Yu Xiaolian…”

Yu Xiaolian heard Granny Hao call her again. This time, she didn’t dare to answer casually. She didn’t want to go back.

Although she felt that transmigrating was quite fun when she read books, Yu Xiaolian felt uncomfortable when she thought about living without a phone and computer in the future.

As long as she didn’t agree, Granny Hao probably couldn’t call her back.

However, she had no choice. Yu Xiaolian opened her eyes again and saw Granny Hao with gray hair at her temples.

Granny Hao looked at her nervously, as if she was asking a silent question.

Yu Xiaolian exploded, “Why did you call me back?”

Granny Hao shook her right hand and the burnt incense fell onto the bed.

“I want to go back!” Yu Xiaolian broke down and shouted.

The next second, Yu Xiaolian actually appeared in the supermarket again. She was overjoyed. She tried to open the door again, but she still couldn’t open it.

Suddenly, Yu Xiaolian felt a pain on her fingertips. It turned out that Granny Hao had pricked her finger with a needle when she saw that she hadn’t woken up for a long time.

“Child, I’ve already tried my best. No matter who you were in the past, you can only be Yu Xiaolian in the future. In the end, I’ve let you down. Don’t worry, I’ll keep your secret.”

Yu Xiaolian’s expression was ashen. She knew that she would never return to her original home. She left Granny Hao’s house dejectedly.

“Ah, isn’t that the unlucky star? Didn’t she have a high fever? Why isn’t she dead yet?”

“Quick… Let’s take a detour and stay away from her.”

A few girls were carrying baskets made of willow branches and were about to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables when they bumped into the dejected Yu Xiaolian. The few of them whispered as they walked around her.

Yu Xiaolian looked up. Among those girls, she only knew one called Zhao Erya. She only recognized the others, but she didn’t know their names.

Zhao Erya was also the only girl her age who wasn’t afraid of her. However, her family was afraid. After hearing that Zhao Erya and Yu Xiaolian were getting close, Zhao Erya’s family beat her up fiercely, so Zhao Erya didn’t dare to talk to Yu Xiaolian now.

When Yu Xiaolian returned to the Yu family, Madam Sun had just returned with the ground rice. When she saw Yu Xiaolian return, she didn’t greet her. She only lowered her face and went into the house to put the rice away. Then, she scooped a bowl of rice and went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Yu Changfu’s wife, Madam Cao, was washing the dishes. When she saw Madam Sun enter, she immediately threw the bowls in the pot aside. “If you want to use the pot, wash the dishes.”

Without another word, Madam Sun took the bowl from Madam Cao’s hand and started washing it.

Madam Cao said smugly, “I’ve never seen your Changhe so stupid. He doesn’t want his own child but insists on raising someone else’s child. He’s even raising her quite vigorously.”

Madam Sun only washed the bowl in her hand and did not say anything.

Madam Cao glanced at the bowl of rice that Madam Sun had brought over. “Aren’t you going to cook today? Mother told me to watch over you and not let you use our family’s oil and salt.”

Madam Sun washed the plates and bowls out of the pot in a few moves. Then, she started to wash the pot. “Sister-in-law, don’t worry. I’ll just use the pot to cook some porridge.”

Madam Cao leaned against the door frame and said sarcastically, “Cook porridge? Cooking porridge takes a lot of water. When you’re done in a while, don’t forget to fill the water vat. Second uncle is crippled and can’t carry water. You’ll have to work hard.”

Madam Sun’s hand that was washing the pot paused. Then, she said coldly, “Sister-in-law, you’d better go out. Otherwise, it won’t be good if the water is thrown at you later.”

As she spoke, Madam Sun swung the brush in her hand at Madam Cao.

Although Madam Cao’s clothes were not made of good materials, she did not want to dirty them. She took a few steps back, spat at Madam Sun, and left.

Yu Xiaolian returned to the house, her mind still thinking about the situation in the supermarket just now. Could she really never go back?

For some reason, Yu Xiaolian actually appeared in her supermarket again. This time, she immediately pulled the glass door of the convenience store, but it still didn’t work.

She walked to the cashier again. The half bag of potato chips and the novel she was reading on her phone were still there.

She tried to pick up the half-full bag of chips and actually succeeded.

After taking a bite, it was the same as usual.

She had heard before that after a person died, their soul would be trapped in the place of death and repeat the moment of death.

But at this moment, everything in the supermarket seemed to have stopped.

All of this should be an illusion.

Yu Xiaolian thought about it a few times in her heart and realized that she could shuttle back and forth between ancient times and the supermarket.

Moreover, the things in the supermarket would appear in her hands with just a thought. She could actually bring modern things to ancient times. This discovery made Yu Xiaolian’s uncomfortable mood improve a lot.

Yu Xiaolian thought that she couldn’t go back anyway, so she resigned herself to fate and went to the kitchen, planning to help Madam Sun start the fire. “Mother… let me start the fire?”