Chapter 1110


    We’ve only been gone for two days! Does she really need to do this?


    Sophia saw the filming crew arriving, so she quickly put on a straw hat to cover even more of her face as


    her dark eyes swiveled around. After she changed out of the clothes she had on just now, she rode the


    motorcycle over. She was garbed in a dirty apron, and below her work pants that were caked with mud


    were her bare feet. She was pretending that she had just dug up the potatoes, and to make things even


    more realistic, she even swiped mud on her cheeks.


    The vige was a producer ofrge and mild-vored potatoes. It was potato-harvesting season now, so


    more than half of the market was filled with those colorful tubers. Blending in with the other farmers,


    Sophia remained hidden in in sight.


    There were many different types of potatoes, ranging from the round and golden ones to the oblong and


    reddish ones. The earthy smell from them wafted into the air, and most of them were still caked with


    mud, having just been freshly dug up from the potato fields early this morning.


    “So many potatoes!” Carmen eximed and rushed into the vegetable market to choose them.


    Michael followed closely behind, carrying her small husky bag for her.


    Carmen made her way toward Sophia, who was extremely nervous as she was afraid of being


    recognized. Thus, she kept her head bowed.


    Michael walked over and squatted down next to Sophia’s stall. Although he pretended to choose the


    potatoes in her stall very carefully, he was in fact secretly looking at his wife.


    Looking at the potatoes, he asked his daughter, “Carmen, would you like to eat potatoes?”


    Carmen nodded. “Yes!”


    Michael continued, “But potatoes make one look ugly. Carmen, aren’t you afraid of bing ugly?”


    The little girl became a little hesitant. Staring at the potatoes, she felt herself drooling at the thought of


    eating them, but she was also deathly afraid of turning ugly. After swallowing back her saliva, she


    decided to give up her food cravings for the sake of beauty. Tugging at Michael’s sleeve, she said


    pitifully, “Daddy, we’d better go. I don’t want to turn ugly.”


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    Michael said, “It’s okay, you can eat less while I’ll eat more. If we turn ugly, I’ll be uglier than you.”


    Sophia, who was in disguise, could not help butugh. However, in the next second, she heard Michael


    say, “Ma’am, give me two pounds of potatoes.”


    Ma’am?


    Sophia was surprised by this form of address, but she immediately got into her role and weighed the


    potatoes for them.


    Carmen squatted and watched very carefully as Sophia took out a small scale to weigh their vegetables.


    “Daddy, look! What is this?”


    Carmen was seeing this kind of scale for the first time, which thrilled her to no end. She looked at Sophia


    in adoration.


    Sophia secretly felt ted in her heart. She deliberately took a long time to weigh the potatoes and


    thought to herself how fortunate it was that she had practiced using this scale before.


    In the past, she had often gone to the farmhouses outside the city for vacation, and during her trips, she


    would asionally visit the nearby towns to buy food. On one of those trips, she had learned how to use


    the scale. Although she was slightly rusty at using it right now, she could still do it.


    Michael took the opportunity to exin how the scale worked to Carmen, who listened with amazement.


    The two pounds of potatoes were quickly weighed out. Then, Sophia told them how much it cost.


    Michael looked at Sophia, who was trying hard to look professional, and couldn’t help butugh.


    However, he did not expose her but let Carmen pay for the potatoes by herself.


    “Here, Carmen, pay thedy yourself.”


    Carmen took a note out and looked at Sophia pitifully, saying, “Ma’am, do you mind charging me less?”


    Upon looking at her soft and tiny face, Sophia felt enraptured by her cuteness.


    I’ll even give them to you for free!


    But several videographers were staring at them, and the director was also watching intently. So, she had


    to keep her act together and pretended to be unhappy. “We are a small business trying to make ends


    meet. How about I give you a few more potatoes to make up the full amount of that note in your hand?”


    Carmen calcted the cost of the ingredients and fell silent. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Michael


    said, “Just charge us a little bit less. It’s not a big deal, and you don’t have to keep so many coins.”


    Even Michael himself had started to bargain with her. Sophia pretended to mull over it for a while, then


    agreed. “Okay, okay, here you go.”


    She quickly wrapped up the potatoes, took the note, and gave some change to Carmen.


    Carmen squeezed the change in her hands and looked overjoyed.


    Despite only saving a few coins, it was as satisfying as saving a few million.


    Michael left holding the potatoes while Carmen skipped along behind him, followed by the film crew.


    Carrying the potatoes, Michael thought to himself that Sophia probably was done by this time. He did not


    want to see her againter as he felt awkward negotiating prices with her.


    A momentter, Michael had bought everything he needed without spending too much. The ce the


    film crew had arranged for them to live in was without a refrigerator, so he had to eat however much he


    bought. The potatoes and beans couldst until tomorrow, but the leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and meat


    had to be finished by today, or they would spoil.


    Without Sophia there, he could finally feel bold enough to negotiate prices with the other sellers.


    Michael had decided to make a spicy stew for Carmen but using less chili.


    But to his surprise, when he finally went to buy the chili, he saw Sophia again.


    She had changed her clothes and washed her face, but she still had thatrge face mask on. Right now,


    she was working as a cashier in a snack cum grocery shop, and she still thought she was perfectly


    camouged.


    Michael was at a loss for words.


    Even if she only showed a toe, Michael could recognize her, let alone showing her whole self.


    As the only snack cum grocery shop in the vige, it was well stocked. From pistachios to sanitary


    napkins and from ice cream to cumin powder, it had everything one would need. As soon as Carmen


    entered, she had her gaze fixated on arge rainbow-colored lollipop.


    I want that…


    But Michael nced at the price of the lollipop and touched his pocket. It’s too expensive!


    If we buy the lollipop today, we’ll have to go hungry tomorrow.


    Carmen turned to look at Michael, who pretended not to notice.


    “Daddy, I want that lollipop.”


    She tugged on him so that he faced the lollipop. Staring at the big, round, rainbow-colored lollipop, it was


    the first time Michael felt that he couldn’t afford to buy such amon item.


    Besides, the lollipop was so big that it would not be easy to hide it from the other kids. If they saw it,


    chaos would probably descend upon the entire filming team.


    Left with no choice, he gritted his teeth and said, “You can’t have the lollipop now. I’ll get it for you when


    we go hometer.”


    Pouting, Carmen put on a sad expression as she continued to stare at the lollipop stubbornly.


    Sophia’s heart immediately softened at that, so she hurriedly told them, “It’s not expensive! Only one coin


    per piece! Come and have one!”


    A bright smile instantly broke out on Carmen’s face. Rushing over, she grabbed the candy and quickly


    unwrapped it. In the end, Michael had no choice but to take out a coin and said, “Here, for the lollipop.”


    Carmen had sessfully bought the candy with a single coin even though it actually cost much more.


    Michael turned his head to the videographer and said, “Discard this footageter.”


    The videographer had no response to that.


    Because it was the only grocery store in the vige, other fathers would alsoe in to buy ingredients.


    While Carmen was unwrapping the lollipop, another pair of father and son came in the door with a


    videographer following behind them.


    Seeing Carmen unwrapping the lollipop, the boy immediately jumped up and down. “Daddy, I want the


    candy too!”


    The father was a younger man. This was probably his first time taking care of the kid by himself, and he


    had been so tormented by the ordeal that he had huge dark circles under his eyes. Pinching the money


    in between his fingers, he went up and asked, “How much is the lollipop?”


    Sophia said arrogantly, “Ten for a piece. No bargaining.”


    The young father gritted his teeth and turned to his son. “We’ll buy one when we get home. This lollipop


    is not for sale.”


    They only had a hundred to spend over two more days. So, they had to carefully budget for their


    expenses. It was way too much to spend ten percent of their total just to buy a lollipop.


    There were only a few seconds of silence before Sophia heard the loudest wail ever.


    “Boo hoo…”


    The wailing from the boy was so loud that the ss almost shattered.


    His cries attracted the attention of the other three pairs of fathers and kids. When the other three kids


    entered and saw Carmen clutching a huge lollipop in her hand and was about to eat it, their emotions


    spiraled out of control on the spot.


    “I want Mommy!”


    “I want to go home!”


    “I want the lollipop!”


    The whole crew was plunged into a frenzy instantly. One of the boys even dropped to the ground and


    rolled around, screaming. Nobody could persuade him to stop, and the director and film crew were so


    anxious that they were literally like cats on a hot tin roof.


    Upon hearing the cries and seeing the boy rolling around on the ground, his head almost exploded.


    The situation that they had feared the most was happening right before their eyes!