After more than an hour on the bus, they finally arrived downtown.
The truck parked at the entrance of a mall, the driver waited in the vehicle, and Nianyang, Xu Zhiyi, and the others linked arms and entered the mall to start picking out items to buy.
Xu Zhiyi and the others planned to buy some yarn to knit sweaters for their men, whereas Nianyang had a longer shopping list; going downtown wasn't easy.
She wanted to buy all the household items and various ingredients in one go; since there was space to store things, it was inconvenient bringing Xu Zhiyi and the others along.
So Nianyang suggested they split up: let Xu Zhiyi and the others go to buy yarn while she first went to the underground food market to buy some meat. They agreed to meet back at the original spot in half an hour to buy household goods together. This way, they'd have enough time for everything.
