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Feng Yuan started guarding the door at 11:47. He hadn’t eaten before coming over.
Before Feng Yuan had even squatted on the ground for long, Qin Xun heard the rumbling of Feng Yuan’s hungry stomach.
The Yu family happened to be setting the table for lunch.
Fang Fang looked at the chubby little guy still squatting by the door and smiled as she called Yu Lian over.
“Yu Lian, go call Yuan Yuan over to eat.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Lian strode over in a few steps, wanting to get the little guy to come eat.
But even with his stomach growling, Feng Yuan refused to come over.
“Yuan Yuan is guarding the door.”
Feng Yuan was also keeping an eye on the time. He hadn’t earned even a single yuan yet.
When Yu Lian couldn’t persuade Feng Yuan, Fang Fang soon took over.
But even she couldn’t coax him.
Feng Qi and Li Sheng watched the chubby little guy but didn’t try to persuade him.
They called Yu Lian and Fang Fang back.
“If he wants to earn this money himself, let him keep squatting there. Don’t worry about him.”
“He’s young, not foolish. He won’t starve himself.”
This little chubby guy of theirs was more likely to accidentally overeat than go hungry.
The adults all started eating. When the dragons at the Yu family saw their baby squatting by the door like a little lion, their hearts melted.
The dragons immediately prepared a meal for Feng Yuan.
They used a small bowl, filling it to the brim with rice and dishes, topped with two chicken drumsticks.
“Baby, this is a work meal.”
“You can eat while working. When I worked in the back kitchen, I could eat while on the job.”
Qing Hao used himself as an example to persuade Feng Yuan to obediently eat his work meal.
Feng Yuan looked at the bowl brought over and patted his little belly.
“Uncle, just put it on the ground for Yuan Yuan.”
Without leaving his post even once, Feng Yuan squatted in place and finished all the food in the bowl.
The adults at the dining table kept glancing his way.
Seeing him eat, Yu Lian and Fang Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
“In such cold weather, it’s important to eat warm meals.”
As she spoke, Fang Fang brought up Yu Yi.
Yu Yi hadn’t come out to eat.
He was still sleeping at the moment.
“After we finish eating, let’s go check on Xiao Yi. He’s probably about to wake up.”
Fang Fang had always wanted to be a grandmother. But now that her son actually had an egg, she felt anxious every day.
She was terrified that something might go wrong while her son was laying the egg.
“No rush. Let’s wait until Yu Yi is fully rested before we go see him.”
Although Feng Qi and Li Sheng had come to visit Yu Yi, they didn’t want to disturb him.
It would be great if Yu Yi was awake when they visited.
But if he was still asleep and they ended up waking him, that wouldn’t be good.
Feng Qi and Li Sheng were no strangers anyway.
Hearing this, Fang Fang smiled and urged them to keep eating.
By the time the adults finished their meal, Feng Yuan had also asked the dragon uncles to return his empty bowl.
The dragons stayed by his side, guarding the door with him.
With big and small ones gathered together, it looked like the perfect setting for a chat.
But Feng Yuan, who was usually so talkative, didn’t chat with the dragon uncles.
He was working now and couldn’t afford to be distracted.
After what felt like an eternity, the hour finally passed. The dragons, who had been watching the time, eagerly picked up the little guy, whose legs had gone numb.
“Baby, can you talk now?”
Feng Yuan nodded emphatically. “Yes!”
Once Feng Yuan was in a dragon’s arms, it wasn’t easy for anyone else to hold him.
These dragons were all fiercely competitive when it came to holding the little guy.
They rushed straight to Yu Yi’s room with the baby in their arms.
Inside Yu Yi’s room, Wu Jin was keeping watch without leaving even a step away.
He even took his meals in the small living area of the room.
From his spot in the living area, he could clearly see every movement in the bedroom.
The dragons carried Feng Yuan into the room, but didn’t enter the inner chamber.
Though they appeared to be in a hurry, their movements were actually very careful.
When they entered, they made almost no sound.
“Yuan Yuan.”
The dragons usually stayed in the living area.
Lowering their voices, they set Feng Yuan down: “Yu Yi is inside. Go see him yourself.”
They didn’t go in themselves.
With too many people, the air in the bedroom wouldn’t be good.
The bedroom door could be closed.
Usually, when the dragons stayed in the living area, it didn’t disturb Yu Yi and Wu Jin’s private time together.
Under the expectant gazes of the dragon uncles, Feng Yuan tiptoed into the bedroom.
Standing at the bedroom door, he first peeked his little head inside.
He arrived at just the right time. Yu Yi had just opened his eyes.
“Yuan Yuan, you’re here.”
As soon as Yu Yi woke up and saw Feng Yuan, his mood instantly brightened.
Seeing the smile on his face, Wu Jin felt happy, too.
“Xiao Yi, I’ll go get your meal. You stay here and play with Yuan Yuan.”
With that, Wu Jin went to fetch the food.
Feng Yuan approached, took off his shoes, and climbed onto the bed.
The temperature in Yu Yi’s room was warm.
Noticing Feng Yuan was still wearing his coat, Yu Yi helped him take it off.
“Yuan Yuan, why didn’t you take off your coat earlier?”
“Yuan Yuan was guarding the door, so it was cold.”
Feng Yuan had been crouching by the small room near the outer door in the main hall.
The main hall was open. The outside air would seep in.
Although the heating was on in the hall, the family was still worried he might catch a draft in that spot, so they hadn’t taken off his coat.
After just a few minutes in Yu Yi’s room, his little face was flushed from the warmth.
With his coat off, Yu Yi found it easier to hold him.
Both of them stayed on the bed. Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand reached out to touch Yu Yi’s belly.
The little black egg inside Yu Yi’s womb seemed very fond of Feng Yuan.
It was as if it could recognize him. As soon as Feng Yuan touched the belly, the egg began to move.
Feng Yuan: “!”
Feeling the movement of the little black egg, Feng Yuan’s eyes lit up.
“Godfather, Eggy is moving!”
“Yes, it’s been moving more and more lately. Maybe it can’t wait to come out and play with you.”
Yu Yi’s egg-laying period was almost due.
He could lay the egg at any moment now.
After touching the egg, Feng Yuan pressed his chubby little cheek against Yu Yi’s belly.
Through Yu Yi’s skin, he snuggled with the little black egg.
The scene looked incredibly heartwarming.
Watching from the living area, the dragons felt their hearts soften.
Time passed little by little.
Wu Jin brought over the meal and had Yu Yi eat it.
After finishing his meal, Yu Yi got out of bed and moved around for a while.
He showed Feng Yuan the things prepared for the egg.
Even before being born, the egg already had a luxurious nursery and a playroom.
It had everything a newborn could possibly need.
Yu Lian, Fang Fang, and Frida had all prepared many things for Yu Yi.
Even Yu Ye, who often teased Yu Yi for being “pregnancy-brain” for three years, had sent over quite a few items.
Yu Ye had even personally bought a stroller for the baby.
Looking at all these things for the egg, Feng Yuan clenched his little fists tightly.
He wasn’t jealous of Eggy.
He was filled with regret!
Originally, he had planned to buy things for Eggy, too.
But now, he had no money left at all.
“Eggy.”
After following Yu Yi around for a while, Feng Yuan stood on his tiptoes and leaned close to Eggy again. In a soft voice, he whispered to Eggy, “Don’t worry, I will definitely buy you a gift!”
No matter how down and out he was, he, the Great King Yuan Yuan, would never miss out on this egg-laying gift.
After leaning close to Eggy, Feng Yuan’s motivation to earn money surged once again.
He went to squat by the room entrance for another hour.
By the time he left the Yu family, he had earned a total of two yuan.
Before the money could even warm his hands, Feng Qi stretched out his palm toward him.
“Yuan Yuan, pay me back.”
Feng Yuan: “…”
Feng Yuan returned one yuan. Tilting his chubby little face upward, he made a request to his dad, “Dad, I want to save up ten yuan while paying you back.”
Feng Qi: “What do you need the money for?”
Feng Yuan answered honestly, “To buy things for Eggy.”
Feng Qi: “Alright.”
Feng Qi approved Feng Yuan’s request.
On the way back, Feng Qi assigned new money-earning tasks to the newly appointed Little Worker Yuan Yuan.
Tidying up the toy room by himself: fifty cents.
Serving tea and water to his grandparents, showing filial respect: five jiao1correct me if I’m wrong: one yuan is divided into ten jiao per occasion.
Completing two pages of homework daily: a one-yuan reward.
Feng Qi listed the prices for various tasks and handed them to him.
These tasks were designed to cultivate Feng Yuan’s habits of self-discipline, filial piety, and diligence in his studies.
Feng Yuan accepted them all.
From then on, in addition to working at home to earn money, Feng Yuan also brought out his little car again.
He resumed collecting scrap.
Feng Yuan’s little car had undergone another modification as winter approached.
Its tires had been replaced with anti-skid ones.
Now, when he drove his little car out, it wouldn’t tip over as easily.
When Rong Rong saw him going out to collect scrap, he wanted to join.
Feng Yuan’s car couldn’t fit two people.
Seeing this, Rong Rong didn’t give up. After inspecting Feng Yuan’s little car, he asked his dad to buy one for him, too.
But he wasn’t very good at driving it.
To be able to go out with Feng Yuan, Rong Rong eventually came up with a new solution.
He transformed into his original form.
His original form was very small and fluffy.
Most importantly, he was much lighter than Feng Yuan.
He had Feng Yuan pick him up, and then—
He became a fluffy scarf around Feng Yuan’s neck.
Feng Yuan stroked the little fox perched on his shoulder. It was warm. But after a while, his neck began to feel sore.
“Rong Rong, why don’t you lie on my lap?”
Feng Yuan patted his chubby little legs, “I’ll sit and drive, and you can lie on my lap. That should work better.”
To bring Rong Rong along, Feng Yuan had put a lot of thought into it.
A moment later.
The Great King Yuan Yuan, heading out to collect scrap, had his partner Qin Xun sitting in the passenger seat and his good friend, the little fox, lying on his lap. He honked the scrap-collecting horn. The little car chugged along as they drove off.
Feng Yuan was very familiar with the nearby streets and neighborhoods.
By now, even more people recognized him than before.
“Little Yuan Yuan, I saw you on the show! How are you so lively?”
“Little Yuan Yuan, are you still collecting scrap?”
“Little Yuan, come to my place. I happen to have a pile of delivery boxes that haven’t been thrown out yet.”
After becoming a minor celebrity, many people loved striking up conversations with him.
Thanks to his own reputation, Feng Yuan’s scrap-collecting business was even more bustling than before today.
He collected scraps all day and earned a whopping 30 yuan in revenue!
If it weren’t for the limited capacity of his cart and the time it took to make multiple trips to the main recycling station, his profits could have been even higher.
The owner of the recycling station proposed a partnership with Feng Yuan.
He wanted to use Feng Yuan to monopolize all the scrap collection in their area.
But Feng Yuan turned down the offer.
As soon as he heard the word “monopoly”, he shook his little head.
He didn’t want to create a monopoly.
He couldn’t let other scrap collectors lose their livelihoods just because he was in this business.
Feng Yuan was already very satisfied with earning 30 yuan a day!
The little fox followed them around. Although it wasn’t as warm outside as it was at home, the little fox was still very happy.
The two kids and the little fox worked outside like this for several days in a row.
A few days later.
Feng Yuan took ten yuan and temporarily stopped working.
Today, he was going to climb the mountain with his grandparents to visit the temple and pay respects to the Buddha.
The money he had earned over the past few days had all been used to pay off debts.
Now, with the ten yuan in his pocket, he planned to spend it at the temple.
The temple had protective charms and many other small items.
These items, having been in the presence of the Buddha, were considered very auspicious.
Feng Yuan wanted to buy some.
He went out with his grandparents. Qin Xun didn’t accompany them.
The New Year was approaching. Someone from the Qin family had come to invite Qin Xun back.
Feng Qi hadn’t originally planned to let Qin Xun go back.
The people in the Qin family all had ill intentions toward Qin Xun.
But Qin Xun insisted on returning.
When Li Ting heard he was going back, he personally accompanied him.
In the eyes of the Li family, Qin Xun was now one of their own.
The winter sun, while warm, could still be quite scorching.
The mountain Feng Yuan was going to climb was called Qiong Mountain.
The main hall on the mountain housed hundreds of statues of gods and Buddhas.
There was also a well in the temple. Everyone who came would take a sip of its water.
Some claimed that drinking this water could help one conceive twins.
Others said it could cure all kinds of illnesses.
There were even those who said that washing wounds with this water would heal them in no time, without leaving scars.
In short, there were all sorts of rumors about the well water’s miraculous effects.
Yu Lian, Fang Fang, Li Heng, and Frida, though all over 50, were still in good health.
They didn’t use the cable car when climbing the mountain.
Fang Fang said that only by climbing up on foot could one show true sincerity.
Fang Fang and Yu Lian had come to pray for Yu Yi’s safety.
Staying at home only made them anxious, so coming out to seek blessings from the gods and Buddhas gave them some peace of mind.
Halfway up the mountain.
Feng Yuan began to struggle with the climb.
For a child, the continuous uphill trek was both tedious and boring.
Feng Yuan could play outside all day without getting tired. But when it came to climbing a mountain, he quickly grew exhausted.
“Grandpa, how much longer until we get there?”
“Almost there.”
Seeing the little guy slowing down, Li Heng opened his arms and said, “Let Grandpa carry you.”
Feng Yuan shook his head.
Climbing the mountain was already tiring, and he was quite heavy. If Grandpa carried him, it would only make things harder.
A filial child wouldn’t let his grandparents carry him.
Seeing that Feng Yuan refused to be carried but was too tired to continue, Li Heng simply gave him 20 yuan.
“Yuan Yuan, see that spot up ahead? They’re selling water there.”
“Help Grandpa and Grandma buy some water. You can keep the change as your tip.”
Feng Yuan: “!”
The little guy, who had been struggling to climb just moments before, instantly brightened up at the mention of an errand fee.
He took the money from his grandpa and dashed off in a flash.
The small shop, about three hundred meters away, was reached by Feng Yuan in one breath.
He bought four bottles of water, one for each of his grandparents.
He didn’t buy one for himself.
Water here was expensive. A bottle of mineral water that usually costs 2 yuan was sold here for 4 yuan.
Feng Yuan bought four bottles, and the shopkeeper gave him 4 yuan in change.
Such a generous errand fee made Feng Yuan’s little mouth curl into a grin.
Holding the water, he waited for his grandparents to catch up.
When Li Heng arrived, he drank his water.
This time, he gave Feng Yuan another 30 yuan and asked him to buy a few grilled sausages further up the hill.
The sausages cost 5 yuan each. Li Heng had intended for him to buy five, so he could have one for himself and still earn a 5-yuan errand fee.
Feng Yuan took the 30 yuan and ran ahead again.
He reached the grilled sausage stall but still only bought four.
The little money-grubber now only wanted to maximize his errand earnings.
Seeing that he neither ate nor drank, Li Heng’s eyes flickered with helplessness.
“Yuan Yuan, here.”
Li Heng handed the sausage meant for him to Feng Yuan. “Grandpa doesn’t like this. You have it.”
Feng Yuan refused.
Though he loved grilled sausages, these were bought for his grandpa. So he couldn’t take them.
Seeing his insistence, Li Heng had no choice but to let it go.
And so, Li Heng continued to send Feng Yuan on errands.
Feng Yuan ran around, growing more and more energetic as he went.
He was much faster than his grandparents.
When they reached another flat area further up, Feng Yuan saw a large display of wind chimes hanging.
Along the way, there were already many things for sale.
But Feng Yuan decided to wait until they reached the temple to buy anything.
He kept saving up his errand fees. His little face flushed with exhaustion, yet he never complained.
At home, his grandparents didn’t give him much pocket money.
With his dad keeping a close watch, Feng Yuan knew his grandparents didn’t dare give him money to spend.
But now that they were out, his earnings had skyrocketed from an hourly rate of 0.5 or 1 yuan to several yuan per errand.
This made Feng Yuan so happy he felt like he might faint from joy.
Walking ahead on his own, he called Qin Xun and Rong Rong.
Qin Xun didn’t answer. He’s probably busy.
But Rong Rong picked up.
Rong Rong had also bought a smartwatch, the same model as Feng Yuan’s.
Bo Han was not at home.
He, along with Feng Qi and Li Sheng, had gone to scout for a location.
They needed a place to help Feng Qi regain his memories.
To restore Feng Qi’s memories, they would need the help of a demon.
Since demonic energy would be involved, they couldn’t do it at home.
With Bo Han away, Rong Rong spent the day at home playing with his new dad.
He answered Feng Yuan’s call and listened to him chattering excitedly about the lively scene on the mountain.
“There are so many people here!”
With the New Year approaching, many had free time. The mountain was crowded with visitors.
Feng Yuan chattered about the bustling atmosphere and excitedly listed the things he planned to buy later.
He wanted to buy beads, peace charms, bracelets…
“Rong Rong, I’ve earned a lot of money just now.”
“I’ll buy one for you, too.”
Feng Yuan was a generous little guy. Though he worked hard for his money, he never hesitated to spend it on others.
The money he saved from not buying water or sausages, plus his errand fees, he had already planned how to spend it.
First for Eggy, then for Qin Xun, and also for Rong Rong.
Xu Jiale’s must not be forgotten either.
When Xu Jiale traveled with his grandparents, they sent Feng Yuan gifts.
Feng Yuan, thinking about how much money he now had, couldn’t wait to climb to the mountain peak.
Half an hour later.
Feng Yuan, having earned another 10 yuan as a delivery fee, finally reached the top and arrived at the temple.
The grandparents reverently lit incense in front of the incense burner at the center of the temple and bowed three times.
Yu Lian and Fang Fang naturally prayed for peace and safety.
Li Heng prayed for his family’s health and well-being.
Frida also prayed for peace. But after that, she added one more wish—
“In the new year, may my Yuan Yuan be spared from getting beaten so often.”
The adults were all praying devoutly.
Feng Yuan, imitating the adults, also took three sticks of incense.
He wanted to make a wish, too!
While others made their wishes silently, this chubby little kid voiced his wishes loudly.
He thought that with so many people around, if he spoke too softly, the gods and buddhas wouldn’t be able to hear him.
So, with a serious expression on his chubby face, he raised the incense and declared loudly in his childish voice, “Please make Yuan Yuan super rich!”
“Make Dad stop hitting Yuan Yuan forever!”
“Make the kindergarten break down so it never opens again!”
Feng Yuan couldn’t stop once he started making wishes.
He voiced one wish after another, each louder than the last.
The tourists at the temple had already recognized him and were secretly filming him.
The tourists were practically dying of laughter.
Li Heng, noticing that his little grandson had unintentionally become the center of attention, hurried over with Frida to take the little guy away.
“Alright, Yuan Yuan, let’s go inside to pray.”
“No. Yuan Yuan isn’t finished yet.”
Feng Yuan didn’t want to go inside. Holding the incense, he made another audacious wish.
“Let Yuan Yuan be the dad! Make Dad listen to Yuan Yuan!”
“Yuan Yuan only needs to be the dad for one day!”
The little chubby kid, always being bossed around by his dad, had developed a rebellious streak.
He boldly and somewhat recklessly wanted to experience what it felt like to be the dad!
The little guy was both daring and timid.
He wanted to be the dad, but only for one day.
Just as he finished making this wish, the three sticks of incense in his hand seemed unable to bear the weight of his wishes any longer…
Snap!
The incense in Feng Yuan’s hands broke cleanly in half.
Feng Yuan: “???”
Feng Yuan stared wide-eyed at the incense lying on the ground.
The tourists who filmed this scene were also astonished.
They looked at the chubby little kid, then at the broken incense on the ground.
Just as they thought the little one would be frightened by this eerie occurrence, they heard him let out a loud huff.
The little guy crouched down, picked up the broken incense, and went to find the person who had sold it to him.
“Uncle, your incense is no good. It broke.”
“Please give Yuan Yuan new ones.”
The little guy went to exchange the broken incense, completely unaware that his wishes might have been the reason the incense snapped.
The incense stall owner didn’t argue.
He cheerfully exchanged it for new incense.
However, after Feng Yuan left, the owner picked up the broken incense and felt a bit puzzled.
“This incense is freshly made and has always been the sturdiest.”
The incense he sold was not of poor quality.
It was genuinely good incense!
“Oh well.”
The owner collected the broken incense, planning to study the cause more carefully when he returned home.
For now, he still had to keep selling incense.
Feng Yuan’s earlier act of changing the incense unexpectedly helped the shop owner attract a wave of customers.
The customers, pleased with the shop owner’s friendly attitude, all started buying incense from him.
After being busy for quite a while, the owner finally realized that the sudden surge of customers was related to the little kid who had come earlier to exchange incense.
He even managed to learn the little one’s name.
Feng Yuan, Little Yuan Yuan.
It turns out he was a minor celebrity.
The owner’s fondness for the little star, who had brought him so many customers, soared rapidly.
He even took out his phone to look him up.
The search made him even happier.
His elementary school-aged daughter had mentioned this Little Yuan Yuan at home before.
She often talked about how adorable Yuan Yuan was.
She had even begged him and his wife to bring Yuan Yuan home.
His somewhat spoiled and assertive daughter had declared—
If Yuan Yuan could be her little brother, she wouldn’t mind sharing all her snacks with him.
Seeing how much his daughter wanted a younger brother, he had jokingly offered to have another baby, but she refused.
She didn’t want just any younger brother.
She only wanted Yuan Yuan as her little brother.
Unable to fulfill his daughter’s wish, the incense shop owner could only try to make her happy by spending more time taking her out.
As for having a second child, he and his wife had never even considered it.
His wife had suffered from the gender bias in her own family.
When their daughter was born, they had agreed: One daughter was enough for their lifetime.
Thinking of his daughter, the owner decided to call her.
“Zhu Zhu, guess who Daddy just saw?”
“Daddy saw Little Yuan Yuan! He came to our stall to buy incense.”
“That Yuan Yuan is really pretty. He was wearing a red cotton outfit. Daddy thought he looked even cuter than the New Year painting baby on our wall.”
The owner chuckled as he chatted with his daughter on the phone.
Meanwhile, after exchanging the incense, Feng Yuan made only one wish before being taken by his grandparents into the main hall.
The hall was filled with many statues of deities.
In front of the statues were three prayer mats. Anyone coming to pray would kneel on the mats, close their eyes to make a wish, and then kowtow three times to the gods.
Fang Fang and Yu Lian kowtowed very earnestly.
Feng Yuan wanted to kowtow, too.
But every time he finished reciting his wish and was about to start kowtowing, something would go wrong.
Either the donation box on the table would topple and coins would fall on him, or his prayer mat would suddenly slip, making it impossible for him to kneel properly.
In short, Feng Yuan couldn’t get any of his many wishes out.
After kneeling all around the hall without managing a single kowtow, the little chubby-faced Feng Yuan was getting angry.
He glared furiously at the statues. If not for his grandfather watching him, he would have started arguing with them.
Having knelt in vain, Feng Yuan was taken by his grandparents, who had finished their prayers, to draw fortune sticks.
Feng Yuan drew the best fortune.
His stick indicated that he would turn misfortune into a blessing.
The sticks drawn by Yu Lian and Fang Fang weren’t very good at first.
But when the monk saw their worried expressions, he took their sticks and let them draw again.
Yu Lian and Fang Fang kept redrawing.
Finally, after several attempts, they drew a favorable fortune.
The monk interpreted their good fortune and offered them blessings.
With prayers said and fortunes drawn, Feng Yuan could finally go shopping at the temple store.
Yu Lian and Fang Fang also had things they wanted to buy.
They split up to browse.
Among all the souvenirs, Feng Yuan quickly found the perfect gift he liked.
He even haggled over the price.
Once the gift was chosen and the price negotiated, Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand reached into his pocket, ready to pay.
But—
He searched through all his pockets and couldn’t find his money.
The money he had carefully carried all the way was gone. He had no idea when he’d lost it.
Losing money is, without a doubt, the worst nightmare for any child.
Feng Yuan couldn’t believe he had lost his money.
He had just drawn the best fortune stick, the one that promised to turn misfortune into blessing!
And even though he hadn’t kowtowed properly, he had still made a wish on the prayer cushion.
His very first wish was to have lots and lots of money!
Now, before his wish for sudden wealth could come true, Feng Yuan, who had painstakingly saved up a little money, was bankrupt again.
The little one couldn’t handle the blow.
He stood there, his chubby hands still frantically searching his pockets.
Li Heng, noticing him digging through his pockets, crouched down.
“Yuan Yuan, what’s wrong?”
Feng Yuan held back his words, continuing to search his pockets.
His flushed little face was already beaded with sweat.
Frida watched him for a moment before gently taking his hand.
“Yuan Yuan, did you lose your money?”
As soon as Frida said this, Feng Yuan became completely frantic.
He nearly tore his pockets apart.
“Yuan Yuan put the money in his pocket and didn’t take it out!”
His money had been safely tucked away in his pocket.
Frida examined his pockets closely and noticed that although they were large, they had no zippers and were slightly slanted in design.
It was indeed easy for money to fall out.
“Yuan Yuan, don’t worry. Grandma will help you check.”
Frida helped him search again.
But the result remained the same.
There wasn’t a single coin left in Feng Yuan’s pockets.
All his money was gone.
He had rolled his money together on the way, so if it fell out, it would have been lost all at once.
“Grandma, Yuan Yuan’s money!”
Feng Yuan lifted his little face. Under the weight of losing his money, he could no longer hold back. He burst into loud, heart-wrenching sobs.
He cried so pitifully.
“Yuan Yuan had 50 yuan. Now, it’s all gone.”
He had brought 10 yuan with him when he came. Through running errands for his grandparents and saving his own money, he had finally managed to save up 50 yuan.
That 50 yuan, made up of small bills and coins, was now completely gone in an instant.
Feng Yuan cried so hard he nearly fainted.
Seeing how heartbroken the little guy was, Li Heng offered to replace the money: “Yuan Yuan, here’s 50 yuan for you.”
Li Heng wanted to give him new money to make up for the loss.
But Feng Yuan refused.
Between sobs, his childish voice trembling, he cried, “Yuan Yuan… Yuan Yuan wants his own money.”
He didn’t want money from his grandparents.
He wanted his own money.
Li Heng looked at the inconsolable child and felt helpless.
The mountain was crowded with people.
The money Feng Yuan had lost was probably already picked up by someone else.
Yu Lian and Fang Fang, who had been shopping on the second floor, heard Feng Yuan’s cries and hurried over.
Upon learning that he had lost his money, they also offered to give Feng Yuan 50 yuan.
When Feng Yuan refused, Fang Fang, who often visited the temple, came up with another idea.
“Let’s go. There’s a broadcast station in the temple. We can use it to ask if anyone picked up Yuan Yuan’s money.”
Fang Fang’s suggestion was met with nods from Li Heng and Frida.
The group headed to the broadcast station.
At the station.
The person in charge, upon hearing that 50 yuan had been lost, was about to honestly say that the money was likely already picked up.
Once money is picked up by someone, it’s not easy to get it back.
Before he could finish his sentence, he spotted the little cub still crying.
The little cub was crying as if the sky had fallen.
Seeing the pitiful little guy, the person in charge didn’t say anything more.
He picked up the little one and made an announcement together with him.
“Hello, dear visitors.”
“I’m here to interrupt with a message. A little worshipper has lost 50 yuan. If anyone has found the money, we kindly ask you to bring it to the broadcasting station after hearing this announcement.”
After delivering the message himself, the person in charge also had Feng Yuan explain where he had lost the money.
Feng Yuan tearfully recounted the places he had visited over the broadcast.
As he spoke, he kept wiping his tears.
“This is the 50 yuan that Yuan Yuan earned himself. Yuan Yuan wanted to buy a gift for his little brother.”
“Uncles, aunties, brothers, and sisters, if you’ve found it, please return it to Yuan Yuan.”
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152