pαndα,noνɐ1,сoМ “I want to buy something.”
“What are you going to buy?”
The more secretive he behaved, the more curious Ling Wu became, Yan Shengrui and Ling Jingxuan also pricked up their ears, whose curiosity had been lifted to the highest point by him.
Facing their hot eyes, Ling Wen twisted his fingers and said shyly, “Well, I promised grandma long ago that I would buy her a pair of silver earrings. It is rare that I can go to the county with daddy this time. So I think it’s time to keep my promise and buy a pair of silver earrings for my grandpa and buy something for grandpa and second uncle.”
Never expected he was not just saying it, but really planned to buy stuff for Lady Wang. At the time, they had all highly doubted if he would be willing to spend so much money. Ling Jingxuan and Yan Shengrui both picked their brows surprisingly, soon followed by delight. At usual times, it was true that he was quite stingy. But through this thing, they could tell he was quite generous to his family. One should know, he even wouldn’t spend a copper coin on himself.
“Hehe…Our Xiaowen grows up and knows to be good to his grandpa and grandma. Not bad, not bad.”
Ling Jingxuan wore a flower-like smile, feeling so thrilled in the heart. Yan Shengrui beside also gave him his thumbs-up. Ling Wen’s cute face instantly blushed, he looked shyer now. The small looked around them, and then turned to run out. A few minutes later, he came back grabbing a same-size saving pot. Before his parents and elder brother, he pried open the wooden plug below and poured out all the money.
“Xiaowu, what are you doing? The copper coins are rolling all over the place. What if some go missing?”
Seeing that, Ling Wen quickly squatted down to pick up all the copper coins scattered on the ground, in the tone rendering with undisguised care. That is money!
“I also want to buy something for grandma and others. You buy silver earrings for grandma, then I’ll buy her a silver bracelet. Then grandma will have two different gifts.”
Totally ignoring those scattered copper coins everywhere, Ling Wu said plausibly.
“But you needn't treat your money like this? Look, there's money all over the floor. See how you put them back.”
Though it was not his own money, seeing that he didn’t cherish money like that, Ling Wen still couldn’t help straightening his face and scolded him. But Ling Wu still wore a ‘I don’t care’ face, saying while scratching his head, “Oh, ge, that’s because I was anxious to pour them out. Don’t be mad at me. I promise I won’t be like this next time.”
“Hmm, don’t do this again. Although our family is rich now, we can't forget the hard times we've lived before. We should always remember what we've suffered and what we've enjoyed, or we'll lose all our wealth however rich we are.”
Unable to take his younger brother’s acting cute, Ling Wen nodded, and took the opportunity to teach him to learn to be frugal, and Ling Wu nodded obediently. As for whether he really took it to his heart, maybe only he himself knew. Seeing here, Yan Shengrui and Ling Jingxuan shook their heads at the same time. Maybe in this life, they wouldn’t have a chance to see their stingy buns blow money.
“Daddy, you haven't told me how much money I should take.”
After lessoning his younger brother, Ling Wen pulled him to come before them, wearing an entangled expression. He had only seen silver earrings but never bought them. He knew they should expensive, but he had no idea the money he needed.
“Well...”
Ling Jingxuan pulled them over to sit between him and Yan Shengrui, pretended to be pondering. After whetting their appetite enough, he continued, “First, for clarification, I don’t mean to let you waste money. But Xiaowen, Xiaowu, whenever it is, when you go out, we should bring money as much as we can, just in case of any emergency. If something happens suddenly, we could take it calmly, right? Since you want to use your own money to buy something for your grandpa and grandma, I wouldn’t help you then. So, you must bring enough silver yourselves. Besides, now your aunts and uncles are also here, as the hosts, shouldn’t you show your manners?”
Before the start, in case his big son would nag him again, Ling Jingxuan made special clarification first, and then induced them that they should learn bringing money on them. He didn’t believe that when a five years old kid saw some little cute items, he really could resist the temptation and not buy them?
“Then a bank note of ten taels of silver?”
Putting wrinkles in his eyebrows, Ling Wen tentatively asked, in his opinion, that was already an astronomical figure, although it seemed he was a total little richie now.
“Xiaowen, in your eyes, it might be a lot, but have you ever thought of the value of the things you are gonna buy? Forget about the earrings you’ll buy for your grandma. What are you planning to buy for your grandpa, second uncle and third uncle? Since you rarely have a chance to go to the county, you also wouldn’t just buy them a few packs of pastries, right?”
Ling Jingxuan held his forehead. Of course he had no idea how much woman’s jewelries were worth. Ten taels of silver was too little. How could he induce him to buy more stuff?
“How much then? Anyhow, I can’t take a hundred with me! Daddy, don’t fool me for I am a kid. How could a pair of silver earrings be so expensive? Although I haven’t decided what to buy for grandpa and others, even if those things were almost the same price with the silver earrings, it’s totally enough. Don’t fool me.”
His voice suddenly raised high, Ling Wen looked at his daddy with serious suspicion. Ten taels of silver was a lot. It would be enough for the food of a common family the whole year.
“Haha...”
Hearing that, Ling Jingxuan felt so speechless, while Yan Shengrui also couldn’t help laughing so hard. He knew his wife wouldn’t be their son’s match? See? Answer revealed!
“Laugh, laugh, laugh, why don’t you die of laughing?”
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