"I also have a car with eight wheels," Yangyang said casually, waving his hand, then turned to Lele, "Brother, I brought one for you too. When we go back, I’ll show it to you."
"Huh? When did you bring the little car too?" Yang Chuxia wondered. She hadn’t seen it in the little guy’s belongings when they packed.
"Hehe, you didn’t know, did you? I secretly hid it in a hidden compartnt of the carriage. I brought four of them with . All the new ones Grandmother made, I took them all, haha." Yangyang was quite proud talking about it, covering his mouth with his little hand and giggling. He didn’t care for the cars with four wheels; he had plenty of those at ho.
"Why did you bring so many with you?" Yang Chuxia was exasperated, this rascal kid, didn’t he know those were ant to be sold in the shop?
"To give them away!" Yangyang said, spreading his hands, "I don’t have any friends in the Capital City, but brother must have made so after being here for so long, right? Brother can give them away; it’s sothing to show off, definitely not sothing you find in the Capital City."
Lele was moved when he heard this, "Indeed, my own little brother! I do have soone to give it to."
Yang Chuxia was speechless at the little guy’s far-reaching plans.
Procuress Shen, listening to the conversation among the family mbers, seed to understand sothing.
Mingcui explained to her, "The toy shop in the Capital City is probably owned by the Mu Family. The Mu Family’s goods are all brought in from Funan, and our Madam and Old Master’s hotown is in Funan."
Now Procuress Shen got it, seems like these toys were from their own place; no wonder they didn’t care for them.
"Hey, Mom, look over there, over there, it looks like fun." Following Yangyang’s gaze, it was a group of acrobats with a few animals, including monkeys and squirrels, performing tricks. At tis they’d have the squirrel hand things to the audience, at tis they’d have monkeys climb poles. But these people were rather cruel; whenever an animal didn’t perform as instructed, they’d whip it down on them.
Yang Chuxia noticed that the little monkey was already showing blood on its body, and they were even harsher on the squirrel, with a woman holding a tal needle nearby. If the squirrel didn’t deliver a designated item into an audience mber’s hand, the needle would be stabbed into its tail. The animal, otherwise so nimble, did not dare to run away after being pierced.
"Mom, they’re so cruel, I can’t stand it, I want to save them!" Initially, Yangyang found the animals carrying items interesting, but when he saw the needle being used, he couldn’t bear it. It must be so painful.
Lele couldn’t stand it either and tugged at Yang Chuxia’s sleeve, "Mom, can we buy them? Otherwise, we can’t save them."
"I’m afraid the owner might not agree," Yang Chuxia thought the owner used these animals to make money, so how could he be willing to sell?
"What if we offer a higher price?" Lele asked again, "Mom, they do this to make money. If we give them an amount they can’t earn, surely they’ll be willing to sell."
Yang Chuxia looked at him penetratingly, thinking my son has such noble thoughts, but have you ever spared a thought for our money?
"Mom, brother is right, let’s buy them. If it cos to it, I can just ask for less pocket money in the future, can’t I?" Yangyang began to employ his wheedling tactics.
"Alright, alright, stop shaking , I’ll have soone go ask," she consented.
Yang Chuxia had no choice but to send a servant to inquire. The owner was thrilled to hear soone wanted to buy the animals, especially since they ca in a carriage; clearly, they were rich folks. Right away, he quoted a price of five hundred taels.
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