I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 787 - Chapter 787 Sympathy

Chapter 787: Sympathy Chapter 787: Sympathy Editor: Atlas Studios Little Bear flipped over and sat up on the bed.

As he rubbed his eyes in a daze, he saw that the sky was bright outside and his eyes widened immediately.

He lifted the blanket, jumped off the brick bed, and ran out.

When Qi Haoran lifted the curtain and entered, he saw his son rushing out barefooted in his undergarments.

He hurriedly reached out to hug him.

Worried that he was emitting cold air after just coming in from outside, he changed his hug to a carry.

He quickly took a few steps forward and stuffed the kid under the blanket and shouted, “Who asked you to run out like this?

If you catch a cold, I’ll make you drink bitter medicine for a month.” Little Bear jumped out of the blanket and shouted, “Red packet, red packet, my red packet!” Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and clumsily picked out Little Bear’s clothes before helping him put them on.

“Put on your clothes first.

I won’t forget about your red packet.” Qi Haoran gave Little Bear a big red packet.

Because Little Bear had emphasized a big red packet, Qi Haoran changed the banknotes to gold nuggets at the last minute, filling a small pouch that weighed about seven or eight taels, all in gold.

However, Qi Haoran would not tell him that he had planned to give him 100 taels of silver previously.

However, seeing that his son did not know how to count, he changed the banknotes to gold nuggets at the last minute.

Unexpectedly, Little Bear was still not satisfied.

He covered his purse and looked at his father accusingly.

“It’s not big enough.

It’s so small.” As he spoke, he pinched a gold nugget inside for his father to see.

At only the size of a thumb, it was really too small!

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and turned around to open the drawer at the head of the bed.

He took out five silver ingots, each of which had a standard value of ten taels of silver.

He handed them to his son and asked, “Do you want to exchange them for this?” After comparing the size and weight, Little Bear decisively agreed to an exchange.

Qi Haoran laughed out loud and told his son that one tael of gold could be exchanged for ten taels of silver.

At only three years old, Little Bear was not very sensitive to numbers.

After counting with his fingers for a long time, he still could not figure it out.

However, when he saw his father laughing at him like this, he knew that he had suffered a loss.

He stuffed the silver back and snatched the gold back, then went to look for his mother, pouting aggrievedly.

Mu Yangling was preparing breakfast.

It was rare for Qi Haoran to have five days off, so she naturally had to prepare a proper breakfast.

Seeing her son come looking for her early in the morning with a pout, she knew that he had been bullied by Qi Haoran again.

Speaking of which, it was strange.

Qi Haoran doted on the child even more than Mu Yangling.

He was usually happy to bring his son out to ride horses, hunt, and go for a spin.

When the father and son were chummy, they hung out together all the time.

Else, they easily got into a quarrel, as though they were two children.

Little Bear stood at his mother’s feet aggrievedly and complained, “Daddy bullied me.” Mu Yangling stroked his head and said, “Let’s ignore him.

How about you help Mother set up breakfast?

After eating, we’ll go to your Uncle Zijin’s house to check out the plum blossoms.” Little Bear climbed onto the chair and said, “Will Uncle give me a red packet when he comes back?” “No.” Mu Yangling said, “It’s already Spring Festival by the time Uncle Zijin is back.

There will be no more red packets.” Extremely disappointed, Little Bear asked, “Then Mother, do give me a bigger red packet.

I have too few red packets this year.” Mu Yangling laughed and said, “Then do you remember how many red packets you received last year?” Little Bear was dumbfounded and asked, “Did I receive red packets last year?” Children tend to have short memories, and a year ago he was only two years old.

How could he remember?

He asked excitedly, “Where are those red packets then?” “I’ve already saved them up for you.” Mu Yangling said with a smile, “I’ll get them for you later, but first, you have to tell me why you want so many red packets.” Little Bear wanted red packets to help others.

Yesterday, the four children sneaked into the small guest courtyard.

There, they saw that the people inside were holding the new cotton clothes but not putting them on.

Instead, those people only took off their wet clothes and hung them aside to dry.

The four children could not help but be surprised.

Little Bear had always adhered to the principle of asking if he didn’t understand something.

So, he immediately barged in.

In the eyes of Zhao Gen’er and the others, the Little Heir was a high-ranking official, an unreachable figure.

Now that he was asking them a question, how could they dare to hide it from him?

Moreover, because they were afraid that Little Heir would blame them for not wearing the clothes they had been given, they explained the reason in detail, hoping that the Little Heir wouldn’t blame them.

A person might only have clothes made for themselves twice in their life.

Mostly, they would wear clothes modified by the clothes worn by their parents, brothers, or sisters, or by other relatives.

Otherwise, they would have gone to the pawnshop to pick out old clothes that others pawned.

Such clothes were typically cheaply sold at 20 to 30 copper coins.

For Little Bear, who had new clothes every season and even had clothes made for him until he turned 14 years old, such a life was unimaginable.

The more deeply he asked, the more Little Bear learned about the poverty in the countryside.

Among them, Zhuzi and Eggy had the most personal experience regarding this.

Why was Eggy so obsessed with food?

That was because he often went hungry.

Ever since he was born and before he came to the Prince’s estate, he had never eaten a full meal.

Because of his experience with hunger, he was especially obsessed with food.

He had only been here for half a year, but he had already become a little fatty.

If not for Mu Yangling getting someone to control his diet, he would probably be even fatter.

Hence, Eggy told Little Bear, “aEUR| So pooraEUR| so poor that there’s nothing to eat.

So hungry.” Little Bear looked at him pitifully.

Zhuzi was much more specific.

When he came here, he was already six years old.

The children in the countryside matured early in terms of supporting a family.

When Little Bear heard this, his sympathy exploded.

Thinking that money could buy food and clothes, he wanted to give them his money.

However, Zhuzi said that Little Bear didn’t have enough money and there were too many people in the village.

Zhuzi did not know how much money Little Bear had, but he did not think that a three-year-old kid could have much money, so he tried his best to stop him.

Recalling that Brother Little Treasure had said that there would be red packets for the new year, Little Bear hurriedly asked his parents for red packets.

When Mu Yangling heard that her son was so sympathetic, she gave him an extra big red packet.

She stroked his head and said, “Little Bear is really amazing.

You even know how to help others.

However, if you buy food and clothes for them, what will happen to them when their clothes turn old and they have nothing to eat in the future?” Little Bear tilted his head.

“Buy more for them?” “Then what will you do if the villagers of the first, second, and third villages come looking for you and say that they don’t have anything to eat or wear?” Little Bear bit his finger and said, “There’d be no money left.” Mu Yangling looked at him with a smile.

Little Bear said pitifully, “Mother, can you give me money?” Mu Yangling shook her head.

“Mother is poor, too.

I don’t have money.” “Then what should we do?” Little Bear supported his chin in distress.

After a while, his eyes lit up and he shouted, “I got it.

I’ll ask Uncle for it.

He’s the richest.

When Daddy doesn’t have money, he always asks Uncle for it.” Mu Yangling mourned for Fan Zijin in her heart and answered on his behalf, “Uncle Zijin doesn’t have money either.” Then, she added, “Your Royal Uncle doesn’t have money either.” Little Bear pouted.

“Why are you all so poor?” “Because we have to support you.

We’ve already used up all our money, so naturally, we don’t have any left.”

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