29. Use all of it to buy snacks!

Jiang Xiyue led Jin Lanyue off the carriage and walked down the street.

The little dumpling held her mother's hand tightly with one hand, and held three silver ingots in her arms with the other.

"Mommy, that!" The little dumpling suddenly pointed to a straw target covered with candied hawthorns, her eyes shining like stars.

The old man selling candied hawthorns squatted down with a smile: "Which one would you like, young lady? I have hawthorn, apple, and some coated with sesame seeds..."

Jin Lanyue stood on tiptoe and tried to count the candied hawthorns and apples on the straw target, but she couldn't count them all even after counting them so many times that her head was spinning.

So she patted her little head, suddenly pulled out a silver ingot, and said the largest number she could count: "Ten!"

"Oh my!" the old man laughed, waving his hand. "This one ingot of silver could buy me!"

Jiang Xiyue quickly stopped her daughter's little hand: "Yue'er, buy it with copper coins."

As he spoke, he took out twenty coins from his purse.

"No..." But the little dumpling was already immersed in the joy of being rich, holding up the silver ingot and insisting on paying for it herself, "Yue'er has money, let Yue'er pay for it!"

“Yue’er’s money is too much. Uncle didn’t bring that much change. How about I pay for you this time?” Jiang Xiyue persuaded her.

"But..." The little dumpling was a bit troubled, then suddenly thought of something and her eyes lit up, "Then Yue'er can just buy more!"

The little dumpling held up the silver ingot high: "Yue'er wants them all!"

Jiang Xiyue was both amused and exasperated: "Fine, fine, Yue'er wants it all."

In the end, Jiang Xiyue had no choice but to let the old man accept the silver in exchange for all the candied hawthorns along with the haystacks and a large handful of change.

The old man laughed heartily: "Oh my, thank you so much, little bodhisattva! I don't have to go door-to-door selling things today. I can call it a day now. Thank you so much, little bodhisattva."

"Goodbye, Uncle~" The little dumpling waved, then carefully stuffed the large pile of copper coins into the small pouch on her chest, along with two silver ingots, making it quite heavy.

Her eyes sparkled as she stared intently at the candied hawthorns on the haystack, counting carefully on her fingers: "Two strings for Yue'er, two strings for Daddy, two strings for Mommy, two strings for Big Brother, two strings for Second Brother, two strings for Little Princess, two strings for Grand Tutor... Little Prince, Little Prince is naughty, he only has one string..."

Jin Lanyue was carefully distributing the items when she suddenly saw the sugar figurine stall across the street: "Oh! A little rabbit!"

The situation spiraled completely out of control.

The little dumpling, holding a candied hawthorn in its left hand and a silver ingot in its right, ran around the market like a playful puppy.

"A spinning windmill! I'll buy it for you, Yue'er!"

"Grandpa's sugar paintings are so sweet! Yue'er wants to buy some!"

"Wow! The sugar figurine is so cute! Yue'er, I'll buy one!"

In short, it's all about buying, buying, buying!

Jiang Xiyue followed behind, watching her daughter slap the second silver ingot on the candy-selling counter: "I'll take them all!"

"No, miss!" the woman selling the candy exclaimed. "That's enough to buy fifty catties of candy!"

Jin Lanyue didn't know what fifty jin meant, but she could roughly understand from the reactions of others that it was a lot.

So she took a bite of the sugar painting in her hand and said domineeringly, "Lots of sugar, okay! Yue'er wants to buy them all!"

The woman looked to Jiang Xiyue for advice, and Jiang Xiyue said helplessly, "Wrap it up. There are many people in the mansion, they can always finish it."

The woman was both surprised and delighted: "That's wonderful... I haven't seen such a big business in a long time."

The woman packed the food quickly and efficiently, and the owner, who had also been patronized by the little dumpling, came over to help.

Suddenly, someone stared at the little dumpling's chubby face for a while and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this...is this Princess Fukang?"

The little dumpling, with a candy in its mouth, blinked its eyes and said, "Mmm... I'm going to..."

The woman was also pleasantly surprised: "Oh, Princess Fukang has patronized my stall?"

She crouched down to look at the little dumpling, and the more she looked at her exquisitely beautiful face, the more she liked her: "Princess Fukang is so cute, she really looks blessed. Does the princess like sweets too?"

The little dumpling swallowed the candy in her mouth and smiled sweetly: "The candy is delicious! Let's share it!"

“The county princess is so generous, unlike my rascal who’s so possessive of his food,” the woman exclaimed. “I’m so lucky that the county princess actually came to my house to buy candy. I can use this as a signboard from now on.”

Another person said, "Of course! Princess Fukang is a very famous figure in our capital. She has a good reputation, a kind heart, and is so smart and lovely. Who wouldn't like her?"

"Yes, yes, the county princess offered a plan to cure the drought in the northwest. It is said that the northwest has not only successfully overcome the drought, but those corrupt officials have also been investigated and punished. Now the northwest has completely submitted to our dynasty."

"The county princess is truly talented, well-read, and exceptionally intelligent!"

Even more extreme, some people said directly to the woman, "Madam, you'd better put up this sign quickly, I don't know how many people will rush to buy it!"

"Yes, I will definitely come! I'll buy some candy for my children. I hope they can be as clever and filial as the county princess, and be blessed by God."

"Me too! Me too! I'll definitely buy!"

The woman smiled broadly: "Yes, yes, I will, I will."

She then looked at Jin Lanyue and said gratefully, "Thank you, County Princess! You are truly a lucky star!"

Although the little girl couldn't fully understand what they were saying, she could roughly tell that they were praising her.

She blushed with embarrassment at the praise and hid in her mother's arms.

Jiang Xiyue smiled, hugged her, patted her little head, nodded to the passersby, and walked away with the little dumpling.

"Do you want to buy more? We've bought a lot already, shouldn't we go back now?" Jiang Xiyue asked her.

The little dumpling touched the last silver ingot in her arms and shook her head firmly: "Yue'er still has money! Yue'er wants to buy, buy, buy!"

She turned her little head and looked around, and finally chose the shop she liked.

She ran to the candied fruit shop next door and slammed the third silver ingot on the counter: "I want plums! This...this...and that...I want them all!"

The men clearly recognized the little spendthrift.

So, wherever she pointed with her little finger, the waiter would happily wrap it up.

At this point, all three silver ingots had been spent.

Looking back, the Marquis's carriages were already piled high with spoils of war.

"Alright, alright, now we can go home," Jiang Xiyue said.

The little dumpling said contentedly, "Mmm! Let's go home!"

Once inside the carriage, the little dumpling sat amidst a pile of snacks, her face covered in sugar stains.

She subconsciously touched the small bag on her chest again, only to find it was now empty: "Ah, my money... my money's flown away..."

Jiang Xiyue pinched her little nose: "It didn't fly away, it was all spent by some little glutton!"

The little dumpling pouted, stuffed her little hands into her bag and rummaged around, pulling out eight or nine copper coins. She held them in both hands and said happily, "Yue'er has more!"

Outside the carriage curtain, the cries of vendors selling roasted chestnuts drifted on the wind.

The little dumpling immediately became excited again: "Mommy, chestnuts! They're delicious! Yue'er, buy some!"

Jiang Xiyue looked at the few pitiful copper coins in her daughter's hand, then at the car full of snacks, and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Okay, okay, buy, buy, buy."

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As soon as the carriage came to a stop in front of the Marquis's mansion, Jin Lanyue eagerly jumped off, clutching her large and small bags. Her short legs moved swiftly, and the clinking of snacks echoed all the way: "Daddy! Big brother! Second brother! Yue'er has brought back delicious food!"

In the main hall, Marquis Beiding put down his teacup and watched his youngest daughter rush in.

The little dumpling placed the snacks on the table like a treasure, then looked at him expectantly.

Marquis Beiding put his daughter on his lap, opened the bundle, and sure enough, it contained all sorts of snacks.

He picked up a piece of candy and put it in his mouth: "Mmm, so sweet!"

When Jin Qi returned from his studies, as soon as he entered the door, the little dumpling happily jumped off Bei Dinghou's lap and ran over with snacks in hand.

Jin Qizhi had only taken two steps when her younger sister stuffed her hands full of candied fruit.

"Big brother, eat! Yue'er bought it!"

He smiled and ruffled his sister's hair: "Our Yue'er is so kind."