"Husband, we've earned so much silver this time, shouldn't we thank Miss Xia properly?" Luo Suyue asked Fan Sheng.
Fan Sheng thought it made a lot of sense: "My lady, you're right. Shall we give half the silver to Miss Xia?"
If it weren't for the glass cups Miss Xia gave them, they wouldn't have earned even 200 taels of silver, let alone 2,000. So Fan Sheng didn't feel any regret at all.
Luo Suyue shook her head: "I don't think Miss Xia is short of money. Otherwise, she would have asked you to help sell so many glass cups instead of giving them to you directly."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Fan Sheng asked, looking at his wife.
"Let's buy Miss Xia some gifts from our world; maybe she'll like them," Luo Suyue said with a smile.
Fan Sheng had no objection, but it was definitely inconvenient for him to do something like buying gifts for women, so the two of them agreed that Luo Suyue would be in charge of this matter.
Considering that both parents were out and there would be no one to look after the two children, Fan Sheng decided that the whole family would go to town for a day trip.
Fan Siyuan was overjoyed upon hearing the good news, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Luo Suyue: "Mother, are you really taking me and..."
"Is my little sister going to town to play?"
"Hmm, are you happy?" Luo Suyue looked at her eldest son tenderly.
"I'm so happy! I'm so happy! I haven't been to town in so long!" Fan Siyuan said excitedly.
Fan Xiaomei didn't understand all that. She had never been to town before and didn't know what was so fun about it. Seeing her brother happy, she shouted along, "Let's go to town! So happy!"
The next day, Fan Sheng, carrying his youngest daughter, took his wife and son on an oxcart to town.
Fan Xiaomei was extremely excited while sitting on the oxcart, pointing out every tree or rock she passed to her father.
More than an hour later, the four of them finally arrived in town.
Fan Siyuan was quickly drawn to a wonton stall, and swallowed hard at the delicious aroma.
Luo Suyue noticed her son's little actions and tugged at Fan Sheng's sleeve: "Husband, have a bowl of wontons before you go shopping."
“Okay, I’m a little hungry too. Yaoyao, would you like some wontons?” Fan Sheng asked his little daughter with a smile.
Fan Xiaomei licked her lips, nodded her little head, and replied, "Eat, I want to eat."
The family found an empty table and sat down. The owner smiled and asked Fan Sheng, "Sir, what would you like to eat? We have wontons and noodles."
"Four bowls of wontons, please," Fan Sheng said.
Fan Siyuan sat on the stool, happily swinging his legs, waiting for the wontons to be served.
He was so happy. He had really wanted to try these wontons, but he was too embarrassed to tell his parents. Unexpectedly, his mother also wanted to eat them. They really are mother and son, they are in sync.
A moment later, the owner brought over four bowls of wontons: "Sirs, these are the wontons you ordered."
Luo Suyue watched her son pick up the spoon and put it in his mouth, and gently reminded him, "Yuan'er, eat slowly, be careful not to burn yourself."
"Yes, Mother," Fan Siyuan replied with a smile, blowing on the wontons on the spoon until they were no longer too hot before taking a bite.
Fan Sheng carefully fed his youngest daughter, and only after she was full did he devour the remaining wontons.
Fan Sheng burped and called out to the owner who was making wontons, "Boss, the bill is due."
"Ah, sir, please accept 32 coins."
Fan Sheng counted out 32 coins from a faded purse and handed it to the shopkeeper.
Upon seeing this, Luo Suyue couldn't help but say, "Husband, I'll embroider a new purse for you when we get back. This one has faded and the edges are worn."
"No need, this works just fine," Fan Sheng said with a smile, clutching the purse in his hand. It was a purse his wife had made for him by hand, and he couldn't bear to replace it.
Luo Suyue shook her head helplessly. It was just the first purse she gave him after they got married, and he still couldn't bear to replace it after using it for so many years.
That's what she thought, but Luo Suyue was still quite happy.
After eating and drinking their fill, the four of them went directly to a jewelry store, where Luo Suyue planned to pick out a few pieces of jewelry to give to Xia Qingqing.
Fan Siyuan had no interest in jewelry for girls, and he squatted outside the jewelry store, bored, watching the passersby.
Suddenly his gaze was drawn to a man who was holding a little girl who looked about three or four years old.
There was nothing wrong with that, after all, Fan Sheng also carried his daughter while walking on the street.
But a closer look reveals something amiss. The man is dressed in coarse cloth, while the little girl is dressed in silk, a material only wealthy families can afford. Her exposed half-face is exquisitely beautiful, making it clear that the two cannot be father and daughter.
A thought flashed through Fan Siyuan's mind: This man is a human trafficker!
Thinking of this, Fan Siyuan subconsciously stepped forward and stopped the man.
The man was already a little nervous, and was immediately startled when someone suddenly blocked his way.
After seeing that it was a little boy, he immediately cursed fiercely, "You little brat, don't you have eyes? Get out of my way!"
Fan Siyuan didn't speak, but tried to stand on tiptoe to look into his arms. Despite the commotion, the little girl didn't react at all.
"What are you looking at? Believe me or not, I'll make you regret it," the man threatened, sounding a little guilty.
Fan Siyuan originally wanted to stop the other party to find out the truth, but he noticed that the man in front of him was winking at a bearded man not far away. He was shocked to find that this man actually had an accomplice.
He was still just a child and didn't dare to confront the two directly, so he immediately ran into the jewelry store next door.
Upon seeing this, the man outside shook his head slightly at his companion, signaling him not to come closer.
"Damn it, what bad luck!" The man spat on the ground and glared angrily at Fan Siyuan, who had run into the jewelry store.
After entering the jewelry store, Fan Siyuan found his father and briefly expressed his suspicions.
Fan Sheng became anxious upon hearing this and took out some silver from his pocket, stuffing it into Luo Suyue's hand: "Wife, you take Yaoyao here to pick out jewelry. Remember not to leave the jewelry store. I'll come back to find you."
Although Luo Suyue didn't hear what her son said, she knew the situation was urgent: "Husband, don't worry, I definitely won't wander off."
When Fan Siyuan and Fan Sheng left the jewelry store, the man who had been holding the little girl was long gone. Fan Siyuan was immediately annoyed: "Father, he's gone."
Fan Sheng patted his son's head: "Sigh, it's not your fault. Maybe that person wasn't a human trafficker."
Fan Siyuan shook his head. He had a premonition that the man was definitely not a good person, and that the little girl was probably in danger.
Just as Fan Siyuan was feeling disappointed, he caught a glimpse of a familiar bearded man around the corner and quickly grabbed Fan Sheng's hand to chase after him: "Dad, that's the man."
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