Chapter 57 You Know Money? "Yes, I do!" Wen Xing's eyes widened in surprise...
Wow! A big tiger!
"And there are big rabbits!"
"Let me touch it!"
"I want to touch it too!"
In addition to setting up some stalls, the kindergarten also arranged for two parents to dress up as tiger and rabbit mascots to create a lively atmosphere in the park.
As soon as the children arrived at the park, they were completely captivated by the two large animals and rushed to touch them, not even noticing the stalls next to them.
Wen Xingmou was just three years old, the youngest in her class. She walked slowly, so her teacher led her at the very back. By the time she arrived, the two animals were already surrounded by the other children, and she couldn't touch them at all. "Teacher, I want to touch the big rabbit too."
"How about we touch it later? Everyone can line up and touch it."
"All right."
The homeroom teacher was already calling the children to assemble.
The life skills teacher nudged Wen Xingmou and Lin Wuyang, who was closely following her, and said, "The teacher has called for everyone to assemble. Hurry up and assemble. The first child to line up will receive a little red flower."
Wen Xingmou quickly ran to join the queue, but after a few steps she seemed to see something and suddenly stopped, "Big Brother!"
An Fusheng smiled and waved to her.
"Big brother, why are you here?" Wen Xingmou burst into an excited scream, rushing towards An Fusheng like a little rabbit.
An Fusheng bent down and caught her, "I've come to accompany you on your autumn outing."
An Shisi noticed someone running through the crowd shouting "Big Brother! He's my big brother!"
The second rabbit was placed in my arms.
The children also noticed the parents at the stalls and around them. The children who saw their parents were very excited, while the children who didn't see their parents were very envious.
"Big brother, that's great! I love going on the autumn outing with you."
"It's to accompany you on your autumn outing."
"Yes, it's our autumn outing, hehe."
"Alright, hurry up and line up." An Fusheng put the two children down.
The two children ran excitedly towards their classroom.
After everyone gathered, the teacher began to introduce the autumn outing to the children, introducing autumn, guiding them to observe plants, and teaching them to draw their favorite leaves or grass. After finishing their drawings, they shared their artwork with everyone.
After a round of games, the children were tired and hungry and needed to replenish their energy. The teacher announced a break and told the children that they could go to the stalls next to the stalls to buy food or anything else they wanted.
To cultivate children's money awareness, the kindergarten has informed parents in advance that there will be a shopping experience during the autumn outing. Parents can give their children up to 20 yuan in change for them to spend as they wish. The kindergarten will use the money earned from the stalls for class expenses.
Some of the children in the middle class already know that you need money to buy things, and as soon as the teacher finished speaking, they went to buy the things they liked.
Many of the younger children in the kindergarten don't yet know that you need money to buy things. When they see something they like, they tilt their little heads up and politely say, "Uncle/Auntie, please give me this."
Wen Xingmou is one of them.
She had eaten all the delicious food she had brought for Lin Wuyang a few days ago, and hadn't brought any for him these past two days, so she felt a little guilty. When she saw that her older brother had some food, she was the first to pull Lin Wuyang along, saying, "My older brother has some delicious food, shall we go and eat together?"
"You have to pay for everything today."
"But I don't have any money." The little boy, who had run to his older brother full of joy to ask for food, was cruelly refused.
“This doesn’t belong to my elder brother. He’s just helping out at the stall, so you need to pay for it before I can give it to you,” An Fusheng explained.
An Shisi ran over, panting, "I know, there's money in my phone!"
"But none of us have cell phones."
An Fusheng: "..."
He clearly took them grocery shopping and used cash, so why do they only remember having money on their phones?
“Aunt Lou gave you money this morning,” An Fusheng reminded him.
“Yes!” An Shisi finally understood. “It’s in my schoolbag.”
After saying that, he knelt down on the ground, unzipped his backpack, rummaged around for a while and pulled out a wad of change, saying very generously, "Big brother, I want to buy something."
"what are you looking for?"
An Shisi immediately spotted the animal-shaped butter cookies and said, "I want to buy cookies."
"Five cents each, how many do you want?" An Fusheng asked.
I want it all!
“…” An Fusheng: “I can only buy two at most.”
An Shisi said with some regret, "Alright, then I'll take two."
An Fusheng took one yuan from him and gave him two biscuits.
Wen Xingmou finally remembered that she also had money. She followed suit and pressed her schoolbag on the ground to rummage through it. She found her money, took it all out, and handed it to An Fusheng, saying, "Big brother, I'll give it all to you."
An Fusheng: "You don't need to give me everything. Just buy whatever you want at the price. You can use the rest to buy other things later."
An Fusheng's savory pancakes, which he had just fried over charcoal, were now golden brown and had a wonderful aroma. "Want to try some?"
"We have to try," Wen Xingmou said excitedly.
"Okay, it'll be ready in a minute."
An Fusheng quickly scooped out the savory pancake, brushed it with his homemade sweet sauce, and sliced it for Wen Xingmou in no time. "One yuan."
Wen Xingmou took out a one-yuan bill from her change and gave it to An Fusheng. An Fusheng raised an eyebrow. "You know money?"
"I know him!" Wen Xingmou said calmly and matter-of-factly.
"What does this little friend need?" An Fusheng asked, noticing that Lin Wuyang was staring at the food on the stall without saying a word.
“Lin Wuyang can’t speak,” Wen Xingmou said.
An Fusheng was surprised. No wonder he had been standing silently to the side. "You can point out what you like to me."
Wen Xingmou tilted her head and asked Lin Wuyang, "What do you like? Everything my older brother makes is absolutely delicious."
Lin Wuyang looked at the savory pancake in Wen Xingmou's hand.
"Do you want a savory pancake too?" An Fusheng asked.
Lin Wuyang turned to look at An Fusheng, neither saying he wanted it nor that he didn't.
The children nearby touched the dolls for a while, and then, smelling the aroma of the food, they all ran over, vying to buy some.
An Fusheng asked everyone to line up in order and let Lin Wuyang order first. However, Lin Wuyang stood blankly at the front, neither ordering nor moving away. An Fusheng saw that he was staring at the small glutinous rice balls bubbling in the pot and asked, "You want this, right?"
A strange light flashed in Lin Wuyang's eyes.
"Here'll have a serving of red bean and glutinous rice balls."
The red bean porridge was warm, so it wouldn't burn the child. An Fusheng filled a disposable paper cup halfway with red bean porridge for Lin Wuyang, then scooped out a small spoonful of small glutinous rice balls, rinsed them in cool boiled water, and put them into the red bean porridge. "Five cents a serving."
Lin Wuyang did not offer to pay, but Wen Xingmou said, "I have a lot of money, I'll pay for him."
An Fusheng: "Okay."
Wen Xingmou counted the bills in her hand and gave them to An Fusheng.
An Fusheng looked at the five yuan in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Wen Xingmou knew money? She knew nothing about it.
However, An Fusheng was honest and fair in his business dealings, and in the end, he returned four yuan to Wen Xingmou and even gave her fifty cents in change. Wen Xingmou was overjoyed and said to Lin Wuyang, "You don't need this!"
An Fusheng: "..."
Children gradually gathered in front of An Fusheng's stall. Some children didn't recognize money, and some children searched for a long time but couldn't find any money. In short, no transaction went smoothly. Although the stall seemed to be bustling with activity, he actually didn't sell many coins in half a day.
To cater to children, the stall was set up very low, which was really unfriendly to tall people like An Fusheng. He had to bend over to prepare snacks, talk to the children, and count money for them. His back was about to break...
An Fusheng sighed silently: This business is tough!
The children were free to play, and the volunteer parents helped keep an eye on them, so the teachers were able to relax a bit.
Shen Xinan originally wanted to take Zhang Man to An Fusheng's stall to buy food, but when she saw An Fusheng struggling to deal with a group of bewildered young customers, she went up to help.
"Thank you." An Fusheng stretched, finally relieved.
These two professionals are truly exceptional; they quickly helped the children buy the snacks they wanted.
Some children who had bought and finished their snacks earlier had already returned, but there weren't many people around, so the two teachers took the opportunity to enjoy the snacks.
“Let’s go buy the one Lin Wuyang just ate, it’s free.” Wen Xingmou pulled Lin Wuyang and Liu Xiaobing back to An Fusheng’s food stall. “Big brother, let’s buy red bean porridge and that… um… Little Reunion.”
“It’s mini glutinous rice balls,” An Fusheng corrected.
Good, this time they didn't ask directly, they knew they wanted to buy it. An Fusheng was very pleased and deftly took out three cups to fill with red bean porridge for them.
"We want lots and lots of little glutinous rice balls."
“Sure.” An Fusheng added a full spoonful of small glutinous rice balls to their bowls and handed them to them one by one. “Fifty cents a bowl.”
Wen Xingmou said to Liu Xiaobing, "It's okay, just give my brother a dollar, and he'll pay you back."
Liu Xiaobing timidly handed An Fusheng a dollar, and An Fusheng took out fifty cents to give her change.
"Look," Wen Xingmou said excitedly, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"
"Yes!" Liu Xiaobing was very happy.
"What about you two?" An Fusheng asked Wen Xingmou, slightly raising his chin. "Are you going to continue paying for your friend?"
“He has money now, we just found out.” Wen Xingmou turned to Lin Wuyang and said, “Lin Wuyang, hurry up and give the money to my older brother.”
Lin Wuyang slowly reached out and placed a one-yuan coin in An Fusheng's large palm.
An Fusheng pulled out another 50-cent note and gave it to him as change.
Lin Wuyang accepted the money expressionlessly.
An Fusheng: This kid is so aloof…
Wen Xingmou happily handed An Fusheng a bill.
However, An Fusheng did not return a single penny to her.
Wen Xingmou thought he had forgotten and reminded him, "Big brother, you haven't paid back the money yet."
“I don’t need to pay you back?” An Fusheng said. “They gave you a dollar, and you gave them fifty cents. Keep the change.”
"No, I did give you a dollar too," Wen Xingmou retorted.
An Fusheng: Well, he said that this business is not easy to do.
An Fusheng patiently explained the denominations of various coins to Wen Xingmou, and in the end, Wen Xingmou reluctantly accepted it.
“I told you, these things are unhealthy and you can’t eat them, why don’t you listen?” A parent wearing a volunteer T-shirt dragged a dark-skinned, thin child toward An Fusheng’s stall, cursing and swearing. “I really don’t know what’s wrong with the kindergarten. They won’t let us bring our own things, but they’re running a business. I think they just want to make money.”
The parent walked up to the stall and asked, "Let me see what they have and how clean it is?"
An Fusheng explained, "Everything is homemade, very clean, and there's a wide variety. See what you'd like to eat?"
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