## Volume 4: Phoenix Crying in the Ninth Heaven
>The morning at the General's Mansion was broken by the baby's babyish cry——
> "Pacifier Gold Shop! Open! Deposit pacifiers! Give birth to baby pacifiers!"
>Sanbao’s rainbow candy as interest, Qiqi’s holy light anti-counterfeiting seal, and Lingbao’s unconscious signature became the “bank president’s certification”.
＞King Beidi deposited his ancestral wolf tooth and received a fluffy rainbow candy that night.
"This system promulgates the 'Mengbao Financial Supervision Regulations,'" the Poison Tongue System stamped the ledger. "Article 1: Lingbao is prohibited from deducing the timeline of the heat death of the universe in mortgage contracts!"
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The aftermath of the mathematical storm unleashed by the Riemann Hypothesis bottle lingered over the General's Mansion for days before finally being forcibly suppressed by A-Luo's newly dug fifty-foot-deep "diaper pit" and the Venomous Tongue System's hilariously stringent "Infant Product Emergency Management Plan." Lingbao Su Ling seemed to sense the power of his own little butt and became much more restrained during diaper changes. For the past few days, at least, the Yunjin diapers had only mild formulas describing the trajectory of falling petals or the conduction of temperature from a bottle. A-Luo handled the situation with trepidation, but with relative ease.
The atmosphere in the mansion relaxed again, and the attention of the adorable children quickly shifted. The eldest, Su Chen, was busy upgrading the cooling system of his abacus (inspired by Lingbao's diaper formula). The third, Su Yu, was obsessed with using rainbow energy to create ever more bizarre candies. The fourth, Qiqi, was focused on singing lullabies to the Holy Light Chili Vine, hoping it would produce "singing chilies." As for the second child, Su Heng? The little fellow had recently become obsessed with going with A Luo to the Royal City Post Station to inspect the preparations for the "Pacifier Gold Shop." Watching the adults manage the mountains of gold, silver, and bills using ledgers and seals he couldn't understand, a grand plan bubbled up in his little head like milk foam.
That morning, just as the sky was getting light and everyone in the General's Mansion was still asleep, a clear and energetic cry from a childish voice pierced the silence like a horn:
"Pacifier Gold Shop! It's open!"
"Save the pacifier! Give birth to a pacifier! Sweet interest! No cheating for children or adults!"
"Come and see! Come and deposit! President Heng Heng is in charge!"
**Section 1: The Birth of Mengbao Bank**
The shouts came from the main gate of the General's Mansion! Second child Su Heng had unearthed from nowhere a throne-like chair taller than himself (probably a discarded item from Xiao Jue's study) and dragged it to the gate with immense effort. He was now struggling to climb onto the chair, his butt sticking out. He wore a small "bank president's hat" embroidered with a pacifier in gold thread (clearly Ah Luo's handiwork), crooked on his head. Around his neck hung a shimmering, miniature "diagnostic pacifier." In his mouth, he held the golden pacifier he had lost and found, which Ah Luo had repaired with a special poisonous insect. A serious expression of "I'm professional" was written all over his face.
In front of the armchair, a temporary "counter" was built with a few bluestone slabs. On the counter were placed:
* A pile of "piggy banks" of different sizes woven from rattan, with hand-painted pacifier labels (Erbao's doodles) on the tops of the banks.
* A large can of glittering rainbow candies kindly sponsored by Sambo Su Yu (serving as interest and reserve funds).
* A small white jade seal with a glowing edge (an "anti-counterfeiting seal" blessed by Qiqi with holy light).
* And... a brand new, blank account book lying open.
The most eye-catching thing was a crooked wooden sign next to the counter, with burnt charcoal writing on it:
**【Pacifier Gold Shop】
President: Su Heng (Heng Heng)
[Business: Storing pacifiers, giving birth to pacifiers (interest: sugar)]
[Mortgage: Baby (can be exchanged for candy)]
Special Advisor: Sister Zero (signature certification)
Erbao finally climbed onto the armchair and sat firmly, his short legs still unable to reach the ground, dangling in the air. He cleared his throat, took a deep breath, and once again shouted with all his might into the empty street:
"Deposit—milk—nose—! Deposit one! Earn one! Interest...three candies!"
"Mortgage...baby! In exchange for...lots of candy!"
"Zero sister... stamp! Super awesome!"
The clear, baby-like voice echoed in the streets of the royal city in the early morning, startling a few early-rising sparrows and attracting the sidelong glances and...laughter of a few early risers on their way.
"Hey! Isn't this the second son of General Xiao's family? He's pretending to be the shopkeeper so early in the morning?"
"Storing a pacifier? Giving birth to a baby pacifier? Hahaha! Children's words are innocent, so funny!"
"Three candies for interest? That's a good deal, but unfortunately I don't have any pacifiers in stock!"
Passersby teased him in a good-natured way, thinking it was just children playing, and walked away smiling, shaking their heads.
Second child Su Heng's face flushed red, not because he was shy, but because he was anxious! He was really serious about running a bank! Why didn't anyone come to deposit anything? He held his pacifier in his mouth angrily, grabbed a handful of rainbow candies with his chubby hands, and slammed them on the counter: "Sweet! Really! Deposit it!"
Just then, an unexpected "big customer" came to the door!
The envoy from the Northern Di royal court, the "Grassland Eagle" who had once sprouted butterfly wings and plunged into a lotus pond thanks to a "Wish Rainbow Candy," was riding by with his entourage. He heard Erbao's distinctive call from afar, and remembering the "Sweet Dream Rainbow Bridge" and the wonders of the General's Mansion, he felt a stir and reined in his horse.
He dismounted and walked to the small "counter," his tall figure almost completely overshadowing Erbao. He looked with interest at the adorable yet serious little bank president before him, then at the rainbow candies and the crooked sign on the counter.
"Second Young Master, can you really deposit treasures in your 'Pacifier Gold Shop' and exchange them for candy?" The messenger suppressed his laughter and asked with a deliberately stern face.
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