Niannian learned things quite quickly.
Yusheng spent an hour teaching Niannian the basic operations of a computer. He had no idea what Niannian wanted to do, only knowing that she wanted to search for something online. After telling her how to search on the web, he directly took the computer to Niannian's room.
The little girl typed clumsily, and finally entered the question she wanted to ask word by word. But after looking around, she couldn't find the answer she was looking for.
Suddenly, she remembered what her second brother had said. If she couldn't find what she wanted, she could post a question on a certain website. As long as she typed out the question she wanted to ask, someone who saw it would respond.
Niannian carefully recalled the website her second brother had mentioned. After much effort, she finally found it. After posting the question she wanted to ask, she sat in front of the computer and waited silently.
About three minutes later, someone replied. Niannian couldn't wait to open the reply post, and was stunned by the numbers in it.
[If you want to build a Taoist temple, first you have to buy a plot of land. The land in the city is quite expensive. Even in a relatively remote area, it will cost tens of millions to buy a plot of land. In a less remote area, like around City S, a plot of land big enough to build a temple will cost at least several hundred million. ]
[After buying the land, you need to build the foundation and hire someone to do the design and planning, which will probably cost tens of millions. Then comes the construction of the buildings. Without cutting corners, it will cost three billion. This is just the cost price. ]
[Finally, the greenery planning will also cost tens of millions. All in all, it will cost at least one billion. May I ask why you're asking this? Don't tell me you want to build a Taoist temple. If you're doing it for profit, I suggest you build a Buddhist temple instead. After all, Buddhist temples have much more incense than Taoist temples, and you'll get your investment back faster. ]
Niannian disagreed with the last sentence. What did it mean that Buddhist temples were better than Taoist temples? Taoist temples could also have a lot of incense! Although... but... The kind - hearted person's words were an undeniable fact. Even if Niannian wanted to refute, she didn't know how.
Sigh... It cost so much money. The money she had in her hand was far from enough. If she wanted to build a Taoist temple, the money she had now wasn't even enough to buy the land. No, no. She had to earn more money. She had to make a lot more money.
Niannian quickly closed the web page, hugged the computer and found Yusheng. "Brother, can you buy me a computer and a mobile phone? I want a phone like yours."
"Of course I can. I'll buy them for you now. They'll arrive this afternoon."
Yusheng agreed without even asking. For him, his sister's request was too easy. How much did a mobile phone and a computer cost? The pocket money his parents gave him was enough to buy one for Niannian and throw one away. The most important thing was that Niannian was willing to ask him for something. What did this mean? It meant that Niannian was getting closer to him. When she wanted something, she didn't go to their parents but came to him first.
Yusheng was overjoyed. He held his phone, looked at the dazzling array of products in the online store, and frowned as he began to hesitate. This was the first gift he was going to give his sister. He definitely had to choose the best one. Sometimes he thought the appearance of one product was not good enough, sometimes he thought the configuration of another one was not up to standard. Or he thought the pixel of a certain one was not good... In short, after hesitating for a long time, he still couldn't make a decision.
Niannian looked at her second brother's increasingly strange expression and felt quite puzzled. At first, her second brother seemed quite happy. But when he was about to buy, he started to frown. Why was this so?
Niannian racked her little brain and recalled the days in the Taoist temple. Ah, her second brother now looked just like the master when he was hesitating while collecting magic tools. They both had the same worried expression. Why was the master hesitating at that time? It seemed to be because he didn't have enough money.
Ah! Her second brother must be hesitating because he didn't have much money. The little girl thought she had found the truth. She took out a thick stack of cash from her small satchel. This was all given to her by Grandpa Chu so that she would always have money to spend wherever she went, so that she wouldn't be wandering on the street miserably like last time. Now it came in handy. After all, the bank card with a lot of money in it had been hidden by her. It was a secret. She didn't want anyone to know.
"Second brother, do you think this is enough?" Niannian proudly put all the money on the table. There was at least 100,000 yuan in cash, which was a bit heavy. It made a loud thud when it hit the table.
Yusheng was startled. He turned around and saw the table full of money. He was shocked by his sister's showy behavior. It wasn't that he had never seen such a large amount of money. Although the Yu family was strict in educating their children and wouldn't give them much pocket money before they were adults, they had seen the world. But in modern society, most of the money he dealt with was in digital form in the bank. The long string of numbers on his phone didn't have much of an impact on him, whether he was looking at it or using it. Usually, if he heard about 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, he would just think it was okay. But now, seeing so much real money in front of him, it was... inexplicably very impactful.
"What's this for?" Yusheng didn't quite understand what his sister meant and asked blankly.
"Second brother, use my money to buy them. I earned all this." Niannian's bright smile stabbed at Yusheng's heart.
Ah? The most lethal form of showing off wealth was unintentional. Why? Why was he the only useless one in this family?!
"I just saw that second brother seemed to be in a difficult situation. It should be because you don't have enough money. It's okay. I have some here. If it's not enough, I have more. Second brother can use it as he likes."
Yusheng was both speechless and amused. He was just hesitating about the configuration. When did he say he didn't have enough money? What was going on in Niannian's little head? Sometimes her thoughts were straightforward, and sometimes they were very complicated. But seeing Niannian's serious expression, Yusheng had a bit of a naughty thought. He really wanted to verify his position in his sister's heart. He pretended to be very gratified and said, "Sister, you're really so good. How did you know that your second brother is very poor now? Our Niannian is really amazing. You've already earned so much."
Suddenly being praised, the little girl smiled shyly. "Hehe, it's not that much. I didn't do much. I just sold the talismans I drew."