The System’s New Year’s Money (2)
She was taller now, no longer that little turnip anymore.
Her eyes had also become livelier and she was more confident, speaking more articulately.
Xiaoman nodded vigorously and loudly said, “I will! Uncle said that after the summer vacation, I won’t be going to kindergarten anymore. I’m going to elementary school!”
“Good, good, good.” Teacher Tang praised her again and again, and continued chatting for a while. Jiang Xing saw that he didn’t seem to be in very good spirits, so he took Xiaoman and went home.
Teacher Tang was already very old, and his stamina was no longer that good.
The elementary school in the village relied on him, and he had a lot of tasks pressuring him.
Life was not easy for the old man either.
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The next day, Jiang Xiaoman found the New Year picture’s doll costume her uncle bought last year, and tried to put it on to ask for New Year’s money.
But who would’ve thought, after just a year, she couldn’t wear it anymore!
She had already grown too big!
Jiang Xiaoman was a bit happy and a bit sad when she realized it.
On one hand, she was happy that she had finally grown a bit taller. She didn’t need to be afraid that she couldn’t win when she fought others in the future. And if Grandma was going to hit her, she could evade more quickly!
On the other hand, she was sad because she could not act cute anymore!
She was not cute anymore when she was already so big!
Jiang Xiaoman stuffed the New Year picture’s doll costume in the bottom of the trunk with a sour face.
She was now an adult, one year older than before. She couldn’t cry at every little thing, she had to be strong!
After she finished storing it, Xiaoman helped her Grandma clean up the place.
Grandma said that they had to wash out all the filth in the house today, and hang the word “Fortune” on the door. That was what New Year should be like!
She was a very diligent child that had helped Grandma with work ever since she was young. Naturally, she was not just idling by. When she was sweeping her room, Xiaoman suddenly remembered something.
She ran into a gap in the window and took out a red envelope after a lot of effort.
The color on the envelope had faded and it looked as if it had been eroded by the wind and cold. There were even some holes on it left by insects.
Jiang Xiaoman wiped the dust off with her hands and took a look inside.
There were fifty cents.
“Brother System, didn’t you say that if I put it in a secret corner, you would take it away? Why is this New Year money red envelope still here after a year?” Jiang Xiaoman’s heart fell and she was flustered.
The system did not know what to say and could only stay silent.
Back then, Xiaoman had been pestering it too much. She gave it a red envelope containing 50 cents and insisted that it take it. When the system said that it didn’t have any hands and couldn’t take it, she didn’t believe the system.
She said that whenever she exchanged candies with it, it could make it appear from thin air like a magic trick. Why did it suddenly not have any hands to take it with this time? If it really didn’t have any hands, then how did it give her candies?
…Her nonsense really made the system helpless. It had no choice but to tell her that if she put it in a secret corner, the system would take it and it would empty itself.
It had thought that a child would forget things quickly. Who would’ve thought that its host was an aberration; she still remembered after a whole year.
The system didn’t say anything. Jiang Xiaoman narrowed her mouth, held back a little, then softly said, “Oh, I forgot. You were bullied by the big systems miserably. If you took the red envelope, do you need to exchange them for points too? I understand your difficulties.”
“Yes, that’s right. That’s it.” The system’s brain quickly turned. Although it was a bit ashamed of deceiving its host, it still felt magnanimous.
After Jiang Xiaoman said that, she continued, “If you can’t take money, you can take points, right? Can I give you a 5 point red envelope?”
The system was stunned silly. It was going to buffer again.
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