Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 456: Lucky Cat

Chapter 456: Chapter 456: Lucky Cat

Dou Dou tilted her head, looking at the entrance of the "Yunduo Convenience Store."

She tilted her head to look, and Duoduo and Tang Tang curiously tilted their heads as well.

Lin Jianming was opening the door, while Song Qingwei was using gestures to communicate with Mao Sanmei.

"What are you looking at?" Duoduo asked curiously.

"Those words, they are ’Dou Dou Superstore’, right?" Dou Dou said.

Upon hearing this, Duoduo felt a surge of anger. How could her little store be taken away as soon as she arrived?

"Your Yunduo Convenience Store, it’s not Dou Dou Superstore, it’s mine, not yours." Duoduo pointed at herself angrily.

Actually, Dou Dou was quite clever, she knew the character for ’small’.

Tang Tang smiled foolishly and looked down, only to see a five-yuan coin on the ground.

"Wow~"

Tang Tang happily bent over to pick it up, Dou Dou and Duoduo saw it too and looked surprised.

At this moment, Lin Jianming had just opened the store door, and Tang Tang hurriedly ran in with the five yuan.

"Buying something."

She stood on tiptoes and raised the five yuan high.

Mao Sanmei was initially puzzled, then quickly came to her senses and turned to look at the ground by the door.

Her reaction was because such things had happened countless times during her time with her daughter; she was almost numb to it, never finding big money, but they kept finding small amounts, often picking up ten or twenty yuan.

"Where did you get the money?"

Lin Jianming reached out to take it, it was still a brand new five yuan bill.

"Tang Tang picked it up from the ground." Duoduo immediately pointed to the ground outside the door.

"Tang Tang is quite lucky; what do you want to buy?" Lin Jianming asked Tang Tang with a smile.

Though Tang Tang couldn’t hear, she could still roughly understand people’s intentions through their eyes or actions.

So once she understood, she immediately pointed to Duoduo beside her.

"Wow~"

Lin Jianming laughed and patted her little head, saying, "Haha, that’s not for sale."

At this moment, Dou Dou said from the side, "We should hand the money over to the police officer."

"You’re right, we should give it to the police; however, the amount is too small, and the police probably won’t find the owner. We can donate it to other children in need."

As Lin Jianming spoke, he put the five yuan into a nearby charity money box.

The money inside would be cleared every once in a while, and after a little replenishing, it would be used to help children in other impoverished areas.

He didn’t just start doing this now, but had been doing it since Duoduo’s accident, aiding quite a few children over the years.

Tang Tang watched her five yuan disappear, spreading her hands full of grievance.

Actually, these days when Tang Tang found money, Mao Sanmei usually bought her snacks with it, unless it was something valuable like the diamond ring from last time; otherwise, running to the police station every day with one or two yuan would be tedious for them and bothersome for the police.

Fortunately, at this moment, Lin Jianming generously waved his hand.

"Take whatever you want to eat, although you should eat fewer snacks."

"Take whatever you want." Duoduo waved her little hand proudly.

"Yes, Duoduo is the boss, everything goes by her orders." Lin Jianming laughed and said.

Dou Dou looked at the rows of shelves and the dazzling array of goods on them, eyes wide open.

"Is all this yours?"

Dou Dou stretched out her arms, her face full of disbelief. Weren’t they supposed to be poor little ones together?

"Yep, yep."

Duoduo stood firmly, almost ready to dance a little jig.

"Hmph, I want my dad to open one for me too, bigger than this and with more stuff." Dou Dou said defiantly.

"It’ll be called... Dou Dou Superstore, I’m the supermarket boss now, so call me Boss Dou."

"Boss Dou?"

Duoduo was amused by Dou Dou’s words and laughed heartily.

Dou Dou was baffled by the laughter, thinking she was truly a peculiar girl.

As for Tang Tang, she didn’t care about them, as she was already adventuring among the shelves.

To her, the tall shelves were like a wide chasm, but the dazzling snacks on the shelves were like endless treasures.

She looked at this one, touched that one, but never took anything.

Ultimately, her gaze fell upon a cute pink piggy bank on the shelf.

"Elephant." Tang Tang exclaimed in excitement, spinning in place.

"That’s not an elephant, it’s a piggy bank." Lin Jianming said with a smile, then reached to help her take it down and handed it to her.

Tang Tang looked thrilled.

"Mine? Han~"

"Of course, you bought it with your money," Lin Jianming said with a smile.

Tang Tang couldn’t hear what he was saying, but seeing him nod, she immediately hugged it without any hesitation.

Hurriedly turned and ran, giggling ceaselessly as she sprinted away.

"Be careful, don’t fall," Lin Jianming chuckled, amused by her antics.

Tang Tang, still at the doorstep where Dou Dou and Duoduo were talking, rushed over with her little piggy bank held high, looking excited: "Elephant."

"This is a pig, you silly," Dou Dou corrected her.

"Elephant."

Dou Dou stared, speechless.

Before she could say more, Tang Tang went off to show it to Mao Sanmei.

"You like this piggy bank? Then you can save up any spare change you get in the future."

Mao Sanmei reached around and pulled out two coins from her pocket, leftover from her grocery shopping trips.

Then she dropped the two coins into the piggy bank.

Tang Tang’s eyes widened in surprise, realizing what the piggy bank was meant for.

She quickly lifted the piggy bank high, signaling her mom for more.

Mao Sanmei shook her head with a smile, patting her own pocket to show there was no more.

Tang Tang looked a bit disappointed, but then she turned and saw Song Qingwei, immediately offering her the piggy bank.

Song Qingwei laughed heartily, patting her pockets, but still took Tang Tang inside the store to fetch a few coins from the counter to put into her piggy bank.

Tang Tang shook the piggy bank, hearing the clinking coins, her smile grew even brighter.

"Han~han~han..."

Then she hugged her little piggy to show Lin Jianming, Dou Dou, and Duoduo, asking them in turn.

Apart from Lin Jianming, who gave her two more coins, Dou Dou and Duoduo were taken aback.

Dou Dou waved her hands, "I’m broke, not a penny left."

Duoduo also showed empty hands, indicating she only had the store, which had everything but money.

So Tang Tang could only sit on the threshold with her little piggy, watching the tourists passing by.

Soon, her eyes lit up and she dashed off with her piggy bank.

"Ah~ah~" Mao Sanmei was surprised by her sudden move, quickly following her.

Dou Dou and Duoduo curiously tagged along.

Then they saw Tang Tang bend down to pick up a dollar from the ground, handing it to a pair of tourists just passing by.

This was something Tang Tang knew well; at Rainbow House, she often found money and returned it to the children who lost it, unless she couldn’t find the owner.

This dollar, she had just seen fall from the young man’s pocket.

The couple appeared to be tourists from outside, as visitor numbers surged with winter arriving in Bin Hai.

The woman took the dollar from Tang Tang with a smile.

"Thank you." she said with a smile.

Then spotting the little piggy in Tang Tang’s arms, she promptly dropped the dollar inside.

"It’s for you."

She gently patted Tang Tang’s little head.

"Han~"

Tang Tang grinned foolishly at them.

"This little girl’s smile is charming, somehow it just brightens one’s mood."

The couple praised Tang Tang, then entered the distinctive "Yunduo Convenience Store" for a look around and purchased a few items.

Tang Tang, holding her little piggy bank, returned to her spot, those big shiny eyes fixed on the passing crowd.

Then—

By the end of the morning, Tang Tang had collected over a hundred dollars, which was outrageous, incredibly so.

Not just Lin Jianming and his wife, but Mao Sanmei was also stunned.

Of course, not all of this was money she found; she picked up roughly ten dollars, the rest was rewards from grateful people.

Honestly, this was without taking any large sums, otherwise, it could be even more.

Because she also collected some necklaces, bracelets, pendants, figurines, etc., with people showing gratitude by putting money into her piggy bank.

Not only that, but the business at Yunduo Convenience Store improved significantly as a result.

"Is she even a person? She’s practically a little lucky cat," Song Qingwei remarked with such an exclamation.

"Han~"

Chubby Tang Tang, grinning wide, indeed resembled a little fortune-bringing girl.