Seventy-eighth palm

  In these days of going to Hong Kong, Fang Mo Nan gave the babysitters a holiday and let them play around. After locking the door, she took Da Bao and Er Ya into space together. In these two days, she didn't eat well or cultivate properly either.

  Jumping into the hot spring, Dabao and Er Ya were lightly tied to an inflatable cushion, with their hands and feet kicking in the water, having a great time. Fang Mo Nan cleaned up properly and then took the two children into the kitchen to cook a delicious meal, treating themselves.

  After dinner, Fang Mo Nan made apple puree for the two little treasures. Six-month-old babies can add supplementary food. In the study room, the two children played tiredly, covered with a thin quilt, and fell asleep on the soft couch before she began to cultivate.

  On October 26, the Hong Kong stock market reopened after a four-day closure, with the Hang Seng Index plummeting by 1,120 points and the Hang Seng Futures Index crashing by 1,554 points. The profit/loss value of each futures contract reached as high as HK$770,000, while the margin for the Hang Seng Index futures trading was only around HK$150 million, which was far from enough to cover the losses. The Hong Kong government's Exchange Fund and several financial institutions jointly provided capital to bail out the clearing company, barely saving it from collapse.

  The Nikkei 225 plummeted 1096 points, the third-largest daily drop in Tokyo's stock market history, and Asian markets' sharp falls fed back into Europe and the Americas, causing stocks there to plunge again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to 1793.93, down 8%, Paris fell 7%, Zurich fell 10% and Frankfurt fell 10%.

  Longteng company's sale contract will be delivered by the end of this month. Except for the United States, other places are also due at the end of the month. This is a complete victory!

  By the end of October, things were basically over. Fang Mo Nan took his children to fly back to the United States. Da Chengzi and his uncle, Pangzi, and Liangzi had called a few days ago because they found that their accounts suddenly had an additional 100 million funds.

  Fang Mengnan only said on the phone that it was about returning money and didn't tell them anything else.

  Gathering their belongings, they led Baomu Fang Mo Nan and others onto the plane.

  After arriving in Philadelphia, Allen and Xiao Yi came to pick up the machine. When Xiao Yi saw Da Bao and Er Ya, she hugged them tightly and kissed them.

  "You've been gone for so long and all you do is talk on the phone. Don't know when you'll come back early," said Auntie, scolding her.

  "It's gone for good. You've got two treasures, and they're both very good." Fang Mo Nan said.

  "Alright, there are some things I want to ask you, let's talk about it when we get home." said her aunt, looking at her strangely.

  They drove home, and Jenny had already prepared dinner at home. Following Fang Mo Nan, Jenny also learned some Chinese cuisine.

  After dinner, Little Aunt gave Da Bao and Er Ya a bath, and after coaxing the children to sleep.

  Jenny finished washing and went home. Two babysitters returned home from the airport first to take a look, having been away for more than a month.

  Fang Mo Nan and Allen were in the living room, she held a cup of tea, carefully listening to Allen talk about this time's grades from America. Allen was very excited, speaking with excitement, stuttering.

  "Have a drink of water." Fang Mo Nan said.

  Allen looked at his boss's calm and composed appearance, made an effort to calm himself down, and reported on the achievements in America.

  Fang Mo nodded, "Well done!" She also gave each person a thick red envelope.

  Allen left happily because he still had a midnight flight to New York to handle the aftermath and take care of the acquisition.

  After coaxing the children to sleep, Xiao Yi sat in the living room staring at Fang Mo Nan without making a sound.

  "Go ahead and ask whatever you want!" Fang Mengnan felt his back hair stand on end as she stared at him intensely.

  "You know we already have five million now," said Little Aunt.

  "I know." Fang Mo Nan slightly furrowed his brow and calmly said, while still feeling somewhat disappointed with Xiao Yi in his heart. She hadn't fully followed his instructions and hadn't been ruthless enough. Leaving some money behind, it seemed that in the future, Xiao Yi would have a hard time making major progress financially.

  "You know!" Little Auntie stood up and paced back and forth, looking at her. "How did you know the US stock market would plummet? And I've seen all your transaction records, not a single one has lost money." "You...you..." She pointed at her, her words were somewhat incoherent. "What's going on here!"

  "Auntie, calm down and sit down." Fang Mo Nan looked at her as she sat on the sofa and said: "You should know that my knowledge of finance is no worse than yours!"

  "Hmph... Not only is he no worse than me, but even better than my professor. Otherwise, how could he have predicted the big drop in US stocks?" said Little Auntie.

  Fang Mo Nan spread out his hands and said, "Isn't that enough? You've already answered for me."

  "Ah..." The little aunt was choked back by him.

  "Don't ask me why," Fang Mo Nan shrugged and said with a sly tone: "She was born with it in her brain." She pointed to her brain.

  Xiao Yi thought to herself that she wasn't a fool, how could she not notice that Nan Nan was different from other children. Even Mo Bei, who is now one year younger than her, understood more when he was little compared to her back then. The Stacy couple also praised her excessively. "Mo Bei at such a young age has been taught by you to be humble and composed, unaffected by praise or criticism, steady and calm, not like a child at all."

  "What's wrong with that?! As long as she doesn't mind, I think it's fine." Fang Mo Nan shrugged irresponsibly and said: "The direction is correct, just keep walking firmly, who cares what others say?"

  "Ah! It's still too much even if it's like this." Xiaoyi sat on the sofa, looking at her helplessly. In Huaxia times, the two of them knew to restrain themselves a bit. Coming here made them even more 'unscrupulous', fortunately they knew what they were doing? Just as she said, they were all doing 'proper things'.

  "With your carefree and calm demeanor, it's truly infuriating. Auntie walked up to her, pinched her still slightly chubby cheeks, and rubbed them. 'Hmph! Perhaps it's exactly this attitude of yours that will lead you to great things.'"

  "Leave Dabao and Er Ya to you, I'm going to sleep," said Xiao Yi.

  "It was me who took care of it!" Fang Mo Nan rubbed his reddened face, grumbling discontentedly, "You're not afraid that I'll 'corrupt' the kids."

  "It's fine, I think it's okay like this." Xiaoyi said irresponsibly.

  Fang Mo Nan went to Xiao Yi's bedroom, pushed out the crib, entered his own bedroom, closed the door, and flashed into space with the two little ones on the crib.

  Life returned to normal, Fang Mo Nan took the children and nanny to the hospital during the day, and led the two little ones into space at night. The cold winter had arrived on earth, the branches were bare, the grass was withered, and the land was desolate. Only the pine tree still maintained a bit of green.

  The first to call the arrival of winter is the wind. It changed from warm spring breeze to scorching hot wind, and then from cool autumn breeze to cold winter gale. At the beginning of winter, the wind was not that cold, but it was very strong. The big trees by the road were blown left and right, making a low humming sound from time to time. The remaining leaves on the trees were completely blown down this time, swept up into the sky, and danced in the high gray clouds.

  It got dark early, Fang Mo Nan brought the kids back early, the kids were already seven months old, leaning against the sofa, looking like a little adult, Little Aunt rarely came back early today to play parent-child games. She was more playful than the kids.

  "Ding dong......" Fang Mo Nan stood in the kitchen, listening to the howling cold wind outside the window, and still didn't forget to quickly cook. "This terrible weather, who would come at this time."

  Little aunt still wondered who would come at this time?

  Jenny opened the door and saw a tall man standing at the entrance, his stout body blocking the doorway as he asked guardedly, "Who are you looking for?"

  Jenny's Chinese was quite standard, and after hearing it, he said, "I'm looking for Fang Mornan. Tell her Ye Laosi. His fourth brother has arrived."

  "Alright, just a minute." Jenny closed the door and walked into the kitchen, saying to Meng Nan who was busy.

  "Miss Nan, there's someone who claims to be Ye Lao Si, your fourth brother's person, looking for you," said Jenny.

  "Who?" Fang Mo Nan muttered to himself in puzzlement at how he had arrived, "Let him come in!"

  "Good!" Jenny went to open the door, and Auntie got up, just in time to see Ye Laosi's tall figure appear in the living room.

  "Who are you?" asked Little Auntie. This head is really not low.

  Ye Laosi took off his overcoat and hat, and Jenny took them and hung them on the coat rack.

  "My name is Ye Zhenhua. I'm here to see Fang Monan." He replied honestly, trying to sound as calm and humble as possible. "And you are...?"

  "Oh! I'm Nannan's aunt, Mo Xueyan." Aunt looked him up and down: "Ah! I remember who you are. You're the one who helped take care of Nannan when she flew back to Huaxia alone last time."

  "Hehe... it's really hard for you to still remember, I just met Nannan on a plane." Ye Laosi smiled. Who would have thought! A chance encounter so long ago and yet he was still recognized, this is great!

  Ye Lao Si looked around the room and found it had a strong Chinese flavor, making him feel like he was back home.

  "What brings you to Nannan?" asked Little Aunt curiously.

  "Me..." Ye Laosi was interrupted by Fang Mosou who came out of the kitchen before he could finish speaking.

  "Dinner is served!" Fang Mo Nan said.

  "Eat first! Whatever it is can be said after dinner." His aunt looked at him and said, "Just in time, I haven't thanked you for helping me out last time yet!"

  "Oh! Help out, carry Er Ya to the dining room." Xiaoyi ordered him bluntly.

  Ye Laosi picked up the remaining little baby on the sofa and followed behind Xiao Yi's butt to the dining room. "Are these two twins?" Ye Laosi looked at the two children, who looked similar in appearance and were about the same height.

  "Dragon and phoenix babies." Little Auntie placed Da Bao in his designated spot, while Ye Lao Si put Er Ya in another special chair. The two little ones, freed from their restraints, clapped the chairs and chattered away, seemingly answering his questions.

  "Really cute." Ye Laosi stroked their heads and said with a smile.

  Fang Mo Nan brought out the last dish from the kitchen and placed it on the dining table. Mo Bei also came out of his room, curiously looking at the stranger. The aunt introduced them to each other and they exchanged greetings before everyone sat down.

  "Let's eat!" Little Aunt began using her chopsticks.

  "Little Bei, what have you been busy with lately? You haven't even come home." Little Auntie, as the current elder in this household, although not the head of the house, still has her seniority and should care about her juniors.

  "Oh! Just back from Italy match." Mo Bei said listlessly.

  Fang Mo Nan glanced at her and said to Ye Lao Si: "Xiao Bei is participating in the international violin competition."

  "Wow! So capable." Ye Laosi exclaimed in surprise.

  Fang Mo Nan looked at Mo Bei and said: "How come your competition results are not good? Look at that dejected look on your face."

  "Losing to that Ludwig guy again, it's really infuriating." Fang Mo Bei gritted his teeth and said, chewing on the beef as if it was him. "Next time I'll definitely win against him. Hmph!"

  "Hehe... I wish you success." Fang Mo Nan said. "How much US dollars did you make this time again."

  "2000" Fang Mo said unhappily. She no longer cares about the amount of prize money, what matters is whether she has made progress or not.