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Chapter 399 The Ocarina Shop Owner's Kindness and Request

The ocarina and the xiao (vertical bamboo flute) have many similarities, such as fingering, and both use a basic playing method called "Zhongyin Zuo So" (a basic playing method).

Academic terms may seem obscure and difficult to understand.

In practical terms, it means that the scale played when all the finger holes of the musical instrument are closed is "So".

Then, from this, we can deduce the various scales for the other finger holes.

After Huang Musong finished playing "Castle in the Sky," Pina began to improvise, attempting to perform "Chrysanthemum Terrace" for the Doro members...

but,

The ocarina is inevitably slightly different from the xiao (vertical bamboo flute).

Pina played only a short passage before pressing the wrong hole. The ocarina's tone suddenly veered off course, abruptly shattering the poetic atmosphere and bringing the doro members back to their senses.

Doro stood there dumbfounded, first glancing at Pina, then at Dorothy and Donas, before raising its head to Huang Musong and exclaiming in praise, "Human! You're amazing! You can actually play the ocarina? What was that piece called? It was so beautiful."

Pupils that shone like black gemstones held pure adoration.

Doraemon was both excited and surprised.

It immediately took out its own small mobile phone and showed the shop owner its payment code.

Huang Musong is playing an ocarina he has already paid for; Pina is also considering buying the ocarina she is trying to play.

Doro showed his payment code because he also wanted to buy an ocarina, learn how to play it at home, and then play it with others (Huang Musong) and his friends!

"Boss."

Do you have any smaller, slightly cheaper ocarinas?

"My budget is under two hundred yuan."

Blinking his big eyes, Doro showed his balance, which was a full 20,000 yuan.

Since being adopted,

Doraemon never wastes a single penny.

It will try to save as much money as possible while ensuring that it has enough to eat and wear.

Food was usually provided by Huang Musong; accommodation was also provided by Huang Musong through renting or buying houses.

This includes wearing down jackets in winter and taking hot showers...

Huang Musong covers most of the expenses, and Duoluo can save money whenever she wants; the 20,000 yuan in her WeChat Wallet is her financial backing!

The owner of the ocarina shop is a gentle old man.

Seeing how adorable the four little ones, Dorothy, Donas, and Pina,

The old shop owner had the idea of ​​simply giving the four little ones ocarinas as a gift.

hiss……

Giving it away seems unfair to other customers, so I'll just symbolically charge the cost price.

The old shopkeeper pondered for a few seconds, then looked down at Duo Luo with a smile and said, "All the ocarinas on this exhibition wall next to you can be sold to you for two hundred yuan each. I only have one request—you four little ones, keep walking forward, and when you reach the end of Nanluoguxiang, go to Dongsi Shitiao and find a small shop called '**Image Gallery' to spend some money."

"Don't mention that I sent you there."

"As long as you can do that, send me a message with the invoice later, and I will refund you four thousand yuan."

After finishing speaking,

The old shop owner selected four small ocarinas based on the spacing of the doro's tiny paws.

The quality of the small ocarina is even a grade higher than the medium-sized ocarina that Huang Musong bought!

"Ding! WeChat payment received, 4800 yuan."

As the old shop owner scanned the code to collect the fee, the announcement from the broadcaster echoed throughout the ocarina shop, startling Doro so much that his hair stood on end.

What?

4800 yuan!

Wow ~

The unexpectedly high spending led Doraemon to mistakenly believe he had been scammed by unscrupulous merchants.

It hurriedly shook its head, intending to emphasize that it only wanted to buy a relatively ordinary ocarina for 200 yuan.

Clearly, Doraemon didn't understand what the old shop owner meant and hadn't realized that the other party would refund him later.

Dorothy was clever and quick-witted; a flash of understanding crossed her eyes.

Quickly cover Doro's mouth.

Dorothy excitedly assured the old shopkeeper, "Grandpa, don't worry! We promise to complete the mission and go to the '**Photo Gallery' you mentioned."

"Dora!"

"Let's go, let's go..."

Fearing that her companion might miss the chance to snag a bargain because she couldn't think straight, Dorothy mustered all her strength and dragged Dorothy out of the store, leaving Donas and Pina inside to help choose an ocarina.

As he was leaving, Doro gradually realized that the old shopkeeper hadn't cheated him.

I bought four small ocarinas for 4800 yuan, and will get a refund of 4000 yuan later.

That's equivalent to selling an ocarina for 200 yuan!

Although it's a bit pricey, it's worth it; we each get one ocarina!

Figure out what's going on.

Doro stood in the corner outside the shop and peeked into the shop.

Another cloud of doubt welled up in his mind, and he scratched his ear in great confusion.

"Huh~"

"Dorothy, do you think the old man was willing to sell us the ocarina so cheaply? A beautiful ocarina costs two hundred, which is actually quite expensive."

"But I think it's a good deal!"

Saving money ≈ Making money

Doraemon shrank back to his feet and stood firmly on his feet. He then confronted Dorothy, hoping that her intelligence would provide an answer.

Based on the information provided by the AI ​​software, Dorothy leaned close to Doraemon's ear and whispered, "Two hundred yuan is really not expensive! Master He Yuheng's personally crafted ocarinas often start at a thousand yuan on the market, so two hundred yuan is just the cost. If we resell the ocarinas that the old shop owner sold us on a second-hand platform, we can make at least two thousand yuan."

"certainly."

"I will not sell."

"Because it's rare to find such a high-quality ocarina at such a low price!"

Dorothy is exceptionally gifted when it comes to making money, investing, or accumulating wealth; she knows that the old shopkeeper is actually losing money to gain publicity.

The ocarina costs 200 yuan to produce, so selling it for 200 yuan seems like a good deal.

But you have to consider rent and electricity costs, right?

Nanluoguxiang, a scenic area where land is extremely valuable, has rents that are far higher than those of ordinary shops.

In this situation,

The old shop owner was losing money to gain publicity.

Dorothy blindly guessed that the "**Image Gallery" was definitely a business owned by a relative of the original owner.

As expected, things turned out exactly as it predicted.

Huang Musong and Shu Chu led Donas and Pina out of the ocarina shop. The postcard Huang Musong was holding was from the owner of "**Image Gallery," whose surname was the same as the old owner of the ocarina shop.

I bought an ocarina.

Huang Musong led the Doro members to continue forward.

I slowed down only after I got a bit further away from the ocarina shop...

Considering that Doro had just paid, and that the expense of several thousand yuan might upset Doro, Huang Musong sent it six large red envelopes containing 888 yuan each.

Total: 5328 yuan

Doro can make a net profit of five hundred yuan.

However, since the income came from Huang Musong, Duoluo was happy but didn't feel much sense of accomplishment.

"people!"

"Thank you~".

With a quick tap of her little paws, Duoluo smiled broadly and, after receiving the red envelope, made a heart shape with her fingers towards Huang Musong.

Huang Musong bent down and gently stroked Duoluo's head, suggesting, "Let's head east next and take some photos at the **Photo Gallery. How about it? We've come all this way to Nanluoguxiang, and today is January 1st, 2026, so let's take lots of pictures."

Having heard Dorothy explain the situation regarding buying the ocarina, Dorothy immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "Okay, okay! Let's hurry to the photo gallery and take some photos together!"

Doro didn't know the way to the video museum.

He took Huang Musong's hand proactively.

It followed Huang Musong step by step eastward.

Nanluoguxiang is a road that runs from south to north, with alleys of various names on its east and west sides.

Navigate to the postcard address using the map.

Huang Musong led the Doro members away from Nanluoguxiang and headed straight for the film studio.

The film gallery is only a few hundred meters away as the crow flies, and the entire route is about one kilometer long.

It's only a kilometer, and it would take at most 20 minutes to walk slowly, but Donas was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Feed..."

"You're not planning to go back on your word, are you?"

"We agreed beforehand to buy red lanterns!" Donas walked on the other side of Huang Musong, looking back at the Nanluoguxiang that was gradually disappearing into the distance, her tail wagging restlessly from side to side.

The road ahead is about to turn.

Nanluoguxiang disappeared from view.

Donas turned around and lightly punched Huang Musong's thigh twice. (End of Chapter)