Do you also want to adopt Doro?

As he imagined it in his mind, Huang Musong quickened his pace and went up the stairs to the connecting corridor to the basement.

His single room was located at the end of the basement, and he had to pass by each of his neighbors' houses before entering.

This included Aunt Liu's room.

Today, Aunt Liu was off her afternoon shift, so she got home early.

At this moment, Aunt Liu was sitting at the doorway, picking vegetables and opening the door to ventilate the room.

Seeing Huang Musong return, she quickly greeted him with a cheerful smile. At the same time, Aunt Liu wiped her sweat with a towel and said very politely, "Xiaosong, you're back quite early today? Have you had dinner yet? If not, come over to my place, we'll have dumplings together for dinner."

The value of a few mangoes far exceeds that of two eggs.

Aunt Liu felt that she had taken advantage of Huang Musong.

If Huang Musong is willing to come over for dumplings, then she can make up for the favor she owed yesterday.

Huang Musong understood Aunt Liu's thoughts.

He was also well aware of Aunt Liu's financial situation.

So Huang Musong waved his hand, smiled, and politely declined, "I've already bought dinner. Aunt Liu, I'll go to bed after dinner tonight, and I'll need to borrow a few eggs from you tomorrow morning."

After finishing speaking, he reached into his backpack and took out a row of bananas.

He selected a few of the most vibrant-colored ones and gave them to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu quickly thanked him, her face beaming with joy. Offering mangoes and bananas, Xiao Huang's politeness made it impossible for anyone to say anything more.

After accepting the bananas, Aunt Liu hesitated briefly before deciding to subtly probe the matter.

"Little Yellow!"

"I've accepted the bananas you gave me."

"However, you should remember the little rule we neighbors have agreed upon. Since the boy lives alone, don't be lazy about cleaning..."

Aunt Liu gave a meaningful reminder.

The ambiguous meaning left Huang Musong bewildered, and he didn't understand what it meant for a moment.

Filled with doubt, he nodded silently, indicating that he would pay attention.

After bypassing Aunt Liu's room, Huang Musong went straight to his own little house.

But before he could reach into his pocket for his keys to open the door...

buzzing...

Several flies swarmed towards me.

What's going on?

Huang Musong hurriedly dodged, avoiding the flies, and planned to go inside to find a fly swatter.

As a result, when he turned his gaze to the room, he suddenly realized that there was nowhere to stand.

In the small house, the only extra space was occupied by a potted, lush orange tree.

To be precise, it's a kumquat tree!

The kumquat tree is more like a potted plant, making it suitable for home cultivation.

The key issue is that the small basement room is too cramped.

The fishy smell of the potted soil attracted many flies.

No wonder Aunt Liu reminded me to pay attention to my personal hygiene earlier...

So it turns out that Doraemon was "doing something bad" at home?

Huang Musong suddenly felt unhappy and decided to give Duoluo a good scolding later so that it would realize its mistake and correct it.

however!

In an instant, two more fragments of memory were generated in his mind.

[Scene 1: Doro messed up your place, and you were very angry. You shouted at Doro, "I'll never buy you O-Runji again!" Doro's eyes reddened, and he turned and ran out of the house, not returning until sunset.]

[Excerpt 2: After scolding Doraemon, you gradually calmed down. You started to blame yourself; Doraemon had only made a small mistake, was it necessary for you to get angry? You put on your clothes and went out to look for Doraemon, and then…]

The second memory fragment ends here.

Huang Musong is unsure whether the version of himself he remembers successfully found Doraemon in the end.

Perhaps, while running away, Doraemon was run over by a truck on the road.

It's also possible that Doro, having forgotten to bring pepper spray, encountered stray dogs and ultimately became their food.

Regardless of the outcome

Doro's bad ending must absolutely not happen!

Huang Musong, who had been angry, suddenly calmed down and completely abandoned the idea of ​​criticizing Duo Luo. It was a trivial matter; Duo Luo had only dirtied the room, and there was no need to get so worked up about it. Besides, perhaps he had misunderstood Duo Luo?

He began to scan the room.

Soon, Huang Musong spotted Doraemon laughing and snoring in the corner of the bed.

Doro seemed to realize that he had made a mistake.

With its head slightly lowered, Doro timidly stuck out its tongue, waiting for the storm to arrive. Its appearance was just like a naughty puppy that had caused trouble and destroyed things, now afraid of being scolded by its owner—it looked pitiful and cowering.

"people..."

"I didn't mean to. I was thinking that if we planted an Orunji tree, we would have an endless supply of Orunji to eat in the future."

"I'm sorry~"

After saying his apology, Doro bowed at a 90-degree angle, his attitude of admitting his mistake was extremely sincere.

Huang Musong originally wanted to give Duo Luo a few words of verbal instruction.

As it turned out, he found that Duoluo had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, and seeing Duoluo's trembling and extremely nervous appearance, the last bit of bad temper in his heart vanished instantly.

Ah!

Doraemon had only recently integrated into human society.

I shouldn't have expected too much from it.

Huang Musong is taking deep breaths to calm himself down...

As his emotions stabilized, Huang Musong's thoughts gradually turned to curiosity.

Where did Doro find the kumquat tree?

Could it have dug up someone else's potted plant?

Realizing this possibility, Huang Musong quickly moved closer to Duoluo and questioned her seriously, "Where did you find these kumquats? Uh... speaking of which, with your small frame, how could you move a potted plant weighing dozens of kilograms?"

A pot of kumquats, including the weight of the soil, weighs at least 50 jin (25 catties).

It's almost equivalent to two large full bottles of water.

Huang Musong didn't believe that Duoluo had the ability to move it.

When he discovered that the person hadn't criticized him but instead asked a question, Doro secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Puffing out his little chest, Doro chuckled smugly and said, "Guess~. If you guess right, I'll tell you."

"Man! I have a gift for you."

"Can you guess what good stuff it is?"

In Huang Musong's view, Duoluo's few replies were completely nonsensical.

However, he still tried to guess, without spoiling Doraemon's fun.

"This kumquat bonsai will be the gift!"

"Answer...incorrect~".

Doro raised her little hand, clenched her fist, and gently tapped the person's forehead.

At the same time, Doraemon stopped keeping her in suspense and turned around to pull a deep blue water bottle out from under the covers on the bed.

The kettle is entirely blue and shaped like a cute, cartoonish whale.

Back in college, Huang Musong played several single-player games related to the wildly popular anime "Pokémon".

In the game, there is a type of item that is exactly similar to the water bottle that Doraemon is holding now.

What was it called again?

Oh right! The Whale Sprinkler.

Recalling these events, and combining them with the fragments of memory that had sprung up in his mind the previous night, Huang Musong fell into deep thought...

If the Howling Whale Watering Can is the surprise gift Doro brought back,

Have I obtained a magical artifact that shouldn't exist in the real world?

Huang Musong vaguely remembers that the purpose of the Howling Whale watering can was to accelerate the growth of tree and fruit crops.

For example, the growth cycle of an apple is 12 months.

The Howling Whale watering can shorten a 12-month cycle to 3 months.

Reducing the growing time by nine months equates to approximately a 75% increase in profits. After deducting the total nutrients required for the apples' growth, the net profit will exceed 50%!

A business that has a 50% profit margin and carries no risk.

If the merchants found out, they would surely fight tooth and nail over it.

In just a few seconds, a business plan that could defy fate sprouted in Huang Musong's mind.

Doro silently observed the person.

By observing people's reactions, Doro can tell that people really like the surprise gift it has prepared.

and so……

"people."

"Could you please not criticize me later?"

"I really didn't mean to make the house dirty and smelly."

Feeling a little nervous, Doro lowered his head, his chubby cheeks puffing out into two C-shaped curves.

Huang Musong's thoughts were brought back on track by what Duoluo said.

He let out a long sigh, smiled meaningfully, and raised his arm to hug Doro and comfort him.

"I never intended to criticize you."

Gently smoothing Doraemon's pink bangs, Huang Musong held up the Howling Whale watering can in his other hand, examining it closely: "Where...where did you pick this thing up? If I'm not mistaken, Doraemon, did you go to some magical place today?"

Upon hearing this, Doraemon shook his head, showing no intention of hiding anything.

"A magical place? No, it's not~".

"Dolo met a beautiful lady while collecting bottles."

"After the pretty lady found out I loved eating Oorunji, she gave me this. I thought it was very pretty, and the pretty lady said it could make Oorunji grow quickly on the tree, so..."

So it found a plastic basin that it had collected while scavenging.

Bring back soil from outside, plant the seeds of Orunji, and water them with a Whale watering can.

As a result, the space in the basement room was cramped.

In just one afternoon, the orange seeds sprouted and quickly grew into seedlings.

This causes fly eggs in the soil to hatch into flies as well.

There were too many flies, flying around.

Doraemon's small frame couldn't keep the flies out of the house.

It can only wait for people to return and take the initiative to admit its mistakes.