The main purpose of their trip to Australia was to satisfy Xi Xi's wish to see kangaroos! Therefore, early the next morning, Yang Yi and the rest took the ferry to Taronga Zoo on the other side of the river.
The zoo was located on a small hill. Looking from afar, the dense greenery was a stark contrast to the steel and concrete forest in the metropolis that Yang Yi and the rest had come to. It wasn't easy to have such a large area that could accommodate wild animals in a major international city.
For convenience's sake, as well as to not miss out on the opportunity to have close contact with Australia's native wild animals, Yang Yi hired a tour guide when he bought the tickets.
After chatting with her for a while, Yang Yi found out that this female tour guide was a graduate of the University of Queensland. She was actually a tour guide with such high academic qualifications? This made Yang Yi and Murphy extremely surprised. However, seeing how she was smiling at Fang Yan, perhaps she was also interested in the tour and was enjoying it!
However, tour guides were generally unscrupulous. This female tour guide led Yang Yi and his family into the park and into the souvenir shop …
"Wow! A giraffe! " The moment Xi Xi entered, she couldn't move her feet. She held her father's hand excitedly and walked toward a 1: 1 scale giraffe plush doll.
"It's really beautiful!" Murphy couldn't help but walk over with Tong Tong in her arms. She looked up at the giraffe's head and said with a smile, "Hubby, look, there are even leaves in its mouth. It's so exquisitely made!"
Wasn't that right? The leaves were all made of cloth, but the craftsmanship was equally exquisite! The fur was dense, and its legs were long and sturdy. Even the markings on the giraffe's body were different from others. The more one looked at it, the more beautiful it felt!
"Daddi, I want this!" Xi Xi hugged the "giraffe's" leg. In front of this huge creature, she was as small and weak as a kitten in front of a human. However, the young lady didn't mind at all. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at her father with anticipation.
Buy it home, buy it home!
This was the only thought in the young lady's mind.
"We can't bring this back even if we buy it!" Yang Yi's heart almost softened when he saw his daughter's pitiful little eyes when she was begging. However, there was really nothing he could do about it. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, "Look at how big it is. How can we bring such a big … giraffe onto the plane, don't you think so?"
"Wu wu, no, I want a giraffe!" Xi Xi pouted as she twisted her head and said sadly.
It was the first time that Xi Xi had seen such a big plush doll. She was so excited that she couldn't think about what her father had said. She even saw this big giraffe and was unwilling to look at the short tiger and elephant beside it …
Plush dolls, especially large ones, were no less attractive to women than golden coins were to dragons!
Murphy also touched the "giraffe" plush toy reluctantly. It was not easy for her to overcome her desire to buy it.
She patted Xi Xi's shoulder on behalf of Yang Yi who was smiling bitterly and said softly, "Let's go look at something else, okay? Something else might be more interesting! "
"No, no, I want this! PaPa, can you buy this for me? "Xi Xi looked at her father pitifully.
However, her father had no choice.
"We'll buy it when we get back. There's also a giraffe in the mall near home." Yang Yi could only coax Xi Xi.
"We don't have it at home." The little girl was almost six years old and wasn't so easy to coax. She pouted and shook her head in disagreement.
"Yes, Dad can get someone to make it for you. Dad knows a factory!" Yang Yi had an idea and said to Xi Xi. "Make it exactly like this! Dad promises you that I'll get someone to make it for you when we get back! "
This time, Yang Yi was not coaxing Xi Xi. Although he didn't know a factory, he had always wanted to buy a toy factory. Now that the work of adapting fairy tales into cartoons had begun, he needed to start investing in such a factory to produce peripheral products.
This was a very important income, and it was also related to shaping the image of the characters in fairy tales and laying a solid foundation for the amusement park in the future.
Since he planned to buy a factory, it was not a big deal to get a large plush toy for Xi Xi. What's more, Yang Yi also liked Murphy very much …
"Xi Xi, come and see. There are penguins and small giraffes here. This is even cuter!" Murphy's voice came over. She stood next to a shelf and pointed at the mini plush toys on the shelf and smiled. "We can buy this. It's only this big, so it's easier to carry around!"
After getting her father's promise, Xixi finally let go of the giraffe reluctantly. Moreover, the mini plush toy over there was indeed an indescribable sense of adorableness. The little girl skipped over and picked it up with her mother.
Looking at Murphy and his daughter's smiling faces, Yang Yi was slightly relieved. He asked the tour guide casually, "How much is this giraffe?"
Just now, Yang Yi and Xi Xi were communicating in Chinese, so the tour guide just stood there blankly. This time, Yang Yi used English, so the tour guide understood.
She waved her hand and smiled. "This is for exhibition only. We're not selling it!"
"…"
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Through the incident with the giraffe, Yang Yi suddenly realized that his daughter was not so perfect. The little girl was still like other children. She had a persistent pursuit of what she wanted!
This spirit was commendable, but if it evolved into a bad habit of pestering and crying to achieve her goals, that was not what Yang Yi wanted to see!
Although Yang Yi was willing to satisfy all of his daughter's requests, he also had the ability to let Xi Xi buy whatever she wanted! But too much pampering was not a good thing!
So, when Xi Xi and Murphy finished choosing the souvenirs they wanted to buy, Yang Yi stopped them. "We can't buy them now."
"Why?" Xi Xi asked, puzzled.
"Because we still have to go to the zoo! Don't you want to see real kangaroos and giraffes? "Yang Yi smiled." It won't be too late to buy them after we finish looking around. "
"But … But … I want to buy them now." The little girl pouted and was a little unhappy. She was a little reluctant.
"If you want to buy them, that's fine. But during this process, you have to be responsible for carrying them. You can't let mom and dad help you! Mom has to take care of your brother, and dad has to carry things and take photos of you! " Yang Yi smiled. "You make the decision. Do you want to buy them now, or wait until we finish looking at the kangaroos and giraffes?"
As he spoke, Yang Yi signaled Murphy not to interfere with him with his eyes.
Murphy was actually a little confused. But she knew that Yang Yi loved his daughter more than she did. He must have his reasons for doing so.
Xi Xi did not expect that her father deliberately made this difficult problem for her. The little girl looked at the plush toy in her hand reluctantly for a while, but finally nodded.
"What do you mean by nodding?" Yang Yi's voice was still very gentle, but he did not give in at all. "Are you saying that you want to play with mom and dad, and then go down the mountain to buy them? Or do you want to buy them now and hold them yourself? "
"I want to buy them now. I'll hold them myself!" The little girl said energetically.
She did not feel that there was anything strange about it. Instead, she smiled sweetly as if she had made a good decision to help her parents.
"OK!" Yang Yi said in his heart. "The test begins!"
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