There was once a millionaire who loved money more than anything else in the world. He didn't know exactly（精确地） how much he had, so he took on a little girl to  1 all his money for him.

    It 2 the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two3dollars, he was 4  with joy and asked, “How much 5 do you want?” He thought that 6 she was only a child, he could 7 her into taking a very small amount of money.

    The girl said, “Well, I worked for six days, so I think you 8 pay me for six days. Give me two pennies（便士） for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by（乘以） itself.”

    The9 thought that in this 10 he would only have to give her a 11dollars. What a12 little girl! So immediately, he 13his lawyer sign up the contract（契约）, fearing（害怕） that she would change her 14.

    On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.

    Each day after that, he gave her 15 number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

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Father's Day is coming. Our teacher tells us to ask our dads questions to know them more. I can't remember seeing my dad cry, 1 I ask him :"Do I make you cry before?"

"Yes, there's once,"he says.

He tells me that when I was one year old, he put a pen, a piece of paper money, and a toy 2 me. He wants to see which one I will choose. It's a tradition that a lot of Chinese people do on their kids' 3 birthdays. According to this tradition, it shows 4 the kids will value* most when they grow up. For example, if the kid takes the 5 , it means he or she will be an intelligent*person in the future. If the kid takes the money, it means he or she will value money more than others and will become rich. If the kid takes the toy, it means he or she will like fun things and 6 a lot.

My father is just doing it out of curiosity*. It is 7 for him to see which one I will choose anyway.

He says that I just sit there and look at the three things. He sits across from me and waits to see what will happen.

I move to him and push* 8 away. I go right into his arms and laugh 9 . He doesn't know that he is one of the choices.

And that is the first and only time I make him 10 .

People are spending much money buying mystery boxes (盲盒) these days. Usually, there are toys in mystery boxes, but now shops are putting food in them. They are "leftover mystery boxes". 

They are more and more popular in China's cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu. The food inside is near its expiration date (保质期) and will be thrown away if no one buys it. 

Each box costs little money but has a lot of food inside. I buy leftover mystery boxes from an app called Too Good To Go. Each box costs about 3 to 5 pounds (27 to 45 yuan), and there are usually three to four things inside. For example, a box I buy from the coffee shop has three kinds of bread and one cake. The box costs 3 pounds but the original price (原价) is around 10 pounds. Every time I buy a mystery box, I feel happier thinking about how much money I can save. Wasting less food is also good for the environment. 

But the boxes also bring me problems. Because I can't choose what's in the box, sometimes I get the same kind of food. Also, the food may not be nutritious (有营养的) enough. I have to make other dishes, such as a salad, to make the meal healthier.