Plane Convenience Store

The ground copper coins will have obvious defects, and many merchants will not accept such copper coins, so Tom will not do this.

He just rubbed the copper coins with the hem of his coat many times to make them look new.

In this way, for the sake of being bright, those bosses who sell grain will not drive him out.

Maybe he can be in a good mood and agree to his request to exchange a few copper coins for a handful of wheat.

He originally intended to do so, but now, he no longer needs to do so.

Returning from the convenience store to where he was originally standing, Tom looked around carefully, and took off his coat without slowing down, stuffed the cereal into his clothes, wrapped it tightly, and then walked back with the package in his arms.

500 meters...

400 meters...

Don't be found out.

Tom walked warily through the slums, bowing his head past countless gang youths.

Although his package was a bit curved, it was tattered and tattered, and it seemed that it contained not good things, so those young people didn't ask much, and let him pass easily.

"Hey, Tom, what's in your clothes that make you look so bulging?"

When he was just standing at the door of his house, his neighbor Sam suddenly came over from the side and startled him.

"It's nothing, it's just some leftovers." Tom forced himself to be calm: "It's a charity from the kind old man. It's just enough for my sister and I to eat. There's nothing left over."

"Hmph, who do you think I am!" Hearing Tom's answer, Sam waved his fist angrily: "How could I covet that morsel of food, your sister is only so young, I won't snatch your food !"

Huh, who knew?

Although Sam is acting real, Tom is still a little bit unconvinced.

It's not that Tom likes to be suspicious of others, but that after staying in the slums for a long time, he has learned the first essentials of living here-vigilance without a teacher.

No matter how sincere the other party is, or how pleasant the words are, they absolutely cannot be believed.

His mother was defrauded of the only money by a swindler from the slums, and the family ended up living in the slums.

Tom played Tai Chi with Sam calmly.

And knowing that he won't get any benefit from Tom, after chatting for a while, Sam returned helplessly.

After confirming that Sam was gone, Tom bolted the door and closed the window.

Finally, he checked through the window that no one else was around, and then he carefully opened the package and woke up his sister in a low voice: "Annie, look, I've brought you wheat back."

"Wheat...wheat..."

Annie sat up and said with difficulty: "Brother Tom, Annie wants to drink wheat porridge."

"Okay, brother, I will do it for you."

Seeing his sister's weak appearance, Tom couldn't help blushing.

Annie had a fever these two days, her forehead was very hot, and his mother was also taken away by a fever.

Before the mother died of illness, the family mainly relied on the mother to wash clothes for others.

And, in order to help his family, he often picks up some unwanted garbage in the market, a few nails, a button, or a few pieces of rags, and exchanges these rags for some money, thus subsidizing his family.

When their mother was around, they lived a little bit harder, but they still had enough to eat.

But when the mother also left them with the father, the livelihood of the family fell on Tom, a ten-year-old boy.

While picking up trash, he also had to take care of his younger sister.

It was like this day by day, and the days passed by unexpectedly. The two of them lived like this for half a year, until Annie also fell ill unfortunately.

Getting sick was a bolt from the blue for the unfortunate two.

Tom, a child who is not wanted by anyone who does hard work, can't even eat enough to eat, and of course he can't afford medicine.

Fortunately, Annie was luckier than her mother, and she survived without medicine.

It's just that she has been clamoring for wheat porridge for a few days since she was ill. When she finally recovered, Tom wanted to make up for her sister and satisfy her wish by the way. He has been thinking about wheat porridge for the past two days.

And now, after going through a lot of twists and turns, he finally got the wheat.

"Annie, wait a minute, brother will do it for you right now."

Tom tried to tear open the package, and whispered to Anne, "Don't tell anyone about the porridge that my brother made for you. If anyone asks, just say that a kind master gave us some food, whether it's Who, you told him that, remember?"

"Well, Annie remembered." Annie responded weakly, her blue eyes staring at Tom's movements without blinking.

"Tear open the package...pour into a container...add hot water at the end."

Tom followed the shopkeeper's steps step by step.

When it was time to heat the water, he found to his embarrassment that the water he had boiled in the morning was already cold.

In the slums, firewood is just as precious.

So Tom gritted his teeth, soaked a bowl of Nescafe Youmai with lukewarm water, and served it to Annie directly.

"Annie, drink it, the oatmeal is ready."

"Brother... so fast, the barley porridge is made so fast this time."

Annie took the wooden bowl with her skinny hands, sniffed it with her cute nose, and said in a puzzled voice, "Brother, there isn't a grain of wheat in it, you're lying."

"I, I didn't lie to you."

Tom's face turned pale. Could it be that the man lied to him?

He snatched the wooden bowl from Annie's hand and took a closer look, and there were pieces of floating objects inside.

After seeing it, he thought for a while and said, "Annie, these flakes are cereal with chopped wheat, which is also wheat. You can drink it."

"Ah."

Annie responded sullenly. Although what her brother brought back was not wheat, the food smelled delicious, so it shouldn't be too bad to drink.

So with a glimmer of expectation, Annie took a small sip, and then completely convinced Tom.

"Wheat, it's wheat! It's the taste of wheat."

Annie took another sip, then reluctantly pushed the bowl to Tom: "Brother, you should try it too, this wheat is delicious."

"Really, Annie is not lying, it's really delicious!"

Annie nodded emphatically, and Tom was moved by the reaction.

They were also the children of merchants before their family fell into ruin, and they ate a lot of good food.

So if Annie can say delicious food, it should be really delicious.

Seeing that the cereal in the big bag still saved a lot, Tom didn't refuse, and took a sip himself.

As a result, after drinking it, he immediately knew how Annie felt when she drank it.

It's... so tm delicious!

After staying in the slums for a long time, Tom has also contracted the bad habits of gangsters, and swears whenever he disagrees.

If there is no accident, when he grows up, he will also mix this way, or if he has the strength, he can be a porter at the dock, that would be a perfect life.

All in all, as unsightly as it was, it was the best compliment Tom could think of about food.

Even when he was the firstborn son of a merchant, he had never had such a delicious drink.

This delicate taste is not like wheat at all.

When I tasted it carefully, it turned out to be almost the same as those of the best roux!

And, if he read it correctly, before he soaked it, there was some coffee-colored powder mixed in those thin flakes.

Those powders have a hint of sweetness, and this sweetness is integrated into the oatmeal, making the oatmeal that was originally only sticky taste delicious.

Even though the sticky oatmeal was swallowed down his throat, there was still a hint of sweetness lingering in his mouth, which made Tom have an endless aftertaste.

"Annie, brother is done drinking, you can drink the rest."

Tom took a sip and pushed the rest of the cereal to Annie.

Seeing that his brother had drunk it, the little guy didn't give in anymore.

She took the wooden bowl with half a bowl of oatmeal left, drank the oatmeal in one gulp, then licked her lips, and put the wooden bowl aside.

"Brother, I'm done drinking."

After eating, Annie's voice became a little bit more energetic, which made Tom very happy to hear it.

"I'm done eating, is this enough? I still have a lot of cereal that I brought back, do you want another pack?"

Fearing that Annie would not understand, Tom added: "Oatmeal, that is, oatmeal porridge, my brother will make another bowl for you."

"No need, Annie is full." Annie shook her head: "My brother is not full, brother has a drink."

"Uh..." Annie's words made Tom speechless, but he was reluctant to drink such a good cereal, so he lied to her: "Brother has eaten outside and is not hungry. Let's save the leftover cereal first." , we will drink after Annie is hungry, okay?"

"Guru~~"

Tom's stomach rumbled embarrassingly.

Seeing this, Annie immediately accused: "Brother is lying! Your stomach is growling!"

"You drink it now, or Annie won't drink it in the future!"

"Okay, brother, drink now."

Anne's insistence defeated Tom, so he made another bowl of oatmeal in distress, then ignored Anne's protest, dug a hole in the room, and carefully buried all the oatmeal in it.

"Annie, don't tell anyone about this place, and don't dig it out when you're playing."

Tom asked worriedly.

"Brother, don't worry, Annie knows."

With the warm water poured in, the warm oatmeal is soaked again.

Feeling sorry for Annie's sensibility, Tom took a spoonful and fed it to Annie. The little guy raised his face and ate the cereal with a happy smile.

"Brother, this oatmeal doesn't seem to be soaked."

Tom looked down and saw some solidified oatmeal powder floating on the water, which he had just fed to Annie.

"Annie, are you okay? The person who gave me the cereal didn't say whether it's okay to eat unsoaked cereal."

"It's okay, it's all wheat, and you can eat it." Annie comforted her childishly, "And the wheat is sweeter, so it tastes better."

Tom picked up a spoon and tasted it. Sure enough, the undiluted coffee powder was sweeter, and the sweetness was comparable to the exquisite high-end candy in the city.

After sharing another bag of cereal with his sister, Tom couldn't help but tighten his grip on the stone hidden in his pocket.

He knew that all the happiness was brought by this stone.

If he had more money, would he be able to get more cereal to make his sister happy every day?

Lu Lu didn't know that the existence of the convenience store aroused a young man's ambition. When he hung up the sign and returned to the room, he saw a scene that made him dumbfounded.