Mind Mecha

After leaving the gate of the scrap yard, Fan Kang and Fan Ting walked side by side on the way home under the setting sun, hand in hand.Fan Kang listened to the latter excitedly telling anecdotes about the school. Although the topic was full of childishness of teenagers and girls, Fan Kang did not show any impatience on his face. Instead, he pretended to be very interested and asked from time to time, "What happened later?" What?" Fan Ting became more and more excited as she talked, and the dissatisfaction with being called out to run errands because of her brother's late return gradually dissipated.

"Brother, this is not the way to go home!" Fan Kang chose to turn left on the side road that was supposed to turn right, and Fan Ting asked strangely after recovering from the excitement after walking about ten meters.

"I picked something good today, go to Uncle Wang's shop to buy some side dishes, add some food for dinner!" Fan Kang asked while touching Fan Ting's head with a smile, "What do you want to eat?"

"Roasted chicken legs!" Fan Ting replied without hesitation, and swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, obviously aroused by the smell of chicken legs in her mind.He lowered his head and looked at Fan Kang's face from the corner of his eyes, hoping that he would not refuse.

Facing Fan Ting's expectant eyes, Fan Kang couldn't bear to refuse, and nodded in agreement, causing Fan Ting to cheer happily.Fan Kang sighed in his heart, remembering that in his previous life, every meal was two meat and three vegetables, and he never considered that eating chicken drumsticks was such a luxury.I didn't expect this life to be so bitter, and I can only see meat on the dining table at home once a week.

Entering a not-so-big restaurant, Fan Kang didn't see the owner, Uncle Wang, but a waiter guarding the counter.Fan Kang counted the number of people dining at home and ordered to the guy at the counter: "Guys, please give me two roasted chicken legs and two roasted wings to take away."

"Okay! Roasted chicken legs cost three copper coins, and roasted wings cost two copper coins. The total is one silver coin." The waiter saw that they were the two brothers and sisters Fan Kang, who were notoriously poor in Taoyuan Town, so he quoted the price in advance so that Fan Kang would not be able to get it. Embarrassed by money.The currencies in circulation in Qiankun Continent are unified copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, and the exchange ratio is ten to one.Usually three copper coins can buy a pile of black bread, which is enough for a family of five to eat three meals a day.Apparently, the waiter wondered how Fan Kang was willing to buy meat dishes for one silver coin at a time. One silver coin was enough for their whole family to eat for two days.

Fan Kang saw that the man was doubting his spending power, so he calmly took out ten copper coins from his trousers pocket and put them on the counter.Seeing that Fan Kang really took out the money, the guy immediately yelled at the kitchen: "Pack two roasted chicken legs and two roasted wings!"

After a while, a fat man with a big belly ran out from the kitchen, and came to the counter with a greased paper bag in his hand. "Uncle Wang, why are you running in person instead of at the counter?" Fan Kang greeted the fat man first after recognizing that the fat man was Uncle Wang, the owner of the store.

"It's Xiaokang, didn't you just go into the back kitchen to check the inventory, and when I heard someone buying something, I brought it out by the way." Uncle Wang replied with a smile, his eyes glanced at the copper coins on the counter and knew that Fan Kang had already paid. He handed the oiled paper bag in his hand to the latter.

Fan Kang took the oiled paper bag, said hello and led his sister to turn around and was about to leave the store. Uncle Wang grabbed Fan Kang, stuffed two eggs into Fan Kang's arms, and whispered: "Children are the ones who grow up." Time, eat more. Give you two eggs, don’t let your aunt know.” After speaking, he looked behind him and was relieved to make sure his wife was not in the lobby.

"Thank you!" Fan Kang left the restaurant after thanking him, and walked towards home with his sister.On the way, he said to Fan Ting with emotion: "The folks in the town have been trying to help our family over the years, we must not forget."

"En!" Although Fan Ting agreed, her eyes were fixed on the oiled paper bag in Fan Kang's hand.Fan Kang looked at Fan Ting's slander, and shook his head helplessly.

In the southernmost part of the town, there is an old brick house. From the lime peeling off the wall, it is known that the house has not been repaired for many years.The house has two floors, and a small garden is surrounded by a fence at the entrance, but the strange thing is that there are no flowers and plants in the garden. There is only a simple furnace and an anvil, and a large wooden bucket is filled with muddy water. The roof was covered with rust, and several pieces of the furnace bricks were falling off, obviously they had not been used for a long time.This is the home of the Fan Kang brothers and sisters, the house where Fan Kang has lived in for 12 years.

"We're back!" Fan Kang yelled as he opened the door. A thin figure came to Fan Kang and took the oil-paper package from him. A resentful and sweet voice came from that figure, complaining about Fan Kang : "I just opened meat three days ago, why do I buy something again? Waste of money."

Hearing this, Fan Kang rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and replied awkwardly: "Isn't this a good thing I picked up today, so I should reward myself. Jing'er should also mend it well, otherwise she won't be pretty if she is too thin."

Fan Kang called Jinger a 15-year-old girl named Liu Jing, the daughter of Fan Kang and Fan Ting's adoptive father, and also Fan Kang's childhood sweetheart.She was wearing a white dress of the same style as Fan Ting's, with black hair hanging behind her. With her thin figure and haggard and beautiful face that didn't match her age, anyone who saw her would feel sorry for her.Men will be full of protective desires, while women will be overflowing with maternal love.

Liu Jing, who was half a head shorter than Fan Kang, gave the former an angry look and said, "Ting'er help me arrange the bowls and chopsticks, and you go and ask father to come out for dinner."

"Boom, boom, boom!" There was the sound of a hard object hitting the floor in the room, and a deep voice sounded behind Liu Jing: "I have come out, everyone sit down and eat." The big man walked out of a room on the first floor with a pair of crutches. This man was Liu Jing's father, Liu Zhong, the adoptive father of Fan Kang's brothers and sisters.

Liu Zhong has a tall figure, and the muscles all over his body make people feel full of strength. He is wearing a vest, shorts and slippers.The sharp-edged face is serious and rough, with a thick stubble.His first impression is wild and dangerous.It's a pity that the right trouser leg is empty, and the entire right leg is broken at the root.

Fan Kang was in a coma for a while after crossing. He vaguely remembered that he slept in Liu Zhong's arms before he became comatose, and lived in this house after waking up. Liu Zhong and his wife raised Fan Kang and Fan Kang as adoptive parents. Ting.Fan Kang once asked Liu Zhong about his and Fan Ting's life experiences. Liu Zhong only said that they were the sons of an old friend. His biological mother had already died. .Liu Zhong and his wife, who were not well-to-do, had to move out of the big city because they had to support two more children, and moved their family to Taoyuan Town, a remote town with a low consumption level.

Liu Zhong, who is disabled, can't find a job, so he can only build a furnace in the yard to make some farm tools for the townspeople to earn meager copper coins to supplement the family. People ask some female celebrities to stay up late to catch up with the work, just to earn a few more copper coins, so that the children's nutrition can keep up with their developmental needs.

At that time, the three children were Fan Ting, two years old, Liu Jing, three years old, and Fan Kang, four years old. With the addition of a disabled husband, Zhou Hui was responsible for supporting the whole family.After nine years of hard work, Zhou Hui finally fell ill. After a year of recuperation, her health did not improve, and finally passed away when Fan Kang was 14 years old.From then on, Liu Zhong locked himself in the house all day long and refused to see anyone, and his temper became more and more withdrawn.The furnace and anvil at the entrance were completely abandoned and no longer used, and the family's life suddenly became more and more difficult.

As the only male in his family who is able to work, Fan Kang shoulders the burden of supporting his family without hesitation.During the year when Zhou Hui was recuperating in bed, Fan Kang had to work three jobs a day. He farmed for the landlord in the morning, took care of the townspeople’s children in the afternoon, and worked night duty at the hotel in the evening. It's been less than three hours since I got up.Fortunately, his mental power is strong enough, even if he does not sleep for three days and three nights, he will not feel sleepy.

Until two years ago, Uncle Wang received the job of guarding the scrapyard. Because he sympathized with Liu Zhong's family, he risked being fired and let Fan Kang enter the scrapyard to pick up some scraps and sell them for money. Only then did he earn enough living expenses, and gradually the family was able to save some money, and Fan Kang also gradually quit his job of taking care of children and night duty.