"Here, this is for you. Once you put it on, you no longer have to worry about the shoes wearing out your feet when we play!"

"Thank you, Brother Geese! Wow... Is this, is this new?"

In front of a refugee tent, a group of children gathered.

They all gathered around one of the boys, and every child had an expression of envy and expectation in their eyes.

Why this is so can be seen from the child who received a brand new pair of socks at this moment.

There were several holes in his shoes, and from time to time, bare toes could be seen through the holes, curled up due to air leakage. There were some traces of blisters on them, and it was obvious that the soles were about to rot.

The best way is to get new shoes, but for the refugees in the gathering place, they don’t have enough to eat, so how can they have such luxury? Therefore, even if they get a pair of thick socks, the children will be extremely happy.

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What's more, the workmanship of the pair is very good, and you can tell that they are brand new socks just bought.

"Humph, of course. I bought this with the pocket money my mother remitted to me from the city. Of course it's new!"

"Really! Brother Ji... Ji Ji's mother is so amazing!"

Enjoying the adoring gazes, the little boy named "Gis" had a look of pride on his face.

After delivering the socks, Keith didn't stop, but acted like a Santa Claus...

"Here, here are the gloves I bought for you. Here, here are the yo-yo toys you have always wanted. Here, here are..."

I saw that Keith kept taking out various kinds of trinkets from his tent. Although they were not expensive, at least in the eyes of children, they were already considered rare gadgets that were coveted.

Every child who received a gift from Gis was very happy, and naturally expressed all kinds of thanks to Gis. They circled around Gis, shouting excitedly.

This moment made Geese leap to become the central figure of this group of children.

"Uncle Thorin, this is..."

Vivian was attracted by the children's voices. The sharp-eyed little girl could tell at a glance that the gifts given to other children by Keith were all brand new.

Although it’s not expensive, it should be difficult for a child, or a child in a refugee gathering place, to get it, right?

"This kid is really..." Thorin shook his head.

Even he had some impression of Guise, and the reason came from this morning.

"Early in the morning, when it was still dark, someone from Huodian City came over to look for me. It seemed like he was a very wealthy baron and a servant of a large chamber of commerce."

"This servant told me that his young baron wanted to find a child. He didn't know his appearance, nor did he know his parents. He only knew that the child's name was... Guise."

"Because of the connection of the Baron, we had to pay great attention to it. We put down what we were doing and hurriedly checked the refugee registration list before helping the other party find this child."

"So he is..." Vivian nodded as if she understood.

"Yes, that servant from the Noble Chamber of Commerce gave the kid a large sum of money after finding him. To be honest, the amount even shocked me!"

"There are more than ten coins. Those are not copper coins or silver coins, but...gold coins!"

Thorin sighed as he said this.

Because, if a copper coin is compared to one piece and a silver coin is ten pieces, then more than ten gold coins are equivalent to more than a thousand coins!

This is definitely a huge sum of money for the refugees who were wiped out and penniless after the disaster, let alone put it in the hands of a child.

"So, these noble men in the city have never considered it, or maybe they have never imagined the situation of our refugees. Even if they send money, directly send gold coins, such a large sum of money is

Putting it in the hands of children, regardless of whether it’s dangerous or not, in our gathering place, I’m afraid I can’t even spend the gold coins, and no one can find Kaidu!”

"I really couldn't stand it any longer, so I helped this kid Gis and exchanged part of the gold coins for silver and copper coins, and told him not to spend it indiscriminately or to be too ostentatious, but who would have thought... Hey, this

The child is really disobedient."

It was during the conversation between Vivian and Thorin that the situation with the children suddenly changed.

There are also groups among children. It is better to say that children pay more attention to these things, such as popularity.

Originally, as the king of children, he was very popular, but suddenly he was upstaged by other children. He relied not on his own ability but on external money, so he would naturally be unhappy.

Henry looked at Gise with envy and jealousy as he was delivering gifts and being surrounded by other children.

And Geese also noticed this other group of children surrounding Henry.

No, to be precise, it's the cute little girl next to Henry, Henry's sister.

"Anna, this is the lollipop I bought specially for you. Try it. It's so sweet. It is said that even the children in the city eat this!"

Giese handed a colorful round candy wrapped in candy wrapper to Henry's sister, a cute little girl named "Anna".

"Thank you, thank you Brother Jis!" Anna swallowed several times at the beautifully packaged and attractively colored lollipops. She had big, sparkling eyes at a young age.

But not before the girl could take it.

Snapped!

Henry angrily slapped the lollipop in Keith's hand to the ground.

"you!"

Guise was about to get angry, but Henry, who had been holding it in for a long time, couldn't help it anymore after seeing that Guise had taken action against his sister.

The little boy took the lead and said angrily:

"What are you! Huh! We don't want the things of a bad boy who was abandoned by his own mother!"

"Henry! You, what did you say! Say it again! Who was abandoned!"

It was as if he had touched some of Geese's reverse scales, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

But Henry did not flinch, and even amplified his voice a bit so that all the children around him could hear it.

"Am I right? Keith, I heard what the servant of the noble family said in the early morning. After your mother entered the city, she fell in love with a nobleman. She no longer wanted you. She just thought you were a useless person.

You are a pitiful person who cannot survive, so I asked someone to send you so much money!"

"You, you are talking nonsense! You fart, my mother did not want me, she, she is just working for the nobles and can't leave!"

Jis' eyes were red and he was about to cry.

Henry hesitated after seeing this, maybe because he felt that he had done it.

But this is often the case. The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string, especially for children, and then one step is wrong and the next step is wrong.

"Don't be ridiculous, Jis, you know deep down in your heart, right? Even in the city, how can one earn so much with just one day's salary, and send servants out of the city to give you money!"

"What's more, your mother didn't even write you a letter or bring you a message. Don't you understand what this means?"

"You, mother, don't want you anymore!" Henry became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally shouted loudly in Keith's ear word by word.

The group of children, with Henry as the center, immediately agreed and laughed at Guis. They were restrained by Henry and were not allowed to accept Guis's gifts. Naturally, they were happy to see their side gain power.

The group of children who had received Gis's gifts before, not only followed the trend, but also felt a little embarrassed due to the herd effect, and quickly dispersed around Giss, and ran away even with their gifts.

"You, you!"

Unable to bear it any longer, the thin little boy cried, and tears couldn't stop rolling in Keith's eyes.

It was not that Guis had never thought of what Henry said, but just didn't want to believe it. But now, it was said in public and the scars were revealed. This was too heavy for a little boy who was only a few years old.

Already.

Seeing Geese crying uncontrollably, Henry felt regret in his heart.

In fact, he and Gis have been friends since childhood, and they even knew that Gis's father died in the demonic tide a few days ago, leaving only mother and son to depend on each other.

And now, if even Gis's mother abandons Gis, then...

Henry didn't dare to think any further.

"enough!"

The little boy yelled irritably.

The group of children centered on Henry, who were still laughing at Guise, were all startled and shut their mouths one by one. This shows that Henry still has the prestige of the child king.

They looked at Henry in confusion, not understanding what it meant.

"gone."

After saying these two words, Henry wanted to take his sister Anna away.

But who knows, Anna opened her brother's hand violently just like Henry opened Guise's hand at that time.

Anna looked at the crying Geese and wanted to go over several times, but the child was still too shy and finally did not dare to do it in front of everyone. She had to turn around and run away alone to express her anger towards her brother.

Henry didn't dare to let his sister run around in the refugee gathering place, so he quickly chased after her. When the other children saw this, they looked at each other a few times, and they all left Guise's side and ran after Henry's back.

Finally, the noisy tent suddenly became much quieter and emptier, leaving only Jis alone.

This may be why Geese decided to spend money to buy gifts despite Thorin's dissuasion.

He was afraid of being alone, so he wanted to surround himself with gifts and let his friends know that he was not alone in this world.

But in the end...

"Woo... Wuwu... Mom... Mom..."

The little boy was still alone.
To be continued...