Crossover Anime: Randomly Setting Up a Stall with Binchotan Charcoal

They stopped near a clean manhole cover, and the mind network sensed that someone was below.

Summer directed everyone to work.

"Xiao You, unload the rice and make a stove."

"Chii, use your Devil Fruit ability to create five large wooden barrels, each large enough to fit in the middle of the large iron pot."

After giving instructions to the two men, Xia Tian looked around at the abandoned houses and prepared to collect some bricks to build a few stoves.

"Tan Tan, the rice washing job is now in your hands. Xia Shi, you help carry water."

"No problem, brother."

Little Binchotan saluted like Little Yu. The little guy was best at starting fires and cooking. Now that he also had the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he was even more adept at playing with fire. Not to mention cooking five buckets of rice, even several times more would be no problem.

After saying that, he jogged off to wash the rice.

The small binchotan charcoal was used to wash rice with great skill.

With fluid movements, I washed 100 kilograms of rice in batches, following my own rhythm.

After rinsing the rice,

As she poured the charcoal into the wooden bucket, she took off the binchotan charcoal from her head, looking conflicted.

My mother-in-law says that binchotan charcoal can purify water and make cooking more fragrant. But my brother-in-law says that if she wears the binchotan charcoal, it will get dusty and he doesn't want her to use it.

Both of them seem to be right, so who should I listen to?

Suddenly she saw that Chihiro had created wood, and her eyes lit up.

The little short legs darted over to Xiaoqian's side.

He picked up a clean piece of wood from the ground, and a burst of blue flames rose randomly in his hand.

Three seconds later, the wood turned into a freshly made binchotan charcoal.

The young binchotan charcoal-bearer secretly glanced at his older brother, and while he wasn't looking, he tossed the binchotan charcoal aside.

It was buried in the rice.

Nodding in satisfaction, Xiao Binchotan smiled happily; he felt much better now.

With the excitement of doing something 'naughty', Little Binchotan ran towards summer.

"Brother, the rice is ready, shall we start cooking?"

Seeing the guilty look on Xiao Binchotan's face, Xia Tian couldn't help but smile. Did the little guy really think he hadn't noticed?

"Go cook."

Cooking rice in a wooden bucket in a big iron pot—I really miss it in the summer.

When I was a child, my family was poor. My parents made malt sugar to sell, and one of the tasks involved cooking a large bucket of glutinous rice and mixing it with malt to extract the juice.

Rice steamed in a large wooden bucket is soft and sticky, and when mixed with lard and soy sauce, one can easily eat two bowls at a time in the summer.

A group of people were working busily, and the loud noise quickly attracted the attention of the children in the sewer.

Ninety-nine percent of the ordinary people in the city loathe the cursed children, but a very small number of people extend a helping hand to them.

An elderly man named Matsuzaki has been taking care of these children in this area. Under his guidance, the children here are not as aggressive.

Upon seeing a stranger, he was wary yet also curious.

They opened the manhole cover and secretly watched the group.

"What are those people doing? Are they cooking?"

"Look at that little girl with blue hair!"

"Is that little girl one of our kind? She's amazing, she can even breathe fire!!"

This scene completely stunned the little girls who were secretly observing.

Are there still gastrulation organisms that can breathe fire?

This little girl could probably take on a whole group of them by herself.

Chapter 59: Go to hell with the mission, I don't care anymore.

Having a Devil Fruit ability is convenient.

The little charcoal maker opened its small mouth like a fire-breathing child, and soon steamed a bucket of rice.

Xiaoqian made several wooden trays and spread out layers of rice.

Chizu wasn't idle either; she used a fan to quickly cool the rice.

This step will slightly affect the texture of the fried rice, but it's necessary to save time.

Otherwise, the egg mixture will cook directly when it comes into contact with the boiling hot rice, and then it won't be able to coat the rice.

While the five of them were busy in the summer, on the other side, Yanzhu also picked up Chiho from the hospital.

Chiho and Enju are from the same hometown; both of them previously lived in the outer 39th ward.

Unlike Enju, who was adopted by Rentaro, Chihori, as a cursed child, has to live a difficult life. Last week, she stole a bag of rice from a supermarket and was caught by the police.

He was shot in a deserted corner because of a bag of rice, but luckily he had a strong will to live and survived after being taken to the hospital by Rentaro.

"Yeonjoo, is that fried rice really as delicious as you say?"

Chiho swallowed hard and asked, "Yeonju has been telling me about the taste of that fried rice the whole way here."

"Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely delicious! It's the best fried rice I've ever had in my life. I really went all out to celebrate your discharge from the hospital."

Enju patted her chest and assured him that it was fortunate the reward for killing Scorpio last night had come through, otherwise she wouldn't have dared to ask the penniless Rentaro for money.

Chihori nodded; her intense curiosity had been piqued.

After several inquiries, the two finally found out the tracked vehicle's final destination.

Back in the familiar 39th district, Yeonju looked around and was a little worried when she didn't see Xia Tian.

"Didn't they say they drove to the outskirts? Where are they?"

Chiho looked around, but couldn't find a single stall either.

"Did we get tricked by the adults in the city? I knew there was no way anyone would set up a stall in the outer city." The excitement turned to gloom after failing to find a fried rice stall.

Yanzhu shook her head: "Others might not, but Boss Xia might. He dares to go to the front lines, and he doesn't discriminate against us."

"There are so many areas in the outer city, the boss might be in another area."

"Shall we go look for it?"

Chiho was having second thoughts. The outer city was quite large, and not all the cursed children were friendly.

Some of them are quite aggressive.

The two looked at each other, and finally Yeon-joo, thinking that since they had come all this way, could not leave empty-handed, began their journey to find a fried rice stall.

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Half an hour passed.

Once the rice had cooled, Xia Tian skillfully heated the oil in a wok and began his performance.

The wok flew up and down, tossing rice up to a meter high. In the summer, I fried three portions of rice at once.

Xiaoqian across from her spread her hands, and a row of tree branches sprouted from the ground. In a few seconds, the branches grew into a house with tables.

Xiao You ran quickly, taking the fried rice bowls one by one and placing them on the wooden table.

The small binchotan tapped on the sewer cover, warmly greeting the guest.

"Sister, would you like some fried rice with egg? It's very cheap."

Without her notifying them, the many children in the sewers had already noticed this group of strange people.

I've been watching them silently for a long time, but I still can't figure out what they're doing. I thought they were camping, but I never expected they were setting up a stall.

More and more little girls climbed out from under the manhole cover, staring in disbelief at the performance, a mixture of confusion and anticipation in their eyes.

"Wow, that woman is amazing too."

"What are they doing here? Are they doing business?"

"Was that fried rice meant for us?"

The sound of footsteps crunching on gravel came from the side.

A slightly bolder little girl ran towards Xiao Beichangtan and asked, "Little sister, are you really going to set up a stall and sell fried rice to us?"

Little Binchotan looked at her; she had red eyes, long indigo hair braided into two pigtails, and wore a gray short-sleeved shirt. Although her clothes weren't very nice, they were very clean.

"Sister, we're selling fried rice at a stall, would you like some?"

"Sister, you've come to the wrong place. None of us here have any money."

"The fried rice my brother sells is very cheap, only 50..."

"Just one bottle cap, Charcoal, tell those little customers that you can exchange one bottle cap for one serving of fried rice."

Looking at the dozen or so little girls from afar, Xia Tian changed his mind. He had been naive; even the cheapest meal for these poor girls was beyond their means.

Exchanging bottle caps for fried rice is definitely a task that won't be counted by the system.

But summer suddenly stopped caring.

Go to hell!

Seeing the satisfied smiles on these children's faces is more worthwhile than any task reward.

Rika Akana's eyes lit up. "Really? You're not lying to us, little sister?"

"Yes, my brother never lies."

Xiao Beichangtan nodded earnestly. She suddenly felt a little sad. These older sisters seemed to be even poorer than her, unable to afford rice.

"My name is Rika Akana, little sister. What's your name, little sister?" Rika Akana said with a smile.

"My name is Binchotan."

"Little sister Binchotan, wait a moment, I'll go find the bottle cap."

A moment later, Rika Akana returned, her dirty little hands somehow finding a bottle cap.

She nodded to her companions behind her and mustered her courage to approach Xia Tian.

Whether it was her or the other little girls, they were all wearing rather old clothes, and their shoes weren't even the same style, but they were all clean.

As clean as their eyes.

"Excuse me, sir, is it true that I can exchange this for food?"

"Yes, little guest, would you like to eat it now or take it away?" Xia Tian smiled, squatted down, and looked at Akana Rika in response.

"Package, brother, I want to pack up."

Xia Tian nodded and quickly packed up the egg fried rice for him.

"Thank you, boss. You're a good person."

Rika Akana bowed in gratitude. She was a very polite young girl who was not discouraged by the discrimination she received and continued to live optimistically.

Before long, Enju and Chihori arrived near the sewer camp with a series of plops.

They could faintly smell the delicious aroma of fried rice in the air.

The two exchanged a glance—they'd found it!

Enju lived up to her rabbit-like abilities, charging ahead of Xia Tian in one go.

"Boss, we've finally found you?"

Summer looked at Yeonjoo with a surprised expression.

You've already got repeat customers so quickly!

"Yeonju, how did you find me? I just opened for business."

"Boss Xia, I asked the owner of the grain and oil store all the way here. I also brought a friend with me today... Chihori, hurry up."

"..." Chiho, who walked slowly towards him, was speechless. She had just recovered from a serious injury caused by a bullet to her forehead. She was already grateful that she could still walk. Did you expect her to run away?