Chapter 260 The Little Match Girl

Seeing the excitement on the girl's face, Eros smiled and asked casually as if he had nothing to say:

"Looking at you, you must be 9 years old. Why don't you go to school?"

The girl who was counting flowers in the flower basket heard this and said in a somewhat disappointed tone:

"The family doesn't have enough money!"

Eros was a little confused and said: "The church's night classes don't charge money!"

"I'm going to help mom paste matchboxes tonight!" Jessica replied in a low tone.

Eros was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed the match underneath the flowers in the flower basket in the girl's hand.

"Have you been selling matches outside during the day?"

Jessica nodded obediently.

Eros fell into silence, and after a long time he finally said: "Then why didn't you ask me if I wanted to buy matches?"

Jessica showed a hint of embarrassment on her face and said, "Sir, he doesn't look like someone who knows how to use matches. A decent gentleman like you should probably use lighters."

After saying this, Jessica took out all the flowers in the flower basket and handed them to Eros, and said happily:

"Sir! I've counted them. There are 36 flowers in total. If you are worried, sir, you can count them yourself."

Eros smiled and said: "No, bring me another box of matches, and then you can calculate how much it costs in total!"

Jessica nodded heavily, and then counted the money with her fingers.

After a while, Jessica said crisply: "36 flowers, 2 pence each, a total of 62 pence!"

Eros couldn't help but smile when he heard the answer, and reached out to touch the head of the girl in front of him. Eros chuckled and said:

"You miscalculated, it's 72 pence!"

Jessica was stunned for a moment, then counted on her fingers again, and then said with a little embarrassment:

"I miscalculated, it was 72 pence. Just wipe out the fraction and give me 70 pence. Then I will give you a box of matches."

Without hesitation, Eros immediately took out seven ten-penny bills from his wallet and handed them to the little girl in front of him.

After Jessica took the banknotes, she counted them carefully. The gentleman had been looking at her before meeting her, and she had a hint of embarrassment on her face:

"It's not that I don't believe you sir, it's just...just..."

Eros shook his head: "It doesn't matter!"

Hearing that the gentleman in front of her didn't care, Jessica breathed a sigh of relief, then unbuttoned her coat and stuffed the 70 pennies into the small pocket inside her coat.

After watching the girl put the money away, Eros smiled and said:

"Since you gave me a box of matches, I also want to give you something. Don't refuse, or I won't buy flowers from you in the future."

Jessica wanted to refuse at first, because after all, she was embarrassed to accept things from others, but after hearing what happened next, she was both happy and aggrieved.

She was happy that this gentleman would buy flowers from her in the future, but she was aggrieved because the other party forced her not to refuse.

Seeing that the girl did not refuse, Eros smiled and said, "Come with me!"

Saying this, Eros took the girl all the way back to Yoel Bank.

After entering the bank, Vadim immediately saw the young police officer, so he quickly walked over and asked:

"What's wrong, Mr. Conan?"

Jessica on the side blinked and nodded. It turns out Mr. Pretty is called Conan!

Eros looked at Vadim and chuckled: "I want to borrow a pen and a piece of paper from you."

When Vadim heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get it for you right away!"

Soon Vadim brought a piece of paper and a pen. Only then did he notice the little girl in tattered clothes following Eros.

"Mr. Conan, this is..."

Vadim was a little confused. Could this be a lost child from some family?

Jessica heard the fat middle-aged gentleman asking her, so she quickly introduced herself:

"I'm Jessica. Mr. Conan bought the flowers from me."

After hearing Jessica's self-introduction, Vadim also cast his gaze on the flower basket in the girl's hand.

Then he saw the basket of wilted flowers. Vadim was stunned for a moment, and then he understood a little, so he also smiled and said:

"How much do these cost?"

Jessica was a little embarrassed and said: "It's 2 pence each, but all the flowers inside were bought by Mr. Conan."

Hearing this, Vadim showed a look of disappointment on his face, and he regretted:

"I originally wanted to buy a few flowers for my wife, but it's a pity..."

Eros glanced at Vadim, smiled and said nothing, and continued to write and draw on the paper with his head down.

Vadim cast his eyes on the paper and read out the words on it with some curiosity.

1×1=1, 1×2=2, 1×3=3…

Yes, what Eros wrote was the multiplication table.

After writing the last 9×9=81, Eros handed the absorbent pen back to Vadim.

Vadim took the pen and said with a sigh: "Although it is simple, no one seems to have summarized it in the past."

Eros smiled, and then handed the paper with the multiplication table to Jessica.

"Memorize this when you go back. It should be much easier for you to do math in the future."

Jessica didn't expect that the thing the gentleman in front of her said he wanted to give to her was actually this.

Although she is still young and doesn't understand what this means, just the fact that math will be easier in the future can help her a lot.

Jessica said with a tearful voice: "Thank you, Mr. Conan!"

Eros smiled and touched Jessica's head, then turned to Vadim and said:

"Thank you for the paper and pen!"

Vadim also smiled and said: "You're welcome, it's just a small thing."

Eros waved to Vadim and said goodbye, then took Jessica away from the bank.

Back to the street, after taking the flowers and matches handed over by Jessica, Eros looked at the little girl in front of him and said:

"When you sell matches in the future, try to sell them on this Joel Street, don't go to other places too far away, it will be unsafe! Remember?"

Jessica nodded obediently, and Eros smiled and praised:

"So good!"

"Okay! I have to go to work!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Conan!" Jessica smiled sweetly and waved.

Eros also waved his hand.

Watching the man's back going away, Jessica carefully kept the paper in her hand and trotted back home.

She had to give the money from selling flowers today to her mother first. She had never carried so much money in her life, which made her feel very uneasy.