"Hello and welcome."

Supermarket.

Lin An stood at the cash register and immediately shouted when he saw someone coming in.

"Ouch, isn't this Lin An, you are really promising, you are so down-and-out that you are here to beg for food." A mocking voice came from the front.

Lin An looked up and saw Zhou Ling carrying a small red bag with a sneer on her face, holding the arm of a strange man in a suit.

"Is that you?"

Lin An frowned and looked at this woman, when he graduated from college, he chose to start his own business, and when he was a little successful, this woman stalked him and finally became his girlfriend.

Who would have thought that when the company was in danger of going out of business, she left herself unceremoniously.

"Why did the company go bankrupt and come to the supermarket to work as a cashier?" Zhou Ling looked at Lin An and sneered.

Lin An's face did not change, he glanced at the man in the suit and said, "Why, I haven't seen you for a while, and you have changed your boyfriend again?" ”

Zhou Ling's face was a little panicked, and the face of the man in the suit instantly darkened, and he looked at Zhou Ling.

"My dear, don't listen to his nonsense, I only love you in my life," Zhou Ling immediately changed to an extremely aggrieved look.

The corners of Lin An's mouth twitched, this woman is still as good as before.

"You're a piece of waste and you want to ruin my relationship with my girlfriend?" The man in the suit glanced at Lin An coldly, "To be honest, I'm actually just playing with her." ”

"Boss Zhang, why are you here, it's really a great visit!"

Suddenly, the voice of the fat minister came from behind him, and he ran to the man in the suit with a respectful look.

"I'm going to fire this guy, I don't want to see him here anymore."

The man in the suit pointed at Lin An and said.

"What?" The fat minister was taken aback, pointed at Lin An and said, "Okay, you have been fired, get out immediately!" Dare to provoke Boss Zhang, it's really looking for death. ”

"I ......"

Lin An pouted helplessly, and Zhou Ling was looking at herself with the eyes of a good show.

"Let's go," he glared at the fat minister, took off his staff clothes and threw them on the other party, turned around and left the supermarket.

"The poor don't look at their identity, and dare to offend my distinguished guests?" The fat minister muttered.

......

Lin An walked alone on the lively street, obviously it was a hot day, and he actually felt a little cool.

"Boom!"

"it!"

"Who the litters?"

Looking at the black object on the floor in front of him, Lin An raised his head and shouted loudly into the sky.

If he hadn't reacted quickly, this thing would have smashed his head, and then I'm afraid it would be another story.

"Eh, what is this?"

After venting the dissatisfaction in his heart, Lin An squatted down and looked at the thing that almost smashed him.

It looks like a black trash can, and it's made of metal, so it looks like it's worth a lot.

Seeing that no one responded, Lin An snorted lightly, bent down to pick up the black metal trash can, and walked towards the small room he rented.

Lin An's room was a small single room with a small wooden bed and some simple furniture.

He casually put the trash can aside, walked to the faucet and washed his cold face.

"Oops, forgot to ask the dead fat man for this month's salary!"

Lin An covered his head with some annoyance, seeing that the rent was about to expire and he lost his job.

He took out his mobile phone and logged on to the city's website, ready to look for any jobs that could be immediately hired.

Gradually, Lin An fell asleep unconsciously.

"Knock knock!"

"Lin An, you're not here, pay the rent!"

"Knock knock!"

A hurried knock on the door came from outside, and Lin An sat up in a bit of a daze, stunned for a moment.

"Lin An, are you here?" The voice of the landlord's aunt came from outside the door.

"Here we are."

Rubbing his somewhat swollen face, Lin An slowly got up, grabbed the short sleeves on the side and put them on.

"Huh? What is this? ”

Lin An inadvertently glanced at it and saw a golden light flashing in the trash can he had just picked up from outside.

He remembered that when he got it back, it was empty.

When I walked over, there was indeed something inside, what seemed to be a small piece of black metal.

"This thing ......"

Lin An suddenly came to his senses, he had started his own business and was a small boss, and he also had some insight.

With just one glance, he recognized that these grains of metal were not invaluable.

He quickly put them all in his pocket, and there were nine of them, not to mention quite weighty.

Then he opened the door.

"Why did it take so long to open the door?"

The landlord looked at him suspiciously and asked.

"I just fell asleep, I didn't hear clearly," Lin An smiled embarrassedly.

The other party didn't doubt it, just nodded, "It's time to pay this month's rent." ”

"That..... Can the rent be delayed for a few days? Today, I lost my job and my salary has not been paid. Lin An said embarrassedly.

"No, you have to pay it on the same day, or you will move out tomorrow."

Lin An scratched his head a little helplessly, wanting to continue to plead, but suddenly had an idea, "Can I use other valuable things to pay for the rent?" ”

"Valuable? Jewelry or what? Tell you that I used to work in a gold shop, so don't try to lie to me," the landlord said with a suspicious look at Lin An.

"Then look at this," Lin An took out a piece of scraped metal the size of a thumb cap from his pocket and handed it to her.

The landlord took it and looked at it carefully.

Suspiciously, he asked, "This thing is yours?" ”

"Uh-huh," Lin An nodded hurriedly.

"I'll find someone to see, and I'll call you later."

She said a word, then ignored Lin An and left directly.

Lin An closed the door with some trepidation, took out the remaining eight pieces in his pocket, and put them on the table.

The more I looked at him, the more I felt that this thing was extraordinary.

"Toot Toot Toot Toot ......"

There was a vibrating sound on his phone, and when he saw that it was a call from the landlord, he immediately pressed to answer.

"Xiaolin, do you still have this thing for me?"

As soon as I connected the phone, I heard an excited voice from the other side.

Steady!

Hearing this voice, Lin An knew that he had not guessed wrong, and this thing was indeed valuable.

But he still knew the truth that wealth was not exposed, so he sighed and said: "Sister landlord, I only have this one of these things, and I have given them to you, do you think this thing can cover the rent for several months?" ”

"Three months," the other party replied directly without the slightest hesitation.

"Okay, then three months."

Hanging up the phone, Lin An breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that the value of that piece should be more than three months, but now he was so excited that he didn't bother to bargain with the other party.

The piece he gave to the landlord was the smallest of the nine, all of which could be exchanged for three months' rent, and he still had eight yuan here, which was a lot of income for him now.