Five-two-four: Ask for food
"Sister, you can't wear this dress anymore, it's easy to misunderstand. ”
"But I only have this dress now, and I don't have anything to wear when I change it. ”
"Wait a minute. The little beggar took out a set of clothes in a corner of the ruined temple and handed it to Zhou Min.
"Sister, you can put it on. ”
Zhou Min saw that this could still be called clothes.
Through the moonlight, Zhou Min could see that this dress was definitely old. The clothes have been torn a lot, the cotton is exposed, and the clothes are hard enough to stand up, and they look like they haven't been washed for a long time, and there is a bad smell. The two sleeves rubbed shiny. Zhou Min wondered who was shedding the snot.
The corners of the pants are even more jagged, as if they have been torn by wild dogs.
But now in extraordinary times, I can't pay so much attention.
Zhou Min could only endure the smell and change into this outfit.
Out of vigilance, Zhou Min did not dare to rest in the broken temple.
But because she was too tired, she still didn't know when she fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, it was already dawn. She and the little beggar lay on the haystack.
After waking up, Zhou Min shivered, it was too cold, and it was dawn, she took a closer look at the broken temple.
It's strange that it's not cold here. There was a hole in the roof of the shed. The doors and windows are also broken, but this is also a shelter for beggars.
The statue of the Lord of the Earth has been broken in half. The incense table in front of the statue of the land was covered with dust and some food scraps.
Zhou Min patted the little beggar and said, "Little brother, wake up." ”
The little beggar muttered, "Mother, let me sleep for a while." ”
Zhou Min saw that he was lying uncomfortable, so he put his head on his lap, and after about half an hour, the little beggar should wake up.
"Sister, you're awake too. ”
"Well, woke up for a while, what's your name, little brother. ”
"My name is Song'er. My mother said that pine trees are not afraid of the cold and are evergreen all year round. ”
"And what's your last name?"
"I don't know, I just know that my name is Song'er. ”
Zhou Min sighed in her heart, touched her hair that had been rolled out and said, "Song'er, thank you, if it weren't for your help, maybe I would have been caught up by the devil." ”
"Sister, don't be polite, my mother said that if others are in trouble, if they have the ability, they should help others. ”
Zhou Min was still a little elegant when he heard this kid speak, and he always mentioned his mother and couldn't help asking, "Song'er, where is your mother?"
"My mother died two months ago, she was seriously ill and had no money for treatment. ”
It's pitiful enough for such a young child to become a beggar, and his mother is also dead, Zhou Min suddenly burst out with sympathy and said, "You will follow your sister in the future." My sister won't be hungry if she has something to eat, okay?"
The little guy's black and white eyes stared at Zhou Min for a while, as if to determine whether she was a good person, and then nodded heavily and said, "Okay." ”
"Song'er, my sister and friends are waiting for my sister outside the city. Do you know the Li Zhai, will you take your sister there?"
"Is that the Li Mansion that was burned?"
"Yes, that's it, there's a secret passage out of the city. ”
"Okay, I'll take my sister there. ”
The two walked out of the broken temple, and Zhou Min felt how cold the clothes were. She hugged her shoulders hard. When the two of them passed by the alley where Song'er was hiding yesterday, they saw the big family he said.
It happened that the door opened, and a middle-aged man threw a very old basin on the ground, and then a black dog began to attack the food on the plate, eating sweetly and eating sweetly, and Zhou Min could hear the sound of the dog eating from several meters away.
Zhou Min glanced at Song'er and found that the child was envious and was still swallowing saliva.
This scene made her eyes feel a little astringent, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that she would rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world. During the war years, people were not as good as dogs.
Zhou Min squatted down and looked at Song'er and said, "Song'er, I will go out of the city in a while, find my sister's friend, and my sister will ask him to buy you roast chicken to eat, okay?"
As soon as Zhou Min's words fell, the man who fed the dog sneered: "Still roast chicken, stinky beggar, have you ever seen roast chicken?"
Zhou Min didn't bother to bother with such a little person, but Song'er nodded obediently.
Just as the two were about to leave, the man who fed the dog saw that the two beggars ignored him, as if he felt that his dignity had been challenged.
He immediately walked up to the two of them and said, "You two are not allowed to pass through here." ”
"Why can't you cross this road from here? It's not your way?"
"This road is my family's, this is the road at the door of our Zhang's house, and you have a sour smell of poverty when you pass through here. What should I do if it affects my family's luxury?"
Zhou Min looked at this guy's arrogant villain face, and couldn't wait to beat him up. But I don't want to make a difference. Pulling Song'er and saying, "Let's go another way." ”
As if he had won a battle, the man happily spat on the ground and said to the backs of the two, "Bah! ”
Song'er held Zhou Min's hand and used a slight force.
Zhou Min glanced at him, thinking in his heart that this child had encountered this situation in the past.
"Sister, that's the burned down Li House. ”
Zhou Min naturally saw it, but what made her heart sink was that there were many ghost soldiers and plainclothes teams around Li Zhai.
It's simply unrealistic for her to want to get out of the city through here now. It is even more unrealistic to go out through the main gate, and the two beggars going out of the city in the cold winter are simply looking for death, which will definitely attract the attention of others.
Zhou Min squatted down and said to Song'er a little helplessly: "Song'er, the devil is guarding there, it seems that we can't get out for a while, and we have to stay in the city for a while." ”
Song'er nodded obediently.
Then the two found a restaurant and sat in the corner. Song'er also took out a broken bowl that he asked for food.
The unkempt duo sat there waiting for the handouts of the well-wishers.
Zhou Min was a little self-deprecating, she didn't expect that one day she would also fall into this situation.
Think of the days when you lay down on $3 million in Macau. Looking at the broken bowl in front of me again, it's really sad.
Looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Zhou Min didn't know which kind-hearted person could give them a little money or food.
Now she's really hungry.
However, there were no kind-hearted people to help them, but the second shopkeeper of the hotel came out to drive the two away.
"Walk around, go farther, affect our business. ”
The two were helpless and changed places.
Song'er seemed to sense that Zhou Min was unhappy, and said: "Sister, it's not so easy to ask for food, I sometimes often go hungry for a day, or even for several days." But my mother said that there is no endless road, and I believe that we will be able to get food today, and we will not go hungry. ”
"Song'er, my sister is not unhappy, just like you said that there is no endless road, let's wait. ”
At this moment, Zhong Min was thinking about whether Xiao Zhao would join Chen Yunzhang, whether they had returned to Gaojiazhuang, and whether they had asked Zhou Tao for help?
Just as he was looking forward blankly, he suddenly saw a familiar face.
The man was also looking around in the crowd, as if he was looking for someone.
Zhou Min was about to get up and rush over again. If she suddenly rushed forward now, she would definitely arouse the suspicion of others.
I don't know how many devils have eyeliner in Pingshan County.
Zhou Min whispered to Song'er: "Song'er, my sister has seen a friend." You shout that it's okay, and he will come when he sees us.
Song'er didn't ask why, just did what Zhou Min said. ”
The boy stood up and shouted, "Good luck all the uncles, aunts, grandparents passing by, I haven't eaten for two days." Please give me a stutter. ”
On the road that was in a hurry, no one paid attention to the two beggars here. Suddenly hearing someone shouting, many people subconsciously glanced at it, but more of them left, and only a small number of people came over to put some food and money.
In the crowd, Chen Yunzhang, who was looking left and right, was also attracted by this voice, and subconsciously looked here.
In an instant, he saw Zhou Min grinning at him.