The next night, Tang Qing came out of the space, and the newly renovated house was now in a mess, except for the kitchen made of mud, which survived, the other houses were almost collapsed.

The group of people who came in searched the iron pots in the kitchen, but the pots and pans were not touched at all, probably for fear of being infected with Qi Yu's "epidemic".

couldn't make a fire to cook, Tang Qing stuffed a few handfuls of straw in the space into the kitchen fire, roasted some sweet potatoes, and took them to eat on the road.

Taking advantage of the darkness to get out of Liwa Village, Tang Qing, who had no sense of direction, could not use the GPS of his mobile phone, so he could only identify one direction and keep moving forward. Because he was worried about Qi Yu in the space, he didn't even dare to sleep at night, and only dared to squint a little bit against the tree on the road during the day.

Tin Province is in the eastern part of the country, while the capital is in the very center on the map.

Tang Qing walked all the way to the west, which can be regarded as a mistake.

On the afternoon of the next day after leaving, Tang Qing finally found a populated county town - Wanxin County near Liwa Village.

Outside the county seat are the dug potholes of crops, and the corn stalks and sorghum stalks that were originally left in the ground have been pulled clean, leaving only some roots that cannot be dug out. In the crop field, some children took □□ corn stalks, did not wash them, and stuffed them directly into their mouths, and their hands and clothes were covered with mud from rolling in the field.

Tang Qing saw this scene outside the city, and couldn't help but feel numb. She found a dark corner, entered the space and changed the clothes on her body into the most torn one, closed her eyes and rolled in the ground of the space, finally looking like a wandering little beggar.

At the entrance of the county seat, Tang Qing was stopped.

"Little beggar, I don't know if I need a pass to enter, and I can play on the side. A gatekeeper in a black coat at the door pushed Tang Qing, and when he saw her fall to the ground, he took out a cloth from his pocket and wiped his hands.

Tang Qing lowered his head, his face still had freshly painted ash, and he was about to walk out of the city on his short legs. At this moment, she was picked up by her companion next to the black coat, a white and thin young man, dressed in gray cloth, who turned to the black coat and said, "What do you have to do with a child, she can at least get some food in the city, and she will definitely starve to death outside the city." "

Saying that, this young man carried Tang Qing into the county gate, "These days, it's not easy for anyone, and I don't have anything to eat for you, I can only help you so much, you can go to the city and find a way to survive by yourself." Tang Qing tugged at the corner of his clothes, took out a small piece of fast-melting brown sugar from the pocket of his clothes and stuffed it into his palm, only the sugar the size of a fingernail, and some sugar liquid stuck to his hand. Tang Qing wanted to wipe the sugar liquid on his hands on the dirty clothes on his body in disgust.

The young man in the gray cloth was quick-eyed, grabbed her hand, took out a folded boxy handkerchief from his pocket, carefully wiped off the sugar solution, and then carefully wrapped the small piece of sugar in his hand.

He obviously didn't expect this little girl to take out a piece of candy for him, and he didn't know what to say at the moment.

Tang Qing glanced at him, then turned around and walked towards the city.

The gray cloth clothes were stunned in place for a while, and suddenly caught up with Tang Qing, took out a well-wrapped tortilla from his pocket, gritted his teeth and broke a small half of the cake and stuffed it to Tang Qing.

Tang Qing hesitated, but still took half of the cake in his hand.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and there were not many pedestrians in the county, and most of the people on the street were listless and in a hurry. Tang Qing walked aimlessly around the city. After a whole night and a day in a row, I only stopped to eat in the middle, and I didn't even drink a sip of water, such a high-intensity exercise for a seven-year-old girl has really reached the limit of her body.

Tang Qing only felt that his two legs were not his own, and the whole body only knew how to keep walking and walking. The dirty clothes on his body and his mud-coated face made Tang Qing eager to find a place to live, take a hot bath, and sleep well. What's more, Qi Yu has been in the space for almost two days, and he still doesn't know if the lethargy effect of the space will have any side effects.

At this time, there were almost no shops open on the county street, only one state-run hotel was still ajar, restaurants and cloth shops were tightly closed, but there were still one or two small shops, but when you looked at it from the door, there were only a few kinds of soy sauce, vinegar and other spices on the shelves of the store.

After going around and returning to the state-run hotel, the door that had just been ajar was now open, and a "Hongsang" car was parked at the door. I saw a group of people crowding a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy into the hotel, and when they entered, the door of the hotel was closed again.

Tang Qing touched his body, and he didn't have a penny, let alone the documents needed for accommodation.

"Look you've gone around almost three times, where do you want to go?" asked Tang Qing a boy who was a head taller than her, he was wearing a white-washed shirt with patches on the shirt, and the stitches looked like they were made up by unskilled beginners. It may be that a boy of this age grows up fast, and the shirt looks a little embarrassed to wear on him, and the shirt that has been changed from adult clothes to small is empty inside, but the cuffs and hem are shortened.

Although he looked like a good person, Tang Qing still said with some vigilance: "I was separated from my brother, and I was looking for him." "

"It's useless for you to go around like this, come with me, it's getting dark, you girl, you can't really sleep on the street." The boy said impatiently.

Tang Qing had no other choice but to follow him. The two walked through a narrow alley that twisted and turned, turning east and west into a ruined temple. The ruined temple was covered with gray cobwebs, and several layers of dust had accumulated on the ground, and in the center of the wall in the depths of the ruined temple stood an unrecognizable Buddha statue, which was also covered with thick gray webs, and the colored sculptures on the body also fell in all directions.

Layers of withered grass were laid in all corners of the temple, and there were some children curled up in some corners, all of whom looked hungry and yellow, thin and weak. Tang Qing saw these children who were shrunk into a ball, his heart was a little sour, and he couldn't take a step on his feet.

The boy who brought her in didn't care about her when he saw her stop, and walked straight inside. Tang Qing quickened his pace to keep up with him, it turned out that there was a small door to the right of the statue, and after entering, there was a small room, a child sitting on the ground, around a fire in the middle of the room, and a dilapidated casserole was set on the fire, and there was a gruel that was as clear as water boiling in it, and steam was constantly pouring out of the casserole. Because of the lack of rice, the porridge has almost no fragrance, and only the smell of boiling water comes out.

Rao is like this, Tang Qing also felt that the whole person relaxed when he smelled this smell.

"Brother Dog. The children, who had been sitting on the ground, stood up and shouted excitedly when they saw the boy enter the house.

The little girl who was looking at the pot with a wooden spoon before carefully put the spoon into the mouth of the pot and put it aside, jumped next to "Brother Dog", and called crisply: "Brother, you came back just in time, and the porridge is almost cooked." "

The young man, who ignored Tang Qing, wiped his hand on the hem of his clothes and touched the little girl's head: "Kitten, look what I brought you back." As he spoke, he took out a flattened black steamed bun from his arms and shook it in front of his sister's eyes.

The children watching from the side were staring at the steamed buns in his young hands with bright eyes, and the room was filled with the sound of swallowing saliva. It's just that no one dares to go up to grab steamed buns, so they can only look at the little girl named "Kitten" with great envy.

The "kitten" didn't look at the steamed bun in the young man's hand, but made a straight face: "Brother, you must have gone to that street again, last time you were wrongfully accused of stealing by bad people there, and you were injured." This time again, do you want to lie down for a few more days. "

Seeing that my sister was angry and knew that she was concerned about herself, the "dog" smiled: "No, I was lucky today, this steamed bun was given to me by a kind person, I didn't go to that street." "

After "interrogating" his brother, the "kitten" noticed Tang Qing who was picked up. She turned her head and asked, "You've picked up someone again." "

"Dog" retorted: "What do you mean by "again", as if I have some strange habit of picking people up. "

"Kitten" pursed her lips, "It's not like!" she pointed to the children sitting on the ground, "Except for Xiao Nan, who fainted at the gate of the temple by himself, you didn't pick it up." "

Tang Qing sighed secretly in his heart: "I can't see it, this kid's face is cold, and he is quite enthusiastic about doing things." "

The kitten stroked the thinning hair on her head and asked, "Where did you pick it up this time?" "

"Dogzi" paused for a moment and explained, "I met her on the way back, and she was separated from her brother. "

The "kitten" thought about it and didn't speak, but there was more pity in his eyes when he looked at Tang Qing.

"Pity me?" Tang Qing was a little confused, confused: "This little girl named "Kitten" is pitying me?" She put her hand □□ in her pocket and happened to touch the tortilla given by the big brother at the gatekeeper. After thinking about it, he took out the cake that he had put in his pocket and handed it to "Dog".

At this moment, the eyes of everyone in the room were focused on her, and the heat in her eyes even made her sweat.

In the past, everyone thought it was fun to feed the pigeons in the square, but Tang Qing was stunned when he saw a large group of pigeons coming around. Being stared at by a large group of creatures asking for food, Tang Qing would automatically make up the scene where they would pounce together and tear themselves off. At this moment, the light in the eyes of the sitting child was like a hungry wolf, and Tang Qing's heart was furious when he saw it.

Four words appeared on the face of the "dog": "Count you as acquaintances", and said to Tang Qing: "Okay, even if you pay the accommodation fee, you can live in peace, but I remind you that although I have taken you in now, I won't care if you have anything to eat in the future."

After a while, the porridge in the pot was cooked. The little radish heads sitting on the ground all stood up after brushing them, took out their belongings like a trick, and waited for the "kitten" with the wooden spoon to share the porridge with them.

When there was a shallow layer of rice soup left at the bottom of the pot, "Gouzi" handed Tang Qing a broken bowl and said: "Today is the first day you came, and you just paid the accommodation fee, so I will give you a meal first, this bowl is useless, you can take the porridge and go." "

Tang Qing silently looked at the bowl with three broken corners in his hand, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Has this bowl been washed?"