On the way back to the ruined temple with Qi Yu, Tang Qing discussed with him and asked the dog to find a way to exchange half a bag of sweet potatoes for money. See if you can buy a train ticket, or find a place to stay and send a letter to his family so they can pick them up.

"Is this your brother?" the dog looked at Tang Qing with a strange look, "You don't really look alike." ”

"He follows his mother, I follow his father, what's wrong?" Tang Qing replied.

The children in the room all looked at Qi Yu curiously. Tang Qing then remembered: He was dressed so torn, and he was wearing such good clothes, he naturally didn't look like a family.

"Thank you for taking my sister in yesterday. Qi Yu said to the dog with a smile. He laughed, his eyes narrowed in a beautiful arc, and there was a pair of deep dimples on the side of his mouth. The "kitten" next to him blushed.

The dog noticed the red-faced sister, and said in a bad tone: "Thank you for not needing, I am a kind person, and I don't pity those stray cats and dogs who have been abandoned." As soon as he said this, the "kitten" stabbed him in the arm: "What are you talking about, brother." ”

Qi Yu was choked, and the smile on his face couldn't help twitching.

"Brother Gouzi, our brother and sister have been separated from our family and want to find a way to report to our family. Tang Qing asked eagerly.

"Where are you going to send the letter?" asked the dog.

"The capital. Qi Yu replied.

"A few months ago, it was not difficult to send a letter to the capital, but now there is no food for each family, and the post office can't send any food to the employees, so it has long been suspended. If you are willing to pay some benefits, there are some merchants who can take them away from you. The dog rubbed his nose.

"Running merchants?" Qi Yu said in surprise.

"People, they always have to live. The dog scratched at his already fluffy and messy hair.

Tang Qing pulled the corner of Qi Yu's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Can those merchants get train tickets?"

"Don't think about the train ticket, you two don't even have identification, and it's not safe to say that the road is very safe, so let's stay honest and let the family pick it up." "The dog's ears are very pointy.

"In this way, I will show you the way in the afternoon and see if anyone is going to the capital. The dog pinched his ears.

"Those people don't just collect grain, right?" Qi Yu asked in a low voice.

The dog's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Yes, as long as there is something valuable, I will accept it." ”

"We must be worthy of heaven and earth. As a brother, you must show a sense of responsibility. The dog suddenly added this sentence very seriously.

Qi Yu obviously didn't know why he suddenly came up with this sentence, but he also agreed: "Yes, you still have to be a good person." ”

Tang Qing and the kitten on the side were only stupidly happy.

When the dog took them to the black market in the afternoon, he heard that Tang Qing was also going, so his face pulled down: "You are a little girl's house, we men go out to run errands and follow, it's not like words,"

Tang Qing was also angry and laughed: "This matter is so important to our brothers and sisters, how can I not go, if you don't take me, I will quietly follow." ”

Qi Yu couldn't cry or laugh: "Bring it, how can I not take you there." If I don't take you as a capable little housekeeper, what should I do if I am deceived by others. ”

Tang Qing was satisfied. The dog blew his nose and glared at the side.

Almost halfway through the county, the dog stopped in front of a tiled house near the outskirts of the city, and there were some farm tools randomly placed on the ground, and at first glance it was impossible to tell whether the house was a house or a shop to buy farm tools.

When the three of them entered the room, they saw an old man with gray hair sitting on a wicker chair in the middle of the room.

"Uncle Quan, I brought a friend. The dog said respectfully.

The old man squinted his eyes, looked at Tang Qing, who was hidden behind him by Qi Yu, bent the corners of his mouth, and said to the dog in a tone similar to mockery: "What, you also did the business of "selling flowers"?"

The dog seemed to be a little angry, blushed and said, "They are my friends! You know, I'm a small character, how can I have that ability, so I have to come to ask Uncle Quan for advice. After all, the whole Wanxin"

"Sending a letter is a trivial matter, but I am not a place to do good deeds, you have a good heart, always pick up some kittens and puppies and go back to raise, this is your business, I can't care about it. But I'm different from you, I'm old, but I need to earn more pension money. Uncle Quan lay on the rattan chair, his fingers tapping on the armrest, "Say, and you're not going to "sell flowers", what else is valuable?"

Qi Yu touched the jade pendant on his neck, hesitated, and finally decided to reach out and untie it. Tang Qing didn't expect that he would temporarily decide to take out his personal jade pendant, obviously he had said that he would exchange it for half of the sweet potato. She hurriedly pulled the corner of Qi Yu's clothes: "Don't, we have other things to exchange, you look through your pockets or something, and see if there is anything more suitable to exchange." ”

Qi Yu shook his head: "I know, don't worry." Although the weight of a small bag of sugar is not much, Qi Yu has already felt that there is something in his pocket after walking for such a long time. I didn't open it to see, but I knew from the touch of my hand what it was. But at this special time, it is too extravagant to get paid for food. What's more, when the Qi family comes to pick us up, we also have to find a better place to live.

"Is this piece of jade enough? Qi Yu took off the jade pendant on his body and handed over an emerald green Guanyin ornament.

Tang Qing rarely saw such a well-proportioned color of the old pit glass species, and he couldn't wait to go up and grab it, and his heart was dripping blood: "It's too loser, this piece of jade will only become more and more valuable if it is left, and it will be sold so cheaply, it is too worthless." ”

Uncle Quan, who was originally lying on the chair, was too lazy to open his eyes, and when he saw the jade pendant in Qi Yu's hand, he suddenly stood up, snatched the jade pendant in his hand, and took it to the sun and looked at it carefully for five minutes, completely ignoring Tang Qing and them.

"Young man, what's your last name?" Uncle Quan asked Qi Yu, and his tone suddenly became gentle. The dog next to him was stunned, as if he suspected that Uncle Quan in front of him had changed someone.

"My surname is Qi. Qi Yu straightened his back.

"The Qi family in the capital, who are you Qi Siyuan?" Uncle Quan seemed to be very interested in Qi Yu.

"My father. Qi Yu replied.

Tang Qing looked nervously at the gray-haired old man in the room, ready to run away with Qi Yu at any time.

Fortunately, Uncle Quan, who is in the black market business, is not in the same group as the group of people who kidnapped them.

"You have put away this jade pendant, don't take it out casually, this time I will sell the Qi family a face, and the letter will be sent to you, and I won't take a penny." I don't know why, Uncle Quan put on a cold expression again.

"That. Qi Yu was a little embarrassed, "It's not all about sending letters, it will take a few days for the family to send someone to pick up the letter after receiving it, I didn't bring a penny with me, it's okay to be alone, and I can't be too good with my sister." ”

"Your sister?" Uncle Quan looked at Tang Qing and didn't smile.

"Okay, don't worry about this, I'll definitely find you a good place to live. Uncle Quan packed the ticket, "I will ask the Qi family for the remuneration or something." ”

Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, if Uncle Quan didn't accept a penny, he would have to worry about it.

"Excuse me, is this Quanye's shop?" asked a ragged man holding a little girl, pushing open the half-hidden door, standing in the doorway, and trembling in a voice.

"If you're talking about the one who does everything, it's me. Uncle Quan replied.

"I heard that the family can't afford to support it, and this child will starve to death sooner or later. The man sobbed. As soon as he cried, the little girl in the white short coat next to him also began to cry.

Uncle Quan was quite impatient: "Are you here to "sell flowers"?" he pointed to the little girl next to the man.

The man who cried when he came in was stunned for a moment, and said, "Yes." ”

"Can you write?" Uncle Quan asked in a low voice.

"No, it won't. The man shook his head.

"It's a nuisance. Uncle Quan took out a piece of red paper from the cabinet behind the chair, wrote a few words, and handed it to the man: "Press a handprint." ”

The man's grip on the girl's hand loosened, and he bit the thumb of his right hand and pressed the handprint with his eyes closed.

Uncle Quan knocked on the cabinet three times, and a woman came out of the back room. Uncle Quan nodded to her and pointed to the little girl at the door: "Newly sent." You go and get two bags of millet out. ”

After pressing the handprint, the man collapsed on the ground as if he had lost his strength. The little girl next to him kept sobbing quietly.

The man who got the food didn't look back, and he didn't care about the heart-rending crying of his daughter behind him, and strode away.

"Alas. Uncle Quan shook his head.

The dog clenched his fists, and a hint of hideousness flashed in his eyes.

This episode is no more than five minutes before and after.

Tang Qing and Qi Yu understood why the dog had said things like "being a man", "responsibility" and "protecting himself" before. For the first time, these two underage children became aware of the real world.

Uncle Quan went into the back room to explain the matter, then closed the door of the store and took Tang Qing and them to the arranged accommodation.

"It's not far, I won't drive, young man, walk more. Uncle Quan dusted off the dust on his clothes.

"You guys follow Uncle Quan, I'll go back. With that, the dog went in the opposite direction.

Tang Qing wanted to stop him, but in the end he didn't shout.

Uncle Quan said that it was not far, almost a dozen kilometers. Tang Qing had some difficulty with her little short legs, so Qi Yu pulled her on her back and carried her on her back.

was carried away by Qi Yu, Tang Qing missed Tang Dad and them even more.

"It's here. Qi Yu patted Tang Qing on his back.

Tang Qing, who fell asleep in a daze, rubbed his eyes: Isn't this the hotel where he wandered for a long time last time?

"Are we going to live here?" Tang Qing asked with some excitement.

"I've always wanted the best in all two things, although this one looks a little broken on the outside, the environment inside is still good. You will stay first. Uncle Quan walked ahead and advanced the door of the hotel.

Tang Qing and Qi Yu followed closely behind Uncle Quan, watching him take out a ticket with a white background, sign his name with a pen, and exchange it for a room key from the waiter.

"I asked you for a suite, and two people live together to take care of each other. Uncle Quan played with the key in his hand and said to Qi Yu:

"Boy, you can sleep outside later, and your sister's safety depends on you. ”

Tang Qing stuck out his tongue: Is this place accessible to ordinary people?

"I'll take care of the meal for you, and I'll go to the hotel's canteen for three meals. The third uncle turned around, "It won't be too unpalatable." ”

Qi Yu and Tang Qing glanced at each other: So good?