As the sky grew brighter, in a wing room in the City God's Temple in the city, a little unkempt beggar barely got up from the thatched mat on the ground, she sat first, closed her eyes, and waited until her mind gradually cleared up completely before she slowly opened her eyes.

The beggar was small, barely long enough to reach an adult's chest, and was clearly a half-grown child. If you look closely, it is estimated that he is about ten years old.

The little beggar blinked, turned to look at his sleeping companion at his side, touched her forehead, and felt that her forehead was hot, the heat was still not subsided, and the two eye circles seemed to be more flushed than yesterday, and her cheeks were deeply sunken, and her lips were chapped. The little beggar got up and took a broken urn to the side, took a little cold water from a wooden bucket next to him, came back and carefully lifted her head, let her rest on his lap, and fed her a little cold water. This companion is even thinner, looking two years younger than the one who feeds the water.

At the entrance of the cold water, the child unconsciously licked his lips, and let out a moan from his mouth, "Sister, sister, I'm hungry..."

The girl who fed her the water listened, and the crystal tears fell, and she sobbed silently, and her shoulders shook several times.

This sister has had a fever for a few days, and she can't afford to treat her, so she has to beg on the street, going out early and returning late every day, and finally begging for something to eat, so she hurried back to feed her sister. Seeing that her high fever did not go away, she found a small wooden bucket and a broken urn in the garbage heap in the streets and alleys, fed her sister some water every day, found a piece of cloth soaked and pasted on her forehead, and changed it from time to time.

Since the death of their parents, the sisters depend on each other, all the way to beg until now, seeing that the sister's condition is getting more and more serious, but they are powerless to change, now it is even more difficult to beg on the street, these two days in the city is turbulent, thieves into the city, the officials and soldiers fled, the surrender of the surrender, each family tried to close the door as much as possible, it was difficult for them to beg for food, yesterday she saw the thieves and the surrendered government officials and officials were all over the city to search for the fleeing officers and soldiers, even the city god temple was also searched twice inside and out. Pedestrians were in a hurry on the street, and there were naturally fewer households willing to open the door, and they begged nearly 100 families before they could barely get a little gruel. At present, there are still many wandering and begging people in the city, and there are many people who are similar to their sisters, so it is even more difficult to beg.

She put her sister away, put a layer of thatch over her, and the little beggar looked left and right, and there were several companions in the room, of all ages, and she looked at the sky that was already shining, and made up her mind, wrapped up her tattered clothes, took a large bowl with a gap, opened the door, and went out.

When he came to the street, the little beggar felt that his feet were weak, and his eyes were full of gold stars, and he fed all the gruel he begged for yesterday to his sister.

She leaned against the wall, took a few breaths, and rested for a while, feeling a hint of warmth as the morning sun rose and shone on her body. Feeling relieved of his strength, the little beggar continued to move forward one foot deeper and one foot shallow.

I turned several houses, but found nothing, the little beggar felt even more hungry in his belly, remembering his sister who was still lying in the temple, and did not dare to delay more, this street and alley have been walked through, and the front is the street entrance, and I plan to go over and try again in a street and alley with more households.

When she arrived at the corner of the street, she felt weak, she walked up and began to sway, in a trance in front of her, unconsciously changed direction, and suddenly bumped into a person, knowing that she heard a "oops" sound crisp and delicate, and then her eyes were dark, and she fell to the ground.

I don't know how long later, the little beggar woke up slowly, opened his eyes, and saw the roof, and there were some sounds from the left and right, and when he turned his head, he saw that several girls were cleaning up, sewing clothes in their hands, or holding the soles of their shoes.

"Sister Lan, this little girl is awake!" A round-faced girl in front of her saw the little beggar wake up, and said happily to a companion next to her.

When the woman named Sister Lan heard this, she leaned over and saw the little beggar on the bed with her eyes open in confusion, and said with a smile: "You little girl, why are you walking on the street so carelessly, and you faint on the ground when you hit someone?" He turned around and said to another companion, "Sister, help me get the porridge!" ”

"Hey." The man agreed, put down his needlework, and brought a bowl of gruel from the table. Sister Lan took it, first put it to her mouth to try the heat and cold, felt that it was just right, picked up the little beggar with one hand, handed it to her, and said softly: "Fortunately, I boiled some porridge this morning, Xiao Nizi, drink it while it's hot!" ”

This Sister Lan is not very old, her top is a yellow coarse shirt, and she wears blue trousers, although her clothes are old, they are very clean, and she has a simple bun on her head and fixes it with a wooden hairpin. Under her long eyelashes, her eyes shone with anticipation, and as she spoke, small dimples faintly appeared on her cheeks.

This sister has a gentle speech and a kind demeanor, but it is very similar to the big sister next door in her own village, but it is a pity that if it were not for the long-term natural disasters, the family would not be hungry, and her family would not go out to beg for a living, and the sister next door who once loved her sister would not be sold to other places by her parents because of lack of food and clothing, presumably the two would never see each other again.

Seeing Sister Lan in front of her, the little beggar remembered the old things, and the little girl was stunned for a while.

Sister Lan thought that she was not awake yet, and slowly said to her: "My sister and I happened to collide with you at the corner of the street when we went to the street, and we fell to the ground without saying a word, but it scared us!" Later, I saw that your face was yellow and thin, and your muscles were weak, and I must have been hungry, so I brought you here. Look at your situation, you are also a homeless person, drink the porridge first. ”

This little beggar was originally ragged and unkempt, and it was difficult to distinguish between men and women, but Sister Lan brought her back, wiped her face, and simply combed her hair, so that everyone recognized it as a little girl. is also a fallen person at the end of the world, and a woman with rich and delicate feelings, Sister Lan and others are particularly sympathetic to her.

Smelling the aroma of gruel, Xiao Nizi's hunger in her abdomen immediately came up, and the gurgling sound in her abdomen sounded immediately after Sister Lan's words fell.

Without saying a word, she took the big bowl and drank it with a snort, and when she saw the little girl's eating, several girls in the room stopped the needlework in their hands and couldn't help sighing secretly. Even when the world was stable and the four seas were alive, there were still many wandering beggars in the city and the countryside, not to mention that now natural disasters and man-made disasters and civil turmoil are everywhere, although the officials and soldiers are suppressing bandits everywhere, but their behavior is no different from that of bandits, and the common people are even more miserable. Everyone is from the past, and they feel the same way, and the eyes of the youngest girls can't help but get wet.

After eating a bowl quickly, the abdomen was obviously not full, and the round-faced girl had already brought another bowl, and when she ate the third bowl, Xiao Nizi suddenly woke up, remembering the little sister in the temple, holding the bowl with both hands, and couldn't eat it anymore.

"Xiao Nizi, why don't you eat it? Full? Sister Lan said curiously, seeing that she hesitated, obviously not full yet, "There are still in the pot, if it is not enough, we still have some dry food, but seeing that you have been hungry for a long time, it is best to drink some porridge at this time!" ”

This Xiaoni put the bowl at the head of the bed first, got out of bed, knelt down for Sister Lan and the others, and cried: "Thank you sisters, it's just that I still have a little sister, who is still lying in the Chenghuang Temple, and has been sick for several days, I finally begged for a little food for her yesterday, and came out this morning, I haven't begged for food yet, please give me some more porridge, and I will take it back to my sister." Great kindness, I will repay you as a cow and a horse! ”

"Oh, you have a sister waiting for you. That's easy to do, you take this bowl of porridge with you, I'll go back with you, there are still a few pieces of cake in the stove room, bring it with you! Sister Lan said briskly.

"Sister Lan, I'll go too!" The round-faced girl continued.

As soon as they said go, the three women cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and went out to the City God Temple. Several people hurriedly turned the street, but they didn't know that Yu Zhilong happened to be passing by this street intersection and went to Liu Zhengfeng, and they were in different directions, and the two groups of people happened to miss it.

After the troops entered the city, all the assets of the Mongolian people were deprived, and the leaders and subordinates of the various departments generally stayed in their homes, and when the follow-up families of the army entered the city, it was naturally the same. This family is mainly occupied by Yu Haibe's family.

After Yu Lan and the others entered the city, the family was temporarily detained in one place, and the whole city searched today, and the owner of the family naturally would not end well.

Sister Lan is Yu Lan, they are temporarily resting here after entering the city, more than a dozen elderly elders live in the back room, they are young, and the girls who are good friends on a daily basis chose this room, everyone lives together, and the chatter is very lively.

Because they had just entered the city, there were a lot of things in front of them, Yu Lan and the others had arranged these elders, and they were busy cleaning up the things in each room of Lisuo, plus everyone had not washed them for many days, and the smell on their bodies was not small. In the past, there was no condition to take a bath, but now they boiled water one after another, avoiding men, and the women washed it happily in turn. Then I washed my clothes, blankets, quilts, etc., and I was busy for two days.

Yesterday, Yu Shichang brought a lot of silver taels, clothes and silk and other miscellaneous items, saying that they were seized this time. Looking at the piles of belongings on the bed, the three of them were overjoyed, and the three of them chatted together for a long time. Knowing that his mother's health has not been good recently and she has not recovered mentally, Yu Shichang also asked people to stew a large pot of chicken soup, which was divided into half for the people in this courtyard, and the rest was left for his mother.

Xin Shi drank a few bowls, felt much better, now that he has a place to stay, he finally does not need to run around for the time being, his nervous mood has been relieved, and the gloom on Xin's face is much less. Yu Lan was naturally happy when she saw that her mother's spirit was improving, and she coaxed her to say a lot of happy words and make her mother laugh a few times. Seeing his brother sitting on the side, Yu Lan asked about the details of the capture of the city, and wanted to get involved with Yu Zhilong.

Yu Shichang didn't think much about it, but he didn't want to talk about Yu Zhilong, only said that in the past two days, Yu Zhilong had retained Yin Xie Lin and Yacha from the county here, and continued to govern inside and outside the city, and he had already transferred most of his men and horses to station outside the city, and he heard that he would sort out the surrounding towns and bandits. Today, he put forward an announcement and a document to Liu Zhengfeng, and everyone agreed after some discussion.

Finally, it was mentioned that Yu Zhilong beat the people of Liu Qi's faction during the day, which greatly swept the face of Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan, but the details are not very clear.

Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan are greedy for beauty, everyone knows it. At the beginning, Liu Qi saw that Yu Lan was as beautiful as a flower, and often used the excuse to go to Yu Lan and other camping places, and he had also probed Guo Hai's tone in private before, but was rejected by Yu Hai, although the two no longer mentioned this matter, but it is difficult to say what they think in each other's hearts. Yu Shichang and Yu Lan later learned about this, and naturally they didn't like it in their hearts, especially Yu Lan tried to stay away from Liu Qi's department and didn't meet him.

Knowing what Yu Zhilong did, the Xin family, like most of them, clapped their hands, and Yu Shichang chatted for a while before returning to the team to rest.

Yu Zhilong's department has basically been stationed out of the city, but Liu Zhengfeng and other departments are in love with the prosperity of the city and are still stationed in the city for the time being.

Yu Lan was thinking about going to the street with her sisters to buy some needles, threads, brains and other miscellaneous items today, but she unexpectedly met this female beggar at the corner of the street. She was moved by compassion, and not only took the little sisters back to take care of them, but also took back seven or eight poor beggars of different ages in the City God Temple.