Qiao Linbao looked back and saw a very burly man. He wanted to grab it, but the man had already drank the porridge in one gulp.
The eleven-year-old boy's eyes turned red instantly, and he raised his small fist to hit the man.
"Lin Bao, forget it." Qiao Linxi pulled Qiao Linbao, and the man proudly showed off his empty bowl.
"I'm sorry, Sister Lin Xi. If I had grown up, no one would bully us."
As Qiao Linbao spoke, tears rolled out of his eyes, which made Qiao Linxi feel a little distressed.
"It doesn't matter, you are a man now and can protect your brothers and sisters." Qiao Linxi patted Qiao Linbao on the shoulder: "You take your brothers and sisters farther away to rest, and I'll see if I can find a way to go to the city to get some. Come get something to eat.”
"I'll go with you."
Qiao Linxi shook her head: "You are the eldest boy in our family, and you have to be responsible for protecting your younger brothers and sisters. I can do it by myself, and there will be no problem."
Qiao Linbao glanced at the bunch of younger brothers and sisters and nodded: "Well, sister Lin Xi, don't worry, I will definitely protect my younger brothers and sisters."
Seeing Qiao Linbao taking away her seventeen younger brothers and sisters, Qiao Linxi breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was not too bad. At least all the children were obedient and united.
Qiao Linbao knew that among their group of children, Qiao Linxi was the eldest. As the saying goes, elder sisters are like mothers. They had to listen to Qiao Linxi and must unite to have any hope of survival.
Seeing that the children had gone away and sat in a circle as Qiao Linxi had told them before, Qiao Linxi breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the city gate.
The porridge had been distributed long ago, and the county magistrate and his people quickly retreated into the city, leaving only a few people to guard the city to prevent the refugees from breaking into the city.
"Stop, no one is allowed near the city gate."
As soon as Qiao Linxi approached, an officer pulled out a knife and pointed it at her.
"Master, don't get excited, I won't go in." Qiao Linxi quickly raised her hand and said.
"I'm telling you refugees, there is no food in the city. If you want to survive, leave as soon as possible."
Qiao Linxi nodded: "I know, I know, I'm not going into the city, I just want to ask where to get to the next city."
"I don't know, don't bother me!"
"Master Guan..." Qiao Linxi's eyes turned red, and she used her acting skills again to hold the official's hand: "Can you find me a map? I want to go there quickly with so many younger brothers and sisters. In the next city, with the map we can avoid unnecessary mistakes."
"Master." Seeing that the person she was pulling did not move, Qiao Linxi went to hold the hand of another person, "Just okay, okay, look over there, those dozen children over there are all my younger brothers and sisters. , as the eldest sister, I have to take care of them. Please find me a map, please."
As she spoke, Qiao Linxi started to cry. She cried so hard that the officer blushed.
"Okay, okay, don't cry in front of me, it's bad luck, I'll help you find a solution."
Perhaps moved by Qiao Linxi's tears, the officer took action, spoke to his companions and returned to the city.
Qiao Linxi stood there waiting, and many people who had eaten the porridge beside her kept thanking the county magistrate, saying something like the reincarnation of the living Bodhisattva.
Those refugees didn't plan to leave, so they stayed here. Maybe the government would give out porridge tomorrow.
Qiao Linxi collected gratitude points while waiting. Seeing the gratitude points rising slowly, Qiao Linxi slowly became happy. She quickly drew a lottery and was given a packet of flower seeds.
Hey, we can't get carried away. Qiao Linxi shook her head and combined these flower seeds and the previous ones into a pack of large flower seeds. The rest were wooden boards, which Qiao Linxi used to make lunch boxes. This meal combination is quite difficult to upgrade.
A first-level lunch box requires ten wooden boards, and one steamed bun is produced every time, once a day.
The combination of two first-level meals can be upgraded to a second-level meal. Two steamed buns will be produced at a time, twice a day.
To upgrade from Level 2 to Level 3, you need two Level 2 lunch boxes, six steamed buns at a time, three times a day. A level three lunch box requires forty boards.
If you want to upgrade to level four, you need two level three lunch boxes, which means you need eighty wooden boards.
Level 5 requires two level 4 ones and 160 planks.
Level six...
Well, Qiao Linxi was stunned. Anyway, if you have the gratitude points, just use them in the lottery.
After waiting for about half an hour, the person who was pulled by Qiao Linxi at the beginning felt a little unbearable when he saw Qiao Linxi, a pretty little girl with a face flushed from the sun.
Said: "Girl, come over here, you can block the sun here."
"No."
Qiao Linxi smiled and refused.
Perhaps seeing that Qiao Linxi was very innocent, the man said again: "How about you come here and I'll let you go into the city."
Qiao Linxi shook her head again: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. If I was alone, I would definitely go in, but I have so many younger brothers and sisters who won't go in and cause trouble to the officers."
The conversation between the two was overheard by the people next to them. A woman who had not eaten the porridge stopped and stood up quickly and walked towards Qiao Linxi.
"Sir, please let me in."
The officer glanced at the woman and ignored her.
The woman immediately became unhappy and said loudly: "Why should she be allowed in but not us? Is it because this little girl is good-looking?"
Qiao Linxi glanced at the woman but said nothing. The woman felt as if she had been punched in cotton.
"It's amazing, the little girls now are so powerful, they can hook up with the officials and open the back door for her. Everyone, come and see..."
Following the woman's voice, the people around her began to boo. When the woman saw that someone was booing, she spoke even more energetically.
"If you don't learn well at a young age, you should learn some skills to seduce people."
Qiao Linxi glanced at the woman and said, "This aunt has not learned enough at her age. She always says slanderous words."
"You..." The woman was only in her early twenties, and she was still young. Qiao Linxi said she was too old, which made her feel angry.
"I...I'll beat you to death, you little bitch. Didn't you just rely on your youth and beauty to hook up with an official? See if I don't tear your face to pieces."
The woman raised her hand excitedly and was about to hit Qiao Linxi. At this time, the official who went into the city to find a map for Qiao Linxi happened to come out. Seeing this scene, he yelled.
"What are you doing? Do you want to cause trouble? Believe it or not, I will kill you."
The officer actually pulled out the knife as he spoke, and the woman was immediately frightened and took a few steps back. These officers really knew how to kill people.
"Girl, take the map you want and leave quickly, otherwise you will be in trouble if you can't reach the next city when it gets dark."
The official handed a package wrapped in cloth to Qiao Linxi. When Qiao Linxi received it, she was stunned. There were other things in the package.
