After returning to her own territory, Qiao Linxi arranged her hair, clothes and other things.
"Sister..." Qiao Linqin hugged Qiao Linhua and looked behind Qiao Linxi. Only then did Qiao Linxi turn around and saw a boy.
Why do you say it's a boy? Because Qiao Linxi looked at people with a soul in her thirties, she ignored the fact that she was only fourteen years old and less than 1.6 meters tall, which was shorter than the boy in front of her. This boy should be older than her, with good features and even a dignified appearance.
Maybe it was because he had been wandering around for many years. This boy had dark skin and a stubble. Judging from his appearance, he should be around 20 years old.
"Oh, girl, I'm Zhao Dongqing." When the boy saw Qiao Linxi's eyes, he immediately saluted and introduced himself.
"Mr. Zhao," Qiao Linxi patted herself: "I'm afraid I won't be able to return these clothes to you for the time being."
"No, that's not what I meant," Zhao Dongqing waved his hands quickly: "You can wear the clothes you want, as long as the girl doesn't dislike it. I think that since we have met, it is also a kind of fate. I wonder if the girl would mind going together."
"Pfft," Qiao Linxi laughed: "What do I mind? I have eighteen younger brothers and sisters here. As long as Mr. Zhao doesn't feel like it's dragging you down, I don't care."
"Then, I will join you shamelessly. With one more person, we can take care of each other."
Qiao Linxi took out the map and studied it. She looked left and right, but couldn't see anything at all for a while.
"Sister Lin Xi, were you okay just now?" Qiao Linshan asked while holding Qiao Linle.
Qiao Linshan is thirteen years old and understands many things. Qiao Linxi was stripped of her clothes in public, and she was a little worried that she would not be able to think about it.
"It's okay." Qiao Linxi glanced at Qiao Linshan and knew what she meant.
The most important thing in this era is a woman's chastity. A woman will be said to be unruly if her feet are exposed in front of outsiders, let alone having her clothes taken off. For someone like her who had her clothes stripped off in public by so many people to reveal her underwear, she was going to be soaked in a pig cage.
"Lin Shan, do you think I would be too embarrassed to see anyone like that just now?"
Qiao Linshan shook her head, she didn't know what to say.
"Just look at someone, and you won't lose a piece of meat. Don't say that you were stripped of your clothes in this situation, even if you were... well, don't live in other people's eyes. Don't live in the strange eyes of others. Don't let those people take off your clothes. We go to extremes due to unfavorable rumors about ourselves. We women are a vulnerable group. Even if something bad happens, we still have to live well and live beautifully. Instead of being unable to live an upright life because of a victim's guilt theory. Even choosing to commit suicide.”
When Qiao Linxi said this, her whole body was shining, her eyes were shining, and she was particularly energetic.
"This map..." After Qiao Linxi finished speaking, she took the map and looked at it.
"Here we are."
A big hand with distinct joints pointed at a certain location on the map in front of Qiao Linxi's eyes. It's Zhao Dongqing.
Qiao Linxi took a look. There was only a small dot on the map where they were. She noticed that there were several large buildings drawn in the middle of the map.
Qiao Linxi asked curiously: "Then, where is this place? This house is so big, this place must be big too, right?"
"This is the imperial city."
"Where does the emperor live?" Qiao Linxi's eyes suddenly lit up. She had only seen that kind of emperor on TV.
The biggest official I have ever seen in real life is the village chief whom I met at my grandma's house when I was a child.
"Yeah." Zhao Dongqing responded.
"Sister, are we going to the Imperial City?" Qiao Linqin saw Qiao Linxi's eyes so bright that she couldn't help but ask.
"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Let's just move forward. Wherever we go, we will be there."
Qiao Linxi didn't have that idea. Although the emperor lived in a luxurious place, it was not necessarily easy to get around. It was still unknown whether a group of children like them could go that far.
"Where's my pan?" Qiao Linxi just remembered that her pan was not in her hand, so she turned around to look for it.
Qiao Linshu handed the pan to Qiao Linxi: "Sister, here it is."
Qiao Linxi took it and said, "You have to keep it well. This is the guy we eat. If we lose it, we will all starve."
Others saw that Qiao Linxi could use this pot to make steamed buns, so they thought it was some kind of magical thing and nodded.
Qiao Linxi, who said she would take good care of it, changed hands and put the pan in the basket next to her. Only she knew that the pan had actually been put into her system.
In addition to the six steamed buns that just came out, there are two more that don't look very good in the system. That was given to her by the official just now.
Not to mention, that woman's nose was really good. The official handed the map to Qiao Linxi, and there were indeed two steamed buns wrapped in the map. It was just that Qiao Linxi had put her in the system, so even if those refugees tore off all her clothes, there was nothing.
She paid for this with her life, and even if it didn't look good, she had to keep it well.
While waiting just now, Qiao Linxi collected a lot of gratitude points, which she used for the lottery. In addition to wooden boards, there were other snacks.
As for why the official found a map for Qiao Linxi and gave her steamed buns, it was because Qiao Linxi stuffed a few lollipops into his hand when she went to hold his hand.
Maybe the official came to the city and took a look. He thought the lollipop was quite sweet, and he was kind-hearted, so he gave them two steamed buns.
"Sister, I'm hungry."
The youngest here is Qiao Linle from my second uncle's family. He is only two years old. He only cries when he is hungry.
Qiao Linxi looked at Qiao Linle's little bun face and was a little curious in her heart, how his mother managed to raise him to two years old after giving birth to him in such a famine era.
Babies are different from adults. In addition to breast milk, babies only eat gruel or complementary foods.
It was nothing. It was a miracle that Qiao Linle could still survive.
"Lele, be good, there will be food soon." Qiao Linshan coaxed him, but how could a two-year-old baby listen? All I know is crying.
"If you don't behave well, you have to eat, eat..."
Qiao Linle cried heartbreakingly. Qiao Linshan had no choice but to look at Qiao Linxi: "Sister Lin Xi, look..."
In Qiao Linshan's mind, Qiao Linxi must still have food in store. Not only did she feed Qiao Linle water last night, but she also had steamed buns this morning.
Although she didn't know why the steamed buns were still warm, she still placed all her hopes on Qiao Linxi.
"Me, I don't have one either." Zhao Dongqing, who had been standing behind Qiao Linxi, reached out and touched his arms. Just as he was about to take out the half piece of cake he had saved, he saw Qiao Linxi stand up.
She looked at the refugees sitting outside the city gate and said, "Let's look at the map and see which way we can go to get to the next city faster."
As he said that, Qiao Linxi took the map in his hand and said, "If this point is where we are, then there are two ways to go to the next city. Come and see which way we should take."
