After arriving here, Zi Tong had not spoken to Zi Sai for three days. Even if he met from a distance, it ended with Zi Sai leaving in a hurry.
"I'm going crazy! I'm going crazy..." Zi Tong tore the pillow in his hand hard to vent his frustration.
"Princess! If you are really bored, go for a walk in the courtyard!" A maid came from outside with a smile.
Zi Tong heard this and curled his lips in disgrace: "Tell me, is there any place in the whole government office that I haven't been to?"
"..." Maid.
"Yes!" Zi Tong suddenly threw down the pillow in his arms and took three steps at a time to reach the maid's side: "Xiao Bing! How about you take me to the outside of the government office for a walk?"
"No!" Xiaobing refused without thinking, "Princess! I have already told you the reason. If the people accidentally hurt you, you will be in trouble!"
Zi Tong said disapprovingly: "How can it be such a coincidence? As long as I am careful, there will be no problem!"
"Princess! Absolutely not!" Xiao Bing's attitude was tough, leaving no room for error.
"Tch!" Zi Tong curled his lips and muttered in a low voice: "If you don't take me there, I'll go by myself!"
Xiao Bing heard vaguely, and her eyebrows frowned subconsciously: "Princess! If you insist on doing this, I have no choice but to go and inform Lord Zisai!"
For her safety, Xiao Bing no longer cares about etiquette and dignity at this moment.
Hearing this, Zi Tong suddenly slumped his shoulders: "It's not okay if I don't go!" He muttered and walked back to the bed.
Xiaobing secretly rejoiced: 'Sure enough, only Lord Zisai can conquer you, princess!'
"Xiao Bing!" A call came from outside the door.
Xiaobing looked back and looked at the person coming.
Standing not far away, a maid in green clothes waved to him.
Xiao Bing nodded knowingly; his eyes turned to Zi Tong and warned: "Princess! I need to go out for a while. You must not run around!"
"I know!" A muffled voice escaped from Zi Tong's lips.
Xiao Bing caressed her body and said, "My slave, please leave first!" After saying this, he quickly left the room.
Hearing the footsteps getting further and further away, Zi Tong raised his pretty face, a sly light flashed in his eyes: "Humph! Don't think that I will be afraid if you bring out the ice cube face; if you don't let me out, I will
I want to go out and show you!"
Zi Tong tiptoed to the door, looked around carefully, and after confirming that no one was there, he picked up his steps and ran towards the door quickly.
After much effort and effort to avoid the guards at the door, Zi Tong finally got what he wanted and breathed the fresh air outside the government office.
"Finally free!" Zi Tong raised his hands and cheered: "I must have a good time today, otherwise I will never return to the government office!" After saying this, he jumped up and walked towards the crowd.
Along the way, I found no interesting places, but I found many skinny children.
The joy in Zi Tong's heart slowly faded away, replaced by a burst of sadness.
"Little sister! What's wrong with you?" Zi Tong couldn't help but walk towards the girl in the corner.
The girl's face turned sallow and her body curled up into a ball: "I'm hungry!" A sound like a mosquito reached Zi Tong's ears.
Zi Tong slowly squatted down: "Didn't you go get breakfast?"
"I've received it, but I'm still hungry!" The girl's big eyes were filled with innocence and grievance.
"..." Zi Tong was silent for a moment, not knowing how to comfort the girl in front of him.
Just at this moment, a woman came over.
"Mom!" the girl called softly.
The woman quickened her pace and came to the girl's side: "Are you still hungry?"
The girl nodded heavily.
The woman sighed silently and stroked the girl's withered hair lovingly with her big hands: "Good boy! If you wait another hour, you can have lunch. We are patient!"
The girl nodded obediently and did not cry or fuss.
"What did you eat for breakfast? Why are the children so hungry?" Zi Tong was puzzled and looked at the woman and asked.
The woman smiled bitterly: "To put it nicely, what we drank for breakfast was porridge. To put it bluntly, it was water with a few grains of rice!" The woman looked heartbrokenly at the skinny girl in her arms: "This kind of breakfast, let alone nutrition, is just water.
It’s not even enough to satisfy your hunger!”
"Is it so difficult to have three meals a day?" Zi Tong didn't dare to think about such a life.
"That's not the case!" There was a heavy cloud of sadness in the woman's eyes: "A bowl of porridge in the morning, porridge plus a steamed bun at noon, and some vegetable porridge in the evening; not to mention the children, we adults are quick to
Unbearable!"
Yes! No one will be able to bear the same meals and the same hunger day after day.
"The Emperor doesn't send people to deliver disaster relief food every once in a while, so why are you still hungry?"
"That's true, but don't you look at how many people we have here!" The woman glanced at the dense crowd of people with intent: "One bowl of porridge for each person means hundreds of bags a day.
Rice; if we are to eat enough, without thousands of bags of rice a day, how can we meet our needs!"
"..." Zi Tong.
If you need thousands of bags of rice every day, I'm afraid the nearby government office will have to transport food here once a day.
The woman looked Zi Tong up and down: "As soon as you look at the girl, you can tell that she is not from the local area. Naturally, she cannot deeply understand our sorrow and pain!" The woman sighed deeply, and then advised her kindly: "Girl! Listen to me.
A word of advice, it’s better to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible!”
"Why do you say that?"
The woman lowered her voice: "Girl, you don't know. Riots often happen here. You are a girl who goes out. If you get hurt, you will be in trouble!"
Zi Tong raised a faint smile: "Thank you for your kindness, I will be careful!"
"It's better to listen to my advice and leave quickly!" The woman lowered her eyes and looked at the girl in her arms; she sighed again: "If I had this opportunity, I would definitely take the child and leave here; unfortunately, I don't have this opportunity.
!" Walking in a foreign country without anyone to rely on, perhaps the end result will be even more miserable than it is now!
How could Zitong not understand the hidden meaning behind the woman's words?
"Everything will be fine!" Apart from that, Zi Tong didn't know how else he could comfort himself.
"Hope!" Although the woman said this, there was no light of hope in her eyes.
Gazing at the mother and daughter, Zi Tong sighed silently; he only hoped that Zi Sai could come up with a solution earlier and bring the people here out of the abyss of suffering.
Not far behind Zi Tong, several men with malicious intentions had their eyes fixed on her.
"Looking at the girl's clothes, you can tell she is a daughter of a wealthy family. If we catch her, we might be able to buy her food and clothing for a few months!" A opened his mouth and expressed what he was thinking.
"That makes sense!" Yi greedily stared at Zi Tong's back, as if he was already sitting among a pile of delicious food.
C and D looked at each other and smiled, saying in unison: "Then what are we waiting for?!"