I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

After returning to her own territory, Qiao Linxi tidied her hair and clothes.

"Sister..." Qiao Linqin held Qiao Linhua and looked behind Qiao Linxi. Qiao Linxi then turned around and saw that it was a boy.

Why did she say it was a boy? Because Qiao Linxi looked at people with the soul of a man in his thirties, she ignored the fact that she was only fourteen years old and less than 1.6 meters tall, shorter than the boy in front of her. The boy should be older than her, with regular features, and even handsome.

Maybe it's because he has been wandering outside for many years, the boy has dark skin and stubble. Judging from his appearance, he should be around 20 years old.

"Oh, girl, my name is Zhao Dongqing." When the boy saw Qiao Linxi's gaze, he immediately bowed and introduced himself.

"Mr. Zhao," Qiao Linxi patted himself and said, "I'm afraid I can't return this dress to you for the time being."

"No, that's not what I meant," Zhao Dongqing waved his hand quickly, "You can wear the clothes, as long as the girl doesn't mind. 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, "Why should I mind? I have eighteen brothers and sisters here. As long as Mr. Zhao doesn't feel that I am a burden to you, I don't mind."

"Then I will shamelessly go with you. With one more person we can take care of each other better."

Qiao Linxi took out the map and studied it. She looked left and right, but couldn't tell which direction was which.

"Sister Lin Xi, are you okay just now?" Qiao Linshan asked while hugging Qiao Linle.

Qiao Linshan is thirteen years old and understands a lot of things. Qiao Linxi was stripped in public, and she was a little worried that she would be upset.

"It's okay." Qiao Linxi glanced at Qiao Linshan and knew what she meant.

In this era, the most important thing is a woman's chastity. If a woman is stripped of her clothes in front of outsiders, even if she exposes her feet, she will be accused of being unfaithful. If she is stripped of her clothes in public by so many people and her underwear is exposed, she will be thrown into a pig cage.

"Lin Shan, you think I'm too embarrassed to see anyone like that, right?"

Qiao Linshan shook her head, she didn't know what to say.

"It's OK if someone looks at you. It won't cost you a piece of meat. Not to mention being stripped in this situation, even if you are... well, don't live with other people's strange eyes. Don't go to extremes because of those rumors that are unfavorable to you. We women are a vulnerable group. Even if something unpleasant happens, we must live well and live beautifully. We should not let a victim-blaming theory make us unable to live a dignified life or even choose to commit suicide."

When Qiao Linxi said this, his whole body was glowing, his eyes were sparkling and particularly bright.

"This map..." Qiao Linxi said and then took the map to look at it.

"Here, we are in this position now."

A large hand with distinct joints pointed to a certain location on the map in front of Qiao Linxi's eyes. It was Zhao Dongqing.

Qiao Linxi took a look and saw that the place where they were was just a small dot on the map. 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 highest-ranking official I have ever met in real life was the village chief whom I met when I went to my grandmother’s house as a child.

"Yeah." Zhao Dongqing responded.

"Sister, are we going to the imperial city?" Qiao Linqin couldn't help but ask when she saw Qiao Linxi's eyes were so bright.

"Who can predict what will happen in the future? We just need to keep moving forward and see where we end up."

Qiao Linxi didn't have that idea. Although the emperor's residence was luxurious, it might not be easy to get around. It was still unknown whether a group of kids like them could go that far.

"Where is my pan?" Qiao Linxi just remembered that his frying pan was not in his hand, so he turned around to look for it.

Qiao Linshu handed the frying pan to Qiao Linxi: "Sister, it's here."

Qiao Linxi took it and said, "You have to keep it well. This is what we eat. If you lose it, we will all go hungry."

When others saw Qiao Linxi use this pot to make steamed buns, they thought it was some kind of magical thing and nodded.

Qiao Linxi said she would keep it well, and then she put the frying pan in the backpack next to her. Only she knew that she had actually put the frying pan into her system.

In addition to the six steamed buns that just came out, there were two buns that didn't look very good. They were given to her by the official just now.

Don't mention it, the woman's nose is really sharp. 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 put it in the system, so the refugees tore her clothes apart, but there was nothing.

This was what she exchanged her life for, so 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 lottery. In addition to wooden boards, there were also other snacks.

As for why the officer found a map for Qiao Linxi and gave her steamed buns, it was because Qiao Linxi stuffed a few lollipops into his hand when he tried to hold his hand.

Maybe the official came into the city and saw the lollipop and thought it was sweet, so he was kind-hearted and gave her 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 and just cries when he is hungry.

Qiao Linxi looked at Qiao Linle's little face and felt a little curious about how his mother had given birth to him and raised him to the age of two in such a famine-stricken era.

Babies are different from adults. In addition to breast milk, they also eat porridge or complementary foods.

There was nothing here, but Qiao Linle was still able to survive. It was simply a miracle.

"Be good, Lele, there will be food soon." Qiao Linshan coaxed him, but how could a two-year-old child listen? He just cried.

"If you don't behave, you must eat, eat..."

Qiao Linle cried so hard that her lungs were broken. Qiao Linshan had no choice but to look at Qiao Linxi and say, "Sister Linxi, look..."

In Qiao Linshan's mind, Qiao Linxi must have some food stored, because not only did he feed Qiao Linle water last night, but he also gave him steamed buns this morning.

Although she didn't know why the steamed bun was still warm, she still placed all her hopes on Qiao Linxi.

"I, I don't have any either." Zhao Dongqing, who had been standing behind Qiao Linxi, reached into his arms and was about to take out the half piece of cake he had saved when he saw Qiao Linxi standing 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 reach the next city faster."

As he spoke, Qiao Linxi took the map in his hand and said, "If this point is where we are, then there are two roads to the next city. Come and see which road we should take."