Tomorrow's Ark, Second International

She no longer wants to go there a second time.

'It's so cold...'

Although holding her own big tail can relieve one or two, she still feels very cold. When she passed by the house, she suddenly heard innocent laughter from inside.

"Heck, Dad, look at that person outside, isn't she very hot now, she wears the same amount of clothes as I do."

Following the sound, Big Tail only saw a young child sitting on her father's lap. She was only wearing short-sleeved shorts in the extremely cold weather, and was holding an unknown food in her hand. Sweating while licking.

"You should eat ice cream when it's hot. Shall I share some ice cream with her?"

If you don't look at the childish attire, the room is full of all kinds of furniture for heating, not to mention the thick fur carpet and soft sofa, and the air conditioner and heating maintain the warmth of the room all the time. temperature.

Big Tail just wanted to lean against the corner next to it so that he could feel a little bit of heat radiating from the room, which would make her feel a little bit better.

Suddenly a hot wind hit, and before Big Tail could feel the hard-won warmth, a cold object suddenly fell on her face.

Looking up, you can still see Na Zhitong digging out the object in his hand with a spoon and pouring it down with curiosity on his face. It seems that the object that just landed on Dawei's face is exactly this object.

That expression is like feeding other species.

'Sweet...but cold...'

She wanted to feel the sweetness more, but the cold touch made her dare not miss it.

Big Tail doesn't know why some people eat such cold food in such a cold day. Doesn't this child know how to be cold?

Instead of staying in this corner where she could feel the slightest warmth, she hurriedly fled, but in a panic, she ran out of the sidewalk and wanted to cross the road to the opposite side.

"Drip!"

The sudden sound made her jump, and when she wanted to see the source of the sound, she suddenly felt a burst of pain, and fell directly to the ground.

"Bastard, don't die!"

A person sitting in the car poked his head out in a hurry, but after seeing the big tail's attire, his whole face changed again, from panic to angry curses.

"You bastard, don't die!"

After all, he didn't care about the big tail that fell on the ground, he just threw down a handful of money and drove away, as if he wasn't worried about any trouble this traffic accident would cause him.

"I..."

She wanted to say something forcefully, but she could only silently pick up the money from the ground.

This time she didn't cry, but the blood ran from her forehead down her cheeks until it dripped to the floor.

After returning to a safe place, she tore a piece of cloth from the corner of her clothes and bandaged the wound on her forehead. The bleeding stopped and she was able to count how much money she had just seen.

There is not much money, only more than 100 yuan in total, and there are a lot of change in it, which makes such a small amount of money look quite thick.

Big Tail already knew what the money represented, she just saw that the delicious food on the street stall was only a few dollars.

Putting aside the grievance just now, at least in this respect, she is still very honest with herself, no matter how the process of getting the money is, as long as she doesn't sell some valuable things, it doesn't matter.

With money in hand, Dawei immediately began to search around. She hasn’t eaten any decent food for a long time, but now she wants to eat everything she sees, but the long-term survival has taught her that she must not eat too much at this time. , will be very uncomfortable.

So she can only choose the one she wants to eat the most.

"Little girl, what would you like to eat?"

Perhaps it was because her eyes were too hot, an old cake seller saw Dawei's desire and took the initiative to talk to her.

She didn't know the characters in this city at all, so she naturally didn't know what kind of food the old man in front of her was selling.

But the taste is definitely not deceiving, the aroma told her that the food must be delicious.

"I want this!"

With money in his hand, his words became tougher, Big Tail ordered twice directly on the small stall carried by the old man, and the old man quickly wrapped the two pieces of cakes in newspaper and handed them over. As soon as she took them, she started Gobbling it up, the old man was so scared that he poured another glass of water.

"There is no charge for this."

Seeing the young girl wanting to pick it up but not daring to pick it up, the old man couldn't help laughing, but the laughter didn't contain the slightest bit of malice. The last time I heard this kind of laughter was already from the workers and grandfathers. it's time.

It was only a few days apart, but Big Tail felt that it seemed a long time ago.

"Is there no clothes to wear?"

Looking at the single clothes on Big Tail, the old man pointed to a street that looked a bit remote.

"There's a second-hand clothing store there, where you can buy some warm clothes, and it's easier to make a living there."

After finishing speaking, the old man left. He also has his own life. It is not so easy for everyone to live in this city.

Although Dawei's current position is full of traffic and people, she always feels that she is out of place with the people here, as if she should not stay here.

She looked at the direction the old man was pointing at. It would lead directly to another block. From the gaps in the alley, the people there were dressed much more shabby than here, but it gave her a sense of intimacy.

That is her world.

Chapter 1375 Seeking a livelihood

Big Tail's choice of clothes is also different from what most people think of girls. She pays more attention to the warmth of clothes than to beauty.

Maybe it's more suitable to dress nicely and make the other party willing to listen to you when begging, but Big Tail thinks it hasn't reached that point yet.

She still has some self-esteem left, and wants to try to live with her own strength.

"Shenghui 116 yuan."

The lady proprietress of the second-hand clothing store waited patiently for Big Tail to pick out two relatively fitting clothes from a pile of clothes before reaching out to her, and this almost made her go bankrupt again.

To be honest, the price is not expensive. After all, the clothes selected by Big Tail are used to keep out the cold. These clothes look old, but all the holes have been repaired with patches. It can be seen that the shopkeeper also paid a lot of money. A lot of effort.

The key is that it fits relatively well, and only fit clothes are more suitable for activities and can keep warm. This price is considered affordable in all second-hand clothing stores.

It's just that no matter how affordable the price is, it still hurts to ask Dawei to hand over the money in one go.

The option of not buying it has never existed from the beginning, otherwise, if you catch a cold and get sick, I am afraid it will be more than this price. If you don’t carry it...

"Thank you for your patronage."

Dawei who walked out of the store looked at the last ten-yuan bill in her hand, and put the last few steel coins in the inner bag. She had to find a way to make some money.

According to what the old cake seller just said, Big Tail set foot on this area that is only one street away from the street just now but it is completely different.

The buildings here are more dilapidated, the streets are narrower, and there is no distinction between sidewalks and roadways, and a large part of this narrow street is occupied by small vendors.

No matter how you look at it, the neighborhood just now is more prosperous, but Big Tail feels that this place is more friendly.

The reason for the kindness is of course not because it is close to her hometown. After all, her hometown is a gathering place established by a group of homeless infected people. Even in a city with hundreds of thousands of people, it is still countless times more prosperous than anywhere else.

The reason why she feels that this place is more intimate is because the people living here are dressed more in line with her now.

Big Tail looked at the military boots he took off from the Ursus soldier. Due to long-term wear and tear, there were several holes where socks could be seen.

Just this pair of shoes, more than [-]% of the people in this block, she even saw many people wearing only slippers, and their feet were already a little red and swollen from the cold tomorrow.

But the kindness in the feeling is kindness. When Dawei started to look for a job that could support her, the ruthlessness of the city was revealed in front of her.

"Excuse me, I heard that there is an apprentice here?"

Big Tail doesn't know what an apprentice is, and even she only knows the word "recruitment", and she only guessed the meaning through comparison.

As for the two "apprentices", she had the cheek to ask passers-by to get the answer.

Of course, she didn't know what this store was for, but she often saw children coming out of it carrying some colored and written paper.

Obviously, this is a print shop.

In fact, apprentices are master’s slaves in a certain sense, not to mention things like not being paid, and they are often beaten. Whether they can learn useful things depends on the master’s conscience, and whether they can have enough to eat also depends on the master’s conscience.

But even in this kind of work, there are some people who dig into it with their heads broken.

"Ah, apprentice, you are a little late, and you have already recruited all."

The person standing at the door of the store seemed to be the owner, and only he had the leisure to wander around during working hours.

If workers and apprentices dare to do this, they will be fined and beaten.

"I just need one bite of food, and nothing else!"

The shopkeeper raised his glasses from his nose, looked at Big Tail with a ridiculous look, and pointed to his shop.

"See those few people inside."

She looked over with her fingertips, only to see a few young people in the shop, one was boiling water, one was taking care of the children, and the other was cooking.

It seems that this shop also serves as a home, which is not uncommon in the city.

"Those people, if they don't do well, I won't even give them a bite of food."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the big tail, walked into the shop with his hands swaying, put his teacup on the table, and called an apprentice who was not as high as the table to step on the stool and fill him with boiling water.

Why not pour it yourself?This is talking about a ostentation, pouring water by yourself, and losing your share!

Not only this one, Big Tail found several other ones later, all of them also said that the apprentices had been fully recruited.

As for a more stable job?Those shops all stated that they need to register their addresses.

But where did Big Tail get his address?

If you can't make money, you don't want to have a stable house, but you can't find a stable job without a house.

Everything seems to be in an endless loop.

The whole day passed quickly, but she never found any suitable jobs at all, and all the jobs were either full or refused to recruit such "unstable" personnel as her.

The only family willing to accept her was a middle-aged woman with heavy make-up, who said she was a good prospect and was willing to give her a chance.

It's just that Big Tail covered his face and ran away immediately after she spoke out about her work. She absolutely didn't want to let herself fall to that point.

Looking up at the moon that was about to be covered by city lights, she just felt extremely hungry after running back and forth all day.

There was food for the night shift not far away, but she touched her last little money and finally gave up the idea of ​​filling her stomach.

She just ate today, if she ate a second meal now, energy would definitely be wasted.

People can be hungry for a long time, and the next meal will be eaten tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Big Tail was planning, and began to look for a place where he could sleep.

The corner of the wall might be good, but as far as she could see, there were already people in the corner that could shelter from the wind and rain. In this city full of homeless people, there was no place for her.

As she searched and moved forward, she was tired and sleepy, but she finally found a good place.