spy cloud

The rear temple.

When he came in again, he smelled that unpleasant odor from Liaoli again, and there were even some older children huddled there in the morning.

It was obviously too cold; so cold that even the children didn't want to go outside.

But the weather still forces me to go out.

However, although the weather is cold, it hasn't reached the point of being covered in snow yet, and some of these children don't even want to go out to find food.

If we don't go out to find food, we might really not be able to get through this winter.

He took a deep breath and went inside.

"Uncle Wang, what brings you here?"

"Hello, Uncle Wang! Hello, Uncle Wang!"

"Uncle Wang, are you here to bring us food again?"

As the children gathered around, his face remained expressionless; he even sighed as he looked at them.

"Children, it's not that I don't want to bring you food, but we don't even have any food right now. What's the point of bringing you food? Are you all gathered here waiting for me to bring you food?"

"It's too cold, and we have no clothes to wear. So, Uncle Wang, could you give us some food and clothes?"

"Yes, Uncle Wang, can you help me with something?"

"I can't help you, I can't help you. Your Uncle Wang only earns a few dozen yuan a month, which isn't enough to feed his whole family. Last time, he brought you a bag of cornmeal because of the lockdown, but he doesn't have any now. So, you'd better figure something out yourselves!"

"Uncle Wang, please, please!"

"It's no use begging me. I don't have anything to eat myself. With three more people in the family now, let alone food, we're all struggling to make ends meet. All three girls are at school and only have two meals of thin porridge a day. Do you think I have anything to eat?"

"But Uncle Wang, please have pity on us, we really can't survive any longer."

"Sigh, it's not that Uncle Wang doesn't want to help you, it's just that Uncle Wang himself can't help you. But, have you seen Xiao Yu and the others?"

"Brother Xiao and the others went out early and are now begging for food outside."

"where?"

"Over there at the East Gate!"

"Okay, I'll go find Xiao Yu and the others. You guys go out and find something to eat too, otherwise if you all stay cooped up in the back temple, you'll just freeze to death when it snows in winter!"

"This, this..."

Seeing that these children had developed a dependency mentality, Zhang Tianhao could only shake his head silently in his heart. With his current abilities, there really wasn't enough food for them to share, and it would be even more difficult to get food.

Even in the puppet army camps outside, there wasn't much food, let alone for the ordinary people in the city.

He felt sorry for these children for a few seconds, then knew that he would have to go find Xiao Yu and the others again.

Soon, they arrived at the East Gate.

Then I saw Xiaoyu and two other children sitting there, next to a pancake stall, occasionally asking passing customers for some.

Occasionally, a customer would toss in a copper coin or two as a tip.

However, even so, they still couldn't get enough to eat or wear.

"Xiaoyu, come here!"

Looking at Xiaoyu and the others, he spoke to Xiaoyu and then walked to the side.

"Uncle Wang, what brings you here?"

"I came to see you. Judging from your condition, I guess this winter will be tough. Now that it's snowing, the days ahead may be even tougher."

Xiao Yu also had a bitter smile on his face and said helplessly, "Uncle Wang, we people are just worthless lives. If we die, we die. After all, a lot of people freeze to death every year, really." "Alright, I'll prepare a house for you beggars outside. Go to No. 13 on the back street. There's a small courtyard there with two rooms and a kitchen. As for the kitchen, you can fix it yourself. The house looks dilapidated, but it's much better than the one at the back temple."

"Here are the keys. Find a few trustworthy young men to stay there; at least they won't freeze to death in the winter."

"I have thirty kilograms of cornmeal in the basement there. That's the most food I can produce right now!"

"Uncle Wang, thank you!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately kowtowed to Zhang Tianhao. After all, he knew that if the weather got any colder, they might really freeze to death, or even if they didn't freeze to death, they would starve to death.

"Get up!"

"From now on, you'll have to rely on yourselves. Uncle Wang will probably leave Changfeng in a while to go to another big city. I doubt he'll be able to come back. Take care of Xiaoyu and the other two girls when you have time, and make sure they're not bullied."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang. I understand. I promise I won't let them be bullied."

"That's good. Go back now!"

"Ok!"

"Also, you should chop your own firewood and go out of town to collect it. I believe you can do that."

"Yes, but the basement is in a good location?"

"The basement is under the bed in the bedroom. You can go in by lifting up the wooden planks, but you have nothing there. It's all empty."

"understood!"

"Alright, here's the key. Take care of yourself. Also, if you want to learn to read, Xiaoyu and the others can teach you."

"Ok!"

Zhang Tianhao never expected that these few people, who were younger than him, would later establish themselves in Changfeng County and make a huge contribution to the development of Changfeng. They even led the way when they occupied the area.

After settling Xiao Yu and the others in, Zhang Tianhao knew it was time for him to head back.

"By the way, Uncle, I heard some news, and I don't know if you want to know?"

'Sure!'

Zhang Tianhao became somewhat interested, since the information that Xiao Yu and the others heard could sometimes be useful.

Zhang Tianhao also sat down and listened to Xiao Yu talk about the things that had been circulating outside these past few days, or things they had heard or seen.

There weren't many things, but they were quite complicated, yet Zhang Tianhao still managed to glean some information from them.

Those are the Japanese. The police and special agents are searching everywhere, mobilizing all their connections, all looking for the missing people.

Unfortunately, it hasn't been found since yesterday.

However, Xiao Yu mentioned that they saw He An, the boss, being taken away by a shoe repairman in the north of the city, and one of his younger brothers who was with him mentioned this.

Shoemaker.

When Zhang Tianhao heard this person's name, he was taken aback, but he quickly realized that the shoemaker was likely a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau. After all, Song Wen was a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and he had only told Song Wen about it.

Where does the shoemaker live?

"Over there on the back street, but his family is quite poor, he's a bachelor."

"Hey, interesting!"

Upon hearing this, he became slightly interested, but not much. Although he was a shoemaker and didn't know his name, he still said to Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, tell your friend about this, but don't tell anyone else, or you'll be in big trouble."

"Hmm!" (End of Chapter)