But she didn't expect her elder sister to help her, and even a stranger was willing to lend her money.
She rubbed her eyes, feeling touched.
She returned from her elder sister's place, had a normal dinner, and went to sleep, because she often went out in the evening to dig for wild vegetables, so her repeated outings weren't suspected. No one paid any attention to her, and she even got scolded by her mother for eating an extra steamed bun.
Even so, she still ate it. She needed to be full to run.
She had sneaked out in the middle of the night, pretending to go to the bathroom. She went from door to door, slipping flyers under them. She wanted to expose her parents' true nature, so that if they ever had conflicts with her older sister in the future, her sister wouldn't be completely helpless. At the same time, this would also buy her some time, preventing her parents from chasing after her.
