On the way to escape, I found a big boss’s mother

Chapter 3 Rich Hibiscus Flower

The autumn night was bitingly cold. There were so many people fleeing the famine along the way that there was simply not enough hay.

The father is a woman and is weaker than the men. She failed to grab the hay and finally came back dejected.

"Dad, make this spread thin enough for us to lie down on." Jinchu pushed the hay beside him.

Chu Li looked at Jinchu and smiled and said, "Jinchu is still smart and always carries grass on his back."

Jin Chu quickly spread the hay, just enough for the two of them to lie down. Chu Li stacked her precious books together to block the wind on one side of Jin Chu while she lay down on the other side.

"Dad, I still feel cold." Jinchu shrank his shoulders.

"Jinchu is a child and can't bear the cold." Chu Li took off her coat, took out an old piece of clothing, and covered Jinchu with it.

"Dad, let's stay together and keep each other warm."

In fact, Jinchu's sense of smell is more sensitive than ordinary people, and the faint cold fragrance lingers in his nose, which is very similar to the smell of sister Chang'e.

Chu Li shook her head: "Jinchu, you must remember that men and women cannot be intimate."

"Oh." Jinchu scratched his head in confusion, his father was obviously a woman.

Jinchu didn't expose the fact that the kettle was out of water. The next day, Jinchu told his father to leave early and lick frost flowers along the way to quench his thirst.

The morning light was faint and slightly chilly, and the thin sunlight shone on her father's eyebrows, like crushed clouds. Chu Li said that she could not behave like this and would not let Jin Chu do it.

"No matter how young Jinchu is, she is still a daughter. She should pay attention to her speech and behavior."

"But daddy, we haven't left the north yet, we have no food, and we are still short of water. If we continue like this, we will die of hunger or thirst."

"Jinchu, don't panic." Chu Li touched Jinchu's little head.

Jinchu's eyes lit up when she saw her father holding a kettle and collecting green frost along the way. Why didn't she think of this trick?Then I remembered that she was so poor that she didn't even have a kettle.

Jinchu licked his dry lips, "Daddy, I'm thirsty."

Chu Li glanced at Jinchu and said, "You can't drink it."

Jinchu took the kettle, shook it, and asked puzzledly: "Dad, there's a lot of water."

"Wait a second."

Chu Li continued to collect Qingshuang along the way. The two of them headed west, and the accompanying people kept staggering. The flow of people gradually decreased. When the sun came out completely, the Qingshuang dispersed, and Chu Li also collected half a pot of frost water.

Jinchu licked his dry lips and looked at her with crooked eyebrows: "Daddy, can you drink it?"

Chu Li still shook her head, "There's no rush."

Jin Chu held back her mouth. She was a fish in her previous life and couldn't resist thirst. Now she was so thirsty that her throat was smoking!
"But, daddy, I'm thirsty..."

"You can't drink even if you're thirsty!"

Jinchu's eyes were red. She still thought her father was a good person. How could this cruel female father not even give her saliva?
Black-hearted, liar to children, fake father...

Just when Jinchu was complaining in his heart, Chu Li walked towards a tree, took the small pot from his back, skillfully set up a simple stove, folded off the dry and yellow leaves, dipped them in a little water, and wiped them Wipe the inside of the pot.

Then he picked up dead branches and poured all the collected green frost into the pot.

"Daddy, please boil the water?" Jinchu walked to her and squatted down.

"Well, when the frost melts and looks clear, there are actually a lot of impurities in it. Jinchu is a child. He cannot eat or drink well in these famine years and is weak, so he should be more careful."

"Is that why daddy never lets me drink water?"

Chu Li smiled slightly, "Can Jinchu know how to light a fire?"

"meeting!"

This is what Jinchu was used to doing at Wang Youjin's house. Not only did she light the fire, she also washed, cooked and took care of the children. She knew many things.

"Then add firewood to the fire and call daddy after the water boils."

Chu Li stood up and walked a few feet away and began to collect thin and long hay. Jin Chu thought that his father was afraid of being cold at night, so he picked and picked. Finally, he came over with the hay, sat aside and picked out the more resilient hay. I pounded the stone lightly for a while and started to make up.Jinchu watched her fingers flying up and down. They were indescribably flexible and beautiful, but the weaving didn't look like straw rope. He couldn't help but curious and leaned over: "Dad, what are you weaving?"

Chu Li glanced at Jinchu and said, "Knit a pair of beautiful straw sandals for Jinchu who has exposed toes."

"Really?" Jin Chu shrank his little feet. The shoes were already in disrepair.

After the water boiled, Chu Li said to let it dry, "Jin Chu will drink it after it stops burning his mouth. He can drink as much as he wants."

"Well, Daddy and I will drink together!"

"Okay." Chu Li's eyebrows became vivid again.

Jinchu held his chin in his small hands and watched her knitting straw sandals for herself.

The straw sandals were quickly knitted, and Chu Li knitted a delicate and beautiful flower on both sides of the shoes.

"Daddy, what kind of flower is this?"

"The hibiscus flower of wealth."

"Oh."

Jinchu put on his shoes and played with the flowers. He thought they looked really good. "Does daddy make other flowers?"

"meeting."

"When Jinchu wears out these shoes, daddy will make other flowers for Jinchu."

"Do not."

"Why?" Jinchu pursed his lips in disappointment.

"Daddy hopes that Jinchu will be like a hibiscus flower and live a prosperous life."

Jinchu grinned happily. It seemed that her father really treated her well.

The two of them drank water, ate half a steamed bun each, and continued on their way.

"Dad, how come you know how to knit straw sandals?"

"I don't just know how to knit straw sandals?" Chu Li brushed her hair behind her ears and said with a smile, "I know a lot more."

Jinchu's eyes were filled with admiration: "Daddy is so awesome! Who did you learn from?"

"Follow the book."

"Book?"

Chu Li took Jin Chu's little hand and smiled brightly: "A rich family doesn't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book. There is no need to build a high hall to live in peace, there is a house of gold in the book. Don't hate that no one will follow you when you go out. There are thousands of millet in the book. Horses are as numerous as clusters. When marrying a wife, don’t hate an unscrupulous matchmaker. There is beauty in the book like jade.”

"Jin Chu will study hard in the future and he will be able to learn many things like his father."

"What is Yan Ruyu?"

Jinchu scratched his head in confusion, hey, he just suffered the loss of not studying well. If he had known this, he would have stopped dozing off when the old scholar was teaching her.

The next morning, Jinchu hung the kettle around his neck and collected Qingshuang along the way, while Chu Li collected it with the small pot.

Finally, boil the frost water, fill a pot, and drink up the rest. They will not be thirsty in a short time.

In order to stay away from the crowd and get more food, Chu Li often took Jin Chu on less traveled paths.

"Jinchu, you are my lucky star." Chu Li picked two shriveled fruits from the tree and handed one to Jinchu.

Jinchu raised his eyes and looked at her: "Dad, you are also Jinchu's lucky star."

Chu Li patted Jin Chu's little head and handed her the last piece of steamed bun, "Eat it, if you keep at it, we will be able to leave the north soon."

Jinchu pinched the steamed bun and took a small bite. When Chu Li didn't see it, he hid the steamed bun in his pocket and patted it with his little hand.

(End of this chapter)