Chapter 113 Parental Love
Wu Zhang returned to his wife and daughter, and they ran over nervously, "Are you okay? I heard..."
"It's okay." Wu Zhang quickly interrupted his wife and revealed the crab in his clothes. "Look, what is this!"
"Ah, it's a crab!"
The little girl saw the crab and clapped her hands excitedly, "Daddy is so awesome!"
"Of course!" Wu Zhang was naturally very proud when he heard his daughter's words. "If it weren't so cold, Daddy would have caught a few rabbits for you to eat."
"Rabbits are so cute, why should we eat them?" The little girl was puzzled.
"Okay, don't tempt the girl." Wu interrupted them, "We don't have a pot, how can we cook crabs?"
"Light a fire and roast it!"
Wu Zhang finished speaking and looked at his wife and daughter's thin clothes. "I'll go find the yamen runners to change some clothes."
"Will they agree?" Mrs. Wu was a little worried. "Don't let them turn their backs on us after being tricked."
"So, let's eat first and let the girl eat her fill." Wu Zhang was also a little worried. Although he knew Xu Tian's character, other yamen runners might not be as easy to talk to as Xu Tian.
The family of three walked to a place with few people, but not far from the yamen runners, so that others would not rob them.
Wu Zhang strung the crabs together with sticks and roasted them over the fire. He was not idle either.
Since it was impossible to exchange clothes for only a few crabs from the yamen runners, he wanted to do some handicraft.
However, without a knife, he couldn't weave bamboo products, so he got some vines and made a vine chair or a vine bag.
The main thing is to make something practical that others can use, otherwise the yamen runners will not accept it at all.
"Daddy, the crab is red, it's turning red!"
The little girl squatted beside the fire, her little face was roasted red. She stared at the crab with her eyes, and clapped her hands happily when she saw it turn red.
Wu Zhang used vines to weave a small bowl, then made chopsticks. He put the cooked crab in the bowl, crushed the shell and took out the meat inside.
Mrs. Wu was also there, taking all the meat out of the crab and pouring it into the little girl's bowl.
"Dad, Mom, you guys eat too!"
The little girl handed the bowl over and asked her parents to eat too, but Wu Zhang shook the crab shell in his hand.
"Daddy is already eating, you should eat too!"
Mrs. Wu also said, "Mother has some too. Come on, girl, eat it quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
The little girl looked at the crab shell in her parents' hands suspiciously. Seeing this, Wu Zhang grabbed the crab shell and started sucking it.
Seeing her father eating with such relish, the little girl no longer doubted it, but still picked up another piece of meat and handed it over.
"Daddy, the meat is delicious!"
"Dad doesn't like meat, you eat it!"
The little girl handed the meat to her mother again, "Mom, you eat some meat too..."
Mrs. Wu also wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by Wu Zhang, "Eat a bite, it's a filial daughter's wish."
Only then did Mrs. Wu open her mouth and eat the meat which was about the size of rat droppings.
"Are you full?"
Seeing his daughter finished eating, Wu Zhang asked, but the little girl nodded, "I'm full."
“Gurgle gurgle!”
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl's stomach started to growl, obviously she was not full.
"Children can't lie!" Wu Zhang said seriously.
The little girl nodded, but she hugged her father's legs nervously, "Dad, the water is cold. No more crabs. I'm not hungry."
Obviously, the little girl was very smart and understanding. She knew that her father caught crabs from the river and that the weather was so cold that he was afraid that they would freeze to death, so he lied.
Wu Zhang was deeply moved, but smiled and said, "It's okay, Daddy is an adult and is not afraid of the cold."
Although he said this, he still felt very guilty in his heart, so he decided to roast all the crabs. There was not much meat on the remaining crabs, and they would not get much in return if he gave them to the yamen runners.
It would be better to give it to my daughter to nourish her body.
He continued to make rattan chairs and other things, intending to use them for exchange, and he already had another idea.
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I don’t know how long it took, but he had woven a few small baskets and a rattan chair. It was called a rattan chair, but it was actually a small stool.
Then he took these things to find the yamen runner, but unfortunately, Xu Tian was not there and he didn't know where he had gone.
There was no other way, so Wu Zhang had to choose a yamen runner who seemed easier to talk to, and then told him his thoughts.
However, the yamen runner shook his head and refused, "We don't have any extra clothes."
In fact, they didn't have any. There was nothing in the carriage except food.
Moreover, they were not interested in Wu Zhang's things at all.
"Can it be exchanged for some food?" Wu Zhang hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking.
"no."
The yamen runner refused without hesitation, "This thing is worthless, how can it be exchanged for food? It would be better if you bought it with silver."
"I……"
Wu Zhang sighed. If he had money, he would have taken it out long ago. Unfortunately, he was just a servant before and did not have much savings. He had been plundered by Captain Sun and others before, and he did not have much silver on him.
In desperation, he just tried the last method.
In fact, he considered selling these things to other prisoners, but now everyone knows the importance of silver and will not spend money indiscriminately. Besides, after Captain Sun and the bandits looted for a while, no one had much money on them.
Therefore, they would not waste money to buy unnecessary things. Take this rattan chair for example. For those prisoners, it is not necessary at all. If they want to sit, they can just sit on the ground.
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"Miss, someone is looking for Master Chen!"
Chen Xue is using bamboo strips to design a bamboo house. After all, she has collected so many bamboos that she can build a bamboo house.
However, none of them knew how to build a bamboo house, so they discussed and decided to build the simplest one, leaving the roof alone for the time being. After all, it wouldn't rain in the space, and there wouldn't be any scorching sun.
So, they just need to use some bamboo to enclose a few small rooms, so that they have room to rest.
So, Chen Xue began to think about the design of the room. Although she didn't know how to build a bamboo house, she had seen bamboo houses before. Combined with the shape of the room in her previous life, she was sure to come up with a better design.
However, although she had the idea, Lord Chen and others got stuck when they actually put it into practice.
It's like they have the brain but not the hands. They can arrange the bamboos in a row but don't know how to make doors and windows.
They looked back at the sheep pen and found that it was no different from the bamboo house they had built.
So, Chen Xue was feeling depressed, and then when she heard someone looking for her, she became curious.
When I got off the carriage, I saw a man with a few small baskets hanging from his waist and a rattan chair in his hand.
"Who are you……"
The man immediately introduced himself respectfully and explained why he was there. In order to avoid Chen Xue misunderstanding, he quickly explained that he wanted to buy some clothes for his daughter to prevent her from frostbite.
Chen Xue waved her hand, interrupting him and staring at him. "Can you build a bamboo house?"
The man was a little confused, but nodded. "Yes, I used to be a craftsman."
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