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Chapter 26: Straw Sandals
"I thought I would put out the fire since you wouldn't be able to come for a while." Zhou Yancheng stood up suddenly, rushed to Zhou Shitang, and took the bucket from her hand.

But when he saw the water in the barrel, he was shocked, "Tangtang, you've been here for so long and you only got so little water?"

Zhou Shitang looked over and saw the little bit of water. He was stunned for a moment, squatted down and turned around the barrel, and saw a small hole.

She looked so angry and depressed, "I fetched a big bucket of water, but I don't know when a hole was broken here, and the water flowed out."

She was thinking about things along the way and didn't pay attention to the hole.

When she used to fetch water, the wooden bucket had no holes.

Zhou Yancheng: "Your trip was in vain."

Zhou Shitang walked over and looked at the pots in the kitchen, and saw the dark wood on the ground. He turned around and looked at his father, without hesitation.

"Dad, didn't Mom say you can't waste firewood? It's not yet evening and you've burned a pile of firewood, and the flammable firewood is almost gone. You're done, Mom is going to be angry."

Her filter about her biological father was shattered on the floor and she couldn't even pick it up.

During the exile, it was all up to her mother to support the whole family, otherwise they would not be able to survive.

The father and daughter looked at each other, feeling guilty as they thought of their mother (Mrs.) whose temper had become inexplicably hot.

Zhou Yancheng became anxious and walked over in a few steps. He accidentally stepped on a piece of wood and fell with a bang.

The barrel also fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

Water spilled all over the place.

Zhou Yancheng screamed: "Ouch, my old waist!"

Zhou Shitang didn't expect that his father could fall while walking on flat ground. He was shocked for a moment and said, "Dad, are you okay? Don't let anything happen to you, otherwise we won't be able to survive!"

She wailed heartily and ran over in a hurry, but accidentally stepped on the broken barrel.

Her feet staggered and she fell to the ground.

"boom."

Zhou Shitang landed on her butt, and her hands were scratched. The pain made her eyes sparkle.

Zhou Shiruo ran in when he heard the commotion and saw both of them sitting on the ground. He ran over to pull Zhou Shitang away, not forgetting to say, "What's wrong with you? You can fall over even if you boil water."

Zhou Shitang stood up following Zhou Shiruo's strength, "Dad was too excited, and then I was too excited."

Zhou Shiruo turned to look at Zhou Yancheng and was about to walk over when he saw a few dark spots on the soles of his shoes and frowned, "Dad, what's wrong with the soles of your shoes?"

Zhou Yancheng looked at his shoes and said calmly: "Maybe they were burned a little bit when he stepped on a match. Fortunately, there were no holes, so you can still wear them."

The shoes they were wearing had been worn out after traveling for several months. When they arrived in Lingnan, they saw someone selling straw sandals and tried their best to get a few pairs in exchange.

So they are wearing straw sandals now.

Zhou Shiruo clenched his fists and put on a serious face, "Dad, you better use your brain in the future. Straw shoes burn easily. Can you just step on the fire? What if they burn? It's a trivial matter to burn your shoes, but you will be burned. It’s a big deal.”

Zhou Yancheng also knew that he had a lot to learn, so he nodded, "I will, okay, Ruoruo, don't be angry."

In fact, when he was a child, he lived in the countryside and often helped his family with work. However, when he became prosperous later, he had not done anything himself for 30 to [-] years, so he was a little rusty.

Zhou Shiruo snorted: "You think about how to deal with my mother's anger."

Zhou Yancheng: "..."

Suddenly I felt a little scared.

An idea flashed in Zhou Shitang's mind, "I wonder if Uncle Zeng knows how to make straw sandals. I can let my brothers learn. Once they learn how, they can sell the straw sandals."

However, Uncle Chu had a good relationship with Uncle Zeng and lived close to each other. If he knew about their house, he would definitely tell Uncle Zeng.I don’t know if Uncle Zeng is still willing to teach his brothers crafts after knowing that their family lives here.

Zhou Yancheng shook his head, "This method won't work. In rural areas, almost every household has someone who can knit straw sandals. We can't sell them after we knit them. At most, we can wear them ourselves."

Zhou Shitang was stunned for a moment, but was not discouraged, "Then we can wear it by ourselves, so we don't have to go out and buy it. We can wear as much as we want. There are many benefits after learning the craft."

Zhou Yancheng: "Brother Zeng may be able to make straw sandals, but whether he is willing to teach me or not is hard to say."

Human nature is complex.

Even if you agree to something, you may refuse it because of the danger.

Their house is quite dangerous in the eyes of others.

Zhou Shitang: "You can ask him next time you see him. We all live here and we will always meet him."

When Zhou Shiruo came back, he heard them talk about it and said straightforwardly, "If you want to be taught, let's learn. If you don't want to be taught, we can make it ourselves. The straw sandals look quite simple. We can just take apart a pair and fiddle with them."

Zhou Shitang's eyes fell on Zhou Shiruo, his eyes bright, "Yes, sister, you can embroider. Although there is no cloth and no needle and thread here, we feel that knitting straw shoes is much easier than embroidery, so our shoes depend on you."

They have to go out almost every day, and walking will wear out their shoes. It would be great if someone in the family can knit straw sandals.

Don’t worry if your shoes get wet on a rainy day, just replace them with a new pair.

Zhou Shiruo nodded, "No problem, I'll take care of it."

She turned around and saw the broken wooden barrel in half, frowning, "Our only wooden barrel is broken, how will we fetch water in the future?"

Zhou Shitang felt guilty, "I don't know how to repair wooden barrels. How about asking Su Huaili to help me repair it? We can make a deal with him."

Zhou Yancheng thought it was feasible, "It's too late today, I'll go find him tomorrow."

A wooden bucket is a must, otherwise it will be difficult for them to fetch water and they will not be able to survive without water.

Zhou Shiruo walked over and picked up the basin on the stove, "I'm going to find a way to get some water. Dad, don't light the fire for now. It's a waste of firewood and a waste of water."

She turned and walked out.

Zhou Shitang ran outside to chop wood.

Not long after, Shi Qingxiao and Zhou Shimu came back.

Zhou Shimu was holding some wild vegetables in his hand, which he dug on the roadside. Recently, he went out to communicate with some elderly people every day and got to know several kinds of wild vegetables.

If you see it in the future, you can dig it home.

Although it tastes bad, at least you don’t have to go hungry.

Shi Qingxiao was dressed as a woman, and her temperament looked fresh and capable.

She has worked very hard to control her aura, but the strong aura of being a housewife for more than 20 years cannot be controlled in a short time, and she can still see it a little bit.

She saw her little girl chopping firewood and frowned, "Tangtang, where is your father? He didn't destroy anything at home today, right?"

Not long ago, she asked her husband to wash rice and make porridge, but he couldn't hold it steadily and the brown rice spilled directly on the ground, making it dirty.

Ask him to go chop wood in the mountains and he will fall down.

Set him on fire and he almost burned his face.

She understood.

This husband is considered useless.

(End of this chapter)