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

Chapter 2 I raise you, of course you call me daddy

"Kid, you finally woke up!"

The woman handed the crushed fruit in her hand to Xiao Yu'er: "There's half left, I'll give it all to you!"

Xiao Yu'er took the golden fruit and choked with sobs and said "Thank you."

This is an orange. She had eaten half of it at the old scholar's place before. It was sour, sweet and delicious.

After Xiao Yu'er finished eating, he looked up and found that it was bright and everyone had left long ago.

"Where is your family? Go find your parents quickly."

The woman stood up to leave. Xiao Yu'er saw that she was carrying a pile of books. It turned out that she was as knowledgeable as the old scholar. No wonder she was so kind. It's just a pity that a person with great luck dies at a young age...

If she can live a long life, with her abilities, she will surely benefit all people in the world.

Xiao Yu'er suddenly thought that since she could help Wang Youjin and his wife who had no offspring, she might also be able to change the life of this sister... no, this scholar!

"elder sister……"

Xiao Yu'er stretched out his dirty little hands and held the woman's sleeve tightly.

"Hmm -" The woman raised her eyebrows, her black eyes were cold and clear, with an unworldly elegance and nobility that made people intimidating.

"Brother...brother, I have no relatives, and my adoptive father and mother don't want me anymore. Are you willing to adopt me? I'm very good, I know how to work, I know how to dig wild vegetables, and I don't eat much!"

The woman stretched out her hand and rubbed Xiao Yu'er's head, her eyes shining with a dark light, meaning something unknown.

Xiao Yu'er looked left and right at the face, and couldn't help but stare nervously at the woman's beautiful lips.

The woman hesitated for a while before nodding: "It doesn't matter, I am alone, and it is fate that I met you."

Xiao Yu'er asked cautiously: "Then what should I call you?"

"I'm a man, of course you call me daddy!" The woman puffed up her chest. She didn't know what was used on her face. Except for her redder mouth, her facial features looked like those of a man.

"Dad! My name is Xiao Yu'er."

The woman smiled: "The name is quite cute, let's take it as a nickname."

She took out half a steamed bun from her luggage and said, "Let's put it down first, then——"

The woman touched her chin and said: "The golden shuttles are covered with thousands of wisps of red, and the mandarin ducks are just beginning to form."

"From now on, you can call me Jin Chu. I am your father."

Xiao Yu'er stretched out her little hand, took the wotou, swallowed her saliva, and said obediently: "Thank you, daddy!"

Dad said her surname was Chu and her given name was Li, and she was a scholar.

These words made Xiao Yuer... No!Chu Jinchumao suddenly realized that if she had pretended to be a boy, someone might have adopted her long ago, but it would be nice to meet her father.

Dad went south this time to join her uncle who was doing dock business in Jinzhou.

Jinchu looked at the luck above his father's head and pointed to the west: "Daddy, if you go west, your future is boundless!"

"Xiangxi?" The woman chuckled and shook her head.

“If I go south, it’s to survive, if I go west, it’s for ambition.”

Jinchu ate something, a hint of blush appeared on his face, and his big eyes blinked: "What is ambition?"

The woman raised her eyes and looked into the distance, looking towards the west, and said a lot to Jinchu.

When she turned around, she saw Jinchu's confused face and couldn't help but sigh: "Jinchu is still young, so of course he doesn't understand."

"Ah."

Jinchu nodded without shame. In fact, old scholars often said such things and sighed after saying them. She really didn't want to understand.Jinchu tugged on Chu Li's sleeve: "Dad is knowledgeable. In the future, he will teach his daughter to read and write, so that she can understand what her father said!"

The woman picked off a piece of dead grass from Jin Chu's hair, "There are many noble people in the west, but there are no relatives there, so it is difficult to establish a foothold. The south is rich and has many common people, which is more conducive to our survival."

Dad still wants to join her uncle.

Jinchu frowned. She felt that the black energy on the woman's head must have something to do with her decision.

"Many people have the same idea as dad, so there are many people fleeing to the east and south. But dad is a scholar and talented, so why not go all the way west to the most prosperous Kyoto to realize your ideal!"

The surroundings were eerily quiet. Jin Chu looked up at Chu Li cautiously. She seemed to have said something she shouldn't have said.

Chu Li turned her head and dug her ears, then leaned down and glared at Jinchu: "What did you say? Say it again!"

"Dad, to tell you the truth, I studied with the old scholar in the village for a few days, and I often listened to him talk..."

Perhaps because he was too weak or because he had eaten steamed buns that he had not eaten for a long time, Jin Chu began to sweat on his forehead.

The woman was silent for a while and finally nodded, "Okay, then just listen to my daughter!"

The two eventually changed routes.

Chu Li held Jin Chu's little hand on the way, fearing that she would get lost.

"Jinchu, originally I was conflicted and unwilling to accept it."

"Huh?" Jin Chu tilted his head.

The corners of Chu Li's mouth rose, and the sallow face with still delicate features came to life, "It was Jin Chu's words that made me make up my mind."

"Don't worry, dad. Jin Chu has a hunch that dad will be able to realize his ideals and ambitions during this trip to the west!"

Chu Li smiled and said: "We, father and daughter, have to beg to survive in Kyoto. What should I do if I can't help myself?"

"You have Jinchu! I begged along the way to feed my father!" Jinchu patted his chest.

"Okay! Jinchu, you are really Daddy's good daughter!"

After a day's journey, Daddy gave Jin Chu another half of the steamed bun in the evening, half to Jin Chu and half to her.

"Dad, please eat, Jinchu is not hungry." Jinchu returned the half of the steamed bun to Chu Li.

"How come you're not hungry? You haven't eaten anything all day."

Jinchu patted his belly: "Jinchu is young and has a small belly. He is not as hungry as adults."

Chu Li flicked Jin Chu's forehead and said in a serious tone: "Who is talking nonsense to you? You are small and you need to grow taller, so you will get hungry more easily!"

Pushing back the steamed bun in Jinchu's hand, he urged: "Eat, there is still water to drink if you are thirsty."

After three years of severe drought, water has become particularly precious. What's more, Jinchu was a fish in his previous life and was particularly prone to thirst. After eating steamed buns, he became even thirstier.

Chu Li took off the kettle from her waist: "Open your mouth, daddy will feed you."

Jin Chu knew that this father was a woman, and women were all a little bit mysophobic. For example, the Queen Mother was naughty because she slipped out to play with the jade rabbit raised by Fairy Chang'e and got rolled all over in mud, so she was brought down to earth.

"Ah..." Jinchu obediently raised his little face and opened his mouth, and water slowly flowed into Jinchu's mouth.

"Okay, leave some for me." Dad put away the kettle.

The sun was about to set and the sky was bright red. Everyone was getting ready to take a rest. Dad followed everyone to find hay to make a bed.

Jinchu looked at the kettle placed with the book, picked it up and shook it...

There is no water in the kettle!
Jinchu rubbed his eyes lightly, and they felt like sand had entered them. The more he rubbed them, the more sore he became, and he felt like crying more and more...

The late autumn nights were getting colder day by day, and there were so many people fleeing the famine along the way that there was not enough hay. Jin Chu pursed her lips and looked at the dark mountains, hoping that she could bring good luck to her father!
(End of this chapter)