Chapter 13: Straw Hats
The continuous high temperature weather made Mu Chenghu and his party only drive forward step by step with their body instincts, if it weren't for the pain on the soles of their feet, the group might have been unconscious.
At noon, Mu Chenghu arranged for everyone to sit down on the spot to rest for a while, eat some dry food, and replenish some water.
"It would be nice if there was a parasol! No, I don't expect parasols, I just want a hat, even a straw hat. ”
As soon as Mu Yao sat down, she expressed her urgent needs.
"Don't have those unrealistic dreams, what else can there be in this place except for the endless loess?" Liu Xuhao said without hesitation.
"Umbrella, you don't want that idea, but you can still think about that straw hat." Mu Chenghu looked at the withered grass around him and said.
"Dad, you won't tell me that straw hats can be woven from this grass." Mu Yao looked at Mu Chenghu with an incredulous expression.
"I'll ask the people in the village if anyone knows how to weave straw hats." After Mu Chenghu finished speaking, he turned around and asked the people in the village.
As a result, Mu Chenghu walked around and didn't find anyone would.
"You say that there are so many people in Mujia Village, why don't they even have a person who can weave hats." Mu Chenghu said with some deflatment
"Even if there are people who can weave straw hats, this grass obviously can't be used." Faced with the blow of catkins, Mu Chenghu didn't say anything on his face, but he pondered in his heart.
After eating in the evening, Mu Chenghu quietly called Liu Fu and walked outside the camp.
"Why did you sneak me out?" Liu Wu said with a sharp face.
"Didn't I say before that our ancestors left us a shelf of books?" Mu Chenghu said mysteriously.
"A shelf of books has a fart, and it's not something to eat or use." Liu Wu said with some contempt.
"Asu, this shelf of books may still be useful, you look at it for a while, and I'll go in and find out if there are any books on folk skills or something." Mu Chenghu looked around and said.
After Mu Chenghu said this, he came to the bookshelf alone, Mu Chenghu looked at the darkness around the bookshelf and quickly rummaged through it with some fear.
Half an hour later, Mu Chenghu woke up with three books.
"You've found it!" Liu Fu looked at the book in Mu Chenghu's hand and said with some surprise.
"I think I'll be able to flip through this bookshelf from time to time in the future." Mu Chenghu was also pleasantly surprised.
"Okay, let's go back quickly, otherwise they will find out that the two of us are missing in a while, and they should be in a hurry." Liu Wu urged.
"Asu, wait a minute, these three books can't just be taken back." Mu Chenghu looked at the book in his arms and said with some distress.
"How do you take three books that are so thick? Otherwise, you put them back, and Yaoyao and I will cover you up when you go to bed at night, and then take them out. It is impossible for Liu Xujue and Mu Chenghu to quietly bring these three books back.
"Alright! I'll see if I can do it. After Mu Chenghu finished speaking, he fell asleep again.
After a while, Mu Chenghu woke up, looked at the book in Mu Chenghu's arms, and said, "You said that the things left by this ancestor are really peculiar, and they are only allowed to take them out." ”
"Asu, why don't you take one and hide it in your arms, and I'll hide two." Mu Chenghu said and took the two books into his arms.
"Haha, haha, look at yourself like a five-month-old pregnant woman." Liu Wu pointed to Mu Chenghu's stomach and smiled.
"Dad, mother, where are you two? Mu Chenghu and Liu Fu glanced at each other when they heard Mu Yao's voice.
"Yaoyao, we're here." Liu Wu pointed at Mu Yao.
"Dad, mother, you don't sleep all night and come here to feed the mosquitoes!" Mu Yao looked at Mu Chenghu and his wife with ambiguous eyes.
"What's going on in your head? Hurry up and hide this book in your arms. Liu Wu knocked Mu Yao's head and handed the book in his hand to Mu Yao.
Mu Yao looked at the book in her hand and asked curiously, "What's going on?" ”
Liu Wu briefly told Mu Yao what happened.
"Dad, mother, we have to hurry over, grandma, they are looking for you over there, but they will come over in a while." Mu Yao said as she took the book into her arms.
Sure enough, Mu Chenghu's family of three hadn't walked a few steps before they heard Han's voice coming over.
"Grandma, you go back first! I'm pooping here and coming back. Mu Yao saw that the Han family was about to come to him, so he hurriedly squatted down and said.
"Yaoyao, why don't I wait for you here for a while." Han Shi said as he stood not far away.
"Grandma, you hurry back and tell the uncle that you have found my father and mother, so that they don't have to look around anymore." Mu Yao thought about it and said.
"Mother, you hurry back and inform the eldest brother and them, just wait for Yaoyao here." Mu Chenghu looked at Han who had not left and said.
Han looked at Mu Chenghu and his wife, nodded and left.
Mu Chenghu's family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Han family leave.
"Let's go, while they're still looking for you outside, go back and hide the books." Mu Yao thought that almost everyone would come out to find Mu Chenghu and the others, so she hurriedly urged the two to return to the camp.
Thankfully, the trio returned to the camp, and no one noticed that something was wrong with them.
"Scared the hell out of me, Dad, you must be careful next time." Mu Yao said with some fear.
"Be careful?" Mu Chengru entered the tent just as he heard Mu Yao's words and asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that my dad just went out and accidentally fell." Mu Yao lied.
"Third child, are you okay! Do you want to ask the third uncle to come and take a look? Mu Chengru asked worriedly.
"Second brother, I'm fine, don't listen to Yaoyao's nonsense." Mu Chenghu said with a smile.
"It's okay, let's talk to everyone next time I go out, don't let everyone worry." Mu Chengru saw that Mu Chenghu didn't look like he was in trouble, so he didn't continue to ask.
After everyone came back, Mu Chenghu took out the books that had been placed in his luggage before.
"Third child, why did you suddenly look at the book." Mu Chenggui saw Mu Chenghu take out the book and asked, a little curious.
"Big brother, it's not like there's nothing to do at night, I'm just trying to find out if there's a way to make hats." Mu Chenghu replied.
"Third child, even if you find a way, there is no material?" Mu Chenggui looked at Mu Chenghu with some puzzlement.
"Big brother, I just want to try, in case it succeeds, you don't have to rush in the sun." Mu Chenghu said with a serious face.
"I'll help you find it." Mu Chengru picked up a book next to Mu Chenghu and began to look for it.
Seeing this, Mu Chenggui also picked up the last book and found it.
Two hours passed, and the three of them still found nothing, Mu Chenghu stood up, stretched his waist and said, "It's not early today, let's look for it tomorrow!" ”
Mu Chenghu was about to put away his book and go to sleep, when he accidentally bumped into the catkins who came over to change his clothes.
"Asu, you didn't hurt when you bumped into it." Mu Chenghu asked distressedly.
"It's okay, you go to sleep! I'll have to go early tomorrow morning! Liu Wu said as she picked up the book on the ground.
"Hey, there's really a straw hat!" Liu Wu said with some surprise.
"Don't move, let me take a look." Mu Chenghu carefully took the book in Liu Wu's hand.
"Asu, you can really do it! Our brother and I didn't find it for two hours, but when you came, we found it right away. Mu Chenghu said with some excitement.
"Now that you've found it, let's go to sleep! I'll have to go early tomorrow morning! Liu Wu said with some disappointment.
After camping the next night, Mu Chenghu began to find some wider and softer grass from the grass that everyone had cut, and began to try to weave straw hats.
In the next few days, Mu Chenghu took out the pre-selected grass to weave a straw hat whenever he was free. Finally, on the fifth day, Mu Yao had an extra hat on her head.
When everyone saw the hat on Mu Yao's head, they began to ask Mu Chenghu for advice on how to weave a straw hat.
Under Mu Chenghu's generous teaching, the vast majority of people in the village have learned to weave straw hats. With the joint efforts of everyone, Mu Chenghu and his entourage all wore hats and hurried three days after the first hat was produced.