A week later, while the second generation Hokage Tobirama was vigorously preparing for the establishment of a new school, new fields and new infrastructure were being cultivated in the periphery of Konoha Village.
On the wasteland, Mu Chuanze, the patriarch of the Muchuan clan, a former local wealthy clan, held a hoe in his hand and was cultivating the fields in a orderly manner.
Mu Chuanze had never done these jobs before, and had barely even seen them.
When he was just escorted to Konoha, Muchuanze thought that the only fate waiting for him would be death and the annihilation of his family.
But Konoha's punishment for him was beyond his expectation. The Fourth Hokage did not take his life. After confiscating the Muchuan clan's property and land, they were sentenced to reform through labor for ten years. If they performed well, It can also reduce time.
Faced with this result, Mu Chuanze, who could not bear the humiliation, was ready to die. In his opinion, letting him do the work of those untouchables was simply an insult greater than death.
That night, Mu Chuanze attempted suicide. He obtained a broken and sharp fragment of a porcelain bowl from his former subordinate.
Putting the shard of the porcelain bowl against his neck, Mu Chuanze stopped the moment his skin was cut.
It wasn't that he was reluctant to give up, but that he found that it was too painful and he couldn't do it at all.
It turns out that death is such a painful thing!
Mu Chuanze, who failed to commit suicide, silently threw the fragment of the porcelain bowl to the ground and buried it in the soil.
Returning to the wooden house arranged for them by Konoha, looking at his wife who was in tears and his son who kept crying, Mu Chuanze made a decision in his heart, he should live first! At least for my wife and son.
After thinking about it, Mu Chuanze no longer passively resisted Konoha's labor reform. He was in his early thirties, and after drinking nutritional medicine, he had good learning ability. It took him two days to initially master the working skills.
Mu Chuanze's wife was sent to Konoha's newly built women's workshop to learn how to weave cloth.
This relatively young aristocratic couple had good academic abilities and were recognized by the Konoha villagers who monitored their work and the re-employed disabled ninja, so they were able to stay in this labor camp.
Compared with some nobles who were passive in their work, unwilling to learn, and gathered in groups to make trouble, their family could be considered a blessing among misfortunes.
At least they were not sent to mining areas with harsher conditions, or became experimental materials for scientific research institutes.
After seven o'clock in the evening, Mu Chuanze, who had completed today's labor task, walked tiredly towards his residence with the coarse grains, steamed buns and pickles distributed by Konoha in his hands.
Walking outside the simple wooden house, Mu Chuanze heard the cry of a child coming from the house before he even got close to the door.
Pushing open the wooden door, Muchuanze saw his angry wife beating her son with a wooden stick.
"Ji Yue, what's wrong?" Mu Chuanze asked as he walked into the house with a frown and closed the wooden door.
Seeing her husband coming back, Ji Yue, who was also born into a noble family, threw away the wooden stick in her hand and tidied up her appearance in a panic.
Walking in front of her husband, Ji Yue said with a bad expression: "Gentleman, he took the food we accumulated in the past few days and exchanged it for two pieces of rice cakes."
Anger bubbled up in his heart, but was quickly doused by the cold water of guilt and shame. With deep apologies, Mu Chuanze looked at his son who was curled up in the corner, lowering his head and crying, and then looked at the tired man in front of him. wife.
Two pieces of rice cake! In the past, if honey was not added, my son would not even take a look at such simple pastries, and would throw them to servants or feed them directly to dogs.
"Yes...I'm sorry for you!" Mu Chuanze was extremely ashamed.
Stepping forward and hugging her husband, Ji Yue held back her tears and said, "As long as we are alive, we will get better and better in the future!"
Patting his wife's back, Mu Chuanze looked into the corner and secretly looked up at his son.
Seeing that his father noticed him, Muchuan Zhengren quickly lowered his head, feeling aggrieved and afraid!
"I don't have much appetite today, just eat these!"
The family's food reserves were all exchanged for rice cakes by his son, and the only food tonight was what Mu Chuanze had in hand.
Hearing his father's words and looking at the food in his hands, Muchuan Masato burst into tears.
"Father, I'm so hungry! I want to eat beef, I want to eat rice, I want to eat sweet fruits...I..."
At the end of the day, Muchuan Masato also knew that his wish would never come true, so he could only continue to cry.
At this moment, Muchuan Masato missed the pastries and fruits he threw out of the carriage. If he could go back to the past, he would definitely eat them all!
"Gentleman, don't be ridiculous! This is no longer the past, we just..."
To stop his wife from saying some unpleasant words, Mu Chuanze supported his tearful wife and walked to the wooden table in the middle of the room to sit down.
Putting the food on the wooden table, Muchuanze looked at his son and said in a calm tone: "Gentleman, sit here, I have something to tell you."
Raising his head and looking at his father in fear, Muchuan Masato did not dare to move.
"Come here, I won't hit you!" Remaining calm and forcing out a smile, Muchuanze waved to his son.
Slowly standing up, Muchuan Masato, who was just eleven years old this year, carefully walked to sit opposite his father.
"Gentleman, as a father, I'm sorry! It's my father's dereliction of duty that has brought you and your mother to where they are today." Looking at his son, Mu Chuanze said sincerely.
Sitting in his seat, Muchuan Masato looked at his father, and then at his mother who was sobbing with her head down. She said nothing and didn't know what to say.
"Time cannot be turned back, and things cannot be undone. Now we can only face the present life. You used to be fun-loving, moody, impulsive, and had no perseverance! I saw all these, and I originally wanted to take you with me. , teach by words and deeds, and gradually change your problems.”
Having said this, Mu Chuanze paused for a moment, sighed, and then continued: "Now, we are precarious, and the income from daily labor can only barely make it to Hukou. Your mother and I will make a little surplus from the rations." The food saved is, firstly, to resist unknown risks, and secondly, to replace some pen and paper in the future, so that you can continue to read and read.
This time you stole the remaining grain and exchanged it for rice cakes. I don’t blame you, but you can’t do it again in the future. Do you remember? "
Nodding quickly, Muchuan Masato said shamefully: "Father, Mother, I won't do it anymore!"
Smiling with relief, Mu Chuanze continued: "Today, the ninja in charge found me, and he..."
Hearing that Konoha's ninja found her husband, Ji Yue quickly raised her head with a worried look on her face.
Giving his wife a reassuring look, Mu Chuanze looked at his son again and continued: "He told me that Konoha will build a cultural school in the first half of next year for civilians to teach them literacy and reading. You are my son , is also a prisoner in a labor camp. According to regulations, when you reach the age of 12, you need to participate in reform through labor.
But Konoha is willing to give us sinners a chance. As long as we work hard and do our jobs honestly, after passing the review, we can change to some easy jobs, such as going to that cultural school as a basic teacher.
The ninja in charge was very satisfied with our family's performance. He reminded me that as long as we can maintain our current performance, he can recommend us to go to school to do things.
Gentleman, you can also work part-time, serving as a teacher in night school literacy classes at night, teaching people to read, and studying at school during the day. "
With a happy face, Ji Yue heard the hope of changing her current life from her husband's words, and she excitedly grabbed her husband's right hand.
"Is this true? Ze!"
"Yes!" He was not 100% sure, but at this time, Mu Chuanze still wanted to give his wife and son hope.
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"Father, I will definitely study hard!" Muchuan Masato doesn't understand big things, but he understands one thing. As long as he behaves well and is educated, there is hope for leaving here. Father and mother will not do this every day. exhausted.
Holding the hands of his wife and son together and holding them tightly, Mu Chuanze looked at his wife and son, smiled and said encouragingly: "Let's work hard together!"
