But Lin Chong seeing the huge blisters on his feet would have preferred to wear his old shoes as being more comfortable, but as he could not find them he put on the new straw sandals.
Skipping through the forest, he came face-to-face with a woodcutter busy at work, dressed in a large conical hat made of young bamboo, a cotton-gauze tunic with a silk sash, and straw sandals.
After bathing he put on new rough clothes and straw sandals; wrapped the Imperial edict in yellow silk and fastened it on his back; took a silver bowl with burning incense in his hands.