Jianbao Lingyan

When digging the gloomy wood, Xu Wei asked the two Dalit boys to help dig it out on the grounds that he wanted to find some good-looking tree roots and take them back to make root carvings.

However, although there used to be a large small-leaf red sandalwood forest, there are still only a few that can become gloomy trees.

These two Dalit boys are two brothers, one is nineteen and the other is sixteen. Even if their families are in the Dalits, their families are considered very poor. The reason for receiving this job this time is entirely because of the people in the village. Most of the young people have gone out to work in nearby cities. Among the rest, the two brothers are relatively good at it.

On the first day, the two brothers dug up a lot of tree roots, but none of them met Xu Wei's requirements.

Dalits have been oppressed since birth, and they do what others tell them to do, without any thought of resistance.

Coming out this time is a very good opportunity for the two brothers. After all, it is not always possible to make money by accompanying others up the mountain as bodyguards.

The Dalit surname serves high-ranking people, and sometimes it is considered a good job without being beaten or scolded. As for making money, it is something you can't even think about.

However, the few noble foreign masters I met this time will give each person a daily employment fee of 50 US dollars. Although part of it has to be handed over to the introducer, the money I can get is also very considerable.

Be sure to stay as long as possible, after all, wages are calculated according to the number of days.Therefore, when Xu You asked them to dig the roots, not only did the two of them not feel that it was making things difficult, but they would do it very seriously, hoping that they would not be dismissed by some foreign masters.

At the beginning, Xu You was a little at a loss for the obedience of these Dalits.

Although in dreams, one can often see the servants of ancient rich families, each of them is like livestock, who can be beaten, scolded and sold at will, but that is ancient times.Unexpectedly, in India today, under the enslavement of the caste system, there are still many people who are obediently enslaved.

Xu You felt sorry for them, but this was an internal matter of an ancient country, and he had nothing to do. The only thing he could do was treat them as ordinary hired workers and pay them more.

The other two followed Chen Zhibei and Qu Feng to drill around in the forest, and when they encountered places that felt similar, they would go to have a look.

Mocha and his daughter have already taken the wages and brought the elephant back home, and they have agreed that they will come here to pick up the crowd after seven days.

Although Yuanyuan is reluctant to part with the elephant, playing in the forest with her father and father is obviously more in line with her heart than an elephant.

Saga has been following Chen Zhibei and the others in the forest recently. At the beginning, I felt that the hobbies of these guests were really strange, and they actually liked staying in the forest.

Later, Saga gradually discovered that those people were not just looking at the scenery, but looking for something.

Saga's Chinese proficiency is very high, and within two days he discovered that these people were looking for a treasure.

Out of the dedication of a career guide, Saga had a serious talk with Chen Zhibei and the others.

"Gentlemen, I think you are not here just to enjoy the scenery."

On this day, Saga ordered those Dalits to go out to stand guard and enter Chen Zhibei's tent, and said in a low but very serious voice.

"Yes, brother Saga, you may have also discovered that we are here to find something."

Qu Feng sat in the tent with a cup of coffee in his hand, he didn't seem to care at all about his purpose being seen.

"Since this is the case, first of all I want to say that this forest is not safe. If there are only a few bodyguards outside, it is best for everyone to leave here within three days."

Saga looked worried, "It will be the rainy season soon, and there are only these few people. Even if you find the treasure, you won't be able to transport it away. As soon as you enter the city, you will be killed by the Kshatriyas here. In various ways, take away what belongs to you."

"We're not going into the city." Chen Zhibei suddenly said. Although he didn't speak, Chen Zhibei had been observing Saga. If the other party had other thoughts, then don't blame him for making a move.

"Go directly to Tibet?" Saga asked suspiciously, and then thought of something, and quickly explained: "Gentlemen, I have no intention of inquiring about anything, but we are not enough to dig treasures. If you believe I, then I will come forward and find Gandur, the leader of those Dalits, and let him go back to the village and find more people."

Qu Feng looked at Saga suspiciously, "There are too many people, isn't it inconvenient?"

Saga smiled at this time, "Are you worried that they will inform you? That's why I asked more people to come here. As long as people from every family come here to make money, they will never betray a few masters for the money they get. of."

"What good does it do you? You are a Vaisya, and you don't want to be as insecure as they are."

Saga shook his head, "No, Mr. Qu, you don't know us well. Although Vaisya is the third caste, we are still insecure and exploited. Only Brahmins and Kshatriyas are A real nobleman. Of course, as a Vaishya, it is not impossible to become a Kshatriya, but this requires a large sum of money, which is used to offer sacrifices to the temple. This is an astronomical amount of money, most of them People can't earn it in a few lifetimes."

"Then you mean..."

"I'll be your agent here. I can help you find people, transport things to the national border, and block the news here so that no one else will know about it."

As Saga said, his face began to turn red, and he looked very excited, "As long as I become a Kshatriya and buy the land here, then no one will care what we do here."

"Yes, but let us see your strength." Chen Zhibei agreed after thinking for a while.

After saying this, Saga became even more excited, but he quickly calmed down and began to tell the two of his thoughts.

When the few people were talking, Xu Wei didn't interrupt, but sat quietly aside, because he knew that he couldn't help at all when it came to negotiations, judging human nature, and so on. Don't talk, listen to them.

When several people began to discuss specific issues, Xu You left. Compared with the illusory thing like treasures, Xu You felt that his small-leaf red sandalwood gloomy wood was more reliable.

As soon as Xu Er got out of the tent, he thought about walking to the swamp behind, which was the main place where Xu Er guessed that there was a gloomy tree.

It is a guess, but there are also some historical, geological, biological and other scientific basis.

"Hello, sir." Dalit's leader, that is, Gandur, came over suddenly. Although his English was not very good, at least Xu Wei could understand what he meant.

"Hi, Gandur, what's the matter?"

"Your servant has worked hard all day, I would like to ask you to go over and see if there is anything you need."

At that time, Gandur helped the two brothers who worked for Xu Wei to translate and invite.

When Xu You heard that a new tree root had been found, he quickly walked over.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Xu You saw more than a dozen tree roots neatly piled aside, and the two brothers were standing aside cautiously, waiting for acceptance.

This made Xu You inexplicably feel that if there were no roots of the red sandalwood that he was looking for, these two people might feel guilty and apologize. Naturally, as Indians, they would not do this of.

Fortunately, among these tree roots, there are indeed three roots of red sandalwood, and there are three of them, one of which is very large. Judging from the blurred annual rings on it, as long as the tree is 200 years old.

Xu Wei pointed out the three roots, "These are the three roots I'm looking for, who of you found them?"

The two younger ones were found by the younger brother, and the older one was found by the older brother.The two were very happy when they heard Xu Wei say that there was what he wanted inside.

In the eyes of the two, for $50 a day, they only do these jobs, and there is no quarrel, and the food is also very good. Not only can they eat enough, but they can also eat chocolate that they never dreamed of before. If I can't find the roots that the noble foreign masters want, then I will be too sorry for Xu Wei who gave them food and wages.

Xu Wei took out four 20-dollar bills from his wallet and gave them to the two brothers respectively, "Keep working hard, you'd better dig deeper into the swamp to see if you can find a banknote with a darker color, close to black. roots or trunks."

The two brothers took the money gratefully, then knelt down, kissed Xu Wei's shoes on the basis of Xu Wei's shock, and expressed their gratitude.

To be honest, Xu Wei felt that even if he stayed in India all his life, he would not get used to someone who would just kneel down and kiss his shoes to express his gratitude.

As for the three tree roots, Xu You asked the two brothers to drag them back to the camp, and waited for Chen Zhibei to contact the master and transport the things back to the country.

That night, Saga and Gandhir talked a lot. After that, at dawn the next day, Gandhir left the forest alone with his old luggage on his back. He wanted to go back to the village and gather more people. , come to work.

The progress of Chen Zhibei and Qu Feng, after more than 30 Dalits came, the efficiency increased significantly. In a cave that had been surveyed three or four times, the arduous work began.

I don't know why the cave was hit. A piece of the cave collapsed, right in the middle, leaving very narrow paths on both sides, and it was impossible to get out after entering.

Xu You's attention has always been on that swamp. Ever since he found the three tree roots for the first time, there has been no good news.

Dalits did not come in this time, some men who were farming at home, but also many women, most of them were women in their 50s and [-]s, and there were a few little girls in their teens.

Liu Yuxi brought Yuanyuan and was interested in the forest at first, but as the project progressed, as a romantic little girl living in the city, Liu Yuxi began to miss the steel city outside.

At least, you can drink hand-ground coffee there without sleeping in the open.

But the little girl of literature and art soon found other fun for herself, doing some traditional Indian handicrafts with a few little girls.

These little girls are not always free. They come here to cook. By the way, they can also be accompanied by Liu Yuxi and Yuanyuan, so that the two of them will not be so boring, and there are more people, and it will be safer. , after all, this is the depths of the forest, there are always some wild beasts haunting.

The salary of these little girls is 15 dollars a day. Although it is not much, it can make life easier for their families, and even save a dowry for themselves.

In India, all girls have a dowry, and girls without a dowry have only two ways out, to die, or to become a holy woman of the temple.

Don't think that being a saint is a good thing. The so-called saint is the sex of the monks in the temple.slave.scribe.

After staying in the forest for less than ten days, Chen Zhibei and his party have already spent more than 5000 U.S. dollars and harvested five small-leaved red sandalwood roots and many human bones.

In the past two days, Xu You found two more roots of small-leaved red sandalwood in the swamp, but they were not gloomy wood. According to Xu You's estimation, the gloomy wood should be in a deeper place, and it needs to be dug patiently.

Chen Zhibei and the others cleared out the entrance of the cave, and they could go in, but what they found were only some skeletons.

These skeletons include Japanese and German, all wearing military uniforms, and there is even a lieutenant colonel inside.

Combining the time when the treasure was buried and the social situation at that time, Xu Wei guessed that the treasure inside should have been transported by the Germans from Europe, and was later amputated by the Japanese, but why the treasure was lost later is something that Xu Wei couldn't figure out. Got it.

"I searched and found it, haha, it's really worth it for me to be a savage in the woods these days."

Hearing the sound, Xu Wei ran over quickly, and saw Qu Feng dancing around outside the tent with Liu Yuxi in his arms.

This is, have you found the treasure?