Bianshanhan [farming]

After drinking a few pumpkin soups, Li Qingwen asked Cui Yuan what kind of things they grow here. He had never heard the name Cui Yuan said, but it was normal if he hadn't heard it. After all, the languages ​​are different and the names are different.

From Cui Yuan's description, Li Qingwen guessed that there are layers of cabbage wrapped in vegetable skins, and the orange radishes growing in the ground should be carrots, and the ones that will make tears cry may be onions, and the ones that are only given to serfs and Pumpkins eaten by slaves.

Li Qingwen thought, if he can escape from here, he must change some seeds, especially pumpkin, not only the weight of the melon is heavy, but also the taste is good, which is not available in Daliang, and his mother and sister-in-law will definitely like it when they take it back...

Since Lin Xiuyun left, Li Qingwen felt uneasy during the day and night. It was late at night, and everyone fell asleep. When he was adding firewood, he suddenly heard a muffled sound. care.

After a while, Li Qingwen was hit on the head. It should be a small stone and it didn't hurt.

These days, he doesn't work, and he still has food to eat. People other than Cui Yuan and the old man have long disliked Li Qingwen. People often sprinkle water on his clothes on purpose, and throw stones while he is not paying attention. .

They didn't dare to go too far, fearing that Li Qingwen would sue Lin Xiuyun and Jacques, and they would suffer flesh and blood.

Li Qingwen had been thinking about what Lin Xiuyun said, but didn't pay attention to it.

After being beaten, I looked around and found that everyone was lying down. I didn't see which hand was owed. Just as Li Qingwen lay down, he was hit on the head again.

Although the stone is still not big this time, it hurts a lot, and a lump will definitely bulge up after a while.

He was really angry this time, and sat up, "Who threw the stone?!"

No one responded to him, everyone fell asleep on the ground twisted, hands, feet, and the stench from their bodies, and the fire cast Li Qingwen's shadow on the stone wall, like an angry little boy beast.

Li Qingwen stood up, made up his mind to get him out, and also threw a stone at his head to let him know what pain is.

He was thinking well, but before the person was found, he was hit again, this time the tip of the stone hit the top of his head, and Li Qingwen couldn't help crying out in pain, his hands and feet were cold, and his eyes widened.

He has already realized that no one is making trouble for him, the stone fell from the top! !

Glancing at the dark cave roof, Li Qingwen was terrified, he quickly reminded Cui Yuan with his foot, and at the same time shouted loudly: "The mine is about to collapse, run!"

Cui Yuan just opened his eyes, and when he heard Li Qingwen's words, he immediately yelled in common sentences.

Working every day, everyone was almost exhausted, and they all slept as if they were dead, but when they heard Cui Yuan's words, most of them woke up with a start, got up in a panic, and ran around like headless chickens.

Since mining in the mountains, what everyone fears the most is not tiredness, but collapse, especially those who have seen their companions being crushed to death by falling stones. Collapse is simply a nightmare that has been lingering in their minds, even when they are asleep. There is no peace for a moment.

Cui Yuan grabbed Li Qingwen with one hand and Old Man Jin with the other, and ran to the wooden gate in one breath, calling for help outside.

The guards outside didn't know whether they were dead asleep or not there, and they didn't respond for a long time.

Li Qingwen's heart was pounding, and he wished he could get out of the gap in the wooden door, for fear that if he was too late, he would be buried alive in the ground by the collapsed ore.

At this time, someone suddenly yelled, but Li Qingwen didn't understand it.

With this voice, the panicked crowd fell silent, and their eyes looked into the mine. Everything was the same as usual, and nothing unusual was seen.

The cave didn't collapse.

I don't know if someone had a nightmare or fell asleep, everyone looked at Cui Yuan.

This time, needless to say, Li Qingwen also knew what they wanted to ask, and immediately said to Cui Yuan: "Just now a stone fell and hit my head. There are three pieces!"

Cui Yuan told other people what he said, but not only were they not grateful, but they were very angry when they saw Li Qingwen, because the others didn't notice that Shi Thiou had fallen.

They felt that Li Qingwen was retaliating for their teasing and deliberately lying when everyone was asleep. After all, he was sleeping all day long, and they only had a short time to rest at night.

Someone came up and threw his fist at Li Qingwen, cursing.

Cui Yuan stopped the people who wanted to hit Li Qingwen, and explained a lot to them. Li Qingwen grabbed his hand and put it on his head. He touched the blood from the stone tip just now, and knew that Li Qingwen was not lying.

Even if they are all slaves, every mine has a head. Cui Yuan is young, powerful, and knows several languages. He will also ask the lord's people for enough food and medicine, so everyone is willing to listen to him. .

With him in the way, Li Qingwen was saved from being punched and kicked, but a lot of saliva was spat on his body, which stinks like falling into a cesspit.

Cui Yuan told Li Qingwen that occasionally some rocks would fall down, and the mine is not so easy to collapse.

Everyone lay back to sleep. Before they left, they asked Cui Yuan to tell Li Qingwen that if they deceived them like this again, they would definitely break Li Qingwen's leg.

Hearing the snoring sound again in the cave, Li Qingwen still couldn't calm down. He didn't think it was normal for stones to fall, but he didn't have enough evidence to show what would happen in the cave, so he could only hold back his breath.

The wooden door is at the entrance of the mine, it's close to the outside, it's very cold, Li Qingwen tried to call people outside, but was stopped by Cui Yuan.

"If they are awakened, they will definitely not show mercy, and you will be whipped half to death." Cui Yuan said.

Since Li Qingwen came to this mine, Cui Yuan has been inquiring about the outside world with him. The two of them talked more and more, and Cui Yuan's conversation became smoother.

Knowing that Li Qingwen was seriously injured, Cui Yuan was afraid that other people would touch him later and beat him, so he dragged the dirty luggage that could not be seen clearly.

Li Qingwen's nerves were tense right now, he couldn't close his eyes, so he fixed his eyes on the iron lock on the wooden door.

Although there were several turns of iron chains around the wooden door, the lock was the simplest type. Li Qingwen tilted his head to look inside the lock cylinder, took out a brass key from his pocket, stuffed it in, and moved it a few times. The lock opened.

What Li Qingwen thought was that if the mine cave really collapsed, he would rush out immediately. This door was the biggest obstacle. Now that he solved the obstacle in advance, his escape would be smooth.

Cui Yuan didn't see his movements clearly. It wasn't until Li Qingwen rattled the chain, opened the wooden door, went out and brought in a black bread, that he suddenly realized that the lock, the lock had been opened!

"You, you, you..." Cui Yuan got up from the bedroll with a look of surprise.

Li Qingwen toasted the black bread on the fire and said, "I'm hungry."

Cui Yuan leaned over, with surprise in his lowered voice, "You can actually pick the lock!"

Li Qingwen sighed. At the beginning, he was forced to put ducks on the shelves by his little brother, so he didn't expect it to be useful in this life.

"You don't want to run away?" Cui Yuan asked as Li Qingwen was concentrating on baking bread.

Li Qingwen wanted to escape even in his dreams, but he is not in good health now, he can't run two steps, it's freezing and snowy outside, without carrying him around, he can't walk even with a stick of incense, I'm afraid he will lose his life if he goes out.

After asking, Cui Yuan also felt that he had said something nonsense, and sighed: "Even if you don't run, you will definitely not be trapped here like us."

"Why?" Li Qingwen broke more than half of the baked bread and gave it to Cui Yuan.

Cui Yuan was not afraid of being scalded, so he ate it after three or two bites. Li Qingwen had no choice but to break off half of the food and gave it to him.

Cui Yuan took it with a smile, and ate again. He didn't have anyone to deliver the food, and he couldn't get enough to eat every day, so he was not polite to Li Qingwen.

"Your eyes are different from everyone else here." After eating most of the bread, Cui Yuan said, "The eyes are always bright. You believe in your heart that you won't be here forever."

Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment. After understanding Cui Yuan's words, he couldn't help being a little surprised. He ran away and Jiang Cong came to save him. He was more willing to believe the latter...

It turned out that in the bottom of his heart, he had always firmly believed that Jiang Cong would come back to find him.

"Your brother." Cui Yuan turned to look at Li Qingwen, "When you were dreaming, you kept calling me brother. You brothers really have a good relationship. My brother disliked me very much. He didn't like to play with me when he was young... "

Li Qingwen comforted him, "The brother I called is not my real brother..."

Speaking of his elder brother, Cui Yuan also mentioned his father, the reason why he could speak Daliang dialect was because his father was from Daliang, but he died when he was young, his mother was gone, and he only had his elder brother as a relative.

Li Qingwen asked: "Will you look for your brother after you escape?"

Cui Yuan looked at him and didn't speak for a long time. The person in front of him who could be blown down by a gust of wind was really different. His eyes were sincere, as if everything he said could come true.

"I don't know, let's talk about it after you can escape first." Cui Yuan sighed, "If there is such a day."

After waiting for so long, there was no movement in the cave. Li Qingwen thought that he might be too nervous. Maybe the stone on the top of the cave has been weathered, and it's not a big deal if two pieces fall off.

Just when he was about to sleep, there was a sudden scream from inside, and at the same time, soil fell down from the top of the cave entrance.

Li Qingwen immediately opened the big wooden door, and Cui Yuan sensed something was wrong at the same time, and shouted inside, reminding everyone to run outside.

When Li Qingwen and Cui Yuan stepped out of the wooden door, Old Man Jin was the third one to come out.

When Li Qingwen ran out, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the ground even trembled slightly. It seemed that what he had been worrying about had really happened!

Running outside in one breath, Li Qingwen held onto Cui Yuan's hand tightly, "You, you take me to another mine!"