The strong man walked towards Huai'an and them with vigorous steps, his eyes swept fiercely towards everyone, and everyone was overwhelmed by the momentum of the strong man. Wherever the strong man's eyes went, the captives lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him. When he looked at Huai'an, Huai'an didn't bow his head to dodge, his eyes went straight to the edge, and Huai'an's eyes were full of hatred.

The strong man stepped forward slowly, he was a few heads taller than Huai'an, the strong man approached Huai'an, and pressed Huai'an with his eyes and height, wanting to make the teenage child bow his head timidly. Huai'an raised his head, his eyes not dodging.

"Smack"

With a whip sound, there was an extra blood mark on Huai'an's face, and blood flowed out.

"Miscellaneous, don't look up into my eyes," the strong man said angrily.

Huai'an's head was pressed down by several soldiers.

The strong man turned around and said as he walked, "I'm the boss here, Qiu Shi." Here you must be obedient, absolutely obedient. It is not allowed to be lazy and miss work, it is not allowed to discuss in private, and it is not allowed to contradict superiors. I don't like to talk nonsense, there are people who disobey orders, die. There are gangsters, die. There are private escapees, dead. Qiu Shi looked around at everyone with wolf-like eyes, and then said,

"Your thoughts are my thoughts, and my thoughts are to keep you without ideas. You are the most despicable slave here, your status is not as good as that of cattle, don't let me seize the opportunity, my greatest hobby as a person is - killing!" said Qiu Shi with a sinister smile, the scimitar in his waist dazzling.

The captives felt a chill on their backs, and they were terrified of this strong man who was full of murderous aura!

All the captives were divided into small squads and dispersed into existing formations. Each person had no name, and all of them were numbered. The scattered captives were in the new squad, numbered in order. When a person escapes, the owner of the first five numbers and the last five numbers of the number will be put to death. This was a strict system of joint sitting, so that the captives had no chance to supervise each other.

Huai'an was assigned to the third team, No. 27, also known as No. 27, the untouchables, as every captive here called.

The captain of the third team took Huai'an to receive the tools for work and climbed up the mountain.

Each squad is required to hand over a certain amount of ore each day, and those who do not complete their tasks are not allowed to leave the mine, are not allowed to eat, and are each subject to twenty lashes.

The captain assigned a task to Huai'an, and did not take special care of Huai'an because he was a child. Huai'an was silent every day, bowing his head and chiseling hard stones with a pickaxe again and again. Huai'an is like a tireless machine, again and again. Sometimes the memories of the past are too clear, and when A-Niang's smile appears in front of her, Huai'an's hands seem to be uncontrollable, frantically waving the pickaxe in her hands, as if the stone is the head of those soldiers, only to see sparks splashing on the stone, Huai'an's hands are bleeding. caused the people around to stop what they were doing and look at Huai'an.

Days after days went by, with only one thing to mine every day, and from time to time they had to face ridicule, verbal abuse, and whipping from the soldiers.

Huai'an still didn't say a word, and everyone thought he was a mute.

It was another depressing day, and Huai'an, like every day in the past, lowered his head and chiseled this solid stone. Not far away, a little old man, with his hands behind his back and a pipe in his hand, looked around. When his gaze swept to Huai'an, a dumb boy, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The old man with the pipe pushed a few carts from the side and put them beside Huai'an and said, "Boy, fill these carts too, and I'll come over to check in a while!" After that, the old man with a pipe lay on the side, crossed his legs, held the pipe in one hand, slowly took out the cigarette with the other, took out the tinder, lit it, swallowed, took a few puffs with satisfaction, squinted his eyes and began to take a nap. Huai'an still didn't say a word, silently chiseling.

In the evening, the old man of the pipe woke up to see that the three carts beside him were already filled with pearl flint. Squinting and laughing, he said, "It's really a fool."

Every day after that, the old man with the pipe would push the cart to Huai'an's side and order Huai'an to fill the cart, but Huai'an didn't say a word. Sometimes the old man with the pipe puts down the cart and the person goes nowhere, and sometimes the old man with the pipe will take a nap on the side before leaving. But every time I came back, the few carts that were placed there would be filled with beads and flints.

Day after day, half a year passed, and on this day, the old man of the pipe pushed the cart to Huai'an's side as usual and said, "Fill these carts." After saying that, he turned around and lay down on the side, the old man with a pipe picked up the pipe and smoked a few puffs, bored and looked at this stupid boy who was fooled by himself for half a year without saying a word, and the beads of sweat the size of beans fell from Huai'an's face one after another, the more the old man with a pipe looked at it, the more he felt that this kid was fun, and suddenly became interested, and asked,

"Boy, where are you?"

"Prairie" Huai'an wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve and simply spit out two words.

"Hehe, Mao boy on the grassland, what about your family?"

Huai'an chiseled the stone and was silent, but the sound of the stone chiseling became louder and louder.

The old man with the pipe seemed to understand something, and immediately changed the subject and asked,

"Boy, every time I order you to fill your cart, do you think of me as someone to oversee you?"

"No," Wyan said.

Hearing Huai'an's answer, the old man with a pipe sat up straight in surprise and continued to ask, "Then why are you so obedient every day and fill the cart?"

"Because you're an old man, I know you can't chisel. Huai'an wiped the sweat from his face and said.

The old man with the pipe was slightly shocked in his heart, "This kid is not a fool, he only filled the minecart with sympathy for my old man, it seems that my old man has been confused in the past six months, this kid is not simple!"

The old man with the pipe suddenly laughed, as if to hide his embarrassment, "Hahahaha, boy, it turns out that you are not a fool!"

Huai'an lowered his head and continued to chisel.

"What's your name?"

"Huai'an"

"Good name, you can be my godson in the future, old man, I always wanted to have a child!"

Huai An continued the movements in his hand and did not speak.

The old man with a pipe looked at Huai'an's appearance, stood up, walked to Huai'an's side, and whispered in Huai'an's ear

"Old man, I can teach you 'abilities' and help you do what you have in mind. The old man's eyes seemed to be able to see through Huai'an's thoughts, and he looked at Huai'an with a smile.

Hearing the words of the old man with a pipe, Huai'an was shocked, and the whole person seemed to be still. Suddenly, he asked, "Do you really know how to do it?"

"Shhhhh

In this continent, having an ability is like having a good jade, and ordinary people have an ability, which is more likely to bring disaster. "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. ”

Huai'an knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Ask Mr. for guidance, so that I can avenge A-Niang." ”

As he spoke, Huai'an kowtowed to the ground fiercely, smashing it with a muffled sound, and the skin on the top of his head was broken in a few strokes, and it began to reddened and bleed. Huai'an's face was full of tears.

The old man of the pipe looked at the scene in front of him, and a piece of his heart seemed to be touched, and a stream of heat gushed out. I thought to myself, "It turns out that I want to avenge my mother, I haven't seen such a person who values love and righteousness for many years." I must take this child as my adopted son. ”

"Hurry up kid, old man, I haven't been able to have a child for so many years, but it's a pity that I've never been able to find a good inheritor after all my life's learning. Today's acquaintance is also fate, I see that you have love and righteousness in your heart, and you have wolf spirit. If you do not dislike it, I will be your father-in-law and you will be my son. The old man with the pipe hurriedly helped Huai'an and said.

Hearing this, Huai'an seemed to see hope, and the old man holding the pipe couldn't cry.

Early the next morning, when he arrived in the mine, the old man with the pipe asked Huai'an to quickly fill up today's task. Hearing the words of the old man with a pipe, Huai'an was extremely energetic, even if the bleeding on the chisel's hand did not stop, he did not stop for a moment. The old man of the pipe also chiseled, and after a while, the old man of the pipe had already chiseled three cars, and Huai'an had not yet chiseled one car. Huai An looked at the old man with a look of disbelief in surprise.

The old man sat aside, lit his pipe, and said with a smile, "Boy, it's all fur. ”

After a morning of non-stop excavation, Huai'an finally completed the day's task ahead of schedule. At this time, the old man with a pipe took out a piece of bread and handed it to Huai'an and said, "The little dry food at noon is definitely not full, eat more, it is the time to grow your body, and you have the strength to train when you are full." Huai'an swallowed the cake and immediately said, "Father-in-law, I am full and have the strength to train." ”

The old man of the pipe laughed, turned around and led Huai'an to the depths of the mine............