Chapter 107: Back to the Village
It's been almost a week, and now she finally returned to the village, Yuan Qing feels that life is really up and down, a few days ago, she experienced life and death, but now she is standing intact at the entrance of Bilian Village.
Although they came back, but the three men who pulled coal to Hecheng, they could no longer walk back by themselves, they were killed by the people of the Bai Family Society, and the corpses were found by the way when they were looking for Yuan Qing, the three corpses were all from the village of Bilian Village, their bodies were transported back to the village, and they were transported a few days ago, and the family members of the corpses wept bitterly and wept and were sad.
Alas, another trouble. Yuan Qing sighed and looked at the three halls with spirit cards, the person was killed when he was transporting coal to Hecheng, as the owner of the coal mine, she was naturally responsible.
It's private, after all, no one wants to be dead, Yuan Qing didn't have any reason to harm the three of them, and told their families that they were killed by the Bai family in Hecheng, the reason, the three of them pulled coal to Hecheng and accidentally had a dispute with the people of the Bai family, and then those bastards killed the three of them, and then abandoned the corpses, anyway, they died without proof, and the incident happened in Hecheng, and the Bai family association was also dispersed, so just pay a penny for this matter.
If you know that this is ancient times, human life is only said to the people who care about this person, and there is no concept of the legal system, you come to the coal mine to dig coal voluntarily, and it is also voluntary to transport coal to Hecheng, and you are killed, then you are unlucky......
Although it is very cold to say this, but, if you don't say that, the family of the corpse must not continue to cry and mourn? Yuan Qing thought about it for a while, and finally decided to pay fifty taels of silver for each corpse.
Fifty taels of silver is twenty years of living expenses for the people in the village, they don't work or work, and they can let themselves eat and drink for nothing for twenty years, what is the death of a person?
It may be ironic to say this, but it is true, no one will hold a corpse and cry for half a year, but it will benefit from this corpse. Anyway, people can't be resurrected after death, so what's the use of crying? With money, what else do people have to say? Of course, in this era, human life is not too valuable. But a corpse of fifty taels of silver is too valuable in their eyes.
Settle these three corpses with money, this is the reality.
However, the loss of fifty taels of silver can be regarded as Yuan Qing's benevolence and righteousness. In this era, when a grassroots employee dies at a construction site, the boss will pay at most 20 taels of silver, or even not at all, and directly use his power to suppress the matter. After all, in this era, most superiors and subordinates have signed a deed of sale, life is his person, death is his ghost, life is alive, death is buried, what money do you have to lose?
Perhaps the biggest advantage of this coal mine is that it does not sign a deed of sale. Of course, this is also caused by Yuan Qing's modern thinking, although I don't understand whether it is good or bad. If you can get the job done without accidents, everything seems to be fine, but what about the other way around? It's hard to say.
Looks like I'm going to have to get a little more publicity. The slogan of cherishing life, Yuan Qing teased herself so much in her mind, otherwise, she would lose money and die for the death of the two dead people in the coal mine for three days.
If she is like other bosses, she doesn't care about the life and death of employees at all, she doesn't seem to be so black-hearted, after all, she is also a new soul of modern times, she can't care if others die or not, but the people in the coal mine. She still needs to be responsible.
Even in modern times, there are incidents of people being injured in factories due to work-related injuries, and they emerge one after another, under the protection of a strong legal mechanism. It seems that the company only has to lose money......
Well, anything is possible.
The coal mine has been made public, there is nothing to keep secret, and the coal is slowly being accepted by people in the market, and the next step is to vigorously mine the coal and then transport it to the market. That's not a big deal.
In cooperation with the three of them in Hecheng, the coal from the coal mine was transported to them, and they just took it and sold it, and found someone who could be trusted to deal with the coal mine in Bilian Village, and then Yuan Qing and Li Chen could go back with their merits.
In the hut, the sunset is obliquely shining, the soft eyes are imprinted, and the green silk is dyed with the twilight and the sunset, like the beautiful picture of the sunset and green silk dancing in the light and shadow belt.
"Lord Wang, we have to go back tomorrow, do you want to ask Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuan to come over for a meal?" The woman's voice was quiet and faint in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Then go ahead." The man nodded in response.
"Oh, then you wait, I'll be right back." With that, the woman walked away quickly.
"Be careful." The man made her so fast, frowning lightly.
"Got it." The woman didn't look back, she returned with a big voice, and still walked quickly.
Soon, Yuan Qing called Xiao Mo and their sister and brother over. Today was their last dinner in Bilian Village.
The four of them sat at the table, although the dishes on the table were not very good, they could eat it, and the taste was not very delicious, and no one disliked the four of them, after all, this meal was the last supper, no one drank alcohol, and they ate freely.
Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuan were also going to go to Qiuzhou City with Li Chen, they had said before, Yuan Qing was naturally going to go, there was nothing to say, dinner, when the sunset was completely in the ground, it was also finished, and there was no difference from usual, Yuan Qing cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Li Chen sent their sister and brother home......
After all, this is not Qiuzhou City, let alone the palace.
The next day, Yuan Qing walked out of the bedroom, she didn't bring much salute, and she wouldn't bring anything she couldn't take away. She stood in the hall and looked at the door for a long time, this is the door of Li Chen's bedroom, she has also lived in this room for more than ten days, that is, the time when the old man came, and now that she wants to leave, she will have reluctant affection.
The genius is numb and bright, the hall is dim and difficult to light, she stood in it, her heart was full of emotion, and finally she walked out.
Outside the small courtyard, Li Chen had already gotten up, he walked into the hall after washing, and when he saw her, she was still carrying a burden, and he frowned slightly.
"Lord Wang, I think it would be too much of a coincidence if we appeared in Qiuzhou City together? So I thought I'd ride back first, and you and Xiao Mo would take their time in the carriage behind them. Yuan Qingdao, this problem is also a countermeasure that she came up with last night, and it will be implemented this morning.
It takes only one day to ride back from Bilian Village to take a shortcut, and if you take a carriage, you have to take the road, and you need to walk for three or four days. Yuan Qing thought, anyway, Li Chen and their sister and brother couldn't ride horses, so she rode first, so that people wouldn't find out anything.
Yuan Qing was so cautious, she was afraid of the women behind Li Chen, there was no way, in Qiuzhou City, the prince disappeared with her, and then appeared together, is it too much of a coincidence?
"Nope." Without thinking about it, Li Chen said coldly, what is this? "We're going back, we're going back."
"Really?" Yuan Qing looked at his cold face and shivered unconsciously.
"What do you say?" Li Chen looked at her, his eyes almost frozen. Leave him behind and go first on horseback, what? This is clearly an attempt to clear up the relationship. No wonder his rarely cold face for her was frozen now.
"Well, it's not impossible to go back together." Yuan Qing muttered in a low voice.
"Did you wash your face?" Li Chen asked.
"Not yet, I'm about to wash." Without waiting for him to say anything else, she lifted her feet and left.
"Don't go first." He reminded behind her.
It's not that without me, you won't be able to go to Qiuzhou City. Yuan Qing complained in his heart, you are the prince, naturally you are not afraid, what about me? I'm a human being, if it were to be known that we were an imposter couple in Bilian Village, I would ...... Alas, I don't dare to think about it.
I have to say that a companion is like a tiger, Yuan Qing is really thoughtful, and she must not let herself take any risks, and she can't afford to do it.
No matter how much she wants to ride away now, but the prince has to listen to his words, so she can only wash her face obediently.
After washing her face, she walked into the hall, they didn't make breakfast, they made some dry food yesterday and kept it for the road to eat, Li Chen just packed up her things and walked from the room, seeing that she was still in the hall, he was inexplicably relieved, it seemed that he was really afraid that she would leave first......
At this time, it was not yet full dawn, and last night the four of them agreed to go out of the village together at dawn this morning, and there was a carriage waiting for them at the entrance of the village.
Yuan Qing sighed in her heart, she really didn't want to go back with Li Chen. There are too many reasons, mainly because she is afraid of death, not that she thinks too much, but she seems to think a little too much, but she is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, they don't appear in Qiuzhou City together, it's always a little better.
"Lord Wang, if we go back together, you will have to keep it a secret, and you can't tell us about Bilian Village, it's best not to say anything." Yuan Qingdao said, there was no choice but to greet him like this.
"What can't be said?" Li Chen asked rhetorically.
"Uh, this, I don't know, anyway, don't say it to others." Yuan Qing explained rather vaguely, this did not explain anything at all.
"Make it clear." His voice was rather cold.
"Don't say that we are pretending to be husband and wife in the village, if this matter is heard by someone who cares, my fate will definitely be ...... You know, it's not going to be good. Yuan Qingdao said.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you." He whispered, but with firmness.
"Alas, when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save the fire from far away." Yuan Qing sighed slightly.
"Then you marry me, so that we are not far off." His tone was always indifferent, even if he said what seemed to be a marriage proposal to a woman.
Hearing this, Yuan Qing really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, maybe she couldn't cry or laugh, but she was distressed but inexplicably warm, she seemed to feel very much about what he said......
"Forget it then." She simply and rudely rejected his kindness.
"What's wrong, didn't you say, aren't you afraid that others will know that we are husband and wife? As long as we are really husband and wife, there is nothing to be afraid of. He was still indifferent, as if he was talking about going out on a rainy day, just bring an umbrella, such a simple and effortless problem. To be continued