Chapter 44: Thoughts
In October, Yushan is even more deserted.
The mine was still not open, and the overseers sat lazily under the straw hut and talked about the world.
"It looks like it won't be open this year." An overseer said.
"Whatever, it's worth your wages." The chief supervisor said, "The eldest lady said, let's stay here in Yushan as usual, isn't it just money, the old lady can play if she likes to, the Xie family still cares about this money." ”
Yes, the wages are not less, but if the miners don't work, they don't get extra oil and water.
"Come on, stay up, I'm happy to play with the old lady this time, and the eldest lady won't treat us badly in the future." The overseer comforted them.
That being said, Yushan was originally a waste mine, and now that even the waste mine has stopped, it seems that there is nothing to do.
The overseers looked up the hill, where an old woman was walking around with a few people.
It was Mrs. Xie, who still came to the mine often, and went to the mine despite the dissuasion of the servants and subordinates.
What the hell is the old lady going to play?
Mrs. Xie held a girl, and just about to take a breath, she heard a knock, and everyone present was startled, looking at the girl who jumped down from the mountain rock in front of her.
Xie Roujia was also taken aback, and Shao Mingqing glared at her.
I didn't expect Mrs. Xie to climb to such a high place.
There was silence on both sides for a while, and Xie Roujia raised her feet and ran past them.
"It's dangerous on the mountain, if you don't tell Miss Roujia, don't run around." A servant woman whispered to Old Madam Xie tentatively.
Old Madam Xie snorted.
"She also brought on herself to be in danger, and she deserved it." She said.
Does that mean leave it alone? The servant woman did not dare to ask any more.
"Brother An, come here." Old Madam Xie beckoned.
"Old lady, people's name is Brother An." Shao Mingqing corrected with a smile.
"It's all nicknames, the same." Old Madam Xie said.
Nickname......
Ango, who was standing at the end, walked over hesitantly.
"You come with me." Old Madam Xie put her hand on his strong arm and said. "Take me for a walk."
Brother An responded with a step, and the maid guards wanted to follow, but Shao Mingqing raised his hand to stop them.
"The old lady and Brother An have something to say." He said.
It is said that this kid warned about the collapse of the mine in time, so he won the favor of the old lady, and the old lady always called him to accompany him when she came to the mine these days.
The maiden guards stopped and did not follow.
Old Madam Xie took a few more steps up and helped An Geyu to stand still.
"Ango'er. How did you realize that the mine was about to collapse? She asked. Is it really because of those verses? ”
It sounded like he was questioning that he knew something else and didn't say it, but An Geyu didn't have the slightest trepidation.
"Yes." He replied.
Old Madam Xie looked around, and only the sound of the wind echoed in the quiet valley.
"It's weird. Why don't I feel anything? She said.
"Lord Dan, there can't always be a mine collapse." An Ge Yu said.
That's right, Mrs. Xie smiled, and helped Brother An to continue to walk up. The smile on her face grew solemn.
Of course, there will always be a mine collapse, according to the scriptures. The verses that Ange knew were about the reaction when the mine collapsed, so when there was a mining accident, she could detect it, and the other verses were about other things, but she had been walking in the mountains for a few days. I memorized the scriptures given by myself and Lao Haimu, but I didn't feel anything.
"Lord Dan, what are you looking for?" Brother An heard Old Madam Xie's self-talk. He asked.
Old Madam Xie didn't answer him, and they were walking on a narrow mountain road at this time. Old Madam Xie stopped and put her hand on the cliff wall.
"Brother An, are you familiar with this mine?" She asked.
He grew up here, and although he later went to other mines, he was still familiar with the place.
An Ge Yu nodded.
"It's familiar to you, too." Old Madam Xie said, "That's why it tells you that it's uncomfortable and is going to collapse." ”
Is that so?
Brother An was stunned.
"But it's not familiar to me." Old Madam Xie's hand caressed the rough cliff wall, as if she was talking to herself, "It ignores me." ”
"Lord Da Dan will be familiar with it after a few more visits." An Ge Yu said.
Old Madam Xie smiled.
"No, no, it's not a matter of coming more and coming less." "It depends on whether it wants to or not." ”
As she spoke, she pressed her body against the cliff, her face and hands feeling the roughness and coldness of the cliff.
"There is a spirit in ....... Nanshan, evil blessings are below, Fengtian knows food, not me, not me, and no one can ......"
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When Jiang Ling ran over, he saw Xie Roujia sticking his ear to the cliff.
"Miss?" She looked up at Xie Roujia on the cliff and shouted puzzledly, "What are you doing?" ”
Xie Roujia turned her head to look at her, smiled and reached out to pat the cliff wall to prop herself up.
"Listen to it." She said.
It's not enough to talk to birds, pheasants, and flowers, but now you have to talk to stones.
Poor young lady, it's still too lonely in the mountains.
Jiang Ling sighed.
"Come down, it's weirdly cool." She smiled again and beckoned, "It's time to go for a walk." ”
Now she doesn't get bored after running every day, and the foal has become her biggest baby.
Xie Roujia jumped on her knees.
This is halfway up the mountain!
"It's too high!" Jiang Ling shouted sharply, and his heart stopped.
Before the words fell, Xie Roujia grabbed the branch of a tree below and staggered before falling to the ground.
Jiang Ling patted his heart and closed his eyes.
"Miss!" She shouted with anger.
Xie Roujia ran away.
"Shui Ying, Shui Ying, my horse." She shouted, and in the blink of an eye she ran away.
Jiang Ling stomped his feet in a huff.
"Miss, you forgot to carry firewood!" She shouted, pulling the firewood that Xie Roujia threw on the side of the road and chased after her.
didn't run far before Shui Ying led the horse over.
Xie Roujia cautiously circled around the horse, tentatively reaching out to touch the horse's back.
"You've got it right, you've got it right." Jiang Ling nervously told Shui Ying.
But looking at the smaller Shui Ying standing next to the horse, Jiang Ling was still uneasy.
"The young master said to find a good horse trainer. Why haven't you found it yet? She said.
Xie Roujia had already stroked the horse's back, and the red horse sneezed a few times and shook his head, but there was no other movement.
"Shao Mingqing said let me get familiar with the horse first, you see, it doesn't reject me anymore." Xie Roujia said happily and took the reins from Shui Ying's hand.
Shao Mingqing couldn't help but stop when he heard the neighing of the horses and looked down the mountain.
Not far away, three people and a horse appeared on the forest mountain road.
Xie Roujia led the horse. Shui Ying is ahead. From time to time, he pulled up a handful of grass and turned it back to the red horse's mouth, and the red horse sneezed and blew it away, and Jiang Ling followed cautiously.
Mrs. Xie, who was walking behind, also stopped. Look at the small team of horse-walking horses that look a little ridiculous.
"This is what the fifth child got for her?" She frowned and said, "What do you do raising horses in the mountains?" I couldn't run again, and I wronged the horse. ”
The mountain roads are narrow, making them more walkable. Mrs. Xie came to the mine, except for the carriage for Mrs. Xie to travel for herself. The others followed on foot.
Shao Mingqing smiled.
"Train slowly, and run away in the mountains." "I've already found a good trainer, but it will take some time to get here." ”
Because it is to teach Xie Roujia to ride a horse. It's always hard to make a big fuss, so you have to take some hidden paths, such as arranging this person to the mine first. Then teach horseback riding in your free time.
Old Madam Xie naturally understood what he meant, and snorted before speaking. I heard a loud bang accompanied by a strange scream.
It turned out that a pheasant was so frightened that it flew up, and I don't know if it was too fat, so it fluttered and fell down, and accidentally smashed on the head of the red horse that was passing below.
The red horse neighed and raised its front hooves.
Not good! I'm going to be shocked.
"Get out of the way." Shao Mingqing shouted.
Before the words could be spoken, Xie Roujia stretched out her hand and hugged the horse's neck.
"Don't be afraid...," she shouted, subconsciously trying to reassure the horse.
Before the words fell, the red horse dragged Xie Roujia and rushed forward.
This sudden change was a blink of an eye, and when everyone came back to their senses, the red horse had already run away on the mountain road, and Xie Roujia was still hanging next to him.
The screams instantly resounded through the mountains and forests.
"Let go!" Shao Mingqing shouted, and the people also rushed down the mountain.
"Hurry." Old Madam Xie also shouted.
The guards behind him also hurriedly followed.
"Miss Roujia, she can't hold it anymore, and it's okay to let go of her hand." The maids and servants hurriedly comforted Mrs. Xie and said.
Mrs. Xie looked at the horse that ran away, but did not see the girl who was thrown off, but saw that the girl didn't know how to turn over and get on the horse.
Letting go of a fall is a different result than being taken off the horse.
This is again a mountain, full of rocks.
The maids also shouted with a shriek.
Xie Roujia heard the scream behind her, her hand had indeed slipped and wanted to let go, but for some reason she said in her heart that once she let go, the horse would run away and never come back.
This is the horse that the fifth uncle gave her, it is her horse, and she must not let it run.
The mountain rock stumbled under his feet, Xie Roujia stepped forward a few steps forward, stepped on the mountain stone and turned over the horse with his strength, hugged the horse's neck tightly, screamed in his ears, the wind neighed in his ears, and his body was almost lifted up and down several times.
Don't let go, resolutely don't let go.
She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.
Shao Mingqing looked at the horse jumping away in the forest, and scolded his mother angrily.
Who said that the mountain road can't run away, look at how easy it is for this horse to drill into the mountains and forests!
However, this mountain forest is not easy to drill, there are vines and stone pits everywhere, and a single trip can cause a horse to fall and break a leg, and a horse can also break a horse's neck.
I really shouldn't have rushed to send the horse, I really should have sent it in with the horse trainer.
What's the use of regretting! What's the use of regretting!
Shao Mingqing scolded himself in his heart, desperately chasing after him, and suddenly someone flashed in front of him, and he only saw a shadow at a fast speed.
Xie Roujia was already dizzy, her strength was gradually exhausted, her hands were covered with sweat, and she was hit by branches from time to time, and her hands gradually couldn't hold it.
The horse below him obviously noticed that the force of strangling his neck had decreased, and he suddenly churned even more.
With a sharp leap, Xie Roujia let go of his hand, and the person was about to plant down, when someone swooped over from the side, hugged the horse's head accurately, and fell down with a loud shout.
The horse neighed, and was forced to stop, and Xie Roujia on horseback fell down and grabbed the horse's mane, but was not overturned.
The horse neighed and struggled, but the hands around the neck were like iron hoops, and gradually the horse stopped struggling, whirring and spurting.
Behind him, shouts and footsteps followed.
Shao Mingqing took Xie Roujia off the horse.
"How's it going?" He asked in a trembling voice.
Although Xie Roujia was trembling and unsteady on her feet, she was in good spirits, helping Shao Mingqing to sit on the ground and gasping for air.
"Okay, Brother An, let it go." Shao Mingqing said, looking at An Ge Yu, who was half-kneeling on the ground and still holding the horse's head.
An Geli let go of his hand and stood up straight.
The little red horse snorted repeatedly, but did not run again, and shook his tail to nibble on the grass beside him, as if nothing had happened.
Xie Roujia, who was sitting on the ground with loose hair, looked at the horses grazing, and then looked at the frightened people around her, and laughed.
"It's scary." She said.
Shao Mingqing raised his hand and hit her on the head.
"Who's scared to death!" He shouted, "What are you holding the horse for?" Why not let go? ”
"I don't know, how do I know what to do if the horse is frightened." Xie Roujia smiled and looked at Brother An, "Brother An, you will, you can teach me." ”
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In mid-October, the people in the mountains were wrapped in thick clothes.
Old Madam Xie stretched out her hand and lifted her hood, looked up at the sky, and there was a thin cold rain down.
"Lord Dan, there is only one mine in this West Mountain." Angoli said, pointing to the mine not far away.
Old Madam Xie nodded before she was about to raise her feet and take a step, when she saw someone running down from the opposite mountain, but this time she did not go straight by, but stopped and waved to this side.
Angobi hung his head.
"Go ahead." Mrs. Xie said, "Don't let people who don't understand spoil my good horse. ”
Since Xie Roujia was shocked, Mrs. Xie took the red horse under her own name and let An Ge Yu feed it.
Xie Roujia tentatively led the horse a few times, and saw that except for Brother An who was following closely, the others did not pay attention, so they swaggered and did whatever they wanted.
Every day, I would come to Ange to learn how to ride a horse.
Hearing Mrs. Xie's words, Brother An responded by lowering his head and walking towards Xie Roujia.
Watching the two of them rushing down from the mountain one after the other, Old Madam Xie retracted her gaze and beckoned to Old Haimu.
Old Haimu hurriedly stepped forward, and Old Madam Xie walked towards the mine without speaking, and stopped at the entrance of the dark mine.
"Haimu, Brother An'er can use this scripture to learn about the mining disaster, which shows that the scripture is true." She said.
Old Haimu nodded.
"But why don't I feel anything after I read these verses?" Old Madam Xie said.
This question Lao Haimu can't answer.
Old Madam Xie looked back at him.
"Say, should I dig up all the scriptures first, or wait for the mountain god to familiarize myself with first?"
Dig!
Lao Haimu's eyes widened, and his body trembled slightly.
"I'm afraid I can't wait." Old Madam Xie continued, looking at the mine, "Maybe I'm old, and the mountain gods don't want to recognize me, so it's better for me to just dig up the scriptures, and wait and leave them to Ayuan and them." ”
Lord Ru Da Dan has already died because of this scripture! Only got this little bit of scripture!
Lao Haimu pouted and knelt down.
"Lord Dan, no." He choked up.
"Getting a little is a little, I'm old anyway." Old Madam Xie said, clenching the cane in her hand. (To be continued) R640