After packing up their things, the brother and sister walked towards the gate of Tongzhou together.

This time, Tong Xiaoye changed his costume again, painted his face into black charcoal with Ning Yuan, wore tattered clothes, and in a blink of an eye, he became a poor brother from the grassland, and he was no longer clean and tidy before.

The soldiers at the gate of the city did not suspect it, and after checking the road guide that Ning Yuan got from somewhere, he let them into the city very lightly.

Tongzhou is worthy of being the first city on the border, the tall city wall is simple and majestic, the prosperity in the city is almost no less than the capital, there are merchants wearing silk and satin everywhere, and a tall horse swaggers on the road, looking lively and casual.

Tong Xiaoye liked this environment very much, ate mutton and drank mare's milk wine with Ning Yuan, and played in the city excitedly for a few days before coming to the market that recruited coolies.

"There are caravans here, all of them recruit coolies to mine in the west, let's choose a larger one, and the road is safer."

Ning Yuan was very familiar with this place, and pulled Tong Xiaoye to turn left and right, and entered the northwest side of the market, where there were many stalls that seemed to be of considerable scale, and the crowd in line was huge, all of them were muscular men.

It seems that the strength of these caravans is very strong.

Tong Xiaoye's eyes widened, watching a strong man confidently move a small square stone, but he didn't move it with a lot of effort, and was scolded by the man in charge, and he dodged away.

Everyone sighed, and another man walked up, but failed again, and after watching for a while, not even one succeeded.

"Brother, what is that, it doesn't look big, how heavy is it?"

Tong Xiaoye stared at the crowd in line curiously, seeing that many people didn't move, they left one by one dejectedly, the steward's eyes were full of disdain, and seeing that no one could move up, he simply sat aside and drank tea.

"Don't underestimate that stone, it's the material of Nanhe sand, and that big piece weighs nearly six hundred pounds.

Ning Yuan said a number lightly, and Tong Xiaoye almost bit his tongue in fright: "It's so heavy, how can you move it?" ”

"The coolies recruited by this caravan are to go to the edge of Yuntian Peak to mine, you must have this strength, there are many men on the grassland who specialize in refining bodies, as long as you enter the peak of the acquired realm, it is not difficult to pick up this weight."

As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, a strong man said, "Little brother, you are also going to mine?" I'm familiar with the situation over there! ”

Ning Yuan smiled kindly, didn't pay attention to the man, and walked to the other side with Tong Xiaoye.

"Phew, you're as thin as a monkey, and you're pretending to be an expert!" There was a disdainful scolding from behind him, Tong Xiaoye and Ning Yuan ignored it, and began to pay attention to another stall in line.

"Ono, let's go here." Ning Yuan pulled Tong Xiaoye to the end of the team and followed behind a fat man.

"Brother, how many catties is this, can I pick it up?" Tong Xiaoye looked at him excitedly, and stood on tiptoe to look at the stone in front of him.

"This is three hundred pounds, your words, barely okay!" Ning Yuan made a serious estimate and actually nodded.

"Cut, what are you kidding, it's hard for us to pick up that broken stone, this kid can?"

A middle-aged man behind him snorted disdainfully, Ning Yuan didn't pay attention to him, but Tong Xiaoye was playful: "Uncle, otherwise let's make a bet and see if I can?" ”

"Phew, who bet with you, little brother, don't listen to this guy talk to you, the mine is very bitter, I think you are also quite clever, it is better to find a place in the city to be an apprentice, and it is better to go to the west and live and die."

Hey, I didn't expect this middle-aged man to be a good person!

Tong Xiaoye smiled, and also lightened his thoughts, and asked with a pair of big eyes: "Uncle, is it bitter over there?" ”

The man saw that although Tong Xiaoye was dark and thin, he spoke very politely, so he replied patiently: "As soon as I passed, I threw you into the mine, and I didn't dig enough stones to let you out to eat. ”

Tong Xiaoye was taken aback, and asked in surprise: "Isn't it digging spirit stones, it's a big deal to work hard, how can you not dig enough?" ”

The man sneered, very surprised by Tong Xiaoye's ignorance: "How can we be qualified to dig spirit stones, we are all digging stones, child, I advise you not to go, you are like this, no one knows where you die." ”

Tong Xiaoye sighed, still silently wanted to follow behind Ning Yuan, shook his fingers, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is it really hard over there?" ”

Ning Yuan was silent for a moment, and also replied in a low voice: "It's not difficult to dig stones, but the difficult thing is to protect your own stones. ”

Sure enough, no matter where you are, talent is the most dangerous.

Tong Xiaoye was silent, and the man behind him couldn't help but persuade: "Little brother, I don't think you're bad, why take your brother to that place?" ”

"It's me who is willing to follow my brother, I have no relatives anymore, and I don't want to be separated from my brother." Tong Xiaoye hurriedly replied, holding Ning Yuan's palm tightly with his backhand.

"Thank you uncle for your concern, my brother is just with me and won't go mining."

Ning Yuan smiled, took Tong Xiaoye's hand and walked forward.

The people in front were divided into two columns, and the team walked quickly, and in less than half an hour, it was the turn of Ning Yuan's brothers and sisters.

"Boy, what do you mean with a child?"

"Back to the steward, this is my brother, I will take him to eat, he can do chores."

Ning Yuan's words provoked a burst of ridicule, and the person in charge even scolded: "Where is our caravan, doing chores?" Those who can't dig mines are waiting in line to do chores! ”

"That's it, I went to the mine to do chores, and my head got into the water!"

"Boy, let's lift your own stone first, and you want to bring someone else there."

The surrounding ridicule came one after another, and Tong Xiaoye held his brother's hand, still expressionless.

"I can do the work of two people, and I only need one person's salary." Ning Yuan smiled, let go of Tong Xiaoye's hand, and suddenly lifted a stone with one hand, and grabbed a piece with the other hand in the surprised eyes of everyone.

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this seemingly thin young man to have so much strength.

Tong Xiaoye looked at his brother holding the stone very easily, and was inexplicably a little sad.

In fact, Ning Yuan has the strength to go to the periphery of Yuntian Peak, the ore quality there is better, and there is a greater chance of digging out spirit stones, he is to bring himself, so he came to lift three hundred catties of stones!

Sure enough, the steward asked in surprise: "Little brother, you have such strength, why don't you go to the stall next door?" ”

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