Chapter 24: Chasing Again
The night was dark, Old Lady Xie turned over, subconsciously touched his side, and found that there was no one, so he woke up with a wit.
There was a figure sitting cross-legged beside the bed.
"What are you doing? Why don't you sleep yet? Old lady Xie breathed a sigh of relief, patted his beating heart and said.
"I remember something from my childhood." Old Madam Xie said.
Old Lady Xie didn't expect that he would get an answer, and it wasn't the usual sentence about you.
He sat up with a wit.
"What do you think of? How do you remember when you were a child? He asked happily.
Old Madam Xie turned her head.
"What's your business!" She said angrily and lifted her feet to the bed.
This sound alarmed the girl on night duty outside, and she hurriedly came in with a lamp.
"Get out and get out." Old Madam Xie said.
The girl hurriedly retreated again, and Mrs. Xie stood in front of the window.
At the end of August, the night breeze in the mountains was already cool.
"I remember when I was a kid in a mine that wasn't like that." She said.
"It's been a long time, and if you want to say this, it was even different a hundred years ago." Old lady Xie said.
"But there's one thing." Old Madam Xie said, a smile appeared on her lips, "The miners' awe and gratitude to Dannu. ”
"That's nature, and they're blessed by you." Old lady Xie said.
"Bless them with what?" Old Madam Xie turned to look at him suddenly, "Bless them for working day and night?" Do you want to sacrifice your life when they encounter a mining disaster? Or do you want to protect them from not even having a meal of broth? ”
Today's events, Mrs. Xie has already heard what people have said, and knows that Mrs. Xie went to the mine and had a meal with the miners.
The meal that Mrs. Xie eats with the miners is definitely not the meal of the real miners, which the children know, so how can they hide it from Mrs. Xie.
Old Lady Xie looked at her and sighed.
"Ah Shan, all the mines are like this, the Xie family's Dan mine is like this, the other people's Dan mines are also like this, and the Shao family's salt mine is the same." He said. "It's not your fault, and it's not something you can change."
There was a moment of silence in the room.
"I know." Old Madam Xie said, and sat down on the Luohan bed next to her, "You can sleep." ”
Old lady Xie didn't dare to say no, oh turned around and lay back.
The night was quiet, and Old Lady Xie didn't fall asleep, but slowly heard the sound of murmuring in his ears.
"For this spring wine, forever protect it, mourn my heart, Fu Lu Shenzhi, peaceful Xi, peaceful Xi, peaceful Xi."
This is the words of the Xie family's witch wishes, Mrs. Xie has not heard Mrs. Xie read it for many years, the long, low and beautiful tone, in the dark night more and more calming, Mrs. Xie gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When the morning light was bright, there was no one on the top of the mountain.
Jiang Ling and Shui Ying stood on the top of the mountain, looking around a little blankly.
"Isn't Miss here?" Jiang Ling said.
"Ran away again, didn't you?" Shui Ying tiptoed to the other side of the mountain.
The sound of the trumpet came with the mountain wind, interspersed with a low female voice.
"Miss!" Jiang Ling shouted loudly.
"I'm here." A female voice came from under the cliff.
Jiang Ling and Shui Ying were taken aback, and hurriedly ran over to look down.
On a convex cliff under the cliff, Xie Roujia was waving at them.
"Miss! How did you get down? Jiang Ling shouted.
"I'll see if I can jump accurately." Xie Roujia said with a smile.
Jiang Ling looked at the cliff, looked at the distance, and gasped.
"Miss, you're playing too much." She said urgently.
Xie Roujia nodded.
"yes, I jumped off and found I couldn't get up." She laughed and spread her hands.
Jiang Ling looked around, picked up a branch and tried to reach over, but he couldn't reach it at all.
"Shui Ying, Shui Ying, go get the rope." She shouted.
Shui Ying sighed, turned around to leave, and listened to a commotion in the valley.
"Huh?" Xie Roujia looked at it and saw that the bottom of the valley was lively, and everyone rushed in one direction, "Who is here?" ”
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"My mother! How come it again! ”
One of the overseers threw down the whip in his hand and hurried towards the valley.
"Old lady?"
"Why is the old lady here again? Do you want to eat here again? ”
"Quick, change the meal."
"Ah, still ours? Are we going hungry again? ”
The valley mouth was chaotic and noisy, and the news that Old Lady Xie was coming again quickly spread halfway up the mountain.
Lao Haimu, who was holding Brother An and not letting him go up the mountain, was even more determined.
"Lord Da Dan is here again, we can eat well this time." He said, "I'll do today's work, and you go back at once." ”
Ange shook his head.
"Dad, it's not a good thing to eat, you're sick." He said.
"I'm cured." Old Haimu said, he looked down the mountain, although the distance was far away, he could also see that Old Madam Xie was surrounded by many people, including the chief supervisor and the young man.
"That boy is the one who is looking for you, right? Go quickly, your name is enthroned. Old Haimu said in a low voice.
Ange looked down the mountain.
"Dad, he doesn't know my name, I just don't let him see me." He said, "Go to dinner, I'll hide in the mountains, and when they're gone, you'll go." ”
Then he turned and ran up the hill.
Lao Haimu shouted twice anxiously, but he didn't dare to shout loudly, so he had to watch his son go away.
Looking at the miners pouring in the valley, Old Madam Xie smiled.
"You're busy, I'm just here to see." She said, and sure enough, sat down.
The overseers were busy playing umbrellas and fanning fans.
"Where's Haimu?" Old Madam Xie said.
Hearing her name, the overseers hurriedly shouted loudly, and Lao Haimu ran over from afar, because he was in a hurry, he let out a series of violent coughs, and the overseers around him were glaring and eager to eat him.
"Are you sick?" Old Madam Xie frowned and asked.
"Get out of here, stay away from the old lady." The overseer shouted.
Old Madam Xie glanced at the overseer.
"I'm not disgusted that he's sick, I'm talking about how he still comes to work when he's sick." She said.
"No, no, I'm fine." Lao Haimu said busily.
"yes, he didn't come to work the other day." The overseer on the side hurriedly said, "It's his son who does it for him." ”
Old Madam Xie sighed.
"You were sick a while ago?" Shao Mingqing, who was standing beside Old Madam Xie, asked suddenly, looked at Lao Haimu and narrowed his eyes.
This young man's expression was gentle, and he was like a bodhisattva compared to those overseers, but when he saw his sight, Lao Haimu still chuckled in his heart, and couldn't help but half-bow his head.
"Yes." He said.
"If you're sick, you have to take care of your illness." Shao Mingqing said, and the four words of good maintenance accentuated the tone.
Before Lao Haimu could speak, the overseer on the side hurriedly spoke.
"Isn't it good to keep it?" He exclaimed, "Bring the delicious food and drink over." ”
Shao Mingqing frowned, and what else was there to say, but suddenly he heard screams from afar, this voice sounded like Jiang Ling and Shui Ying?
He couldn't help but look up.
When this scream sounded, An Ge Yu was crossing a mountain rock, and when he heard the shout, he couldn't help but look back.
The girl who was standing on the cliff and shouting to her was jumping down, just as suddenly as she came out and shouted her name.
As soon as he sat down behind a rock, about to nibble on a few bites of dry and hard bean cakes, he heard someone above his head, he subconsciously turned around, and saw a girl standing on the protruding stone from the cliff behind him.
A girl with a mask!
"Fish thief!"
A crisp, shrill cry sounded in his ears, and his legs and feet were arched, and he could bounce up the next moment, but the girl shouted again, but not as a thief stealing fish.
"Brother An!" She shouted.
Brother An?
He just came here, and not even the overseer of the mine knew his name, how did this girl know?
She even knows her own name?
This sudden salutation made An's legs stagger.
"Brother An, Brother An." Xie Roujia shouted, waving at him on the stone.
These two shouts made Brother An sober up again, and he turned around and ran wildly without hesitation.
can't let them catch it, if they are allowed to catch it, it's not only themselves who will die, but my father will also die.
Xie Roujia watched Brother An turn around and run away, knowing that he was frightened.
"Don't run, I won't sue anyone." She shouted.
But these words were of no use to Brother An, and he watched the young man run away with two clicks.
This time he was frightened, and if he ran away, he would definitely not reappear lightly, and maybe he would do some terrible things to escape being caught.
She knew that some miners had made mistakes, and because she was afraid of punishment and fear of implicating her family, she simply took the initiative to throw herself into the well.
In the previous life, Brother An had already died miserably enough, and she didn't want him to be scared to death by herself again in this life.
Xie Roujia was in a hurry, and simply jumped down.
Jiang Ling and Shui Ying screamed, watching Xie Roujia stumble and fall to the ground, their screams did not stop, Xie Roujia stumbled up again, and chased after Brother An.
This is a mine, this is a steep mine, this is a mine without trees and grass.
The craggy rocks and gravel are everywhere, and the dust and gravel roll out in one step.
Jiang Ling knew that Xie Roujia was running fast, and she also knew that she often ran down the mountain on the side of Yushan, but now it was different, this was undoubtedly running on the cliff.
Jiang Ling covered his ears and let out a scream, not daring to look or not to look.
Brother An didn't expect this girl to dare to jump down, and dare to chase herself on this kind of mountain, and her speed was not slow, he subconsciously accelerated his pace.
Xie Roujia's footsteps did not stop, but also accelerated.
"Brother An, don't run, don't be afraid, I won't sue others." She shouted.
But it was too fast, the soles of her feet slipped, and the whole person fell forward uncontrollably, and the dust and gravel flew behind her, falling on her body and head, blocking her vision.
The screams of Jiangling on the top of the mountain were heartbreaking, overshadowing Xie Roujia's exclamation.
"Thief God!" The moment Shao Mingqing raised his head and looked over, he scolded, and ran towards the mountain.
Looking at Xie Roujia, who had slipped and fell, Brother An, who had already turned and ran to the other side in front of her, turned back and quickly intercepted her.
The white dust billowed on the hillside, the rocks cracked, and the screams of the women on the top of the mountain rolled like thunder, stirring the whole valley.
Something happened, and the people in the valley froze.
Did the mine collapse?
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I finally crossed the transition, and the writing went smoothly.
Wishing you all a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day ~R1152