In the widest part of the valley floor, miners constantly stood up, standing in line under the reprimand of the overseers.

Shao Mingqing looked at the roster in the hands of the chief supervisor.

"How many people are there?" He asked.

"One hundred and twenty miners, fifty-three handymen, forty-eight women, girls and children." The chief overseer said, shaking his head as he spoke, "This is last month's number, and how many have not been registered this month." ”

Xie Roujia, who looked around, was attracted by this sentence and couldn't help but turn her head.

"Isn't last month's count different from this month?" She asked.

The chief supervisor glanced at her and saw that Shao Mingqing didn't speak, it seemed that this maid must be pleased.

"Little girl." He showed a hint of a smile, "People are born, old, sick and die, this month is so long from last month, of course it is different." ”

How long has this month been the same as last month?

Thirty days, can it be compared to a lifetime?

Xie Roujia was stunned.

Shao Mingqing coughed lightly.

"It's just a waste mine." He reminded.

Abandoned mines.

In an insignificant place, it is not only the mines that are abandoned, but also the people, the old and crippled miners who can no longer create enough value to be thrown here.

Xie Roujia's gaze turned to the front of him, and a few lines of queues in the wide open space had been lined up amid the scolding of the overseers, and at a glance they were all old faces, thin bodies, except for a few with a tattered short hurdle, most of them were shirtless, and their bodies and hands were covered with dust, obviously they were driven over while working.

Because of this suddenness, a little panic appeared in their dull eyes.

These dying miners are prone to death, especially after intense work, and many lie down tonight and won't be able to open their eyes tomorrow.

Xie Roujia suddenly felt a little depressed.

It was the first time she had seen a miner, and she had only seen cinnabar before.

Did the bright red cinnabar come out of these people's hands?

"To put it bluntly, let's be merciful here and give everyone a place to retire." The voice of the chief overseer continued in his ears, with a smile, "I don't expect them to produce any sand, they just raised it for nothing." ”

Is it raised for nothing?

Xie Roujia thought of the scene she had seen from the top of the mountain.

Like ants, the procession of resisting the boulder seems to never stop from morning to night, day and night.

Someone reached out and poked her, Xie Roujia came back to her senses, and Shao Mingqing walked past her.

"Young Master Cousin, let's see if there's that person in here." The chief supervisor strode forward and led Shao Mingqing forward.

Xie Roujia hesitated.

She suddenly didn't want to look at these people at all, but there was a voice in her heart urging her to look.

You've seen cinnabar, and you've seen these people digging cinnabar.

She took a deep breath and lifted her heels.

"Heads up, all heads up."

Seeing Shao Mingqing coming over, the supervisors on the side shouted, urging, and some people reminded these miners to raise their heads with leather whips.

One by one, the faces were raised, and in the contrast of Shao Mingqing's young and fair-skinned jade-like face, they looked more and more old and wrinkled, and Xie Roujia even felt that these people all looked the same, and they couldn't see their original appearances.

"Why are you missing one here?"

"My lord, Yanwang is dead."

"If you don't say it in time when you die, is it for the rice grain you pretended?"

As Shao Mingqing walked by, there were supervisors who checked the roster one by one, and then occasionally such a conversation sounded, whether it was a question or an answer, the voice was flat, as if they were not talking about the life or death of people, but the daily words of what the weather was like.

Xie Roujia stopped, suddenly she didn't know what she was here for, she wanted to pull her legs and leave, she didn't want to look at it at all.

Anyway, my sister didn't die in this life, she didn't become a fake Dan master, and she wouldn't be forced to marry Brother An, she had already seen Brother An, so be it.

"What's your name?"

Shao Mingqing's voice sounded in his ears.

Xie Roujia is smart, did you find it? She looked up.

Shao Mingqing stopped in front of a burly man who had only one hand.

"Ahh He replied.

"Stones." Shao Mingqing looked at him and said, "It's quite sturdy, like a stone." ”

Perhaps he had never heard others praise him, but the man named Ah Ba was suddenly excited, and he knelt down.

"My lord, my lord, I am strong as a stone, I am strong and capable, my lord, please let me go back to the mine." He said with a knock knock.

The overseer on the side was furious.

"Ah Ba, what nonsense are you talking about, you have one hand left, what kind of big mine do you return, the old man is merciful and merciful to you to let you come here to be idle, you don't know what to do! Get out! They shouted angrily.

"Adults, I'm not a waste, I'm not a waste, I'm useful, I'm useful." Ah Ba kept kowtowing and begging, "I don't want to be a waste and wait for death, I don't want to be a waste and wait for death." ”

There was chaos at the scene, several overseers escorted Shao Mingqing and Xie Roujia to retreat, and a few others held whips to beat them, and then lifted the man up and walked to the side.

"I'm not waste, I'm not waste."

The man's shouts were muffled and soon faded away, apparently gagged.

The overseer shook his shirt as if to sweep away the dust that had fallen on the man's body as he fluttered.

"When I first came, I was like this, people, I always don't want to recognize the reality, just wait a while." He said, looking at Shao Mingqing with a smile, "Young Master Cousin, please." ”

The queue that had been messed up because of the right talent was lined up again under the reprimand of the overseer.

Shao Mingqing raised his foot to walk over, but Xie Roujia grabbed his sleeve.

"Look at the roster." She said.

The chief overseer was a little surprised when he heard this.

"So the young master knows the name of that person?" He said.

When the chief supervisor asked this sentence, Shao Mingqing looked at Xie Roujia and repeated the words of the chief supervisor with his eyes.

"What's it called?" The Grand Overseer then asked.

Xie Roujia didn't say anything and stretched out her hand.

"Bring it." Shao Mingqing did not answer the chief supervisor, but said.

The chief overseer frowned, but didn't speak, and waved his head to the overseers on the side.

A few volumes of the roster were handed to Xie Roujia.

"It's too hot, Master Cousin came here to sit down and watch." The Grand Overseer said.

Shao Mingqing nodded and turned to walk, and Xie Roujia followed with the roster.

"Do you really know the name?" Shao Mingqing asked in a low voice.

"My husband's name, I don't know?" Xie Roujia said.

This girl!

Shao Mingqing glared, Xie Roujia ignored him, lowered his head and opened the roster, the roster of more than a hundred and ten people took not long to read.

There is no name for Brother An.

Xie Roujia was a little surprised, she even opened the roster of women, girls and children.

"Why doesn't this have a name?" She asked, pointing to one of them, writing only three words.

"I haven't named this yet." An overseer said, looking at it.

Isn't Brother An's name still missing?

Xie Roujia looked at him, and Shao Mingqing coughed lightly.

"Haven't weaned yet." He said.

Xie Roujia closed the roster.

"No, I'm leaving." She said, throwing down the roster and turning to leave, as if she didn't want to stay here for a moment.

Shao Mingqing frowned, waved his hand to the chief supervisor, and got up to follow.

Watching the two of them leave one after the other, the overseer looked puzzled.

"Master Liao, what is Young Master Cousin doing here?" He asked, "What about playing with us?" ”

"Young Master Cousin, you can play as much as you like." The chief overseer said indifferently, pointing to the roster on the side, "It just so happens that everyone is gathered, you can sort out the roster." ”

"The number of people is still true or false?" The little overseer asked in a low voice.

"Next year will be the third of March, the important time of the eldest lady Dannu sacrifice, so many people will die, is it auspicious?" The chief overseer said displeased.

The little overseer smiled and nodded.

"Liao Ye is wise." He complimented, picked up the roster, "The little one understands." ”

The chief overseer watched them check their names and slowly finished their tea and stood up.

".......Hey, you're missing a man here? What about old Haimu? ”

"My lord, my lord, I'm here, I'm here."

"Old Haimu, what are you doing hiding in other people's teams? , you're not dead yet? ”

"Thanks to you."

Old Haimu?

When the chief overseer heard this, he turned his head and saw a thin old man bowing to the overseer.

"Isn't Old Haimu sick?" He asked the overseer, "Why didn't you die?" ”

"Master Liao, his son has come back from the big mine." The overseer said, "Work for him, so this old thing has come to his senses." ”

The Grand Overseer groaned.

"His son." He said, "Now that they're back, it's our people from the mine, let them write down their names." ”

The overseer replied and turned around and ran over there.

"Old Haimu, what's your son's name?" He asked aloud.

Old Haimu saluted him, and a smile appeared on the old man's face.

"Brother An." He said.

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The girl in front of her ran farther and farther, and Shao Mingqing chased after him a little panting and surprised.

"This girl is really running faster and faster." He said, taking a deep breath, "Xie Roujia! ”

He shouted.

Sure enough, I saw the girl in front of me stop.

"You're shouting wrong." She shouted.

This pause was enough for Shao Mingqing to catch up.

"I don't have the surname Xie." Xie Roujia said.

"Whether you have a surname or not, it's not someone else's final say, it's given to you by God." Shao Mingqing waved his hand and said, obviously not interested in continuing the topic, "I said, what are you running?" Okay, why don't you look for it? ”

Xie Roujia turned around and walked without speaking.

"Hey, you're not scared, are you?" Shao Mingqing asked.

"What am I afraid of?" Xie Roujia said, "I just, I don't want to see it." ”

Shao Mingqing sneered.

"Xie Roujia, you just want to see the bright cinnabar, you don't want to see how this cinnabar came from, right?" He said, "Do you think these people are pitiful? If you don't look at it, they won't be pitied? What a piece of rubbish! You're in for a good place. ”

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This transition is not well written, a bit stuck, and late.

This is Jiajia preparing for the background, although it is boring but cannot be omitted, everyone feels bored and can save for a few days.

Thank you donkeyoo1 for tipping the spirit beast eggs, thank you.

Tomorrow update in the afternoon. R1152