"Alas," the big lock sighed helplessly, and then continued, "Then again, the real family conditions are good, who would go to the quarry with their heads, dealing with ** big stones every day, and being careless is a life, or how to say that the quarry is a place where there is no return." ”

The big lock said, remembering his sadness, there was a trace of trilling in his voice, he paused slightly, calmed down his emotions, and then said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I told you a little girl this, I made you laugh." ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Yun Fang waved her hand, "We're just chatting, I'm curious to ask you." ”

Da Suo stabilized his mood, raised the dried radish, and seriously suggested, "Actually, your dried radish is the most suitable for the people in our quarry, but it is too expensive." The big guy is bitter and tired, but he is reluctant to eat salt, many people's legs are swollen, if there is something cheap and salty enough to eat, everyone will definitely rush to buy food, after all, life is still more important. ”

"Then," Yun Fang's eyes blinked, and he asked, "How much does Big Lock Brother think the people in the quarry are willing to buy?"

The big lock opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, shook his head again, and said helplessly, "Little girl, this dried radish of yours, I tasted it just now, it is very delicious, there must be a lot of good things in it, you just sell a big bowl at a loss, and everyone will still be reluctant to buy it." ”

Yun Fang had already realized what the big lock said, and she nodded in agreement, "What the big lock brother said is true, our kind of radish strips are not suitable for the quarry." ”

"By the way, I remember," said the big lock in a loud voice, "in addition to the quarrymen who sell coolies, there is another group of people in our quarry, who do not do heavy work, wear neat clothes, and have spare money in hand, and are willing to eat." ”

"Oh?" Yun Fang's heart turned, and she asked with some puzzlement, "Is there such a group of people in your quarry, how many people are there, and what are they doing?"

"They just show the boss the field, and they don't have to do any work," the big lock said quickly, thought about it and added, "I don't know how many of them there are, they don't usually deal with us much, they are mainly ,......"

Da Suo said this in one breath, but suddenly stopped, he glanced around vigilantly, lowered his voice and said, "Those people have guys in their hands, mainly to take care of the group of people inside." ”

"The group of people inside?" Yun Fang repeated in a puzzled whisper.

"Those people," said the big lock in a lower voice, "they don't know where the boss got it, and they don't pay them, and they don't usually let them go out of the quarry. If we are lucky and lucky, we can leave the quarry when we have earned enough money, but those people can only survive in it, without any hope. ”

Hearing the big lock say this, Yun Fang suddenly thought of those black coal kilns in her other society, if she caught some black miners working for the black-hearted coal boss for free, and used their lives to earn a lot of profits for the boss, I didn't expect that in this society, similar things would happen.

Da Suo looked at Yun Fang and didn't speak, he thought she was scared, glanced at the big mountains and small stones on the wheel in front of him, and kindly advised, "Little girl, don't be afraid, they don't catch little girls, only young and strong young men, you look back and tell your brothers, try not to go out alone, especially in the sparsely populated places in the area of the reeds, don't go." ”

Listening to the words of the big lock, Yun Fang's heart moved, and the incident of her brother Dashan in distress in the area of the reed swinger suddenly jumped into her mind, and the brother said that he was rescued by someone at that time, and he got out of danger by luring those people away, so my brother has been thinking about it. Thinking about it so carefully, Yun Fang's heart lit up, could it be the person who saved her brother,......

Yun Fang had something in her heart, she nodded frequently, indicating that she was following the warning of the big lock, and asked pretending to be unintentional, "Brother the big lock, how long have you been working in this quarry?"

"I've been doing it for more than a year, and I'm still alive," Da Suo smiled self-deprecatingly, and suddenly the look on his face soared, "If I'm lucky, I'll work for more than a year, and the family's money will be almost saved, and I can quit my job and go home." ”

Big Lock said this so loudly, which alarmed the big mountain sitting on the wheel in front of him, he turned around and asked, "Brother Lock Head, you have people from all over the quarry, and you have been there for more than a year, have you ever heard of a boss surnamed He?"

Yun Fang wanted to ask what she wanted to ask was asked by Da Shan first, and she wouldn't be able to say anything more, in fact, if this question was asked by Yun Fang, she would definitely ask the boss of their quarry directly if the boss of their quarry was surnamed He, because according to her experience in another time and space, the owner of this quarry had both motives and strength, which was too suspicious.

However, since it was the eldest brother who asked so, it was even more invisible, so Yun Fang wisely shut up, waited for the big lock to answer, and then guided back to the things he cared about.

However, the big lock's answer made Yun Fang completely disappointed, and he said without thinking about it, "We are all coolies, where do you know any boss, don't say I don't know what other boss's surname is, that is, who the owner of the quarry is, I haven't seen it, let alone the name." ”

After Da Suo finished laughing at himself, he raised his voice and asked, "Brother Dashan, what are you asking about this boss surnamed He? Could it be that Dafang, surnamed He, can buy more of your dried radish?"

"It's not that the surname He is generous," Dashan paused slightly, turned a corner when he spoke, and returned with a smile, "It's that I heard that a boss surnamed He is particularly bad, so I inquired in advance." After all, we still have to continue to sell dried radish, and one day we don't know each other, and we have been calculated, and I don't know yet. ”

"Also, it's not easy for you to sell dried radishes, it's not easy," Da Suo nodded in agreement, and happily agreed, "I'll inquire carefully for you when I go back, and tell Aunt Ju next time I come back, and ask her to send you a letter." ”

"Yes, yes," Dashan said happily and gratefully, "Thank you so much Brother Lock." ”

"Compared to your brothers and sisters, I do this with my hands, why are you so polite Brother Dashan. The big lock smiled innocently and said.

"Actually, you don't have to bother Aunt Ju, after the New Year, maybe we will go to the quarry to find you, and by the way, we can also let Brother Da Lock taste a kind of radish that we have newly pickled. Yun Fang smiled and answered.

"That's fine," said the big lock, smiling heartily again, "if your new turnips were cheaper, many of us would buy them." ”

"Maybe," Yun Fang said noncommittally, half-jokingly, "When the time comes, I'll have to ask Brother Da Lock to help me more." ”

"Definitely, definitely. The big lock answered, looked around, and said loudly, "Oh, the way to the quarry is here, thank you for taking me on this ride." ”

With a shout, the little stone stopped the carriage and made the big lock jump down, and he groped his way from behind to find a small lantern, and lit it with fire tongs.

The big lock smiled gratefully at the Yunfang brothers and sisters again, then held up the small lantern, and walked forward briskly along the dark mountain road, at the end of which was the quarry, which was a place that would kill people at any time, and also gave hope to many poor people who had no way to live.

Watching the big lock carry the small lantern and go farther and farther, Dashan shook his head with emotion, "It's not easy, it's really not easy, even if you go home, you have to rush back overnight." ”

"Yes, that quarry is so dangerous, in order to earn a few more big men, the lock brother Haiman went with his head, it's not easy, it's not easy. Xiao Shi's heart was also full of thoughts, and he said with a sigh.