Some things have been added after the modification of the previous chapter, and it is better to read it again after reading it, otherwise you may not be able to catch up with the front and back.

This toss, it got dark, and when it was time for dinner, the last few steamed buns we had before were eaten at noon, and they sold baked cakes in the town, but when they asked the price, it was scary, and at that time it was five to six baked cakes for one dollar, and they only gave three for one dollar, no matter how they said it, and even the people who sold the baked cakes were a kind of love to eat or not, and they couldn't afford to hurry to the side.

At that time, we really didn't have anything to eat, not only were the baked cakes expensive here, but the food in the restaurant was even more expensive, and at that time, a bowl of braised noodles, I remember, was only about two and a half to three yuan, and they dared to sell a bowl for five or six yuan here, which was almost the same as a roadblock robbery, and they really didn't dare to buy it to eat.

In the end, there was no way, a few people had to take the dishes and chopsticks again, and asked for food in their town, don't be okay, such a demand, it almost makes us despair of the idea of asking for food, this town, and the towns we passed through before, are completely different.

It may be that the environment has changed the crowd, it is estimated that before they did not set up a tourist area here, the folk customs were simple, and after the establishment of the tourist area, they all valued this as a piece of fat, and they all wanted to take a bite of it, and people's hearts changed. Maybe they sit down together, and when they talk, they are, "I slaughtered a fool today, and I am not ashamed, but proud."

All the way down, the people in this town, almost no one gave us food, they all bombarded us outside, let's go, hurry up. However, a family gave us a few hard steamed buns, and when we broke the steamed buns, each steamed bun had a dark blue black core inside, we are not stupid, this is a steamed bun that is about to grow hairy, it is estimated that it is leftover from the New Year, and it has not been stored and spoiled. In our family, steamed buns like this are fed to pigs.

Since then, I have found that none of the villagers near the tourist area are simple, all of them are treacherous, small, short, and tricky, and they only look at the money in your pocket, and almost all of them are bullied.

In desperation, we walked back along the road we came from before, next to their town, there is a big road, there is a car on the road, I and Qiang Shun thought it was a highway, who knew that Chen Hui told us, it was the national highway, that is, the 107 national highway next to our village, we just need to follow this national highway all the way to the north, we can walk home.

I looked at the spacious national highway in a daze, and I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart, I really wanted to go home.

Fearing that the faces of the people here would be like that, we had not gone far from their town, and instead of following the same path, we turned a path in the northwest direction. I don't know how many miles we walked along the path, but I felt that the town was far away from us, but the mountain was still on our left.

Soon, we came to a town again, at this time, it seemed to be the second half of the night, there were shops in this town, and there were big signs at the door of the shops, and the signs also said that they were selling tea or something, but they were all closed.

The town was obviously not as prosperous as it used to be, and the houses and buildings were much more dilapidated, so we walked around the town and couldn't find a suitable place to sleep. To the south of their town, there was a river, running southwest and northeast, and this river should be the one we had walked on the mountain before.

They have an old-fashioned arch bridge in their town, spanning the south bank of the river, the arch bridge looks a little old, there is a stone sign at the head of the bridge, or it may be a stone tablet, which records the age of the bridge repair, I remember it seems to be from 1950.

There was a mud house next to the arch bridge, and it formed a triangular horn with a lot of weeds growing in the corner, but it was clean, and we spent the night there.

The next day, we went to their town to buy some steamed buns, and a few people gobbled up them to fill their stomachs, but this is not a long-term solution, at this time there is still more than a month before March 3, and the little money left on Chen Hui's body, let alone March, it would be good to last until February and a half.

What can I do, Qiang Shun said, no, I can't sell the bracelet and the gold hairpin for some money. The golden hairpin and the bracelet were all in Chen Hui's baggage at this time, after all, we are children, and it is not appropriate to take these valuable things.

Chen Hui listened and disagreed, what he meant, when we want to go home, we will sell these things again, and we will go home with the money from the sale, so that we can give an explanation to our parents at home, at least we will not go back empty-handed.

Then I thought about it, the three of them are actually not small, if they can't find some work in the town, even if they don't give money, they can give them food. So, we walked around the town, mainly looking for those restaurants and hotels, asking the owners inside, if there is any work, we don't know anything else, it is okay to serve a plate or wash dishes in a restaurant.

However, there is no one to be wanted, but a restaurant owner told us that he has a relative who has opened a workshop in the mountains, and he has just opened Zhang, who is recruiting people, and he has a lot of money, but he is a little tired, depending on whether we are willing to go.

As soon as we heard it, we asked, what kind of work it was, the boss didn't say, just told us, we would know when we arrived, but we didn't let Chen Hui go, saying that Chen Hui was too old.

We discussed it for a while, and finally agreed to the boss, who then called his relative, and the other end of the phone said that he would let someone drive by to pick us up tomorrow.

That night, the hotel owner also took care of our meal, but the hotel owner never said what the specific job was, only said that it was there, and it couldn't pit us.

Seeing that the boss didn't say anything, we were nervous, it wouldn't be some black brick kiln, and they wouldn't let us out after they got us in, not only did they not pay for their work, but they were beaten if they were slow.

Chen Hui said that the owner of this hotel looks good, not like a villain, and the job he said should be fine.

The next day, we came to the door of the hotel early, and after waiting for a while, a car really came, it was a motorized three-wheeler, and the driver of the three-wheeled car was a strong man in his thirties, very burly, and seemed to be very familiar with the hotel owner. The owner of the hotel said a few words to the strong man, and the strong man beckoned us to get into the car without saying a word.

Chen Hui followed him to the car with his luggage, and said to the hotel owner and the strong man that they were still children, so they didn't feel at ease in the past, so they wanted to go over and have a look. Neither the strong man nor the hotel owner objected.

After we put our luggage in the car and sat down, the strong man drove out of their town, walked over the old arched bridge before, and walked all the way up the mountain.

The mountain road twists and turns, and many places are narrow and steep, which is quite scary, but the speed is not slow at all, and the strong man seems to be very familiar with this road.

After walking for about a morning, I came to a deep mountain and old forest, where there was a big mountain pass, and the strong man said that it was a workshop. The mountain is surrounded by trees, and at first glance it looks like you have entered a primeval forest. I don't know exactly where this place is.

The tricycle stopped in the compound of the mountain pass, the compound has no courtyard walls, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a row of red brick bungalows at the entrance, there can be more than a dozen, and in the distance of the mountain pass, there are some strange instruments that we have never seen, which are in operation. On the other side of the col, there seemed to be a cave, and some people pulled bucket carts, like ants, in and out of the hole, as if they were carrying something out.

The strong man let us get out of the car, took us to the door of a bungalow, pushed the door and walked in, and a few of us hurriedly followed in.

In the bungalow, there are a few sofas, a desk, behind the desk, there is a man in his forties, dressed very generously, he seems to have known our intentions for a long time, and does not talk nonsense with us at all, raising his hand and pointing at the stupid cow, this big man, can give a person's salary, and another point to me and Qiangshun, you two, can only give a salary of one and a half people, if you want to do it, you can do it, if you don't want to do it, leave now.

As soon as we heard it, we could give as much as we wanted, as long as we could get something to eat. However, what should Chen Hui do, he just wants to discuss with the man, even if he gives us a little less, let Chen Hui stay, just take care of the food.

Who knows, Chen Hui told the man, don't look at yourself as old, you are no worse than young people in your work. The man didn't believe it, Chen Hui turned around and went out, and after a while, he carried a big stone into the house from the outside, this stone weighed at least sixty catties, and put the stone in front of the man, Chen Hui himself didn't breathe.

The man was very surprised when he saw it, and left Chen Hui behind, and finally finalized it, the salary that the stupid cow gave to one person, and the salary that the three of us gave to two people, taking care of food and housing, three hundred a month. At that time, at that time, the salary was 300 a month, which was a lot, and I was also in charge of food and housing.

Then the strong man found a house for the four of us, had lunch, and that afternoon, we got to work. What kind of work are you doing, transporting stones out of the cave, I am with the stupid cow, one person and one bucket truck, Chen Hui loads stones on the bucket cart in the cave, and we pull them out.

It was the first time we had done hard work, and we couldn't bear it at all, and one afternoon, our hands were swollen and our shoulders were worn out.

Later, we figured out that this is a black mine, that is, a mine without a business license, mining from the mountains, because the mountain is steep and narrow, and it is remote, plus they are doing it secretly, large machinery does not dare to enter the mountain, and can only rely on the most primitive manpower, but what kind of mine is made, we have never figured it out, because they have been very mysterious, out of coolies, all outsiders like us, some of them can't understand each other, and we haven't communicated with them much. Those important links of screening and washing may be the cronies of the mine owner, and they don't let us go to them at all, this is the rule, and if you violate the regulations, you will have to deduct money.

And just like that, we worked in the mine for a month. I remember that the day we arrived at the mine was the second day of March in the solar calendar, and by the end of March, we had a salary, because we were not working on a full moon, and we were novices, and the four of us only opened more than 700 yuan.

At that time, we have been counting the days, the day of the salary, is the 23rd of February of the lunar calendar, a few days away from the 3rd of March, we have the idea of leaving, and worked for four days, the time came to February 27th, we proposed to leave with the boss, the boss did not say anything, after all, we have worked for them for several days, at this time, if we leave, these days do not have to give us a penny.

A few people packed their bags and returned to the previous town, bought enough food in the town, and a few people started to go up the mountain, at this time, the weather had warmed up, and the mountain was covered with a layer of greenery, and a lot of wild grasses and other things were popping up, and some trees also appeared green shoots, and the whole looked full of spring.

A few people quickly came to the small col before, and found a place near the leeward sun, and a few people waited for the time.

When he was in the mine before, Chen Hui had to take out the small plate that the Luo family gave him almost every day, and put the small black beads in the middle of the plate to check the movements of the Luo family, but there was no movement.

After stabilizing in the small col, Chen Hui took out the small saucer again, still putting the small black bead in the middle, and silently reciting the incantation to the small saucer......

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