Chapter 14: The Miserable Miner

"Get up, get up, these cubs hurry up and get up for Lao Tzu to work!" The roar gradually echoed in my ears from far to near. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Bang! The door was kicked open, and the morning light outside shone in, and before I could wake up, I could only vaguely see a few vague black shadows at the door enter, raise my hand, and wave it down.

Bang!!! a whip scream, followed by a scream. Obviously the way the bed was called was unfriendly.

The guy in front of him was thin and short, his hair was long and tangled indiscriminately, and he was dressed in exquisite and gorgeous clothes, but he obviously had no taste in random matching, and he looked a little nondescript. He had a flute-like thing stuck in his waist, and a whip in his hand that was shaking slightly, and it was evident that he had just done a good job. Next to him stood three or four other people, much taller and stronger than this short man in terms of stature alone.

"Hurry up and get me up!" said the dwarf, "today is the first time I have woken you up, and I hope you all have a better memory, and you will get up and work at this point in the future." Today is also the last time to wake you up, if you wake up late next time, it won't be me," and then pointed to a few men next to him, "Next time they will come, if anyone hasn't woken up when they come, then I'm sorry, I'm sure they will wake you up." ”

"Alright, you two come out with you. With that, the man turned around and walked out, and a few other men came and carried us away.

Along the way, no one spoke, only the dwarf didn't know what tune to blow in front of him, obviously in a happy mood. I looked around and found that this was a relatively remote place, there were no plants growing on the ground, and there were high slopes piled up with large and small stones everywhere, except for a few rows of simple houses in the place of the wooden house just now, there was basically no trace of human population along the way.

But as soon as I passed the stone pile in front, I vaguely found the bustle in front of me. Dozens of piles of stones were piled up in front of them, and from time to time there were people pushing simple wooden carts to unload stones on the curved road in the middle, and on top of those piles were guards, either sitting or standing, with bows and arrows in their hands, and it was obvious that if anyone wanted to escape, they would shoot mercilessly. At the end of this winding road was a cave, and at the entrance of the cave were constantly being pushed in and out of carts, which must have been the mine, and we were sold here as miners.

Walking to the door of the cave, I felt that this mine is definitely not small, the mouth of this mine alone is dozens of meters horizontally and vertically, plus there are constantly people coming in and out, looking at those miners one by one, three or four people pushing the cart and walking hard, and suddenly feel that their fate is too tragic.

"Alright, the man has been brought," said the dwarf with a grin to a middle-aged man at the entrance of the cave, "this is not a wood carving, it can do a good job." The middle-aged man hummed undeniably, waved his hand, and a few others escorted us into the cave.

I went into the cave again, the same thing is that I was forced to do it, but the difference is that last time I took the road I chose, and this time I took the road that others held. I looked at the tree, and the guy was expressionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't seem to see it after a few glances.

After turning around in the cave, the huge scene that unfolded in front of us was truly astonishing. In front of me is a space of about several thousand square meters, the whole place is lit with torches, the air circulation is okay, but I feel a little stuffy; the shouts of the guards in the space, the screams of the miners, the friction of the wheels and the sound of the iron pickaxe smashing into the stone wall are mixed together, quite noisy; in the middle is a simple shed built, in which a lot of tools and devices are placed; and around this space are densely scattered more intersections, it is estimated that they are all mining holes.

Oops, I was kicked a few times directly on my buttocks, and I almost fell down all over my body.

"Stunned, hurry over. A bald man from behind glared at me fiercely and shoved us both over.

"Fuck you," I cursed silently in my heart, pulling the chains on my feet and walking over.

Walk to the front of the shed and take a closer look. There were about a dozen people sitting there resting in the shed, and one of them was a small man, lying on a bed made of animal skins, drinking wine. When he squinted his eyes and saw the two of us coming, he casually pointed his finger and muttered, "Hole 16, go and make a hole." ”

There was a seated man who stood up, carrying a huge hammer on his back, and looked like a powerful master. He brought two pickaxes and shoved one into us. "Go, work hard, and when it's time to eat, if the distance you dig forward is not long enough for my hammer, you will not be allowed to eat today. ”

Holy, just kidding. This guy's hammer is at least two meters long, so he took this thing in his hand to dig the mountain? He chiseled the mountain by hand without dynamite? I'm not a fool? The reality is so cruel, the giant hammer man took us to the No. 16 hole, pushed us forward, and then sat down at the entrance of the cave to rest.

Life had to go on, so I pushed the tree, and the two of them walked into the cave. The hole is not deep, it is less than ten meters at the end, and it is not big, just two people walking in parallel. There's no way, so let's get to work.

Phew, I spit on my hand twice, rubbed my hands, and raised my pickaxe

Ding! I bounced the pickaxe back in one fell swoop, and if it weren't for a little strength in my hands, it would have bounced off. When I saw that there was a small white spot on the stone, how could this ****** be chiseled, it was too hard. The two of them discussed, knocked for a long time and found the law, first found the crack of the original mountain, and then hit along the crack, although the progress is also slow, but it is better than knocking directly on the stone.

There was a clanging sound from inside the cave.

I don't know how long I worked, anyway, I had no concept of time in the cave at all, I only heard the sound of work outside gradually quieting down, and the sound of "rest, eating" came over, and the two of us came out of the cave.

At first glance, the giant hammer man is no longer guarding the entrance of the cave, but it is nothing if he does not guard it, anyway, there is only one at the entrance of the cave, and he can't escape. The two of us lined up and slowly approached the place where the food was distributed, and by the way, we were eating sweet potatoes again, but this time the standard was higher, two per person.

"I said, this time it's not going to be poison. The big tree said to me with a light in his eyes, staring at the sweet potato.

"Probably not, if you want us to work, you won't give us any more medicine or anything. "I hesitated, too.

"Whatever he does, he can't starve to death. The big tree ignored it and just took a big bite to eat.

Then eat, we finished eating three times and five divided by two, choked in a panic, and walked to the water source. The whole water was also brought in from outside in wooden barrels, because there were no cups and other tools, so everyone drank it to their mouths. When I saw that I was about to drink all the water, it was a little bottoming out, and it was mixed with crushed sweet potatoes and other things I don't know what to do, which was really disgusting. While Big Tree and I were hesitating, another miner came over, lifted the bucket, and drank the rest of the water with two clicks. Come on, I'm thirsty now.

There was another jingling, and when it was time to start the meal, it was sweet potatoes again. But the difference is that when we were about to take the sweet potato and eat it, the giant hammer man appeared, stopped us, and shouted: "Your work is still a little short, and today the whip will be exempted for you, and one person will have a sweet potato." ”

Nima's, no, it's definitely more than two meters of hard work today, how can it not be enough? Just as he was about to scream, the guy directly unloaded the hammer, and with a whoosh, pulled out another section from the tail.

Damn, this is playing with me, can this get longer? This is obviously bullying! I and the big tree were angry, and we were ready to start a fight. But before we could open, seven or eight people came from behind, surrounded us and beat us, and when we left, they threw down two broken sweet potatoes and smiled proudly: "Give you a long memory, who has the final say!"

Needless to say, the extra two sweet potatoes must have been divided by others. We dragged our hands in pain, and when we got back to the hut, we collapsed and fell asleep.

For several days, over and over again, we lived an inhuman life in this mine. In just ten days, the whole person has lost weight. In this cave, from time to time someone falls, or hungry or tired, and if he can't stand up after a beating, he is carried out and never seen again. We didn't want to escape all the time, but there was someone watching at the wooden house, and there was no chance when we entered the cave, although it was loose inside, but it was strict outside, and we couldn't escape at all.

The turning point of events occurred in an unexpected knock. That day, the big tree went down with an iron pickaxe, and there were many cracks in the entire mountain wall. There is also a cave behind the mountain wall, but this is obviously artificially excavated, and the inside of the cave is scattered in all directions, more like a tomb road. At that time, I didn't have time to take a closer look, so I thought that this might be a way to escape, so I discussed with the big tree, first blocked the hole, and then excavated in another direction, and when the time was ripe, I went inside to see if there were no other intersections to escape.

In the next few days, it was like a spy movie. When I started working, because sometimes the guards at the entrance of the cave were not guarded, they were all chatting with other people outside, so when I had this kind of opportunity, I asked my uncle to guard outside, and I went in to explore the way. After a few days, I roughly figured out the tomb of a very powerful person, the whole tomb is very large, it feels like it is even many times larger than this mine, and the tomb road I have explored clearly is several kilometers long. The two of them discussed, it's a big deal to fight, anyway, it's a death, rather than being tired to death here, it's better to go in and try your luck, in case you find a way out.

That's it, ready to start tomorrow.

The next day was still the same, and when I took the pickaxe and was about to enter the 16th hole, the little head who had been lying there suddenly spoke, asking the uncle to work in it first, and I stayed and waited. I motioned for the big tree to go to work first, and when I arrived, we would flee together, and then asked a little beggingly, "What's the matter, big brothers, don't you have to work today?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just wait, and then there's something else for you to do. ”

My heart is a little cold, and if I am allowed to do things separately from the tree, it will be difficult to escape. But I can't show it, so I can only pretend to wait calmly.