Mu Yiping handed the wooden skewer in his hand to the patriarch and did not leave.

Instead, he bowed to the patriarch and said earnestly: "Patriarch, my family won the lottery this year, and someone wants to be a miner, I can't complain about others, the eldest son Mu Lin went to work as a miner six years ago, and according to the rules, he should be able to come back three years ago."

But there has been no news so far, and it is estimated that he has died in a foreign country.

The second son, Mu Feng, also went to the mine two years ago, and I don't know if he can come back this year.

Now I'm the only cripple left in the family.

I'm going to be a miner this year, and I'm not worried about my life or death.

I'm just worried about the little girl Mu Yan, how to live in the future.

Her mother died early, and now that I'm gone, the little girl is left alone.

Today, I ask the patriarch and the clansmen present here to testify that I intend to marry my little daughter Mu Yan to this young man from a foreign country, Lin Yang. ”

Saying that, Mu Yiping turned his head and pointed to Lin Yang in the corner.

Lin Yang was also very surprised, thinking that he was going to be recommended by Mu Yiping to be a miner.

Unexpectedly, Mu Yiping actually married his daughter Mu Yanxu to himself in front of the patriarch.

No wonder before going out just now, I asked about my family situation in detail.

It turned out that at that time, this Mu Yiping had already made such a plan.

At this time, Mu Yiping continued: "Lin Yang is a foreigner rescued by our father and daughter, and his injuries have not yet healed.

After recovering, let Lin Yang and the little girl leave the Mu family in a small boat and go to Lin Yang's hometown to live for the rest of their lives.

When the time comes, I hope that the patriarch will not stop me, I Mu Yiping is grateful, and I hope that the patriarch and all the clansmen will also be here to testify. ”

After Mu Yiping finished speaking, he bowed to the patriarch again, and at the same time gave a deep salute to the people of the same clan sitting on both sides of the hall.

The patriarch had no expression on his face, picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea.

Only then did he speak: "Yiping, in terms of generation, I am your elder, and I know the misfortune of your family."

Our family is not only like this, you can see whose family is not like this.

The annual recruitment of miners has been dodged this year, and there is next year, and next year has been dodged, and there is the year after that.

There are more than 100 families in the clan, and they have to spread it sooner or later.

More than 2,000 years ago, in order to escape the cold, our ancestors moved from the far north to settle in this citrine country.

The ancestors took a fancy to the fertile land of this island, and the surrounding fishing products were abundant, so they settled here.

Since then, my Mu clan has lived a peaceful and peaceful life.

However, more than a hundred years ago, due to the discovery of mineral veins in the Tianyi Continent, a powerful immortal cultivation sect in the Huangjing Kingdom, the Tsing Yi Sect, began to recruit miners.

A miner can be paid twenty taels of silver for mining a year.

Three years is also a lot of money.

Therefore, many people have taken the initiative to sign up to become miners.

Later, since most of the miners died in the mines, no one signed up to be miners anymore.

Therefore, the Tsing Yi Gate could not recruit miners, in this case, the Tsing Yi Gate allocated miner quotas according to the size of the group.

Although we are in the middle of nowhere, we have not escaped the scourge of mining.

Not only our Mu family, but also several other families living on the surrounding islands also have corresponding miner quotas. ”

The patriarch was a little out of breath when he said this, and took another sip of tea.

After a pause, he continued: "The steward of the Tsing Yi Sect has given me a verbal warning that if the Ju clan escapes, after being caught, all the people of my Mu clan, young and old, will be exterminated.

It is said that there were other families who fled the area in the past.

In the end, the entire family was slaughtered and the entire family perished.

We are all mortals, how can we fight those immortals in Tsing Yi Gate.

I worked as a miner 30 years ago, and I survived the three-year period.

I just hope that the vein closest to our family will be hollowed out as soon as possible.

In this way, there is hope that our people will be able to reluctantly serve as miners and live a peaceful life in the future. ”

After the patriarch finished speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Mu Yiping to sit down.

Looking around the hall again, these clansmen felt uncomfortable.

Of the more than 100 clansmen, most of the families are only left with old and young women and children, and as the patriarch, he saw this situation, and it was also heartbreaking.

However, there was nothing he could do, and if he fell, the Mu family would be finished.

The patriarch continued: "Yiping, I know your thoughts, I can agree to your request, and I, as the patriarch, can prepare a small boat for Mu Yan and Lin Yang."

However, this place is more than 2,000 miles away from the Tianyi Continent, the sea is fierce, and there are often demon beasts, such a small boat can't withstand the wind and waves at all, and it is difficult to guarantee the safe arrival of the Tianyi Continent, have you thought about it?"

Mu Yiping didn't say anything, just looked at the patriarch quietly.

The patriarch continued: "Yiping, you have never been to the sea, the wind and waves on the sea are not what you can imagine, even if you reach the Tianyi Continent safely, now the world is chaotic, there are many road bandits and robbers, and there are fierce beasts and monsters that infest and hurt people."

I heard that Lin Yang's hometown is thousands of miles away in Dongsong Kingdom, and it is difficult to say whether the two of them can reach Lin Yang's hometown safely.

What worries me the most is that if they are found out by the people of Tsing Yi Gate this escape, they will be executed immediately.

You don't know these things, those immortals are cruel, they can kill us mortals with a raise of their hands.

As the patriarch of the Mu family, it hurts me every year to watch my relatives being sent away to work as miners.

I thought about running away with everyone, but... ”

When the patriarch said this, his eyes were a little moist, and he opened his mouth a few times, unable to speak.

After Mu Yiping saw this, he stood up from his seat, and after listening to the patriarch's words, he also knew that his thoughts were a little inappropriate.

He said: "Thank you Patriarch, I was also reckless for a moment to come up with this idea, but after I left this time, only the little girl was left in the family."

I don't know what to do, and I ask the patriarch to show me the way out. ”

The patriarch continued: "Two hundred miles southeast of our island, there is an island called the outlying island, which is very large in size, and the island is rich in some medicinal herbs.

I've heard that every ten years, a merchant ship comes to that outlying island to buy those medicinal herbs.

When the time comes, I'll find a way to get the two of them out of here.

It had been five years since the last time the merchant ship left, and there were still five years to go, and the merchant ship would come again. ”

When Mu Yiping heard the patriarch's words, he also had hope in his heart, and happily thanked the patriarch.

The patriarch waved his hand and said, "No thanks, I can't say whether this matter can be done or not, and I will have to deal with it when the time comes, but I have my own arrangements for it, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

The patriarch took another sip of tea, and then said to everyone in the ancestral hall: "The people who won the lottery stay, I have something to say, and the rest of the people will disperse first." ”

There were a total of three people who won the lottery, and in addition to these three people, Lin Yang and Mu Yu's grandfather did not leave.

The patriarch motioned for the five people to sit near the Eight Immortals table, and said slowly: "Today I will tell you some specific information about the mine, if you want to survive three years, you must first have a strong body, second, don't cause trouble, and third, you must hold a group and don't run alone to help ......"

The patriarch told everything he knew about the mine and the matters that needed to be paid attention to in mining, and he talked about it for an hour.

Finally, the patriarch took out three wooden tablets, handed them to the three people who won the lot, and explained: "There is a hunting technique called "Imperial Beast Formula" recorded in this wooden tablet.

This set of exercises was performed a long time ago, when my clan was living in the far north, and rescued a hunter who was about to freeze to death.

This hunter, in order to thank our clan for saving his life, left this body training and beast hunting technique on his body.

I have already found someone to engrave three copies, one for each of you, and I have intensified my practice over the course of a few months, which can have the effect of strengthening my body.

Later, when I went to the mine, I also had the power to defend myself. ”

Mu Yiping took the wooden slip and put it away, and the patriarch gave some words, and finally left the ancestral hall.

After walking out of the ancestral hall, Mu Yiping handed the wooden tablet of "Royal Beast Formula" to Lin Yang, and said: "I don't need this anymore, I'm not in good health, and I can't stay up for long when I go to the mine, but I'm worried that the little girl has no one to take care of." ”

Then, Mu Yiping said slowly: "I had a premonition about winning the lottery today, and I didn't discuss it with you in advance when I proposed to let the little girl marry you.

I told my clan about this, Mu Yan is the same age as you, I think you have the opportunity to leave here, go as far as you want, and live a peaceful life. ”

Lin Yang was also a little at a loss, and said: "Uncle Mu, where did you say it, you saved my life, and today you will marry my daughter to me, Lin Yang is stupid, he has never seen the world at home since he was a child, and he can't do anything about marriage." ”

Mu Yiping sighed and said to Lin Yang: "I have already thought about this matter, you don't have to be embarrassed, you agree, if you don't agree, I won't force it."

If you and Mu Yan can't become a husband and wife, let Mu Yan recognize you as a brother, and when you get married in the future, you will help check and choose a good husband.

If I can leave here, Mu Yan can live a peaceful life, and I will be blind even if I die. ”

Lin Yang is a child after all, and when he heard Mu Yiping say this, he didn't know how to answer, but he felt that Mu Yiping's words were very reasonable.

So, he replied, "Uncle Mu, if there is really a chance to leave here, I will take care of Sister Mu Yan."

As for getting married, we are still young, so let's talk about it later!"

Mu Yiping didn't speak again, just nodded in agreement.