Lin Yang pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, Miss Mu, my life was saved by you, I really want to go home, but I can't leave until I say goodbye to your father."

Besides, if being a miner can share your worries and repay you for saving my life, I can go.

Since I was a child, my father taught me the principle of being kind to others, and that the kindness of people with water should be reciprocated by a spring, and that I was physically strong and suitable to be a miner than Uncle Mu. ”

Mu Yan listened to Lin Yang's words, with an angry look on his face, and said, "You are really a fool, you are a miner, and there are few who can come back alive."

Even if he can come back, he will be crippled, and the miners are the business of our Mu family, and it has nothing to do with you, an outsider

You'd better listen to me, there are a few wooden boats on the island, and in a few days I'll have food ready, and you'll leave here at night.

That way, you won't have to be sent away as miners by the patriarchs, and you'll be able to save your life. ”

Lin Yang was also a little hesitant after hearing this, with an embarrassed expression on his face, and then said: "Thank you Miss Mu for your kindness, I will think about this matter again." ”

Mu Yan was a little anxious and didn't know what to say, this person named Lin Yang was really rigid.

So, he stomped his feet and turned around and left Lin Yang's room.

A few days later, Mu Yiping came to Lin Yang's room and asked about the situation in Lin Yang's house.

What does a father do?

What does a mother do?

What about siblings?

The second monk of Lin Yang Zhang, who asked, was confused, there were some things Mu Yiping had already asked once, and he asked in more detail today.

Lin Yang found that after listening to his answer, Mu Yiping seemed to be very satisfied.

In the end, Mu Yiping stood up and said to Lin Yang: "Come with me to the ancestral hall, the patriarch will let us go to the ancestral hall of the clan to discuss matters." ”

After hearing this, Lin Yang knew that it should be about the miners.

If you really let yourself be a miner, do you agree or not?

After chatting with Mu Yiping in the past few days.

Lin Yang also knew that he was actually nearly 10,000 miles away from Chiyan Island.

If you want to return home, it is not an easy task, and the current matter of this miner makes Lin Yang a little embarrassed.

Although Lin Yang's height is half a head taller than that of ordinary adults, Lin Yang is a fourteen-year-old child after all.

At a glance, the childishness on his face has not faded.

These days, he has also learned a little about the miners, and the danger of the mine is no different from the Netherworld in Mu Yan.

After being beaten several times by Mu Yan, Lin Yang was also full of fear of the mine.

However, he is on the island of the Mu family, and there are some things that he cannot control.

Lin Yang followed Mu Yiping to the Mu ancestral hall, followed the streets of the village, and walked to the east of the village.

The two didn't say anything more on the way.

From a distance, I saw that there was a huge willow tree at the east end of the village, the diameter of this willow tree was nearly zhang thick, the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and the height of the tree was more than ten zhang.

Under the tree, there are several stone piers, and the leaves occasionally fall down, and the stone piers are already covered with withered yellow leaves.

Obviously, it's been a long time since anyone has sat here talking about it.

Lin Yang grew up on Chiyan Island since he was a child, and due to the lack of soil suitable for farming, the trees that grew on Chiyan Island were very low, and he had never seen such a thick tree.

He glanced at the big willow tree a few more times, and only then did he withdraw his gaze until he bypassed the willow tree.

Not far in front is where the ancestral hall of the Mu family is, and the two of them have entered the gate of the ancestral hall, inside the gate is a courtyard, and on the east side of the courtyard is a row of side rooms.

There is a moon gate to the west, and behind the moon gate is a cross-courtyard.

The bluestone paving road on the ground is directly opposite a hall of the Mu ancestral hall.

The hall is very tall, made of blue bricks, covered with glazed tiles, and has four red lacquered wooden pillars in front of the hall.

On the two pillars in the middle, there is also a couplet, which is engraved with gilt characters on a black background.

The upper link is "happy to live in the treasure land every year", and the lower link is "the blessing of the family." ”

In front of the hall, a wooden plaque is hung, which is also gilt on a black background, and the four big characters of "Mu's ancestral hall" are written.

Mu Yiping and Lin Yang walked into the hall all the way.

I saw that there was a table of eight immortals facing the door, and behind the table of eight immortals was a Taishi chair, and the back of the Taishi chair was a set of screens.

On each side of the hall, there are several wooden chairs.

There were already seven or eight people sitting on the chair at the moment.

Mu Yiping pointed to the two empty seats in the corner and motioned for Lin Yang to sit down, while Mu Yiping sat next to Lin Yang.

There was not much time, and a few more people came in one after another, each seated in the empty seat of the hall, and everyone greeted each other.

Many people had never seen Lin Yang, and their eyes swept towards Lin Yang from time to time, and a few people were whispering.

"This person has never seen it, I heard that it is a drowning man who Mu Yiping recently rescued from the sea.

At the moment, he looks as strong as a cow, this Mu Yiping is really lucky.

If he unfortunately wins the lottery this time, Mu Yiping can escape the catastrophe. ”

Although the voice was not loud, Lin Yang could hear it very clearly.

About another cup of tea had passed, and the voice of an old man coughing came from behind the screen.

Then there was the sound of footsteps, and the hall was silent at this moment.

Lin Yang also followed the voice, and at this time, a person walked out from behind the screen, this person was about sixty years old.

The eyes are not big, there is no trace of blood on the sallow face, and the whole body is like no flesh, skin and bones, and it looks thin and thin.

Like a dead man who has just come out of a graveyard.

At this moment, when everyone in the hall saw this person, they all stood up in unison.

Respectfully said loudly: "I have seen the patriarch! I have seen the patriarch!"

The patriarch didn't speak, just waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, and he also sat down on the Taishi chair behind the table of the Eight Immortals.

The hall was very quiet, and the patriarch took a sip of the tea that had been prepared on the table of the Eight Immortals, and swept his gaze to the people on both sides of the hall.

He slowly said: "This time I summoned everyone to come, I think everyone already knows that it is about the three miners of our clan this year, and the quota remains the same, and the specific person is still determined by drawing lots as in previous years."

This year, there are 12 people in my clan who meet the conditions to be miners, and the age requirement is 15 to 50 years old.

If there are two or more persons in one of the households, it will be counted as one head, and there will be three in total.

Out of the twelve, minus three of the three who are in the same family, there are only nine lots, no matter who wins the lot, they must not resist, as for their families, the clan can help take care of them.

If you don't have any objections to this, let's start drawing lots. ”

The patriarch saw that no one spoke, so he took out a jade bottle from the table of the eight immortals and put in nine wooden sticks, which were exactly the same nine wooden sticks.

Three of the wooden sticks are engraved with the word "Fu" in the middle.

Whoever draws the wooden stick with the word "Fu" will win the lottery.

That is, this as a miner will be sent to the mine.

The meaning of the word "Fu" is also very simple, that is, to seek more blessings for oneself.

The patriarch shook the jade bottle in his hand a few times, and said, "Then let's come one by one." ”

The patriarch's words fell, and the people representing the nine families stepped forward and drew a wooden stick from the jade bottle in the patriarch's hand.

Mu Yiping's family also meets the conditions to be miners.

So, Mu Yiping walked to the table of the Eight Immortals in order and also drew a wooden stick.

The first person to win the "Fu" sign was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.

This person is about the same age as Lin Yang, and when he saw the wooden stick with the word "Fu", he cried on the spot.

Next to him, an old man with white hair who was about sixty years old patted the child's head and comforted him softly.

"Mu Yu, don't cry if it's okay. ”

Another winner was a middle-aged man in his thirties.

The middle-aged man only showed a solemn expression on his face, and did not say a word.

The first one handed the wooden skewer in his hand to the patriarch for confirmation.

The last person to win the lottery was none other than Mu Yiping.

Lin Yang looked at Mu Yiping holding a wooden stick with the word "Fu" in his hand, and was silent.

At this time, that Mu Yu also handed the wooden slip to the patriarch to confirm the matter.

Finally, the patriarch asked, "Who was the last one to win the lot?"

After asking twice, Mu Yiping came back to his senses, got up and walked to the table of the Eight Immortals, handed the wooden stick in his hand to the patriarch, and confirmed the matter.

This year, the candidates for the three miners have been determined, and those who have not been drawn are happy in their hearts, and they are all sad.

The reason is, of course, very simple, the people who used to go to the mines to mine have died outside.

There are only a few people who were lucky enough to survive the three-year construction period and were able to come back safely.

These people are all crippled and sick.

The current patriarch of the Mu family is the one who returned safely as a miner.

My body is sick, and I have to eat some herbs every once in a while.

So far, he is skinny, and his injuries have never healed.

Therefore, no one wants to be a miner.

Every family in the Mu family avoids the affairs of the miners.