Even though he was delivered in time, Pei Erlang's leg was so badly injured that he would probably be unable to walk for the rest of his life.
His leg was initially injured by a falling rock; if he had been brought in earlier, he might have survived. However, he was brought in too late, so there was nothing they could do...
Upon hearing this, Yunniang couldn't help but lower her head and wipe away her tears again.
Pei Yao could only comfort Yunniang: "It's alright, Mother. Fortunately, Father's life has been saved."
Yunniang wiped away her tears and looked at her husband lying unconscious on the bed. Yes, thankfully he survived. As long as a person is alive, there is still hope.
Pei Yao had just arrived and was not yet clear about the specific situation, so she looked around and asked, "Aunt, where is Manager Qian?"
Although Chen Fang arrived earlier than Pei Yao and the others, he didn't know much, because when he arrived, Manager Qian wasn't at the medical clinic.
At that time, only Zhang San and Shen Yu, the eldest son of the Shen family, were there.
However, when Zhang San saw Chen Fang arrive, he went out to find someone to handle things first, and Shen Yu also got up and went out when he saw Chen Fang arrive.
Chen Fang wanted to ask him, but as soon as she went out, she saw that Shen Yu had gone to treat his wounds, so she didn't have a chance to ask.
Suddenly, a boy hopped in from outside, lifting the curtain and leaping in on one foot. Because he was so tall, he almost bumped his head on the door frame. His hands were also secured with white burlap and wooden boards.
Pei Yao didn't remember him, but Yun Niang and Chen Fang recognized him at a glance.
"Xiao Yu, what are you doing here?" Yun Niang looked at her in shock.
Chen Fang had already met Shen Yu when she arrived, so she was much calmer than Yun Niang.
"Auntie..." Shen Yu first called out to Yunniang, then glanced at Pei Yao.
"Are my mother and brother alright?" Shen Yu asked.
Yunniang nodded, wiping away her tears: "Xiaoyu, your mother and Xiaocong are doing well, they just miss you and your father very much..."
Shen Yu nodded, his eyes glistening. It was good that everything was alright. When they separated earlier, he had been worried that his mother and younger brother wouldn't be able to survive.
Hearing Yunniang say that they were alright, he felt much more at ease. Looking at the Pei family ladies again, although they looked terrible, their faces were all rounder than when they were exiled, so they were obviously doing quite well.
His mother and younger brother must be doing well too...
Pei Yao looked at Shen Yu. Before, every time she saw Shen Cong, she thought his brother must be very handsome, but after seeing him in person today, all she could say was...
He's really handsome!
Although he was covered in mud and looked too thin, he was actually quite tall. His face had clean and smooth lines, and he was looking down with his long eyelashes fluttering slightly like butterfly wings. His thin lips were slightly pursed, and his whole face looked aloof and indifferent.
Just as Pei Yao had predicted, Shen Cong was already so handsome at such a young age, so his older brother must be just as good. But when they saw him in person, they realized that he was more than just good; he was absolutely fantastic.
This man was the most handsome he had ever seen in this era. Although the Gu brothers and Lin Shaoqing were also handsome, they were not Pei Yao's type. Only Shen Yu was exactly her type.
However, now is not the time for Pei Yao to be infatuated.
She straightened up and looked at Shen Yu, asking the key question: "What exactly is going on here?"
Shen Yu's foot was also hit by a stone, and standing for a long time was a bit strenuous for him. Yun Niang noticed this and brought a stool for him to sit on.
"Xiao Yu, please have a seat."
Shen Yu didn't stand on ceremony. He took a stool and sat down, then looked up at Pei Yao and the others and started talking about what had happened in the past few days.
"The Manager Qian you just mentioned is still at the mine. The foreman there initially refused to release him, demanding a ransom of two hundred taels of silver. Manager Qian didn't have that much silver; he only had fifty taels on him. We had to give him all fifty taels first, and then Zhang San brought us to Tongrentang..."
That's all Shen Yu knew. He didn't have time to say much when he met Manager Qian.
Shen Yu and Shen Jing were seriously injured while saving the two Pei brothers. Shen Jing, in particular, was the first to discover the two Pei brothers and rushed to their aid, but he was also buried for a while. All three of them were seriously injured.
When Manager Qian saw the four of them, only Shen Yu and Pei Dalang were conscious. He heard that Yao'er had sent someone to rescue them.
Pei Dalang couldn't bear to abandon the Shen family father and son who had risked their lives to save him, after all, they wouldn't have suffered such serious injuries if they hadn't been saving him and his second brother.
So they begged Manager Qian to bring the Shen family father and son along as well.
Manager Qian looked at the four of them. They were in such a terrible state that he felt that if he didn't help them, the other two wouldn't live much longer. So he decided to take them to the clinic for a checkup.
The foreman was also afraid that the men would die in the mine, which would cause trouble, so when Manager Qian suggested taking all four of them to Tongrentang, they agreed to take them all with them.
However, Manager Qian only had fifty taels, which was naturally not enough for the ransom. Fearing that these people would run away, he left Manager Qian there and sent Zhang San to take the four men to the clinic.
After saying that, Shen Yu said, "That's all I know."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent. Pei Yao, recalling what Shen Yu had said, asked again, "Weren't you assigned to the salt fields? Why did you end up at the mines?"
Shen Yu glanced at Pei Yao. He was very tall, and even when he was sitting, he could look Pei Yao in the eye. Then he slowly said, "At first, we were sent to work in the salt field, but not many days later, one day, several officials came to the salt field and took us to the mine."
On the day Shen Yu was taken to the mine, he and his father Shen Jing were not originally on the list of those to be taken to work at the mine.
Ultimately, it was all Shen Jing's bad luck. Shen Jing was a scholar, and even in his downfall, he still retained a certain pride in his bones.
So he was often ostracized at the saltworks. When the officials came that day, he was standing in the crowd with his head down when someone pushed him and he bumped into one of the officials.
The Shen family members were all quite tall. The official, who was only about 1.5 meters tall, was completely stunned by Shen Jing, who was over 1.8 meters tall.
There were female workers at the saltworks, and several of them covered their faces and chuckled when they saw this scene.
The official immediately felt he had lost face. After whipping Shen Jing, he added him to the list without caring whether Shen Jing's name was on it or not.
When Shen Yu returned, he heard that his father, Shen Jing, had been arrested, so he volunteered to go to the mine with him.
Pei Yao frowned upon hearing this. No wonder she had asked Manager Qian to inquire about their whereabouts, but had received no news. It turned out that the people were no longer at the salt field, but had been transferred to the mine.
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