Zhao Yuzhou was very surprised when he looked at the wooden sign in his hand. He got it so easily.
He didn't rush to get the porridge, but stood aside waiting for his mother.
The accountant glanced at Zhao's mother and asked, "Are you mother and son?"
Mother Zhao nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."
This time, the accountant took the wooden sign and handed it to Zhao's mother without saying a word.
Zhao's mother and son were very surprised as they held the wooden sign that they had obtained so easily, feeling it was unreal.
"We've been selected now?" Zhao's mother murmured.
"Mom, let's go drink porridge first."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
They had been working since they got up in the morning, and when they were kicked out, they didn't even have a chance to eat a hot meal.
The two of them held the bowls and looked at the thick rice porridge in the bowls. Both mother and son couldn't help crying.
They hadn't eaten such thick rice porridge for a long, long time.
After eating a bowl of rice porridge, my whole body feels warm and it feels really good to have my stomach filled with food.
Many people had already finished their rice porridge and were waiting beside the straw hut.
Zhao Yuzhou learned from these people's conversation that a group of people had already been sent by their masters to the place where they were going to work.
Zhao Yuzhou looked at the people waiting here, there were at least 50 or 60 of them. From their chat, he knew that this was only a small part of them.
What kind of master needs so many people?
Zhao Yuzhou was a little worried and couldn't help but start to speculate.
He turned sideways and asked a man beside him, "Brother, what does the employer do? Why do they hire so many people?"
The man shook his head. "I'm not sure either. When the manager comes, you can ask him."
As soon as the man finished speaking, he saw more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages coming. They were the vehicles used to transport both goods and people in the village. They were open and could seat many people.
The leading escort shouted to the people squatting around the straw hut, "Everyone get in the car, hurry up."
They all stood up immediately and chose a carriage. The carriages were crowded with people. After they were full, they started moving and took them to Qilian Mountains.
It's anyone's guess as to where their employer will take them.
"Do you think they will really take us to the black mine?"
"That shouldn't be the case. I don't think the master is that kind of person."
"If you're worried, just leave now." Someone couldn't help but sneer.
Zhao Yuzhou and his mother huddled together, neither of them speaking, listening to the discussions of the people around them.
He felt a little uneasy.
As everyone watched them moving further and further away from Tangquan City and heading into the mountains, the news about taking them to the black mine seemed more and more accurate.
"Are you really going to drag us to the black mine?"
The coachman listened to their discussion and wanted to explain, but the host said that there was no need to explain, and if someone left during the journey, just let them go.
The driver didn't quite understand why.
If the other person leaves, wouldn’t it be a waste of a bowl of porridge?
But since the master had given such instructions, the drivers could only do as they were told and leave it to them to guess.
As Zhao Yuzhou listened to those people talking more and more mysteriously, he couldn't help but look up at the driver driving the carriage in front of him. With his sharp eyes, he noticed that the driver rolled his eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that they all guessed wrong?
Zhao Yuzhou had already begun to think about whether he should take advantage of the others' escape and take his mother with him to escape as well.
But now he was a little uncertain.
At this moment, a person in a carriage at the rear jumped off the carriage, rolled on the side of the road, and ran quickly to the rear.
This scene left everyone else dumbfounded.
Zhao Yuzhou did not pay attention to other people's reactions, but silently observed the reactions of the drivers.
The driver of their car curled his lips in disdain, and the word "idiot" was almost written on his face.
He looked at the other drivers again; each had a strange expression, a constipated and speechless look.
And judging from the calm attitudes of these drivers, Zhao Yuzhou was almost certain that there was no problem with their employers and they were not being taken to the illegal mines.
After Zhao Yuzhou made a judgment in his mind, he felt relieved.
Mother Zhao was a little worried, "Yuzhou, do we want it?"
Zhao Yuzhou shook his head at his mother.
Seeing her son's attitude, Zhao's mother was puzzled, but she still listened to her son. During this journey, she avoided danger several times by listening to her son.
The long period of fleeing famine made her unconditionally trust her son's judgment.
The leading driver said, "If anyone wants to leave, you can leave now. No need to jump off the car. We will let you go and no one will stop you."
As soon as these words came out, several people got out of the cars behind.
The others looked at each other, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
The leading driver waited for a while and saw that no one moved. "If not, we have to leave. There is still a lot of work to do at the master's place, and we don't have time to waste here. This is the last time, and we won't be so easy to talk to next time."
The people in the dozen or so carriages were silent, and no one got off.
Where can they go if they leave here?
Most of them are homeless refugees.
They could only pray to God that what the employer said was true and he didn't want to take them to the mine.
Everyone was feeling very nervous, except Zhao Yuzhou who was the calmest.
Although he was completely confident in his heart, he didn't dare to be 100% sure that his guess was true until the last moment.
The man near Zhao Yuzhou noticed his expression and asked in surprise, "Boy, aren't you worried?"
"Now that we are here, we should make the best of it."
"What do you mean?" The man looked confused.
Zhao Yuzhou explained: "Since we are already here, there is no point in worrying. It is better to relax."
The driver driving the carriage in front couldn't help but look back at Zhao Yuzhou.
This kid has a good attitude.
As everyone was anxious, they were getting closer and closer to their destination.
The people of Tangquan County had a bad feeling when looking at the direction they were heading.
"If we go further, we will reach Calabash Valley."
"What Calabash Valley?"
"Hulu Valley is haunted. Anyone who dares to go there will die without knowing why."
"No way! Where on earth is the boss taking us?"
Everyone was scared before, and now after hearing the scientific knowledge from the locals, they are even more scared.
Since morning, the villagers of Hutou Village have been driving horse-drawn carriages one after another out of their village, heading towards Hulu Valley.
When the villagers asked around, they found out that a wealthy businessman had bought the entire area from Qingxi Mountain to Hulu Valley.
The first reaction of the villagers after hearing this was that the rich businessman must be a foreigner and was cheated by the farm official in the county government.
The village head took a few villagers to inquire, and it turned out that they had guessed it right.
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