Chapter 34 Salt Well
Since everyone had eaten meat after a long time, everyone was in high spirits, especially the men, who gathered in groups of three or five to chat.
In the largest cliff cave, Li Laosan did not detain them. He stood at the entrance of the cave and watched with a grin on his face.
"Third brother, let's just not get involved." A bailiff walked up to Li Laosan and raised his chin towards the people who were talking noisily in the cave.
The man's surname is Jin. Because he has two big buck teeth, he is nicknamed "Jin Da Ya".
Li Laosan patted his shoulder and said, "No matter what, we are all in this together. Otherwise, do you think we can get out of this mountain just by ourselves?"
"But," Jin Daya scratched his head, "if we just leave them alone, aren't we afraid that they won't obey us after we leave the mountain?"
Why does he feel that they, the escorts, are exactly the same as these fugitives and refugees, with no hierarchy? Won't things get out of hand later?
Li Laosan paused before sighing, "They are all pitiful people. Once they reach northern Hubei, the hard times for Young Master Shen and his men have just begun. Jiang Goudan and his men are also in a miserable state. After leaving this mountain, they don't even have a place to stay. Let's let them relax for a few days!"
Li Laosan is a kind-hearted person, so he has always been unknown among the escorts. Only someone as vicious and scheming as Wang Mazi can climb up quickly.
Being able to hang out with Li Laosan, Jin Daya's heart naturally couldn't be too bad. After hearing what he said, he sighed, "Yeah, to be honest, we are not much better than them. Who knows how we will get back to Kyoto after arriving in northern Hubei."
The two chatted casually and time passed quickly.
It was around midnight when Li Laosan asked everyone to return to their own caves. Those who were assigned to collect firewood and fetch water the next morning had to get up early.
Nowadays, collecting firewood is harder than fetching water, because the water has frozen. They only need to bring the ice back and don’t have to worry about the water spilling on the way. It is much easier than before.
As for why we don't use the snow on the trees and on the ground, it goes without saying that it is all dirty snow. Only the middle layer can be drunk if it is melted and boiled, but that requires a lot of manpower. It can only be used as drinking water.
Everyone was in a good mood that night and chatted for most of the night. Except for the Shen family, everyone who was guarding the cave entrances yawned continuously. In the second half of the night, many people fell asleep leaning against the cave wall.
In the Shen family's cliff cave, Shen Qingqian was worried and had been sleeping restlessly. She woke up to the sound of the system reminding her to sign in.
"Sign in." She said silently in her heart.
The next moment, the system's voice rang out, [Sign-in successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining a salt well*1!]
Yanjing Shen Qingqian's eyes moved, and he opened the warehouse to check directly.
A message popped up on the system interface: Salt well, which contains high-quality salt that does not need to be processed and is inexhaustible.
Shen Qingqian was a little confused about this.
Why are the things the system gives her only basic necessities? Initially, it gives her a medicine box, then it's either food or drink, and now it even has salt. What does it want her to do?
And it wasn't just some random gift she received; the amount given to her was inexhaustible.
Shen Qingqian couldn't figure it out, but she was thinking about the hyena, so she didn't bother with it. She quickly exited the system, got up, and went to the cave entrance.
Sheng Ze hadn't slept yet. He had just heard Shen Qingqian getting up. He wasn't surprised to see her coming over. Instead, he took the initiative to ask, "You went to bed too early, can't you sleep now?"
At this moment, Shen Qingqian was just a little girl in Sheng Ze's eyes.
Shen Qingqian nodded, rubbed her eyes, and looked at him with her bright eyes, "Yeah, I just had a nightmare again. I came to talk to Brother Cheng San."
In fact, what she said was a bit over the top. In this era, there is a saying that "boys and girls should not sit together after the age of seven, and there will be more gossip when boys and girls talk to each other." Although she and Cheng San are six years apart, there is still a difference between boys and girls.
But she had something to tell Cheng San, so she had to put aside these conventions and bad habits.
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