The next day, Su Li was woken up before dawn.
Ah Xiu told her: "Those who are going to get off work soon and those who are going to work need to eat breakfast. We have to get up at this time every day to make breakfast."
Su Li said she understood, packed up quickly and followed them to fetch water for washing.
Through the water in the basin, she could clearly see the appearance of her current body.
Her facial features were somewhat similar to those of her modern past life, except for the chickenpox on her face. Even if one only looked at its reflection on the water surface, one could vaguely see how horrible it was.
She sighed.
She would not hypocritically say that she did not care about her appearance. Besides, she was the owner of this body now, and she didn't know if it would leave scars.
There was no time to think about it. After washing up, Su Li returned to the mud house, and then went to the kitchen to make breakfast for the slaves.
The people who went with her were all the people in the house where she lived, including her, a total of five people.
After walking a short distance up the mountain, they arrived at the kitchen.
The kitchen is a tall and spacious mud house with a wide and long stove inside.
When they arrived, the officers and soldiers in charge of purchasing had already bought rice, flour, vegetables and meat, and placed them neatly in a corner of the kitchen.
Of course, after all, we are deep in the mountains, so these things are not purchased every day, but only once every few days.
Noodle soup was made for breakfast. As the head chef, Aunt Sang was responsible for kneading the dough. Ah Xiu, as usual, also helped knead the dough. Shisan was responsible for lighting the fire and other trivial matters.
Ying'er glanced at Su Li and instructed, "Mo Qingcheng, there's not much firewood left. Go chop the firewood outside."
As she said this, she ran to wash the vegetables, feeling secretly happy that finally she didn't have to chop wood anymore. Ever since the vixen left, she had been chopping wood for several days in a row, which made her very tired. Now, finally, someone was doing this job for her.
Su Li didn't say anything. He walked straight to the pile of firewood outside the kitchen, which was not much and had been sawed into pieces. He picked up an axe and started chopping it.
This chop even surprised herself.
In my previous life or the present, I have never done this kind of work, so how come I seem to be very good at chopping wood?
Could it be the muscle memory from this body again?
I don’t know how long I chopped the chicken, but a burst of fragrance came from the kitchen, and breakfast was ready.
The slaves who came to have breakfast were divided into two groups. The first group were the slaves who were preparing to go to work.
Su Li took a look and roughly estimated that there were about a hundred people.
There is a large shed in front of the kitchen door, and under the shed are rows of long tables and chairs. That is where the slaves eat.
Aunt Sang and a few others brought out the cooked noodle soup and started serving the noodles to the slaves waiting in line.
Probably they had just woken up, and the slaves who came to have breakfast were in very good spirits, all of them talking and laughing in high spirits.
"Have you heard? In another six months, this gold mine will be almost exhausted."
"Really? Then we can finally go home!"
These slaves are all from other places and were brought here in search of work.
"Yeah, it's been more than two years!"
"When I return to my hometown, the first thing I will do is get married!"
The wages here are good. After working here for more than two years, we have almost no expenses on weekdays. Everyone has saved a lot of money, which is more than enough to go back home and get married.
"Hahaha! Me too!"
"Then I will redeem myself when the time comes, hehe!"
"Me too, me too!"
Some were sold as slaves and sent here to work, such as some slaves, such as Ah Xiu and Aunt Sang.
Su Li chopped wood silently, thinking to herself, I'm afraid you all can't go back...
After eating noodles, another group of people came. They were slaves who had been working in the mine for a night, and there were also about a hundred of them.
After working all night, these people were in completely different states from the group of slaves just now. They were all so tired that they could hardly speak. They just made some noodle soup and ate it.
"Sister Mo, come and have breakfast!"
After all the slaves had finished eating, Ah Xiu called out to Su Li.
Su Li put down the axe, poured himself a bowl of noodle soup, sat under the shed, and had breakfast with A Xiu and the others.
"Is this the person I found by the river three days ago?"
At this time, a tall, rough-looking man in his thirties came over and looked at Su Li and asked.
Several people quickly stood up and shouted, "Master Cai."
Aunt Sang said, "Yes, Master Cai, she is."
Su Li also followed suit and called him Cai Ye. This man should be the small leader in charge here.
Zhao Cai saw Su Li's face was covered in chickenpox, red and swollen. Disgust flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a tone that did not hide his disgust: "Where are you from? Why did you collapse by the river at the foot of the mountain?"
Su Li didn't care about his attitude at all, and repeated the same answer she gave to Aunt Sang and A Xiu yesterday.
Zhao Cai waved his hand after hearing this and said, "In that case, you'll just work here from now on. I'm warning you, don't leave the mountain without permission, or else you'll die and no one will know!"
Su Li obeyed: "I understand."
"Yeah." Zhao Cai didn't stay long after asking and left here quickly. He seemed to follow him into the mine. Su Li and the others continued to eat noodles.
"Who is Mr. Cai?" Su Li asked in a low voice.
Ah Xiu whispered back, "His name is Zhao Cai. He's the official who manages the slaves and us. Everyone here calls him Master Cai."
Su Li nodded to show that he understood and continued eating noodles.
It was already bright at this time. After eating noodles, they rested for half an hour and then started to prepare lunch again. Su Li continued to chop wood.
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