By noon, all the slaves had eaten lunch and Su Li had finished chopping the firewood in front of him.
"Sister Mo, you chop wood really fast. If I were to do this, it would take me a whole day to chop all the wood."
Ah Xiu praised sincerely.
Su Li smiled and said, "I used to do this kind of work at home."
Anyway, they didn't know her, so it wouldn't be easy for her to make up an excuse.
"So that's how it is, Sister Mo, let's go eat."
"good."
After noon, they have two hours to rest.
After lunch, Aunt Sang and Thirteen went back to the house to take a nap, and Ying'er went somewhere unknown.
Ah Xiu took Su Li to walk in the woods below their house, saying that she wanted to take her for a walk and familiarize herself with the area.
Su Li was naturally happy to do so, as she wanted to explore this place anyway.
Ah Xiu is very lively and talkative, and the two talked as they walked.
Su Li asked with a smile, "They say time passes in the mountains. You've lived in these mountains for so long, do you know what year or month it is now?"
In fact, she wanted to know the exact year and month. After all, she did not inherit the memories of the original owner, Mo Qingcheng, and had no idea what year and month it was.
But in this mountain, supplies are scarce and there are no calendars or anything like that.
Ah Xiu didn't know what she was trying to do. She raised her chin and replied with a hint of pride, "Of course I know. It's the 237th year of the Great Jin Dynasty, September 20th!"
Su Li immediately laughed and praised: "Wow! Amazing, you remember it so clearly, I don't even remember it."
It turned out to be September of the 237th year of the Great Jin Dynasty.
What the slaves said that morning was wrong. In the original book, the Xishan Mine was not fully mined until September of the year 238, which means it would take another year to be fully mined.
However, the slaves are not the managers, so it is not surprising that there are deviations based on hearsay.
"Hehe!" Ah Xiu was praised again, and she was in a very happy mood.
Sister Mo is much better than the cold and silent Thirteen, and also much better than Ying'er who always calls her stupid and dumb. Apart from Aunt Sang, she likes Sister Mo the most now.
As the two talked, they soon approached the depths of the forest. It was probably autumn, and many wild fruits in the forest were ripe, emitting bursts of fruity fragrance.
"Sister Mo, let's pick some fruit to eat!"
"OK."
"Hey! Ah Xiu, are you here to pick fruit again?"
At this time, two men in their thirties came from the front. Judging from their attire, they were slaves here.
Ah Xiu greeted them with a smile: "Yes, Brother Zhao, Brother Lin, are you here to pick fruit too?"
Zhao Xiaoliu smiled and said, "If your sister-in-law wants to eat some, I'll pick a few!"
Lin Chang also looked at Su Li with a smile: "Is this the new girl who came to your kitchen today?"
"Yes, her name is Mo Qingcheng!"
Su Li smiled and nodded and greeted: "Brother Zhao, Brother Lin."
The two of them also greeted her with a smile, without any disgust on their faces.
Zhao Xiaoliu said, "Do you want any fruit? I'll climb up the tree and pick some for you."
Ah Xiu waved her hands: "No, no, I can climb a tree myself!"
As she said that, she quickly climbed up the nearest tree, panting as she went up, her speed was not slow at all.
Zhao Xiaoliu and Lin Chang couldn't help laughing, and they each chose a tree and climbed up.
Su Li remained calm, found the tallest tree, and climbed up slowly.
She climbed to the top and stretched her neck to look down the mountain.
In the distance, she saw a wide river, which was probably the Huandu River that Ah Xiu mentioned.
On the other side of the river, every few meters there is a very tall watchtower, and there are people standing on the tower.
The distance was too far, and she couldn't see what weapons those people were holding.
However, Ah Xiu had said before that a slave was accidentally shot because he walked out of the mountain. She guessed that those people should have used bows and arrows, or even crossbows.
As for the other mountains behind the mountain, she couldn't see whether they were still guarded. She only knew that leaving here would not be an easy task, and she had to plan carefully.
Su Li picked a fruit from the tree and put it in his mouth. His face frowned instantly. It was so sour!
She quickly vomited it out, then climbed down the tree and returned to A Xiu.
"Sister Mo, where did you go just now?"
Ah Xiu jumped down from the tree and asked while picking up fruits.
"Just walking around."
"Oh," Ah Xiu took a big, red wild fruit and stuffed it into Su Li's hand, "This one must be sweet, you eat it!"
Su Li took the wild fruit, took a bite, and said with a smile, "It's delicious!"
"Hehe!" Ah Xiu laughed and took a wild fruit from her arms and started eating it. "It's so sweet!"
At this time, Zhao Xiaoliu and Lin Chang had also picked the fruits.
It was almost time for Su Li and the others to make dinner, so they went back together.
On the way, Lin Chang sighed and said, "Old Zhao, I really envy you. Your wife and children are all here, unlike me, whose wife and children are still in my hometown."
Zhao Xiaoliu knew that he missed his family and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, didn't I tell you that in half a year, everything here will be done. By then, you can go back and reunite with your wife and children."
Lin Chang nodded. "Yes, I can go back in half a year. I just don't know if my daughter will still recognize me as her father. When I left, my daughter was only three years old. Now she is five."
If his family wasn't poor, why would he be willing to leave his wife and daughter and go out to find a job?
What he didn't expect was that the job he found was in such a place, and he was not even allowed to go home to visit his family. His wife only knew that he was out looking for work, but she didn't know where he worked or what kind of work he did.
Fortunately, he sent a letter home, but he never received a letter from his wife.
"Hey! She's just a kid. When you get back, take good care of her. She'll recognize you right away!"
"Hahaha! That's right!"
Su Li walked silently.
But I thought to myself, these people don’t know anything and think they can go home when the time comes.
Little did they know that the day the gold mine was exhausted would be the day they died.
What is the secret mine of Dajin? In the original novel, this Xishan mine is actually a gold mine privately mined by the eldest prince of the current dynasty, Prince Ning. It is basically a shameful black mine.
On the day when the gold mine was mined, that is, a year later, King Ning was so cruel that he killed all the slaves in the mine and the cooks in the kitchen, just to prevent them from leaking the secret.
It wasn't until several years later that his rival, the Third Prince Chun Wang, teamed up with the male protagonist to expose the matter...
Now that she knew the truth, she would not let it go. She not only wanted to save herself, but also save them.
Not to mention others, just talk about Aunt Sang and A Xiu. They were the people who saved her and treated her so sincerely. She couldn't do nothing and let them be silenced.
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