Chapter 383 Mining

He took a deep breath and swallowed the meatball in his mouth instantly.

Seeing this, the others became obedient and no longer dared to resort to any tricks. They just swallowed the pills with gritted teeth.

Xia Zhizhi looked at their bitter and resentful expressions and knew that this thing must taste average.

After everyone swallowed it, Xia Zhizhi nodded with satisfaction: "This is my secret poison. If there is no antidote after 7 days, you will have pus on your feet, ulcers on your head, and die of intestinal rupture and stomach rot!"

The group of people's faces changed instantly. They didn't understand why she fed them such a thing!

One by one they turned pale and begged for mercy in a very pitiful manner.

Xia Zhizhi also showed a good-natured look: "Okay, okay, don't worry, everyone. As long as you listen to me, I will give you the antidote when the time comes. I won't watch you die."

A poor guy had a bitter face, not understanding why he was so unlucky. He just led his brothers out to dig for treasure, but was intercepted by this female devil halfway. Not only was she beaten half to death, but she was also force-fed poison.

He asked pitifully: "Auntie, what do you want us to do?"

Xia Zhizhi cleared her throat and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "It's like this, I see that you guys have hands and feet and are in your prime, but your ideology and morals are not quite right, how could you do such a thing as robbing and looting? You don't know how sad I was when I found out that you would do such a thing!"

At this point, Xia Zhizhi hit everyone equally, and then spoke again: "Luckily you met me. You have to change all your bad habits. I will supervise you well!"

A group of people repeatedly assured her that they would live a good life in the future and would never do anything illegal again.

Xia Zhizhi ignored them: "Words don't count, you have to take action to show me your determination to turn over a new leaf!"

A group of people looked confused.

Xia Zhizhi was very disgusted: "Alright, alright, stop looking so silly, pick up the pickaxe on the ground and follow me!"

Not long ago, when they passed by a river, Xia Zhizhi was washing her hands by the river and picked up a small red stone that had been washed down.

Ah Ju said there was a small ruby ​​mine on it.

There are not many ruby ​​mines in China, most of which are distributed in

Anhui, Tibet, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places.

Now this place is a remote and poor place. Even if there is a mine, it is not a rich mine and the quality of the gems is average. Even if Ah Ju goes to dig, he can only dig a few pieces in a day. Xia Zhizhi is not very interested and doesn't pay much attention to it.

But now we have all the manpower and tools ready. As the saying goes, if God doesn't give us a gift, we will suffer the consequences. Why don't we lead everyone to mine for her? What are we waiting for?

Xia Zhizhi led a group of people to climb into the mountain.

She was physically strong and enthusiastic, and she climbed twenty miles in one breath without feeling tired.

The others couldn't do it. Each of them had received a good beating and really needed to lie down and recuperate. How could they withstand such a hardship?

People kept asking tentatively, "How long will it take, aunt?"

Xia Zhizhi said perfunctorily: "It's almost there, just ahead."

After walking for more than thirty miles, we finally found the place. A group of people were lying on the ground, breathing heavily.

Xia Zhizhi said compassionately: "It's getting late, let you rest today, and get back to work tomorrow!"

Ah Ju found a suitable place and pitched a small tent for Xia Zhizhi. Xia Zhizhi was tired, so she crawled in and fell asleep.

This group of people are now tired, sleepy, and have pain in their bodies. They have long wanted to lie down and rest.

But they struggled hard and beat up the three people who reported the false news. After all, after traveling for such a long time, they already knew the reasons why they came here.

After beating up the three men, the group of people found a suitable place and lay down one by one.

The next morning, just after daybreak, Xia Zhizhi kicked them up, put one hand on her waist, pointed at the riverbed and said, "You guys dig for me. Today, each of you must dig at least ten, no, twenty red stones!"

After climbing so many mountain roads yesterday, we were already exhausted. Someone begged, "Auntie, we need to get something to eat. We can't work without food!"

Xia Zhizhi didn't care. She held a vine she had picked up from somewhere in her hand and beat them while roaring at them: "How can you eat if you don't work? Are you waiting for pie to fall from the sky? Don't dawdle, dig for me. If you don't dig enough, you won't have a meal today!"

The group of people had no choice but to start digging with bitter faces.

Digging for gems all depends on luck. Sometimes you are lucky and can dig up several in a short time. If you are unlucky, you may not find anything after digging for a long time.

By noon, everyone was so hungry that they couldn't work any more.

Anyone who has done physical work knows that the tiredness and hunger are really annoying and much more unbearable than the hunger during weight loss.

She couldn't help but beg, "Auntie, please give me something to eat. I can't do anything without it!"

Xia Zhizhi checked everyone's performance and was quite satisfied, so she took out a bag of coarse grain steamed buns that Ah Ju had made overnight from her backpack.

There were fine grains in the space, but Xia Zhizhi didn't want to feed them too well, so she asked Ah Ju to work overtime to make coarse grain steamed buns.

Xia Zhizhi threw the steamed bun over and said, "After dinner, continue working. Do you understand me?"

People here don't really eat steamed buns, but they were so hungry that they didn't want to complain. A group of people ate the steamed buns with stream water, and then got up and started digging again amid Xia Zhizhi's scolding.

At the end of the day, some lucky people dug up more, while others were unlucky and didn’t dig up enough to reach their small goal.

When everyone handed in their finds, those who had dug the most couldn't help but look expectant, thinking that Xia Zhizhi would give them an extra reward or something.

But it didn't.

Xia Zhizhi just nodded politely: "Not bad, keep it up tomorrow."

As for those who didn’t dig enough, their dinner would be forfeited.

After a day's hard work, I was only given one steamed bun. Who could stand it? My stomach was burning. Even though I was extremely tired, I could not sleep. I could only go to the river to drink a bellyful of water and then dig a few hoes in the dark.

After finally reaching the target, he picked up two rare stones in his hand and ran over to exchange them for dinner with Xia Zhizhi.

Xia Zhizhi covered her nose and threw a few steamed buns with disgust: "Stay away from me, you stink!"

There was no way a group of people could argue with her. After all, it was useless and they might get beaten up.

He could only pick up the steamed buns with humiliation, huddle under the tree, and gnaw on them pitifully.