Chapter 3 The Desolate Ballad
At this time, some people came over with two naked bodies. Zeng Xiaochang hurriedly hugged his cousin's face to his chest and refused to let him see it, because the person who was hit by the ore was covered in blood and looked very ugly.
Zhang Xiaoliang was not afraid. He walked over and took a look at the miner's body, frowned and shook his head.
Lao Shading walked away with a "broken bag" and said, "Xiao Chang, it's okay. Let's go to the original alley to carry ore. If today's task cannot be completed, it will be in vain this month."
Zeng Xiaochang was worried: "Family, my brother is always uneasy today. Put on his clothes and carry it outside, and my brother goes inside."
Zou Jiaquan said: "Brother, I'm weak and I'll be very slow when I climb to the entrance of the cave. If this is the case, our mission will probably be very late. It's okay, it's not the first time I've seen such a thing, just be careful."
He raised his hand to wipe away the tears from his cousin's face and ran away with his "broken bag".
Zhang Xiaoliang smiled and said, "Brother Xiaochang, you are just timid, afraid that your family will have trouble."
He handed the empty "blank bag" to his companions, squatted down and carried the heavy "blank bag" on the ground and walked out...
Zeng Xiaochang also squatted down and carried the "broken bag" and walked out, but saw Lao Shading lying on the mine wall and coughing hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He was concerned: "Uncle, your 'synthetic disease' (silicosis) is already very serious, what can you do if you continue like this?"
Lao Shading took a breath and continued walking outside and said, "Falling in the Lord, this is the fate of us poor people. What can I do? My life is already great enough. I can work in the mine for five years but never die. God really takes care of me."
"Uncle, thanks to your helping me everywhere in the past three years, I have escaped more than a dozen mine accidents, otherwise I would have died long ago."
"Xiao Chang, your father worked with me in the mine for two years. He died, but I was alive, and I felt sorry for it."
Lao Shading bent down and climbed up, Zeng Xiaochang followed closely...
At the entrance of the mine, Zhang Xiaoliang crawled out. When he got up, a piece of ore that fell from the "block" rolled in front of a thug. He hurried to pick it up. Unexpectedly, the thug whipped it down and hit it on his hand. He was so painful that he let out a "Ouch" and the ore that had just been grabbed in his hand fell down and hit the thug's feet. He was so scared that he hurriedly: "Big, uncle, I'm sorry!"
The thug kicked him to the ground with one kick, and whipped it off with a "slap" and scolded fiercely: "Damn, I'll kill you, bastard..."
Zeng Xiaochang followed Lao Shading to the mine and saw the thug waving his whip and whip hard towards Zhang Xiaoliang who was lying on the ground. The other thugs stood aside and smiled and watched the fun.
But when the Sadians only dared to go around from the side in a hurry, Zeng Xiaochang nervously and whispered: "Uncle, if this continues, Xiaoliang will be beaten to death, and he has to help him."
Lao Sading anxiously said, "How can I help? Maybe it will cause anger."
Zhang Xiaoliang rolled in pain on the ground but didn't dare to cry. He just whispered: "Uncle, I didn't mean it, please spare me."
But the thug had no intention of stopping, and the whistle in his hand whistled...
Zeng Xiaochang gritted his teeth and rushed forward, shouting, "Oh, get out of here."
He hit several Sadians in front of him one after another. When he was about to hit the thug, he suddenly turned around and turned around before standing down. He nodded in panic and said, "Big, uncle, no, didn't hit you, right, sorry, I was tripped, just don't hit you."
The thug whipped at him and scolded: "You are looking for death."
Lao Shading hurriedly ran up and said, "Uncle, you are not careful about villains. If you don't hit you, you will be blessed."
Zeng Xiaochang said: "Yes, uncle, the villain has scared you, I will kowtow to you."
He put down his "bag" and knelt down and kowtowed...
Lao Shading kicked Zhang Xiaoliang on the ground and cursed: "You might as well kowtow to the uncle if you don't have any eyes."
Zhang Xiaoliang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Master, I will kowtow to you, please forgive me."
The thug seemed to be bored and scolded: "Damn, this trip between you two is not counted, get out!"
Zhang Xiaoliang quickly picked up the "broken bag" with Zeng Xiaochang and ran to the hillside to pour ore, and then lowered his head and ran past the thug in horror, but the thug still gave him another whip in disrespect.
After running down the mine, Zhang Xiaoliang then hugged Zeng Xiaochang who was following behind and started crying, and thankfully said, "Brother Xiaochang, thank you, otherwise I would be beaten to death today."
Zeng Xiaochang patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Be careful in the future. Today, you have a great life and only one person will hit you. If there are too many people, I will not be able to help you."
Lao Shading came down and sighed: "I'm scared to death, Xiaochang, if you really hit that thug, your life will be over."
Zeng Xiaochang helped Zhang Xiaoliang wipe his tears and said, "Stop crying, but you can't carry it on your back today. That thug will definitely find you to be wronged from time to time. Change it with your partner."
The Zou family walked over with a "broken bag" on their backs. Seeing the whip marks and tears on Zhang Xiaoliang's face, they were surprised: "Xiaoliang, have you been beaten again?"
Lao Sading pulled Zhang Xiaoliang and said, "Let's go and change it with your companion."
The two walked deep into the mine...
Zeng Xiaochang handed over the hollow "blank bag" to his cousin, took the heavy "blank bag" from his shoulder and said, "Jiaquan, go and comfort Xiaoliang and tell him not to cry."
"Yes!" Zou Jiaquan ran to the depths of the mine, and Zeng Xiaochang turned around and walked out of the mine...
Deep in the alley, Zhang Xiaoliang sobbed and took off his clothes. Zou Jiaquan ran to hug him and said, "Xiaoliang, stop crying, you will have no energy to work if you cry again. I will pick some medicine for you to rub it in the evening, and it will not hurt."
"Thank you, Jiaquan." Zhang Xiaoliang cried and picked up the "blank bag" to pack the ore.
The Zou family helped him fill the ore. After watching him leave, they quickly filled the ore...
The Zou family carried it back and forth in the mine track for countless times. His stomach was already hungry and screaming, so he had to open his mouth and take a few mouthfuls of water dripping from the mine wall, and continue walking with his "broken bag" with difficulty.
When I saw my cousin and the sausages running down with rice balls in their hands, I knew there was lunch and quickly washed my hands in the ditch beside the mine.
Zeng Xiaochang smiled and said, "Family, be hungry, eat quickly."
He handed the two black rice balls to his cousin, and the two brothers sat together and started eating.
Zhang Xiaoliang and other samurai also sat in groups by the mine road and started eating. Usually this is the happiest time of the day. The adults were eating and telling jokes or various deified stories, so the samurai gathered around to listen. However, because something happened in the mine today, the adults were in a heavy mood. No one spoke, but just sang the rice balls in their hands silently.
The little slaughtered Zou Jiaquan and Zhang Xiaoliang didn't think so much, and shouted: "Uncle, tell a story quickly, let's wait and listen."
"Yes, uncle, what story will we tell us today?"
Lao Sading lamented: "Oh, two more people died in our mine today, so how can we still have the mood to tell stories."
"Since we sardin came to this mine, we don't know tomorrow after today, and now we don't know if we can go out alive later. If we die, we don't even know that our family members can only throw them into the valley to feed the wolf. Why is our lives so miserable?"
The Sadians all lowered their heads in sorrow and shed tears.
Chapter completed!