It has been three days since we arrived at the quarry. The living environment here is more difficult than imagined. After a hard day, the food we eat is sour and the porridge we drink is thinner than water. The most difficult thing is
Regarding drinking water, we are far away from water sources, and sometimes we can’t even drink water for a day.
The people working in the quarry are slaves from various surrounding tribes, and there are actually more than a dozen Chu people. These Chu people have the most miserable status in the quarry. They do the heaviest physical work and eat other people's food.
Most of them had sallow faces and thin skin, and were half-clothed. There were men, women, old people, and children. I heard they were passing by on business and were killed. They were arrested and imprisoned here for several years to do hard labor.
Doudou is the little prince Hadou. He is a quiet child. He doesn't cry or make trouble at ordinary times. He never speaks. When he feels uncomfortable, he can only hum or chirp twice. Most of the time, he opens his clear eyes.
His eyes look at you lovingly.
Yunqin liked him very much, and to prevent Suyu from sending people to harm the little prince, she stayed with him almost every step of the way.
She did the same work as the slaves and ate the same food. No matter how unpalatable it was or if she couldn't swallow it, she would just frown and say nothing.
So when Balon informed His Majesty of the situation of the past three days, His Majesty angrily swept everything on the case to the floor, not knowing what to do with this stubborn girl.
She would rather work hard than ask him for a single word!
She would rather grind her hands until her hands were blistered and her eyes were bloodshot than bow to him!
People are imprisoned by their own decree, and they really don’t have the nerve to be released within a few days!
He felt that he was simply torturing himself for no reason, tossing himself, making himself more angry and annoyed, but he was helpless against her!
The cute little girl named Dongzhu came to Yunqin with her bowl of thin white porridge and sat down on the big rock next to her. "Sister Qiner, give Doudou your porridge to eat," she said.
, what should you do? Otherwise, I will give you half."
"No need." Yun Qin turned to look at the little girl and smiled gently, "Dongzhu, you can eat. Sister is not hungry."
"Sister Qin'er, grandpa, and everyone else say that you are as beautiful as a fairy. Why do you come to our place?"
"I have offended the king of their Suite Dan, so I was imprisoned. But it doesn't matter. I'm not alive anywhere, and I won't be here for the rest of my life anyway." Yun Qin curled his lips and wiped his bean cheeks.
He reached out and patted the little guy.
The little guy chuckled and raised his chubby little hand to touch her face.
"Sister, my hometown is in Daozhou. Grandpa said that Daozhou is very beautiful and rich. Everyone is well fed and clothed. Our emperor of Da Chu is the best emperor in the world, right?
ah?"
"Yes, our Emperor of Dachu is the best and most outstanding Emperor in the world." Yun Qin raised his hand and pushed the little girl's sparse hair back, and wiped the dirt on her face with his sleeves.
"Our fields are fertile for thousands of miles, and our houses are endless. We are a big country, with the broadest mountains and rivers, the brightest sunrises, the most beautiful wine and the best food, and I... so handsome
Such a lovely beauty, hahaha!”
"Haha, haha!" Dongzhu laughed so happily that he stretched out his hand to scratch his yellow and thin face and said, "It's shameful to praise yourself!"
"Sister, I really want to go back to my hometown." Dongzhu looked longingly at the distant blue sky, "Grandpa said that my father was killed by the people of Suitedan, and they took away my mother.
, and imprisoned my grandfather and me here. I know I can't get revenge, but I really want to go back to my hometown to see it. When I left, I was too young, and now I have almost forgotten what my hometown is like.
Damn it..."
"Dongzhu, you and everyone can go back, you can definitely do it!"
"Okay, okay! Stop grinding, get up, get up! Get up and continue working!" With the sound of whips and a few cries, all the slaves who had been sitting for a while while eating were forced to
Get up and drive forward.
In fact, they rested for less than fifteen minutes.
However, I am afraid it has been five hours since I did hard work early in the morning. Many people are already exhausted. At this moment, they are being driven to start again. If they walk even slightly slowly, they will be hit by the whip.
There are more than thirty burly men guarding the quarry.
There are still many soldiers guarding the perimeter. If you escape, you will definitely not be able to escape. Even if you escape and are caught, the end will be miserable.
Yunqin didn't know what was happening to him.
The thugs who guarded her would not go out of their way to embarrass her, nor would they whip her. She would work with the slaves consciously, and no matter how much she did, they would not comment.
Then she would sit in the background all day long, watching the children while moving things around. When she saw someone in need of help, she would go up and help.
Gradually, the sun approaches dusk.
Generally, the work in the quarry will not stop until it gets dark, so it will take about an hour before you can go back to rest.
At this time, I suddenly heard a loud crashing sound from the front, followed by panicked cries.
Yunqin held Xiao Doudou's hand and looked up ahead. He saw smoke and sand rolling in, and huge rocks sliding down from both sides of the mountain road piled up at people's feet. They were so frightened that everyone ran back in panic and dispersed very quickly.
After a long time, the mountain road finally stopped shaking, the rocks stopped falling, and the smoke and sand gradually dispersed.
Yunqin waved his little hand and looked forward, only to see a group of people gathered around the pile of rocks, not knowing what they were looking at.
Yunqin picked up Xiao Doudou and walked over. He pushed through the crowd and went in to take a look. He was shocked.
"Dongzhu! Dongzhu!" Yun Qin rushed to her side and touched her white and blue face with trembling hands, which was trembling with pain.
Dongzhu's calves were pinned down by boulders, and they were probably broken below the knees. Thick blood continued to seep from under the rocks, and the grandfather who fell next to her was so frightened that he was stunned.
"elder sister!"
"Dongzhu, Dongzhu, don't be afraid." Yunqin felt her voice trembling, and her little hand holding Dongzhu was also trembling, "Sister is here to save you, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, take a deep breath, take a deep breath
, breathe in slowly, don’t think, don’t think about anything.”
She stood up suddenly and yelled hysterically at a group of numb people behind her, "Why are you still standing there? Save people! Save people!!"
A sturdy foreman came over and took a look, "How can we save it? Who can move such a big stone?"
"You go find a thicker hemp rope and a strong stick. I have a way. I have a way!" Yun Qin rushed to everyone with a hoarse voice, grabbed one of them and roared.
"Even if you can save her, if she is rescued and her legs are gone, she is still not a useless person! What's the use of having a useless person in our quarry? Let's all work! No laziness! You don't have to worry about this girl! Quarrying
Accidents happen every day in the field, no matter if there is one more or one less!" After saying this, he took out the scimitar from his waist and patched a hole in Dongzhu's chest, "There is only one way out for this useless cripple!"