Cannon Fodder Pit Fairy Road

Chapter 34

After packing up their things, the two brothers and sisters walked towards the city gate of Tongzhou together.

This time Tong Xiaoye changed his attire again, and together with Ning Yuan, they painted their faces black charcoal and wore tattered clothes. In an instant, they became poor brothers from the grassland, and they were no longer clean and tidy as before.

The soldiers at the gate of the city had no doubts, checked the guide that Ning Yuan got from somewhere, and let them enter the city easily.

Tongzhou is worthy of being the first city on the border. The tall city walls are simple and majestic. The prosperity in the city is almost as prosperous as the capital city. There are merchants wearing silk and satin everywhere. Tall horses are swaggering on the road, which looks lively and casual. .

Tong Xiaoye liked this environment very much. After eating mutton and drinking kumiss with Ning Yuan, he played excitedly in the city for a few days before arriving at the market for coolies.

"There are caravans here, and they are all recruiting coolies to go to the west to mine. Let's choose a bigger one, and it will be safer on the road."

Ning Yuan is very familiar with this place. He dragged Tong Xiaoye to turn left and right, and entered the northwest side of the market. There are quite a few stalls that look quite large in size. big man.

It seems that these caravans are very strong.

Tong Xiaoye stared wide-eyed, watching a strong man confidently move a small square stone, but he couldn't move it after a lot of effort, and was reprimanded by the man in charge, ashamed Liuliu dodged away.

Everyone sighed, and another person walked up, but failed again. After watching for a while, not even one succeeded.

"Brother, what is that? It doesn't look big. How heavy is it?"

Tong Xiaoye stared curiously at the crowd in line, saw that many people did not move up, and left dejectedly one by one. Get some tea.

"Don't underestimate that rock, it's made of Nanhe sand, and such a big piece weighs nearly [-] jin.

Ning Yuan said a number casually, and Tong Xiaoye almost bit off his tongue in fright: "It's so heavy, how can it be lifted?"

"The coolies recruited by this caravan are to go to the edge of Yuntian Peak to mine. They must have this kind of strength. There are many men who specialize in body training on the grassland. As long as they reach the peak of the Houtian realm, it is not difficult to lift this weight. "

As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, a strong man spoke up and said, "Little brother, you are also going to mine? You are quite familiar with the situation over there!"

Ning Yuan smiled kindly, ignored the man, and led Tong Xiaoye to the other side.

"Bah, you're as thin as a monkey, why are you pretending to be an expert!" A disdainful scold came from behind, Tong Xiaoye and Ning Yuan ignored it, and began to pay attention to another stall lined up.

"Xiaoye, let's go here." Ning Yuan pulled Tong Xiaoye to the end of the line, and followed behind a fat man.

"Brother, how many catties is this, can I pick it up?" Tong Xiaoye looked at him excitedly, and stood on tiptoe to look at the stone in front of him.

"This one weighs three hundred catties. If you're talking about it, you can barely do it!" Ning Yuan carefully estimated and nodded.

"Tch, are you kidding me? It's hard for us to pick up that broken stone. This kid can do it?"

A middle-aged man snorted disdainfully behind him, Ning Yuan ignored him, but Tong Xiaoye became playful: "Uncle, let's make a bet and see if I can do it?"

"Hey, who bet with you, little brother, don't listen to this guy lying to you, the mine is very bitter, I think you are quite smart, you should find a place in the city to be an apprentice, and it will be better in the west .”

Hey, I didn't expect this middle-aged man to be a good person!
Tong Xiaoye smiled, and calmed down his thoughts of defrauding him, and asked with wide eyes: "Uncle, is it bitter over there?"

The man saw that although Tong Xiaoye was dark and thin, he spoke very politely, so he replied patiently, "I'll throw you into the mine as soon as I pass by. If you don't dig enough rocks, you won't be allowed to come out to eat. Sometimes, if you dig enough hard, come out." It’s too late and there’s no food, and I can’t dig it even after starving for several days, and no one knows if I die inside.”

Tong Xiaoye was taken aback, and asked in surprise: "Isn't it digging for spirit stones? At worst, it's harder, why can't you dig enough?"

The man sneered, surprised at Tong Xiaoye's ignorance: "We are not qualified to dig spirit stones, we are all stone diggers, kid, I advise you not to go, you are like this, no one knows where you died .”

Tong Xiaoye groaned, still wanting to follow Ning Yuan quietly, shook his fingers, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is it really hard over there?"

Ning Yuan was silent for a while, and then replied in a low voice: "It's not difficult to dig stones, the hard part is to protect your own stones. Many people worked desperately to dig a cart out of the mine, but they were robbed before they reached the door."

Sure enough, talent is the most dangerous no matter where you are.

Tong Xiaoye remained silent, and the man behind him couldn't help persuading him: "Little brother, I don't think you are bad, why take your brother to that place?"

"I am the one who is willing to follow my brother. I have no relatives, and I don't want to be separated from my brother." Tong Xiaoye hurriedly replied, holding Ning Yuan's palm tightly with his backhand.

"Thank you uncle for your concern. My brother is just staying with me and won't go mining."

Ning Yuan smiled, took Tong Xiaoye's hand and walked forward.

The people in front were divided into two lines, and the team walked quickly. In less than half an hour, it was the turn of the Ningyuan brothers and sisters.

"Boy, what do you mean you have a child?"

"He's in charge. This is my younger brother. I'll take him along for a living, and he can do odd jobs."

Ning Yuan's words provoked a burst of laughter, and the manager even scolded: "Where is our caravan, a handyman? Those who can't dig mines are waiting in line to do handyman!"

"That's right, go to the mine to do odd jobs, your head is flooded!"

"Boy, let's talk about lifting your own stone first, and want to bring others over."

Laughing sounded one after another, Tong Xiaoye held his brother's hand, still expressionless.

"I can do the work of two people, only one person's salary." Ning Yuan smiled, let go of Tong Xiaoye's hand, and suddenly raised a stone with one hand, and under the surprised eyes of everyone, he used another He grabbed a piece with one hand.

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this seemingly thin young man to have such great strength.

Seeing his brother holding the stone easily, Tong Xiaoye was inexplicably sad.

In fact, Ning Yuan has the strength to go to the outskirts of Yuntian Peak. The quality of the ore there is better, and there is a greater chance of digging out the spirit stone. He came to lift three hundred catties of stones to bring himself!
Sure enough, the manager asked in surprise: "Little brother, you have such strength, why don't you go to the stall next door?"

(End of this chapter)