ebookland Chapter 189 Let’s go together
Chapter 189 Let’s go together
Helian Qiaosong's assigned work was relatively easy. He had been keeping a close eye on the commotion over there, afraid that his wife might do something foolish in a moment of confusion.
He had just seen her preparing to put in more rice, and his heart was pounding with fear, but thankfully she stopped him.
“Your sister-in-law is watching over things, so nothing will happen. It’s just that Xiao Cai’s personality still needs some tempering,” Helian Yu said as he wove the fence in his hands.
Kindness is the most useless thing here, just like how it almost brought trouble just now.
"Come on! Follow Dad and we'll use the fence to block off the mine shaft."
He stood up, picked up a large stack of fences, and walked towards the mine shaft ahead, with Helian Qiaosong following closely behind.
Compared to others, their work is much easier; they've been doing this job since the third day they arrived.
Rocks often fall from the top of the mine, so a fence is used to block them so as not to injure people.
This task fell to the father and son. If they didn't have money, they would have to go into the mine to dig for ore and move stones outside.
Helian Qiaosong is fine, but his father can't stand it.
After discussing it with Lan Cai, they decided to give away the remaining silver, as having silver would make things easier.
Now the father and son can look after each other, and Helian Yue can do whatever he needs to do without being distracted.
The father and son deliberately sat a little further apart during the meal because Ye Nanqiao and Lan Cai wanted to give them extra food.
"Dad, brother, eat quickly." Ye Nanqiao handed over the porridge, which consisted of two bowls of wild vegetable porridge with a few slices of braised beef underneath.
These were among the bundles that Helian Yue brought over.
I don't know what's wrapped around the beef, but I heard it can keep the beef from spoiling for a long time.
She would occasionally take out a small piece, cut it up, and hide it in her sleeve, because it would be much more convenient to secretly put it into the bowls of her own family members when they were cooking.
Helian Qiaosong covered half of the bowl with his large hands, so no one could see how much porridge was in it, let alone the few pieces of beef hidden at the bottom of the bowl.
When he finished drinking, his eyes lit up, and he looked up from the bowl at Lan Cai with surprise.
Lan Cai winked at him and whispered, "Eat quickly, and give me the bowl when you're done."
They can secretly cook delicious food when they go back at night; they've hidden quite a few in the cave.
Helian Yu was drinking porridge with his back to the two or three groups of people, but he always felt that someone was watching him from behind.
He chewed the beef in his mouth a few times, swallowed it, and turned around, just in time to meet the other person's eyes.
That man was the one being whipped. He had been caught slacking off twice this morning by the supervisor and was only allowed half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge for lunch.
He didn't understand why that family always kept their distance from them when they ate. Were they eating something delicious?
And if you include the women in their family who cook, then it's even more uncertain.
The food they eat every day is distributed from above and is all counted. Are they hiding food from each other? He wanted to find out.
Maybe we can use this to threaten them, and they'll eat more food in the future.
Upon meeting Helian Yu's eyes, he, who had been sweating profusely, suddenly felt a chill.
He quickly looked away and lowered his head to lick his empty bowl; the old man's eyes were truly terrifying.
While sleeping in the mine at night, he overheard the people whispering about it, and they said that this family was quite influential.
He was a little skeptical at first, but now he believed it to some extent.
Helian Yu put down his bowl, his parched lips slightly parted. "From now on, we'll eat at our mine. Everything else is the same."
Ye Nanqiao naturally understood his meaning and nodded obediently.
She understood what her father-in-law meant; her family was probably being targeted.
Helian Yue and Gu Yunqi watched from a short distance away. Gu Yunqi squinted at the man licking the bowl.
"Ah Yue, why do I keep thinking about this person..."
"The son of the former Right Chancellor was sentenced to exile for murdering his wife and mother."
He was just about to say that the man looked familiar when Helian Yue parted his thin lips and began to talk about what that man had done.
Gu Yunqi clicked his tongue twice; he remembered it too.
At that time, the old man was desperately begging Jun Shuyan's father, and in the end he even threatened to kill himself.
Left with no other choice, this rebellious beast was sentenced to exile. Who would have thought that he would still be alive after all these years!
But upon closer inspection, he still has that same wicked attitude! It truly proves the saying, "A scourge lives on for a thousand years."
Helian Yue kept watching Ye Nanqiao and the others, thinking that they had escaped the open and covert attacks in the capital. It turned out that they still needed to proceed with caution here.
Let's leave tomorrow.
He said something quietly, and Gu Yunqi didn't ask any further questions, simply saying supportively, "That's exactly what I was planning to do too. It'll be good to see that little guy off on his way."
On the one hand, it was said that Jun Shuyan had released the old man, but had sent people to guard him closely.
He wanted to go back quickly to see how things were going; he wondered if the old man had developed any health problems after being locked up for so long.
Don't let his seemingly carefree demeanor fool you; he's actually incredibly anxious.
Although the people he sent out said everything was fine, he wouldn't feel at ease until he saw it with his own eyes.
On the other hand, Helian Zhiyan would be traveling the same distance as them for a while, so it would be a good opportunity to see her off. Otherwise, they wouldn't feel comfortable letting her walk such a long distance by herself all at once.
When Helian Yu and the others returned to the mine, they heard Helian Zhiyan say that the two of them would also be leaving the next day, and they were a little dazed for a moment.
"Yan'er, what did your brother and the others say? Have they already made a plan?"
With a look of heartache, Helian Qiaosong wiped the mineral dust off his youngest daughter's face and asked her in a low voice.
Helian Zhiyan nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice. "Big brother said it, that he'll come with me tomorrow."
Ye Nanqiao thought it was feasible, and since they knew the route, she felt at ease sending her niece part of the way.
Although she was being escorted by her own people, she figured she wouldn't be too scared if she went along for a while.
"Your aunt and mother are going to prepare food for you," she said, patting Helian Zhiyan's head with a loving expression.
Now this little boy looks like a tough little boy, where is there any trace of the delicate little girl he used to be?
This made things much safer; neither she nor Lan Cai recognized Jun Shuyan that day, let alone his people.
Qianqian is really amazing. First she had those two human skin masks, and now she has this disguise.
At first, she was worried that it would hurt the little girl's face, but she was surprised to find that it was made of herbs.
Helian Zhiyan, who had been smiling, pouted when she heard that she was going to prepare food. She snuggled into Helian Yu's arms and whispered, "Grandpa, I don't want to eat what Mom and Aunt made anymore."
Her aunt's cooking was alright; she could even eat it when it was burnt. But it was different when her mother made it.
The dish was always stir-fried into a large, black lump; anyone who didn't know better would think she had fryed the rocks in the mine black.
"You little brat! How dare you complain?"
Hearing her muttering to herself, Lan Cai rolled up her sleeves, pretending to scold her, but Helian Qiaosong quickly stopped her, saying, "Madam, please don't be angry! This child is talking nonsense!"
He forced a smile, but Lan Cai could tell it was far too strained.
"Ha, don't think I don't know what you're thinking!"
Lan Cai snorted coldly, raising her eyebrows high.