bookcurios Chapter 831 Women in the Tent Area
Chapter 831 Women in the Tent Area
Chapter 831 Women in the Tent Area
The two wore masks and walked on the street. At first, they pretended to look at the things on several stalls. Later, they slowly realized that no one paid special attention to them, so they quickened their pace and walked towards the foot of the mine.
In fact, although they were going to the foot of the mine, they couldn't get too close. Ye Wenyan estimated that he was at least a hundred meters away from the mine and began to be on guard. There were two rows of people guarding the mountain range tightly.
Ye Feizhou whispered to her, "It's hard to get in during the day. If you want to explore inside, we have to come at night. But if you want to ask people about things, this is the best time. You see there are tents all over the front. That should be the village formed spontaneously by the families of the miners. Didn't Gui Niang say this morning that when Daniu was working in the mine, he could only go home once every ten days? She usually lived in the tent here, doing the laundry for Daniu, cooking for him, and so on."
As they were talking, the two of them had already walked into the tent area. Because there were so many miners, the tent area was also very large, with layers upon layers of tents that you couldn't see the end of.
Many women were washing clothes outside the tent door, and children were running around. An old lady was chasing a little boy with a rolling pin, cursing him for being disobedient and having no future.
Although they had changed their appearance, they were still strangers to the people in the tent area. Many people looked at them and some even asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Ye Wenyan said, "We are not looking for anyone, but our father wants to come here to work, and we are worried, so we came to take a look. Auntie, let me ask you, if we want to come and live here, how to rent the tents here?"
When the aunt heard her say this, she said "Oh", and then said: "You have to ask the general about this. We just live here with the men, how would we know these things. Go ask the general!" After that, she lowered her head and started to wash clothes.
Ye Wenyan thought that she was not unaware, but just didn't want to talk to her. And not only did the aunt not want to talk to her, but the others also went back to their tents or walked away, as if her brother and sister were plague gods, and they all walked away at once.
Ye Wenyan was quite puzzled and was wondering what was going on. At this time, a woman in her thirties walked up to them quickly, wiped her wet hands on her apron, and then pulled Ye Wenyan: "Girl, come to my place, I will tell you how to rent a tent. It's not easy to work in the mine, but fortunately the pay is high and it's not in vain."
Seeing the woman say this, Ye Wenyan and the others did not hesitate, nodded and followed her.
Someone who saw this scene said disdainfully: "Listen to her? What can she say? How to sleep in the mine? Or which man in the mine is better?" After that, he glared at the woman again, "I advise you to mind your own business. These two people, hum, are not from here at all." Ye Wenyan understood that it was the accent. Although she had tried her best to make her words close to the accent of the people in the west, the accent of those who deliberately learned it was still different from those who were born and raised here.
She felt helpless, but the woman holding her comforted her, saying, "It's okay. Our mine is famous, and many people come here specially. Alas, it's not easy to make money. My tent is right in front, follow me!"
After she finished speaking, she let go of Ye Wenyan's hand and walked ahead alone.
The group soon arrived in front of a tent. The woman opened the curtain, invited them in, and poured them tea.
The tent was not big, with only a single bed inside. The curtains on the window were open, allowing for good air circulation.
The woman tidied the tent very neatly and placed a vase on the table with wild flowers from the nearby mountains in it.
Seeing Ye Wenyan looking at her flowers, she felt a little embarrassed. "We are not a wealthy family and cannot afford those expensive flowers. These are just picked outside for your enjoyment. Are you hungry, girl? I have some cakes here. If you don't mind, you can have some."
Ye Wenyan shook his head and thanked her. "I've had dinner. I just had a piece of cake at the market. I'm not hungry now. Thank you, aunt, for talking to us despite the fact that we are strangers."
The woman waved her hands, "I don't care about them. It doesn't matter where they are from. They are all miserable people. Who has a good life and would come to this mine to work? Since they want to come here, it must be because they have no other way out. But girls, you have to think carefully. It's easy to get into this mine, but it's very difficult to get out again."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Ye Feizhou thought of Daniu. Although he broke one leg, at least he was out. Why did the woman's words sound like something else?
The woman looked at Ye Feizhou for a long time, looking very carefully. In the end, she seemed a little disappointed, but she still answered him: "Everything in the mine is strictly confidential. All miners must put their fingerprints on their documents before entering the mountain. Nothing about the mine, no one, and even every stone can be told to others."
After hearing this, Ye Feizhou felt that something was wrong.
Daniu told him a lot about the mine, even how much iron ore was produced every day.
It is not that the big shot did not take the confidential documents seriously, but that the big shot regarded them as his benefactors, so he told the truth.
But will this truth put Daniel in danger?
He was getting a little anxious, and suddenly wanted to go back to Xiguan Village to see Daniu's family. But he hadn't found out everything he needed to know, so no matter how anxious he was, he had to wait a little longer.
Ye Wenyan was already chatting with the woman. She asked her, "I heard that all the people in this tent area are women and children who came with the men. Do the miners come out of the mountains to live here every day?"
The woman nodded. "Yes, they work for seven hours at a time, and they can come out after seven hours and rest in their own tents for half a day or a night. These tents are rented, but because they are all miners' families, the rent is not expensive. But if you want a bigger tent, you have to pay extra. You should have seen a lot of big tents along the way just now. The elderly and children of the families were brought here to live, and those require extra money."
Ye Wenyan asked again: "Aunt, what are you doing here? I see that there is only enough space for one person to sleep in your tent."
The woman was a little embarrassed. "As for me, I just wash clothes for the soldiers in the mine, and I also cook for them in the mountains. I..."
As they were talking, a voice suddenly came from outside - "Madam Rong, the general wants you to go into the mountains! Hurry up! By the way, the general said he wants to see red today, you should change into red clothes!"
The woman became even more embarrassed...