The big man has a living father

Chapter 211 (Big Chapter) Before Spring

Same customs.

Mine No. 17.

Mines in winter are different from usual times.

But it's the same.

Just as lively.

After work.

Wei Kang's eyes were shining with gold. He lay on the hillside, staring at the haystack in front of him.

The haystack belonged to a nearby farmer, and there was a cow in it.

Wei Kang looked into the distance and reached for his waist to make sure his knife was still there.

After confirming, Wei Kang slowly prepared to cross the hill.

As soon as he stood up, Wei Kang felt his shoulder being pressed.

Looking back, it was Ju Yuan.

Wei Kang said coldly: "Get out of the way!"

Ju Yuan: "Stealing cattle is against the law, and killing working cattle is a capital crime."

Wei Kang: "Really? How do you know I killed a working ox?"

Ju Yuan loosened his hand and said, "Can your lies deceive the county magistrate, the prefectural magistrate, the governor, the court judge, and your majesty?"

Wei Kang looked at Ju Yuan with disgust and said, "Who said I wanted to kill the cow? I had my eyes on that chicken."

Ju Yuan turned around and saw that there were a few chickens near the cowshed.

The weather is too cold. Generally speaking, chickens and ducks are reluctant to leave their cages. I don’t know why these few came out at this time. I also don’t know if it’s because the cows just had some fresh poop and it’s warmer nearby.

Ju Yuan was overthinking. Could Wei Kang kill a cow alone?

Ju Yuan noticed the disgust in Wei Kang's eyes. He didn't quite understand why Wei Kang had such emotions. He mistakenly thought that he had wronged him, so Wei Kang was very disgusted.

So he said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, but I still want to remind you that stealing chickens is also illegal."

Wei Kang: "You care too much."

"If you think I'm a fool like Li Ji, you're wrong."

Li Ji is Li Tie’s current name.

Ju Yuan didn't quite understand: "Why do you say Li Ji is stupid? He is not stupid, he is a very smart person, who can make many contributions to the Han Dynasty in the future."

Wei Kang pointed his thumb at his nose and said, "The Wei family has made enough contributions to the Han Dynasty. I don't need to make any more contributions. Even Li Ji's grandfather was granted the title of nobility because of my father."

"Also, don't think that just because you can get benefits from Li Ji, you can get benefits from me."

Ju Yuan was not angry at what Wei Kang said: "I didn't think of getting any benefit from anyone. But I have to accept the money from Li Ji because I need to treat my mother's illness."

"Now that my mother's illness has healed, my health has also improved. I can earn money at the mine, and I don't have to accept any relief. The mine can make a lot of money. As long as I don't get sick or in pain, it's enough to support ten people."

Wei Kang saw that Ju Yuan was serious and said directly: "Why don't we speak frankly?"

"Li Ji is a big fool. He doesn't know how complicated this world is. If someone like you acts friendly and kind to him, he will believe it."

"Even if you use the same method, I still won't believe that what you do is out of kindness."

Wei Kang separated the index and middle fingers of his right hand, pointed at himself and then at Ju Yuan's eyes: "I can see through your true nature at a glance."

Ju Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you can say whatever you want, but you can't steal the chicken."

Wei Kang: "Is it your business?"

Ji Yuan: "You can kill a chicken, but can you cook chicken?"

"No..." Wei Kang really couldn't deny it.

Ju Yuan: "Since you can't cook, what can you do by killing a chicken? Isn't there any chicken in the cafeteria when you eat?"

This matter is complicated.

When Wei Kang first came over, he wanted to eat chicken, so when he was getting his meal, he wanted a chicken.

No matter how good life was at the mine, there was not enough to get a chicken per person, so the cook refused to give it to them.

Who is Wei Kang? Before dinner, he sneaked into the kitchen and tried to steal a chicken.

Finally, he was caught by the cook.

The cook tried to try to stop him, but Wei Kang just threw his coat, which was soiled from digging coal for the whole afternoon, directly into the pot.

You have to know that unwashed coal is poisonous. No matter how lazy Wei Kang is, the coal dust on his clothes is not fake.

A pot of soup is ruined.

Because of this, the cook was fined.

Even though Wei Kang looks so cool now, it’s because Ju Yuan found some clothes for him.

Otherwise, how could he have the time to steal chickens?
He was curled up in the quilt and shivering.

But Wei Kang is not a fool. Although he is lawless, he knows that he must not tell anyone that he has ruined a pot of chicken soup, as it is a bad thing.

The reason was not that he had done something bad and was too ashamed to speak out, but that he had caused the entire cafeteria to not have chicken soup and he might be beaten.

Although Wei Kang is not yet an adult, he has done a lot of sneaky things. He has his own set of standards for what he can and cannot say. It is not based on morality, but is limited by the number of people he has offended.

After failing to eat the chicken and possibly offending everyone at the mine, Wei Kang wanted to steal a chicken and eat it himself.

Seeing Wei Kang's embarrassment, Ju Yuan said, "How about this? I'll go buy a chicken and give it to the canteen's cook, asking him to make you an extra chicken. If you're not used to the canteen's way of eating, just tell him how you want to eat it. Lao Liu in the canteen can cook most of the ways."

When Wei Kang heard Ju Yuan say he wanted to buy a chicken, he was a little excited. But when he heard the name Lao Liu, his face suddenly fell.

"I don't want to eat the chicken he cooked."

Ji Yuan was confused: "Huh?"

I've heard of people who recognize their beds, but I've never heard of people who recognize their cooks.

Wei Kang: "I don't like this person. He looks like a villain."

Ju Yuan: "How could that be? Old Liu is a good man. When I was not feeling well, he would always save a portion for me before eating so that I would not be unable to have a hot meal."

"Now that I'm back from recuperation, he didn't even take the gift I gave him. He refused to accept it. He's a very good person."

At this point, Ju Yuan recalled what happened last time: "I bought his grandson a set of the latest four treasures of the study. I had found out that he could use them, but he refused to take them. He even said that he would buy a set for his grandson himself after he got his salary this month."

"He said that although the set of four treasures of the study is expensive, after deducting the mortgage and household expenses, it is enough to buy another set. He asked me to return my set and study hard for the imperial examination."

Wei Kang sneered inwardly: Then he might not be able to buy it this month.

At this point, Ji Yuan thought of a solution: "I will go home the day after tomorrow, and you can follow me to my house. I will ask my mother to cook for you, and then you can eat chicken."

Wei Kang rolled his eyes, thinking it would be a waste if he didn't eat it: "Okay, then let's go to your house to eat."

……

On Friday night, Wei Kang was excited to go out for a walk.

Is this job of a miner done by a human being?
All day long, they just mine coal and then transport it out.

My waist is about to break after this day.

Although Wei Kang has tried very hard to slack off, he cannot keep slacking off because there are always Yulin Guards patrolling the mine. Originally, the Yulin Guards patrolled without much to do, but now they have something to do, and that is to see what Wei Kang is doing and report to the general when the time comes.

So, Wei Kang tried very hard to slack off, but was still exhausted.

As soon as he got off work, Wei Kang slipped back to the dormitory, threw away his dirty clothes, scooped some water from the big stove in the dormitory to take a shower. After taking a shower, he sat at the head of the bed and waited for Ju Yuan to go out and eat chicken together.

I waited and waited, but never got the chance.

Wei Kang was furious: "This bastard actually fooled me."

"He must have gone home by himself and forgotten to take me with him? Or has he realized that he can't get any money from me, so he doesn't want to buy me chicken?"

The longer he waited, the angrier Wei Kang became, and his face turned as black as coal.

At this time, Ji Yuan came in with a basin, putting soap on the side, and said, "Hey, wait for me a moment, I just washed the clothes, I'll go hang them up now and you can go back."

Wei Kang's anger subsided a little. It turned out that he had not forgotten: "But if I rush back to your house now, can I still eat chicken?"

Ju Yuan: "I asked a fellow villager to tell my mother about this. When she found out, she went to her neighbor's house to buy one, but she would not go to the market to buy one."

Wei Kang watched Ju Yuan go out, then he remembered that Ju Yuan said he wanted to do laundry.

"do the laundry?"

After Wei Kang arrived at the coal mine, he just threw his dirty clothes at the head of the bed as he did in the past.

After some time, a set of clean clothes will be placed at the bedside.

It’s a pity that I’ve left home and there’s no maid to help me dress, so I’m still a little uncomfortable.

Now after hearing Ju Yuan talk about washing clothes, Wei Kang stood up and followed him.

After following him, Wei Kang saw Ju Yuan hanging clothes.

But it's not one set that's being hung out to dry, but two sets.

Logically speaking, although it is cold in the mine, it is not cold when working, so one set of work clothes is enough. Why would people wear two sets?

Wei Kang looked carefully and saw the number written on the chest pocket of one of the suits, which was his work number.

Wei Kang always thought that there were special people in the mine who collected the clothes and washed them.

Now I realized that it was Juyuan who helped me wash my clothes these days.

Wei Kang thought back and remembered that on the first day he arrived, the dirty clothes he threw away were still dirty clothes in the morning, and they became clean clothes when he came back in the evening.

I'm afraid that after getting up early, Ju Yuan realized that he had nothing to wear at night, so he went to wash his clothes and hung them in the heater room to dry.

Back in the room, Wei Kang was thinking about a question.

Is Ji Won acting?
"He must be acting. Everyone in the world is selfish. He is just trying to cheat me out of money."

But, since it was acting, why not perform it in front of himself, but just wash the clothes silently every day without saying anything?
What if he doesn't know it at all? Wouldn't he have worked in vain?

Ji Yuan had finished hanging the clothes. He came back, shook the water off his hands, scratched the base of his thumb, and went to pack up.

Wei Kang looked left and right and just happened to see a crack in the ice, or a fissure, on the inside of Ju Yuan's right thumb.

To be precise, that thing is called frostbite.

Wei Kang became even more convinced that Ju Yuan was acting.

Who would do other people's laundry when they have frostbite on their hands? How is that possible?

No matter how hot the water is when you wash clothes, it will still be cold. Once your hands are wet, the wind will make them even colder.

If you soak in hot water for a long time and then suddenly get cold, the frostbite will be more severe. It will not only be painful but also itchy.

Ji Yuan packed up his things and said, "Let's go!"

It can be seen that Ju Yuan is also full of energy and eager to go home.

Under a sign at the entrance of the mining area, Ju Yuan folded his shoulders, rubbed his hands and stamped his feet.

Wei Kang: "What are we doing here?"

Ju Yuan: “Wait for the bus.”

Wei Kang looked around and said, "The train station isn't here, and there's no track here?!"

Ju Yuan: "Oh, I always take a horse carriage. Train tickets are too expensive."

Seeing Wei Kang's unhappy face, Ju Yuan said: "Don't get me wrong, I don't live in Chang'an City. How far do I have to walk? My home is nearby."

Wei Kang's face looked better.

Horse-drawn carriages turned into ox-drawn carts, main roads turned into small roads, and caravans turned into flatbed trucks.

There were still some traces of snow on the path between the fields and the mountains, making it difficult to walk.

It's getting dark.

Wei Kang was a little scared, afraid that Ju Yuan was going to sell him out.

He is the son of the Grand Marshal and General, the eldest son of the most prominent and highest-ranking official since the Han Dynasty, and he is a marquis and very valuable.

But if he turned around and walked away, Wei Kang found that he didn't even know the way.

There are so many ridges that I have forgotten which direction I came from.

Just follow along.

As they walked, Ju Yuan suddenly spoke: "Tongguan Coal Mine is a really good place."

Wei Kang: "This unfortunate place is terrible."

As Ju Yuan walked, he looked into the distance and said, "I lived here when I was a child. The situation here is so bad that I can't even find a piece of real farmland. There are only barren mountains and gravel everywhere."

Ju Yuan pulled up his sleeves to show Wei Kang.

He has a scar on his arm.

"I fell down while walking on this road when I was a kid. I fell on a sharp rock and pierced my arm. My mother thought my hand would be broken, but it healed later."

"The traveling doctor said that out of 100 cases, only one person's hand will heal, and another 40 to 50 will die of fever before their hands heal. He said that my hand healed well, which must have a mission."

Wei Kang was suspicious: "What does this have to do with the coal mine? Isn't this all farmland? Where did the gravel come from?"

Ju Yuan: "More than three years ago, people here were so poor that they were going crazy, and their eyes were glowing green."

"You know, we are too close to Shenmu. Outside is the Xiongnu, so all the food we have here has to be shipped to the front line for use in the war. We can only eat the worst millet, and if it's not enough, we eat wild vegetables. Except for food, nothing here is valuable because there is not enough land and we can't grow food. There are very few people."

"More than three years ago, a boss named Lei suddenly spent a lot of money to buy all the nearby mountains."

"A lot of people suddenly became rich and moved away."

Wei Kang: "Then they are really lucky."

If it weren't for Lei Lin, they would have been poor.

Ju Yuan: "They moved away, and those of us who didn't move away became even more desperate."

A total of one hundred people were about to starve to death, and thirty of them suddenly became rich and moved away.

The remaining seventy seemed to have missed the straw of survival and became even more desperate.

“Luckily, they started building coal mines, and they bought the stone.”

"There are stones everywhere in our area, but we actually spend money to buy them to build roads and house foundations."

"Just by moving the stones, we have enough money to eat. We even indulge ourselves by eating white flour buns, noodles, and plump millet."

Wei Kang looked down on me, saying, "You've never seen the world. How plump can the millet you buy be? Even if I pick one out of a thousand kilograms, it's still not as big as the smallest millet porridge I drink this morning."

Ju Yuan said happily: "It was then that we realized that the land here can actually be cultivated. It's just that the people in the past were too lazy and stupid. Because there were too many stones in the fields, they just let them stay in the fields for thousands of years."

"After we moved the rocks, we started to farm. People from the coal mines even asked us to buy vegetables. They would take as much as we planted."

"From that day on, I wanted to enter the Tongguan Coal Mine."

"Because of the Tongguan coal mine, our family has food to eat and money to spend."

"When I had enough strength, I joined the Tongguan Coal Mine."

"I just realized that it's not just our family, it's not just our village, it's not just our county, it's not just our county, it's not just here, because of the Tongguan coal mine, so many people have to eat."

"It was then that I understood what knowledge meant and began to study." Ju Yuan went on and on, telling the story of his past few years.

Wei Kang looked as if he didn't want to hear that, but he listened to the end.

In fact, the ridges along this road are quite wide, but it is difficult to walk on if you have never walked on this kind of road before.

There was nothing on either side of the road, as if we were walking in some uninhabited area.

If it weren't for the lights on the distant mountains that he could see from time to time, Wei Kang would have turned around and ran away long ago.

Ju Yuan didn't want to share, but he saw that Wei Kang was worried and afraid, so he deliberately said something to distract Wei Kang's attention.

But Ji Yuan is not very good at speaking anything else. There is only knowledge in Ji Yuan's mind, as well as his own stories and the stories of the mine.

Ju Yuan knew that Wei Kang, like Li Ji, probably hated knowledge and stories about the mines the most.

So Juyuan is telling his own story.

finally arrived at home.

There is no such thing as a living room in Ju Yuan's house.

A house that Wei Kang could never imagine was right before his eyes.

Earthen walls, thatched roof, and the grass entering the house is only as high as a person's neck.

You have to keep your head down to get in.

However, a new room was built next to it, which is bigger and taller, and has a chimney.

It must have been newly renovated in the past two years.

I knocked on the door and it opened.

Before Wei Kang entered, his hand was grabbed by a person who looked like an old lady.

The old lady said excitedly: "He is the chairman's cousin?"

Ju Yuan nodded.

Grandma: "My son has really made it big, big!"

"Come in, come in and sit down!"

Wei Kang felt a little uncomfortable.

However, the old lady didn't look like a bad person, so Wei Kang didn't refuse.

When I entered the house, I saw a tattered table with two tree stumps and a chair next to it.

In the left corner of the room was a plate of sand, with pebbles embedded in the ground and a sand board filled with sand, and a smooth branch next to it.

Next to it was a bed with a very worn mattress that looked like it was made from old clothes, some straw on it, and a woolen blanket.

The old lady pulled Wei Kang to sit down at the table.

Wei Kang: "Why are you sitting on a tree stump?"

Wei Kang is now certain that this old lady is Ju Yuan's mother.

Ju Yuan's mother was embarrassed: "We are poor, so we just sit on a tree stump. This chair was borrowed from a neighbor."

Wei Kang had already seen the scene in front of him of Ju Yuan's mother carrying a chair and a chicken, walking along the difficult ridge of the field.

Wei Kang stood up and said, "I have never sat on a wooden stake before. Let me sit on it. You can sit on the chair."

Ju Yuan's mother thought this guy was so weird and smiled, "I'll get you some chicken, eat first."

The kerosene lamp on the table had a smell, but it couldn't cover up the aroma of the chicken.

The chicken was cooked using the smoked chicken method that Ju Yuan's mother had heard was popular in Chang'an City. It didn't taste like smoked chicken, but Wei Kang didn't say anything. Wei Kang didn't care about the taste. He just wanted to satisfy his wish of "I can eat a whole chicken even in the mine."

Wei Kang felt embarrassed to eat alone, so he wanted to tear off the chicken head and give it to Ju Yuan to eat, but after thinking it over, he felt that it was too shameless.

He tore off its wings and gave them to Jiyuan, and then tore off one of its legs and gave it to Jiyuan's mother.

Ju Yuan's mother said no, Wei Kang said: "I can't finish so much! I've eaten all kinds of chicken! This isn't particularly delicious, you should eat it quickly."

Jiyuan's mother did not refuse, but after getting the chicken leg, she gave it to Jiyuan.

Juyuan doesn’t want it, he insists that his mother eat it.

Mother Jiyuan stood up and tried to grab a stick hanging on the wall.

Ju Yuan became obedient and started eating.

Wei Kang laughed loudly: "Ju Yuan, are you afraid of being beaten too?"

Ju Yuan nodded.

Wei Kang recalled how his father Wei Qing used to beat him like a top every other day, and laughed, "Why did you get beaten? Was it because you went out drinking? Or was it because you played around with money?"

Jiyuan's mother got up and went to the kitchen to get something.

Ju Yuancai spoke: "Because I want to buy a house for my mother in Chang'an."

"I've picked out all the houses."

Wei Kang poked his head in confusion: "Hmm?"

Why should I be beaten for buying a house for my mother?
Ju Yuan: "Because my mother asked me why those powerful people in the mine were so powerful, I told her it might be because they had studied."

“So my mother wanted me to study.”

"When I heard that I needed to work in the mines for three years to buy a house in Chang'an, my mother thought that I could buy so many books anywhere, so she wouldn't allow it."

“But I must buy it.”

"So she took out the stick."

"Actually, I'm not afraid of pain. I just agreed because I was afraid of making her angry."

He didn’t know the purpose of studying before, but after hearing that studying could lead to the imperial examination, Juyuan decided to take the examination. After passing it, he would not be rejected when buying a house for his mother.

This is why you get beaten if you don't eat the chicken.

Because Ju Yuan's mother heard that people in Chang'an City now pay attention to balanced nutrition, otherwise they will become stupid and weak.

Ju Yuan's mother knew that Chang'an City was much better than this small mountain village, so she must catch up with the popular things in Chang'an City that are helpful for studying.

After a while, Ju Yuan's mother brought out some noodles for Ju Yuan.

Unexpectedly, when Wei Kang saw the noodles, he suddenly burst into tears, sobbing loudly and crying heartbreakingly.

He tore up all the scratch paper that Juyuan bought for solving problems and used it to wipe his nose.

After crying for a long time, Ju Yuan and his mother finally understood what was going on.

Wei Kang's mother died while giving birth to his younger brother.

His mother had never seen the prosperous Chang'an City today, nor had she ever eaten smoked chicken, dumplings, or wide noodles. Even in the marquis's house, all she had was a bowl of noodles.

The wheat was ground by his mother herself, and the bran was picked out bit by bit.

When Wei Kang saw the dough lumps, he thought of his mother.

While wailing, Wei Kang also ate Ju Yuan's noodles.

Ju Yuan didn't know how to comfort Wei Kang, so he could only let his mother talk to Wei Kang. He lit an oil lamp and started to solve math problems on the sand table in the corner of the room.

Wei Kang and Ju Yuan's mother were talking on the side.

Wei Kang talked about a lot of things about his mother. Ju Yuan’s mother didn’t know Wei Kang’s mother, but Ju Yuan’s mother knew what maternal love and affection were.

Wei Kang also had many questions and didn't know why his mother did this or that.

Ju-won’s mother knows.

Wei Kang solved many doubts.

For example, Wei Kang’s mother was afraid that Wei Kang would be bullied by his stepmother in the future, so she told Wei Kang to be careful and not trust others.

But she didn't expect that Wei Qing had not remarried for so many years, and Wei Kang was already an adult, but still didn't trust anyone.

For example, Wei Kang's mother was afraid that Wei Kang would be bullied because of his weak character, so she told Wei Kang that if he could sit in the main seat, he must sit in the main seat, and if he could get something, he must get it.

As a result, Wei Kang was pushed to the main seat and became the scapegoat when a group of nobles gathered.

When I see other people’s chickens on the roadside, I also want to take them for myself.

Wei Kang is not smart enough, he just listens to his mother.

After asking all the questions, Wei Kang finally felt at peace and no longer hesitant.

Wei Kang asked about Ju Yuan. It would be so bad if Ju Yuan and his mother knew about his affairs.

Wei Kang mentioned Ju Yuan’s embarrassing incident, the incident in which he broke his hand.

Ju Yuan's mother started talking, and Wei Kang learned that at that time, Ju Yuan and his wife had a son when they were old. They gave birth to a son after their daughter was married.

That day, Juyuan's father took Juyuan to collect firewood, and it was raining heavily when they came back.

Ji Yuan's father slipped and fell to his death.

Ji Yuan broke his hand and lay in the rain for two hours, almost dying.

Seeing that the father and son had not returned for a long time, Ju Yuan's mother went out to look for them and finally found them.

Since it was impossible for one person to drag both the father and the son back home, he took Ji Yuan home.

When he turned back, the rain had stopped and wolves had come. There was not even a body of Ju Yuan's father, as he had been torn apart and eaten by the wolves.

After knowing this, Wei Kang finally understood why Ju Yuan lamented that times had changed and why he felt that Tongguan Coal Mine had changed his life.

Only then did I realize that the things Ju Yuan had just talked about were the most important things in his life, he just didn't say them all.

The stars were shining. The next day, Ju Yuan went to the village head and pushed a cart full of coal back home. He then took Wei Kang to the market, ate snacks from the local small market, and bought a large jar of soy sauce.

The family originally had a small one, but Ji Yuan and his mother didn't know that the expansion of ice would burst the curved jar of soy sauce.

Ju Yuan also bought a lot of meat.

Wei Kang originally wanted to buy a pair of the latest rubber-soled shoes for Ju Yuan's mother, but he had no money, so he had to give up.

After returning home, Ju Yuan's mother did not eat meat as usual. She gave the meat to Wei Kang and Ju Yuan, but refused to eat it.

Ju Yuan said there was meat to eat in the mine and asked his mother to eat it. His mother refused and asked Ju Yuan to eat it. After eating it, she studied hard.

When leaving, Ju Yuan's mother gave Ju Yuan a bag of dried wild vegetables of unknown origin and asked Ju Yuan not to go home next weekend and to deliver the things to Li Ji.

Li Ji said that he liked to eat this wild vegetable the most, and asked Ju Yuan to remember it.

Wei Kang felt very unhappy after hearing this.

If Ju Yuan goes to Chang'an to visit Li Ji next weekend, how will he spend the weekend at the mine?

On the first night back at the mine, Wei Kang adapted to mining. After two days of rest, he was full of energy and finally completed 30% of the task of others.

In the middle of the night, Wei Kang felt pain all over his body.

Ju Yuan was reading a book, but he put it down and let Wei Kang massage and rub his body.

One of the other workers in the dormitory performed a massage stunt.

Everyone knows the pain after digging coal, as we have all been there.

The next day, the pain was not as severe, but Wei Kang was lying alone, watching Ju Yuan reading a book, and he wanted to chat with other workers.

The other workers didn't want to chat because they were afraid of disturbing Juyuan who was reading.

On the third day, when Ju Yuan came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, he saw Lao Liu from the cafeteria asking a co-worker to borrow money.

It turned out that everyone had received their salary, but Old Liu was fined and did not have enough money, so he asked his co-workers to borrow some to buy paper, ink, brush and inkstone for his grandson. His co-workers praised him, saying that his grandson might be able to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi.

Old Liu said that his grandson might not be able to pass the exam, but Ju Yuan would definitely pass and become a Jinshi.

The other party agreed with it.

Wei Kang went out for a walk.

So many days have passed since the incident, and Lao Liu has not told anyone about it. I'm afraid Ju Yuan is the only one who knows about it.

Because the clothes he threw into the pot were the ones Jiyuan washed the next morning.

When he returned, Ju Yuan saw that Lao Liu had finished washing the clothes and was now holding a brush to write an article.

The title of the article is "How to deal with a habitual thief who does not endanger the lives and safety of other people in the jurisdiction but refuses to change despite repeated warnings."

Wei Kang was so embarrassed that he didn't continue watching. Instead, he lay on the bed and played with the wooden man.

The wooden figure was carved by a worker in the mine who looked like a child but was actually eighteen years old.

Wei Kang praised it and said that this thing could be sold directly for money in Chang'an.

Fellow workers said that there were too many capable people in Chang'an City.

Wei Kang said that it can really be sold for money. Your craftsmanship is much better than theirs. When I return to Chang'an and have money in the future, I will invest in you to open a carving shop. Just wait for you to get rich.

After playing with the wooden figure for a while, Wei Kang saw that Ju Yuan was writing the article in a discontinuous manner.

After looking at it for a while, I realized that Ju Yuan was not thinking while writing, but the crack on his thumb was very painful, and the pen felt painful and itchy after holding it for a long time.

Ji Yuan wanted to scratch it, but was afraid that scratching would make it more broken and difficult to recover.

The spring examination is approaching.

So Ju Yuan couldn't continue writing the article because his hands were hurting, so he picked up the book "Coal Mine Management" and started reading.

This is a book written by Meihefu, the general manager of Tongguan Coal Mine.

In Wei Kang's view, this is called "a book written by my cousin's little henchman".

Days passed one by one, and on Friday Ju Yuan bought a train ticket to go to Chang'an to deliver wild vegetables to Li Ji.

Because Chang'an is too far away, it is impossible to walk there.

Ju Yuan also asked Wei Kang what he wanted and what he could bring back from Chang'an.

Wei Kang just wanted a bunch of fireworks, which was a new invention of Chang'an. Many young workers in the mine had never seen it. Wei Kang boasted to them about it, but they didn't believe him. Wei Kang wanted them to take a look to prove that he was not bragging.

On Sunday, Ju Yuan didn't come back until very late.

Wei Kang knew that Ju Yuan would not be absent from work without reason, and wanted to ask someone, but who could know where a living person had gone?

Wei Kang fell asleep in a daze.

When Wei Kang was suddenly awakened by the cold wind from opening the door, he realized that Ju Yuan had walked back.

First I took a horse carriage to Tongguan Railway Station, and then because it was too late and there were no cars, I walked back by myself carrying the backpack.

I brought back the roast duck that is popular in the city recently. Although it is not hot anymore, it is just right to heat it up on the kang and eat it.

Ju Yuan was feeling a little cold, so Wei Kang, who was helping someone with work for the first time, went to get a bucket of hot water for Ju Yuan to take a hot bath to warm up.

After Ju Yuan came out, Wei Kang realized that the train carriages were all made of wood, and passengers were prohibited from bringing any flammable or explosive items into the carriages without permission.

Fireworks are flammable and explosive items.

But Ju Yuan spent hundreds of dollars on the fireworks, so how could he bear to throw them away?
I gave my train ticket to someone else, took a horse carriage and then walked back.

Wei Kang enjoyed the roast duck very much that night.

The next day, Ji Yuan had a fever.

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Asking for a monthly ticket!
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