nycdaug Chapter 320 Want them to mine
Chapter 320 Want them to mine
The seven men exchanged glances, and one of them spoke tremblingly, "Boss, our mission has failed. We only got fifty taels of deposit, and we probably won't get the rest."
"Yeah, boss, our Little White Tower hasn't paid out wages for half a year. The brothers don't have money for food. And this time we failed again. If this continues, we'll probably have to close down."
"Yeah, I was thinking that after this is over, I'll retire from this life, go home and get married."
……
Then came a chorus of sighs.
Yun Hong chuckled: "So you guys are all this poor?"
Several people lowered their eyelids and remained silent, after all, it was quite embarrassing.
"Tell me? You only get one chance." Yunyi laughed too. She had noticed that whenever she needed someone, she always seemed to run into a bunch of idiots.
If we can gather this group of people together, we can send them to the mountains to mine coal.
The person who had been holding Yunyi's portrait earlier sighed, "Alright, let's talk."
Yunyi wasn't surprised at all by the name the other person had mentioned.
“Although we in Little White Building may not be numbered, we still have dignity. Since we’ve said it, we certainly won’t lie.” The leader noticed that Yun Yi’s expression didn’t change and assumed she didn’t believe him, so he immediately raised three fingers to swear.
“I believe you.” Yunyi smiled. “After all, your employer is a concubine who rose to power. She has no ability or talent, and no family to rely on. It’s already quite good that she can come up with two hundred and fifty taels of silver to hire you.”
This assassin organization is quite bizarre. "Little White Building"? That doesn't sound like the name of an assassin organization at all. And the reward of 250 taels of silver per mission seems a bit ridiculous.
The assassins all had somewhat complicated expressions.
"Heroine, we have no choice. We can't get big orders, so we can only take small jobs."
"This portrait... how did you manage to identify it as mine?" Yunyi stared at the portrait in her hand, which resembled a portrait from an official document, for a long time, but couldn't figure out how it was related to her.
The only connection they had was that they could tell the other person was a woman.
"Isn't it very similar?" The leader pointed to the person in the drawing. "Crescent-shaped eyes, cherry lips, and the height is even marked here..."
Yunyi's lips twitched. Fine, this is still an abstract style, after all.
"Look, we've all confessed, so can't we..." The leader pointed outside, "...let us go?"
"Okay," Yun Yi nodded. "But even if I give you five hundred taels, how long can you last?"
"what do you mean?"
"So you mean you don't want a long-term meal ticket?"
The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment once again.
“My young lady is asking if you are willing to work for her,” Yun Hong said.
"Miss...Miss, with such a skilled fighter by your side, do you still need us to kill people? Ouch." Before the person could finish speaking, Yun Hong kicked him away.
"Can't you speak properly? My young lady is beautiful and kind-hearted. Why would she need you to kill someone?" Yun Hong said, hands on her hips, looking at them.
"So what can we do?"
"There's a lot of work to do; it just depends on whether you can handle it," Yunyi smiled. "Want to come?"
"We need to go back and discuss it with the brothers." The leader swallowed hard. "Can we give you an update in a few days?"
Just as Yunyi was about to say something, she heard a cry of an eagle in the air. She quickly looked up and let out a whistle. Then, Nineteen swooped down. However, knowing that she was creating a strong wind, she quickly slowed down when she was three or four meters above Yunyi's head. After circling for a moment, she landed on Yunyi's shoulder.
"A gyrfalcon?" someone in the group exclaimed.
Yunyi then pulled a slip of paper from the bamboo tube on the nineteen claws, glanced at it, and put it away. She then looked at the crowd and said, "Go back. Once you've made up your mind, just come to the furniture shop in town to deliver the message." After saying that, she handed over the five hundred taels of silver notes and turned to leave.
The assassins helped each other to their feet, glanced at Yunyi's retreating figure, and then hurriedly ran away.
However, not long after they left, Nineteen took off again, but this time it followed those people.
"Young Miss, you want them... you don't mean to send them to work in the mines, do you?" Yun Hong asked casually.
“Yes, it’s mining.” Yunyi nodded. “That black gold can only be valued once it’s mined.”
"But would they be willing to mine?"
Whether they are willing or not depends on their own wishes; I don't force them.
Yun Hong nodded, agreeing.
After returning home, Yunyi showed the Xiao family the note that Nineteen had brought back, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was a note from Xiao Taiping to let them know that he was safe and sound.
The next day, the entire Xiajiazhuang village was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Xie Axiang had no relatives, so the people in the compound acted as his family and escorted him to Xia Miaomiao's house.
After setting up the altar here, there's no need to go directly into the bridal chamber; instead, everyone comes out together to eat the feast.
Everyone was quite happy, except for Xia Fanshi, who kept a long face. She didn't look like her granddaughter was getting married, but rather like someone owed her eight hundred taels of silver.
Although the Xia family wasn't very wealthy, with Yunyi's help, the banquet was quite lavish, with six dishes—three meat and three vegetable—all in generous portions, and everyone ate to their heart's content.
While they were eating, a group of people came in from outside, making a fuss about looking for Xia Miaomiao.
"Who are you?" Xia Jinshan greeted them. "What do you want with my daughter?"
"Are you Xia Miaomiao's father?"
Xia Jinshan nodded.
"Greetings, Father-in-law." The leading man knelt down immediately.
"Don't talk nonsense." Xia Jinshan took two steps back in fright. "My daughter is getting married today, who...who are you?"
"What?!" The leading man stood up abruptly. "Your family accepted my betrothal gifts, and now you're marrying your daughter off to someone else?"
Everyone around was stunned. What was going on?
Only Xia Fanshi's eyes seemed somewhat unfocused.
"You're talking nonsense! When did we ever accept your betrothal gifts?" Niu Cuihua shrieked. "If you keep spouting nonsense, we'll report you to the authorities."
"It would be good to report to the authorities." The man laughed upon hearing this, then pulled out a marriage certificate. "We've already signed the marriage certificate, so it's perfect to report to the authorities and let me take my wife back."
"Impossible." Niu Cuihua said, reaching for the marriage certificate, but the other person dodged her.
"Trying to steal it? No way." The man put the marriage certificate into his pocket. "I'm here to pick up my wife today. Hand her over right now, or else..."
"Otherwise what?" Yun Yi walked over slowly, glancing at the other party and their people. They came prepared; the people they brought all knew martial arts.