And of course I can't sleep.

When I sleep, I always have a hard thing on my chest, which often makes me feel uncomfortable, but now that it has been taken away, I feel a little uncomfortable.

I reached out and touched my chest, empty, as if I had been taken away, not just a ring.

Qinghan, what are you thinking?

What do you want to do?

You can't not know what this ring means to me and to you. You took it away from my hands. Has our road really come to an end?

If this is true, where should I go next?

I always thought that after experiencing so many changes in the imperial city, I already knew very well how to survive and which path to take. In fact, I have been living well and walking firmly; but until now, I suddenly realized that when he no longer had a path with me, the road suddenly became bumpy and even couldn't see the end.

Qinghan, will you return to my path?

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This night was quieter than usual, with no wind or human voices, and there was not even the most common sound of chickens and dogs chirping in these ordinary villages. I could only listen to my breathing and slowly fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already dawn.

Su Su served me, because she was not familiar with the place and was not ready yet, the little girl in Tiezhen's house came over to help again.

She was carrying a bucket of hot water in her hand. When she walked in, she didn't spill a drop. She put it in front of the wash rack and said to Susu: "Grandpa said that it's not convenient for you to fire here. I'll take the hot water directly. If the lady wants to have a meal, she'd better go to our house to eat."

Su Su nodded: "Okay."

So she immediately served me to wash up. The little girl was still standing at the door waiting. I followed her to Tiezhen's house. On the way, I knew that her name was Tierong, and she was only a teenager, but she had learned the ability to make iron.

No wonder she looks so strong.

I smiled and said, "It's all done by men for heavy work like ironwork. It's also very hard for you to do this, right?"

She shook her head: "If you are used to it, you won't be hard. There are so many girls doing this job in the village."

I looked at her in surprise: "Really?"

"Well, there are still a few younger than me, and I'm learning."

“…”

I was a little surprised and thought she was just an exception, but I didn't expect that there were still many girls who made irons here.

It is really a ancestral craft that both men and women are not afraid of.

At this time, everyone got up and went out, which was much more lively than when they came last night. The people in the village have lived here for generations, and few left, and almost never saw any strangers. So when I saw Su Su, Du Yan and others, they all looked at me with wide eyes, looking at me, with a confused look on their faces.

After a while, we arrived at our home in Tiezhen.

His family has prepared bowls and chopsticks, and there are porridge and vegetables on the table. Although it is not rich, it is rare for such villagers. I thanked me and looked at Mo Tieyi on the bed over there. A night passed, but he still didn't move at all. I asked Tiezhen: "How is his situation? Have you woken up?"

Tiezhen shook his head and said, "He is seriously injured. I don't know if it's as simple as skin trauma. The doctor also said that he would have to lie down for at least ten days and half a month before looking at it, which is also a matter of fate."

It depends on fate.

In other words, the injury medicine has reached this point, and whether it can survive it depends on himself.

I couldn't help but walk over and look at him for a while. There was no expression on the bloodless face. The fierce expression of the past was also driven away by paleness. The person who was lying here was really just a seriously ill person.

I hope he can wake up earlier. There are some things I really want to ask him.

I sighed, and Susu had already put the porridge in the bowl, so she asked me to go over, so I walked back to the table and sat down to start breakfast.

Although there are not many things and they look simple, they taste very good. The home-cooked side dishes are the easiest to make people feel appetite. After drinking a few sips of porridge, I felt a little more comfortable. I asked Tiezhen while eating breakfast: "Village Chief, when you mentioned Tieyushan yesterday, who was that--'old thing'?"

Tiezhen immediately said, "Ms. Yan wants to go in and see him?"

He was very sensitive, I nodded and said, "I want to go and see who that person is."

"Look at him? He is not common. We have been here for decades and have never seen him."

"Oh? You haven't seen him before?"

"No."

"Why did Tieyushan--"

"This child is very resilient. I heard that it took a lot of effort to make the old guy an exception to accept him as his disciple. After him, many young people went in and tried it. They all failed to try their luck. So, not everyone can do this person."

This surprised me a little. It turned out that no one here had seen Tie Yushan’s master, that “old guy”.

I thought about it and said, "Then, I'll go in and try my luck too. Maybe I'll encounter luck?"

Tiezhen looked at me for a while, smiled with emotion and said, "It's really the same."

"What? What exactly is the same?"

I was a little puzzled by the words that suddenly appeared on him. Tiezhen sighed and said, "Miss Yan and the eldest lady are really exactly the same."

I was stunned for a moment and said, "You said - my mother?"

"good."

"My mother has been here?"

"certainly."

“When did you come?”

"It's been decades ago, and at that time, there is no young lady yet."

This surprised me a little. Although I knew the interaction between my mother and Tieyushan, I also knew that she must have visited many places in Xichuan. Even when I was young, she often took me to the nearby Sanjiang Dam for a trip, but I didn't expect that my mother had been here and even met that "old guy".

Moreover, it was before I was born, that is, at least two years before he married his father.

What did she do here?

I asked with confusion, "What did she do here?"

"It's also here to find that old guy."

"Come and find him-what do?"

"What else can I do? The people in Taihe only have these kinds of business, mining, iron smelting, and forging. That old guy is the best here. I think the eldest lady came to him for these things."

“…”

My mother came to find someone who could forge green mines in person.

I vaguely felt that this matter seemed much more complicated than I expected. Although it was my mother, she always looked gentle and quiet in my eyes. But many years later, I realized that her gentle and quietness was like the surface of the sea. No one knew that there were so many undercurrents hidden under the surface of calmness.

I thought about it and said, "If this is the case, then I will go in and meet him even more."

Tiezhen said: "Miss, but she still can't go in now."

"Why?"

"Didn't you say yesterday? Has half of the mountain been knocked down and the road was broken."

"Oh? The road is buried?"

"That's right."

"Then, is anyone going to clean it up?"

"Of course, there are people inside that must also clean up that road, otherwise they will not be able to get out, and our people will also clean it out, otherwise the iron ore will not be able to be transported out."

“How long will it take?”

"It will take two or three days."

"So long?"

"This is quite short, and half of the mountain collapsed, and half of the mountain stood there. Everyone should be careful when they act. If it accidentally causes the collapse of the half mountain, the dead and injured will not be as simple as one or two people."

“…”

I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Mo Tieyi on the bed. Without saying anything, my mood became a little solemn.

I said, I would wait for Qinghan to come back here. Maybe it was just right. I hope that before he came back, I could see the legendary "old guy" and see what he had had with my mother.

I don't know why, but I feel it.

Maybe the many mysteries left by my mother seem to be messy, but in fact they are all traceable. But I haven't found a source, so I haven't figured out what she is thinking and doing. This source may be in this Taihe Iron Mine.

I just don't know how I can find this source.

While thinking about eating, I heard a loud noise coming from outside. Some villagers gathered at the door again, chattering and talking, which was very noisy. Tiezhen frowned, looked outside, and said, "What's going on outside? It's so noisy early in the morning?"

Tierong went out immediately, came back after a while, walked to Tiezhen and whispered: "Grandpa, they said that another group of people came outside."

"Oh? Someone is here again?"

After hearing this, Tiezhen subconsciously looked up at us, and I couldn't help but look up at him.

Why is Taihe Iron Mine so lively recently?

Tiezhen thought for a while and said, "Who is coming? If it doesn't matter, just let them go out to deal with it. The mountain in front collapses, and the road cannot be entered."

Tierong attached himself to his ear and whispered: "They said that those people came from the Yan family, and I heard that they were--"

When she said the last few words, there was another noisy outside. I didn't hear it clearly, and Tiezhen had already stood up from the stool with a shocked expression: "Really?"

Tierong nodded.

Tiezhen looked at me again, and I suddenly felt something was wrong and said, "What's wrong?"

Tiezhen said: "Miss, do you know that someone has come to our Tiejia Village."

"Who?"
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