PFC Chapter 22 Grandma Discovered
Chapter 22 Grandma Discovered
Xiaojiu did leave without telling Grandma An. Although it was inappropriate, there was no other way (she was just a timid little girl).
Now she has come back alive - although the core has been replaced by a new person.
There's no point in hiding it now.
As soon as An Jiu fell silent, the clever Grandma An immediately figured it out.
She took a deep breath, covered her chest and took two steps back, her face turning pale: "Could it be... Could it be that you were chosen?! I told you! I told you that something was wrong with you!"
An Jiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he looked at Grandma An staring straight into his eyes.
"You grew up beside me since you were little, and I know your personality best. But starting from the day before yesterday, I found that you have changed. The look in your eyes has changed. You used to be very cautious and would not talk if you could. You would never go out alone when it was almost dark."
"...I expected that you had encountered something and had a sudden change of character after being hit...but I never thought that you were chosen and went to a different world! My granddaughter, how could you hide it from grandma! If you don't come back, how can an old woman like me find you in this beehive!"
Grandma An's eyes were blurred with tears and she cried in grief, holding An Jiu's arm tightly.
It seemed like a blame, but in fact it was more of a complaint to herself. Such a big thing had happened to her granddaughter, and she only found out about it now. Even though she understood that this was Anjiu's good intentions, she still felt sad.
Anjiu helped grandma sit down, put his arm around her shoulders, let her lean against him, and stroked her back with his hand.
Anjiu didn't know how to comfort other people's emotions. Her parents passed away suddenly and she was in a daze to handle the funeral affairs. At the funeral, all kinds of relatives blocked the mourning hall and forced her to pay back the money with IOUs.
The word family affection was erased from her cognition at this moment. Except for her parents, no one really cared about her.
But now...
I have a natural affinity for Grandma An. I don’t know if it’s Xiaojiu’s idea or my own attitude... Anjiu doesn’t want to rack her brains to find the truth behind it. She just wants to use all her energy on how to survive.
"Everything is over. I'm back safely." An Jiu patted her shoulder. "Grandma, Captain Pu is still waiting next door. I have to go there quickly."
Grandma An wiped her tears, stood up, and told her in a hoarse voice to go quickly.
Anjiu took out the water cup from the red bucket, poured the remaining half cup of water into the bowl, and only took the empty cup - the mining area would provide drinking water at regular intervals, and she could also save a contribution point.
While Grandma An wasn't paying attention, I took out the other half of the bread and put it inside, leaving it for her lunch.
Before leaving, she whispered in Grandma An's ear and without waiting for her to refuse, An Jiu went straight to the next room, where several boys and girls of her age were already waiting.
It seems that everyone has been chosen to go down to the mine.
Pu Huai was eating dried meat, with his long legs spread out casually, revealing the lines of his well-developed muscles.
"Is everyone here?" he asked.
Standing on the left hand side was a man wearing glasses, about 1.7 meters tall and thin. After counting the number of people, he said, "All ready."
Captain Pu threw the last piece of jerky into his mouth and said, "Let's go."
Anjiu followed in the middle of the team, trying to be an invisible person.
What she didn't expect was that the road was extremely smooth, as if the light had turned green, and everyone was giving way to them.
The guards at the exit were very familiar with Captain Pu. Anjiu even felt that the guards' attitude was even more humble, as if they were almost seeing Captain Pu off.
The other people in the team were accustomed to this scene, and a hint of pride appeared on their faces, as if being able to work under Captain Pu was something to be proud of.
Anjiu looked around at his peers in the team and felt that there was nothing wrong with thinking this way. At least other captains would not use people as young as them.
As soon as I walked out of the elevator, I saw a small truck parked not far away. The driver beeped twice and drove slowly over.
"You guys sit in the back for a while." The man with glasses asked everyone to call him Jimo, who was responsible for managing safety issues behind the mine.
Everyone climbed onto the bus and found a seat to sit down.
Anjiu got up late, and in the end only the corner at the rear of the car was left, but that was exactly what she wanted.
The car started, the engine made a rumbling noise, and after passing the building, it drove west.
The road was rough and the carriage was shaking, but Anjiu saw that most people closed their eyes and rested to conserve their energy for the next work.
The No. 2 Mine they were going to today was notoriously difficult to mine, with a cramped underground environment, and the reward was only one contribution point more for every hundred kilograms compared to the No. 1 Mine.
Despite widespread public complaints, the government still sets the price this way because everyone has no choice.
Anjiu used a hat to protect his cheeks. The air humidity here is very low, and the skin is more likely to dry out. If the skin is severely chapped, it will easily crack and bleed.
In the sight, the tall beehive gradually shrank. After passing several large undulating earth slopes, it was completely covered, leaving only a sky emitting a faint yellow color.
She found that the more sunken the place was, the more severe the cracks in the ground were. Occasionally there would be dry weeds on the roadside, but they were completely black and obviously poisonous.
What she found strange was that she could always see man-made pits everywhere, but this place was far away from the beehive. How could anyone walk so far?
A long time passed, and the color of the soil instantly changed from yellow to black without any transition. There was a very clear line between the two types of soil.
The tires rolled over with a rustling sound.
Anjiu looked down and saw black stones the size of fingernails everywhere, and the terrain was getting lower and lower as he walked.
"Hold on tight and be careful not to get thrown out!" Ji Mo leaned his head out of the car window and shouted at them.
At first Anjiu didn't understand what it meant, until the car accelerated and rushed out like an arrow. The violent bumps made her whole body bounce upwards, and when she fell back, her buttocks hit the hard car floor, and the pain made her break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, her face felt cold, and she was horrified to find that the car had actually flown into the air, at least three meters away from the ground!
Gan!
If she falls from this height her butt will be split in two!
An Jiu quickly stood up and witnessed with his own eyes the distance getting closer and closer, until -
boom.
Before she fell, she felt an irresistible force coming from behind her, and she was caught off guard and fell out of the car.
Anjiu subconsciously hugged his head and bent his body, rolling on the ground due to inertia to relieve the force.
When she finally stopped dizzy, her whole body was sending a signal: It hurts!
After a long, sharp brake sound, wailing sounds came from all directions.
"I told you to sit tight, why did you still fall down?"
Ji Mo jumped out of the car depressed and pulled up the person who fell out of the car.
"Are you okay?"
An Jiu got up from the ground, touched his bones, and moved his hands and ankles to make sure that his bones were not injured. Then he replied, "It's okay."
"I'm in trouble! I can't lift my hands!"
Not far from her, there was a boy whose face was pale with pain. The back of his hand was folded in half and pressed against his arm, and the moment he raised it, it fell down limply.
It looks like a fracture.
"It's broken," Ji Mo frowned and knocked on the passenger window, "Captain, there's a small problem."