Chapter 5: Reading and spelling

"May I have your name?"

Mr. Wei stared at Yang Che. His back was a little hunched and he seemed to be in poor health. He would cough several times when he said a word.

Yang Che was stunned, but he still replied truthfully: "My name is Yang Che."

Mr. Wei nodded, then looked at the thin young man and said:

"My arms and legs are old, and my health is not very good. I need a helper. This young man named Yang Che should stay and help me."

When the sallow-faced young man heard this, a look of envy suddenly flashed in his eyes. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Old Wei has spoken, so of course there is no problem."

After speaking, he turned to Yang Che and said: "You are lucky, why don't you thank Mr. Wei quickly?"

Although Yang Che didn't know what was going on, he still vaguely realized that he didn't seem to have to go mining anymore?

So I quickly learned to say thank you.

The thin young man with a sallow face quickly led Hu Lai and the others away. Yang Che stood there, a little at a loss.

Mr. Wei looked at Yang Che with strange eyes and said:

"Yang Che, I see that you are quite strong, so I keep you here to help me. But my work here is not easy. Today is the first day for you to get familiar with it. This is about the Xingshan Mine mining tools. There are some rules you should keep in mind.”

Mr. Wei said and threw a thin booklet to Yang Che.

Yang Che took it and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Wei, I...I can't read."

"It doesn't matter if you can't read. Just do your job here and I can slowly teach you how to read."

Mr. Wei didn't seem surprised that Yang Che was illiterate. After all, how many of the people who can be sent here to mine are literate?

Yang Che felt happy when he heard this. Isn't this what he desires most right now?

It's just that after Yang Che experienced being deceived by the flower demon and Foreman Zhao, he started to be more cautious when things happened.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei." Yang Che said his thanks.

"Don't thank me in a hurry. There are conditions for my keeping you. Starting from tomorrow, you must run around the entire mine within an hour before starting work every day.

If you can’t finish the run, you won’t have breakfast and lunch for the day. If you can accept this condition, you can stay. If you can't accept it, you can also choose to mine. Mr. Wei said lightly.

Yang Che was a little confused as to why Mr. Wei would impose this condition, but after thinking about it, he still responded: "I accept it."

It's just a lap around the mine, so why is it so difficult!

He often looked at Longshan Mountain, thinking that he still had some endurance. Moreover, I can learn to read and digit from Mr. Wei without having to dig mines. This is worth it no matter what.

After Mr. Wei explained some more important rules and the errands he was responsible for to Yang Che, he walked to the door of the stone house and sat down behind the long table, half-squinting his eyes.

"Mr. Wei, where will I live in the future?"

Yang Che felt a little anxious in his heart. He was afraid that the bundle he had hidden under the bed would be discovered by Hu Lai and the others.

"Of course we'll live in this stone house. There's a bed in the back room. Just clean it up."

"Okay, Mr. Wei, then I'll go back and get the baggage."

…

Yang Che returned to the simple wooden house before, only to find that there was no one in the wooden house.

He took the baggage and hurried to the stone house where the tools were stored, and in a corner, he found the bed that Mr. Wei had mentioned.

After a brief tidying up, he put the bundle under the quilt and then turned around and walked towards the place filled with tools.

He must first familiarize himself with the types of all the utensils here and sort them into categories. He must also pick out all the broken ones and let Mr. Wei repair them.

In the next few days, Yang Che unexpectedly found that his breakfast and lunch were gone because he simply could not run a full circle around Xingshan Mine in one hour.

But Mr. Wei really started to teach him how to read.

The method taught by Mr. Wei was very special. He actually started from the words on the thin booklet.

And Yang Che was delighted to find that his comprehension and learning abilities were so good that he was extremely surprised.

He couldn't help but think of the black fruit he ate. Combined with the words of the flower demon, Yang Che realized that it was probably the black fruit that improved his qualifications.

A few days later.

A burly man with a beard and a beard suddenly broke in, and Yang Che recognized this man as Foreman Zhao.

"Mr. Wei, what's going on? I bought Yang Che with real money."

Foreman Zhao stood in front of the stone house with a gloomy face and a very dissatisfied tone.

When Yang Che heard this, his anger surged up, and there was suppressed anger hidden deep in his eyes.

Mr. Wei asked calmly: "How much money did you spend? Bring me the contract and I'll give you the money."

Foreman Zhao snorted coldly: "Humph, Wei Yongzheng, others are afraid of you. I, Zhao Min, am not afraid of you.

In Wumen, my nephew Zhao Qu is a core disciple of the inner sect. You are just an outer sect elder who was demoted to Xingshan Mine and made a big mistake. You want to take over my mine slave? There are no doors. "

Wei Lao Wei Yongzheng hunched his back, raised his head suddenly, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said hoarsely:

"Zhao Min, I will keep Yang Che. If you are not convinced, you can ask your nephew to come to me and ask for him. I want to see if my outer sect elder who made a big mistake is in Wumen. There are still a few kilograms and a few taels.”

"you……"

Foreman Zhao Zhao Min obviously did not expect Mr. Wei to be so tough on Yang Che's matter, which actually made it difficult for him.

Zhao Min didn't care much about being a mere mining slave, but Wei Yongzheng's attitude made Zhao Min a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Min is one of the few people in Xingshan Mine who knows Mr. Wei's true identity.

He originally thought that with his nephew's title as a core disciple of the inner sect, he would at least not be weaker than an old man who was about to die and was demoted to this mine because of a serious mistake. However, he did not expect that Wei Yongzheng would not give him any face.

"Okay, you wait."

Zhao Min left with an extremely ugly expression.

Yang Che looked at all this coldly and remained silent.

Until Zhao Min left, he said with some concern: "Old Wei, I won't cause you any trouble, will I?"

Wei Yongzheng snorted coldly and said: "This Zhao Min is just relying on his talented nephew. Although I was demoted here by the sect to be punished, I am not someone that any disciple dares to bully."

Yang Che had never heard of any sect, outer sect, inner sect, core disciple, elder...

These words were both strange and new to him.

But Yang Che did not ask much. He just wanted to learn to read and write quickly, and be able to fully understand the three ancient books and the black scroll, and then he could continue to practice and become a true immortal cultivator.

Now, he has made cultivation his top priority.

In this way, more than two months passed in a flash.

Zhao Min never showed up again, and during this time Yang Che had thoroughly figured out the distribution, replacement and maintenance of mining tools.

Under the guidance of Elder Wei, he mastered more and more words. At the same time, he also learned about the so-called sect from chatting with Elder Wei.

In the early morning of this day, when the morning light came out, Yang Che had already left the stone house and started running around Xingshan Mine.

When he ran to a remote and deserted area, he looked around carefully, and then crouched down and went into a very hidden abandoned mine.