In the big square of Stone Village, a group of women were chatting idly.
"Hey, have you heard? The Zhong Family's Stone Mountain is open again."
"I heard. This morning, Zhong Lihui came to our house."
"He came to our house too."
"Said that Stone Mountain is open again and asked us to keep working there, offering wages."
"He said the same at our place. Is your family planning to go?"
"There was an accident on that mountain, someone died. It's really unsafe. I didn't let my son go."
"Same for us, we didn't let him go either. It's just too scary."
"Who wouldn't be scared? Who knows if there'll be another accident? Our family is most cautious."
"Who's not cautious..."
"..."
"..."
After Yang Ming left, Zhong Lihui went door to door, hoping everyone would continue working on Stone Mountain. As expected, because someone was crushed to death on the mountain, no one dared to go.
Zhong Lihui tried everything, even offered higher wages, but was still ruthlessly rejected.
