The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1145 - Chapter 1145 1145 breaking out of the ice

Chapter 1145: 1145 breaking out of the ice Chapter 1145: 1145 breaking out of the ice “It’s not that I won’t help,” Yang Youli shivered, his whole body stiff from the cold, “Once you’re in the water, you go completely numb.

If I go back in, I’m afraid I might lose my life.

Chuan’s Wife, there’s really nothing more to be done.”

The two men in the water also climbed out one after another.

Aside from Xiao Yishan, the other five all expressed that they were powerless to help any further.

“Chuan’s Wife, we were also raised by our parents, and if we die, who will provide for our families?” Wang Adou’s teeth were chattering non-stop, “Please have mercy on us.”

“Yes, we have families to feed as well, we can’t lose our lives just to earn moneyaEUR|” Another person added, “Dashan, you’re a reasonable man, we’ve done all we could.

If it’s Chuan’s fate to be cut off, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Xiao Yishan remained silent.

He glanced at Su Qingyue.

He hadn’t seen her clearly in the darkness of last night, but now, in the daylight, she appeared exquisitely beautiful.

If his third brother were truly gone, would there still be a chance for himself?

Suddenly, he thought of giving up.

Not that he wouldn’t save his third brother, but that he had tried his best and still couldn’t.

Su Qingyue surveyed everyone’s faces.

When her gaze fell upon Xiao Yishan’s face, her sharp and clear eyes seemed to pierce through his thoughts in an instant.

His heart sank.

Yet Qingyue simply said, “Everyone, we cannot give up at the last moment.

If we don’t continue to break through now, and the water completely freezes, then it will be impossible to break through at all.

Then my husband will truly die.

I implore you all to help once more.

The remuneration for everyone will increase from twenty taels to thirty taels.”

Though she hadn’t asked her second brother how much he had promised to pay everyone, she had heard from Fuquan that it was twenty taels.

She paused for a moment, then added, “Just a distance of three fist-lengths, each person just needs to hold on for a few more seconds.”

“ThisaEUR|” The five men hesitated.

With an added ten taels, that would be thirty taels per person, enough to buy an average-looking wife.

With the promise of a hefty reward and at such a critical juncture, Su Qingyue continued to persuade them.

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Reluctantly, the five men agreed.

They resumed their descent into the lake to chisel the gap under the water.

When Xiao Yishan came ashore, she handed him two hundred taels of silver, “Please, divide up the wages.”

She removed her outer garment and jumped into the lake water, took the awl and hammer from his hand, and without minding that others were still chiseling the cave wall, pulled the chiseling men aside somewhat, dived down more than two meters deep, and swam from the cave wall into the flooded cave.

Halfway through, perhaps due to the even lower temperature within the cramped and water-filled cave wall, she encountered an area that was completely frozen.

She used the hammer to strike the awl, chipping away at the ice.

Thankfully, the ice wasn’t too solid, and after a few strikes, it broke open, allowing her to continue swimming forward.

It was almost as if she chiseled her way along the path as she swam.

Because she had opened up the ice, water from the outside, which was not completely frozen, flowed in again.

She had suspected that there might be ice formation.

Since the crack outside wasn’t fully opened yet, she stayed above water and didn’t dive in.

In such a dangerously critical moment, others wouldn’t take the risk.

Moreover, she realized that she could hold her breath the longest in this place.

Aside from her, no one could hold their breath long enough to pass through that long cave.

At last, she emerged from the inner side of the cliff wall, and when she looked up through the nearly frozen pond water, seeing the light of the fire on the surface of the pool, her heart leaped with joy.

She immediately broke through the ice.

“Huh!” She took several deep breaths.

“Wife!” Xiao Yuchuan was warming himself by a fire on a wooden raft, aware that the pond water had completely frozen, he thought he couldn’t get out anymore.

Seeing the woman breaking through the ice, at first he thought he was dreaming, but then he clearly recognized it was truly her.