Qin Siyang glanced at the soft crystal ore embedded in the wall and asked in puzzlement, "Is there a reason this soft crystal hardens?"
Yu Yongyou shook his head. "I don't know. I asked my father, but he refused to tell me. I also asked my fifth uncle, but he didn't know either. He only said it was my father's instruction. As for the people working in the soft crystal mine, they knew even less. I get the feeling my father was the only person in the entire family who knew why."
Qin Siyang thought for a moment, then replied, "Could he have learned something through internal information from the Reincarnation Church, something he couldn't tell anyone else?"
"Perhaps. Given the situation, what do you suggest, Brigade Commander Qin?"
"Your father had no reason to lie to you. If he said not to enter the mine when the soft crystal inside hardened, there must have been a reason. There might be some unknown danger down there. In that case, we'd better listen to your father."
"Mm."
"By the way, Yu Family Head, do you know when the soft crystal in this mine will soften again, and when the mine can reopen?"
Yu Yongyou considered it. "At its current hardness, it'll take at least half a month to soften."
"Half a month at the very least?!" Qin Siyang was startled. "Doesn't that mean it could take a month or two at most?!"
"More or less..."
Qin Siyang opened the Earth Calendar on his phone and took a look.
[Earth Era, December 21, 2010] [Western Calendar, Tuesday] [Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, Eleventh Month, Sixteenth Day. Auspicious for marriage, betrothal agreements, praying for blessings, construction, and breaking ground. Inauspicious for opening a business]
"No! Absolutely not!" Qin Siyang immediately waved his