There really isn't much to see in this Meishan Town. Apart from restaurants, restaurants, large and small bathhouses, brothels, gambling houses and grocery stores, there is nothing culturally related.

The biggest feature here is that there is a layer of coal ash everywhere. The houses, indoor tables and chairs, and the roads are all covered in gray.

The people you encounter on the street are either coal pullers with angry faces, or coal diggers with soot all over their bodies and only two relatively clean red eyes.

After dark, the red lanterns in the brothels and gambling houses were hung up. Mao Xin was timid and suggested that everyone not go out and stay in their rooms.

Even so, the inn room was not quiet, and there were often women wearing heavy makeup coming to harass me.

"Sir, would you like to come to our Cuihong Courtyard and have a look? The girls there are all new here. Each one is more juicy than the last and can squeeze water..."

"..."

Closing the door didn't work, and soon someone came knocking on the door, bothering and unscrupulously, and the harassment didn't stop until after noon.

…

When they got up the next morning, the three of them went out to have breakfast.

There were a lot of snack stalls on the streets of Meishan Town, so the three of them randomly found one, sat down at one that ordered rice porridge and steamed buns, and started eating.

"Young Master, there are several coal diggers over there, and one of them keeps looking at us." Mao Xin seemed to have discovered a new situation.

"I've seen it a long time ago." Chen Tianhua replied indifferently. He was still drinking porridge with his head down.

If Mao Xin could see it, how could Chen Tianhua not discover it?

As soon as he sat down, his hawk-like eyes were already scanning around vigilantly. Three coal diggers were eating the same breakfast there, and one of them looked very surprised to see the three of them.

Apart from a pair of red eyes and a gray-black body, this coal digger had no idea who he was.

However, based on intuition, it doesn't seem like the coal digger knew Chen Tianhua.

He is confident that there is no one he knows here, especially among the coal diggers.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the coal digger walking straight to their table and following him. He grinned in surprise and said to Zuo Gang, "Gangzi, it's really you! I've been looking at it but I didn't dare to recognize it."

"You are..." Zuo Gang, with his thick head, reacted very slowly.

"I am Xiaoniu, Song Xiaoniu! A fellow villager..."

It turned out that he was a fellow villager in Anhui and a childhood playmate.

"Haha... Maverick, ah, you... look like this, of course I can't tell." Zuo Gang stood up in surprise, "Come on, sit down..."

Song Xiaoniu sat down next to him.

"Oh, by the way, Maverick, why did you come here to dig coal?"

"Yes, I...I was recruited here to dig coal, and Sidan, Afa..." Song Xiaoniu answered truthfully.

"Sidan and the others are here too, what about them?" Zuo Gang asked excitedly.

When asked about Sidan and his fellow villagers, Song Xiaoniu suddenly sobbed sadly, "Sidan, Afa and the others are all dead. A month ago, a coal mine gas explosion burned to death more than 20 people."

"Damn it, this coal mine is eating people." Zuo Gang was so sad that he couldn't swallow the food in his mouth when he saw that his childhood friend from the same village who wore open pants went to a foreign country to dig coal and died tragically.

"Hey, Maverick, don't be sad, let me ask you, how is the situation in the mine now?" Chen Tianhua interjected.

"Gangzi, he..." Song Xiaoniu looked at Zuo Gang.

"Don't be nervous, he is my boss, Mr. Chen."

"oh…"

Song Xiaoniu then told Chen Tianhua the general situation in the mine here.

The labor intensity in the mines is high, and they work more than ten hours a day. They have to go into the mines every day. Their safety is not guaranteed, and they are often cheated by the foremen.

They have one day off every ten days and can go to the town to play. To put it bluntly, they are allowed to eat, drink, have fun, gamble and spend money.

Today is Song Xiaoniu’s holiday.

"So have you saved some money yourself?" Chen Tianhua asked.

"Not much."

Song Xiaoniu also told Chen Tianhua that because there was no other entertainment on the construction site except coal mining, many workers had learned to gamble and whoring, and they had earned some money. If they could go home at the end of the year, they would not be able to take much with them.

While the two were talking, two of Song Xiaoniu's companions called him. Xiaoniu stood up and said to Chen Tianhua and Zuo Gang:

"Young master, Gangzi, we are going to the bathhouse to take a bath and change our clothes. We will be done after a while. I will come to see you before noon."

"Okay... we'll stay on the second floor of that inn." Chen Tianhua pointed to him.

"Goodbye."

After Song Xiaoniu finished speaking, he left the breakfast shop with his companions.

After breakfast, they visited a few shops, asked some questions, assessed the consumption level here, and then went back to their rooms.

Chen Tianhua decided to have an in-depth chat with Song Xiaoniu in the afternoon to learn as much as possible about the local situation, and then prepared to leave Meishan Town early the next morning.

Mao Xin and Zuo Gang were very happy to hear this. It would be best to leave this place as soon as possible.

Song Xiaoniu came over at noon. He took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and returned to his original appearance.

Chen Tianhua invited him to come to a fancy restaurant in town for dinner, and Song Xiaoniu looked a little embarrassed.

"Young Master, I should have treated you to a meal, but I'm afraid I can't afford to treat you."

"Oh, Xiao Niu, don't be polite. You and Gangzi are from the same village, so you are one of our own. Come on... let's order some drinks together."

Chen Tianhua quickly spoke to dispel his concerns.

Zuo Gang, who was beside him, also tried his best to comfort him.

Song Xiaoniu, who came from Huaibei, was relatively honest and honest. When Zuo Gang said that Chen Tianhua's father-in-law was also from Huaibei and belonged to the famous Li family, he was in awe and didn't say anything polite.

The four of us ate together.

During the dinner, Chen Tianhua asked some questions, and Song Xiaoniu replied truthfully.

He told me that recently I heard that some strangers came to Meishan Town, carrying a demon machine, clicking, clicking... and frightening many people.

Later, miners were strictly prohibited from having private contact with strangers in the mine.

Not long ago, there was a worker who was discovered by the mine security team after he interacted with a stranger and exchanged a few words. He was beaten to death on the spot and dragged out. His whereabouts are still unknown.

He also provided an important clue that he witnessed, which was that a few days ago, a strange man and woman rode into Meishan Town on horseback, but were captured by the security team.

"Oh, then do you know where they are being held?" Chen Tianhua was very sensitive, and he became very interested in this.

"I'm not sure, but I know the location of the security brigade."

"That's good. You can take me to see it later, okay?" Chen Tianhua was very excited.

"Yes, young master." Song Xiaoniu did not hesitate at all.

When Mao Xin heard that Chen Tianhua was going to mind the stranger's business, he quickly tugged on his clothes and said:

"Young Master, please excuse my words. The people in the security brigade of Meishan Town are all as vicious as wolves and tigers. They are worse than bandits. You can't go here for a few strangers you have never met."

It’s muddy water, we won’t be able to escape by then!”
Chapter completed!