It seems that people's hearts are also covered with a layer of frost, and eventually freeze into a lump of ice.
The mine is very deep,
The darkness and silence make people's spines straighten and their breathing quicken. The further you go inside, the more you feel as if you are getting closer to the underworld.
In this period,
Even in those large, authentic public mines, there is no "safe house" in the tunnels that can really make people feel at ease.
so,
In the Doujiapan Coal Mine, don't expect them to spend huge sums of money to build "safe houses" and "emergency shelters" for the miners who go down the mine.
"Bang--"
"Jigujigu——"
With the simple braking device on the dump truck, the harsh friction sound sounded, and a long series of dump trucks finally slowly stopped.
"Get out of the car, everyone, you must remember what I told you at the entrance of the well."
The foreman took the lead in opening the wire cover, and then got out of the No. 3 car. "Everyone should be careful when talking underground in a coal mine. Don't talk nonsense when you shouldn't say anything."
Everyone replied in unison: "Yes!"
Then everyone went to their respective working areas and were busy mining and transporting coal.
Workers who work in mines have many taboos and taboos.
For example, in the mines, the first taboo is not to whistle.
It is said that this is because Taishangjun's nickname is "Xiao". When you address Taishanglaojun, do you call him by his nickname?
In that case, Taishang Laojun will probably be very angry. Once he gets angry, the consequences will be serious.
But in fact, whistling is not allowed in mines. The real reason is that the mines are empty. If everyone whistles there, the cavity effect will be amplified.
As the mine walls trembled, the fine coal and sand on the top of the mine began to scatter, triggering a butterfly effect, causing larger rocks to fall off, and eventually causing a landslide.
Another reason is that many people like to whistle when they boo.
Therefore, in the subconscious mind of miners, whistling has the meaning of "summoning water".
What are the consequences of a blowout in a mine?
Another very important reason is that whistling can easily make other miners who have been working hard to mine coal and are in a trance due to exhaustion, mistakenly think that it is an alarm.
Because in coal mines, cannons are sometimes fired, perhaps because of other dangers.
Often at this time, someone will sound the alarm.
If someone whistles and doesn't pay attention, others may mistakenly think that the alarm is going off, causing unnecessary panic and stampede accidents.
Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to whistle underground. This is the first taboo.
There are many other emergencies: for example, you are not allowed to smoke, and you are not allowed to talk about things related to death.
It is not allowed to dig rats in the well, or even harm any small creatures, etc.
The miners who went down this time were in groups of six, and three of them were responsible for digging on the mining surface.
The other two people are responsible for transporting the mined coal to the dump truck using wheelbarrows.
When the miners digging along the coal seam get tired, the three people responsible for loading the truck will go up.
Luo Xuan, Jian Teng, Brother Zeng, and a new miner named Hua Guang.
Together with two other old miners, they formed a group and were responsible for starting to dig coal in a small tunnel.
When everyone starts working, the foreman will take turns going to the working surfaces of each excavation team to supervise everyone's work progress.
Wait until the foreman turns around.
Jian Teng asked an old miner: "Uncle, how long have you been working here?"
The man just worked hard: "It's been three years."
"Ah, so long?"
Jian Teng felt very surprised: "Then did you get your wages?"
The man replied: "I got it and sent it back."
Perhaps he was afraid that Jian Teng wouldn't believe what he said and would ask questions next time.
The man added: "I also received a few letters from my son and read them carefully. My family is very good.
This year my family raised two pigs, and the production team didn't care.
My eldest son's marriage change is almost done. The second son has been admitted to the county high school. It's a pity that he has been suspended and is not allowed to go to school."
The man sighed: "The youngest daughter in my family is stubborn with her mother and says she is unwilling to change her marriage for her eldest brother."
Everyone's sadness and joy are not the same.
The man's eldest son failed to get married. Perhaps in Jian Teng's eyes, he may not be able to eat a piece of oily braised pork when he goes to the cafeteria after get off work today.
But this man spoke vividly and in detail.
Come to think of it, he did get his salary. And his family did receive the hard-earned money he sent back.
Jian Teng asked him: "Uncle, can you save 300 yuan a year?"
"That's not possible!"
The man shook his head: "I am one of the hard-working people working in this mine, but I only earn fifty or sixty yuan a month.
It's a pity that working in this mine is very expensive! I have given up smoking and drinking. I only cook meat and vegetables once a week with others. That's it, I work all year round and can only give
My family sent me 180 yuan."
Looking at the thin face of the old man in front of me, and his body that has been reduced to a skeleton.
Jian Teng sighed, "It seems that I have to learn from uncle. You can work hard like this for a year. You can also send some money back to your family."
The uncle chuckled: "This is all a painful business of exchanging human flesh for pork and diluting tears with sweat. Diligence and thrift are indispensable. Otherwise, you will not be left with a few dollars."
After listening to this man's words, Jian Teng was convinced: in life, if the reincarnation skills are not up to standard, then the two virtues of diligence and thrift are indispensable.
This is equivalent to increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, neither one can be missing.
Jian Teng heard what he said made sense, bent down to pick up the shovel, and was about to use practical actions to implement the word "diligence".
At this moment,
But I heard a coal miner next to me say, "Uncle Tong, please stop fooling others! I know your family is poor, your family is suffering, and you have a heavy burden.
But you can't be unconscionable and help the black-hearted mine to deceive everyone."
I saw the uncle with the same surname look dim, and then sighed heavily: "But I am not completely lying, right? My family did receive it, wasn't the salary I sent back?
And if we don’t do this, what else can we do?
Anyway, those who come to work in this mine are all poor people, and everyone wants to earn some hard-earned money to go home.
If I tell them that if they work all year round, no matter how much they save, they will barely be able to save any money. So what's the use? It will only make them work without enthusiasm and hope for life.
Already."
The miner next to him said, "Uncle Tong, take a break first and go and keep an eye on the tunnel opening."
Uncle Tong hesitated for a moment.
After all, I put down the pickaxe in my hand, went to the coal mining face, and stood guard in the tunnel behind.
Wait until uncle Tong leaves.
The miner stopped what he was doing and sat down on the coal seam to catch his breath: "Young man, whatever we said today, just throw it away wherever you say it. You must not spread it.
Otherwise, at least you and I will be beaten to pieces, and if it's more serious, it wouldn't be uncommon for them to remove a leg or a hand."
Luo Xuan stared at the middle-aged miner in front of him and asked him: "Since you know that if these words are spread, the consequences will be serious. Then why do you still say it?"
The man looked up.
He glanced at Luo Xuan lightly, then smiled slightly: "Because... I want to escape!"
Don't wait for Luo Xuan to ask again.
The man thought to himself and said: "You two little brothers, don't doubt me. Among many miners, there are spies arranged by the mines!
I think you are all new here, and you may not have been attracted by those people in the mine, and you will be won over by them just by giving them a few bones, and you are willing to act as traitors for them, so I dare to tell you this."
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. My surname is Gu and my name is Gu Xiangyu. I am from Zhou Keng. I have been here for two years."
Through Hanzi’s explanation,
Only then did Luo Xuan, Jian Teng, and Brother Zeng realize: they are indeed very smart in managing the Doujiapan Coal Mine.
Among the eight groups of miners who went down to the mine, a total of more than 220 people, there are indeed some who will be able to send some money home by the end of the year.
But the proportion of such lucky people is very small.
There are only those miners who work extremely hard and must dig coal with all their might regardless of their own health.
Only then can they get a higher salary.
High wages alone are not enough, because coal mines will try their best to squeeze out the wages of miners.
So there is only one kind, whenever you work, you have to risk your life to do it every day.
And in daily life, you have to be very, very careful, and you need to be very frugal.
For example, the same uncle just now can indeed send 170,180 yuan back to his family every year.
But this uncle, not only does he work extremely hard. He also basically doesn’t take a shower or wash his face.
I don't smoke or drink, I don't even know how to buy a piece of soap or a toothpaste.
Uncle Tong only eats meat three times a month, and the total amount of pork in his stomach cannot exceed half a catty.
You know, digging coal in wells is strenuous work.
If you don't eat something high in protein, your body won't be able to handle it.
More than that,
This uncle was secretly an informant in the coal mine, placed among the miners, and the mine would give him a subsidy of 6 yuan every month.
If you think about it, you will know: Uncle Tong works so hard that all aspects of his personal needs have been compressed to the extreme in his daily life.
In addition to the coal mine, there are still 72 yuan worth of bones that I want to give him after one year.
With this, he can only send back about 170 yuan every year.
Just like the uncle, he is already as important as the ceiling among the miners in the coal mine.
If it were someone else, how could he send back 170 yuan every year?
The average miner works as hard as he can, and can only send back 7 or 80 yuan to his family a year up to his head.
If you want to make more money, it is almost impossible.
Unless others are like Uncle Tong: working lifelessly and living life shamelessly.
And more importantly: you have to feed your conscience to the Tibetan Mastiff.
You have to be so sinister that you are willing to betray your companions anytime and anywhere in exchange for a little reward of bones.
If you want to send more money home at the end of the year, you have to do the above three things, each one is indispensable.
This is very difficult!
It's just that Luo Xuan doesn't care how he can achieve the same level as his uncle.
All I care about is: How can I rescue Chen Xiaobai?
The more cruel and vicious the methods used to treat miners in coal mines.
Then when he takes action and takes care of those guys who gave birth to children without buttholes, he will become even more cruel and ruthless!
Luo Xuan remained silent.
Jian Teng asked the man: "Brother, I see there are thugs in this coal mine, and there are dogs that look like lions.
I heard that there are horseback patrols outside the wall. I’m afraid it’s hard to escape, right?”
"Of course it's hard to escape, and it's absolutely impossible to escape!"
The man smiled bitterly: "Last month, two men from Yuzhou tried to escape by climbing over the fence at night, but they were eventually bitten to death by those Tibetan mastiffs."
"During the Chinese New Year last year, there were also three of my fellow villagers. They chose to run away from the mountain at the entrance of the kiln."
There were tears in the man's eyes: "It is said that one of them was shot in the head. He was like a watermelon that had been opened on the spot."
Jian Teng's scalp exploded when he heard this: "What about the other two brothers?"
"One of them is disabled. I'm at the coal mine's loading and unloading dock, loading trucks with coal every day."
The man wiped his tears and said: "There is another one who is neither alive nor dead. I heard that he was tied up and thrown to feed the wolves on the wilderness. But I don't know whether this is true or not. "
Brother Zeng is more cautious.
After listening to the man's story, he asked him: "Brother, since you know that the uncle just now is the spy planted among us in the mine, are you not afraid of him snitching?"
"Haha, the last guy in our team was the snitch."
The man Gu Xiangyu chuckled, "Well, he died in that position. Don't look at me. It was a piece of coal gangue falling from his head. It has nothing to do with me. Really! I was facing this miner's lamp swear."
"The only veterans in this team are me and my old classmates."
Gu Xiangyu smiled and said: "Since I am not a spy, who else can I be except Laotong?"
He didn't finish what he said about the Gu Xiangyu in front of him: the old fellow was a spy, and the old fellow also knew that Gu Xiangyu knew that he was the sixth.
The two of them might be from the same hometown or even related to each other.
This is a matter of friendship, but it is not enough for the two of them to be so polite in the face of interests.
Perhaps Laotong had people from the coal mine backing him, but the Gu Xiangyu in front of him was thoughtful and ruthless.
The two of them have some concerns about each other's affection, but more importantly, they care about each other.
Therefore, Lao Tong and Gu Xiangyu can achieve a tacit understanding and be at peace with each other.
——In a place like this.
Don't talk about relatives or not, it's useless!
Not to mention the talk about fellows not being fellows. When it's time to take action, everyone is eager to shoot each other in the back.
at last,
Gu Xiangyu asked Luo Xuan, Jian Teng and Zeng Er Ge: "Think carefully these days, do you want to escape with me?"
Jian Teng was deep in thought, and Brother Zeng was hesitant.
"Don't run away."
Luo Xuan thought for a moment and immediately gave the other party a very positive answer, "Don't talk about whether we can escape successfully. Just say that we escaped. How can we go home penniless?"
"Even though we begged along the way, we bypassed many checkpoints."
Luo Xuan gritted his teeth and replied: "With empty hands, how can we face our families even if we return home?"
"If you work here, you can still support yourself."
Luo Xuan seemed to have made up his mind and vowed to carry on the coal mining business to the end: "Besides, as long as I work hard, even if I can send back 60 yuan by the end of the year, at least my family can live."
Have a good year.”
During this period, job opportunities are extremely rare.
Working hard in the coal mines is a bit hard and dangerous.
But at any rate, you can still save two coins, right?
The lives of poor people are worthless. Many people want to sell their lives for others, but they still can't!
When Gu Xiangyu heard what Luo Xuan said, his angular face suddenly sank.
