Mo Shouchen asked other miners about today's date, and then he realized that he had been unconscious for two days.
And through the chats among the miners, he also roughly learned that the owner of this coal mine is the son of the party secretary of Guojia Village at the foot of the mountain, and most of the miners here are also from this village.
Therefore, the miners in the dormitory are equivalent to the mine boss's spies. It is really more difficult to find an opportunity to escape under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes.
However, Mo Shouchen was not going to give up. He decided to have a good sleep tonight and wait until he goes to work in the mine tomorrow to see if there are any opportunities there.
Early the next morning, Mo Shouchen followed everyone to the cafeteria. Breakfast was steamed buns with mixed noodles and pickled cabbage.
Looking at the dark steamed buns and pickled vegetables that looked like leftovers, Mo Shouchen suddenly lost his appetite. This was not even as good as pig food.
But if he didn't have a full stomach, he wouldn't have the strength to escape, so he bit the bullet and ate two steamed buns.
Lunch and dinner were equally appalling. Not to mention the meat, there was not even a trace of oily smell. It seems that the mine boss here does not regard these miners as human beings at all.
In the evening, Mo Shouchen was arranged to go to the mine with the miners on the night shift.
The monitor of the night shift said that they must meet at the door of the cage. He didn't understand what a cage was. Only when he followed other miners to the place did he realize that the so-called cage was actually an elevator used to go down the mine.
Because both sides are sealed, it looks like a jar, and the railing door for entry and exit looks like a cage, so it is called a jar cage.
After the head count was completed, the squad leader led the night shift miners into the cages one by one.
Because the space inside is relatively small and everyone is close to each other, the smell of sweat around them suddenly becomes stronger. Coupled with the choking smell of coal ash, not to mention how unpleasant it is.
The cage descended slowly and smoothly. Through the railing door, you could see the surrounding well walls flying upwards. Coupled with the cold wind pushing in from all directions, Mo Shouchen had the illusion that he was falling into hell.
When we went down to the bottom of the well, except for the lights at the entrance of the shaft, other places could only be illuminated by headlamps and the hanging lights in the hands of the squad leader. The tunnel was dark, cold, and very depressing.
Mo Shouchen followed the others deeper into the mine. Every time he passed a fork in the road, he would observe carefully and write down every trace that could be used as a reference.
After walking for about ten minutes, we passed through a very narrow lane, which was the mining area.
After handing over to the miners in the middle shift, the squad leader arranged a job for Mo Shouchen. It was very simple, which was to load the coal blocks into baskets and then carry them to the mule cart at the entrance of the tunnel.
However, although this job sounds simple, it is not that easy to do.
Mo Shouchen filled up the coal with a shovel, then squatted down to pick up the basket, but no matter how hard he tried, the basket would not move at all, as if it was nailed to the ground.
After trying several times, he had no choice but to give up. It seemed that the weight of a basket full of coal was beyond his endurance.
He poured out a third of the coal and tried again, but it still didn't work.
There was no other way, so in the end he could only leave half the basket of coal behind, and then he gritted his teeth and carried the basket on his back. The hemp rope was embedded in his flesh, and his shoulders were burning with pain.
Mo Shouchen staggered to the mule cart carrying a basket on his back, and then poured the coal onto the mule cart.
After pouring, he took a rest while checking his surroundings to see if there was any way to escape.
"Hey! You carry half a basket of coal at a time, and then you are still lazy here. I will tell the squad leader later and see how he deals with you!"
It was Liu Zhuangshi who spoke, and his job was also to carry coal. Now he finally got the opportunity to take revenge on Mo Shouchen.
"This is my first time doing such heavy work, you have to let me get used to it, right?"
Liu Zhuangshi said reluctantly: "What's so easy to adapt to? You have to carry less than half a basket of coal every time. In the end, everyone will be affected. If the task is not completed by then, everyone will be punished with you."
Mo Shouchen suppressed his anger and said, "If you are willing to file a complaint, go ahead. Anyway, I will definitely not be able to carry a basket of coal."
"It doesn't matter if you can't carry it. I'll figure it out for you. When the time comes, you can just carry it a few more times and make up for your own tasks."
In this way, Liu Zhuangshi followed Mo Shouchen like a dog-skin plaster, which also resulted in Mo Shouchen having no chance to inspect the terrain.
After working for almost an hour, the squad leader asked everyone to stop and rest for a while. As soon as Mo Shouchen, who was already exhausted, sat down on the ground, Liu Zhuangshi came over and said:
"You can't rest. I just counted for you. You have to carry out five more times to make up for the tasks you missed from everyone."
Mo Shouchen really wanted to pick up the coal on the ground and hit Liu Zhuangshi on the head, but he could only think about it because he knew that he would definitely not be able to beat Liu Zhuangshi.
"No, I can't carry it anymore. You can complain to whomever you want." Mo Shouchen lay directly on the ground, looking like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
The squad leader also said: "It's normal for him to be unable to carry his back on his first day of work. Let him rest for a while!"
But Liu Zhuangshi still disagreed. He said: "Squad leader, you can't say that. If he works less, our task will not be completed. When the time comes, the blame will be placed on you. Will you shoulder this responsibility?"
Of course the squad leader was unwilling to take on this responsibility, but he saw that Mo Shouchen really couldn't do it anymore, so he said to him: "Well, let's take a rest for ten minutes before continuing to memorize."
Mo Shouchen agreed as soon as he could check out the terrain while everyone was resting.
But unexpectedly, after resting for ten minutes, he had just loaded the coal and was about to go outside, and Liu Zhuangshi followed him again.
"What are you doing?" Mo Shouchen asked impatiently.
"Of course I'm supervising you, so you don't have to be lazy!"
Seeing Liu Zhuangshi's triumphant look, Mo Shouchen couldn't help it. He secretly picked up a piece of coal and walked outside carrying the basket.
When he was halfway out, he suddenly took off the basket on his body, turned around, picked up a piece of coal, and hit Liu Zhuangshi on the head.
"Snapped!"
The coal hit Liu Zhuangshi's head hard, but because Mo Shouchen had no strength anymore, it only made Liu Zhuangshi's head bleed, but did not knock him unconscious.
Liu Zhuangshi was already resentful towards Mo Shouchen, but now that he was beaten again, the anger in his heart was suddenly ignited.
"How dare you hit me? I have to kill you today!"
After saying that, he fiercely pounced on Mo Shouchen...
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Finally finished writing, will continue with the third update tomorrow!
