"According to the latest news obtained by the reporter in front of my station, a gas explosion occurred in a small coal mine in the north of our city yesterday, and as of press time, five people have been killed and one person injured, and the specific cause of the accident is currently under investigation. ”

Xue Kui and Gao Kehua, deputy mine managers, sat in their offices, and saw on television local media reports about yesterday's explosion in the coal mine.

Gao Kehua couldn't help but feel a little strange, he said as if talking to himself, "That's not right! This reporter made a mistake, didn't six people die in the well yesterday?"

Xue Kui glanced at him tirelessly, took another puff of cigarette and replied, "Old Gao, the media is not mistaken, we just died five people." ”

"Ah, what are you talking about?" Gao Kehua was confused, he was personally responsible for the aftermath, and he obviously carried out six corpses from under the well, and one more was injured, how did it come to Xue Kui's mouth that there were only five dead?

"Haha, you've been working in the mine for all these years, and you don't even understand this. Xue Kui put out the cigarette on the table, stood up and patted Gao Kehua's shoulder and said, "We are our own people, let's make it clear, if there are less than five deaths, it is a general accident, and we can digest and deal with it internally." But if six people are reported, then someone will be sent down, and then the coal mine will be shut down for rectification, then our life will not be easy!"

It turned out that this was the case, Gao Kehua knew that Xue Kui was sophisticated, and he also used a lot of means to climb to this position. For such a malicious concealment, Gao Kehua understood that this was a very serious problem, but he didn't dare to say more, after all, Xue Kui's background was very deep, and if he offended him, he would not have good fruits to eat.

The only survivor who was injured was Tao Sansheng, who saved his life by lying on the ground in a pinch, while his other six co-workers were not so lucky, and were directly killed by the scorching explosion.

Tao Sansheng was lying weakly on the hospital bed, his hand was in severe pain at the moment, because he hugged the back of his head with his hand, and the two fingers of his left hand were burned out, and he had an emergency amputation operation last night. But at least he saved his life, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, thinking that his old buddy Cao Hongwei died like this, his heart hurts more than his hands.

The second daughter Tao Mei was already working in the mine, she was responsible for cooking for the miners, and she heard the movement when something happened in the mine, and she was the first to report to the chief dispatcher Zou Qi. Zou Qi then called the police, and when the firefighters carried out the corpses, Tao Mei thought she had lost her father and cried darkly.

Fortunately, Tao Sansheng is still alive, but he is missing two fingers.

Early this morning, Tao Mei went to buy two pork ribs, went home to boil a pot of soup, and sent them to the hospital.

"Dad, your finger just had surgery and needs to be repaired. Tao Mei helped Tao Sansheng up with filial piety, and then slowly fed him the pork rib soup with a spoon.

With such a good daughter by his side, Tao Sansheng's heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable. His daughter was originally quite rebellious, she couldn't stay at home, she often went far away, and she mixed in the south for many years, and then she didn't know what trouble she encountered, so she took the initiative to return home. Tao Sansheng couldn't inquire about his daughter's thoughts, but since he was back by his side, he was still very happy, and later he interceded with the mine manager and arranged for her to cook in the mine and make some money.

Tao Mei fed Tao Sansheng spoonful, went to fetch a basin of water, wiped her father's face, and asked, "Dad, do your hands still hurt?" Do you want to ask a doctor to come and take a look at you?"

Tao Sansheng shook it with his intact right hand, "No need, with my daughter by my side, it doesn't hurt." By the way, have you heard that the mine plans to deal with the aftermath?"

In fact, he mainly wanted to know how to arrange Cao Hongwei's funeral, because his team leader's family is now poor, his wife is still sick in bed, and the pillar is gone, so he should worry about the family affairs for this old buddy.

"What else can I do, just like before, losing money and calming people. Tao Mei replied dissatisfiedly.

In the past, there were some small accidents in small coal mines every once in a while, but they were not as serious as this one, and for this industry, those accidents were relatively common, and they did not kill people every time, so they were not reported.

"Hey, 200,000 yuan for one life, pitiful!" Tao Sansheng said with emotion, according to convention, it should be this amount.

"But, Dad, I watched the news this morning, and it said five dead and one injured. This injured person is naturally you, Dad, but when I heard Zou Qi say, weren't there seven people in your group?" Tao Mei asked puzzled.

"Yes, it's seven people, who else survived?" Tao Sansheng didn't understand what his daughter meant, he thought that there was a worker who was not dead or injured.

Tao Mei shook her head, "No, at that level that your group went to, no one survived except you, and when I was looking for you in the corpse, I counted it, and it was indeed six people." ”

Tao Sansheng realized at this time, his body leaned forward extremely much, almost sitting up straight, and he didn't notice that his left hand touched the side of the bed, and his eyes were in pain.

"Dad, don't get excited, there are still injuries on your hands!" Tao Mei held Tao Sansheng's wrist in distress and gently put him back.

But how could Tao Sansheng calm down, his group was obviously seven people down, and in the end five were killed and one was injured, wouldn't that be one less person for no reason?

He absolutely couldn't accept this situation, and immediately ordered, "Second girl, you go and find me a list of deaths." ”

Tao Mei directly took out her mobile phone, clicked on the news page, and handed it to her father, "Don't look for it, it's all announced on the Internet, you can see ......"

Tao Sansheng carefully counted the above list, Li Dayang, Xu Yu, Wang Jian, Wu Jiancheng, Zhao Sanhe......

Sure enough, there are only five people, and the missing name is precisely the team leader Cao Hongwei!

Tao Sansheng was stunned, no matter how stupid he was, he knew what was going on, and it was obvious that the mine had concealed this information!

He didn't listen to his daughter's advice, and left the hospital with his hand hanging a bandage, Tao Mei had no choice but to call a taxi, he couldn't let his father walk so far, not to mention that he had just had surgery on his hand.

Because there was an explosion yesterday, the mine is even more deserted today, and no one has been encountered outside. When I arrived at the office building, I bumped into a young man who walked out of it slowly at the door.

The young man lowered his head and looked depressed, not noticing Tao Sansheng and Tao Mei, who almost bumped into them.

"Huh, isn't this Cao Bao?" Tao Sansheng was the first to recognize this person, he was Cao Hongwei's son who had just gotten married.

"Who are you?" the young man looked at Tao Sansheng and frowned suspiciously, but quickly recognized him, "You are Uncle Tao, right?"

"That's right, it's me, it's really Cao Bao, I can't recognize it if I haven't seen it for a few years. Tao Sansheng immediately thought that this kid must have come here for his father's affairs, "You went to the leader just now, are they difficult for you?"

Cao Bao shook his head, and then nodded again, a little overwhelmed.

"What the hell is going on, you tell Uncle Tao! Don't worry, your father is my brother, and I came here to help your family get justice!" Tao Sansheng said firmly.

"It's not embarrassing, Mine Manager Xue said that the pension would be issued to me according to the regulations, but my father's name can't appear in the death list, so he can only be regarded as quitting. Cao Bao said helplessly.

"What kind of truth is this?" Tao Sansheng can now be sure that it was Xue Kui's ghost, and he had long felt that this person was unreliable. He was furious, pulled Cao Bao together, and returned to Xue Kui's office.

Xue Kui has been so busy in the past two days that he has been dizzy, and he was disturbed by Cao Bao to take a nap, and he was in a particularly bad mood. He was dozing off on the sofa with a cigarette in his mouth and legs crossed, but just as he felt something, the office door was pushed open again.

He was very unhappy, he got up angrily, and when he saw Tao Sansheng in front of him, he was surprised, "Alas, aren't you injured? Why did you still run to me, go back to the hospital and rest!"

Tao Sansheng ignored these, he asked bluntly, "Mine Chief Xue, my injury is nothing, but Cao Hongwei is dead, and no one knows about his death." I just want to ask, why isn't his name on the death list?"

Xue Kui also saw that he had driven Cao Bao away, he ignored Tao Sansheng's question, and instead blamed Cao Bao, "I said you kid, didn't I make it clear to you just now! The money won't be less than your family, why are you making trouble again?"

"Mine Chief Xue, I brought him here, and he has something to tell me. Tao Sansheng was rarely stubborn, but this time he was a dead brother, and he couldn't be weaker anymore, "It's still that question, everyone is dead, why can't you report it?"

"Hmph, Lao Tao, there are many things you don't understand, and I can't tell you that I understand. Anyway, I can't write Cao Hongwei's name, but I won't give him any less money. If you mess with me like this again, your medical expenses will be hard to say. Xue Kui also replied forcefully, according to the usual practice, he threatened him with the medical expenses that Tao Sansheng was most concerned about, and he had a way to deal with the poor.

Tao Sansheng didn't care, he completely figured it out at this time, Cao Hongwei was dead, but the mine couldn't and didn't dare to announce his name, he just made a fuss about it.

"Okay, I'll go to the TV station later, and tell them that six people died yesterday, not five, and I'm the evidence!" Tao Sansheng said and was about to walk out the door.

"Wait a minute...... Xue Kui immediately stopped him when he heard this, and immediately changed his smile, "Old Tao, you are really powerful." Okay, I'm afraid you can't do it? In this way, Lao Cao's pension is still the same, and I will make up another 20,000 yuan for his family, as for you, the mine can consider giving you an additional compensation, which is all right?"

Tao Sansheng knew very well that the matter of the list was probably non-negotiable, and Cao Hongwei's name would never appear, but since he had more money, it could be regarded as an explanation to the Cao family and himself, he discussed with Cao Bao slightly, and bargained for an extra 10,000 yuan in compensation, which was considered to have temporarily agreed to Xue Kui's conditions.