Chen Tianlang followed behind Hu Niu, Hu Niu didn't look back, and asked him: "What school did you graduate from?

Chen Tianlang said: "After graduating from high school, I didn't take the university entrance examination. ”

"Why don't you take the test?"

"Sick. ”

"Oh, that's a pity. You must know that college students are worth a lot of money now, not to mention our private mines, even state-run mines are rushing to ask for them!"

But these words are the truth.

Today's college students are indeed very valuable in this era, as long as you go out and tell people that I graduated from college, many recruitment units will immediately come to you.

That's not all, college students in this era also have a very strong advantage, that is, "package distribution".

In the future, when "package distribution" has become a legend, college students in this era can enjoy this unique "care".

As soon as you graduate, the state will arrange a job for you, such as entering the government factories and mines of the whole country, or entering government units and state enterprises.

This is not an exaggeration, and the future college students are everywhere, and the era of master's and doctoral degrees is not as good as dogs, college students in this era, no matter what discipline you graduated, are all treasures.

Of course, a high school diploma like Chen Tianlang is also very high, so Hu Niu said: "You have a bit of a loss to come here to dig coal after graduating from high school." If I were you, I would find a serious business unit, and I would be able to get a small leader after a few years. ”

Chen Tianlang smiled, "Digging coal makes a lot of money." ”

"How much more can I earn? At most 180 a month, it's all hard work, and sometimes even my life is on the line. Tiger Niu sighed.

In this era, the average salary of coal workers was higher than that of the average person, and the only advantage of private mines in order to compete with state-owned mines was that they could afford high wages.

State-owned mines don't have a good reputation, they belong to the regular units of the state, and they have this guarantee or something, but in terms of the wages they really get, they can't compare with private mines.

But even so, people who want to enter the state-owned mines to dig coal are still flocking, just because this is an "iron rice bowl", and even after you, your children can take over and continue to work as workers, continue to dig coal in the factory, and the children and grandchildren are endless...... Of course, this has created a legend after all, and the moment the "iron rice bowl" is shattered in the future, it also breaks the hearts of countless workers' families.

"Hey, I don't know what to say about you, how do you look at you, you have a problem with your brain, you can't work anywhere, you want to come here. Tiger Niu shook her head and said.

"What about you?" Chen Tianlang suddenly asked in the back, "Why do you want to work here?"

"Me?" Tiger Girl's body paused, and said in a joking tone, "You're in it for money, I'm in it for life." Nowhere else does I want a woman like me. ”

"You can go to another country. ”

"Don't go. ”

"Why?"

"No, why, if you don't go, you don't like it. Hu Niu turned around and glanced at Chen Tianlang, "You are an apprentice and you ask too many questions, right? Are you a master, or am I a master?"

"You're! Chen Tianlang smiled harmlessly.

……

To be a qualified miner, you must have qualified equipment, and these things are necessary for mining.

The first is the helmet, which must be worn, if you don't wear it, you will be fined, there is a searchlight on the helmet, which is used to illuminate, and the searchlight is connected to the battery pinned to the waist, this battery is very heavy, but the power is sufficient, sometimes it can support two or three days. Then there is the overalls, the miners' overalls are somewhat similar to denim, which are wear-resistant, stain-resistant, and not easy to tear. Finally, there are some self-help gadgets that I carry with me, as well as shovels and hoes used to dig coal.

Each miner has a set of tools that belong to them, and the tools are numbered, and Chen Tianlang is assigned a set, numbered 174.

Hu Niu looked at his number and said, it's not good, it's unlucky, 174 is to die together, let the person in charge of distributing tools give Chen Tianlang a new set.

The man was afraid of the prestige of the tiger girl's "Keren", so he didn't dare to say anything, so he changed the number 186 to Chen Tianlang again, saying that this is good, and it is smooth and smooth.

In this era, I am not so obsessed with the number eight to six, but as a miner, it is the most taboo to 4.

After taking the tools, changing into the miner's clothes, and putting on the hard hat, Chen Tianlang instantly transformed from a young man to a real miner.

The tiger girl looked at him and didn't speak.

Chen Tianlang asked her what was wrong.

Hu Niu said, "You look so handsome, I guess there are many little girls who like you." ”

Chen Tianlang pretended to be embarrassed and smiled.

Hu Niu said again, "Your cousin, I mean Tang Wan who sings, she seems to be interested in you." ”

Chen Tianlang was shocked, "You can also see this?"

I wondered if Tang Wan was seen by the tiger girl when she was doing bad to herself under the table.

Hu Niu smiled and said, "Women's senses have always been very sensitive, and your cousin's eyes are dripping when she looks at you." ”

Chen Tianlang breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a feeling.

Next, Hu Niu roughly taught Chen Tianlang how to go to the mine, how to dig coal, how long the daily labor is, when he can eat, when he can go to the toilet, what to do to report, etc., and told him all the rules.

Although Chen Tianlang was undercover in the coal yard, he also listened very carefully, because he knew that digging coal was not a simple matter, and this kind of disguise was the best before he failed to communicate with the Ma brothers.

……

As the largest brother coal mine in Pingdingshan City, according to the original design service life, this coal mine can be mined for 42 years, until the 20s of the new century.

At the mouth of the mine, the railroad tracks leading to the wellhead meander down, and on both sides of the rails and in the center of the road, the coal dust is covered with dust, almost burying the rails.

On the walls on both sides of the wellhead, there are slogans written in red paint, one side is "sweat sprinkled in the depths of the coal sea", and the other side is "Ugin mining to make a fortune".

Chen Tianlang followed his master Hu Niu, and a group of workers waiting to go down the mine to work, waiting near the mine.

Chen Tianlang saw that Ding Peng was also wearing work clothes, and was guarding the mouth of the mine under the leadership of a middle-aged man like himself.

Seeing Chen Tianlang's view, Ding Peng nodded at Chen Tianlang, meaning not to worry, everything is fine.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, at half past one in the afternoon, a large group of coal workers came up from under the mine.

These people came up on the crane at the bottom of the well, all blackened, like coal, unable to see their eyebrows, as if they were happy to see the light of day again, and the originally deserted wellhead instantly became jubilant.

It's hard to imagine the life of a miner if you don't see it with your own eyes. Many miners do not take a bath for many years, so they use the water of a small basin and wipe their bodies with a towel after washing their hands and faces. Because the water there contains a lot of sulfur and minerals, it cannot be used for a long time, otherwise it will erode the skin.

Their backs and faces are not clean, and almost none of them have white faces. Because coal mines often collapse, miners can die at any time, and they will say: Take off your shoes on the mine tonight, I don't know if I can wear them tomorrow, and if I hold you in my arms today, you are my wife, I don't know if I can hold you tomorrow as my wife. In the contract they signed with the mine owner, it was clearly stipulated how much money would be paid for the broken hand and how much would be paid for the broken leg, and they betrayed themselves.

So every time I go down the well and go out of the well, it is the feeling of two heavens, at least now these people who go out of the well are all happy, like soldiers returning from a victorious battle.

In addition, Chen Tianlang noticed that on the side of the downhole, there was a shed made of slabs, and three coffins were placed at the end of it. The entrance to the shed was wide open, and the miners went down to the mine, and as soon as they raised their eyes, they saw the coffin. They didn't seem to want to look more, and their eyes were a little evasive.

When they came out of the mine, they first saw the shrine of the mine god, and then they were greeted by a striking coffin. Because they came out alive and had a class of victories in their hands, they looked at the coffin more directly, and there was a little disdain.

But the miners who came here for the first time to go to the mine felt furious when they saw the coffin, and their legs and poles were unconsciously weak.

Although Chen Tianlang was not afraid, he felt unlucky.

They thought that even if there were often dead people in the coal kiln, even if the business of selling coffins at the mine was better, they couldn't do it, it would be too unlucky for the coal kiln and the miners.

However, Chen Tianlang immediately knew that the coffin was placed there, neither to open a coffin shop, nor to sound any alarm to the miners, but that the mine owner Ma brothers had a unique idea.

There are two aspects of creativity, one is to fight poison with poison, and to wash away the bad luck under the kiln with the bad luck of the coffin; the other more important reason is that it is the welfare treatment that the mine owner presets for the miners, which is also called the spiritual comfort that can be seen and touched, in order to relieve the worries of the miners.

The existence of the three coffins tells the miners that the mine owners here are more open-minded and care about the miners, and the miners should not be afraid of this or that, just do a good job in the mine, in case of an accident in the mine, the mine will never bury the miner's body casually or throw the corpse into the wilderness, and will definitely invite everyone into the coffin properly.

The older miners were quite appreciative of the way the mine owners did it, and thought that the Ma brothers were very humane, and indeed different from the owners of other small coal kilns. At least Chen Tianlang's master Hu Niu thinks so.

According to Hu Niu, a miner died in a small coal kiln nearby, and the mine owner paid the miner's wife 10,000 yuan, and it was over. The miner's wife was thousands of miles away from her hometown, and there was no way to get her husband's body back, so she left her husband and took the money and left. As a result, the miner's body was thrown into a sand nest. When the wind came, the yellow sand raised fell on the miners' faces, as if a layer of gold had been applied to the yellow faces. The wind came again, blowing the 'gold' off the miner's face, and the miner's body was exposed again. Wild dogs, vultures, rats and ants came out of nowhere, tearing the miners' carcasses to pieces. In contrast, the Ma brothers here are really interesting to prepare the coffin in advance for the sake of the miners.

Just when Chen Tianlang was thinking nonsense, the master Hu Niu suddenly slapped him on the ass and said, "Okay, get ready to go to the mine!"

Chen Tianlang realized that the workers on the morning shift had almost come up, and now it was their turn to go down this shift.