"Brother Guangrong, I seem to hear a voice, the sound of someone coughing outside." The second dog got up and listened attentively.

Wang Guangrong listened carefully, but didn't hear any movement: "Don't be surprised, how can there be anyone here with forty-six of us!" ”

Ergouzi felt that he didn't seem to hear correctly, and turned to the others, "Did you all hear it?" It really looked like someone was coughing just now, and it came from our work surface. ”

"Nope."

Many people shook their heads blankly, their expressions were sluggish, one by one they were either lying down or sitting cross-legged, looking like they were waiting to die.

"I said you all cheered up, don't be weak one by one, think about how we can get out of here." Ergouzi was the youngest among them, and he couldn't help but say anxiously when he looked at this group of brothers, uncles, and uncles who were all older than him.

"I said two dogs, you just stop! We are now more than 300 meters underground, and the only roadway that can get out has been flooded, what else do you think can we do to get out? All we have now is to wait, for the people above to drain the water and get us out. Wang Guangrong reprimanded.

Wang Guangrong was the captain of the mining team, and when he heard him say this, the second dog could only sit down stupidly.

"Brother Guangrong, do you think someone from outside will come to save us?" Tian Daniu, who was lying in Wang Guangrong's arms, asked weakly. He was the of the drilling rig, and when the accident occurred, he bore the brunt of the surging water, which caused a broken lower leg at the same time, and it was Wang Guangrong and two other miners who fought desperately to save him. Tian Daniu was also the only one of them who was injured.

"Yes, definitely. In the event of such a big accident, not only our mine, but also the political axe will do everything possible to save us. Wang Guangrong comforted softly.

"Water...... The water is too big, Brother Glory, you said that the water is pumping, but when will so much water be drained? My father was also digging coal, and he was trapped in the mine because of a water penetration accident, and I was still young at the time, but I still remember that my mother and I waited in the mine to watch them pump water to save people, but there was too much water, and it didn't finish pumping for half a month, and in the end I could only ...... I had to give up the rescue and fill in the mine, and more than a dozen people were even ...... I didn't even find the corpse. Brother Glory, do you think we won't be able to escape at all like my father and them! Tian Daniu whimpered.

Tian Da Niu's words hit everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, everyone is a person begging for a living in the mine, everyone actually knows how much water has entered the mine, and now the water is still rising, and it may not take two days for the water to flood their only hiding place here.

"Da Niu, you don't talk nonsense, didn't Brother Glory say it just now, now whether it's our mine or the political axe, they will find a way to save us." The second dog said with a dissatisfied face.

"Alright, alright! Ergouzi, you don't have to say a word, don't forget that when the water rushed in, if it wasn't for Da Niu reminding everyone to run here, at least half of us, including you Ergouzi, would be finished. In fact, Wang Guangrong also knows the truth that Tian Daniu said, and it is by no means possible to drain all such a large amount of water overnight. But as the team leader, he knew that he was the backbone of this group of people, so he pretended to be relaxed: "What era was it at the beginning, what era is it now, now that science and technology are developed, I believe that the political axe will definitely have a way, we all have to stabilize our spirits, don't be discouraged, we will definitely be able to go out." ”

"Glory is right." At this time, the eldest Li Jiefang also said, "The most important thing for us now is to save some effort and stay here with peace of mind, in fact, it is not so terrible to be trapped, I was also trapped underground more than ten years ago." At that time, it was not a flood, but a landslide, and the entire section of the roadway collapsed and crushed many people to death, and I and a dozen brothers were trapped in the well, without food or drink, for five days and five nights, and finally we were dug out. But there were several brothers who did not make it to the end. Therefore, the most important thing for us now is to persevere, everyone saves some effort, as long as they are alive, they will definitely have a chance. ”

Li Jiefang's words made everyone see a glimmer of hope again, everyone began to discuss, and Wang Guangrong also took the opportunity to say: "Uncle Jiefang is right! The important thing for us now is to work hard to live, and everyone turns off the miner's lamp, save some electricity, and you gather all the miner's lamps together, let's use them one by one, and be ready to fight a protracted war. ”

Ergouzi hurriedly responded, gathered all the mining lamps together, and only lit one, and asked Li Jiefang curiously: "Uncle Jiefang, you have already experienced it once, how dare you go down to dig coal?" ”

Li Jiefang touched the head of the second dog, and said with a wry smile: "Your aunt is not in good health, she has to see a doctor and take medicine, and the two boys still have to go to school, what do you rely on to make money if you don't go down the well?" What feed them? ”

"I almost forgot, your big bolt and second bolt are well-known readers, I heard that this year's big bolt was also admitted to university? Erzhuo is also studying in a key high school in the county, right? Ergouzi said with a smile.

Speaking of his two sons, Li Jiefang's face suddenly showed a very proud look, and said: "My biggest wish in this life is to train the two boys to study hard, as long as the schoolbag of reading is turned over, there is no need to suffer from our generation." You kid must not have studied well, and came here to dig coal at a young age. ”

"Hey, hey!" Ergouzi scratched his head embarrassedly, "I graduated from elementary school, and my father saw that I was not a scholar, so he didn't let me go to school anymore." After working at home for a few years, I didn't see a lot of income from digging coal, so I came to dig coal. ”

Wang Guangrong also said with a smile on the side: "Your father is short-sighted, if it is my son, if he doesn't study well, he will be beaten to read hard, otherwise he will either dig from the soil or dig coal for the rest of his life!" ”

"I said, Brother Guangrong, what if it's your son? Aren't you taking advantage of me......"

Just as they were talking and laughing, suddenly there was a faint shout: "Is there anyone?" Anyone......"

This is not Ergouzi alone, many people have heard it, and everyone can't help but scratch excitedly: "Listen, someone outside is shouting, it must be the person who saved us, we are saved!" ”

Wang Guangrong hurriedly used a miner's lamp to illuminate the water level that was flooding not far away, and at the same time he was excited and a little puzzled in his heart, according to the current water level, the alley that came in from the outside should have been flooded a long time ago, how did the people get in? However, he immediately calmed down and said: "The passage from the working face to our place is flooded, and our place was temporarily excavated a few days ago, and the people outside don't know it at all, so we have to find a way to let the outside people know that we are here again." ”

"I'm out!" The second dog was the first to jump up, "My water surname is good, I'll dig into the water hole and go out." ”

"It's about 20 meters from here to work, two dogs, can you do it?" Wang Guangrong said worriedly.

"Don't worry! Brother Guangrong, I used to be able to drill through a river in a water hole, and more than 20 meters is no problem. The second dog patted his chest, and he was about to take off his clothes and go into the water.

"Second dog, don't take off your clothes, this is the old empty water of the small kiln, this water is poisonous! If you soak in water for a long time, your skin will rot. The experienced Li Jiefang hurriedly stopped.

"Everyone, just wait for my good news." The two dogs were dressed tightly, and they jumped into the water with a miner's lamp on their heads.

Li Rui got out of the water, gasping for breath, followed by a violent cough, finally gasping for breath, and illuminating the surroundings with the miner's lamp above his head, he was dumbfounded, the water here has also accumulated very deep, and there is a permeable point in the distance, although he can't see it clearly, but he can definitely not see half a figure, only hear the water rushing in. There is no passage to be found all around the mud, and I don't know where the temporary working face that Dazhu said is.

Li Rui fumbled around and didn't find it, time passed minute by minute, looking at the rising water level, Li Rui suddenly found that it was too late for him to go out at this time, and the alley of more than 200 meters outside was almost completely submerged at this time. He suddenly felt a sense of fear, could he be drowning here? But where are the trapped miners? Along the way, including not seeing a single body here, there must be a way out. In a hurry, Li Rui could only open his voice and shout loudly, hoping that they would be able to hear, give a little feedback, and find them.

Li Rui shouted loudly for five or six minutes, his voice was almost hoarse, but he didn't get any response, just when he fell into despair, suddenly there was a commotion not far away, and a head wearing a miner's lamp appeared, panting and shouting: "Who is shouting?" Who's shouting? Is it here to save us? ”

Li Rui hurriedly shouted: "It's me." He hurriedly swam towards the head.

Ergouzi drilled out of the water and searched for a long time before finding that only one person swam over, and said in surprise: "Why is it just you, and what about the others?" ”

Li Rui didn't care to answer, what he was most worried about now was how many people were still alive, and where were they? He asked aloud, "What about you?" Were there any casualties? ”

"We're all over there. Only the big cow's leg was broken, and everyone else was there. The second dog replied, pointing in the direction he came from.

When he wanted to ask how to get them all out, he was interrupted by Li Rui: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, take me over quickly." ”

When Li Rui came out, he made an appointment with Li Xiaoshuan, as long as the water did not pass the top of the roadway, he would let him pull the rope hard, and now the rope was still tied to his waist, if he couldn't find a place to fix it, he would not drown alive if he was pulled back all the way back.

"Good! Then you follow me. The second dog responded, took two big breaths, turned over and got into the water, and Li Rui followed closely.

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