8. The role of pleaser
Shu Han pouted, picked up the wheelbarrow again and started the day's work, this work went directly to noon, Shu Han finished the last batch of the morning, and followed the team to the place to eat, where many people were already sitting on the ground with steamed buns and soup to eat.
Shu Han didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked to the team, fortunately, his work efficiency was quite fast today, the team was in front of the line, and when it was his turn, there was already a long line behind him, holding two steamed buns and a bowl of green onion soup, Shu Han's eyes swept around, and soon found that the roommates in the No. 13 dormitory were gathering together, he walked to the roommate with something, everyone sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a steamed bun in one hand and a bowl in the other, and began to eat.
The overseers on the side walked around, supervising the slaves, so that they would not talk to each other, but there were always cracks in the matter, and now it was the hottest time of the day, the outdoor temperature was more than 40 degrees, and the mine was even more because there was not enough vegetation, resulting in direct sunlight reaching more than 45 degrees, in such a hot environment, the overseers were also depressed, and the work of the superintendents was also to open one eye and close one eye, as long as it was not particularly jumping, basically did not see it.
And during this time, it was also one of the few slaves who could relax in their busy work, when Xiao Zhang Ming, who was sitting next to Shu Han, saw Shu Han, and whispered while eating steamed buns: "Have you heard, just now, the old kidnapper in the dormitory next door died." ”
Shu Han was stunned for a moment, and then the memories in his mind began to emerge, Shu Han still had some impressions of this person, he came to the mine to become a slave in the same year as himself, but unlike himself, not long after becoming a slave, Lao Kui was in a mining accident, because of a serious injury to his leg, and became a disability.
Originally, everyone thought that Lao Guan would die like this, but he didn't expect that the disability did not make Lao Guan disappear in the mine, he miraculously resisted the erosion of the disease in a very simple environment, and did not rely on any medicine, so he recovered his body, and after that, with a waste leg, he even completed his daily work, which made everyone have to marvel at Lao Cai's vigorous vitality.
This point, even the overseers were very surprised, and so on two years later, Shu Han and others are still ordinary slaves, Lao Guan has become a dormitory director, and Li You, everyone mentions Lao Guan on weekdays, they are all envious, although the dormitory director is still a slave, but slaves and slaves are still different, as a dormitory director, he can choose his bed at will, and at the same time, when eating breakfast, he can be the first in line, which is the most convenient to start, and at the same time for the specific work assignment of employees in his dormitory, It is also up to him to do it, and it can be said that he is a low-level manager with a certain amount of power.
Lao Gui got this position at the age of fifteen, how could Shu Han and his peers not envy him, and now he heard that Lao Gui died, and he was no longer Shu Han's original Shu Han, but he was not surprised, but seeing that the people around him were all embarrassed, Shu Han could only pretend to be very surprised, and asked, "What happened to him?" ”
"Hey, stubborn." Although Zhang Ming is not as old as Shu Han, he speaks in an old-fashioned tone, giving people a feeling of traversing the world, Shu Han just wants to laugh, and at this time, Duoduo on the side asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Duoduo is an old man in Shuhan's dormitory, twenty-three years old this year, and has been in the thirteenth dormitory for ten years, for the old crutch, Duoduo has always admired it very much, and at the same time has envy, and now that he heard that he is dead, there is a trace of schadenfreude in the surprise, he has been a slave for ten years, and he is just a slave.
"Hey, he has bad legs and feet, the overseer asked him to be the head of the dormitory, the original intention is to hope that he can share part of the work in his hands to the people below, this is a good heart of the old man, but the old man is unwilling, he feels that his own work is his own work, and he does not let others take over his work, no, when he moved the car at noon today, his legs and feet were not sharp, and he fell directly from the mountain pass, and just hit the iron railing, you didn't see, I was just moving stones, and my waist was directly folded in half, I can't live at all. ”
Zhang Ming's ability to tell stories is very strong, in front of everyone, telling it as if it was happening in front of him, on a hot day, Shu Han couldn't help but shudder, this waist was broken, even if it was cured, it would be half-paralyzed in modern times, and if it was serious, he would be paralyzed, as a slave, it was obviously impossible for him to get any treatment, so he died after struggling for an hour.
"Oh, this death is also miserable, if it were me, it would be better to fall to death all at once." Duoduo opened his mouth and said, these words made Shu Han very angry, everyone is dead, how can he still gloat? But when he turned his head to look at Zhang Ming, he didn't find that he only had firmness and freedom in his eyes, Shu Han was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that Zhang Ming was not gloating when he said this, but really thinking so.
The slaves here can live to be thirty years old, almost none, and Duoduo is twenty-three years old this year, according to the general situation of the mine, he has not lived for a few years, will say so, obviously prepared for accidents at any time, everyone's hearts are not so comfortable, eating the steamed buns in their hands, they all feel a little unfragrant.
"Okay, don't think about it so much, you can live one day at a time, rest well after eating, and have a job later." Li You opened his mouth and said, at his age, he is simply a rare animal in the mining area, and when he heard others talk about the word death, he really couldn't be like others, holding the mood of watching a good show, so he spoke out to dissuade him.
When the others saw Li You speak, everyone stopped discussing the matter of Lao You, in the dormitory, Li You's prestige was still very high, after all, this dormitory was full of people, Li You was always there, although he didn't have any skills to rise, but if it was about how to live long in this hellish environment, Li You was still very good.
Everyone looks down on cockroaches, but in the extreme environment, people are not as good as cockroaches, at least in this mining area, that's the case, and then Zhang Ming said a few interesting things, everyone's mood finally slowly recovered, at this time, Wang Ji, the captain of the engineering team, came over.
"Lao Li, where are you eating?" Wang Ji's voice is very rich, like a reverberant horn, with an inch of hair, with a body that is not lost to the tendons and flesh of the overseers, compared to the height of less than 1.6 meters in the mining area, Wang Ji, who is 1.7 meters tall, looks very powerful, and a scar on his face from the eyebrow bone to the chin is even more domineering, but this opening is full of arrogance, and it doesn't look like a good person.
He was the captain of the 33rd Engineering Team.
As he spoke, he glanced at Shu Han, who was very uncomfortable, as if he was being targeted by a jackal, but Wang Ji just glanced at it, and then turned his head to look at Li You.
"Wang Ji, what are you doing here with me?" Li You said with vigilance, there was no respect in his words, although he was nominally Wang Ji's subordinate, but living a long life brought the respect of the slaves, in this place, the captain of the engineering team is just a person who is arrogant today and will die tomorrow, Li You doesn't care about pleasing him, what good is it for himself.
"Hey, can't you come over to see my brother if it's okay?" Wang Ji's words had a strong Jianghu atmosphere, he walked to Li You's side, and the other slaves next to him automatically gave up a seat to Wang Ji, Wang Ji sat beside Li You unceremoniously, and when he saw that Li You didn't answer, he was not annoyed, and continued to ask himself and answer:
"The old man next door died, you know?"
Li You frowned and said, "Why are you telling me about this?" ”
Seeing that Li You seemed to be a little dissatisfied, Wang Ji was a smart person, otherwise he would not be the captain of the engineering team, he immediately understood that Li You was taboo about the word death, and scolded "old and immortal" in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face:
"Isn't this here to congratulate you, the old kidnapper is dead, their dormitory is now lacking a dormitory director, I reported this to the overseer, do you know what's going on? Shu Han of your dormitory was appointed as the twelfth dormitory head by the overseer, hey, the fifteen-year-old dormitory master. ”
"What? Wang Ji, this is not something that should be a joke. Li You's face was full of surprise, and the others were not necessarily much better, especially Shu Han, how could he not have thought that he was eating steamed buns on the side, and this matter would be related to himself?
He immediately thought of the overseer, but why did the overseer recommend him? And why would the entire overwatch system agree? His little head went down in an instant, did he have a talent for sycophancy?
At this time, the eyes of the people around him who looked at Shu Han began to change significantly, envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Zhang Ming said directly: "Yes, Brother Ji, aren't the dormitory directors all chosen from the dormitory?" How could you choose Brother Shu Han from our dormitory to serve as him? Zhang Ming was very envious in his heart, as for jealousy and hatred, he was still young after all, unlike other people, who were full of malice towards fifteen-year-old Shu Han.
even felt in his heart that since Shu Han could be the dormitory director at this age, why couldn't he do it? Therefore, the attitude is not too bad, the position is more neutral, and the attitude of others is much worse, a colleague in the dormitory said: "Yes, why was Shu Han selected as the dormitory director?" ”
"What is this standard?" A slave spoke, jealousy had exploded, and even in his dark heart, he was already speculating whether Shu Han had curried favor with a certain overseer through other means, so as to seize this position, and then think about the bandage on his body last night, if it weren't for Shu Han's ugliness, I'm afraid that a series of unbearable delusions would come out with his dirty mouth.
"Our tradition is to select the head of the dormitory from the same dormitory, how can we suddenly let Shu Han be the director?"
Everyone is obviously restrained in their hearts, but it is not difficult to see that they really can't accept this fact, and Shu Han on the side is very speechless and helpless, and at the same time looking at these bedmates in their own dormitory, how can their hearts be complicated to describe.
Although I don't know why I was able to become the head of the dormitory, but I am the head of the dormitory, why are you so angry?
Wang Ji opened his mouth and said: "Who will be the head of the dormitory, you don't count if you say it, I don't count if I say it, it has to be counted by the overseers, Shu Han boy can hold this position, that is, the overseer said, I just acted on orders, you old man, why do you say so much, if you are not convinced, go to the overseer and ask, what does it mean to embarrass Shu Han boy." ”
Wang Ji's words made everyone present dare not refute Shu Han on the bright side, but they were even more unconvinced in their hearts, only because of the two big words of overseer, so they shut up, Shu Han finally knew how the dormitory director fell on his head at this time, and thought that the overseer was the one who recommended it.
Shu Han couldn't help but feel sad at this time, he just said a few nice words, compared to other slaves, to give the old man Wang Lie a few more good impressions, this envied dormitory director fell into his hands, thinking that this position in Wang Lie's eyes, is just a trivial matter, not even a small favor, but the people present are jealous, and even a person who can be regarded as a colleague, now he bites back, this is the status of a slave.
"Okay, boy Shuhan, hurry up and finish the steamed buns in your hand, and I'll take you to see your new roommates, get acquainted with them, and adapt to the new environment." Wang Ji said to Shu Han with a smile, it's not that others are polite, it's just that the overseer is behind Shu Han's back, so Wang Ji looks down on Shu Han, as for Shu Han himself, before that, what kind of green onion is he?
"Okay, I'll finish it right away." At this time, Shu Han didn't have much to say, as a slave, he couldn't refuse, and he didn't want to refuse, although the dormitory director was not a position, but compared to himself now, it was undoubtedly a grade higher, why didn't he want to, as for what to do in the future, he could only be blocked by soldiers, and the water would cover up.
He hurriedly stuffed the steamed bun in his hand into his stomach, wiped the foam on his mouth with his hand, glanced back at everyone, regardless of the expressions on the faces of others, walked straight to Li You's side, and said, "Uncle Li You, I'm leaving, you pay more attention to your body, if you have the chance, I will come to see you." ”
"You have to be careful, get along well with your roommates in the new dormitory, and don't make any more trouble." Li You said, Shu Han nodded solemnly, and then said to Wang Ji: "Let's go." Without even glancing at these former roommates, Wang Ji noticed that the emotions of everyone present were a little angry, so he couldn't help but smile, but he didn't say anything about Shu Han, just took people and left.
In his heart, he had a little more heart for Shu Han, originally he gave Shu Han a little more face in the face of the overseer, but now he has a little more face for Shu Han, many people will be sentimental when facing parting, but Shu Han can be so decisive, this is in Wang Ji's eyes is a person who does great things, he can do it, he smelled a trace of his own taste in Shu Han's body.
And in Shu Han's heart, the reason why he didn't greet those people was that he was not familiar with these people at all, and secondly, the words of those people before him were obviously not just envy, but full of resentment, in this case, Shu Han had nothing to say, he didn't have time to explain to them, and he didn't want to waste saliva.
As soon as Shu Han left, the people in the thirteenth dormitory immediately scolded, and words such as "villain", "triumphant", "arrogant", "don't even want to eat with us", "don't say hello" and the like, kept coming out of their mouths, even if Li You was there to play and press, it would be useless.
It's just that Shu Han can't hear these words.