28. A change in mindset
"Captain, today is my proudest day since I became a slave." Zhu Ze walked to Shu Han's side and said, Shu Han looked back at him, only to see that there seemed to be some tears in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't help but be a little touched in his heart, and said: "There are still many good days in the future, you are still so young, don't think about it so much, think about it easily, let's go, let's hurry up and hand over the ore, and then eat." ”
"Yes, Captain." There was a slight cry in Zhu Ze's voice, obviously, the feeling of being in the spotlight just now made him feel very much, but he was also a strong person, and he was always unwilling to show a girly appearance in front of others, and his face quickly returned to smiling.
Shu Han led people through the crowd with a majestic spirit, and when he walked to Wang Ji's side, Zhang Song deliberately stopped and said, "Captain, why don't you go to eat yet, wait here, what is there to start?" ”
"There is no good show, but there are many people watching the play, hahahaha." Shi Ping on the side said, the people in the entire twelfth dormitory laughed one after another, the humiliation of last night was earned back at once today, not to mention how cool it was, only Shu Han was a little nervous in his heart, and after he walked away, he couldn't help but pull Zhang Song and said:
"Was it a little impulsive for you to do this?"
Zhang Song glanced at Shu Han from top to bottom, with a smile on his face, and said: "Shechang, you are very smart, but you have a shortcoming, you are too cautious. ”
Prudence is a virtue, okay, if it weren't for prudence, I don't know how many times I would have died? Shu Han scolded in his heart, but asked in his mouth, "What do you mean?" ”
"This time we can dig a whole basket of ore, which will inevitably attract the attention of the above, you have an unusual relationship with the chief supervisor, this time is the time when the limelight is in full swing, how dare Wang Ji move you at this time, as long as something happens to you, his life will not be guaranteed, he wants to fix you for his own position, and he does not have any deep hatred with you, if he dies because of you, such a thing, what do you think he will do?"
After hearing the explanation, Shu Han felt a lot more relieved, but he still had some doubts, and he asked, "But what about when this matter passes?" He Wang Ji is our boss, and it's never too late to take revenge. ”
Zhang Song's eyes when he looked at Shu Han this time were a little contemptuous, and he said with a smile: "If we still have to worry about Wang Ji's revenge when this incident is over, then we will simply find a place and quickly cut ourselves off." After speaking, he laughed, leaving Shu Han standing there, he didn't understand what Zhang Song meant by those words for a while.
Shi Ping on the side said: "Shechang, we now have such a good technique, in Zhang Song's opinion, we are expected to be promoted, and when the matter is over, not to mention getting a free body, it is always okay to be the captain of an engineering team, do we still need to be afraid of a Wang Ji at that time?" ”
"Oh, I understand, but Zhang Song, can't he talk well, yin and yang are weird, and his IQ is amazing." Listening to Shi Ping's explanation, Shu Han finally understood the meaning of Zhang Song's words, but he was still very unhappy in his heart, Zhang Song was like those students with particularly good grades in the class.
And it's the kind that is particularly owed, there are such people in Shu Han's class, when others ask them why they are so good in the exam, they say "Okay?" I don't think I did well in the exam, and this question shouldn't be lost. Then he took the top 10 in the whole grade, or when someone asked him how to do this question, he replied, "Do it casually, it's so simple, do you still use your brain?" ”
Zhang Song is like these pretentious scholars, compared to this, he still prefers to get along with Shi Ping, he complained to Shi Ping: "That being said, but the promotion here has not been a word, who knows, we will not get the benefit of this merit, offend Wang Ji now, if you don't escape from his control at that time, it will be a very dangerous thing, Zhang Song is still a little too bold to do this." ”
"Hehe, you're right, Zhang Song is really crazy." Shi Ping nodded on the side, looking at the sincere attitude on Shi Ping's face, Shu Han was in a better mood, and then Shi Ping spoke again: "But Zhang Song is right in one sentence."
"What?" Shu Han asked curiously.
"You're really cautious." After Shi Ping finished speaking, he laughed, Shu Han walked behind and looked at Shi Ping's back, and scolded twice, "Get carried away, get carried away!" But after saying that, he laughed himself, the two smartest people around him were so confident, what else did he have to worry about.
He hurriedly followed the people in front, and the group soon came to the place where the number was counted, at this time Wang Lie was standing there, looking at the subordinates next to him, counting the ores handed in by the various dormitories, picking and choosing, many slaves were punished for not reaching the amount and stood next to them, and there were people on the side who waved with whips, making a 'pop' sound, which sounded extraordinarily infiltrating.
Usually as soon as the slaves hear this sound, their bodies will tremble as if they are conditioned, but this time, looking at the row of people standing there and being punished, Shu Han's roommates couldn't help but feel a little happy in their hearts.
"Chief Overseer, we'll hand over the iron." Shu Han stepped forward and said to Wang Lie, seeing Wang Lie standing here, to be honest, he was a little strange, after all, the chief supervisor, said that it is not big, it is not small, for the mine owner, there are more than a dozen supervisor in the entire mine, Wang Lie is the one with the least seniority, naturally not big, but for the thousands of slaves under his jurisdiction, he Wang Lie is their king Lao Tzu, who determines life and death, is the biggest and biggest immortal, seeing him, Shu Han's roommates dare not make trouble.
Standing in place one by one, as if the students who were late for class, where was the little bit of pride just now, even Zhang Song looked at Shu Han very nervously at the moment, the original arrogance seemed to be just an illusion.
However, the people who feel strange that Wang Lie will be here are not only Shu Han, in fact, even his subordinates also feel strange, because Wang Lie doesn't like to do audit work on weekdays, and feels very boring, so most of them go to the canteen to eat immediately after work, and almost never appear at the inspection window, which is why the subordinates can't help but increase the force in their hands when they do it to the slaves today, and they are afraid that Wang Lie will trouble them.
The state officials took office three fires, and now Wang Lie has been in office for three months, but he has not set a single fire, which makes the supervisors worried, for fear that the first fire will burn on their heads.
And the reason why Wang Lie appeared here is only one reason, it is for Shu Han, since the little slave borrowed something from him in the morning, Wang Lie has been very curious in his heart, what kind of ghost idea does this kid have, he actually doesn't think Shu Han has any whimsical ideas in his head.
But in his heart, he always thought that the person he liked might really have some ideas, under the influence of this kind of thinking, he rarely did not go to dinner, but came here, and when he saw Shu Han saying hello to himself, Wang Lie groaned and asked, "Well, check it." ”
In the eyes of Wang Lie, Shu Han is just a slave who is a little useful to himself, of course Wang Lie is business-like, Shu Han didn't want to be close, he himself is not a person who is good at patting, he will shoot if he has no choice, but if he can't shoot, he naturally won't shoot, he smiled and nodded, waved to the roommates behind him, and asked them to transport the basket over.
The overseers on the side had already prepared, with a very critical eye to examine the harvest of the slaves, the first thing they saw was five baskets, the overseer who took the lead 'hey', turned his head and looked at the people in the No. 12 dormitory with surprise, but didn't ask much, from Shu Han just took the lead in greeting Wang Lie, and Wang Lie also responded, the two should have something to do with each other, and these of them as subordinates naturally dare not offend anything.
It's not that I'm afraid of Shu Han, I just don't want to cause trouble.
"Sir, the No. 12 engineering team has collected five baskets of iron ore, a total of 500 kilograms, this is the data, do you want to take a look." The surprise in the eyes of the person who took the lead in the measurement could not be hidden at this time, this number was almost about one hundred and thirty kilograms higher than other dormitories, in the mine, the workload in a morning was four hundred, but there was not much that could really be achieved, it was often good to be able to do three hundred and seven, this dormitory was not only completed, but also exceeded the standard, they had been overseers for so long, this was the first time they had met.
After all, the slaves themselves had little motivation to work, and if they did not have a whip to follow them, they would rather fall to the ground and starve to death than go to work (as is the case with the slaves in the minds of the overseers), and how could it not be surprising that these slaves were able to overachieve.
Wang Lie's face was also very surprised, but then he hid it, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously, Shu Han's success made his face also shine, after all, this is the talent he fancies, and his good performance doesn't mean that he has a good eye.
"How?" Wang Lie asked, for this question, Zhang Song and Shi Ping have already told Shu Han countless times, how to avoid Wang Lie's suspicion and gain time at the same time, a set of words is like a cloud of water, because it is all included, after hearing it, Wang Lie was very happy, and said:
"Very good, you continue to experiment, I am looking forward to your progress in the future, Lao Bo, go to the cafeteria to get a pot of pork rib soup for them, and put more pork ribs."
Hearing that there was pork rib soup to drink at noon today, the people in the No. 12 dormitory were excited, except for Shu Han, who had eaten meat once half a month ago, everyone else had not smelled meat for several months, the last time was on the founding day of the city, but it was just a piece of fatty meat, and now they can eat pork rib soup, this taste, not to mention how refreshing.
"Thank you, sir, thank you." Shu Han took the others to thank him, and he was able to eat meat, but he didn't expect that although he didn't care too much about meat, after all, he could go back and eat a full meal every ten days, but it was still a good feeling to be able to eat a meal of meat in the last days, especially in front of a group of people who were eating black flour steamed buns.
"Well, Shu Han, remember, as long as you do well, I will reward you, as long as you increase production again, I can give you more, go ahead." Wang Lie looked at Shu Han's excited expression with great satisfaction, this feeling of mastering the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of others made Wang Lie feel that he was the god of this land, and Shu Han and the others retreated one after another.
Zhu Ze was incoherent and didn't know what to say, he was discussing with people how to eat the meat at that time, and some people were asking what the meat tasted like, obviously, if they didn't eat meat for too long, they were about to forget what the meat tasted like, and this emotion reached its peak at the moment when the old man brought the pork rib soup.
Among the countless slaves, people automatically gave way for the overseer to pass, but their eyes were staring at the pot of pork rib soup, even Lao Bo, an experienced overseer, how could he be stared at by so many pairs of eyes, as if he was not winning pork rib soup but the Oscar for Best Actor, the Nobel Prize in Science, made him very nervous, and across the other side of the crowd, it was the people in dormitory No. 12.
When the pork rib soup was solemnly passed from Lao Bo's hands to Shu Han's hands, it was like completing an Olympic torch relay, Shu Han looked at the faces of so many people, and wanted to imitate the scene of Simba in the movie "The Lion King", and raised the pork rib soup above his head to show the world, but considering his limited physical strength, it was very likely to knock over the pork rib soup, so Shu Han thought about it for two seconds, and then gave up this very stylish, but very hateful method.
"It smells so good." Iron Hammer closed his eyes and muttered, holding chopsticks in his hand, posing as if he was praying, and the people around him were also like this, Shu Han was a little embarrassed when he saw this, but seeing that everyone was doing this, he could only salute as a ritual, at this time Zhang Song recited in a rhythmic voice:
"Thank you Lord Almighty for giving us food, and thank you Lord for giving me peace."
"Thank you Lord Almighty for giving us food, and thank you Lord for giving me peace."
Everyone repeated, and Shu Han followed suit, but they were very strange in their hearts, there was still religion in these last days? He doesn't have any memory of religion in his mind, he received a formal education in a correctional center, if he doesn't have an impression, then he must have no religion in the formal education of Iron and Stone City, but everyone seems to be very proficient and quite religious, and this belief should be very popular among the people.
Shu Han silently wrote down the analysis in his heart, and when everyone opened their eyes, Zhang Song smiled and said: "I haven't read a prayer for a long time, for this pork rib soup, I still have to have a sense of ceremony, everyone is right." “
"Yes, looking at the black steamed bun on weekdays, no matter how many times I pray, I can't feel the bath of God's grace, or pork rib soup, when I see it, I feel God, it's in this bowl of soup." Hammer said loudly, and his words caused everyone present to laugh.
And Shu Han heard the speech of the hammer and the reaction of the people, it seems that although this religion permeates all aspects of people's lives, it seems that the management is not strict, and the believers are quite open-minded, and will not become one-sided because of God, will there be anything worth excavating?