In my family, miners represent state-owned enterprises, with high wages and good welfare.
My home is a small city, full of honest workers. The older generation always thinks that state-owned enterprises are the best units in the world.
In my place, when it comes to the best state-owned enterprises, mining groups say second, and no one dares to say first.
Five years ago, I was honored to be one of them. Although I resigned later, this experience has become a valuable asset in my life.
I didn't want to work in my hometown, but I found it boring. My hero should aim at all directions and make great achievements.
My family doesn't think so. They feel that working in state-owned enterprises is better and more stable.
Under the bombardment of my family, I agreed.
When I first entered the company, I was unlucky. I was assigned to the farthest mining area, which takes 3 hours by car from home.
Up to now, I haven't forgotten the scene when I first entered the staff dormitory: cigarette butts, beer bottles and peanut shells are everywhere, and occasionally one or two cockroaches jump over and yell at me, as if to tell me that I built this site, so you should know some rules. The underwear and smelly socks in the aisle exude a strong androgen, strong and deep, like a spectre, lingering!
Standing there with big bags and small bags, seeing such an environment is very similar to the scene of people on the road.
After several days of training, I finally got down to the mine. I took the mine cage (unprotected sightseeing elevator on Panorama Day) and went 720 meters underground. Whole journey 1.5 minutes.
There is no solid iron protective cage, only 1 m guardrail around. For fixing, there are rails on both sides of the mine. I don't know who installed the railing, but the seams are not aligned at all. When I came down, the cage was dangling.
Imagine if you were on a roller coaster and the car suddenly shook when it fell. What would it be like? At this time, I am in a similar state.
Down there, my legs are still shaking. The master who led the team told me that it was always like this for the first time, and then I got used to it.
Underground mines are complicated and messy. At first, alleys (the main mine tunnels) were like stalactites, wide and bright. With the deepening, the mine is getting smaller and smaller, and the light is getting darker and darker. Halfway through, the mine was in complete darkness. Only by turning on the miner's lamp on the hat can you see the front.
On the way, the master told me with a smile, pay attention to your feet, and be careful not to be hit by gravel, irons and rails. Breaking the skin is a trivial matter, and it is not good to fall down and be blinded by iron pieces and steel wires on the ground.
Are you kidding? I am here to work. It feels like shooting to death.
I was originally timid. Hearing the teacher's instructions, I was more careful, walking slowly with my head down, walking slowly. ...
Looking up, the person disappeared. What was the situation then? There was a loud cry, but there was no reply. There was no light before and after, and there was silence all around.
During the training, the teacher said that there were many abandoned holes under the mine, which contained carbon dioxide and toxic gases. If you go in, you can't get out. At this point, I am in a dilemma and my brain is blank. Maybe death really came.
Sitting on the ground, waiting quietly, I don't know the time, I don't know if anyone will come. There is too much uncertainty ahead. Feeling lost in the virgin forest is not as good as the virgin forest. At least I can look at the stars and listen to the sounds of insects. There is nothing here except the miner's lamp on my head and my heartbeat.
After sitting for a while, I began to think.
It's over. There's no one. Maybe they want to hang it here.
I didn't make a will.
There are still many things to do.
It's my parents' fault that I have to work in this dump.
God, my mom made me believe you before, but I didn't. Are you going to pick me up now? Can we not be in such a hurry? I am still young, at least until I have a daughter-in-law and children!
My mind is getting confused. I want to be quiet and feel my pockets. Damn it, I don't want to take cigarettes down the mine. This is a lie.
I don't know. It's been a long time. It feels like centuries. Suddenly, when my eyes lit up, the old master immediately ran to my side, slapped me and swore at me. At that time, I didn't react, and finally I only heard: fortunately, you didn't run around, damn it, you scared me to death. What should I do if I die here?
This is probably the best thing I've ever heard. At least I didn't die here.
I thought underground work needed a major, but later I found it too young and too simple.
What kind of experience does a person with a height of 170 and a weight of 50 kg have with rigid railings on his shoulders and sandbags on his back? I tried. It was painful.
A scholar who has always been pampered at home didn't come to the mine to listen to your stories. What they want is results. I can't get up or get off work if I can't finish my work.
I remember that the first big project was to install a large fully mechanized excavator, because the machine was too big and only scattered parts were transported to the mine. And I'm really unlucky. I have to take part in the assembly task before I can adapt to the underground environment.
Have you ever seen a screw as big as a fist? Have you ever seen a wrench with the length of 1 m? You know, the high-voltage cable under the mine used to be thicker than a bowl.
Assembling the machine is very simple and violent, and there is no technical content in it. All you need is your strength.
Lao shifu looks at my small shelf and takes care of me. Let me twist it. Not much, only 100. 1 meter long wrench weighs more than ten kilograms. It was really the easiest job at that time.
I thought it was ok at first, but I lost my strength after hitting a dozen screws. At that time, I could only barely fuck them with my own weight and inertia. Here, no one cares whether you are tired or not, and no one cares whether you can do it. They only care about whether you work fast or not, and whether it will delay the work.
Zhu Han was soaked to the skin and her arms were weak. The wrench stung her hand like a cactus.
Endure it, even if you cry, you will finish it. This is work, this is reality! Fortunately, I didn't cry, like a man. If I am in poor health, I can't do anything. Master must help me do it, otherwise I can't get off work.
Shit, I don't know how to recruit people in the mine. It is better to go back and take a group of cotton bags to take care of the children! "Lao shifu mouth chanting.
Nothing to say, no power to refute, this is reality, cruel and naked trampling on your glory and dignity.
After more than four hours, I finally assembled the machine. I thought I could get off work, but I thought too much. Four hours of manual labor only brought me 20 minutes of rest and dinner time!
Open your own bag, the oil cake and steamed stuffed bun inside are cold.
Surrounded by dust, like a sandstorm, I can't take care of cleanliness in my mind. Under the mine, this is a luxury. I can eat and sleep better than anything. I swallowed food, added dust and sand, licked my teeth and slurred my mouth, but it didn't matter. Just drink some mineral water What I need now is to replenish my strength quickly.
After the break, we began to lay cables, more than 200 meters of high-voltage cables, 18 people walked more than 300 meters. Maybe you don't know that 1 meter-long high-voltage cable weighs almost ten kilograms. As long as the math is not bad, I believe you can understand what this concept is. 300 meters is simply the distance from the earth to the moon to me, but who cares? Grit your teeth.
Holding a cable in your hand is like holding a crocodile. It is very strong and hard. I don't know how many times I fell in the middle, stumbling and shaking from side to side. Maybe I fell too much, and I didn't feel any pain in my bruises. I used all my strength to carry the cable on my shoulders, clasped my hands at the front, leaned my body with my head down and dragged it forward. This scene is the same as the tracker in the primary school textbook.
As for how to finish the work afterwards, I don't remember clearly. All I know is to do it with the master, take a walk together, go to the well, take a bath in the dark bath together, get dressed together and get off work together!
I thought I would be a tiger, but unfortunately I'm just a Hello Kitty here, and I'm not wronged. This is reality, this is society, and the fantasy in school is like yesterday's dream. Now I wake up, because I will continue tomorrow!
To be continued