Chapter 36: Digging Coal
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"In another twenty minutes......," Team Zhang looked at his watch and said lightly, "Team Three Mines is about to change shifts." They don't come to this mine often, so I guess we have two hours! ā
"I see!" Xu Zhi suddenly came to his senses, "They're stealing...... Coal in the mud village coal mine!! ā
"Team Zhang......" a slightly older thin black man whispered, "since this is a newly opened mine, we can't mine too much." Don't let them find out ......"
"Well, I know what to expect!" Team Zhang smiled and said, "Liu Shun, you take a few people to the mine we opened the day before yesterday, and do it first!" ā
"Good!" Liu Shun nodded, waved at a few people, and was about to leave.
"Take the black eggs with the college students!" Team Zhang commanded.
"I don't bring it!" Liu Shun shook his head, "How much strength does he have, it's not enough to embarrass me!" ā
"He's ****, and it's not your salary!" Team Zhang said, "He can't mine much coal in this mine, so it's better to let him go there and practice first!" ā
"Let's go......" Liu Shun didn't bother to say more, waved away, Xu Zhi and Hei Dan hurriedly followed behind everyone.
After finding another mine, Xu Zhi finally followed the black egg and started working.
The sharp-beaked hoe didn't look big, but it was really heavy, and Xu Zhi's arm began to sore after a few shavings. After all, he is a student, not mining material! However, Xu Zhi did not dare to give up, because this private small coal mine is different from the Nixiang coal mine, which calculates the money according to the coal pulled to the mine mouth, he does not dig coal blocks, does not send coal blocks to the mine mouth, that is no money!
By the time Xu Zhi filled his basket with coal, except for Hei Dan'er, who was waiting, the others had already returned.
"I'm sorry!" Xu Zhi knew that he had delayed other people's black eggs to make money, so he said a little sneeringly.
The black egg waved his hand and said, "It's okay, who made you a newcomer?" ā
Then, Xu Zhi carried the basket filled with coal and followed the black egg to the ground.
The coals were originally stones, and they were heavy in the basket, Xu Zhi was already tired and panting halfway through, and he had the heart to put these coals in the space, but there were black eggs watching next to him, and he couldn't.
Seeing Xu Zhi like this, the black egg walked behind Xu Zhi and helped Xu Zhi carry the basket and continue to move forward. After getting to the mouth of the mine, Xu Zhi really understood what labor was.
The tunnel leading to the mouth of the mine is diagonally upward, and I didn't feel anything when I came down before, but it was difficult to return with a coal basket on my back. As if climbing a mountain with a weight on his back, Xu Zhi's body rushed forward diagonally, and his hands tightly pulled the rope across his neck, moving forward step by step.
Halfway through, Xu Zhi really couldn't walk anymore, threw the coal basket on the ground, and gasped! Fortunately, it was close to the ground at this time, and there was a lot of fresh air rushing in, far stronger than the sweltering heat underground.
"College student...... "Black Egg hesitated for a moment, "if you can't, I'll take some coal to my coal basket first." Don't worry, when you get to the top, I will definitely return it to you! ā
"Wait!" Xu Zhi knew that the black egg was kind, gritted his teeth and replied, "This is my first coal transport, I must send it!" ā
Hei Dan thought for a moment and said, "College student, if it doesn't work, you put the rope longer, put the coal basket on the ground and pull ......"
Xu Zhi rested for a while, put the coal basket on the ground as the black egg said, and slowly dragged it to climb at night! In the end, Xu Zhi was so tired that he had to kneel on the ground and finally sent a basket of coal to the ground!
But seeing the sunlight sprinkled like gold on his clothes that were already stained with coal dust, Xu Zhi was dizzy for a while, and his physical strength was a little overdrawn.
"Xu Zhi ......" Lao Feng happened to be at the mouth of the mine, hurriedly helped Xu Zhi up, and shouted, "No, forget it!" ā
"It's okay!" Xu Zhi shook his head, and the black egg behind him helped him take down the coal basket and carry it to a weighbridge.
Hei Dan returned the empty basket to Xu Zhi and said, "You can rest for a while, and when I come up next time, I will take you down!" ā
"Cheng ......" Xu Zhi had the heart to go down, but he knew that he would delay the black eggs of others, so he nodded and said.
After waiting for the black egg to go down, Liu Shun and the others really quickly sent the second basket of coal, Liu Shun looked at Xu Zhi and said with a smile: "College student, this is not the place for you to stay, you better find a table and sit down!" ā
Xu Zhi smiled and didn't speak, and after Liu Shun and the others went down, Xu Zhi deliberately waited for a while, and said to Lao Feng: "Uncle Feng, I want to go down now, but I don't want to follow the black egg anymore." I'm slow to transport coal, delaying people to make money......"
"That's what a success!" Lao Feng hurriedly shook his head, "You are not familiar with the underground mines, it is easy to get lost!" ā
"Didn't I see that Team Zhang had a map? Do you have one? Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Just let me see?" ā
"This ......" Lao Feng hesitated a little, but he thought for a moment and nodded, "Of course you can, but you have to keep it secret after you read it!" ā
"Don't worry!" Xu Zhi smiled, "I'm here to make money, not to be a spy!" ā
After speaking, Lao Feng took Xu Zhi to another tin room, took out a map from a drawer and said, "You just look here, remember how much is how much, you can't take it!" ā
"Okay!" Xu Zhi agreed, and Lao Feng opened the map, looking at the dense lines of this map, Xu Zhi frowned, and said strangely, "Uncle Feng, is this Boss Qian's coal mine?" How is it so big! ā
"Look here!" Lao Feng didn't answer, but swiped a corner of the map with his hand and said.
"Oh, got it!" While Xu Zhi's eyes were looking at that corner, the afterglow swept over the entire map! And his afterglow had just swept over, and Lao Feng had already folded those places.
It was at this moment that Xu Zhi had already memorized the entire map in his mind.
However, Xu Zhi was still puzzled, and pointed to some places marked with gray pens on the map and said, "Huh? How do these places make them gray? What do you mean? ā
"These are abandoned mines." Lao Feng explained, "It's very dangerous inside, many places have either collapsed, or the supporting things have been taken away, you remember not to go in!" ā
Later, Lao Feng pointed to some places circled with a red pen and said: "These places are the places where coal blocks were found, and many of them still have some remnants, if you want to go, just go to these places and bring up the remaining coals!" ā
Speaking of this, Lao Feng hesitated for a moment and explained: "However, Xu Zhi, those coals are relatively loose and of bad texture, so you may be paid less!" ā
"Hehe, thank you Fengbo!" Xu Zhi had already memorized everything in the map, but he still pretended to put his face on the map as he spoke, looked at it again and again, and finally said, "You always know that I am not in good health, so take these loose pieces, you can't let these coals go to waste!" ā
"Whatever you want!" Lao Feng cautiously rolled up most of the map, and only let Xu Zhi look at a small part.
With the map, Xu Zhi was much more relaxed, and after entering the mine, he took the miner's lamp and followed his memory towards the place where he had been mined. The mine road is very different in height, and there are even some water droplets from time to time, and the sound of the wind blowing is weird. But Xu Zhi walked in it differently than before, although he could only see a few meters, and it seemed that the entire mining area was in his mind.
Since it is a small private coal mine, the mine is not so neat, and a lot of stones and debris are thrown in a low voice, and even some broken hoes and other things. Xu Zhi adhered to the principle of not wasting it, but whenever he saw something that could be used, he also entered the space, walked for nearly twenty minutes, turned three pits, and finally walked to a place that had been abandoned. He raised the lamp and took a general look at the vicinity, this is a space of about 50 square meters, surrounded by relatively thick tree trunks, on one side of the stone wall, there are many traces that seem to have been gnawed by giant beasts, potholes, at the bottom of the stone wall, there are some large and small stones, there are also some coal blocks in the stones, and the coal seam above the stone wall is scorching and shining under the miner's lamp.
Xu Zhi hummed a little song, hung the miner's lamp on a tree trunk, then put the basket on the ground, and began to use the shovel he picked up on the road to put the scattered coal into the basket, and when the basket was full, it was put into the space. It was only about twenty minutes, and the coal blocks near the left had been picked up, and there were four or five baskets.
"Hehe...... Xu Zhi clapped his hands, moved his muscles and bones, and said to himself with a smile, "No wonder others won't come!" A basket of coal goes so far, and the texture is not good, of course, it is better to take new coal in the newly opened mine! ā
Then, Xu Zhi looked at the coal seam above the stone wall and thought: "I don't have the strength, but this strength has never been born, if you don't exercise...... You will never have the strength! Now that you have the opportunity, it's better to exercise! ā