Chapter 1 The Mysterious Daihatsu Mine
In the early morning of July 15, 1975, another news came from the Dafa mine: the gas exploded in the second underground mining area, and 12 people were killed!
Dafa mine in the deep ravine of Daqing Mountain, the earliest Qing Dynasty at the end of the Dafa mine opened the mine, at that time called Dafa kiln mine, many people relied on the Dafa kiln mine to make a fortune, after liberation, these people who made a fortune by relying on the Dafa mine have returned to their hometown, most of their hometown is Shanxi, they basically disappeared after returning to Shanxi, no one knows that they used to be a big guy. Like my generation, my fathers came to the Dafa mine in five or eight years, when it was called supporting the frontier, and at that time, the Dafa mine opened a new kiln and needed a large number of miners. We are the second generation of Dafa Mine, born after the parents came to the mine, most of them were born in the sixties, and by the time they were in their seventies, the older ones were in their teens, and the younger ones were born in their thirties in the sixth or ninth years.
Today is a Sunday, the school is not in school, I called Xiaolong to run to the Dafa mine, this is our favorite to see the lively. When an accident occurs in the mine, there are generally people killed, this kind of scene can be seen several times a year, there is an accident that is less than one death, more than ten at a time, the few victims are generally because of the roof, the most people are killed is the gas explosion, the underground gas coal seam is exploded, a person hundreds of meters away from the face of a coal mining tunnel can not run! Every time there is a victim in an accident underground, there will be my classmate's father.
When we arrived at the mouth of the Dafa mine, we caught up with miners with dark faces and big black eyes lifting people up from the mine.
This time, the wives and children of the miners who lost their husbands are crying around the wellhead, and it is not uncommon to see such a scene, and every time someone is crying, we are watching it seriously, as if watching a good show.
In the open-air warehouse of the mine materials department, a coffin was erected for the twelve deceased, and the shed made a skeleton of rails used by mine cars, covered with greasy cotton cloth, and the twelve doors of the mourning shed were slightly opened, wafting the smell of incense.
I looked at each booth in turn, and the deceased inside, dressed in fresh overalls and shining black water boots, lay on a bed made of iron pipes.
I checked it so carefully, mainly out of an expectation, I heard that this time my classmate Wen Xia's father was also among the deceased, Wen Xia was my tablemate, and I usually bullied her.
Wen Xia's father was the squad leader of the twelve people who died, and he was old and powerful when he was alive!
That day, Wen Xia and her father intercepted me, pinched the back of my neck with one hand, and said to me fiercely:
"You still dare to bully Wen Xia, you still dare to bully Wen Xia......" His voice was loud and majestic, making me feel extremely frightened.
I was choked by him, my face flushed, and my eyes filled with tears. I tried to break free of his hand, but his strength was so great that I couldn't move at all.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore......" I cried and begged for mercy.
Wen Xia's father let go of his hand, but still glared at me, his eyes full of anger and disappointment. "If you dare to bully Wen Xia again, I will never let you go!" he warned.
I was scared to pee my pants, and I nodded again and again, promising not to bully Wen Xia again in the future. Wen Xia and her father looked at me and didn't seem to believe my words, but he didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
I stood still, my body still shaking. I have never seen Wen Xia and her father so angry, and I have never been taught such a lesson. My heart was filled with fear and resentment towards Wen Xia and her father.
I watched the Dafa mine for a whole day, and when I got home at night, I fell asleep as soon as I got into the bed. At night, someone banged on the door of my house, saying that the teacher had sent someone to call someone.
It turned out to be Xiaolong, Xiaolong rushed into the door, arrived at the fire kang, and put his hand into my bed:
"Get up, get up quickly......"
"What's wrong, what's wrong......"
The little dragon pulled me up, and I rubbed my eyes that couldn't be opened, frowned dissatisfiedly, and inhaled slowly.
"What are you doing in the middle ......of the night?"
"Hurry up and meet at the Daihatsu Miners' Club......"
Xiaolonghe didn't know why, urging me to hurry up.
The square of the Daihatsu Miners' Club is brightly lit, and it is already densely populated with people, and it is black.
A man wearing a red armband stood on a makeshift podium, holding a megaphone in his hand, and was shouting loudly. Someone in the crowd raised a flag and called on everyone to follow him.
A chaotic procession marched through the winding streets of the mines.
Some people shouted slogans, and everyone shouted, and the slogans came and went in the night, shaking the whole mountain.
The event lasted until late at night, and I didn't know what the purpose of the event was, but I just thought it was very interesting and exciting.
There will be a grand event on the second day of the mine: more than 100 young people have joined the army, and only 10 of them stand out, and our good friend Hai Zi, who is nine years older than me and has just graduated from the high school of the No. 3 Middle School of the mine, is one of them.
Early in the morning, the burly and sturdy Haizi, who was one meter eight tall, was dressed in a brand-new military uniform, wearing a big red flower on his chest, and a wide marching backpack clinging to his broad back. Haizi also carried a satchel on his back, with the words "Serving the People" printed on a red background. At this moment, Haizi's face was full of red light and full of joy. Haizi walked in front, and a boy carried a lighted firecracker that made a "crackling" sound.
Today is Haizi's day to join the army, and I didn't go to see him off, because he beat me up the other day.
That day, Haizi took us up the mountain, and he said that there was an interesting game, I wonder if we wanted to play it? After that, Haizi picked up an empty cigarette case with the "Da Qianmen" sign, wrapped a few sheep droppings in it, and told us that as long as we put it in our mouths, we could see the rats marry......
I put the wrapped sheep manure in my mouth......
After a few minutes, nothing was seen!
I asked Haizi, and he suddenly had a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, telling me that all I had to do was bite the package in my mouth......
I bit and bite, but I still didn't see anything.
My mouth was full of black sheep dung, so I ran to Haizi's house to complain.
When Haizi's mother saw that I was full of sheep dung, she immediately scolded Haizi fiercely.
Haizi said that I was boring, and if I didn't want to play, I wouldn't play, and yelled to sue adults. Then he angrily shoved me a few times.
A few days later, I imitated the plot from the movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", climbed the earthen cave of Haizi's house, and blocked its chimney.
Haizi guessed in an instant that I did it, so he pursued me on the street of the Dafa mine to settle accounts......
A friend said to me, don't be stingy, Haizi asked me to tell me when he left, and when he went back to visit his relatives in the mine, he would definitely bring me a few bullet casings of my favorite.
In fact, when Haizi got in the car and left, I stood from afar and watched. There was also a girl with long eyelashes and proud eyes standing next to me, she looked at the military vehicle in the distance, her pink lips were slightly opened, as if she was sobbing in a low voice, this girl's name is Wei Li, she is a student of the high school of our Dafa Mine No. 3 Middle School, and his father is a leader of our Dafa Mine. Wei Li looks very beautiful, she wears a really good shirt that is always snow-white, and a pair of Dika blue pants on the bottom, which is very popular at the time, especially when girls wear it, young and beautiful, exuding the smell of flowers, provoking boys to chase.
We kept asking why Wei Li shed tears for Haizi, they were not classmates, they were a whole grade apart, and they were not related.
After Haizi enlisted in the army, it caused a heated discussion among his friends.
Xiaolong said excitedly: "My father told me that after graduating a few years, he would let me go to the army, and after joining the army, I would be in the same army as Haizi." ”
In our mine, becoming a soldier is the dream in every man's heart. When filling out the school form, we all didn't hesitate to tick off the ideal box to join the army.
What is especially envious of us is the military uniform. At that time, in our mines, both adults and children were eager to walk on the streets of the Dafa mine in military uniforms, so that everyone cast envious eyes.
I've been picking up scrap in the mines, mainly trying to save ten dollars, because it costs ten dollars to buy a fashionable imitation military uniform. After saving enough money, I pulled up the little dragon, turned over the mountain, and went to the big bump supply and marketing cooperatives on the other side of the mountain, because we had already stepped on a good point, and the big magnetic supply and marketing cooperatives had a special simulated military uniform.
As soon as I got my clothes, I put them on my body, and then asked Xiaolong to accompany me to wander around Dafa Street, showing off the imitation military uniform I had just bought for everyone to see.
Someone spread the news: The mine protection team on the mine arrested a couple of men and women in the staff dormitory of the Da Red Building, and the men and women closed the doors and windows during the day and didn't know what to do!
In our closed mine, suddenly there is a matter between men and women, everyone seems to have been excited, you just run with the flow of people, and you will definitely see a good show when you get there.
Xiaolong and I glanced at each other, tacitly acknowledging each other, of course we couldn't let go of this excitement. Soon, we followed the crowd to the staff dormitory of the Big Red Building.
When I came to the big red building, the scene was already full of people, and everyone was talking. Xiaolong and I struggled to the front of the crowd and saw the man and woman who had been arrested. Their expressions were not flustered, especially the woman, who seemed to be still scolding.
"Isn't this Han Song and Wei Hong?" suddenly someone recognized.
Han Song is a young miner in our mine, usually silent, but he is very serious in his work, and is deeply loved by his workers. And Wei Hong is a well-known person in Dafa Street, everyone calls her "tomboy", a boy's hairstyle, but her face looks okay.
"How did they end up together?" questioned voices came from the crowd.
At this time, a woman squeezed to the front and said that she was a neighbor of Wei Hong's family. "I've long felt that something is wrong with the two of them, and I often see them together. The woman's words made the crowd even more agitated.
"It's a shame!" someone said.
"Dad Wei Hong is the mine manager of our Dafa mine!"