Under the mine

"Why are you staring at me? Do you need to assign places to beat you?"

The next morning, the two of them were woken up by a loud ringing of the phone. In the mine, the most feared thing was the ringing of the phone. Hades was either urging their own lives or the lives of others.

Qin Weidong opened his eyes almost immediately. Fang Li was frightened last night, and he fell asleep in the middle of the night. Before he woke up, he put his arms around Qin Weidong's neck: "Don't go, sleep with me for a while..."

"There is a call from the mine, you can sleep a little longer."

Fang Lisun squinted his eyes and pouted his mouth. Qin Weidong searched for a kiss, put Fang Li's warm arms back under the bed, and went outside to answer the phone.

Uncle Pan said that the two pneumatic drills in the mine were broken, which is a common occurrence. Qin Weidong responded, and dug out an old one from the utility room. Fang Li.

After Qin Weidong left, Fang Li couldn't sleep much. He was sitting on the bed wearing a sweater. This sweater was knitted for him by Grandma Fang when she was in a good mood before winter. It was too tight, like a child's size, Fang Li took a long time to pull the sweater down his neck, his face turned red.

Qin Weidong watched, and took out a pair of scissors from the toolbox in the yard, and wanted to cut the neckline of his sweater that was too tight.

"Don't, it will break if you cut it, and it will run away with wool."

"Is it uncomfortable to get your neck stuck?"

Fang Li said, "It won't hurt to drag it down... What happened to the mine?"

"Two of the springs of the pneumatic drill are broken. I'll go up and take them off. I'll take you and grandma to the hospital when I come back at noon."

"Then I'll go with you."

Fang Li hasn't been to their family's mine for a long time. Qin Weidong doesn't let him go up often, just like Qin Weidong doesn't let him go to the soaking workshop behind the courtyard. Parents just compared the boy who grew up in the mine, he was still skinny and tender.

Not only that, he didn't know anything about how to know ore, how to prepare medicine, and how to wash ore, but Qin Weidong, who was one year younger than him, had already been able to take charge of it alone.

The mist on the mountain was bright in the morning, and the temperature was much colder than that at the bottom of the mountain. When Uncle Pan saw him, he shouted, "Young master is here."

When Uncle Pan called out, the seven or eight workers in the mine who were eating with their rice bowls all saw Fang Li who got off the car with Qin Weidong.

Some people nodded to Fang Li, some people simply ignored and ate their meals on their own.

Fang Hongqing hasn't shown up at the mine for more than half a year, and they have already held back their wages for more than half a year. It's no wonder that everyone wants to say hello to Fang Li, the "young boss" of the mistress.

"Shaodong's family, it will be thirty in two days, will your father pay the brothers?"

"The workers in other mines all left yesterday."

"The year is not good, and if we continue to mine, we won't be able to find any good mines."

Master Yang snorted coldly: "Young master, who knows whether your father's business in the county has been lost or earned? Why don't you just ask your father to sell all these equipment and send us money first! Without money, we won't leave of!"

Uncle Pan stood up and said, "Old Yang, don't follow the big guys!"

"What did I choose? Who is waiting for the hard-earned money of the past six months to go home for the New Year! His father is the boss, and he is not short of money, but we are short of money!"

Several workers followed suit, and Uncle Pan said: "Everyone, don't worry, don't worry, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Boss Fang will not treat you badly. He even asked Weidong to take over two [-]-ton trucks from Peng San'er's house two days ago. Nianzi, we must continue to do this!"

Uncle Pan's seniority in the mine was old, and people listened to his words. The dissatisfaction of the workers eased a little. Qin Weidong opened the door curtain of the simple prefabricated house on the side, entered the room, opened the pot, and scooped a bowl of hot food for Fang Li.

"Don't worry about the outside, you eat first."

Stewed in the big pot is stewed tofu with cabbage and vermicelli, with some oily flakes floating, but there is no fishy smell. Fang Li held the bowl: "What's the matter? Why haven't you paid the master for so long?"

Qin Weidong said: "There is no money in the account. In the first half of the year, your father took away 20 yuan, which was the balance from last year. In the second half of the year, more than half of the ore harvested by your father was taken to the refinery by the master hired by your father, saying that the grade was not good. The gold content is too low, and the rest depends on the throughput of the two rollers in the workshop, which is only enough to maintain the daily expenses of the mine."

"Didn't you take a small gold nugget last time? I think the color is okay."

"It was taken back to the yard and we washed it ourselves. Your father contacted the refinery at the foot of the mountain."

"Then how much money is still in the account?"

Qin Weidong said, "Two thousand."

Fang Li was surprised: "Is there only 2000 yuan left? What is that enough? How much do we owe those masters?"

"Twenty thousand for one person, 24 for twelve people."

When Fang Li heard this number, he thought he had heard it wrong, 24!His father owed the workers so much money!

"Then what should I do? My dad still needs to collect the grinder from Uncle Peng? Where did he get the money?"

Qin Weidong kicked a low wooden bench for Fang Li to sit on, took the bowl in Fang Li's hand, picked up some steaming cabbage mixed with vermicelli with chopsticks, and fed it to Fang Li who was so surprised that his mouth grew big.

"Uncle Fang said that he opened another mine in another place and needed equipment. After a year, he will call all the workers to work there and settle the wages together."

"What mine? Where is it?"

"I don't know, Uncle Fang didn't say anything on the phone."

The sweet potato vermicelli was stewed by Laozao firewood, and it melted in the mouth, slippery, and rolled down the throat.

Qin Weidong pinched Fang Li's chin: "It's too hot, don't swallow it, spit it out."

Fang Li coughed a few times, spat out the vermicelli in his throat, Qin Weidong caught it with his hands, and threw it away.

Fang Li drank some cold water, and chewed the cabbage that Qin Weidong fed over: "But it's not a problem to suppress the wages of so many masters. If they can't get the money, why don't they tear my dad alive?"

"After the new year, I'm going to sell the mercury and gold that was washed out earlier. I'll hold it for a while. It was produced in the mine years ago. I won't let your father take it away. After the new year, the laboratory in the city will go to work. Take some samples for testing."

Fang Li thought for a moment: "You don't believe the refinery my dad chose?"

Qin Weidong nodded.

"There is something wrong with the report card your dad gave you."

Fang Li was a little flustered, but he didn't know where to start asking. After thinking for a while, he said to Qin Weidong, "Is nothing wrong? Qin Weidong."

"No accident will happen to you."

Qin Weidong fed Fang Li another two mouthfuls of vegetables, Fang Li wrinkled his face, shook his head and said not to eat: "Qin Weidong, I don't want to eat vegetable leaves, I want to eat meat..."

"Accompany grandma to the hospital in the afternoon to buy for you."

Fang Li nodded, the uneasiness in his heart quickly dissipated. Since they were young, Qin Weidong took care of everything, whether it was his affairs or mine affairs.

Qin Weidong will take care of it.

Uncle Pan was calling Qin Weidong. Qin Weidong took a steamed bun and hurriedly ate up the remaining vegetables in the bowl. Fang Li was told to wait in the room, and he went down to have a look.

Outside, the few workers led by Master Yang were playing cards in a circle, and they were no longer willing to go to the mine.

Uncle Pan was very embarrassed, Qin Weidong didn't say anything, tied up the safety rope, and went down to the mine with two trusted workers.

Qin Weidong skillfully stepped on the iron ladder on the wooden support. His powerful arms were growing crazily between the boy and the man. He set up the pneumatic drill, and Uncle Pan was beside him as his assistant. In the narrow mine , The huge noise couldn't even be covered by the sound-absorbing cover, and it filled the ears in an instant, like thunder and dust.

The rock was hard, and the speed of entering the hole was not fast. A two-meter-deep hole was completed, and it was almost an hour before the buzzing and sparking pneumatic drill stopped working. Uncle Pan called Qin Weidong twice, but Qin Weidong didn't hear him.

"Weidong, is this going to be bombed?"

Although Uncle Pan is an old man in the mine, but the recent two rounds of cannons have produced rough stones without gold, which are worthless, and he can't make up his mind.

Water flowed out of the borehole, Qin Weidong put it in his mouth and tasted it: "No, probably the direction is wrong, let's talk about it in a few years."

Mining veins depends on experience and luck, and now the cost of digging one meter forward cannot be consumed.

Besides, there were still so many workers whose wages hadn't been paid, and no one could afford to gamble. They could only wait for Fang Hongqing to come back in two days to see what he had to say.

After all, although Qin Weidong grew up with Fang Li, the so-called young master's family.

But if he was placed in the old society, he would be considered a long-term worker at best, and he could not make decisions for Fang Hongqing's work in the mine.

Uncle Pan sighed: "Success, that's the only way to go."

Qin Weidong came up from the mine, and he couldn't hear anything in his right ear for a while. He washed the dust off his face with cold water. Uncle Pan followed him up, and asked Master Yang, who was the leader of the trouble, to go back first, and wait for Boss Fang to come back. , Then ask him for wages.

Uncle Pan likes to talk and talk, but everyone is working hard to make a living. After working for a year, how can they leave without seeing the money?Sitting on their buttocks, no one would move no matter how cold it was.

Can't start work right now, the most important thing is to look after the ore piled up in the roadway, and point to them to survive in the next year, Qin Weidong told Uncle Pan and two trustworthy workers to be careful, and took Fang Li home to pick up Grandma.

Mrs. Fang has not been able to walk much in the past two years. When she was young, she was engaged in metal smelting for a long time, and the poison of cyanide and tribute slowly soaked into her body.

But she still insisted on going up the mountain every few days to pick some wild vegetables that Fang Li didn't know much about, and she only knew that Fang Huiwu loved to eat them when he was a child.

The old lady carried another basket and leaned on crutches: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, grandma will steam vegetables for you..."

Fang Li jumped out of the car, took the basket, and coaxed the old lady into the car: "Grandma, eat when you come back. Let's go to the hospital to check your cough. If your cough is cured, I will accompany you up the mountain..."

Old lady Fang was coaxed into a smile.

The best hospital in the county is the People's Hospital. The mountain road is not easy to walk. Even if you have a car, it takes more than an hour to go there. When you arrive at the hospital, there are not many people. It will be New Year's Eve in two days. People sometimes It’s just that superstition cannot be avoided. I would rather endure two days at home for a minor illness than go to the hospital during the Chinese New Year.

Fang Li helped his grandmother to find a row of single stools and sat down, and said to Qin Weidong: "You look at grandma here, hold grandma's hand, I will go to the doctor to register."

Grandma Fang's brain is not good. If she gets sick, Fang Li's little strength can't hold her back at all. The last time she came to the hospital, her grandma called Xiao Wu like crazy when she saw someone else's child. The child's beating scared Fang Li to death.

Fortunately, Qin Weidong was there. Since then, Qin Weidong has been handed over to see grandma outside.

"it is good."

Fang Li took the money Qin Weidong gave him and went to the registration place to look for it. As soon as he left, Grandma Fang hurriedly called: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu...!"

Qin Weidong squatted, holding Grandma Fang's hand, waiting for Grandma Fang's eyes to follow Fang Li, and screaming incessantly, Qin Weidong finally said: "Grandma, he is not Xiao Wu, he is Fang Li."

Grandma Fang was confused, she shook her head: "He is Xiao Wu, my good little Wu... My good little Wu has grown up, and I know how much I love my grandma..."

Qin Weidong looked at Grandma Fang, and said again: "Grandma, you are confused, he is Fang Li, and the grandson who loves you is Fang Li."

Qin Weidong bit the word "Fang Li" very hard, very clearly, and no one was allowed to be confused. As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Li, who came back from registration, slapped him hard on the top of his head: "Why are you bothering about this with grandma? Grandma doesn’t remember, if she doesn’t remember, she just doesn’t remember!”

Fang Li was beating hard. There were people coming from other towns to see the doctor in the corridor. Hearing the movement, several women looked over here. Qin Weidong and Fang Li looked like brothers, but it was rare to see his younger brother dare to be so direct. He hit his brother on the head with his hands.

Qin Weidong turned his head and glared at him.

Fang Li was not afraid at all: "Why are you staring at me? Is it necessary to divide the place for beating you? Grandma can't walk anymore, so you quickly carry Grandma up. The internal medicine department is on the second floor."

Qin Weidong didn't say a word, and carried his grandma by heart.

Grandma Fang was on Qin Weidong's back, and was still holding onto Fang Li's hand: "My good little Wu is back..."

Fang Li also smiled: "Yes, I'm back, let's go, take grandma to see the doctor, grandma's health will be fine..."

In the consulting room, the doctor watched the film and said, "This is silicosis, it's in the advanced stage."

For a disease like Grandma Fang, many people visit the hospital every day. There is no specific medicine for silicosis. The treatment can only relieve the pain, but it cannot be reversed. The best medical method is to replace the lung.

But the cost of the operation is at least 40. The People's Hospital has been in operation for so many years, and has not encountered a patient who needs to be replaced.

Fang Li asked: "Doctor, do you need to go to a big hospital in the city for a lung transplant?"

The doctor was a little surprised, and raised his head: "Young man, I understand your filial piety, but to be honest, at your grandma's age, there is no time to wait for a suitable lung source, even if she waits, her body can't bear such a big operation gone."

Fang Li asked again: "Doctor, what should we do?"

The doctor said: "Let the old lady eat whatever she wants when she goes back home. Young man, when you get old, you will reach that day."

Coming out of the hospital, Fang Li couldn't help crying.

Although Grandma Fang had never called him A Li, even since she was a child, she probably never really knew him as a grandson, and only regarded him as the dead Fang Huiwu.

But Fang Li was indeed brought up by Grandma Fang who pulled shit and urine. When he was young, he had a high fever, and Grandma Fang gave him a cattail fan all night.

"Go and look at grandma, leave me alone...!"

Qin Weidong raised his sleeve and wiped his tears: "Grandma is in the car, it's all right."

"I don't want Grandma to leave me..."

Fang Li pursed his lips, put his arms around Qin Weidong's neck, buried his wet face with tears, and all the tears fell on Qin Weidong's neck.

"I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it...!!"

Qin Weidong would respond to all his dissatisfaction, but this matter... Qin Weidong hugged him, patted him on the back, and remained silent.

Fang Li was crying, he knew in his heart that Qin Weidong had no choice but to do nothing about it, but Qin Weidong didn't answer him, he was just anxious, the more anxious the more uncomfortable, he began to pant while crying.

Qin Weidong followed Fang Li's embrace, and picked Fang Li up from the steps of the hospital entrance.

The two men were so close that some of the people coming in and out of the door looked this way.

Qin Weidong didn't care about those gazes, he carried Fang Li to a place with few people, and followed Fang Li's crying back: "Fang Li, grandma will leave you one day, everyone will."

"Every-everyone?" Fang Li choked, feeling even more uncomfortable: "Then you too? Qin Weidong, you will be like grandma, and you will leave me one day?"

Just thinking about this possibility, Fang Li felt pain in his heart as if he had been smashed by something, the pain was so unbearable, he opened his mouth, and bit Qin Weidong's ear hard: "Qin Weidong! You don't want to leave me, listen Have you arrived yet! You owe me!"

Qin Weidong said: "I will not leave you."

Fang Li tasted a fishy sweetness on the tip of his tongue, only to realize that he was not paying attention, biting blood out of Qin Weidong's ear.

Fang Li licked it, and his belated conscience realized: "I bit you hard.. Bleeding.."

Qin Weidong didn't care about the blood, and asked him, "You will follow me wherever I go?"

Fang Li nodded: "Of course."

"If you and I asked you to choose one?"

Fang Li had never considered this question before, and was taken aback by the question, thinking: "Would you like to choose...?"

Qin Weidong said: "Well, if you want to choose, what should you do?"

Fang Li twitched a few times, thought about it seriously, figured it out, and said: "Then, let's choose you... My father is not only my son, maybe he won't leave me a penny in the future Hua, but you only have me, you are willing to spend money on me, besides... besides, all my money is with you."

Qin Weidong paused for a while, he took a breath and held his breath, his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "That's it?"

Fang Li nodded, and added: "However, if you have a son in the future, you can't let me go! After all, I also want to have a son. If you don't want me, at least you have to return my money to me first..."

Qin Weidong's complexion became more and more ugly, and he said coldly: "Let's talk about it after you are born."

The author says:

Ah, I've been a little busy on business trips recently!Humble part-time job!

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Qin Weidong's last sentence, Fang Xiaoli is a silly child who still doesn't understand, but in the future, Fang Xiaoli "has no son", he will understand!

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