I grew up in Jize Coal Mine, which is located in the ravine between Zhuang Ji Village in Handan County and Chewangkou Village in Wu 'an City. Although those childhood memories are gone, some of them have gradually blurred, but the brand of memories in my mind will never disappear.
I was born in the 1970s, 1972, and my sister was born one year later than me. The birth of two children not only brought joy to the family, but also made the father hungry and unable to enjoy the comfort of small family life. The poor family made my father resolutely decide to engage in a dangerous career in Jize Coal Mine ... Coal miners, everyone knows the danger of working hard in coal mines, but hunger still overcame the fear of danger. My father was very surprised to hear the information of recruitment in Jize Coal Mine. Just like Sun Shaoping in Ordinary World, after all, farmers are regarded as workers. Many years later, I admired the book Ordinary World, read it several times and wrote some articles, many of which were due to my father's absenteeism.
My father is honest and is not afraid of difficulties and obstacles. He worked very hard in the coal mine and won many advanced titles and honors. But my father never mentioned it to me, only a few years ago when I was preparing documents for my father's retirement. The salary of miners is not high, which seems to be 1 yuan 50 cents a day, which was quite good at that time, many times higher than that earned in rural areas. Miners' working environment is below 100 meters, or even deeper on the ground. Every day, they put on raincoats and helmets with searchlights, and go down from the rumbling tanker on the ground to the coal seam below 100 meters, piling, blasting, coal digging and loading. When it is dry, the coal surface is sucked into the nose and lungs; when it is wet, water drips into the coal seam intermittently, forming a "water curtain cave". The working face of the whole coal seam, except the light on the helmet, the miners' teeth are white, the others are black, the dark roadway, the dark coal seam and the dark miners' faces form a struggle history in a dark world far from the light. Miners' faces are like the ground washed by rain, and their black faces are washed by rain, tears and sweat over and over again. They are all wet and dry, and they are uncomfortable for a moment. These are the most basic "sins" that miners can endure.
? The contribution of miners is selfless, just like the coal they dig out, giving more to the society and taking less. There is a saying in Mr. Guo Moruo's poem "Coal in the Furnace", "I burned like this for my beloved". Black coal burns itself to illuminate others. Miners are not like this!
There are three kinds of dangerous accidents for miners, namely permeable roof caving and gas explosion. One is water permeability, that is, the coal seam is dug and connected to the reservoir, and the surging water will instantly engulf the miners' bodies. The second is roof caving, just like the sudden roof caving in the coal seam digging, burying the miners alive in the coal seam. The third is the most terrible gas explosion. Gas is colorless and odorless, and it will explode when it gathers to a certain concentration. Father experienced a gas explosion and was buried in the collapsed coal seam. Thanks to an absenteeism in Bajiazhai village who carried forward class friendship and dedication, he risked his life to pull my father out of the coal seam and carry him out of the roadway, saving my father from death. Later, I asked my father many times about his adventure, but he refused to tell me. He always said, "What did you say? It's hard to turn back. " . In fact, my father's chin was cut by a stone. When the doctor and father sewed the wound, they sewed it up without washing mucus. Up to now, my father still has black mucus on his chin, leaving a "mark" for a lifetime.
Coal mine is a small society, with party branch secretaries, mine managers, institutions at all levels, miners, loaders and so on. Even stevedores have to find relationships. After fierce competition, they can come from Jize's hometown, put a winter's coal in the coal mine, earn tens of dollars, and save it at home as the capital for building a house and getting a wife. A fellow villager found my father and wanted him to help contact him. My father always tries his best to give up his rest time and contact the tractor owner engaged in transportation before and after running, so that the stevedores can work and earn money.
When my father worked hard for a living, I was still immersed in the carefree happiness of my childhood. I am happiest when I am in bloom in spring. I will run to the mountains with my companions for a happy day, curiously looking at the roaring tanker and admiring the bundles of "great unity" in the cashier's office. Once, my uncle came to the mine to pull coal, which always hurt me. My uncle took me to play in the mountains. I have also seen coffins in many caves. Maybe the villagers in the mountains dug the cave in advance and put the body in the coffin after death. I remember that I was so scared at that time that I felt it was so disharmonious to put them together with gorgeous mountain flowers.
40 years later, with a flick of a finger. Later, when I was in primary school, Jize implemented the rural contract responsibility system. My father was in a hurry to farm. After settling an account with the coal mine, he went back to his hometown, Northeast Zhuang, to farm, so those Zhuang Ji in the car circle of Kangercheng became a permanent memory.
Although my parents are over 70 years old, they are still working and farming in their hometown of Zhuang nationality in Northeast China, and they are also worried about our lives. May the parents who have worked hard all their lives be healthy and happy!
2018 65438+1the evening of October 26th.