The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 191 Heading to the Coal Mine
City S where the accidental coal mine is located is a county-level city, very small. It was a small town many years ago. It became a city because of coal production, and a railway line was built to facilitate coal transportation.There are only a few passenger trains that stop here, and there is only one trip from Jiangcheng to S City.

It takes nearly 21 hours to take the train to S City, and it takes 8:5 the next day to arrive at the train from Jiangcheng at [-]:[-] p.m.

On the train

Liu Li: "How to pass the time on a long journey?"

It's hard to sleep in a hard seat, and everyone has something to worry about, so they can't sleep.

Lawyer Zhang said with a smile: "I have the necessary magic weapon for home travel."

Liu Li: "What artifact?"

Zhu Xia: "Poker."

Liu Li: "Poker?"

Lawyer Zhang: "Yes, poker."

Zhu Xia: "People of my age and Lawyer Zhang's are often on business trips, so we carry poker with us at all times."

Lawyer Zhang: "The old rule is that four people fight to level up, and those who lose will have breakfast and lunch. Hehe."

Lawyer Zhang and Wang Xiaochun sat side by side.Zhu Xia and Liu Li are side by side.

This is lawyer Zhang and Liu Li's family, Zhu Xia and Wang Xiaochun's family.

Liu Li winked at Zhu Xia and Wang Xiaochun: "Mr. Zhu, Uncle Wang, I'm a good card player. It seems that you and Uncle Wang should invite this guest."

Zhu Xia: "Who is afraid of whom? Then look at the cards and talk.

Wang Xiaochun: "Your baby wasn't born when we played poker?"

Zhu Xia: "That's true, haha."

Liu Li: ...

"Then we will play poker at 12 o'clock to spend New Year's Eve and welcome the arrival of the New Year."

"it is good!

When the New Year's bell struck, the result was of course to be expected.

Lawyer Zhang: "Mr. Zhu, Lao Wang, thank you for your New Year's gifts. Our breakfast and Chinese food are all available. Hehe."

Liu Li: "Mr. Zhu, Lawyer Zhang, Uncle Wang, Happy New Year! I didn't expect to spend New Year's Day on the train this year."

"Why? Did you regret not going to Cheng Emei?"

"How come, you can go to Emei anytime, but such an experience is rare."

Lawyer Zhang: "Hey, I'd rather we were skiing in Emei and on vacation in Hainan."

Everyone understands what he means, after all, they don't want disasters to happen.

Because the train was delayed, they didn't arrive in City S until 7:[-] p.m. the next day.

This is indeed a small station, so small that only the four of them got off the train, and there was no one on the empty platform.

The night in the north is really cold, and the wind is so cold that I can't help shivering.

A few steps down the platform is the exit. Liu Li saw a person standing at the exit below with sharp eyes, and joked, "Could it be that he came to pick us up?"

Zhu Xia looked at Lawyer Zhang, who shook her head and said, "I have no contact with this side."

When he got closer, he could clearly see that a man in his 40s was looking towards them. When he saw them coming out, he tentatively called out, "Wang Xiaochun?"

Wang Xiaochun responded loudly: "Oh..."

Lawyer Zhang: "Which one is it?"

Wang Xiaochun: "It seems to be Wang Daming."

The man looked at Lawyer Zhang a few steps closer, and exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, it really is you, Lawyer Zhang, I am Wang Daming, we listened to your lectures when we were training in the employment center, and you also did it when we signed the labor contract." Now, I wonder if you still remember?"

"Why don't you remember? Wang Daming, at that time everyone recommended you as the leader of these dozens of laborers, right?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhang, you have a really good memory!"

Wang Xiaochun: "Brother Daming, why are you here?"

Hehe, the man smiled honestly, "I came here specially to pick you up. I was off duty when the accident happened. I heard that a fellow villager was trapped inside. I was in a hurry. I called Murakami and reported the letter, so I went to see it." Fortunately, the mine organized a rescue team in time, and I also signed up to participate in the rescue, but the mine did not agree. I thought about it and called home, and the director of Jinfa told me that you and Mr. Zhang, the lawyer, were coming. I'm so happy, it's all over now, with our family backing us, we have a backbone, and we have nothing to worry about."

Wang Daming's simple and rough words moved Zhu Xia and the others and made them feel uneasy.In fact, they didn't do anything, it was just a matter of duty, but it made them feel at ease, and felt that it was worthwhile to take another 20 hours of train.

"This is Teacher Zhu, right? And this little brother?"

"Well, this is Teacher Zhu, the eldest sister of the Zhu family, you should still remember?"

"Oh, it's my sister, no wonder she looks familiar."

"This is Liu Li, a college student volunteer, not an outsider, but the grandson of Uncle Li, the old branch secretary."

Wang Daming: "Is it Li Ying's son?"

"Ah."

"Wow, grown up, I still saw you once when you were a child."

Liu Li: "Hello, Uncle Wang."

Wang Daming: "Okay, okay, okay. Thank you so much! You have worked so hard for coming all the way. Let's go, eat first, rest for the night after eating, and go to the mine tomorrow morning. It's still far away from the mine."

As he said that, he ran over and called a small bread soliciting customers. City S is a small town and there are no taxis.

They served the buns. Wang Daming mentioned a place and said to us: "This is a restaurant opened by a fellow villager. The taste is very authentic. We sometimes come to improve our lives."

The restaurant is small and tidy. The boss greeted us warmly and spoke a local accent. He personally cooked for them and asked to toast us.

Zhu Xia hurriedly stopped her, "We'll accept the offer, so we won't drink the wine. Let's just eat something and rush to the mine as soon as possible. Please understand."

"Understood, understood." The boss stopped trying to persuade him to drink, "Eat slowly, and I will ask my son to drive you to the mine after eating. I also want to make some contributions to the fellow villagers."

After dinner, I got into the van driven by the boss’s son. It was already 9 o’clock. When I left the town, the van turned onto a road. Walk."

Sure enough, the road was full of bumps and bumps, which made everyone's backs hurt and their buttocks hurt.

Liu Li smiled: "Mr. Zhu, Lawyer Zhang, doesn't this look like a family carnival on the Jigeng Road over there?"

Wang Daming: "Hey, has Xiao Liu ever sat in the Jiajiale?"

"Of course. I have also ridden a motorcycle on the machine farming road."

Forget about that taste.

Wang Xiaochun: "Liu Li and his father Liu Jianguo are now support teachers in the village, and they are permanent residents. Uncle Li and Aunt Li are also back."

Wang Daming: "Oh, that's very good, very good."

Liu Li: "Hey, look, the moon is so round!
Everyone looked out the window, and sure enough, the moon on New Year's Day is really round.

A bright moon can be clearly seen hanging in the sky.

Follow their car on the move.

When the moon goes, so do people.

I hope the people of the full moon are reunited.

Thinking of the fellow villagers trapped in the mine, everyone felt heavy.

(End of this chapter)