Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 143

"I'm not looking for people like this to cause trouble. They just promise that nothing will happen in the coal mine. You have stayed in the Tuanjie coal mine for a long time to understand the situation there. I want to change the workers there. What do you think?" Wang Weidong asked.

"Most of the workers there are farmers from nearby villages, and many of them are from Tuanjie Village. It's winter now. Instead of staying at home, it's better to go to the coal mine to earn some money. It's spring and summer when farming is busy. I have been busy at home for a few days, and usually work in the coal mine." Zhou Maocai said.

"I also know about this, but I'm afraid they will listen to Shi Guozheng and make trouble secretly." Wang Weidong said.

"It's better for county magistrates to take charge now. Of course they are afraid of Shi Guozheng. But they are farmers after all, and most of them are honest people. They don't dare to let Shi Guozheng ask them to do too much. Grinding foreign workers." Zhou Maocai said.

"No, I have to replace a few of them! I have to change them just for the sake of standing up! For example, I want to replace the guards in the substation room with people I trust." Wang Weidong said firmly.

"Old Chang and Lao Zhu, who guarded the transformer room, used to repair the machinery of various production brigades in the commune. Both of them knew some mechanical and electrical knowledge. They were also very popular at that time. After the production was contracted to households, they had no work. Go back to the countryside to farm." Zhou Maocai said.

"Old Zhutou is fine. Old Changtou had a good life in the commune. In the commune, that is, in the current township, he didn't know what to do with some women. He didn't care about his wife and children in the village. After a few years, his wife was arrested. He was so angry that he returned to his son's house shamelessly after the property contract was settled, and was kicked out of the house by his son within a few days. If you drive him away, he will be homeless." Zhou Maocai continued.

"Since this is the case, let the two of them work for a while. I will take over the coal mine from December and find coal within two months!" Wang Weidong said.

"They won't keep the materials in the coal mine for you, so if you want to excavate immediately after taking over the coal mine, you must purchase raw materials in advance, such as logs and cement guard boards." Zhou Maocai said.

"I will leave this matter to you. I will pay for some materials first." Wang Weidong said.

Among the various materials used in coal mines, except gunpowder and detonators, which are strictly controlled by the state, the others are easy to purchase.There are small factories in large coal mines that produce materials such as anchor rods, cement guard plates, etc.

It is very troublesome to install the phone. If it is installed in Hedong City, the phone will be installed much faster. Now, when installing the phone in a village far from the city center, an extra 300 yuan will be charged. Wang Weidong spent a total of 700 yuan. .

This amount of money is equivalent to a person's annual salary or even more.

After paying the money, it will take more than a week for the phone to be installed.

After all these things were done, Wang Weidong returned to Tuanjie Village. Shi Dali had already returned, and the money had already arrived.

Of course, Wang Weidong noticed that this time he went to Shi Guozheng's house, Shi Guozheng, Shi Dali and his son's attitude towards him had completely changed. Now that the 7 yuan had been obtained, the father and son were very indifferent to Wang Weidong's [-] change.

Of course Wang Weidong still wanted to continue acting. He smiled and said to Shi Guozheng, "Uncle Shi, it will take three or four days. I plan to live in the coal mine during this time."

"You can live if you want. There are plenty of places for the workers to live in. You can also eat with the workers. You pay two yuan a day." Shi Guo replied expressionlessly.

Wang Weidong has been to the coal mine twice, and he knows that there are only two meals a day there, stewed cabbage and potatoes, and dry rice, and it is not cheap to pay two yuan a day.

"Uncle Shi, I'll go first." Wang Weidong said.

Shi Guozheng snorted without lifting his head.

To live in a coal mine, you first need a set of quilts. Wang Weidong first went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the village to buy four catties of cotton, white cloth and patterned cloth.In this era, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the township did not have ready-made quilts for sale, so they could only buy cotton and cloth to make by themselves.

Fortunately, cloth tickets and cotton tickets are not needed now, otherwise Wang Weidong would have nothing to do if he was in a hurry.

Wang Weidong returned to Tuanjie Village with a large bag of things, and he came to Qu Wenfu's home.

"Uncle, aunt, are you all at home?" Wang Weidong walked into the room and said with a smile.

Since he is Qu Xiaomei's uncle, Wang Weidong should also be called uncle.

Qu Wenfu's daughter-in-law saw that Wang Weidong was a little more enthusiastic, but Qu Wenfu just nodded.

"I want to live in the mine, but I don't even have a bedding. Can I ask my aunt to make me a quilt? It costs five yuan. It's best to have it ready by tomorrow night." Wang Weidong begged.

"It's all because relatives want more money. I'll find two sisters in the village, chat and work, and I'll finish it tomorrow!" Qu Wenfu's daughter-in-law declined.

At this moment, Qu Wenfu suddenly coughed and said, "Put the fabric and cotton here, do you have anything else to do?"

From the sound of it, this is to drive Wang Weidong out.

"It's gone, it's gone, I'm leaving now!" Wang Weidong said with a smile, then turned around and left the room.

"He is Xiaomei's brother-in-law and a real relative, how can you show him face?" Qu Wenfu's daughter-in-law complained.

"Old ladies with long hair and short knowledge, what do you know!" Qu Wenfu said.

Then Qu Wenfu came to Shi Guozheng's house in a hurry and said: "Just now Wang Weidong came to my house with cotton cloth and asked my old women to make him a set of bedding. Do you want to make it for him?"

"How can he live in the mine without bedding? Let your wife make it for him." Shi Guozheng replied.

Qu Wenfu carefully observed the expression on Shi Guozheng's face to see if he was speaking ironically.

"Oh, do it for him! Don't ask me anything!" Shi Guozheng said impatiently.

Until this time Qu Wenfu was finally relieved, he nodded and bowed his head and said, "Okay, then I'll go back."

When Wang Weidong came to the coal mine, apart from Cao Baolu and his wife, who were burning boiler tube materials, the only people who drove the winch were left on the well.And the kid picking up coal on the gangue hill.

The couple already knew that the coal mine was going to be subcontracted, and when they saw Wang Weidong coming in, they smiled reluctantly at him.

"Brother Cao, how many materials do you have left?" Wang Weidong asked straightforwardly.

"No, it's nothing, Curry's materials are almost empty." Cao Baolu replied.

The answer was the same as Wang Weidong guessed, Shi Guo would not leave the materials to him.

"Brother Cao, both of you know about the subcontracting of the coal mine. I want to warn you about one thing. You must keep the gunpowder and the detonator safe! You have to take full responsibility, even if there is no accident, if someone discovers that you have transferred the powder detonator outside the coal mine, you are still responsible, not the responsibility but breaking the law!" Wang Weidong said.

"No, no!" Cao Baolu said hastily.

(End of this chapter)