Chapter 6 chapter Five

In those two days, Shi Yan seemed to have eaten pistachios, always feeling very happy, but she didn't know why she was happy. Anyway, it was as if she had opened her eyes, and she could see some meanings that she had never seen before.For example, those men and women riding bicycles on campus, if it is a boy and a girl, she can see some beauty from it: the boy looks so strong and pedals the bicycle hard, while the girl looks so delicate and leisurely. Sitting in the back of the car, the brave one put his arms around the boy's waist, and the timid one at least grabbed the boy's clothes.Those who work hard are sweet, and those who enjoy are sweet.

Just like this one female and one male, one yin and one yang, one soft and one strong, they cooperate so tacitly and perfectly.If it is replaced by two boys or two girls riding a bike together, it will definitely not have such a beautiful meaning.It seems that the world is formed in this way. The Creator thought of this combination when he created man. He made one kind of person tall and strong, born with inexhaustible energy; weak.These two kinds of people need each other, complement each other, and together paint a beautiful picture. Looking at those men and women riding bicycles alone, Shi Yan suddenly felt that they seemed very pitiful.Needless to say, the woman pedaled the bicycle so hard, leaning forward and backward, which was unsightly and very hard.And what about the boys?The back seat of the car was empty, with nowhere to use his strength, and his face was full of disappointment.

She also saw those green trees and red flowers, and they matched so beautifully. She felt that the green leaves were boys, and the red flowers were girls. This combination made the green leaves greener and the red flowers redder.There is also the blue sky and white clouds, white walls and black tiles. It can be said that there is a combination of yin and yang everywhere, the combination of rigidity and softness. Everything in her eyes seems to give her a kind of enlightenment: your world is incomplete, and your life is not perfect. To be perfect, you need a "he". She didn't know if her emotions were caused by Huang Hai's arrival, she still had ambivalence towards Huang Hai.She would be willing to associate with Huang Hai when no one saw or knew about it, and she was also very happy.But she didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to really let him be her boyfriend. At that time, she definitely couldn't hide it from everyone, and once everyone found out, everyone would come to express their opposition. Would she still have the courage to talk to Huang Hai? Keep dating?

Every time she thinks of this trouble, she will ridicule it with a few words: What are you worried about?Huang Hai didn't pursue you at all, so what are you worrying about?It's never too late to worry when he catches up. On the day of the interview, she was waiting outside the dormitory building a few minutes early.After standing for a while, she saw a car approaching, and she guessed it was the car assigned to Huang Hai by the steel factory.The car came to the front, and it was really good. It was a car from a steel factory.The car door opened, but Huang Hai didn't get out of the car, but sat in the car as he promised. The driver stuck his head out of the open window and shouted loudly, "Who is Shi Yan'er?"

She hurried up and said, "I am." The driver looked her up and said, "Get in the car." The car was a bit high, and she didn't get on it for a while. A hand stretched out from inside the car to help her, and a male voice said, "Be careful not to touch your head." She saw Huang Hai, wearing a pair of sunglasses, looking at her from the side, smiling slightly.Coincidentally, he happened to be facing her on the right side, and she only saw his intact face and the sunglasses on his high nose bridge, very handsome. Before she could sit still, the car started to move. She slumped on the seat next to Huang Hai, and her upper body fell on top of him. He stretched out his hand to support her, and both of them were a little embarrassed.

He asked, "Have you been waiting long?" "No, just came down." "There's a little traffic jam on the road, I'm afraid I'll keep you waiting." For some reason behind, the two of them didn't say anything, they both pretended to look out of the car window, as if they were admiring the scenery. When the car drove to the coal miners' settlement, the road became rough and dark everywhere, and there were children running around on the road.The driver cursed in a low voice, kept honking his horn, and finally stopped on the side of the road, and said unceremoniously: "This road is too bad, my car can't go forward, the worker's village is just ahead, you guys Go yourself. My car is dirty in this damn place."

The two of them got out of the car, Huang Hai said some polite words to the driver, made an appointment with the time and place to pick them up, and the driver drove away.Huang Hai glanced at the shoes on Shi Yan's feet, and asked worriedly, "Is it convenient for you to walk?" "What's the inconvenience?" "I see you are wearing high heels..." "What kind of high heels are these? The shoes I usually wear are much higher than this, and it doesn't matter how far I walk in these shoes." He smiled and said, "That's good." They walked in the direction pointed by the driver. As he walked, he introduced: "We are going to interview the families of the victims of the mine accident first. They were recommended by the mine. It is not good not to go. But what we really want to interview is a man named Li Family members of the miners in Chaohai. After the mine accident, the mine made Li Chaohai a scapegoat, saying that he did not follow the operating procedures to cause the mine accident.”

"How do you know he's the scapegoat?" "This is just my guess, because Li Chaohai's family members have been complaining, saying that her husband had already reported the underground problems to the coal mine safety production leading group, but no one paid attention to him. After the mine accident, her husband became a The culprit is that the families of the other dead miners received a pension, but Li Chaohai’s family did not. The mine also allowed the adult sons of the other dead miners to replace their fathers, but Li Chaohai’s son could not. Not only that, the mine also refused to allow his family members to continue living in the house on the mine, and wanted to drive them away. Li Chaohai's family refused to accept it, and refused to move out of the house on the mine, and asked the mine for a pension. But The mine insisted on the principle, saying that she was the family member of the perpetrator and could not give her a pension. She had no means of living, so she had to find someone... to "pull the side cover" to make ends meet..."

"What's 'pull the side cover'?" Huang Hai seemed a little embarrassed, he hesitated and explained: "Actually, it's not exactly a 'pull side condom'...because 'pull side condoms' means...a woman with a husband...to use her body...in exchange for other things. Men's...help...and she has no husband...so..." When Shi Yan heard "use one's own body", she understood what "pull the side cover" roughly meant, and couldn't help blushing, and said in a muttered voice: "You don't need to explain, I understand. But...how did you know?" I mean, how did you know about Li Chaohai's family's complaint?"

"This incident caused a lot of trouble because the family members of the other victims of the mine accident hated her husband for killing their husbands, and were dissatisfied with her...life style of getting something for nothing. The superior had to come forward to deal with it, but this woman pretended to be crazy and made noises everywhere, so that everyone in the city knew about it..." "Everyone in the city knows? Then you... what else... can you interview? She is so famous, and everything about her... doesn't everyone... know?" "All I know are superficial phenomena and official news. I want to dig out some facts about the mine accident. Maybe Li Chaohai did report the underground problems to the mine, but the mine didn't take any measures. Take him to the knife..."

"Then you are here to find trouble in the mine? Why does the steel mill send you a car?" "I came here for the interview under the banner of the party newspaper above. The steel mills can't ignore face, and this is a matter of the coal mines. Of course, the steel mills hope that I will focus on the coal mines instead of digging for them. The dirty things around..." "Oh, yes," she asked worriedly, "is this going to cause trouble?" "Don't worry, I will pay special attention..." They first went to interview the family members of the victims of the mine accident. Perhaps because they were recommended by the mine, the family members seemed to have seen a little bit of the world, and they were not surprised by their visit at all, and they were not stage-frightened when they spoke.But even such "big men" live in dilapidated and old houses. The floor is not covered with cement, but is covered with dust like coal chips. with some coals.Not far away is a bed made of dark stones, with a wooden plank on it, and a black cotton padding, it is a bed, even the quilt is black. Shi Yan imagined that she lived in such a place and slept on such a bed, and she felt goosebumps all over her body. She intuitively thought that the quilt and the bed must be wet and sour, covered with soot and sweat, and suddenly felt My sixteen-person dormitory is like heaven. They interviewed these families, but did not get much information. Those family members were more interested in Huang Hai's appearance than in his interview, and they all grabbed Huang Hai and asked what was going on.Shi Yan felt bad for Huang Hai, turned her head and looked away, not wanting to see him embarrassed.But Huang Hai seemed to be used to such things, and told them frankly that they were injured by forceps during birth. Several family members clicked their tongues, and one named Jin Ying asked to touch the left side of his cheek to see if the bones were broken. Shi Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and interjected, "We're here for an interview, can you tell us about the mine disaster?" Jin Ying rolled her eyes: "What is there to say about the mine accident? There was an accident, a landslide, people buried in it and unable to get out, that's all. How many times have you asked, what else is there to say? " "Then your husband...has never talked about what happened in the well?" "What's going on in the mine? Isn't the work in the mine just digging coal? Could it be possible to dig out a lump of gold?" Huang Hai asked: "Then who do you think is responsible for the mine disaster?" "Of course it's Li Chaohai's responsibility. If he didn't violate the operating procedures, how could my husband die?" Huang Hai pressed them: "How did Li Chaohai violate the operating procedures?" "How do I know? I'm not in the well..." "You're not in the well, so how do you know it's Li Chaohai's responsibility?" "The mine said." Huang Hai stopped asking, and asked instead: "Is the mine taking good care of you?" To this question, several family members said: "Good care, good care. Haven't you seen that we are still living in the dormitory in the factory? The mine didn't drive us away, and they gave us money every month. The boss of my family has also taken up the post..." Shi Yan couldn't help asking: "Is this the ... dormitory that your mine gave you?" "Yeah, otherwise, we'd all have to go back to the country..." Huang Hai took out his camera to take pictures. Several family members were overjoyed when they found out that there was no need to pay. The two of them left those houses with a heavy heart to find Li Chaohai's wife who was called "Pork Belly".Huang Hai said to Shi Yan: "I will come to Li Chaohai's house for an interview later, and I will say that you are the interviewer, and I am just your...friend who accompanied you. If the interviewee is a woman, it is generally easier to open up to girls. , they are wary of men..." She said bluntly: "Okay, no problem, as long as you are not afraid that I will take your Heavenly Skills for myself." "What talent do I have? I'm only worried about getting you into trouble..." After walking for about half an hour, I found the work shed where "Pork Belly" lived. It was worse than the houses of those families. It was a so-called "dilapidated house", a row of sheds built against the mountain. They are all crumbling and rickety, and they are supported by pillars in several places.The mine no longer allowed people to live there, but Li Chaohai's family members were kicked out of the original dormitory and had no place to live, so they had to live in a dilapidated house. Because she was abusive, the mine had no choice but to do anything to her. They found Li Chaohai's house and saw a woman with disheveled hair wearing a men's vest with the word "5" printed on it.The woman's body was covered with black handprints, making it look like a zebra. Shi Yan immediately understood the origin of the nickname "pork belly". The two met "Pork Belly" and said hello, and Shi Yan went up to interview.But the attention of "Pork Belly" was also attracted by Huang Hai, and he asked with great sympathy: "Your child also came from the mine, right? Look at your face, maybe the ore was smashed, right?" Huang Hai was noncommittal, and "Pork Belly" said, "Don't be sad, as long as you take your life, it's worth it no matter how ugly your face is, it's better than my husband losing his life..." Shi Yan interjected and asked her about the mine disaster, and "Pork Belly" said flickeringly, "It's useless if you ask, who will believe what I say?" "I believe, I believe what you said," Shi Yan said sincerely, "I am not from the mine, nor from City D. I am here for the interview on behalf of the newspaper above. Tell me the truth, and I can help You reflect to the above, solve your life problems..." "Pork Belly" glanced at her sideways, and asked, "You help me reflect upwards? Then... what benefits do you want?" Huang Hai said: "We don't want to get any benefits, we just want to clarify the facts..." This reason did not seem to convince "Pork Belly" at all. Shi Yan explained: "We are college students, and interviewing you is our homework. If I write it out and post it in the newspaper, the homework will be considered completed; if I can't write it out, the teacher will not let me do it." Graduation. Just think of it as helping us." "Pork Belly" said to Shi Yan: "Men are not good things. Those who say 'don't want to get benefits' are all fake. You are a woman, I believe you, I will tell you, but you must promise not to go to the mine Sue me, otherwise, they won't even let me live in this dilapidated house..." "We won't sue you at the mine, we have nothing to do with the mine...we are students..." "Pork belly" very tactfully asked them to show their IDs to prove that they were students. They showed her the student ID card. "I have the manuscript of my husband's letter to the mine. My husband is a demobilized soldier and works in engineering in the army. He understands this and can write well. If he didn't have a rural household registration, he would have been promoted to the army. Now, where would you come here to die?" Seeing that "Pork Belly" was about to be pulled away from her husband's story, Shi Yan hurriedly pulled it back: "Where is the manuscript? Can you show us?" "That's my lifeblood, I live on it, I won't show it to you casually..." Huang Hai suggested: "Then can we buy it with money?" "How much do you pay?" As a result of bargaining, "Pork Belly" agreed to a deal of 500 yuan.At that time, the living expenses paid by the state to normal students like Shi Yan were only 60 yuan a month, so it was impossible for her to carry 500 yuan in cash with her.Huang Hai is a bit richer, but only a little over two hundred yuan.The two rummaged through their pockets, but they still haven't got three hundred yuan. "Pork Belly" took the money, but refused to give them the draft of the letter, saying that the draft would not be given to them until they paid 500 yuan in full.The two of them discussed it and decided to get the money back first, and exchange it with "Pork Belly" after getting the rest of the money tomorrow. "Pork Belly" was very upset and complained: "You have no money, why are you here to interview? There are many people who want to buy my husband's letter, and they all pay more than you. I can't keep waiting for you. " They promised to deliver the money tomorrow morning, told "Pork Belly" not to sell the letter to others, and put another 200 yuan as a deposit before leaving "Pork Belly" home in peace. But when they hurried to the place designated by the driver, they found that the driver was not there waiting for them.They waited there for half an hour, but the car still didn't come.Seeing that it was getting late and the driver was still missing, Shi Yan started to panic when she thought that there was still a long way to go to the bus station.