Chapter 4 third chapter

With Xinghua Company as the center, more than 4,000 kiln workers and their nearly 10,000 family members gathered in the land around Liujiawa.The kiln workers are divided into two areas, one is outside the west gate of the company, and the other is beside the embankment of the old course of the Yellow River near the newly opened No. 7 well.The one outside the west gate is called Xiyaohupu, and the one near No. 7 well is called Dongyaohupu.There are hardly many formal houses in kiln shops.The better ones are thatched huts for dry batting; the second-rate ones are thatched huts that have been covered with mud after a few straw clips;It can be seen at a glance that these buildings were originally temporary, and until now, their owners still regard them as temporary.Most of the kiln workers are propertyless or bankrupt rural farmers.After some bankruptcy, the family still has the old housestead and 80% of the land, and they have to go back to tend the crops for two days when the farming is busy!Their ultimate hope lies in the land under their feet, and they all hope to dig out their own land deeds from the deep mine with a pair of black hands.However, there are thousands of thousands of people who can achieve their wishes, but most of them have become slaves in the mines and outright proletarians in the years of disappointment,— —The hope of getting rich is always considered a considerable spiritual wealth, and they lost even this hope.So, they began to repair their thatched sheds and horse frames, and began to seriously consider how to be a real kiln worker in a serious way...

Kiln workers and farmers, there is me in you, and you in me.During the slack season, farmers who had land to cultivate became kiln workers, carrying soybean oil lamps and coal picks, earning a few cents a day.During the busy farming season, the landless kiln workers became farmers. They could not let the kiln go down. They would rather spend a day in the hot sun and earn half a bucket of new wheat and red sorghum. They also took this opportunity to get close to the long-lost hometown. .At this time, the company will increase wages by three or five cents, and the attendance rate is often difficult to increase.The company is extremely disgusted with this incurable peasant habit, and often looks for opportunities to take advantage of the kiln workers during the slack season.

After the implementation of the labor contract system, this peasant habit was also brought into the labor contract cabinet.The heads of each cabinet used to be full of scoundrels from all over the world, but now, each of them uses a team of people, which is naturally a good thing.However, there are many contradictions among the cabinets.Because most of the kiln workers under each cabinet come from the same village and same village, the clan power is naturally brought into the cabinet.There are often big fights between the cabinets, big fights, and small fights every day.In the protracted confrontation and competition, Zhou's cabinet and Wang's cabinet, with the villagers surnamed Liu as the main body, gradually gained the upper hand. A world left alone.

Liu Guangtian is a strong man in his forties. He is tall and not tall. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes and a big mouth. Some pretty good lessons for those untamed opponents.Even the famous rascal Liu Siye is afraid of him three points.All the cabinet kiln workers called him "Second Brother", as long as he said that he was related to the second brother, and he had worshiped him, the supervisor and the counter manager had to respect him.Fourth Master Liu dared to risk his life; so did Second Brother.Fourth Master Liu is often unreasonable and obsessive when he plays his life; the second brother is aboveboard and reasonable in every way, as if the second brother is fighting injustice on behalf of the world.As time goes by, it is very difficult for anyone who has suffered from the second elder brother's old punches to gain the sympathy of everyone.You said you were beaten, everyone turned their mouths and wrinkled their noses, and they might say: "Who beat you? Second brother? Will second brother beat the wrong person? You need to be beaten all the time!"

The second brother represents the truth as a matter of course. Don't provoke people when they are unreasonable, and don't let people be unreasonable, these are the principles of the second brother's life.Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and faith are the highest beliefs of the second brother.This belief comes from Mr. Liu San's indoctrination in the early years, from the nonsense of storytellers, and from the annual costume drama in front of the village and behind the village.Although the second elder brother can't read and write, his witty mind has integrated the essence of this complex traditional thought, and he has almost become a thinker, and this idea is accepted by the majority of kiln workers.Thus, the second elder brother leapt to become the actual leader of the kiln workers.

Yesterday, the thirteen labor contractors in the whole mine took a unified action, lowered the wages and extended the working hours at the same time, causing chaos among thousands of kiln workers.All of a sudden, the shouting and scolding suddenly started, and all the leading figures in the cabinet kiln workers went to Liu Guangtian's door to discuss countermeasures.Liu Guangtian was very angry about this. He first proposed to counter it with a general strike, and the leaders of the various cabinets responded immediately.However, Liu Guangyin, a kiln worker surnamed Liu in Wang's cabinet, raised the issue of everyone's food and clothing after the strike.This stumped everyone, so they broke up unhappy.But on this day, another unexpected thing happened in the Zhou family cabinet arranged by Zhou Hongli, which caused a huge disturbance and detonated the powder keg full of resentment.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Guangtian led more than a dozen kiln workers to dig the stone gate in the upper lane of No. 6 well, and found that there was a small hole the size of a thumb spraying water from the front, and the smell was very strong.Liu Guangtian guessed that he had penetrated through the old ruins that were collected when he opened the small kiln, and there must be dirt in the old water.Sure enough, within a short while after entering the nest, he smelled an unpleasant smell. The soybean oil lamp in his hand was extremely bright, and the blazing yellow flame seemed to be drunk. Shouting dizziness.Liu Guangtian is an old kiln worker with some experience in the kiln. Knowing that the situation is not good, he ducked out of the cave and found the second leader of Guanshang Lane, asking him to evacuate the people and ventilate the nest.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Hongli, the head of the counter, came to Shangxiang to check the kiln, and rejected Liu Guangtian's request one day, asking them to continue to do it thoroughly. Zhou Hongli patted Liu Guangtian's thick shoulder and said: "Second brother, you take the guys to relax and work, it's okay! That little old water will end when it runs out? What's the big deal! Your second brother hasn't been eating for a day or two, and that's not counted. ?!" Liu Guangtian stared and cursed: "Fuck you bastard! You can't afford to work so hard to earn those two dicks!"

Zhou Hongli knew his second brother's temper, and he was not angry when he was scolded. He apologized and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't you think you have less money? Brother, if I reduce other people's wages, can you reduce your second brother's wages? We can't treat second brother badly if we pay for it ourselves. Brother! Second brother, stand up!" Seeing that Zhou Hongli said all the good things, the second brother couldn't get angry anymore, so he turned his head back in doubt: "If you come down, you will sell it. You will sell your strength and your life. If you are afraid of death, don't go to the kiln!"The second brother is not afraid of death, but the god of death is afraid of him. The year before last, he fell into the water, and last year, he fell into a gang, killing more than a dozen kiln workers, but the second brother didn't even hurt a single hair.

Back at the front, the second brother felt extremely hot and stuffy, so he hung the torn kiln clothes that were so mended that he couldn't see his true colors on the beams of the shed, and loaded the wooden cart with his bare back.After loading two cars, I felt the heat was unbearable, so I even took off my pants and fucked naked.More than half of the kiln workers headed forward were bare buttocks, unobstructed, soot and rock powder fell on their bodies, like savages with a coat of hair.Human evolutionary history is definitively regressed here. An old kiln worker pushing a wooden cart sang in a strange voice:

"Look, how much fun this flame is dancing!" Someone shouted. "Second brother, I can't play anymore, it's so hot!" "Give it up, sir, I don't want this money anymore!" Liu Guangtian was right after thinking about it, so he led a group of people out of the cave. Zhou Hongli refused to agree, and blocked the crowd at the end of the alley: "You don't need wages. Now you quit the kiln and don't work. Where can I find someone?! Going to the coal mine is not just visiting the kiln. Come and leave when you want! It's okay to quit, and one person will deduct three jobs. !" Liu Guangtian couldn't hold back anymore, and asked: "There is dirty air in the cave, and the dirty air is exploding. Are you killing us men?" "What's the point? If I say it's okay, I'm fine! I, Zhou Hongli, dare to cover a big cabinet, so I dare to say such a big thing. I will be responsible for the accident!" "Fucking ashes!" Liu Guangtian scolded, "You are responsible for your life, you are not at ease! You are so stupid that you dare to go up the mountain to make money, do you dare?!" Zhou Hongli threw Liu Guangtian away and ignored him, turned around and shouted to the other kiln workers crowded beside him: "You can decide whether you want to do it or not. If you don't enter the Wumi kiln, you guys will all get out of here!" Five or six timid ones looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, they timidly entered the cave. Unexpectedly, the old water in the cave was flowing straight, and the dirty air was getting heavier and heavier. As soon as the kiln worker walking in front came to meet him, the dirty air would explode when it touched the open flame.The two kiln workers walking in the front screamed and were thrown to the ground. The sacks on their bodies and the hair on their heads were all on fire, and the floating coal in the cave also ignited flames.Although the workers walking behind were not burned by the fire, the thick smoke and air waves caused by the explosion also made them stumble. They stumbled out of the hole. At this time, Liu Guangtian was still arguing with Zhou Hongli, and when they saw that the dirty air really exploded, both of them were taken aback.Zhou Hongli knew he was in the wrong, so he turned around and wanted to slip away, but he couldn't!Liu Guangtian rushed forward, reached out and grabbed his collar, and punched him in the face.When the fist was hit, a lot of bright red blood flowed out of the high nasal cavity like a river of water. The second leader who accompanied Zhou Hongli hurriedly grabbed Liu Guangtian's arm: "Second brother, calm down! Calm down!" Liu Guangtian flicked his elbow and said angrily, "Stop minding your own business, get out!" The second leader staggered, his head bumped into a lump on the coal side. Liu Guangtian's eyes were wide open, and several veins protruded from his broad forehead, and he punched and punched.What happened today really made Liu Guangtian very angry.There is dirty air in the cave, no wonder the big cabinet; if everyone didn't find out and died in a daze, it's no wonder the big cabinet.However, he has already discovered the dirty smell and reported it to the counter, and the surname Zhou let everyone kill him, this is inhumane and unrighteous!In Liu Guangtian's eyes, the most tolerant of benevolent and unrighteous people, the punches became more and more powerful, until Zhou Hongli didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy. All the kiln workers also rushed forward, you punched, I kicked, venting their grievances.After a while, Zhou Hongli lay in a pool of snot, saliva, and blood, turning into a heap of limp rotten flesh. Early the next morning, thirteen subcontractor counters under Xinghua Company jointly sent a post to the general manager Qin Zhenzi, asking the company to punish the murderer and kill the tyrannical wind among the kiln workers. It will be incapable of coercing labor to work for the company. Qin Zhenyu was very angry and ordered the mine police to investigate. Wang Zifei dissuaded him calmly: "A mine police team of more than a hundred people in a district, against thousands of kiln workers, the power disparity is too great? Liu Guangtian has Mr. Liu San behind him, the Liu family, and countless kiln workers and brothers under his command. Are you afraid that it is easy to catch and difficult to release? Besides, there are already complaints about salary cuts, so this matter should be mainly appeasement?" "If we don't arrest him, we'll offend thirteen contractors!" "As far as this matter is concerned, there is indeed something wrong with the big cabinet! In order to make money, it is a fool to treat the lives of kiln workers as a joke!" "I don't care. I just want to get out the coal. Besides, no one died!" In the end, Wang Zifei suggested that if he really wanted to be arrested, the mine police should not come forward, but should go through the county government to avoid expanding the situation as much as possible.Qin Zhenyu agreed. In the morning of the same day, the company made the matter an important case and reported it to the Qingquan county government.At around 2:00 p.m., Liu Guangtian was arrested in Xiyaohupu Xinglong Tavern in Xie County.The kiln workers heard the news and chased it, but failed.That night, Liu Qinglun, a kiln worker in Xihezhai, hurried back to the village, reported the matter to Mr. Liu San, and asked him to come forward as a guarantor. ... At the same time, the following events occurred around the mining area: More than 500 villagers in Dongyuan Town placed huge boulders along the small railway line, obstructing the company's coal transportation, and used violence against the escorting mine police. The captain of the company's mining police, Wang Deshan, was kidnapped. The kidnappers posted a black post at the mine gate, demanding that the company pay 500 foreign dollars.The coal yard of the Hekou Station Company was robbed... Qin Zhenyu was so shocked that he urgently visited Yin Wenshan, the county magistrate, who traveled five hundred abroad, and obtained a piece of approval, which said: "Afterwards, if the villagers continue to disrupt traffic, kidnap mine policemen, and gather crowds to cause trouble, Xinghua will be allowed to The mine police team of the company identified the first offender and brought him to the government for punishment." Yun Yun. Frightened by threats from the county government, the kidnappers let Wang Deshan go. At that time, all the surveys, retests, and compensation preparations for the land subsidence were carried out one by one. Less than two hours after Liu Guangtian was arrested, Qin Zhenyu brought the company's land compensation plan and visited the third Mr. Liu Shujie for the first time.

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