Chapter 39 Chapter Eighteen

A month later, before the construction of the Heigelonggou small coal mine started, a small jeep drove into this abandoned wilderness.The small jeep is like a small boat sailing on the sea, bumping and roaring, tearing a road in the vast wilderness.The sound of the car engine broke the silence on the ruins and called out the old man from the dilapidated winch house. The old man hurried down from the high steps and ran towards the jeep, shouting as he ran, "Old Liu! Liu Fang!" The jeep stopped abruptly, and Liu Fang got out of the car, holding the old man's hand tightly with both hands: "Old Wei, my old buddy, I saw you again!"

They looked at each other. In Liu Fang's eyes, Wei Heizi is already a very old man.Most of the hair is gray, the flesh on the face is loose, the thin body is bent, and the eyes are not so easy to use. When looking at people, the eyes are somewhat demented and dull.Liu Fang recalled it carefully and judged: the old man is not old, he is just fifty-nine years old, he shouldn't be like this!However, when he thought about it carefully, he realized that this was reasonable.He has worked hard under the ground all his life, and the energy he expended is incomparable to him.On this weather-beaten face, he can no longer find the shadow of the young man who was going to be the mine manager. The only thing that can remind him is his black and thick lips, which reminds people of a grass-chewing man. old cow.

"Old Liu, you are here, you are finally here!" The old man shook Liu Fang's hand, "I thought I would never see you before I died!" Liu Fang laughed and said, "How can I! Even if I don't help the town to open a small coal mine, I can still walk around this land often! Come here to see, my mind will be much clearer, and I won't have to feel hot and dizzy. swollen." "That's good! Let the driver go to the house to rest first, and I will accompany you for a walk beside this black brother." After walking two steps, the old man stopped. "Hey, old man, let's test you first, where are we standing now?"

Liu Fang looked around and judged: "This is the northeast corner of Shaft No. 4. It used to be the coal car group in the transportation area, and later it was the scrap iron pile in the machine repair factory. It was fifty or sixty meters down. dormitory." "good!" Liu Fang said emotionally: "How can I be wrong?! Hei Ge Di Gou is also in my heart!" The two people who were inextricably linked to the ruins walked, watched, and meditated among the broken walls of the ruins, as if their entire lives had been condensed into the moment in front of them.They talked about the mine, about the past, and they talked about it with such affection, just like a young father talking about his favorite son.

"Here, this is the No. 3 well, which was dug by Little Japan. Later, the shallow coal seam was lighted. In 1960, it was extended downward by 80 meters and an electric coal scuttle was installed. The 3033 on the west side of the main roadway in this well is working. I got angry once. Oh, what year is this? It seems to be 1959, right? Old Wei?" "It was 1959! You were transferred the next year. Well, Lao Liu, look, this is the winch house of Shaft No. 2. After the evacuation, all the bricks were taken away by nearby farmers to build the courtyard wall. Then Next to it is the University of Supply Science and Technology, and you have been fighting on the stone platform of the courtyard! Haha..."

Suddenly, he raised his head and asked Liu Fang: "Old Liu, do you think I look like a mine manager at this moment? Haha, this mine is under my management now. Isn't it? I can do whatever I want now." What's up?" Feeling hot in his heart, Liu Fang's eyes became moist: "Old Wei, you can scold me as fast as you can, it will make me feel better." "Hey, why do you say that?" He was stunned.After a long time, I said, "Don't feel sorry for me. I never thought you cheated me, and I never regretted it. I think I have lived a real life. Isn't it? I have never lost my hope ——There is always something to look forward to in life!”

Liu Fang nodded heavily. He added: "No matter what, we finally came over, fell, crawled, pulled our belts, and came over! This is good, better than anything else. In the past, in the most difficult time, you always Love said: 'My comrade, this is our pride! This is our glory!' But I sincerely hope that our children will never experience our pride and glory again!" Liu Fang was stunned.Is the old man in front of you Wei Heizi?Is it Wei Heizi whom he often teaches?In the end, he actually denied the pride and glory of his life. "It's been a few years, thinking about it quietly, I often regret it, Lao Liu, do you know what I regret?"

Liu Fang shook his head. "I regret that I have been a coal digger all my life, but in the end I didn't understand the words of the mining engineer. For many years, the water, fire, gas, and roof collapse have not suppressed me. ditch, but I destroyed it with my own hands! Old Liu, our sons and grandsons still have to dig coal. They may not all be engineers and mine managers, but we must let them understand what engineers say ah……" "Old man!" Liu Fang grabbed the old man's hand, "We leaders also have a great responsibility! It's a pity that we found out too late! When we really know the mine, we are also old. , There is no chance to start over. Tell you, old man, I am also retired as a consultant. Let us take our own guilt and exit the stage of history together! Let our children write history down, I believe them It will be better than ours, because they have summed up the experience and lessons of our struggle and started on our shoulders."

The old man nodded and listened, feeling that time had gone back many years in a trance. He was standing by the railway track of the small train station, listening to the speech of the young army representative!He is full of strength, and his plump muscles make the double-breasted jacket bulge... He is so full, so confident, and full of vitality, that he even feels that if his heart is cut out, he can live without any effort go down...