Chapter 28 gentlemen inspecting the mine

Today, first-class engineers came to our well.The mine bosses have a task: to lay a new tunnel.This time they are doing some of the most basic measurement work for this purpose.How young and personable they look!They have been fully self-developed in all aspects, and they have shown their distinctive personalities without restraint at a young age. The first of them was black-haired and full of life, with eyes that observed everything. The second took a notebook and took notes while walking.He observes here, compares there, and records them. The third person put his hands in his coat pockets, his clothes were tightly stretched, and he walked upright, maintaining a kind of dignity, but bit his lips from time to time, revealing an impatient, unrepressed look. young man image.

The next young man somehow explained something to the third one, who didn't seem to ask him to do so.He is short in stature, running around closely behind others.He always raised his index finger in the air, as if he was chattering about everything he saw here. The fifth person who doesn't want anyone to accompany him seems to be the highest rank, sometimes in front, sometimes behind, and the others adjust their pace according to him.He was pale and frail, with sunken eyes from overwork.When he was thinking, he often put his hand on his forehead. The sixth and seventh walked with their waists slightly bent, their heads close to each other, and their arms linked, talking intimately.Had it not been our coal mine, and the deep tunnels in which we worked, one might have thought this bony, beardless, snub-nosed gentleman a young clergyman.One of them always purrs like a cat when he laughs; the other, too, smiles slightly, says something, and makes corresponding gestures with his free hand.These two gentlemen must have had an infinite certainty of their position, and although they were young, they must have done a great service to the coal mine, so that they could be on this occasion, at such an important time, and in front of them. The boss's face is only about his own affairs, or at least things that have nothing to do with the current work, and he has no scruples.Didn't they see all the important things carefully in their laughter and inattention?For such a gentleman, I dare not lie.

But on the other hand, there is no doubt that the eighth person is particularly dedicated to work, more than the above two, and even more than all the others combined.He had to feel everything and beat it with a small hammer.From time to time he took the little hammer out of his pocket and put it back in again.Sometimes, without hesitating to stain his beautiful clothes, he knelt on the dirty ground, knocking on the ground, and then knocking on the wall or the top of the tunnel above his head as he walked.Once he lay on the ground, motionless for a long time, we thought it was an accident, but then his dexterous body jumped slightly and stood up again.It turned out he had completed another inspection.We think we are familiar with our coal mines and our ores, but what this engineer is constantly studying here with this attitude is quite foreign to us.

The ninth person pushes a baby carriage with measuring instruments inside.These instruments are particularly expensive and are placed deep in soft sponges.The work of pushing carts should have been done by the handyman, but he was worried, so an engineer had to do it.Everyone has seen it, and he is very happy.Maybe he is the youngest, and maybe he doesn't know anything about the instruments, but he stares at them intently, so he often almost hits the wall with the car and people. However, another engineer followed the car closely to prevent the danger from happening.This person is obviously very proficient in these instruments. He seems to be a custodian. When the car is driving, he takes out a part of the instrument from time to time, looks at it, loosens or tightens the screws, shakes, taps, and sticks it on Listen carefully with your ears, and finally, when the car comes to a stop, carefully put the small object that is barely visible from a distance back in the car.The engineer is somewhat power-hungry, but only driven by the instrument.A silent gesture, and we have to give way to the car when it is ten meters away, even though sometimes there is no way to give way at all.

Behind the two gentlemen followed an idle handyman.Just as the engineers are knowledgeable, it is only natural that they have long since shed all arrogance.The handyman, however, seemed rather haughty, with one hand thrown behind his back, the other touching a gilt button or a fine handkerchief on his uniform, and nodding from side to side, as if we were saying hello to him. He was answering us, or as if he accepted our greetings, but couldn't reply to each of them because of his height.Of course we did not greet him.However, looking at his air, you can't help but believe that it must be great to be an orderly for the coal mine bosses.We laughed behind him, but he wouldn't turn around when there was a clap of thunder, so we didn't know whether to respect him or not.

I didn't do much work today, too much interference.Such inspections wiped out any thought of work.It's fascinating to see these people disappearing into the dark trial tunnels, but before they return, we'll be off work.