Chapter 21 Father and son soldiers in battle, coal digging brothers

In rural China, family planning has always been a "difficult fortress". There are thousands of reasons for this, of course, but based on the current situation in rural Shanxi, there are often no more than two aspects: One is the subjective ideology formed by farmers for thousands of years.To this day, the concept of "carrying on the family line" and "preferring boys to girls" is still deeply rooted in the local area.There is a saying that "there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest is to have no offspring." In the local area, young people get married and give birth, and if they don't give birth to a "leader" to "set up a family" and vow not to give up, otherwise they are ashamed of their ancestors.

The second is due to the special geographical conditions in rural areas. Today, although some rural areas in China have been mechanized, which has improved production efficiency to a certain extent and liberated farmers from heavy labor, it is an indisputable fact that relying on manual labor and relying on the primitive "human sea tactics" The mode of agricultural production is still the main body of China's current "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". I remember that there is a proverb among the people, which says "no feast without wine". But in the rural areas of Shanxi, people always use the phrase "no children, no family" and "no wine, no feast" to prove each other in terms of "truth" and "expression".There is some truth to this statement. For example, "strength work" such as carrying water and fertilizing in the fields, weeding and ridges, and harvesting crops must be done by young and strong laborers.However, the reality they face is that when "hard labor" is needed every harvest season, "households without labor" often have to pay the "labor fee" that goes with the market and hire people to work.

Furthermore, in rural areas, villagers are faced with the reality that "single-family extinct" families face the "village hegemony" and overt or covert struggles between clans and surnames under the basically paralyzed rural order. Feel helpless.However, the simple and realistic "laws of survival" of Chinese rural people, such as "a prosperous population, full of children and grandchildren", "a large number of people, great power", etc., have always dominated their reality of life. In daily life, we often encounter such problems. The work in the countryside is both complicated and simple, and there is no need to explain some truths, otherwise, you will be "a scholar meets a soldier".These ordinary people, who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, respect the "agricultural theory" of "talking when you have something to say, and farting when you have something to say" in life.

Let's just talk about Li Fulin and his son under the big pagoda tree at the east end of Li's house.Old man Li, who is nearly sixty years old, has been an "old man" in the pit all his life. He is proficient in all walks of life in the pit. It is said that the local miners are afraid of him in the pit.In the words of the workers, "under the pit, his words are more effective than the mine manager." Later, in the spring of 1990, he led his three sons to become "old men" in the coal mine 4 miles west of the village, and continued to do the work of "burrowing into the soil".In normal times, when the father and son talk to each other, they still talk a lot of swear words, and there are often "balls and tongues" in and out of the words, swearing.This has always been the "laughing capital" of the villagers.In the words of his wife: four fathers and sons, two pairs of "two poles"!

In Dagou Coal Mine, there are not many people in Yaojiazhuang who can do "big things" like "Old Man" Li.Workers work in three shifts a day, so he discussed with the coal boss and asked his three sons to contract all the production of coal and coke in the coal mine.At that time, the price negotiated with the coal boss was 3 yuan for every ton of coal produced, and 5 yuan for every ton of coke produced.The production process in the coal mine is very complicated. Because of the "many people, there are many forces", if he can contract as he wishes, he can assign his many sons to each link in turn to supervise the production.

This really corresponds to the saying: "Father and son are soldiers in battle, brothers who dig coal." The complex situation of labor order in Shanxi coal mines has attracted the attention of the local public security department, which is determined by the objective reality of the law of coal mine production and the free flow of personnel. The production environment in the mining area is a world where young people from all over the country gather.Due to the differences in their ideological quality, living habits and temperament, conflicts often occur, and it is normal for them to fight with each other and form gangs.

There is a saying, "If you are horizontal, you are not afraid of being stunned, but if you are stunned, you are afraid of dying."The old man Li led the three "Humen leopards" to a certain extent to help the coal boss and became the "underground police" to maintain the normal production order of the coal mine.In this way, Li's father and son have gradually become the veritable "bosses of mines" here. In fact, in some coal mines in Shanxi, there are generally special relationships and organizational strength formed by special relationships in the form of "Brothers Linked Party" and "Father and Son Gang" like Li's father and son.To a certain extent, this is a test of the coal boss's wisdom, and how to strike a balance between his vested power not being "empty" and the steady growth of wealth and income.