The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 190 Departure to the Coal Mine

The phone rang, and it was from Township Chief Liu.Mayor Liu said: "It has been confirmed that a mine accident occurred in S City, Northern Province H, in which more than a dozen migrant workers from our Taiping Township were trapped underground and have not been rescued so far. To understand and help deal with the aftermath. The labor export company sent lawyer Zhang from the Legal Aid Center to rush to S City, Province H overnight, and your Qingfeng Village also sent someone to follow along to help."

Xiao Guangwei: "We are going to send Teacher Zhu and Wang Xiaochun from the village together."

Mayor Liu: "Mr. Zhu? Is this appropriate?"

Zhu Xia answered the phone and said, "Major Liu, it's best for me to go. I grew up in Qingfeng Village and I am familiar with the people in the village. I have seen the list of people working in the coal mine. Some of them are my classmates in elementary school." , I should be able to talk to them if I go. And I'm a reporter for a newspaper, so they won't embarrass me."

Mayor Liu: "Mr. Zhu, I am afraid that you are a lesbian. You have worked too hard. I heard that the conditions in that coal mine are very bad."

Zhu Xia: "It's okay. Coal mines are all the same, the conditions are definitely not much better, and I'm not going to visit mountains and rivers, hehe."

"Since Mr. Zhu said so, I have no objection. You should go to meet with the lawyer right away."

"Okay. Got it."

hang up the phone.

Zhu Xia: "Liu Li, I'm sorry that I can't accompany you to see the snow in Emei this time, and I can't entertain you to watch a show and eat delicious food. We can only wait for the next time."

Liu Li thought for a while and said, "Mr. Zhu, I still don't want to go to Mount Emei. I want to go to City S with you."

"Go to S City?"

"Well, I want to get to know you a lot."

Zhu Xia: "This..."

Liu Li: "Mr. Zhu, will you take me there? I can help."

"Zhu Xia, take him there."

At some point, Liu Jianguo came to the house. He had already understood the situation, and at this moment he asked for Liu Li without hesitation.

Zhu Xia: "Okay. Hurry up and pack up. Gather here in half an hour, and we'll go to the countryside."

"Okay." Liu Li agreed and ran home.

Zhu Xia: "Squad leader, your New Year's Day trip is going to be ruined."

Liu Jianguo: "It doesn't matter. I will accompany my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I still have a mission on my shoulders. We must go."

"Notify Wang Xiaochun of no."

After Wang Xiaochun got his driver's license, he didn't drive his Jiajiale anymore. Besides, Jiajiale couldn't run because of road construction. Now he lives in the countryside and runs errands with Cai Mingkang. Of course, sometimes he can touch Cai Mingkang's car. .

Wang Jinfa: "I called him a long time ago, and I'm waiting in the countryside."

Xiao Guangwei: "Mr. Zhu, go and pack your luggage, I will drive you for a while.

You can only walk during the road construction in the middle. After this section, Boss Cai's car will wait for you there and take you directly to the city. "

"it is good."

After Cai Mingkang's driver picked up Zhu Xia and Liu Li, he drove them to the train station.

Meet Lawyer Zhang there.

Lawyer Zhang has already bought a train ticket.

The only direct train to S City is at 8pm.Fortunately, I bought a ticket, although it is a hard seat, as long as I get on the bus on time, otherwise I can only transfer a few times, which is very troublesome.

Once in the car and settled down, Zhu Xia and lawyer Zhang were busy turning on the computer to receive messages from their colleagues.

The latest news is that the mine accident was just a collapse rather than a gas explosion or something.

The collapse caused dozens of workers working inside to be trapped and cut off contact with the outside world. The specific number of casualties is still unknown. The outside world is organizing rescue efforts to open the passage to rescue the trapped people in the shortest possible time.

After watching it, Zhu Xia said, "Fortunately it wasn't a gas explosion, otherwise the consequences would be even worse."

Lawyer Zhang: "Well, as long as the rescue is timely, the chance of survival is still very high."

Wang Xiaochun: "I hope, God bless them all."

He was a little scared now, if he didn't come back, would he also be trapped below this time?
Liu Li asked: "Are there many people working in coal mines here?"

Lawyer Zhang thought for a while and said, "There used to be quite a lot of

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From the late 80s to the early 90s, 50.00% of them worked in coal mines, and most of them spontaneously helped private owners dig coal. There was no guarantee, and there was not much compensation for injuries or even death. "

Hearing this, Zhu Xia interjected: "That's right. I had a cousin who went to work in a coal mine with others to earn more money to marry a wife, but an accident broke one of his hands. The boss gave me some money. He was dismissed in a hurry, and my cousin wandered around working in various places, and didn't come back until a few years ago after suffering so much. He was introduced to guard the construction site in the provincial capital. Seeing him pitiful, others introduced him to a disabled person with legs and feet in the suburbs of the provincial capital. The daughter of the woman organized a family and settled down there to grow vegetables and fruits. Not only did she eat subsistence allowances, but she also enjoyed various preferential policies. I went to see him when I was filming the post-disaster reconstruction of the new countryside in 09. Every household in their village is a building. An independent small building, with the fragrance of melons and fruits everywhere. My cousin is holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms, standing in front of his small building with a happy face: "This is a good life now, and when I think of the days of digging coal, it is a One in heaven and one in hell. "

Lawyer Zhang went on to say: “From the end of the 90s to the present, with the improvement of living standards and the increase of employment opportunities, migrant workers have broadened their horizons and improved their knowledge level. With a wider range of choices, fewer people go to work in coal mines. It is less than one percent, and the Labor Export Center of the Employment Bureau has signed a contract according to the formal export and is protected by law. As for the spontaneous ones, almost none, after all, everyone still values ​​life more. "

Lawyer Zhang looked at the documents again and said: "The coal mine where the accident happened this time had 138 migrant workers exported from our city, and 28 of them were trapped in this accident."

Liu Li: "I hope they can all be rescued and escape safely."

I hope!

Everyone prayed silently.

(End of this chapter)