Anxiang

Chapter 2

In the second half of the night, Cheng Da slept more peacefully. At dawn, he climbed out of the shack unkempt and unkempt, and found that his miner's uniform had been neatly washed and folded, and his helmet was pressed on top.Next to it is a lunch bag with a towel and a jug of water.He glanced gratefully at the busy fourth sister-in-law, put on his clothes, took his things and walked to the street.

The streets in the early morning are full of miners going to work. They are either in a heavy mood, or laughing and playing, or whispering, all of which reveal the bitterness of the bottom of the society.The thin Cheng Da merged into the crowd and disappeared...

Day after day, year after year, five years in a row. During these five years, Cheng Da suffered a lot and was tired enough. He once watched the workers around him die from exhaustion, bombing, crushing, and beating to death.I have also escaped death many times.The more this is the case, the more he understands the value of life, survive and don't give in!His parents brought him here full of hope, and he couldn't let his dead parents down.Relying on his longing for the future, Chengda has gone through these extremely difficult five years.Now, he has grown into a big boy.Rinse off after work, white and clean, handsome.

After work this day, Fifth Brother smiled and said, "Boy! I'll take you to try something new today."

"What fresh? Seafood?" Cheng Da asked stupidly.

Brother Wu laughed and said, "It's fresher than seafood."

Cheng Da touched the back of his head and asked puzzledly, "What kind of fresh is that?"

The workers all laughed.Fifth Brother said, "You will know when you go."

Fifth Brother took Cheng Da and did not go directly back to the shack, but went around to the street.Cheng Da had never been here before, but he knew it was a brothel, so he walked in after Fifth Brother recklessly.

In the brothel, there are the sounds of crude old gramophone records, as well as the sounds of selling tobacco paste, blowing sugar, and snuff, the earliest dance music, the records of foreigners laughing, the sounds of prostitutes inviting guests, and the sound of drinking orders, plus the air The smell of wine and rouge floated thickly in the night sky.

In the corridor of the brothel, a row of miners sat against the wall. Only Cheng Da didn't change his clothes. He was wearing a miner's hat, a towel around his neck, and overalls, with his head bowed in embarrassment.

A lot of men stretched out their necks and looked into the house. There was a house made of wooden fences, like a cage, filled with many ghost-like women.

The door curtain was opened, and the procuress of the brothel stood at the door pointing at Fifth Brother and Cheng Da and said, "It's your turn!"

The fifth brother pulled Chengda in.

"Fifth brother! I... I won't go in."

"Boy, how can you try something new if you don't go in?"

Cheng Da broke away from Fifth Brother and said in a panic, "I... really won't go in."

The old bustard next to him said impatiently: "I said you should be quicker, okay? There are so many people waiting behind."

Cheng Da turned his head and ran away, Fifth Brother scolded: "This kid is simply a stunned young man." Then he followed the old bustard and walked in.

Cheng Da ran far away in one breath, and stopped in front of a pickle stall, thinking he hadn't had dinner yet, so he said to the stall owner, "Two here."

The boss responded, and was busy picking pickled papaya for Cheng Da in the pot.

At this time, a rickshaw stopped in front of the stall, and a crisp voice called out: "Boss! Get a papaya."

Cheng Da turned around and looked at the rickshaw. At this point, he was completely dumbfounded.Sitting in the car was a Chinese girl in a foreign dress, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes and white teeth, elegant and bright, and fair skin.The girl looked at the dumbfounded Cheng Da and smiled slightly.She was a little embarrassed and said to Cheng Da: "Papaya head!" She paid the money hastily and told the driver to leave.

Cheng Da's eyes never left the girl from the beginning to the end, so that he didn't even know that he was run over by the rickshaw.Standing there, he stared at the rickshaw in the distance. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and he couldn't help thinking to himself: "This is really a beautiful and dignified girl."

The stall owner patted Cheng Da who was in a daze, and handed over two papayas.Cheng Da faltered and asked, "She... who is she?"

"Miss Jin! The brothel you visited was opened by her father, what a fortune!" The stall owner looked enviously at the rickshaw going away.

Cheng Da nodded foolishly, and walked on tiptoe while holding the papaya in his arms, looking into the distance.Just this simple frown and smile has already left an imprint on Cheng Da's heart.

The next day, Cheng Da overslept, Wu Ge kicked him up and shouted, "It's time to go to work! You're still asleep, boy."

Cheng Dayi got up, rubbed his eyes and looked at Fifth Brother in a daze, and called out.

Fifth Brother recalled that he ran away last night, and scolded: "Look at you, you are so useless. If you can't find a wife by then, don't blame Fifth Brother for not teaching you. Hurry up and get dressed and go to work."

The workers in the mine tunnel were loading the explosives. Fifth Brother found a quiet place, held a lamp, and took out the erotic paintings from his arms to look at them. The workers were only happy, and no one paid attention to him.

Everyone pulled the fuse of the explosives all the way to the entrance of the cave, and passed by Brother Wu, who was so engrossed in watching it that he didn't realize it.The workers put on a show and didn't call him, all with suppressed smiles on their faces.

After lighting the fuse, Cheng shouted, "Fifth Brother, come over here, Fifth Brother!"

Fifth Brother suddenly discovered that the fuse was burning from under his feet, and he jumped up in fright, and ran to the entrance of the cave, cursing loudly: "Put your mother in, don't tell me, what the hell!" !"

The workers laughed loudly, and then there was an explosion, and smoke and dust were everywhere, and everyone coughed desperately while holding their stomachs.

Wu Ge suddenly realized that the erotic paintings hadn't been brought, and after the smoke cleared, he went to look for them with a lamp.The stones on the wall had already buried the painting, and he was not afraid of small stones still falling.After searching for a long time with the lamp in hand, those papyrus paintings had long been crushed by stones. He held up the lamp and looked up, and suddenly said loudly, "Come here!"

The workers came over looking at each other, and by the light, they saw water flowing on the stone wall.

Fifth Brother said in a deep voice, "Give me the chisel for the saliva of the golden toad!"

The workers all held up their lamps at the same time to illuminate the stone wall, and handed the fifth brother six or seven chisels.

Brother Wu took a chisel and carefully pried away the broken stones on the wall one by one, groping the wall with his fingers and prying with one hand.Everyone held their breath, and several workers consciously stood at the entrance of the cave to watch.

Brother Wu picked out a piece that was slightly bigger than a peanut. The thing was shining brightly, and it was a small piece of gold.Everyone cheered in low voices.

Brother Wu continued to pick, just like picking everyone's eyeballs. The workers were so nervous that they felt that their eyeballs were about to fall off.

Fifth Brother turned his head to count the number of people, picked his palms, and said mysteriously to the people around him, "Three for each person. If there are too many, we can't take them away. This mine belongs to us, don't let the foreign devils know about it."

Everyone divided the gold nuggets and held them in their hands, all of them were very happy.

Cheng Da looked at the three gold bumps in his hand and was very confused.He asked Fifth Brother: "This, can this be taken out?"

Brother Wu patted Cheng Da's buttocks, "Push it in hard."

The others had already started to take off their trousers, and Cheng Da hesitantly unbuttoned them.

Fifth Brother picked up a leaf from the ground, handed it to Cheng Da, and said: "Wrap it inside, spit a couple of mouthfuls, so it's easy to stuff. Pack it tighter, and you'll be dead if you find out!"

Cheng Da also grinned and stuffed it in.

The fifth brother had already stuffed it, and said with a smile: "It's like I used to stuff it, it's bigger there."

Cheng Da struggled for a long time before plugging it in. The fifth brother said: "Be careful when you go out, this is a matter of losing your head." The workers came out in a single file, and several British policemen were stuck at the exit. Iron fences surround the miners in a small space that only one person can pass through.

In order to prevent the miners from carrying gold, there is a [-]-[-] cm high stool with no backrest at the exit. The miners have to take off their clothes, shout "ah", clap their palms, and jump over the stool. To put on clothes and leave.

Next to the British police is a ferocious wolf dog, which is dragged by the Indian assan, barking disturbingly.

Brother Wu and the others have already jumped over with a smile on their faces.Cheng Da only wore a pair of shorts and stood in front of the stool in a daze.The British policeman knocked on the stool with his baton and yelled at him in English to make him jump up.

Cheng Da looked at this and that, but he still didn't want to jump. It was the first time he brought gold and he had no experience. If something went wrong, his life would be over.He had seen a gold miner beaten to death with his own eyes.

Fifth Brother was sweating, looking at Cheng Da nervously, anxious.The miners behind also looked at Cheng Da with anger.

The British policeman pointed his gun at Cheng Da's head and shouted in blunt Chinese, "Quick jump!"

Cheng Da was forced to have no choice but to die anyway, so he gave it up, clapped his palms, and jumped over with a cry of "ah".The gold did not fall, Cheng Da calmly picked up his clothes, put them on and left.

Brother Wu and the workers also breathed a sigh of relief.

The six people who came out with the gold found a hidden place, squatted down and grinned at the gold.Brother Wu complained and scolded Cheng Da: "Damn it, I was so scared that I lost ten years of life! My hair is all white!"

Cheng Da was also in unbearable pain, "It's the first time, I'm not used to it."

Fifth brother: "With your cleverness, you can dodge it. After the 'ah' is over, hold your breath immediately, and you won't be able to fall out. Keep it well, boy, don't be like us, who can't keep it if you gamble and whore. "

Cheng Da has already adapted to the life here. It seems that he also has two coins, and he doesn't need to lick his tongue when drinking noodle tea.He sat in front of the booth where he wrote family letters and spoke carefully.

"Father, mother, I'm Ah Da, are the two elders in good health? After staying on the boat enough, come to Kuala Lumpur. Before leaving, father said that there is a golden mountain here. When the golden mountain here is dug up, I will go to the United States I heard that they are bigger there. My son has dug gold here. He listened to his father and mother and dared not spend any money. He will save it to buy land in his hometown in the future. My son misses you very much and hopes that you will After receiving the letter, come as soon as possible.” Over the years, he has often come here to write family letters to his parents, and only in this way can he feel that his parents have not left him, but are watching and caring about him on the boat.The parents who miss him day and night live in Cheng Da's memory like this.

After the family letter was finished, I read it to him: "My parents are above me, and my son Cheng Da bows down. Since the farewell, I have missed the two elders all the time. I have not been able to serve my knees, and my son's nose is sore. My son has gained a little in Kuala Lumpur. I hope that the parents and adults will come to hear the letter and let the son fulfill his filial piety. When he returns to his hometown in the future, he will definitely be able to resonate with the family business! My son's word, kowtow as above."

Cheng Da wiped away his tears, paid the money, folded the letter carefully, and put it in his arms.When the night is quiet, I will burn it to my parents over there with tears in my eyes.

When passing by the intersection, Cheng Da saw a group of people watching a newly posted notice, and he squeezed in too.

Fifth Brother rushed to the front, staring at the notice without blinking.

Someone behind laughed at him: "Fifth Brother, what do you read if you don't know how to read?"

Fifth Brother said angrily: "I don't know how to read, so why can't I read it? After reading it for a long time, I can recognize it. I can read people after reading it for a long time, let alone reading it!"

Everyone laughed.

Someone asked, "What did the above say?"

Another literate person said: "The British ghost government recruits people to explore new gold mines. Whoever discovers the gold mine will own it! The banks of the ghost government will buy it."

Various voices were discussing in the crowd.

"Stop dreaming about this bullshit! Going around from island to island like this, I haven't found the gold mine, let the poisonous snake eat it first!"

"If you catch the golden toad all at once, you won't be able to finish eating and drinking every day!"

……

Cheng Da huddled in the crowd stared at the notice on the wall in a daze.He knows that there is always a golden mountain that belongs to him.

3.love of heart

Cheng Da and Fifth Brother pushed the bucket-shaped mining cart with rails out side by side. The mining cart was full of stones, and it was very difficult to push.The fifth brother basically put things in a perfunctory way, holding on with one hand, and relying on Cheng Da to push hard all by himself.

Brother Wu looked at Cheng Da embarrassedly, "Brother, brother, I am getting old, so you should do your best. In the future, when I have my own gold mine, I will get half of it from you."

Cheng Da smiled and said nothing.

Cheng Da and Wu Ge pushed the cart into the mine, unloaded the ore, and chatted with each other.

Fifth Brother looked around vigilantly, but no one was listening.He asked in a low voice, "Brother, did you waste the gold you brought back these few times?"

Cheng Da shook his head.

Fifth Brother said: "Keep it and hide it well. It is not a crime to be good, but it is a crime to have gold in your pocket. The less you pretend, the greater the crime."

Cheng Da looked at him blankly: "If you pretend too much, you'll be fine?"

The fifth brother snorted: "If you pretend too much, you are a rich man. What a fart! I don't waste money. After 11 years of gold digging here, I also see that there is some way to go. If this continues, it will be a dead end. We have to find our own gold mine, get together a dozen brothers, buy a boat, and search island by island. If you put your money together and your strength together, you will find it sooner or later. Believe me or not, brother ?”

Cheng Da was surprised and at a loss: "That's great! I believe it!"

Brother Wu put his arms around his shoulders: "That's the end of the story. If you say it, it will kill me. Let's earn a fortune and leave. Fuck you, God makes gold, it doesn't say It will belong to them. After earning money, we will come back and repair the cemetery of the brothers. There will be eight hundred buried in the hills behind. They are all lonely ghosts, what a pain!"

Cheng Da threw out the last piece of ore.

Fifth Brother became interested: "At that time, we will also ride in the fucking carriage. Come on, you go in the carriage, I will push you, and feel the feeling."

Cheng Da happily sat in the car, and the fifth brother pushed the bucket cart and ran away, Cheng Da was so beautiful.The car was light and went downhill, fast and steady. Cheng Da stood up on the car, closed his eyes and felt it. When entering the mine, his head hit the stone wall hard and fell back into the car.Cheng Da and Fifth Brother, who covered their heads, laughed loudly.

Brother Wu said, "Brother, let's go to the kiln to have fun at night."

Cheng Da was a little embarrassed: "Fifth Brother...I..."

"Stop moaning, there's nothing to be embarrassed about! It's settled like this."

After get off work, Wu Ge dragged Cheng Da into the brothel, and the old bustard of the brothel came up to meet him.

Cheng Da twitched and backed away: "No need! No need."

The old bustard tugged at him relentlessly, "What's the matter! Come here."

Fifth Brother pushed behind him, "Go in! Go in."

Cheng Da waited anxiously in the dimly glowing red hut, and no one came to ask him for a long time.But that's fine too, Cheng Da really didn't want to come here, but he couldn't spare Fifth Brother's push and pull. After Fifth Brother entered, he was going to leave.

There was a sound of crying and howling outside, and some people ran past his door barefoot.

Cheng Da opened the door and looked out. A chubby Chinese man in a long robe led a group of bums to make a mess of the brothel. He grabbed a girl and watched carefully for a long time.The bastards are also willing to take advantage of the girls, laughing and laughing without any seriousness.

The old bustard stopped the chubby man in front: "Boss, I really didn't see him."

The man slapped the old bustard hard, walked in aggressively, and opened every door to take a look.

The house was filled with the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling. The men and women who were having sex saw how many wretches there were, and dared not speak out.

The team watched as they entered the corridor of Cheng Dawu.Cheng Da was still holding on to the door to look out. Somebody pushed the door suddenly. Cheng Da fell over on his back. The man stepped in and closed the door immediately.

Cheng Dagang was about to speak, when he glanced at that person, he was surprised and delighted, it was Miss Jin who bought pickled papaya.He got up from the ground, rubbed his forehead, and asked strangely, "Hey, why are you here?"

Miss Jin ignored him, looked around, and tore off Cheng Da's jacket, which shocked Cheng Da.

Miss Jin ordered Cheng Da: "Block the door and don't let them in! I'll give you money!"

Cheng Da didn't hesitate much, remembering that those people outside the house must be looking for her, he immediately nodded in agreement, pointed to the quilt on the bed and said, "Get in, don't make a sound."

The noise outside was getting closer and closer, the eldest lady hesitated for a moment, lifted the quilt, pinched her nose and gritted her teeth to get in.

Cheng Da warned: "Don't look back."

Miss Jin turned around, only the back of her head was exposed.

(End of this chapter)