Eternal Prose in Mines

Every miner is a living history.

One morning when I was wearing work clothes at Beomdong Iron Mine, I took a thermos bottle to the water boiling room to fetch water. At that time, there were many people waiting in line, and a face with the word "国" in it smiled at me. Timidly, I just glanced at him, let alone asked any questions. However, this world may be due to fate. On my way to work, when I knock plates into the iron ore canteen, and even when I squeeze into the bus to go home on weekends, I can almost see him. Every time, he smiled at me and couldn't avoid it, so I reluctantly said hello to him.

His surname is Wang, so I call him Uncle Wang very wisely. Later, I found out that he was in the party office of the iron ore mine agency. I felt shy, as if I had climbed a big tree. When I saw him again, I quickly lowered my head. He recognized Ni Duan and said: At work, I am your leader; on weekdays, I am your Uncle Wang. I had no choice but to recognize this uncle. Later, for some unknown reason, I went to his house. He cheerfully made me tea and took out some snacks and said: You should have come to my house a long time ago.

Probably, this is the "year-old friend". Sometimes, when he makes delicious soup at home, he will call me. It seems that life in the iron mines is quite hard, and I am afraid that if I can't stand it, I will make a fuss and go down the Shaxi River. But if my brother who repairs the car with me sees this, he will definitely make a joke. Therefore, I have never tasted the delicious food from Uncle Wang’s house. But at work, I work diligently, following the master and rushing to work.

In 1998, the team encouraged us to write party applications, and I submitted one. After Uncle Wang found out about it, he found me some books from his office. I was always confused, but when I asked him for advice, he always took the trouble to teach me. I don’t know if I have become simpler or more complex. Write a monthly ideological report, from a few sentences at the beginning to a full piece of paper, and later on, you can also put forward so-called "opinions", and the words will be even more.

Uncle Wang can also write freely and gracefully. Once, I went to visit his office and saw that he had a drawer full of writing, which made me dumbfounded. He looked at me, and after a while, he said: Dabao Mountain is indescribable. I pursed my lips and said hesitantly: Unfortunately, I can't write. He pondered for a while and said: If you really want to write, you can come here when you have time.

Perhaps, just like that, I struggled to write the article.

It’s a pity that when my words started to smell like ink, he retired. Later, he moved to Shaxi. There are naturally fewer opportunities to meet.

Years passed by.

See you again, Uncle Wang, in the Department of Internal Medicine, Dabaoshan Mining Hospital. According to the nurse, he was in bed 21. When I went there, he was half-lying on an IV drip. When he saw me, he insisted on sitting up. Said: There is a square stool over there, move it here, and I will talk to you. To be honest, I don't feel that he is old at all, he is still in high spirits. After all, an old man in his seventies was sending his wife away, but he was reluctant to go to a big city with his son to enjoy happiness. Dabaoshan, what else could make him so attached to it?

In 1972, Uncle Wang came to Dabaoshan Mine without stopping after graduating from technical secondary school. He has experienced the construction of a 2.3 million-ton crushing plant, the construction of skip winches, the technical transformation of the Dongfeng 200 down-the-hole drilling rig, the Donghua screening project, and what is still fresh in his memory is the battle to seize the ore.

As the iron ore mine with an annual capacity of 2.3 million tons is about to be completed, the core group and revolutionary committee of the Mining Party promptly transitioned the work policy from focusing on capital construction to focusing on production. On June 11, 1975, a six-day business management class attended by cadres above the director and deputy directors of the work area and workshops was held, focusing on solving the problem of how to strengthen corporate management and accelerate the pace of production development. On June 12, except for one person from the mine party committee who stayed home, the rest, led by Hu Ming, Liu Siming, Zhu Qing, Cai Gengfeng and others, led 79 members of the mining organization to go deep into the grassroots units to help carry out production activities. On June 13, the Ore Seizing Conference Headquarters was established at the iron mine, with Comrade Zhao Yiyue as the commander-in-chief, and Zhang Qiang, Gu Baoan, Song Xuezhong, and Hu Rong as deputy commanders-in-chief. The headquarters office is located on the stope, so that command work can be done on-site, office work can be done on-site, and political work can be done on-site.

All operations at the top and bottom of the mine, both in front and behind, obeyed the command. The leader won the battle. On the first day, three shifts mined 4,026 tons.

In July of that year, the party flag was planted in the mines, and many miners joined the party "on the line of fire". Uncle Wang also clenched his right fist and raised it high. This move showed his great ambition to love the mine and dedicate himself to the mine. Moreover, he has no regrets and is aboveboard.

I sat in front of Uncle Wang’s bed, and he asked me carefully if I had been transferred to Shaxi and whether I could overcome the difficulties I encountered at work. I answered truthfully. Then, he said: Your writing has made some progress, but it is far from enough. Also, you have to persist. Dabaoshan is a rich mine, and you have to hold on to the pen in your hand.

I glanced out the window, the green grass was gently blown by the wind, and a faint fragrance came from nowhere, refreshing my heart.

From July 25th to 27th, 1975, the First Congress of the Communist Party of China Dabaoshan Mine was successfully held at the mine headquarters. There were 261 official representatives attending the conference, representing 1,052 party members in the entire mine. Comrade Zhu Qing made the "First Preparatory Work Report of the Dabaoshan Mine of the Communist Party of China" at the meeting. The meeting unanimously discussed and approved the work report of Hu Ming, representing the core leadership group of the Mine Party, and unanimously discussed and approved the in-depth development of industrial studies. The decision of the Daqing mass movement. The congress elected the first committee of the Communist Party of China, consisting of 31 members. On the 23rd, the first committee plenary meeting was held, and the standing members of the party committee were elected, consisting of Hu Ming, Liu Siming, Zhu Qing, Composed of 12 comrades including Cai Gengfeng, Yu Jinfu, Zhu Tong, Zhang Jingbin, Song Xuezhong, Zhao Yiyue, Wang Jiping, Chen Renxian, and Wang Yaoyuan, Comrade Hu Ming was elected as party committee secretary, and Liu Siming and Zhu Qing were elected as deputy secretaries.

Uncle Wang talked a lot with me, and a nurse came over and asked me to go out with her. In front of the door, she said softly: Uncle Wang needs a rest. I understood the meaning, so I walked to Uncle Wang's bedside and said: I will go to his home to see him another day.

Somehow, as soon as I got downstairs and walked to the entrance of the hospital, it suddenly started to drizzle. The hazy mine gave me a kind of blurred beauty.