CHILD LABOUR

Chapter II Child Labour

At the bottom of the coal well, coal mining continues.

At the bottom of the mine, the environment is humid, airless, and smells rancid.

The basket was pulled and sent down slowly.

Su Ming was sitting in the basket, holding the rope tremblingly. The more he went underground, the darker he became. He was slightly afraid, and the rope kept sliding down.

After a while, the basket stopped.

to the bottom of the mine.

Su Ming lit an oil lamp and looked around through the dim light. The bottom of the mine was very narrow.

Smelling the surroundings, there is a strange smell, it may be the smell of coal mines, or it may be the smell of gas.

After getting down from the basket, Su Ming stood up, took out the iron pick directly from the basket, and began to tap the surrounding walls.

An iron pick, with a long wooden handle and an iron head, the whole is T-shaped, shaped like a pickaxe, with a pointed end and a flat shovel-shaped end.

Su Ming waved his iron pick and knocked on the wall of the coal well. Soon the coal mines fell off one by one. He stepped forward to hold a handful and smelled the smell of coal. It was good coal, and then he kept knocking. The blocks kept falling and finally placed in the basket.

He kept knocking and shouting.

It seemed to be heard from above, and the coal mine was directly pulled up with pulleys.

There is a special person in charge, who directly pulls the coal mine out.

Another basket was sent down. Su Ming continued to strike, and the coal fell off and was picked up into the basket.

The basket was pulled up.

Just repeating like this, no skills, no need for too many skills, constantly repeating the work, eating for half an hour at noon, and continuing to work.

It was not until it was dark, after working twelve hours, that he was pulled up.

When he pulled it out, he was completely black, as if he had become a black man.

He directly counted and gave five copper coins.

Putting it in his pocket, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

The factory owners here are not bad. They don't pay wages every 15th month, every day, and the wages are paid on a daily basis; they don't count piece wages, they don't have performance-based wages, and they don't have a system of elimination at the end. In simple times, kind people are still most.

Five copper coins in the pocket.

"Amin, let's wash it off!"

"Okay! Fatty, let's go!"

When they arrived at the nearby river, a group of coal miners were taking a bath. As the cold water was spread, the black coal ash was scattered, and the body that was originally a black man gradually showed a trace of whiteness.

Taking a cold shower, I felt indescribably comfortable.

Wait...it's a cold shower.

Su Ming suddenly thought of something.

In his previous life, he never took cold showers. What if he caught a cold?

After taking a cold shower, putting on his clothes, he felt indescribably comfortable. Then, he held the five copper coins in his pocket and kept touching it up and down.

The copper coin is seven cents copper and three cents tin. The front is the queen's idol, engraved with some patterns, and some numbers;

Holding a wooden stick in his right hand, he looked around vigilantly.

The little fat man was bathing in the river water, the river water quickly became dirty and dark, and the black fat man turned into a white little fat man.

He kept washing, and soon the little fat man came out, put on a burlap coat and burlap trousers, one layer on top of another, and lay beside Su Ming.

"Amin, my father is here!"

The little fat man said.

"My dad is here too!" Su Ming said.

Soon, some miners appeared in the distance, and these were all grown men.

They took off their clothes and entered the river to wash themselves. Among them were Little Fatty's father and Su Ming's father.

After taking a bath, under the guidance of the adults, go home.

After returning home, Dad seemed to be a little tired and lay on the bed weakly.

Su Ming sat on the bed, waiting for his mother.

My mother is also working. It is said that she works in a textile factory, and the salary is ten copper coins a day.

After half an hour, my mother came back.

Mom counts the copper coins. There are four members of the family. Dad has 15 coins, mom has 10 coins, and Su Ming has 5 coins, making a total of 30 coins. My younger brother is five years old this year and can't go to work yet. If he is eight years old, he can also work in the coal kiln, at least five copper coins a day.

At home, thirty copper coins a day.

To buy flour and make brown bread, potatoes, salt, mutton, etc., requires twenty copper coins.

10 copper coins can be saved every day.

If you buy clothes, or buy some cheese, or a few fish, etc., there will be no copper coins.

The whole family works hard, but they live the life of the Sunshine family, and they don't save much money throughout the year.

The whole family is often in a state of starvation and semi-starvation.

In my memory, my biggest dream is to eat enough.

Gudong!

Gudong!

Soon, the water on the hot pot boiled.

Dinner is ready.

For dinner, it's just a piece of brown bread and a pot of soup, mainly potatoes.

In the Radiance Empire,

The cheapest vegetables are potatoes.

In Karan City, among the main vegetables of the working class, potatoes occupy more than seven floors.

Eating potatoes and brown bread tasted terrible, but Su Ming ate very quickly. Hunger was the best food.

After the meal, Dad said, "Son, go have a drink!"

"I'm still a child, I don't drink alcohol!"

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"You're not too young, it's time to drink!" Dad said.

Mother was silent and handed over three copper coins.

Dad took the copper coins and took his son to the tavern to drink.

When we arrived at the tavern, it seemed that Saturday was the time to get off work earlier. There were more adults gathered, and everyone came forward to ask for wine.

The bartender opened the wine, one wooden cup per person.

Then, pour wine into the wooden cups, and one wooden cup is full of wine.

The adult man took the wooden cup and threw a copper coin into the cash box aside.

My father also dropped a copper coin and took a wooden cup of wine.

"Son, have a drink!"

Dad said.

Su Ming took the wooden cup. The cup was large, about half a liter, and the wine inside was very cloudy, like horse urine. It smelled choking: "What is this?"

"Is this beer?"

Su Ming was puzzled.

Take a sip, it has a choking taste.

"Stop drinking!"

Su Ming said.

"Amin, you have to learn to drink. The future will be very hard, and it will be hard if you don't know how to drink!" Dad said, and took another sip of malt wine.

Before drinking, living in hell.

After drinking, live in heaven.

After drinking, my father became confused, and he started to go home.

After returning home, he started to drink crazy.

After drinking crazy, he started beating women.

After my mother was beaten a few times, she ran away immediately.

Su Ming also followed. He was only ten years old, and he couldn't beat his father.

After the drunken madness, it seemed that he was exhausted, and Dad started to sleep.

The family went home and started to sleep.

Another day has passed.