Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 906: Going Down the Well to Rescue People (3)

Yu Xiaoxiao felt her eyes were a little out of control, so she quickly lowered her head, forcing a strong expression and said coldly, "Don't worry, I will report your responsibilities to my superiors intact."

Qi Tongwei knew that Yu Xiaoxiao had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so he smiled and said, "Alright, don't speak too badly of us. If we die, you'll be easily criticized, which is not good."

"Bah...! You are talking nonsense... What! A troublemaker like you won't die so easily." Yu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Qi Tongwei.

"That's true, haha." Qi Tongwei laughed, picked up his miner's hat and put it on, then walked towards the door. When he reached the door, he stopped again, turned around and said, "Xiaoxiao, um, can you give me a smile?"

Yu Xiaoxiao: “…”

"Uh, forget it if it doesn't work." Qi Tongwei shrugged.

The team gathered at the entrance of the fourth-class mine, and Sha Ruijin gave a speech before entering the mine.

"This time, our mission is to provide support. We all understand the danger level and are at risk of drowning, suffocation, or crushing at any time.

If anyone quits now, I don't blame you. Is there anyone who quits?"

The team was silent.

Maybe everyone was impulsive at the beginning, but when it came to the final step, under the watchful eyes of the public, everyone just felt their blood boiling.

Who doesn’t want to be a hero?

"Since there aren't any, let's arrange the order after we go down the mine. I'll be the first one down." He pointed at the public officials and workers and said, "The public officials and workers will line up behind me in turns, and Comrade Tong Wei will be the last one in line.

Comrade Tongwei, your and my mission is to keep the team together and to cover our retreat.

Once the connection is successful, the rear team will become the front team, and you will lead everyone up."

Qi Tongwei knew that this was the last thing his brother Sha could do to protect him. If there was any danger, this might be the last chance to save his life. He didn't act pretentiously and said, "Okay."

After explaining some task details, Ma Lifeng reported that the air supply had been completed and they could go down the well.

Sha Ruijin nodded and asked everyone to bring their tools to the lifting platform.

At this time, Hong Pingan ran over and said, "Mayor Sha, your phone number."

Sha Ruijin said, "Is it from the provincial party committee? If so, I won't answer it. Just say I've already gone down the mine."

Hong Pingan said: "No, it was your daughter who called."

Sha Ruijin hesitated for a moment and took the phone.

The crowd fell silent, with only the crackling sound of rain and the clear conversation on the phone in their ears.

Sha Xiaoqian asked, "Dad, I heard you're going down the well?"

Sha Ruijin glanced at Hong Ping'an, who avoided Sha Ruijin's gaze.

"Yes, I might be back very late. You must listen carefully to Aunt Luo when you are at Uncle Qi's house."

"Can't you not go?"

"I am the mayor. This is the mayor's responsibility and mission, just like you are the class monitor. Taking care of every student is also your responsibility and mission."

"But I don't have a mother anymore."

"Then do you blame your mother?"

Sha Xiaoqian said: "I don't know, but I miss her so much, and...I miss you too."

Sha Ruijin's eyes were filled with tears. "Then I promise you, I will come back safely."

"Really? You can't lie to me."

"Definitely not."

After the phone call was hung up, the people around were already crying.

Hong Ping'an said with red eyes: "Mayor Sha, you stay and command everyone, let me be the captain!"

Sha Ruijin waved his hand and said, "You have your job, and I didn't become the captain on impulse.

I have been a soldier, so I have physical strength. I have participated in emergency rescue operations in coal mines, so I have experience.

Another thing is that I am extremely lucky, especially when it comes to saving people.

So don't worry, we will all come back safe and sound."

After saying that, without another word, he waved to everyone, took the lead in walking into the mine's transportation platform, and the team followed in turn.

With tears in her eyes, Ye Mei took the last photo of the team going down the well.

As the roar started, the Class 4 mine that had been closed for a month began to roar again.

The platform slowly descended.

Everyone was silent, praying silently for the team in their hearts, praying for safety.

"Qi Tongwei! Come back alive!"

Suddenly, a female voice was heard. Qi Tongwei looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yu Xiaoxiao smiling at him.

Although smiling, tears kept flowing.

Qi Tongwei smiled, waved at Yu Xiaoxiao, and shouted: "Don't worry!"

...

As the lifting platform descended, Qi Tongwei entered deep underground for the first time.

What does this feel like?

There is a fear of darkness that comes from human genes, and there is also a sense of oppression that comes from deep underground.

If it were an ordinary person, it would be really scary.

Fortunately, Qi Tongwei had a strong mental state and he adapted quickly.

A few minutes later, there was a loud bang and the old iron platform stopped.

Under the illumination of the mining lamp, what comes into view is an arched tunnel, which is more than two meters high and very spacious.

Qi Tongwei looked at all this curiously and felt that it was a bit like the air-raid shelter in the village when he was a child.

After getting off the lifting platform, without much communication, Sha Ruijin asked two familiar workers to walk in front to familiarize themselves with the route, while he moved from first to third and headed towards the alley.

The workers walked briskly, and Sha Ruijin also walked very fast. The footsteps of more than a dozen people combined together and could be clearly heard in the alley.

One young policeman was a little uncomfortable and gradually fell behind, almost falling several times. In the end, Qi Tongwei helped him up and they chased the team together.

"Qi...Mayor Qi, I can do it." The young policeman wanted to take his hand off Qi Tongwei's shoulder.

The young policeman was very nervous and asked the mayor to help him.

Qi Tongwei said: "It doesn't matter. Here, I'm not the mayor, and you're not a police officer. We're all comrades."

At this time, Sha Ruijin's voice came from the front, "Yes, we are all comrades, brothers, brothers who share life and death."

A brave worker interrupted: "Mayor, are we brothers too?"

"All of us, we are brothers." Sha Ruijin said with a smile.

"Wow, we can be brothers with the mayor. This trip is really worth it. When we get out, I'm going to brag about it to my wife."

Everyone laughed.

This little episode livened up the dull atmosphere and relieved everyone's depressed mood.

Just chatting from time to time.

The alley was getting narrower and damper, and people had to bend over instead of standing.

It wasn't long before the ventilation hose was also pulled to the head.

Everyone stopped and waited for the new ventilation hose to be laid.

Sha Ruijin asked: "How far is it to the destination?"

The two workers ahead who knew the way checked with each other and said, "It's not far, about a hundred meters or so."

Sha Ruijin asked about the gas measurement situation again, and the answer was, it’s okay.

"Then continue."

The new ventilation hose was connected and everyone continued to move forward.

The alley ahead was narrower, and some tall people in the team had to crawl instead of bending over, and Qi Tongwei was no exception.

The police officer walking in front of Qi Tongwei gasped and said, "This is more tiring than working a few night shifts as a police officer."

Another said: "That's right. I used to think that there was no day or night for our duty. Compared to today, I feel that the annoying moon is exactly the girl I think about day and night. If I go out this time and the captain asks me to work the night shift, I will definitely not say a word."

The police officer walking in front of Qi Tongwei said: "When you get out, you won't say that anymore. You won't want to work the night shift, or even go to work at all. You might even want to be an official, have some power, and make some money."