The first goal in life: drink some water that is not bitter and make some money

"Oh, so many lights!"

It was already dark when Shui Wa arrived at the mining area. This mining area is composed of many privately owned small coal mines.

"What's this? The lights in the city are so bright." said Guoqiang, who came to pick him up. Guoqiang was also from Shuiwa Village and had been out there for many years.

Shui Wa followed Guo Qiang to live in the work shed, and the water he drank during meals was actually sweet! Guoqiang told him that the mine had a deep well, so the water would not be bitter, but he added: "The water in the city is the most delicious!"

When sleeping, Guoqiang handed Shuiwa a pack of hard-tied things to use as a pillow. He opened it and saw that it was a round stick wrapped in black plastic. When he opened the plastic again, he saw that the stick was yellow, like soap.

"Explosives." Guoqiang said, turning over and falling asleep. Shui Wa saw that he was also pillowing this thing. There were a lot of them under the bed, and there were a lot of detonators hanging above his head. Later Shui Wa found out that these things were enough to take over his entire village! Guoqiang is a blaster in the mine.

The work in the mine was very hard and tiring. Shui Wa had to do coal digging, pushing carts, building pillars, etc. All of them were very tiring at the end of the day. But Shui Wa grew up through hard work. He was not afraid of the heavy work. What he was afraid of was the environment underground. It was like being trapped in a dark ant nest. It was like a nightmare at first, but he got used to it later. The wages are piece-rate, and she can earn 150 yuan a month. On good days, she can earn over 200 yuan. Shui Wa feels very satisfied.

But what satisfies Shuiwa the most is the water here. After work on the first day, he was as black as coal. He went to take a shower with his coworkers. When I got there, I saw people scooping water from a large pool with washbasins and pouring it down from head to toe. There were black streams flowing underground. At that time, he was stunned, Mom, how can there be such water? This is all sweet water! Because of sweet water, this dark world becomes extremely beautiful in Shui Wa's eyes.

But Guoqiang has been encouraging Shuiwa to go to the city. Guoqiang has looked for work in the city before, but was sent back to his hometown as a blind immigrant because he stole things from a construction site. He assured Shui Wa that he would definitely make more money in the city than here, and it wouldn't be as exhausting as this.

Just when Shui Wa was hesitant, Guo Qiang had an accident underground. That day when he was lining up a dumb cannon, the cannon exploded. When he was lifted up from the well, he was covered in gravel. Before he died, he said something to Shui Wa:

"Go into the city, where there are more lights..."