Xu Chao, who was reading his high school textbook in an air-conditioned room, was so excited by what his sister was saying on her phone that he jumped out of bed.

Is his mouth blessed?

At this time, the conditions in coal mines were not as advanced as they were before the natural disaster, and the environment for workers going down into the mines was relatively safe and comfortable.

At this time, the equipment in the coal mine had already been destroyed by the torrential rain and floods. After the natural disaster of the torrential rain and floods ended, there would be extreme high temperatures.

The infrastructure and high-tech equipment inside simply do not have the capacity to be restored.

So the government arranged for people to clean up the mine, and then, just like in ancient feudal dynasties, brought those criminals who had committed crimes here to do manual mining.

This is nothing like the recent situation where the government paid people to work in order to restore infrastructure.

The prisoners working in the coal mines had no holidays and had to work twelve hours a day in the sweltering heat. If they were lazy and failed to complete their daily tasks, they would not even have enough food to eat.

Xu Zhen and his son, who are known for being lazy and good-for-nothing, almost lost their lives after working here for only one day!

"This is not a job for humans. Let whoever wants to do it do it!"

Aside from the period when he worked as a gigolo for Samsung, Xu Yongqing never suffered any hardship in the first half of his life.

Compared to his time with Samsung, he now feels like he's living in paradise.

In the sweltering heat of the coal mine, Xu Yongqing threw away the half-boiled coarse wheat bran in his hand and lay down at the bottom of the mine to take a nap.

Xu Zhen was older and simply couldn't bear the hunger.

He had no choice but to force himself to drink the half-bowl of wheat bran, which already had a sour smell, sip by sip.

"It's time to get to work! Get up and get to work!"

The prisoners at the bottom of the mine, dressed in tattered clothes, had barely settled in when they heard the noise and had to stand up and continue hauling coal from the bottom of the mine out, pushing wheelbarrows or carrying baskets.

Xu Yongqing and his son, on the other hand, seemed to ignore the words of the managers and continued to lie on the ground and sleep soundly.

Less than two minutes later, two whips were lashing out at the two men.

A stinging pain shot through their bodies, and the enraged Xu Yongqing and Xu Zhen instinctively tried to resist, but the heavy iron chains around their ankles made it impossible for them to resist at all.

The coal mine manager, seeing the two new prisoners who had been instructed by their superiors to receive special "care," showed no mercy and lashed the two men with his horsewhip.

Five minutes later, Xu Yongqing and his son, covered in blood from the whipping, finally begged for mercy, unable to bear the pain any longer.