Dust and Amber

The original name is "Dust" and it is a realistic work. Zhou Yuan, who graduated with a major in mechanics, could have found a ground-level job in the provincial capital. Because his father was seriously ill, he chose to return to the mining area, the destination closest to home. From the second-line machine repair team to the first-line coal mining face, he walked step by step towards the darkness of one kilometer in the center of the earth. There, he met Brother Chen who had a broken arm, Master Zhang who was missing a finger, and Uncle Liu who was lame. He also met the master Lao Ge who had never left the mine for thirty years. They talked about their disabilities with laughter and discussed pensions in a "living" tone - not strong, but if they didn't laugh like this, they would never dare to go down the well again. Until that July night shift. Seventeen people walked into an ordinary return air tunnel, and an amber light suddenly lit up deep in the coal wall. In that light, Brother Chen picked up his wine glass again, Lao Ge's wife was still hanging clothes in the yard, and Zhou Yuan sat on the back seat of his father's bicycle ten years ago. When the light goes out, what awaits them is ice-cold water and a road they can never finish. "Dust" is a novel about "downward". Coal is an ancient forest that sank for hundreds of millions of years before turning into coal. The same is true for human destiny - there are no heroes, no hymns, only a headlamp illuminating the three feet under your feet, and the body temperature of the last moment before the lamp goes out.