An auspicious day was chosen, and Ye Qiu's coal mine officially commenced operations. The son of the pawnshop Shopkeeper, Tang Li, and his uncle Yu Hongjun each took up a minor leadership role. The former troublemakers, Dongsheng and Da Qiang, became security officers. Additionally, Ye Qiu equipped the mine with a medical staff, and left the cooking entirely to his mother-in-law Zhao Yuhong. However, the mine had many workers, and one person alone definitely couldn't manage the cooking tasks alone, so she was put in charge of procurement with two helpers also assigned to assist her.
Due to Ye Qiu's mine's strong emphasis on safety issues and good welfare for the workers, it quickly made a name for itself locally, to the extent that even the dirtiest and most exhausting job of coal mining was in high demand.
