In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.
In the early morning, the cold wind howled, and from time to time there was a whine.
In the wind and snow, Wen's mother was adjusting her husband's clothes while giving serious instructions.
"Dad, boss, be careful when you get there."
On the other side, Xian'er's movements were almost exactly the same as Wen's mother's. She was also helping to sort out her clothes while giving reluctant instructions.
"Brother Chuanwen, please pay attention to your safety. I'll wait for your return at home."
Li Jie touched Xian'er's hair with a smile, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will send letters home often."
"Okay, boss, let's go."
A moment later, seeing that it was getting late, Zhu Kaishan waved his hand and strode to the front with his head held high. Upon seeing this, Li Jie followed his family and said hello one last time, and then followed him.
When the two arrived at Yuanbao Town, the sun happened to peek out.
At this time, many people had gathered near the recruitment point. Zhu Kaishan saw that not all people had arrived yet, and then patted his belly.
"Boss, let's go and finish the haggis soup to warm your stomach."
Zhu Kaishan is an old man. How could he not know what the conditions are like in the gold mine? Even on the day of recruitment, Jin Boutou's description of the mine was like paradise, but in reality?
If you insist on saying it is 'heaven', it is not impossible, but you have to add two words in front of heaven.
'Bloody Heaven'!
When we actually arrived at the mine, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to drink the mutton soup, so before setting off, Zhu Kaishan specially saved his stomach to have a good meal before setting out on the road.
At eight o'clock in the morning, almost all the Jinhus who went to Laojingou arrived. Jin raised his head and glanced at the sky, and said loudly.
"Young and old gentlemen, let's go!"
At this moment, a young man wearing a dog-skin hat stood up.
"Brother, my cousin hasn't arrived yet. Can you wait a little longer?"
Jin glanced at him coldly: "What time is it? The time was agreed upon a long time ago, but you haven't come yet. This kind of person can't keep up with the hot food even if he eats shit. Why are you waiting? What are you waiting for?"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd burst into laughter. When everyone looked at him like this, the young man felt his face burning with shame.
At this moment, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
However, Jin Bituou didn't care at all what the other party was thinking. After scolding him, he immediately raised his whip.
Snapped!
"Young and old gentlemen, let's go!"
Following the order from the gold leader, the team immediately started moving, and the gold men embarked on the 'gold rush road' with their longing for the future.
This time I left for less than half a month.
The winter in the Northeast is very cold, and there seems to be a lot of snow this year. Just two days after the previous snow stopped, the following snow came again. It fell one after another, and the snow on the road became more and more deep.
The snow is deep, and the people who are on the road suffer the most. Sometimes, if they step on it, they will sink into the snowdrift.
The gold husbands just walked forward at a staggering pace. After walking for less than half a month, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, and some only had fear for the future.
Jin Boutou obviously noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the team, but in the face of the bad weather, he had nothing to do. At most, he could sing a little song on the way to liven up the atmosphere.
Gold diggers from all over the world,
They are all from Shandong,
We were in Bohai Bay the day before yesterday.
I passed Shanhaiguan yesterday.
I have a chance to meet a fellow countryman today.
Come on, come on, catch the fire,
Let's smoke a pack of cigarettes today.
Slow-talking and nagging Tianer...
Jin Bangtou sang several times in front, and the Jin husbands behind him also sang along.
After an arduous journey, a group of people finally arrived at the inn.
When the golden husbands saw the flags fluttering in the wind outside the inn, they were even closer than when they saw their own mothers-in-law.
It’s not easy!
After so many days of wind blowing, I finally saw an inn.
A group of people rushed into the inn with joy and without saying a word, immediately asked the inn guys to serve food.
After a while, the guys brought over steaming sorghum, rice and bean rice. As soon as the gold husbands saw the steam coming out of the rice, they didn’t care about anyone else. They were as if they were reincarnated as starving ghosts, grabbing each other. Eat as you go.
On the other side, Li Jie and Zhu Kaishan did not grab food in a hurry like others. They sat in the corner of the lobby, observing the surrounding situation and talking quietly.
"Old man, is it coming soon?"
Zhu Kaishan took a mouthful of beans and rice, drank another mouthful of hot water, and said calmly.
"It's almost time. According to the current pace, we will be there in another two or three days."
At this point, Zhu Kaishan paused slightly, glanced sideways at Li Jie, and joked.
"What? Can't bear it anymore?"
Li Jie knew that Zhu Kaishan was teasing him, so he just smiled and did not reply.
"Man, what are you doing in your spare time? Are you arguing?"
At this moment, a woman with heavy makeup walked into the room, twisting her thick waist and winking at the gold lovers with a smile.
When the two young men at the next table heard this, they suddenly looked confused. The younger one asked the older one.
"Brother? What does it mean to be indistinguishable?"
"I...I don't know either."
Upon hearing the conversation between the two young men, Zhu Kaishan's face turned dark immediately.
What does debate mean? Defence actually means prostitution.
Although Zhu Kaishan looked down on such scandalous things, the woman always made him feel uncomfortable asking this in front of his children.
It felt like I was taking my son to visit a brothel.
Don't mention this feeling, it's as embarrassing as you want.
Thinking of this, Zhu Kaishan no longer thought about eating. Hulu Hulu quickly took a few mouthfuls of beans and rice, then stood up and left the hall.
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A night of silence.
The next day, the group continued walking in the direction of Lao Jingou. After passing Caodianzi, they got on a carriage and drove for a while. Finally, they arrived at the boundary of Lao Jingou.
Jin looked at the rising smoke in front of him, stood on the carriage excitedly, pointed at the rising smoke, and shouted loudly.
"Everyone, young and old, work harder, there is Laojingou ahead."
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of exclamation from the scene.
"real?"
"Jin Bituou, how long do we have to go?"
"My dear mother, we have finally arrived!"
"Uncle, uncle, wake up, don't sleep. You can't sleep on this day. Get off the carriage and go for a walk to warm yourself up. Jin said it, we're just ahead!"
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For the gold lovers, this journey was really not easy. It was windy, snowy, and full of ice holes. It was a 500-mile journey, and the group walked in circles for more than half a month.
There were also casualties, some were frozen to death, and some fell into ice holes and never came back.
Therefore, seeing that they finally arrived at their destination, one can imagine the excitement in the hearts of this group of people.
