When she heard the word "gold mine", Qingyan felt that she was not tired or sleepy at all, and she immediately became more energetic.
It’s not that she is obsessed with money. It’s not that her family’s properties are spread all over the world and they are a truly wealthy family. It’s just that Xiangxiang’s space is almost a small world of its own. There are countless gold, silver and jewels in it, and there is a golden mountain in the Chou Chou space. It was dug out from Xiangxiang Space.
But rich comes rich, and I am still very excited when I hear about gold mines. This is a subconscious reaction of human beings. It is estimated that no one will be indifferent when hearing about gold mines.
And she was also curious about what this gold mine looked like when it was just excavated. It looked like an ordinary gravel field, and there was no trace of a gold mine.
However, thinking about the geographical location where they were now, Qingyan vaguely seemed to remember that there was a gold mine near Tianshui, but she was not sure exactly where it was. After all, she had not specifically checked this information.
The reason why she knew was that when she went to the northwest with her parents to eat lamb, she overheard people at the table next to her talking about working in the mines.
Then Dad said there was a country’s gold mine not far away, and those people should be the workers in the mine.
That gold mine should have been mined by later generations, otherwise no matter how huge a gold mine is, it would not be mined for hundreds or thousands of years.
As soon as she sat up like this, Chou Chou, who had been lazily leaning against her, fell down on the sheepskin mattress.
He turned over and sat up straight, and said to her seriously: "Yes, there is a gold mine under our feet, and the storage capacity is not low, but it is buried a bit deep, and it will take some time to dig it out. Kungfu cannot be detected with current technology.
This is because I just thought that the landform here is very similar to the mountain top where Xiangxiang's gold mine is located, so out of curiosity, I used my spiritual sense to explore down.
I didn’t expect it to actually exist, and it’s all covered in this blockbuster!
Qingyan said excitedly: "Then can you use your spiritual consciousness to get a piece out from underneath and let me see it? I have never seen gold in its original state without being refined."
Although the gold mountain in the Chou Chou space was dug out from the Xiang Xiang space, it is different from the outside world. The gold is very pure as soon as it is dug out.
I don’t know if it’s because of the spiritual energy in it, but the worst quality of gold is nugget gold, while the better ones can reach the level of hundreds of pure gold without even refining.
And this gold ore in reality is definitely impossible. If it can be so pure without refining, it will be simply too scary and can make people crazy.
Chou Chou nodded, "Of course, just wait a moment."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes, as if entering a meditative state, and a moment later a golden stone the size of an egg appeared on his little paw.
Yes, it is a golden stone, which is different from gold. The light in the car is not as good as outside, a little dark. Chou Chou took out the spirit stone, and the car suddenly became bright.
Qingyan looked at it carefully under the light. Although the color of this stone was very close to gold. It should also contain other metal components and impurities.
The top is more like crystals, which are irregular granular, lumpy, flaky, network-like, dendritic, fibrous and sponge-like aggregates.
She subconsciously rubbed it with her hands, and easily pulled off a piece of crumbs, which hit Chou Chou's face directly.
Qingyan quickly took off the rice-sized piece of debris from its nose, and smiled sheepishly: "Hey, I'm sorry, my strength seems to be a bit too strong, but gold itself is soft, and this gold ore It’s certainly not that hard of a rock.”
Chou Chou scratched his face with his paw and said nonchalantly, "It's okay. Don't get it on the mattress. You'll be very nervous when you sleep in a while."
Qingyan nodded, put the gold ore in her hand, and asked curiously: "Isn't it usually a matter of seconds for you to pick up things? Why is it so laborious this time? You have been searching carefully down there for a while. Just get the purest piece out?"
Chou Chou shook his head, "Although my consciousness can retrieve objects from the air, this gold mine is something underground after all. It is buried quite deep. Not only do I have to explore it, but I also have to look for suitable ones that can be pulled out. There are some Effortless.
Unlike my space, it is my companion space. Whether you put it in or take it out, it is all a matter of thought. There is an essential difference. "
Qingyan thought about it, and then asked something else, "You said that there are gold mines under the entire gravel beach, so is this sunken low-lying area formed naturally?"
Chou Chou nodded, "Yes, there are no human traces here. It should be formed naturally by the movement of the earth's crust. Who knows, after a few years, the terrain here will change again, and the gold mine underneath may be exposed."
"I'll go out and take a look."
With that said, Qingyan climbed out of the carriage with the piece of gold ore, put on her shoes, and looked around carefully.
This low-lying area has a drop of five or six meters from the top. The side facing the south road is higher, and the back is slightly lower. There is a gap of one or two meters visually.
The east and west sides were almost the same as the south side. She was now in a big pit, so the wind couldn't blow in.
She climbed up the northern slope and looked over there, but she couldn't even see the end! What a huge piece of gravel land this must be!
I looked in several other directions, and could still faintly see trees and some slopes to the west, which were cave dwellings in the village.
The south is also a large wasteland. Unlike here, there are many weeds and occasionally a few trees.
In the east, apart from large expanses of sand and gravel, there are also wastelands, and no homes can be seen with the naked eye.
He sighed and looked at his watch. It was already half past eight and the sun had set, but the light had not dimmed yet.
She climbed down the slope and climbed back into the car. She handed the ore in her hand to Chou Chou and said, "Take this piece of gold ore into the space. Let's take it back as a souvenir and show it to our parents."
I want to learn more things when I go back. When I come out this time, I feel like there are a lot of things that I don’t know.
Also, review your geography knowledge carefully. If you have this opportunity again in the future, you will be blinded. Our country is rich in land and resources, but many things have become extinct in later generations. You must take this opportunity to take a closer look. look. "
"Okay, when I get back, I will collect more books and information on history and geography and store them in the space. If you can't remember anything, you can check it out at any time."
Chou Chou put the ore into the space. Seeing Qingyan lying down, he also lay beside her.
In this slightly cold weather, sleeping huddled together is the most comfortable.
Qingyan hugged it, lowered the car curtain with her feet, then pressed it down with her feet, and covered her, Chou Chou and Little Leopard with the newly made sheepskin quilt.
The little leopard played all afternoon and had enough to eat and drink. He had already fallen asleep and even snored.
She slept in the middle, holding Chou Chou in one arm and the little leopard in the other, and fell asleep soon after.
Chou Chou listened to the even breathing of the two of them, and unconsciously followed him into a dream.
Of course, even if it fell asleep, it didn't forget to release a little of its pressure. It didn't go very far. It was only within a radius of two miles. This place became a forbidden area for wild beasts, and they didn't dare to step in.
The reason why it was not released too far away was because if it were released too far, it would be released on the road. If someone's livestock cart passed by, they would be shocked by its coercion.
Qingyan was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night. She couldn't see her fingers around her. In addition, she was a little confused when she woke up. She was stunned for a few seconds before she remembered that she was on a carriage.
She was fine, with a sheepskin quilt and two plush ones for warmth, mainly because her feet were so cold.
There was no way, the curtain was just two layers of coarse cloth, which was not very good at resisting the cold wind. In addition, her feet were pressed there and she leaned out of the quilt after falling asleep, so in the middle of the night when the temperature was the lowest, she was Awakened by the cold.
Qingyan retracted her feet into the quilt, took out her watch from under the "pillow" and looked at it. Fortunately, her watch was luminous, so she could see the approximate time and save the need to wake up Chou Chou to get a spiritual stone for lighting.
It's two o'clock in the morning, the time of day when the temperature is cooler.
Listening to the whistling wind outside, it was even more warm under the quilt. She didn't want to travel all night or anything.
Lying there, I began to think about the next thing. I thought about buying a hand stove and some coal when I arrived in the county town. Otherwise, it would be quite cold in the carriage now, and it would only get colder as we went further.
I still need to buy some more pieces of leather and oilcloth to replace the car curtains, otherwise this coarse cloth won't do anything.
Just thinking about it like this, I fell asleep again.
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When she woke up again, she was licked awake by the little leopard. She pushed the little leopard's fur head away, wiped her cheeks and said disgustedly: "Rich, your mouth really stinks. You can brush your teeth with me later, okay?"
Little Leopard Fuqian seemed to understand what she said. He opened his mouth to continue licking her and then closed his mouth and whined twice.
Qingyan nodded her forehead in a funny way, "You little guy, when did you learn to act like a spoiled brat?"
"It has always been so sweet and obedient. Didn't you realize that it often grunted at Orchid, Heidan and the others before? Every time it does this, Heidan will hug it and Orchid will milk it. ."
Chou Chou on the side said that it had woken up a long time ago, but it just saw that Qingyan was still sleeping and did not move.
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, picked up the little leopard and said, "I didn't expect that even though we have money, we are still scheming leopards? If we are so smart now, we will be able to do it again in the future."
After some more fussing with the little leopard inside, the three of them got out of the car.
It was already bright outside. I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost nine o'clock. I still slept for a long time after returning to bed.
First, I dug a hole and lit a fire, washed out the small iron pot, put some water in it, warmed it a little and poured it into a basin for washing.
I boiled another pot, poured the water into the earthen pot after boiling, put in the washed millet, and prepared millet porridge in the morning.
While the porridge was cooking, she went to wash up. After washing, she asked Chou Chou to take out the radish and sauce.
Cut the radish into cubes and marinate with salt in a large earthenware bowl for a while to drain out the moisture.
He took out a piece of fat pork that he had saved earlier and cut it into mince. He lit a fire and put the iron pot on it. Before the pot was hot, he put in the minced meat and stir-fried it vigorously with a shovel until the pig was cooked. Stir out all the oil.
Add a few peppercorns and a handful of minced green onions and sauté until fragrant, then put the scooped out bowl of sauce into it, pull out some firewood, and simmer over low heat for a while.
When the sauce changes color and smells cooked, the sauce is ready. When the sauce is almost cool, squeeze out the water from the diced radish and add some peeled garlic cloves.
It's best to marinate it for a day, or you can eat it directly, but it won't taste very good.
She learned this from watching her grandma make it frequently. Her grandfather and brother said it was not as delicious as the spicy dried radish, but she and her mother liked it very much. Every time grandma made it, they both finished it.
Chou scandal ran over to her with the scent and has been hanging next to her.
Qingyan also knew that this guy liked to eat, so she asked him to take out two sesame cakes, use a knife to cut the sesame cakes in half in the middle, add a little sauce and diced radish, and handed them to him.
Chou Chou took it with his two little paws, struggled to hold up the sesame seed cake that was half its size, and opened his mouth to take a big bite.
Although Qingyan has seen it many times, she still finds it funny every time she sees Chou Chou being so small and holding a big piece of food to eat.
It was fine before. When eating sesame biscuits as a staple food, it would break them into pieces. This time, it was even more funny to hold the whole sesame biscuits and bite them with such effort.
Afraid of its anger, Qingyan tried her best to hold back her laughter, but her shaking shoulders still gave her away.
While Chou Chou was chewing the food in his mouth, he took the time to glance at her. He could tell what she was thinking by looking at that virtue.
However, it didn't take it seriously at all and continued to stuff sesame seed cakes into its mouth. Anyway, the only person it wasn't embarrassed about was others.
Looking at it like this and listening to its chewing sound made Qingyan greedy and she couldn't help but take one herself.
Because minced meat is put in the sauce and lard is used, the radish in the sauce has a meaty aroma. In addition, it is not completely cool and the lard in it has not solidified. In addition, the sesame cakes are almost the same as fresh out of the pan. Crispy, fragrant and really delicious.
By the time they each finished one sesame seed cake, the millet porridge was almost ready. Qingyan dipped her chopsticks into some alkali and stirred it in, then rolled the porridge again. This way, the millet porridge would be thicker and more delicious. .
One man and one beast drank another bowl of millet porridge, and they were almost full.
After feeding the horse and the little leopard, and going to the toilet respectively, they packed up their things and hit the road again.
I cooked a pot of millet porridge and there was a lot left. I put it directly into the space and took it out to drink when I wanted to drink.
The pickled radish is also put into an empty jar. This needs to be placed outside first, otherwise it will not be pickled well. After the flavor is absorbed, put it into the space.
Take the road again and continue walking towards the east. When there is no one on the road, Qingyan stays in the car. When there is someone, Chou Chou will tell her in advance and she will sit on the shaft outside.
After walking for more than two hours, when she could vaguely see a town ahead, Chou Chou reminded her not to go any further and turn to the fork on the right...
