"Snakes have something to do with black opals?" Li Du asked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

One miner said, "Yes, I've found black opals around the underground snake nest many times, not just me, but other guys too, right?" ”

"That's right," someone immediately retorted, "I've dug up more than a dozen opals, but none of them have anything to do with snakes, you're idealistic." ”

"I've never seen snakes associated with opals, which is ridiculous."

Voices of argument soon appeared in the crowd, some people felt that the two sides had a relationship, and many more felt that it was okay.

Li Du pondered this statement, if the snake could find gems, then he could find a way to get the little flying insect to tame a snake for his use, and then follow it to find gems.

However, he didn't believe this statement in his heart, he had never heard of snakes related to opals, and there were gems under mine 114 next door, but he didn't see any snakes around them.

There is also no information about snakes and gemstones, and there is no evidence about the history of gemstone discoveries.

As the night wore on, the miners left as they had to work the next day, and the mine became silent again.

At the beginning of the night, the rain drops were dripping down, and the water drops were beating on the roof of the cabin very rhythmically, and with this sound, Li Du slept more soundly.

When I woke up in the morning, it was gloomy outside, and there was still a light rain ticking.

Li Du pushed open the door and saw that the whole world was foggy, which is very rare in the central region of Australia, and normally speaking, the humidity here is very small.

Sophie drove to buy umbrellas, raincoats, and breakfast by the way, so that Li Du came to bring a few bear children.

It's raining outside, and Meow and Crispy Don't like to get water on their hair, so they hide in the house and don't go out.

Ah Yan likes to play in water, or rather, he likes to play in muddy water, and after lying on the door to look at the outside environment, he sprang out like a wild dog.

Rushing to the mine, it found a puddle and plunged its head into it, like a war horse stepping through a river of ice, its limbs trampling the puddle, splashing a layer of muddy water, and then shuttling through.

Li Du hurriedly called it, but he didn't listen, and ran happily in the wide mine, and when Li Du finally caught up with it, it was already covered in muddy water.

This made Li Du angry, the weather was so bad, and there was no bathroom in the mine, so he couldn't bathe Ah Yan.

Ah Na is dirty, and after being carried back by his ears, it still wants to harm the pond fish, and rushes to Meow and crispy noodles with muddy water.

Meow and Crisp Face are shrewd, can they not understand its purpose?

Like a fire burning her buttocks, Meow ran up the wall, this hut is made of planks and wood, there is a point of strength, for animals like tiger cats, it is not difficult to climb up.

The raccoon's climbing ability is not as good as that of the tiger cat, but it has another way to deal with it, and it slaps the bouncing Ali at Ah Ah with one paw to distract Ah Hao.

Ali was about to crouch down to poop when he was slapped and flew towards a grinning wolf, scaring it out on the spot.

Brother Wolf shook his head and said, "This little kangaroo is really unlucky. ”

It is indeed unlucky, the reason why Ali fell into the hands of Li Du and others is that its mother threw it away to attract firepower.

Now it's on Li Du's side, and it's been thrown away again to attract firepower.

Ah Yi just wanted to play, it didn't matter who he played, the little wallaby staggered and jumped in front of him, it grabbed it with one paw and shook its fur, and suddenly, the wallaby also became muddy.

Li Du went up again and pulled it away, and said angrily: "Draft, just dirty yourself, why don't you take others to get dirty together, and stay at the same time!" ”

He rescued Ali and wiped him with a towel dipped in warm water.

The wallaby is still feeding, and its resistance is very poor, and the reason why Li Du is angry is that he is afraid that the cold muddy water thrown down by Ah Yi will cause the wallaby to get sick.

When Sophie came back, she saw a muddy woman sitting alone under the eaves at the door, staring at the rain flowers on the ground in a daze, with a faceless face.

"What's wrong with it?" Sophie asked.

Li Du said: "Go play with the mud, don't worry about it." ”

"No, I mean its mood, why does it look sullen?"

Li Du said: "I scolded him, this bear child is becoming more and more disobedient." ”

Ali hid beside him, he was tossed and scared by his friends, and now he was scared when he saw them, so he could only follow Li Du closely.

Although it does not have the high IQ of Ah Mo and Ah Meow, it also knows that Li Du is the umbrella, and it is safe to follow Li Du, this is the nature of survival, and the smaller and weaker the animal, the more sensitive it feels.

In addition to buying a raincoat and umbrella, Sophie also bought a thick tarpaulin, which was propped up with a pole and covered above the mine to shelter from the rain.

After the meal, Li Du, Godzilla, and Brother Wolf propped up the tarpaulin together, so that the rain was not large, and with the cover of the tarpaulin, the mine was no longer affected by the rain and could continue to work.

This is the excellent geology of Lightning Ridge, it is sand and gravel underground, and it has a good ability to penetrate water, and when rainwater falls into the mine, it will penetrate into the ground.

There is no groundwater around Lightning Ridge, so there is no need to worry about reverse osmosis, which means that there is no groundwater flowing into the mine along the sand and gravel crevices.

Godzilla and Brother Wolf continued to work, and Sophie asked worriedly, "Now that the weather is so bad, will it be dangerous to dig a shaft underneath?" ”

Li Du said: "It's okay now, Xiaoyu, I have read the data, the geology of Lightning Ridge is very water-resistant, unless it is a storm-type heavy rain, you can continue to work." ”

The little flying insect corrected its direction, and Godzilla and Wolf took turns working, using a crusher to break up the rock formations, and the crushed stone was transported laterally from the pit to the bottom of the mine by a belt conveyor, and then transported to the surface in buckets.

The gravel cannot be thrown away, it has to be left here, and according to Australian law, it needs to be backfilled after the mine has been mined.

For safety reasons, Li Du bought steel pipe brackets and wooden planks, and every meter of mining in the mine, he and the official went down to prop up a section of support.

Lateral mining is more difficult than mining shafts, because of their size, they can only work with hand-held crushers, which are physically demanding and cumbersome to transport crushed rock.

After two days of drying, he advanced ten meters, and on the third day, Lightning Ridge encountered heavy rain, and the pouring rain fell from the air, and Li Du had to interrupt his work.

The heavy rain lasted for a day and a night, and on the fourth day suddenly the sky cleared, and the sun, which had disappeared for several days, reappeared.

The weather in Australia is very bad, Li Du is not happy after the sun comes out, the blazing sun scorches the earth, just after the rain, there is a lot of water on the ground, and the humidity in the air is high.

In this way, the sunlight evaporates and the water accumulates, the humidity in the air is greater, and the underground mine is not ventilated and stuffy, and staying in it is like taking a sauna!

Mining is so difficult, whether it is rain or sunny, it is the miners who suffer.