534.Ore Pickers (3)

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Li Dubai was worried, the tamed Quarter horse was particularly well-behaved, as long as the person could maintain his balance after sitting on it, the horse would follow the instructions and walk.

The national park is home to one of the world's largest and most splendid concentrations of petrified forests, with fossils from the late Triassic period, 225 million years old, older than dinosaur fossils.

Before entering the park, security guards check their bags.

Li Du wondered, "Isn't this a bit of an invasion of privacy?"

The security guard said, "Sorry sir, this is a rule, we have to prevent people from bringing stones in, and no one is allowed to bring stones out." ”

Li Du understands this regulation very well, and the park's crustal movement and magmatic silica crystallization have made the land a favorite among gem collectors and rock collectors, not only ordinary weathered stones, but also various fossils, agate stones and chalcedony stones.

In addition, there is a very precious gem here, the fire opal!

As a result of this national park, Arizona also has a popular profession as an ore picker, who specializes in picking ore for sale.

While they were being examined, someone walked in with a magnifying glass, a small hammer, and gloves.

Li Du asked, "They brought these tools, obviously to go in and pick up stones, right?"

The security guard was just about to speak, and several people heard his words, and a young man in sunglasses shouted: "We are ore pickers, Kaizi, we have documents." ”

The young man's title was very insulting, and Li Du was a little angry, but he didn't want to be too rude when he guarded Sophie, and he knew that Sophie didn't like such a man.

As a result, he didn't react here, Sophie was furious, and she said to a few people: "No one has taught you what polite salutation is since you were a child? If I were your teacher or parent, I would be ashamed!"

This was the second time Li Du saw Sophie angry, the first time was when he and Mr. Martin were discussing whether Ah Hao was a wolf.

Sophie now is the same as she was then, like a lioness cub who cares for her cubs.

The previous ore picker was called Li Du because of Sophie, Sophie is beautiful, has an elegant temperament, and was born with a goddess statue, these people are naturally jealous of Li Du when they see her snuggling up to Li Du.

Seeing Sophie come out, several ore pickers were even more jealous of Li Du, and they also looked down on Li Du even more.

Li Du is a yellow person, and some arrogant Americans always regard yellow people as soft eggs and bad seeds, which is very common racial discrimination and an unfair inherent impression.

Therefore, the ore picker who spoke earlier raised his middle finger at Li Du and said, "Sorry, man, I was wrong just now, I shouldn't have called you Kaizi, I should have called you a soft egg, haha!"

The people around him laughed too, and one of the big men said to Sophie, "Girl, come to me, what are you doing with a soft guy? Is he rich? I am also rich." ”

Li Du knows about the work of ore pickers, but he doesn't know much about it.

Sophie was about to fight back, but he stopped and said, "Don't worry, look at me." ”

He asked the security guard, "How do you become an ore picker?"

The security guard said, "Do you have a mining worker's certificate? If you have, you can just go and register, if not, then you have to pay 500 yuan to get a license." ”

Li Du nodded and said, "Okay, I know." ”

He took Sophie away, and several ore pickers, thinking that he did not dare to provoke him, looked down on him even more, and shouted vigorously in the back:

"Hey, pretty girl, are you really going to follow a soft egg?"

"Money is not as important as happiness, come to me, I will make you happier!"

"Man, don't go, bring your chick here, we are very familiar with the park, we can take you to play. ”

Li Du went to the park's visitor center, called the 'Rainbow Desert Visitor Center', and he asked, "I want to register as an ore picker and pay for it." ”

A conductor said: "First register, then 500 yuan each, you can choose a piece of land, a square radius of one hectare." ”

The registration information is very strict, this is to protect the park, to prevent people from entering the land and mining, once the park stone forest is damaged, the person will be held responsible.

Li Du paid the money, and the conductor turned a touch screen to him and asked him to choose a piece of land from the map so that he could take the ore from the land at will for a day to come.

He asked, "May I ask which piece of land those people just chose?"

The conductor said, "I'm sorry, but you can't choose any more places that have been chosen." ”

Li Du said: "Oh, I understand, I want to choose a piece next to them." ”

As he spoke, he handed a hundred dollars to the conductor: "This is a tip." ”

The unspoken rules exist in various countries and industries, and Americans have made the unspoken rule of collecting black money open, that is, to collect tips.

The conductor nodded happily, found the record and told him a coordinate, saying that security would take them there.

Li Du returned to the entrance of the park with the invoice and tickets, and the security guard got on an electric motorcycle after seeing it and said, "Follow me." ”

The two had to ride horses to follow, and the humiliating thing happened, Sophie's equestrian skills were much better than his, and she rode on a quart horse with a heroic posture and a unique style.

Li Du was a lot embarrassed, and he wanted to lie on the back of the horse, and he almost fell apart when the quart horse was bumpy.

Simply noodles and Ah Ah are in his arms, and Ah Meow is in Sophie's arms.

Then, with the two horses galloping, Meow herself has good balance and sits on the back of the horse with ease.

Crispy noodles and Ah Yan were miserable, crisp noodles were turned upside down in a panic, and their feet slipped and fell down with a scream, but fortunately, it reacted quickly and grabbed the reins of the horse, and hung its head on it as if it was hanging.

Li Du hurriedly pulled the horse under his crotch, and as soon as the horse stopped, Ah Yan immediately jumped down, preferring to run behind rather than go up.

Sophie drove the horse back with her knees lightly between her knees, and said with a smile: "Poor child, do you want to sit behind Miss Sophie?"

Li Du smiled bitterly: "Practice makes perfect, I think I can still withstand it." ”

"I didn't ask you, I asked about the poor boy. ”

Simply stuck out his tongue with the reins strangled, and at first glance he looked like a hanged man.

It was also frightened, and when it saw Sophie coming, it crawled to her side.

Sophie couldn't sit in front of the three little guys, so she threw the tiger cat to Li Du.

Meow squatted in front of the saddle with a confused expression: Meow, why is it always me who is injured?

Li Du patted Ah Meow's hairy head and said, "Ah Meow, be more powerful, don't step on a horse and be so angry as simply noodles, come, go you!"

The horseback continued to bump, and Meow: "Meow meow meow!"

There was a howl at the end, and the pussy's ass was turned upside down!