Simply cut the stone and found the preserved fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, Li Du took out the fire opal from the ground, raised it and smiled: "Hey, we have a harvest again!" ”

Seeing that he found a piece of fire opal so quickly, the two ore pickers who had just left suddenly stopped and exclaimed in surprise: "You just found the opal?!" ”

"When did opals become so easy to spot? What a precious gem! ”

Opal production is very low, especially for fire opals, which are four or five thousand kilograms per year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Four or five thousand kilograms, which add up to four or five tons, many people think that this is already a lot, but if you compare it, you will know that it is rare:

According to the statistics of the International Gem Association, the annual production of diamonds in the world is now about 100 million carats, that is, 20,000 kilograms, 20 tons!

These things are very rare gemstones, of course, opal and diamond in status can not be compared, diamond is a gemstone recognized by people all over the world, regardless of poverty, opal is targeted.

According to Li Du's understanding, the people who like opal the most are Europeans, Americans and Hong Kong people.

Opal has many meanings, and in addition to the October birth stone, it was also a talisman that brought good luck in ancient Roman times, when it was believed that opal symbolized the rainbow and brought a good future to the owner.

In addition, because the surface is extremely clear, it can be metaphorically referred to as pure love, and it is also known as the "Cupid Stone", which is why Li Du gave Sophie the Stone last time.

It is for these reasons that Europeans love it, and for Americans, the meaning of opal has changed, and it is considered a stone of freedom.

Americans' founding ethos is a spirit of freedom, so it's conceivable why they like opals.

In addition, no matter where people are, they like opals because they are particularly beautiful.

Li Du handed the gem to Sophie and asked her to clean it up, and after Sophie cleaned it with potion, she rinsed it with water, and then carefully preserved it.

The pickers walked over and looked at the stones, and were shocked to confirm their authenticity, and they asked Li Du, "Can you, this raccoon, find fire opals?" ”

Li Du didn't want to do much, so he smiled vaguely: "Who knows? Perhaps, this is a very good kid, and he has a talent for searching for things. ”

"But what it's good at is searching for hidden food." Sophie helped him cover up, and she didn't think she could expose her ability to face the face, which had to be low-key.

As a result, she didn't know, she told the truth, and she was good at finding and searching for hidden food.

The pick-ups noticed the cover-up by the two, and they thought they had discovered the truth, so they left in a whispered discussion.

As they left, they looked back.

Godzilla spat and said, "Be careful. ”

Li Du also saw the greed in their eyes, and said: "Everyone takes turns to be on duty at night, the security in the park will not be very good, we have to be careful." ”

But he wasn't very worried, first, he brought weapons and two bows and crossbows here, and second, Meow and Ah Meow had good hearing, and if someone sneaked close, they would definitely be discovered.

Not only is it good at hearing, it's also very turf-conscious, and it's running around peeing.

Li Du released small flying insects to search carefully on the gravel beach, which was a non-technical job, as long as the search was mechanical.

Once everyone accepted that Simply Noodles had the ability to search for opals, digging became a simple task.

He found a piece of opal, put a piece of preserved fruit there, ran around looking for the food, smelled the aroma of the preserved fruit, and would run over and dig up the stone and take out the preserved fruit and eat it.

Li Du kept an eye on it, and when he saw it digging up stones, he took Ooku and Godzilla over to excavate.

However, he had to time it well, so that the two of them could not find out that the noodles had found the preserved fruit from under the stones.

In addition, there can be no 100% success rate of simply digging treasures, and he will bury preserved fruits in some places where there are no opal stones.

Ao and Godzilla sweated profusely in their small vests, and as soon as they dug up a place, they immediately rushed over with tools and dug it all the way.

Sometimes they can dig opals, sometimes they can't, because there may not be opals there.

But the two didn't know, they would continue to dig down, Li Du was in charge of supervising the work, and he would usually ask the two to stop when they dug to a depth of more than one meter.

There is a danger in continuing to dig, and the gravel is not stable and may collapse.

Excavating is not easy and time-consuming, because according to the rules of the national park, ore pickers can dig holes, but they have to fill in the holes before leaving, so they can't see anything out of the ordinary.

The local government is very concerned about the protection of this national park, and if it is purely for short-term profits, then the government would have sent an engineering team to dig it up long ago, given the value of opals.

That's what African governments do, finding out where there are diamond mines, driving large machines into them, destroying them along with the local ecology, and using the power of machinery to find gems.

The U.S. government did not dare to do this, because the local residents did not agree, and even if they were given dividends, they would not be willing to make money at the cost of destroying their homes.

So sometimes it's funny to say that the United States, a capitalist country, respects the opinions of the people, while some small countries in Africa that claim to be 'democracies' are warlords and dictatorships.

When evening came, Li Du left his work and took Sophie to watch the sunset, and he found a small hill and sat on it side by side with Sophie.

Li Du hugged Ah Meow, Sophie hugged Ah Meow, and simply squeezed between the two, they looked at the glow on the western plane, and quietly watched the sunset.

A large flock of birds flew slowly and freely in the sky, and a beautiful bird with red, green and white feathers landed not far from them, and the little bird tilted its head to look at them, its eyes flashing and shining.

Meow was immediately excited, and she was about to capture someone.

Li Du pressed it and gave it a stern look, and Meow let out two grunts in her throat, so she could only stay honestly.

The gentle sun was shining down, and the moors were shining with colorful light, all of which were ores of different textures, and some beautiful ones could be sold for money.

Of course, the price is a world worse than opal, just like the price difference between fish in the sea, cod and tuna.

The moors are also home to cacti, the most common vegetation in Arizona, which grows lush throughout the year.

The last rays of sunlight fell, the moors turned gray-blue, the moon was gone, and the stars were brilliant.

Li Du sighed leisurely and said, "It's another sunset, it's so beautiful." ”

Sophie held up the camera and said, "Today I stayed, I'm going to send it to my face-book when I go back, I bet many people will envy us." ”