Hope is a dangerous thing, hope to drive people crazy; Cowardice makes a man a prisoner, hoping to set him free. Each of us has had, or is experiencing, good hopes, and we will continue to look forward to them in the future. Just like Wei Yiyun and I were so depressed when we graduated, we once sank into the game of the Internet café and paralyzed ourselves, but fortunately we didn't give up, we gave it a go, we crossed the ocean, we can afford to endure the loneliness in the distance, we are getting closer and closer to what we hope, we are strong and proud! Many times, we often do not take out the first step to practice when worried, thinking how difficult, most people stop there, and the small number of people who step out look back at the past concerns when they can't help but smile, laugh at how naïve they were at the beginning, now think about the difficulties conceived at that time now seem to be not worth mentioning, the ancients said that it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel thousands of miles, and it is better to know countless people to travel thousands of miles! I'm glad that my faint perseverance has always overcome my weak character at critical times, come on!

I got up very early, everyone is sleeping, today everyone has to sleep full, in this deep mountain and old forest, we tossed and struggled for so long and finally entered the critical time, maybe today we can see a bucket of gold, our sweat and hardship will be turned into a return, the nanny began to cook for us outside, I recorded these feelings in my heart in the mobile phone, hesitated for a long time and did not send it to the WeChat circle of friends, nor did I send it to the QQ space, but I just edited a text message for myself, Sent it to itself. The date is January 2, 2011.

Zhu Yong got up the second, he asked me curiously why I got up so early, he went to check the breakfast made by the nanny, in our simple house made of wooden boards, the fog and moisture in the morning can not be stopped, although the temperature is not low in the early morning, but due to the high humidity, it is a little cold. Zhu Yong asked the nanny to chop four or five coconuts, and he collected the coconut juice together and poured it into the teapot; He took three more packets of mustard from the cupboard, asked the nanny to beat five eggs, and scrambled eggs on a plate of fried vegetables.

Gradually, everyone got up, brushed their teeth and washed their faces with bags of mineral water, and then gathered around to eat. When Wei Ergou was eating, he turned on the encouragement mode again, "After more than a month of our efforts, we are finally going to start washing gold today!" Let's work hard today, strive for a good fortune, and strive for a yield of 500 grams! Also, if today to 500 grams of gold, we will yield today evenly as a reward! ”

"Good! Haha, for the sake of gold, you have to fight no matter what! Lao Wu is a quick temper, his voice is louder than Wei Ergou, hearing Wei Ergou's reward policy Lao Wu immediately applauded, and then Xiao Cao also followed Lao Wu's words and said: "The boss has said, you must work hard today!" I see that we will start work immediately after eating, without a break at noon, Brother Yong will make some steamed buns or something and send them over, we will eat them directly in the mine, and kill it when it gets dark! Strive to make 800 grams, we will make 100 grams per person! Ha ha! ”

"Good! Be ambitious! Xiao Cao rushed to you with such energy, I will push you" Wei Yiyun was also ambitious, "You must be productive today!" When Xiaosheng and I were having dinner at the Shanglin Hotel last night, the person at the table next to me said that an old woman came to invest in the mine a few days ago, and she dug 800 grams on the first day! We have to have it too, right? ”

"Well, then everyone hurry up and eat, my Lao Li will also work hard!" Lao Li gulped down porridge and smiled at us.

All the people are in high spirits, and today they are holding back a wave of energy to set a record of high production. Wei Ergou arranged for Zhu Yong and me to prepare meals, as well as help pay attention to the fuel level of the generator, as well as guard the shed; Lao Li is responsible for the operation of the excavator, Lao Cao and his son are responsible for the pump, and Lao Wu is responsible for gold laundering and arranging black operations; Wei Ergou and Wei Yiyun took over every three hours to replace Lao Cao's father and son. We all had a good meal, and Wei Ergou took us to worship Lu Dongbin, hoping that today our gold mine can turn stones into gold.

Wei Yiyun walked out of the shed and began to sing, "Majestic and high-spirited, cross the Yalu River!" "Zhu Yong and I started to move diesel drums, check the oil level of the generator, and we started the generator; Lao Cao took the black man and began to pull the wires, Lao Li started the excavator to lift the welded gilt trough and move it to the excavated mine, Lao Wu commanded the other black men to carry the heavy water pump, Xiao Cao and Wei Yiyun carried other parts, and everyone worked in an orderly manner.

Although Zhu Yong and I did not go to the ground in the shed, we had to direct the black men to transport diesel to the excavator from time to time, and the diesel fuel consumption of the generator was also very fast, and most of the cost of digging gold for a day seemed to be on the fuel, and we used up 150 liters of diesel in the morning! Diesel in Ghana is cheaper than in China, equivalent to more than 6 yuan, while in China at that time it was more than 7 yuan, but 150 liters almost used up the cost of 1,000 yuan of diesel.

Zhu Yong and his nanny rolled flour to make steamed buns, and due to the shortage of natural gas in the town, charcoal and wood were burned directly at the construction site recently, so I helped make the fire. At noon, Erijia drove over, and came with him, he was very happy that I came back from **, and said that no one talked to him when I went to **, and he was very bored on the construction site. Erica asked Donnay to help out in the mines, and he himself came to help me make a fire.

"Xiaosheng, I designed a set of clothes, for all the people in the mine, local style, I designed it myself, African print dyeing, our own characteristics, now the clothes are in the car, and when everyone is dug up gold in the evening, just wear new clothes to celebrate, I also pulled a sheep over" Erica said as she asked the nanny to bring the sheep tied to the car.

After a while, our steamed buns were ready, Zhu Yong also fried some fried fritters, and I and Erijia packed them in a basin, and I took a bottle of Lao Gan Ma from the box, as well as a bunch of bananas.

Erica showed me how to put the basin on my head, he put a handkerchief and lifted it easily, I was worried that it would fall off, Erica smiled and said, "This is a skill that Ghanaians basically know, it won't fall off." ”

We walked to the mine and saw Wei Ergou and Wei Yiyun sitting on the edge of the mine, two of them smoking cigarettes, their faces were not very good, under the direct rays of the sun, they all seemed to be scorched, sweating profusely. I walked over and asked them what was wrong, Wei Ergou didn't speak, Wei Yiyun said: "I don't know what's going on, it's only a few small pieces of gold in the morning, which add up to less than 10 grams!" ”

"Huh?! Why? "I don't know about digging for gold, but in the morning when everyone's morale was high, I thought that digging for gold was not difficult, just work hard, and now it seems that it is not so simple.

"Maybe it'll be fine in the afternoon, the gold layer is too thin in the morning, there is no production, and it will be fine in the afternoon." Wei Ergou spit out a cigarette, looked at the busy old Cao father and son below, and said in a low voice, I don't know if he was saying it to us, or if he was comforting himself.