Chapter 218: Looking for a vein in Mao'er Mountain
Back home, ready to eat. Now there are only Fu Ying and Ouyang Qi's family of 3 left. Wuyang didn't have time to accompany them, so he toasted them and apologized.
Ouyang Qi smiled and said, "Wuyang, I discovered a secret today, you guy still produces silver dollars." β
Wuyang scolded with a smile: "You villain, you have found out all the secrets." β
Ouyang Qi's son, Ouyang Hui, a 10-year-old glasses, said loudly: "My father is not a villain, my uncle is a villain." β
Ouyang Qi deliberately teased his son when he said it, so he said, "Xiaohui, why is my uncle a villain?" β
"Yuan Shikai is a big villain, he produces Yuan Datou, and his uncle also produces Yuan Datou, of course, he is also a villain." Ouyang Hui said angrily.
Ouyang Qi touched his son's head, "Silly boy, Dad is joking with his uncle, and Dad's silver dollar was bought, not produced by uncle." β
Ouyang Hui said to Wuyang: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I was deceived. I'm like, how did Daddy make friends with the bad guys. β
Wuyang smiled, "Xiaohui is good, he has a good sense of right and wrong." Uncle is also the same as your father, who contributes to the country, do you know the Tao? β
In fact, what Wuyang is most afraid of is to let Ouyang Hui know that there are many things about his wife, children are not sensible and talk nonsense, now it seems that Ouyang Hui does not understand this, Ouyang Qi's wife does not have to worry, Ouyang Qi will definitely instruct.
Fu Ying and Wuyang next to them drank a glass of red wine, and the two chatted about how to hand over to Liu Bingqiu after the Chinese New Year.
When the banquet was dismissed, Wuyang said, "Brother Ouyang, we will go to the side you talked about on the fourth day of junior high school." Are you going or not? β
"Go. Why don't you go? As sons and daughters of China. It is very appropriate to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. I've booked my ticket online, first class. β
Wuyang said: "First of all, why don't you say you won't go?" β
Ouyang Qi said with a smile: "It's not as fast as changing as planning." I don't have anything to do now, and there is a classmate who studied abroad with me who is the deputy mayor there, so let's get together. I might be able to help you. β
"It's a holiday, so if you don't go to work, how can you help?"
"The world is unpredictable, what kind of gift can you prepare?"
"That's fine. Be prepared. β
After eating, everyone went out for a walk, Wuyang hugged Li Shigo, Fu Ying also hugged the right Li Chang, some of them used strollers, some hugged them, and they all brought the children out.
After looking at it, he walked to the front, and the people behind him were far away, and Wuyang said: "Fu Ying, you still go home to see your parents, although your parents are not old." But the feeling of missing children is the same. β
Fu Ying said: "Li Wuyang, what kind of cheek do you want me to go back." At that time, my parents advised me. It's not too late to get a marriage certificate and then resign, I watched a lot of tungsten mine funds in and out, not at ease, so I resigned without hesitation, and now unfortunately it was really said, how to go back and speak? β
"Isn't it a matter of time before I go home? You can't never see each other for a lifetime, right? β
"It's a moment to dodge."
"Yes, maybe you'll find a better one."
"Li Wuyang, do you think it's okay for me to be your wife?"
"Nonsense, don't you know that I have so many wives, besides, my friend's wife ......" suddenly remembered, it was just a friend's girlfriend.
"I told your mom and dad that they didn't agree at first, and I told them that if they didn't let me marry you, they wouldn't marry for life."
"Don't marry for life? It's not necessary, you'll be lonely in your old age. β
"Then you can borrow one for me to raise, or give one away, okay?"
"How can this work? Fu Ying, you are a good girl, but you have to be sober-minded, sometimes you have to think before and after thinking thoughtfully, you can't go all the way to the dark. You said to be my wife, if I didn't have a wife or didn't have so much, you know that I am a lover, I will not hesitate to agree, but now I can't take care of it at all. β
Fu Ying smiled, "You are lying to me, your wives are carved one by one, aren't you good at kung fu and good moisturizing?" β
"Fu Ying, you are a big girl, you dare to say such a thing?"
Fu Ying blushed and said with a smile: "I won't tell the second man anyway, so I won't care about it." This kind of thing happens everywhere, and who doesn't know the way. Since you know that I am a big girl, why can't you accept me? I guess the main thing is that things came too suddenly, there was no psychological preparation, no emotional basis. In fact, when I first saw you, I thought you were my Prince Charming. When did you give me a metal necklace of that kind, I went to the field, so I had a thought, do you say okay? β
"Fu Ying, since the words have come to this, let's slowly cultivate our feelings. Sooner or later, you will have a pair of metal necklaces, so don't take them this time, lest they laugh. Those jade objects were also given by me, and they can also be used as thoughts. After you passed, the work must be very hard, just call and send messages after work, but don't worry if I can't go back, people in officialdom can't help themselves. β
Fu Ying smiled sincerely, "It's okay, I took the reassuring pill, it doesn't matter what happens." If I miss you so much, I'll come back to see you. I'll go home later, so my parents don't have to worry about it. Don't send me, slowly get out of the middle and sort out the things in your heart. β
"Okay."
Seeing the place where he turned back in the past, Wuyang went back.
After breakfast on the fourth day of junior high school, Xiao Qimei drove a minibus and set off for the airport. Although the seventh sister is pregnant, after Wuyang uses her true qi to clean up her body, it should be no problem to drive for two hours. Mengyu was a little worried, and also came out with the car.
Zhu Qibing brought 5 girls, Ouyang Qi's family of 3, Yan Yulong and Li Wuyang, a carload of people talking and laughing, and soon arrived at the airport. Mengyu's three brothers were waiting for them at the door of the departure hall as promised.
Mengqi, Mengwei and Menghui are also the same as Wuyang Along, they are all empty-handed, they didn't bring anything, a few people looked at each other and smiled, and said goodbye to Mengyu and Zhu Qibing. Seventh Sister and Mengyu went home, Zhu Qibing's flight was half an hour late, and they had to wait for a while.
Arrived after an hour and a half of the flight. The city where the airport is located is the provincial capital, and there are more than 200 kilometers to the city where Ouyang Qi's classmates are located, and there are exactly two taxis for 8 people. The driver asked where to go. Aaron said: "Go to the best guesthouse or hotel in Aizhou. β
The driver said, "Okay." The fare is 1000 yuan. β
Aaron asked, "Why is it so expensive?" β
"Boss. In fact, it is not expensive, 200 kilometers of expressway, more than 100 round-trip tolls, and dozens of kilometers of urban roads, which may not be able to pull repeat customers. β
Wuyang said: "Okay, drive well, and after you arrive safely, I will reward you with two hundred yuan." Both cars are the same. β
"Xie Lu, thank you, boss. I promise you will arrive safely. β
The speed limit on the highway is 120 kilometers, and the driver's speed is controlled very well. The driver handed Wuyang a business card, "Boss, when you go back, you can call me in advance, I'll wait here." There is nothing else but that I want a good person to live a safe life. β
Wuyang said: "We have to go back to the airport from here on the morning of the sixth day of the new year, if it is convenient." I'm sorry to wait here before 12 o'clock. β
The driver said yes and drove away.
The hotel is listed as a four-star hotel and enters the lobby. It's very small, with a few sofas and two coffee tables, there is not much space, and the hardware is too poor. Wuyang felt that if it was also a four-star, his hotel in Lujiang should be a six-star, and obviously the evaluation criteria were based on the local economic situation.
Only one standard room was opened, and after Ouyang Qi's family settled down, it was just lunch time. Ouyang Qi wanted to go out to eat special snacks, Yan Yulong didn't want to leave, and wanted to eat at the hotel. When it came to Wuyang, Wuyang said: "Second brother, let's go to the destination after dinner, we have to leave anyway, it's good to eat special snacks." β
I asked the waiter and told me that after crossing the road and turning left, there is a delicious street, which is a local specialty snack.
Ouyang Qi and Yan Yulong argued while walking, how to pronounce this good word, whether it is a good thing or a hobby, and they have been arguing for a long time without conclusiveness.
When I arrived at the delicious street, it was deserted, and there were few restaurants open, and even fewer diners. Ouyang Qi chose a shop with a tattered faΓ§ade and walked in, Ah Long objected, Ouyang Qi said: "Listen to me." The faΓ§ade is not good-looking, and if you can survive, you must have a way to survive, maybe it is the best food. β
After sitting down, a sister-in-law in her 30s served tea and took a menu for the guests to order. "Bosses, the waiter is on holiday for the New Year, and the two of us have nothing to do at home, so we came over. Waiting for the food to be served may be a little slower, and the dishes are not very fresh, all of which are goods that advance the New Year, but it is guaranteed that the taste will not be bad, and the price can also be discounted. β
After Wuyang heard about it, he knew that Ouyang Qi was right, and he did have his way of survival. For the Chinese New Year, who will get you these fresh dishes? The guests are not fools either.
"Hostess, as long as the taste is not bad, the discount is unnecessary. You should make a few more money in your New Year's business. Wuyang smiled.
"Thank you, thank you, I'll let the boss do his best, I'll recommend some of our store's specialties to the bosses."
Then I recommended steamed lake fish, boiled lake fish, yellow stewed eel, blood duck, lake lotus root, stir-fried snails, stewed lake shellfish, and cabbage moss. After asking everyone if there was no objection, I went into the kitchen.
After everyone drank tea, the proprietress came out to set the dishes, chopsticks, and cups. Wuyang said that as long as you give the gentleman a cup, we have something to do in the afternoon, so we won't drink.
Ouyang Qi went to the wine cabinet to pick and choose, stunned that he didn't pick it, the famous bar, I'm afraid it's fake, it's ordinary, I'm afraid that it won't taste good, and I asked for a bottle of Erguotou after the last.
The proprietress said: "It seems that the boss also loves the things in the cup, I brewed a kind of medicinal wine by myself, which is this kind of two-pot head brewing, adding traditional Chinese medicine, and putting 7 kinds of poisonous snakes, which is to go to rheumatism, do you want to try it?" β
Ouyang Qi said: "Great, let's come for half a catty." β
The proprietress came out with a 20-pound glass bottle from the bedroom, still full of wine. "Bosses, you can drink as much as you want, and if you celebrate the New Year, we will treat you and don't charge money." After saying that, he went into the kitchen. When I came out again, I served two dishes.
Ouyang Qi broke open the wax seal and poured an enamel cup, about a catty.
First of all, it is steamed lake fish, stewed lake shellfish, and then there is yellow stewed eel, stir-fried snails and blood duck, everyone eats and thinks it tastes very good, Aaron asked Ouyang Qi to share the wine and drink, Ouyang Qi said: "Who is going to eat in the hotel just now?" I want to drink and pour it myself. β
Aaron "Hmph, what's the big deal, I'll pour it myself." See if you're not drunk. β
Wuyang felt that the other dishes were generalized. It's just that the blood duck is delicious. Let the proprietress serve again, and the proprietress said that there was only one wild duck left, which was killed just now, and it was gone. There are in other people's refrigerators, but they are all killed before the Chinese New Year.
When I asked the proprietress how she did it, she replied: When you kill the wild duck, you will receive the blood, and when the wild duck meat is fried, you will pour the blood. Other condiments, green beans, chili, garlic, ginger or something, just put them away.
The boss finished frying. So he came out and sat next to them, smoked, and watched everyone eat and drink. Wuyang didn't drink, and soon he was full, so he came over to chat with the boss.
The boss said, "Listen to the accent, you're not local, are you?" Why are you here? β
Wuyang said: "We went to Mao'er Mountain in Huxi County, and we heard that there was gold to dig there, so we went to see it." β
"Digging for gold, it depends on luck, my house is from Mao'er Mountain, and I saw 10 gold diggers. There are 10 people who left at a loss, so they are all outsiders digging. The locals only sell mountains, grain and vegetables, but they also make a lot of money. β
"What's your boss's name? Can you take us there? Wuyang said.
The boss said: "The surname of the exempt is the storage of grain, the storage of Fusheng." It's not impossible to take you there, because my hometown is in the mountains, I bought an off-road vehicle, and it's no problem. As soon as I left, the hotel had to close. β
The proprietress said: "Old Prince, forget it when the door is closed, don't we go back for the New Year?" The baby and the old man also happened to take a look. β
"Boss Chu, the two of you will discuss it, we will trouble you to bring someone to help with the car, today is the fourth day of the new year, we must catch a plane in the morning of the sixth day of the new year, see how much it is?"
"It's just 4 meals delayed, the salary is counted, the car is also a ride, and it's okay, that is, if it's inconvenient for you to eat at my house, just pay for it yourself." Boss Chu said.
"What money is not money, when the time comes, I will steam steamed buns and let them take them to eat, and it will be difficult to find people in those deep mountains and old forests. You eat slowly, I'll pack up my things and leave right away. The proprietress said and went into the bedroom.
"Boss Chu, you have collected the money for the meal, is this money enough?" Wuyang took out the change in his pocket and handed it to Boss Chu. This is 20,000 yuan, and the rest after paying the ticket money for 14 people, a few hundred yuan.
Boss Chu drew two of them, "That's enough." β
Wuyang smiled: "How can it be done?" So many dishes, and 2 catties of wine, it's too little. Boss Chu, you can take it. β
Boss Chu smiled, "It seems that you are also people who don't care about this money, just accept it, and I will use a Coke bottle to fill you with some wine and drink it on the road." β
I found 4 2.5-liter Coke bottles, washed them with tap water, scalded them with hot water again, shook them, and began to pour alcohol. 4 Coke bottles are filled, and there is not much wine in the glass bottle.
Seeing that Boss Chu had done it and the proprietress had cleaned it up, Yan Yulong and Meng Qi put down their chopsticks and got up. Wuyang said to Ouyang Qi: "Big brother, you just live there, and we will come back the day after tomorrow." β
Ouyang Qi said: "You come back and call me, I will tell you if there is anything, you can leave directly if there is nothing to do, don't worry about me." β
Before getting on the bus and leaving, Wuyang looked at the time, 1:05 minutes, and it took 5 minutes to refuel, because the boss lady sat in the passenger seat, and there was no way to look at the odometer, only to see the time. When I got off the provincial road, it was exactly 2:10, and according to the speed of the car, it was estimated that I had walked 50 kilometers, and I asked the boss of Chu, it was really 52 kilometers.
Entering the country road, the car began to bump, the shock performance of the off-road vehicle is good, and the potholes on the road are more powerful. The mountains on both sides of the road grew taller, and the road became more winding.
Boss Chu stopped the car and lit a cigarette, "Boss Li, this is the place where outsiders dig gold, do you want to go down and have a look." β
Wuyang said, "How far is it from here to your house?" β
"It's about 15 kilometers away. The road is 82 kilometers long, 75 kilometers of which are in the mountains, and my house is right in the middle, which is the highest place on the mountain. β
"Boss Chu, was it not easy for you to get out of the mountains back then?"
Boss Chu smiled: "It's not forced. My wife and I grew up in the same school, and we were at the same table in elementary school, and then we didn't have a university to go to, so we had a little bit of fun. My family is poor, and although her parents did not explicitly oppose it, they let our family build a house first and then do happy events. I went to work as a small worker in a restaurant in the city, and slowly learned how to stir-fry, became a cook, and earned a few hundred yuan a month, and her parents also let her go. In the blink of an eye, it's been more than ten years. How's that, to see it or not? Let's go without looking. β
"In this case, let this person take the car over, and the four of us will walk over, please tell us the general direction and the place of your house, we can find it."
Boss Chu said: "It's in this direction, although the highway is crooked, but the general direction is not bad." When you reach the road on the highest ridge, you can see a valley on the right side of the valley, a small village in the valley, and the best house in the valley is my house. β
The four people got out of the car, Mengqi went to get the mineral water, and the proprietress smiled: "Boss, the water in the mountains is better than this, there is no need, just wear gloves so as not to scratch your hands." β
But for those who practice martial arts, it is not a problem to climb mountains and cross streams, and Wuyang arranged for Meng Heng to grasp the general direction, so he took the lead.
In the valley, on the hillside, by the stream, there is a mine cave not far away, and every mine has to go in and see it every time, and every time I shake my head and come out. Everywhere is not spared, but also everywhere is disappointed, there is no shadow of the vein underground.
After walking for an hour, I suddenly saw a high-voltage power line passing through, and I saw a dirt road along the wire, and I walked along the road, and over a mountain, the power line came to an end. In the valley below, there are two smelting furnaces, but there are only people walking, and the machinery and equipment are not running, so it should be a New Year's holiday.
Hiding in the trees, quietly running the true qi, I saw that it was indeed a gold ore vein, and it was very wide and thick, and the bottom could not be seen. Now others are mining the right top of the embossed vein to the lower part of the mine. The top is short and sticks under the mountain, and it is out of sight.
Mengqi and they followed not far away, Wuyang was afraid of being discovered, so he hurriedly turned back, and several people crossed the mountain, and when they reached the foot of the mountain on the other side, they saw the vein passing by and hiding under the mountain. This is a vein that cannot be mined with a smelting furnace, the slope is too steep for the slag to be dumped, so it cannot be produced on a large scale, and it is not of much significance to find the vein.
After climbing several mountains in a row, one mountain is higher than the other, and the highest peak is very close, at this time Mengqi said: "Wuyang, we have arrived at Boss Chu's house." β
It was almost dark, the small village was in front of them, and a few people entered the best house in the village, and Yan Yulong came out of the house. "Third brother, how is it?"
Wuyang shook his head and turned to look at Boss Chu's yard. This is a plot of land carved out on the hillside, and the hill wall behind the house is already higher than the house. The area of the yard is estimated to be 2,000 square meters, and the house is a three-story building, and the construction area should be more than 1,500 square meters.
"Third brother, forget it if you don't have it, this kind of thing is unavoidable, let's go back tomorrow." Yan Yulong said. (To be continued......)