Chapter 18 Mining (6)
This night, because my pet was out vigil, everyone slept peacefully. After getting up in the morning, washing up a little, and having breakfast, we drove to Taniguchi. When I got to Taniguchi, I unloaded my things and began to assign tasks. I said, "Wait for Yilu and Chen Wei to stay, and the rest of the people will go into the valley with me to explore, if there is anything abnormal outside the valley, you must come to the valley to inform us." ”
The two responded, "Understood." ”
Then the four of us took our tools and led the horses north along the valley, while I led the pet to lead the way. Speaking of which, this guy is quite majestic, and his length has reached more than two meters, which is a little bigger than the biggest tiger I have ever seen. I gave him a nickname that suited his majestic posture, Nobita. Well, it sounds familiar.
I led Nobita in front of me, knocking down a stone from the mountain wall on either side every other distance to see if there was any earthy red metal. When we had crossed two small hills and came to a very wide turn, I knocked down another stone from the west wall, and then I found that there were some earthy red metal elements in the stone. I can't help but be happy that the hard work of these two days has finally been in vain. Then I shouted, "Come here, you all, I've found the gold mine." ”
"Where, where!" When several people heard this, they were immediately excited, and they all ran over in a hurry. At this time, Nobita on the side suddenly roared, but the three of them were suddenly frightened. I couldn't help but smile and pat him and said, "Okay, Nobita, don't make trouble." Then I untied the rope from his neck and said, "Go, find something to eat for yourself." He wagged his tail and trotted away.
When the others saw Nobita leave, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Su couldn't help patting his heart and said, "I feel a little uneasy to put a tiger next to me." ”
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, the tiger will also be trustworthy, as long as it approves of you, it will not betray easily; Alright, let's start digging. ”
Feng Xian couldn't help asking, "Brother Xian, where are we going to start digging up?" ”
I patted the mountain wall next to me and said, "Start here." ”
Then we tied our horses to the side and began to beat the mountain wall with an awl, and the stones rich in earthy red metal elements were peeled off one by one, and our hearts became more excited. Gradually, after digging several meters deep, we finally found some rocks wrapped in fine golden metal particles, which is the gold ore we were looking for.
We couldn't help but feel excited, only to see Li Su excitedly said: "Haha, great, let's get rich!" ”
Wei Xu also said: "I have made a fortune and made a fortune, now I don't have to worry about having a good life, and when I go back, I will ask my father to find my mother-in-law and tell me an aunt!" ”
Li Su immediately patted him and said with a smile: "Haha, I can't see it, you stupid boy also knows how to miss your mother-in-law!" ”
Wei Xu said: "Nonsense, what man doesn't think about his mother-in-law, just you don't keep nagging all day long!" ”
Li Su smiled and said: "Hehe, that's right, when I go back, I will also ask my father to tell me an aunt to go, ah no, one is not enough, I want to say two, three, four or five, and then give birth to ten or eight big fat boys for him, let my father be happy!" ”
At this time, Feng Xian couldn't help but shake his head and said, "If your ambition is not rewarded, why is it home?" The two of you don't want to beg your mother-in-law when you get rich, one is not enough to ask for four or five, I advise you not to be that negative man, otherwise you will be poked in the backbone by the neighbors and talk nonsense. ”
Li Su smiled and said: "Where, where, I'm just talking, and I don't dare to say it, right?" ”
I couldn't help but smile and shake my head, and said, "There is a saying among our people that 'when a man becomes rich, his mind is corrupted', and it seems that this is true; If you want me to say, only one daughter-in-law is enough, and if there are more jealous people all day long, it is estimated that they will be annoyed to death. ”
Feng Xian nodded and said, "Well, what the virtuous brother said is very true, okay, don't gossip, let's dig it up." ”
The two of them replied, "Okay! ”
Soon, the mining plan began again. During the digging process, we had a clear division of labor, with the three of them digging and transporting the ore out of the hole, and I being in charge of grinding the ore and sifting out the gold. This day was busy surviving, and because it took some work at the beginning, it didn't dig much, and it was about a pound.
However, it is said that although the fineness of these granular gold of different sizes is not very high, its value is also very high. Originally, I planned to purify it after I went back to make it more colorful, but it seems that the dissolved strong acid required for purification did not exist in this era, so this matter can only be said after the matter is finished.
After that, we chiseled here for several days on end, digging up dozens of kilograms of gold. The harvest of this day and day can make Wei Xu and Li Su happy, and they don't even have the heart to eat, if it weren't for the fact that it was really dark and couldn't see clearly, the two of them would have to continue to work. You said that these two guys who are obsessed with money, if they can use this energy to do serious things, it is more real than anything else. But then again, isn't digging for gold serious?
At dinner, I told them, "We've got what we deserve, and we'll leave tomorrow." ”
Wei Xu looked very surprised, but said, "Huh? What, I'm leaving so soon, there's still a lot of gold in the cave that hasn't been dug up! ”
I said, "Black fat man, you must know how to be content, you can't be insatiable, these gold were originally things in the mountains, and they have nothing to do with us, but now we have obtained wealth that we can't spend in a lifetime, it's time to stop." ”
Feng Xian nodded and said: "What Brother Xian said is very true, we were poor at the beginning, but now we can get such a huge amount of money, I have to say that it all depends on Brother Xian's guidance, the so-called grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, no matter what Brother Xian says, we just need to follow his orders." ”
Li Su also nodded and said: "Well, Feng Xian is our leader, he said that we should listen to Brother Cheng Lian's orders, we must listen to Brother Cheng Lian's orders, and Brother Cheng Lian is right, you really can't be insatiable." ”
Wei Xu nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back tomorrow." ”
This night, Feng Xian and Li Su both slept peacefully, only Wei Xu had not fallen asleep. In the middle of the night, he crept up again, and after glancing at the others, he lit a torch and went into the hole to continue digging.
I haven't been asleep all this time, and I can't help but sigh when I see him so confused, no wonder he will betray Fengxian in the future, a person like him who is not strong enough will make a mistake at the most critical moment, but it is a fateful thing. If I can't change him in the future, then I'll have to get rid of him beforehand. Doing so may cause my brother to resent me, but I must rid him of future evils.
Immediately, I stood up and walked slowly towards the mine. Gradually, as I got closer, I heard the clanging of ore in the cave. I stared closely at the busy shadow in the cave, and clenched my fists tightly, but my heart was hesitant at the moment, I couldn't decide for a moment whether I was right to do this, if I did, maybe I could get rid of a hidden danger that might exist in the future, but on the other hand, I was equivalent to annihilating human nature, if a person was annihilated by human nature, then could he still be called a "human"?
Alas! I couldn't help but sigh deeply. Well, let everything take its course.
However, at this time, Wei Xu, who was busy working in the cave, suddenly screamed in pain, and I couldn't help but hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
saw him turn around, cover his eyes, and say with a somewhat surprised expression: "No, no." ”
I shook my head, then bent over to me and said, "Take your hand away and I'll see." ”
He resignedly put his hand down, his eyes flickering as if he was empty-hearted. I looked at the place he was holding with the torch, but I found a broken layer of skin on his left forehead, and I knew that it had been broken by a stone, but fortunately there was no blood.
I couldn't help but say, "You doll, let me say what is good about you, the loss is only broken on the head, if you break the eyeballs, I am afraid that you will be blind in this life." ”
He couldn't help but squat there and bow his head and said, "Brother Cheng Lian, I know it's wrong, I shouldn't have disobeyed your warning." ”
When I saw him like this, I didn't say anything more, and it is inevitable that young people will make mistakes once in a while, but I hope that they will not go astray in the future. Then I said, "Okay, go back to sleep, and stop doing this stupid thing." ”
"yes, I see." He nodded, and then said, "By the way, Brother Cheng Lian, don't tell Brother Bu about this, otherwise he will discipline me again." ”
I couldn't help but shake my head with a smile and said, "I'm afraid that I won't be obedient after being trained, go back to sleep, and remember not to do it again next time." ”
He hurriedly nodded and said, "Well, thank you Brother Cheng Lian, what about these gold ores I chiseled?" ”
I said, "I'll clean up, and you can go back to sleep." ”
He said, "Then I'll go back." ”
Looking at the back of his departure, I couldn't help but suddenly think of a question, if he still did that one day in the future, how would Feng Xian feel?
Regarding human nature, good and evil, in fact, the ancients have long had their own conclusions. Confucius said that sex is good, Xunzi said sex is evil, and Lao Tzu said that there is no sex. They were all right, but none of them were right.
There is good and evil hidden in human nature, just as everything has two sides, yin and yang. At the beginning of our birth, we couldn't do anything, the only thing we could do was the need for survival, we had to eat when we were hungry, and we had to drink when we were thirsty, which was what Lao Tzu called asexuality.
However, the character that people acquire is inherited by their parents' genes. There is a ninety percent chance that the personality that parents have always adhered to in their lives will be passed on to the next generation through genes. That is to say, when the fertilized egg is formed, the child's future character has basically been set. This is also the reason why the ancients would say that "if the son does not teach, the father will be guilty".
Therefore, if you want to have a good child in the future, then you must first be a good child yourself.
(I was writing it before, but when I was revising it, there was a sudden power outage, so this chapter is a little late.) I wondered, I don't know if the air conditioner is turned on too much, the load of the power company is too large, and when you stay at home, you don't need to wear clothes, the curtains are closed, and then the air conditioner is turned on a little higher, and it won't be hot...... )