A small stream connects the potholes in the ground, like a chain of beads around the earth.

Xiong Zhan roasted rabbits in a clearing, and Jiaomu Jiao stripped off and soaked in a hot spring to regain his strength.

Zhang Xuebing, on the other hand, surveyed the terrain nearby, looking for traces of human activity.

The bonfire was gone, and only the red charcoal exuded a scorching temperature, and the rabbits on it were roasted with oil, and the rich fragrance wafted around.

Jiaomu Jiao stretched comfortably in the hot water and sighed.

"Hey, if it weren't for this broken rabbit, we might all be back in the Great Lake!"

Xiong Zhan stopped what he was doing, put the portable pot on top of the charcoal, and then the fat from the rabbit, which could not be wasted, and after a while, he could pick some wild vegetables and make a soup.

There is no way that this is a special time, and all resources must be fully utilized.

Xiong Zhan said, "Brother, don't complain, this is all fate, we don't have the life to live a comfortable life!" ”

Jiaomu Jiao rubbed the dirt on his body, stood up from the hot spring, wiped the water stains on his body with a towel and said, "I will go upstream to wash the sulfur on my body in the clear water, save the greasy, by the way, pick some wild vegetables and come back, you roast the rabbit and warm it from the fire, and also come down to take a bath to get rid of fatigue!" ”

Xiong Zhan said with palpitations, "Don't catch rabbits anymore!" ”

The old Jiaomu Jiao blushed and walked upstream along the stream.

The water originates at the foot of this volcano, presumably from the melting snow and ice on the mountain, and is clear and cold.

When he walked to the foot of the mountain, he saw several smaller streams rushing down the mountain and converging at the foot of the mountain.

This should be the source.

He jumped into the water to wash off the sulfur from his body, and was about to get up when he noticed something in the stream and shook his eyes.

The horned wood Jiao bent down and picked up a cold, hard thing from the mass of river pebbles.

The thing glowed golden in the sunlight, filled with small cheese-like holes, and felt heavy in the hand.

Jiaomu Jiao frowned, and after a careful search, he found that this kind of thing was quite a bit in the stream, especially near the hillside.

It looks like a stream is coming out of the mountain.

He hesitated to put one of the small pieces into his mouth and bit it with his teeth, and suddenly felt that his teeth were about to be knocked out.

He just wanted to throw away these things, but after thinking about it for a while, he wiped his body and put on his clothes, put the few pieces of things he had picked up into his trouser pocket, picked some wild vegetables, and then returned to the camp.

At this moment, Zhang Xuebing also came back, and Xiong Zhan, who was soaked in the water, was rubbing the stains on his body, and his mouth was moaning comfortably.

Zhang Xuebing broke two compressed biscuits and threw them into the pot.

"Brother, ready to eat!"

Jiaomu Jiao cut the washed wild vegetables with a dagger and threw them into the pot, "Fortunately, the temperature around the hot spring is high, and there are wild vegetables, otherwise we would have to eat rabbits and biscuits!" ”

It is true that most of the hot springs and volcanoes do not grow much, but due to the high temperature, there are still some plants that can adapt to high sulfur and grow very luxuriantly.

At this time, Xiong Zhan was also washed, and he followed the example of Jiaomu Jiao and ran upstream.

"You eat first, I'll rush!"

Looking at his fat appearance, like a bear, Jiaomu Jiao couldn't help but laugh.

"That's a fat kid, little soldier, why don't you go down and wash one?"

Zhang Xuebing took the rabbit off the wooden stick and tore it on a clean stone, "I, let's talk about it when I'm full, I'm hungry!" ”

After a while, the portable pot was steaming, the water was boiling, the vegetable leaves and compressed biscuits were tumbling between the boiling waters, and the aroma of the food went straight to the nose.

Zhang Xuebing filled everyone's water tank with vegetable porridge, divided the rabbit into three parts, and then picked up his own share and gnawed it.

Jiaomu Jiao took out a bottle of liquor, and was about to unscrew the lid, but after thinking about it, he put it away, this thing can save lives at a critical moment, or don't waste it.

The two of them ate for a while, but they didn't see Xiong Zhan come back.

Jiaomu Jiao wondered, "Why did this kid go, take a bath for so long?" ”

Zhang Xuebing frowned, looked in the direction of the stream, and saw a figure in the distance, walking slowly towards this side, looking at the size of Xiong Zhan.

Why is this guy walking so slowly?

Could it be that you are hurt?

Zhang Xuebing stood up slowly, Xiong Zhan was also a little closer at this moment, he happened to see that Xiong Zhan seemed to be carrying something in his hand, and he was shirtless and undressed.

It seemed that he had found something good at the end of the stream, so Zhang Xuebing sat down with confidence and continued to drink wild vegetable porridge and nibble on rabbits.

"Hey, hurry up and help, or I won't give it to you!"

Xiong Zhan shouted breathlessly from a distance.

Zhang Xuebing frowned and asked, "What did he move?" ”

Jiaomu Jiao stood up and looked over there, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Oh, I also found that thing, it should be chalcopyrite or something, I'll help him!" ”

Zhang Xuebing continued to eat his belated breakfast.

Jiaomu Jiao ran over to help Xiong Zhan move things back.

Zhang Xuebing put down the jar and looked curiously, only to see a large piece of gold, which was very irregular in shape, and was full of small pits.

This is a piece of metal the size of a watermelon, thrown on the ground and shook the ground to tremble, no wonder Xiong Zhan can't hold it, this thing weighs hundreds of kilograms.

Xiong Zhan gasped for breath, untied the clothes wrapped around his waist, and poured out a large number of identical objects, large and small.

"What's the matter, get rich, gold, it's all in the stream!" He exclaimed as he wiped his sweat, excited like a child.

Jiaomu Jiao sneered, "I found it under the creek, I picked up a few pieces in the bath just now!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the contents of his trouser pocket, still in the pile of similar objects.

"I thought it was gold at first, but I gritted it, and I stumped my teeth, this should be copper ore or something, definitely not gold!"

Xiong Zhan was suddenly deflated, and said depressedly as he kicked the biggest piece with his toes.

"Even if you find a copper mine, it's a precious metal!"

Jiaomu Jiao sneered, "Indeed, if this is really a copper mine, it is indeed valuable, but how do you plan to mine it and how to get it back?" Do you want to stay as a miner? ”

Xiong Zhan rolled his eyes angrily, picked up his share of porridge and drank it depressedly.

Zhang Xuebing was interested in these things, and grabbed a small piece of it and looked at it over and over in his hand.

After a long while, he suddenly said, "The smelted pure gold must be soft, but this may be a gold mine with a high gold content, or natural gold!" ”