Chapter 5: The Golden Vein of the Dark River
When Lin Lu came to Jiayi Forest Farm, it was already late autumn.
In the current Manjin River valley, autumn is in full swing, and the maple trees on the hillside of the valley are soaked in frost like a burning flame, and the unknown trees are golden and yellow, just like the honey locust trees in their hometown.
The wild wind howling from the monster forest rustled the trees.
Looking at these, Lin Lu unconsciously remembered that when he was in his hometown, he climbed the chestnut tree with his friends, and he was really carefree at that time.
And Lao Yutou and his entourage, thousands of miles away from Tianluo Kingdom, are making final preparations for the most important "gold touching action" in their lives.
Smoked chicken, this is Yu Erwa and Lao Li Tou, when Lao Yu Tou left, took advantage of his free time to buy a half-grown chicken to raise. Absolutely authentic free-range chicken, slaughtered and smoked, can be preserved for a long time.
When Lao Li Tou went to the market to buy chickens, the uncle who sold the chickens also knew a little about the Jiayi Forest Farm, and asked Lao Li Tou jokingly, "Boss Li, are your Jiayi Forest Farm going to be changed into chicken farms?" ”
Old Li Tou smiled and didn't say much.
A few days later, the news that "the contracted boss of Jiayi Forest Farm bought a lot of chickens from the market and converted Jiayi Forest Farm into a chicken farm" began to circulate in the gold rush team of Manjinhe.
It's just that the weather is getting colder, and many gold diggers have returned to their hometowns for the New Year, and the remaining gold diggers are basically shrunk in the barracks, or playing pai gow, mahjong, or drinking and chatting.
Shochu, it is inevitable that the mine will be wet and cold, drink some shochu to get rid of the cold,
Food
Abrasive bag,
cordage
mattock
torch
candle
There are also oil-wrapped cloth clothes and trousers, cotton clothes and pants that are difficult to bring in from the dark river.
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On a late autumn night, it came very early, and the four of them, as usual, had dinner early. Surprisingly, for this dinner, Lin Lu also got a whole smoked chicken rack and ate it beautifully.
sub-hour and minute,
Old Yu woke up Lin Lu in his false sleep and threw a package in front of Lin Lu.
"Wrap your back, don't make a sound, follow the team!" Old Yu said softly.
Lin Lu quickly carried the package and followed behind Lao Yutou.
The cold moon hangs high, the night is hazy,
The night wind blew the trees in the valley hula~hula~, and in the distance, from time to time, the cries of unknown night birds "purr~grunt~~" were heard.
Yu Erwa walked in front, Lin Lu and Lao Li Tou walked in the middle, and Lao Yu Tou walked behind.
By the faint moonlight, the four of them hunched over the remote mountain road.
Almost a cup of tea, the "Touching Gold Four-person Squad" touched the small estuary of Jiayi Forest Farm,
Lao Li Tou and Yu Erwa quickly took out some black cloth and wooden poles from the package, and after building, they covered the original estuary pit, and Lao Yutou immediately covered the black cloth with withered grass and dead branches, and Lao Li Tou picked some sand from nowhere and scattered it evenly on the top of the withered grass and branches.
Then, the four-man cat got into the black cloth cover,
In the dark, the old man skillfully swept away the camouflage of the entrance of the dark river with his hand, and said softly through the faint light from the fluorescent aquatic plants below. "Lao Li let go of the wind, and the others will go down with me!"
Although Lin Lu didn't understand what to do next, seeing that Lao Li Tou and Yu Erwa both nodded in tacitly, he had no choice but to nod his head.
Yu Erwa quickly took off her coat, wrapped it in brown paper, stuffed it into the package, and jumped into the small pit of the estuary without hesitation.
Lao Yutou patted Lin Lu on the shoulder, Lin Lu understood what he meant, and was about to take off his clothes, Lao Yutou pushed Lin Lu again, signaling him to go down quickly, Lin Lu did not hesitate, and jumped into the river.
Immediately afterwards, Lao Yutou also jumped into the water.
Although the temperature outside is very cold, the water of the dark river is very warm.
"There are only a few ventilation points in the dark river channel, so now we must collect more air into the stomach." Yu Erwa said to Lin Lu, Lin Lu nodded, Lin Lu likes to drink water, and he is also well versed in the way of underwater breathing and breathing.
Yu Erwa, Lin Lu, and Lao Yu Tou dived in turn in the dark river channel full of fluorescent aquatic plants, unknown small fish and shrimp swam past them, Lin Lu was only a nine-year-old child, and the sense of novelty was suddenly born.
When it came to the ventilation point, Yu Erwa pointed up with her finger and motioned for everyone to surface for ventilation.
After surfacing,
"Lin Lu, your kid is really good!" Old Yu panted and approved.
Lin Lu didn't know how to answer, so he had to lower his head, and then inhaled heavily.
After swimming through a few more ventilation points, they finally reached the end of the dark river channel, and the three of them surfaced one after another.
The three of them put down their packages and sat on the shore, gasping for air,
Although Yu Erwa's package is the heaviest, he is young and strong, and he is also the first to slow down.
With the faint light of fluorescent aquatic plants on the shore, Yu Erwa took out a torch wrapped in kraft paper and a jar of pine oil from the package, soaked the torch head with pine oil, and then lit it with a fire fold, and suddenly the whole place brightened up a lot.
"Lin Lu, there are kraft paper-wrapped clothes in your package, take them out and change them quickly, so as not to catch a cold", Lao Yutou said as he took out the kraft paper-wrapped clothes from his package and changed them.
Lin Lu also did the same, took out the kraft paper package, opened it and saw that it was a set of thick autumn clothes and autumn pants, as well as a pair of straw sandals. Lin Lu's heart was shocked, and the movements in his hands also paused, and then quickly changed his clothes and shoes.
"Lin Lu, although you are a three-seal official slave, but here, just the three of us, you can wear it with confidence, don't think about it!" , Lao Yu turned his back to Lin Lu and said softly.
"Thank you, Uncle Yu", Lin Lu said gratefully.
"Although Erwa and I are not slaves, but we are also from poor families, when I was as old as you, there was a great drought, and my father planned to sell me to a landlord's house as a slave, but fortunately, my mother tried her best to dissuade me, and finally did not enter the slave status. After that year, I moved the idea of leaving my hometown, and later, I went to this gold river to pan for gold, and I worked for decades, and I made some money to support my family. If this gold mining can be harvested, you can rest assured, if you have any wishes, I will try my best to help you complete it! Old Yu looked at Lin Lu, helped him straighten his clothes, and then gently patted Lin Lu's shoulder and said with relief.
"Uncle Yu, if I work hard, can you help inquire about my father, mother, brother, and sister?" Lin Lu took a deep breath, stared at Lao Yutou, and asked solemnly.
"That's natural, I know a lot of gold diggers from all over Tianluo Country in Manjinhe, in terms of inquiring about news, I have my own set of methods, I will definitely help you find out about the news of your family!" After Old Yu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Yu Erwa.
"Brother Lin Lu, you go to Manjinhe to inquire, there are a few people who don't know the name of my old Uncle Yu, don't say it's Tianluo Kingdom, even if your parents are sent to other countries, my old Uncle Yu will definitely be able to find out! As long as you work hard, we will definitely take your parents, younger brothers and sisters over to reunite with you! Yu Erwa took the words of the old man and added with an oath.
After listening to the answers of the two of them, and looking at their sworn assurances, although Lin Lu had some doubts in his heart, he still chose to believe a little more, he really missed his family too much.
Just like a drowning person, when he sees the floating straw, he knows that the opportunity is slim, and he will grasp it tightly.
The three of them went up the stone steps until they reached the narrow path formed by two boulders.
Lao Yutou took out a few bottles of soju, a few smoked chickens, and a few dry foods from the package, handed them to Lin Lu, and said, "This is some food, you take it first, and there will be some after eating." ”
After Lin Lu received the food in the package, Lao Yutou took out a rope and said: "Wait for you to mine on the side of the boulder passage alone, in case of an accident that causes you to be unable to act, in order to save you in time, there is a rule in our gold digger shop, that is, you need to tie a lifeline to the waist of the person who goes down the mine alone, I hope you can understand." ”
Yu Erwa also added, "In the early years, when I went down the mine alone, I accidentally had a heat attack, thanks to the lifeline, my uncle pulled me out of the mine, hurry up and tie it, in case you have a mistake, after Uncle Yu and I find your family, how can we explain to them~"
Lin Lu faintly felt that the second uncle and nephew of the Yu family were deceiving him, but when he thought of the uncertainty of his family's life and death, Lin Lu once again chose to believe their words, he really missed his family too much.
After Lin Lu tied the life-saving rope, Lao Yutou handed over another rope and said, "Lin Lu, wait for you to put the gold ore mined in a sand bag, and then tie it in the middle of this rope, and after we pull the sand bag, you will pull the rope back, remember?" ”
Lin Lu picked up the rope and nodded silently.
took the torch handed over by Yu Erwa, tied a rope around his waist, and held a rope in his hand, straddled the package containing food, and pinned a small pickaxe to his waist, Lin Lu squeezed into the boulder narrow road with difficulty. More than ten zhang of boulder narrow road, the narrowest place, even Lin Lu has to shrink his stomach and chest to pass, I have to say, the eyes of the old man are really poisonous, just a few months ago at the entrance of the cave in a hurry, I judged that Lin Lu's figure can pass.
After passing the narrow passage of the boulder, the field of vision is much wider, and under the reflection of the torches, the gold ore in the cave reflects a dazzling golden light.
Lin Lu inserted the torch into the stone crack of the rock wall, took out the sand bag in the package, and quickly loaded the gold ore that could be seen from the other side of the boulder narrow road into the sand bag, and after it was full, tied the sand bag in the middle of the rope.
Looking at the sand bag, full of dozens of catties of dog's head gold, Yu's uncle and nephew glanced at each other, and it was no longer possible to hide the excitement in their eyes.
If they continue to mine at this rate, in less than a month, they will be able to accumulate wealth that they will not be able to spend in ten lifetimes!
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