It turned out that after Xiao Li tore open the things that had weathered into ashes, what appeared in front of us was not arms and baggage, nor swords, guns, and halberds, but real gold and silver that were bright and white!

After calming down our excitement, blinking hard, and swallowing the saliva that was about to drip out of our mouths, we all stepped forward in unison and weighed those yellow and white things that make us busy all our lives and work for them!

"Wow! It's so heavy, much heavier than a big stone!" Dasha shouted stupidly as he moved a big ingot!

"It's a real guy! It's a real guy! Woohoo..." Mr. Liu weighed the gold bricks in his hand and bit them with his teeth. He was so excited that he lost his usual calmness and sophistication. As he spoke, he actually started crying. !

"What's going on, what's going on, boss!"

"Dear old man, I didn't even blink when I was stabbing with a little devil. Now I'm just crying like a bird."

"Yeah, with so many things, are you still worried that our brothers won't be able to spend enough?"

Everyone started shouting, which made Mr. Liu feel embarrassed. He quickly wiped his tears and told a thought-provoking incident from the past:

For us Northeasterners, apart from farming, occupying mountains and gathering in mountains and forests, our main livelihoods are hunting, ginseng digging and gold panning!

In those days, my old father could only make ends meet by hunting. In order to improve our family's financial situation and save some money so that we brothers could study for a few days and learn a few words, we joined the gold rush together with my third uncle. 's army.

The job of gold mining is really not done by humans. We dig and wash the sand on the river beach all year round. Our waist is so tired that we can’t straighten up, and our hands and feet are swollen and white. Those who are lucky can even get some gold particles. Most of them No one has even seen what gold looks like...

The old father went out for a year and returned home empty-handed, his legs were still limping, and his whole body was covered in injuries!

It turned out that more than half a year had passed, and I was so exhausted that I still couldn't find the gold veins. In order to see those yellow particles earlier, I and my friends dug and washed the sand day and night. The hard work paid off, maybe the old man My eyes opened. Less than a month later, I found that there were some large sand grains on the bottom of the sieve that could not be removed, and they were heavy. After careful rubbing, a golden color appeared. I called the old gold digger to take a look. It is said that the golden color of the rice grains is quite good!

At this time, the whole river beach was boiling. People were shouting and shouting excitedly. Everyone lifted me up, the hero of the discovery of rice grain gold, to celebrate!

The lunch meal was extraordinarily sumptuous, including pheasants, hares, large carps, and various dishes on a large table. Everyone drank a large bowl of Laobaigan. Their faces were red and their ears were flushed, and they were extremely excited!

Everyone was very energetic after having had enough food and wine. The whole river beach was buzzing with activity and the harvest was huge. Everyone found a handful of golden rice grains in one afternoon!

Everyone was so excited that they didn't sleep well all night, so they came to the river beach at dawn to continue panning for gold! Just as everyone was immersed in joy, the sound of "bang bang bang" gunshots echoed throughout the river beach, and several gold diggers fell to the ground. In the water, the river was dyed red!

"Damn it, hurry up and get out of here. If you delay a little longer, I will beat you all to death. If you dare to come to my house to grab gold, you are really impatient...", a ferocious-looking guy shouted loudly. Swearing angrily, he was surrounded by bearded men holding guns.

"We've met the Beard (bandit)! Everyone, run!" shouted, and everyone on the river beach immediately ran out, but the "bang bang" gunshots kept ringing behind them!

"Damn it, let you go out so that people know that there is gold here, why are we fooling around!" It turns out that the bearded man wants to kill all the gold diggers in order to keep the secret of gold here.

, in order to monopolize it!

Fortunately, the few of us ran fast, otherwise not to mention the gold, our lives would have been left on the river beach. Alas! How many people never came back from there because of that little yellow sand...

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Boss Liu wiped his tears again, sighed, and said: "I don't know how many lives are involved in this yellow thing! I won't talk about it anymore!"

"Don't be sad, boss, as long as you are alive, no, the purity of these things is much higher than that of rice grains of gold!" I comforted Boss Liu.

"Boss, tell us more about gold mining sometime! I'm really interested in that!"

"Okay, don't make me sad. I'll tell you about the gold rush when I have time!" Boss Liu calmed down for a while and said, "The most important thing now is, how do we get these things out?"

"It's such a heavy thing, so one person can only get one piece! Otherwise, he won't be able to get rid of them all because he's too exhausted!" Dasha is still the most contented and realistic.

"Yes, how many people have worked hard all their lives for these yellow and white things, and how many people have risked their lives for them! We can't be greedy. If one of us gets a piece, it's good if we can get out alive!"

, Boss Liu sighed for a long time and agreed with Dasha.

In fact, what they say is right! Things are rare and valuable! In this cave in a cave deep in the mountains and forests, only life is the most important. If those golden things cannot be taken out alive, they are really nothing like stones.

difference!

"Okay! Now let's each take a piece. Maybe the big toad brought us here just to repay the favor of saving our lives, and let us come here to make a small fortune! Hey---, don't be greedy.

The big one is very heavy. I can't carry it on the road and throw it away. It's better to take the smaller one with me!" Mr. Liu said very realistically - I don't know when I will be able to get out of this mountain. If I take a hundred with me,

There is no way you can carry a heavy ingot out of the mountain!

I walked around the gold pile, only looking at the gold. It turned out that at the bottom of the gold pile, there was a small stone tablet, which seemed to have some words engraved on it.

"Hey, don't be too busy, what is this?" I greeted.

Everyone gathered around. Boss Liu wiped the dust on the stone tablet, and the words on it appeared clearly:

Notice

The Red Scarf Army is for the common people; gold and silver are not for private use;

Swords and guns only attack Hulu, for the sake of peace and tranquility in China!

A sycophant is greedy for gold and silver; someone who embezzles it privately is a sinner;

Although the heroic soul is under the Nine Springs, I swear I will never close my eyes and pursue your soul!

"Oh! You can't use this indiscriminately!" Mr. Liu said regretfully, took out the gold brick that he just put in his pocket, and put it back where it was as if he was distressed.

"What's going on? Why can't you take it?" Although Goudan was reluctant to take out the gold bars and bricks, he saw that Boss Liu had returned them to their original place, so he had to throw them beside the gold stack.

"It's like this," Mr. Liu said solemnly, "This is the salary of the rebels back then, or it may be the funds raised to fight against Hu. They are for the sake of the country, and no one dares to use it privately. Now it is also a national crisis.

, how can we do things that people would have despised hundreds of years ago!"

"How about this? After we go out, we report to the superior and use it as military supplies to buy planes and cannons to fight the Japanese?" Xiao Li put forward his own opinion and looked at us as if asking for advice.

"Okay, okay, if you donate so much gold, the commander will definitely reward us with meritorious service!" Dasha is very interested in becoming an official!

"I listen to everyone, just do whatever you say! It's just a few yellow stones, and maybe we can make it out of the mountain alive! I don't know what time it is now. I'm very sleepy. How about we go first? Want to sleep here for a while?" I am very pessimistic about the future. I have been tired for such a long time and just want to have a good sleep!

"Okay, there is a light here. It's safer to sleep. Just pull over here and rest for a while!" After Boss Liu finished speaking, he squatted down on one side, and we all fell asleep either squatting or lying down. , and after a while, snoring started to sound everywhere, one after another. After all, I was frightened and tired for such a long time...
Chapter completed!