"You can't easily conclude that there is a big coal mine based on these few pieces of coal, right?" Bai Mingchuan is also a party secretary after all. He has gone to meetings outside and seen the world. He knows what a big coal mine means to their village. If there is a big coal mine, the country will definitely It will be developed, and then the young people in the village will have the opportunity to change from farmers to coal miners.

But after thinking about it for a moment, his old habit of looking forward and backward relapsed. How much coal was there now? How could he tell that there were large coal mines nearby? If he had reported it rashly, he would have been criticized.

"I can't say anything for sure now. I'm not on the exploration team, but it's good news anyway; the Jiazigou coal mine in the northeast was discovered from a piece of coal..." Shen Long told the story of Jiazigou coal mine and Huolinhe coal mine. He repeated, "In recent years, the country has been attaching great importance to the exploration and development of coal mines. If we report the news, they will definitely pay attention to it, and they will definitely ask for help from the village."

"That's true." The exploration team is here. Murakami is responsible for food and accommodation. They will definitely not eat and live for nothing. Murakami can also make more living money. Baidian Village will not lose money anyway. Bai Mingchuan is tempted. .

"In the 1920s, geologist Professor Wang Zhuquan estimated in the "Instructions for the Taiyuan Yulin Geological Map of China" that there are 90.447 billion tons of coal in this area. This shows that the coal in our area is not without scientific basis." Zhengzhou Institute of Coal Geology also said After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 186 Exploration Team came to northern Shaanxi for exploration many times, but they never visited Baidian Village.

"That's it, I will take you and I to take a look tomorrow. We will walk around more, see more, and prepare more things to go to the countryside and report to the county." Bai Mingchuan calculated the time. , "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. We will prepare it before the new year and report as soon as the new year begins."

"Then I'll go back first." This kind of thing cannot be solved overnight. The Shenfu Dongsheng Coal Mine was discovered in 1980 and construction only started in 1984. The delay of these few days is nothing.

In the past few days, Shen Long and Bai Mingchuan were running around the surrounding mountains and plains, looking for coal mining spots to excavate based on the memories of later generations. The coal mines here are not open-pit coal mines. The coal seams are hidden 400 to 800 meters underground. There are not many coal lumps on the surface, but with everyone's efforts, a lot of them were found, and more labels were added to Shen Long's map.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone went back to the village to rest and prepare for the New Year. Although it was still difficult at the moment, everyone still took out the grain from the bottom of the box and prepared to make some delicious New Year dishes, except for the glutinous rice balls and bowls. When eating in northern Shaanxi, dumplings, which are popular during the Chinese New Year in the north, are naturally indispensable.

For this reason, Bai Mingchuan also specially gave Shen Long a few kilograms of flour and pork, "You guys came to our village and did a lot of good things for the village. This is our village's consideration, so don't refuse." "

Shen Long took it and gave Bai Mingchuan some candies and cigarettes he bought at the sales agency. There was nothing to spend money on here. He still had a lot of savings from the capital, and he went there two days ago. I went to Ishikawa Village, Tucheng Commune, and gave some to Zhong Yuemin and others. I also taught them how to identify and process wild vegetables, hoping it would keep them going for a few more days.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone started making dumplings happily. Shen Long showed them his skills again. He made all kinds of flower dumplings so beautifully. Just looking at the shape made the educated youths exclaim, "Kui Yong! , your craftsmanship is even better than that of a master with a long hair!"

Defachang is a time-honored restaurant in Xi'an that specializes in making dumplings. It is known as the best dumplings in the world. It is said that when Cixi came to Xi'an to take refuge, she could not eat anything, but Defachang's dumplings made her like it.

"Today I'm going to let you thoroughly open your eyes. Don't make any trouble here. I've made the dumplings by myself. You go and light the fire. We'll wrap a batch and make a batch. Fry the dumplings, steam the dumplings, boil the dumplings, and bake them. Dumplings, grilled dumplings... all kinds of tricks are available, so that you can have a good time." Cooking is addictive. Shen Longkong has good cooking skills, but he has never been able to show off his cooking skills since he came here. Now it is not easy. We have a lot of ingredients, can we make a good meal?

Cold shepherd's purse, minced garlic mixed with bitter vegetables, sauerkraut... I made several cold vegetables in a few times, spread a thin layer of oil on the bottom of the pot, put the dumplings down and fried them until they were golden, and the educated youths' mouths started to water.

"It's so delicious!" Hu Jianjun didn't care about how hot it was, and stuffed it into his mouth in one bite. After sighing, he felt a little regretful, "We have something delicious, but I feel unhappy if I don't order wine during the Chinese New Year!"

"If we have wine, how can we not have wine!" As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Mingchuan came in with a head of snowflakes on his head and a wine jar in his hand, "Oh, I'm really sorry, I have actually prepared it for you. I was busy two days ago and forgot about it."

"Happy Chinese New Year to Zhishu Bai. I'd rather bother you to make a special trip to sit down and eat some dumplings and drink two cups!" Shen Long pulled Bai Mingchuan to sit down, gave him a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and poured wine.

"I won't eat, I won't eat, my family is still waiting for me to come back." He said this, but kept staring at those fried dumplings. The food in northern Shaanxi has always been rough. How had he ever seen such exquisite food? In just a few words Shen Long persuaded him to try it, and he couldn't stop talking after tasting it. Not only were the dumplings delicious, the cold dishes were also mixed well, and there was no bitter taste of wild vegetables at all.

"Shen Long, how many things do you know? This skill is much better than the master chef in our county canteen. From now on, you have to be the chef for anyone in the village!" These days, we pay attention to diligence and frugality, but there are weddings and funerals in the village. It is still possible to set up two tables.

"It's easy to talk about." Not to mention the weddings and funerals in the village, even the state banquet Shen Long was worthy of.

After tasting a few dumplings, Bai Mingchuan reluctantly left. Firstly, his family still had to wait for him to return, and secondly, he also knew that these educated youths did not have enough food and it was difficult to eat more.

After walking away from Bai Mingchuan, the educated youths felt much more at ease. They started drinking wine noisily, and even the female educated youths took a few sips.

As the saying goes, the more wine you drink, the more dumplings you make. Once you drink this wine, it’s hard to stop. At the beginning, everyone was talking and laughing, but I don’t know who started talking about relatives who are far away. The atmosphere in the cave quickly turned sad.

They are still only 16 or 17 years old and are less than 20 years old. This is the first time for them to spend the New Year away from their parents. Moreover, they don't know how long it will take to return home, and their future is even more uncertain.
Chapter completed!