"Slow down, the water flow can't be too strong, or the gold sand will be washed away together." Austin did not go into the water to pan for gold. He held a rifle and strolled back and forth beside the stream, teaching everyone how to pan for gold and patrolling at the same time.
The situation in the woods.
"Is there really gold here? Is there any nugget gold?" Hong Tao slightly adjusted the angle of the dustpan to slow down the flow of water, and then asked.
"Haha, I'm afraid there is no nugget gold, but there is still a lot of gold sand. This place used to be a sacred place for an Indian tribe. The tribe used to be where we passed by. Later, the people of the tribe moved to the reservation area to live. Here too
It was abandoned. But this land is still Indian land, maybe because there are too few gold mines here, so no one came to mine it." Austin pointed to a piece of grass that he passed by just now, and Hong Tao remembered that place.
Just a few hundred meters downstream, a large area of trees was empty, but there were no tree stumps.
"Then why don't the Indians here come to mine gold? Can't they exchange for a lot of money?" Hong Tao was a little puzzled. It's unreasonable to guard such a gold mine and still suffer from cold and poverty.
"You can't make money mining gold like us. It can only be a game. The gold content here is not high, so no one comes to mine it. Stop shaking, you see gold." Austin suddenly pointed.
Hong Tao's dustpan said.
"Where is it?" Hong Tao held the dustpan to the tip of his nose, but he didn't see any gold in it. There was only a handful of fine sand in the dustpan.
"Look, this is it." Austin stirred up the fine sand with his fingers, then picked up a little and held it in front of Hong Tao's eyes.
"Hey, it's true, it's just a little small..." Hong Tao finally saw a few small yellow dots on Austin's fingertips. Under the sunlight in the woods, they would
Shine an alluring light.
"If there are too many, it will be your turn!" Liu Xiaomei spoke from a few meters away. She was also holding her dustpan at an angle to the sun, trying to see if there was anything shiny in her dustpan.
"A roomful of sand...a bag of gold, a bag of gold...a room full of sand." Hong Tao muttered the lines from the cartoon, carefully wrapped the few grains of gold sand in a piece of white paper, and then continued to dig for gold.
, As for Liu Xiaomei's provocation, he pretended not to hear it at all. If he had that spare time, he might as well dig out a few more grains of gold.
There is no one in the world who doesn't love money. Just like Mr. Liu, a cashier, when he heard there was gold in the water, he ignored his old age and frailty. He resolutely stepped into the cold and biting stream, and worked very happily.
It should be said that this gold mining is really not a job for humans. It is quite fun to play for a short time, but if you do it for a long time, it is not as easy as digging a coal mine. Not to mention the cold and biting stream, even Hong Tao cannot maintain this posture for ten seconds.
Minutes, you have to get up and move around after squatting for a while, otherwise it will be difficult to stand up again, and your legs will become weak and you will have to fall into the stream.
The craze for yellow only lasted for 2 hours. Everyone's enthusiasm was worn away by the harsh environment. They climbed ashore one after another, got a pile of dry wood, lit a fire, and roasted themselves while being soaked by the stream water.
Legs with cold hearts. While drinking hot tea, everyone showed off their harvests. Liu Xiaomei won the first place in the amount of gold mining due to her natural sensitivity to yellow metals. The amount of gold sand she mined by herself was almost as much as that of Pavilion.
, Boss Liu and Harrison had the same amount as the three of them. Only Hong Tao relied on his sharp eyesight developed during fishing to barely get a second place. But in terms of quantity, he still couldn't compare with Liu Xiaomei. He was only half of others.
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In the end, everyone gathered the gold sand together and gave it to Liu Xiaomei. This was not a gift, but a loss. As soon as the gold rush started, everyone formulated the rules of this game, that is, the winner wins all, and whoever mines the most gold will win.
All the gold sand belongs to him alone.
However, Hong Tao is not distressed. The total amount of gold sand put together is as much as two match heads. This is still coarse gold sand. After refining, it will be as big as a match head. This is Hong Tao.
Only then did I understand why no one came here to dig for gold. The amount of gold mined was not enough for labor expenses, and they would lose money if they came here.
However, as a game and amusement project, it is good to experience a fragment of the lives of North American gold diggers during the gold rush. At least we saw grains of gold sand being pulled out of the stream by ourselves. Regardless of the amount, we felt a sense of accomplishment.
Still full.
Under Liu Xiaomei's strong instigation, after eating a simple lunch, everyone went into the stream to help her dig for gold again. According to her, there was so little gold sand that she couldn't even make an earring.
Everyone is asked to show their spirit of not being afraid of hardship and tiredness, and at least take out the same amount of gold sand for her to make a souvenir.
Everyone was deceived by her pitiful and emotional speech. In addition, she used a big killer weapon. After returning to Toronto, she invited everyone to have a feast at the best Chinese restaurant. Even Ou
Steen also put down her gun and got into the water. The only people here who were not tempted were Boss Liu and Hong Tao, but her father would definitely not object. Hong Tao was the only one left, so why did he have to be the bad guy.
Now, gold panning is no longer a game or fun, but a chore. However, it is not without rewards. Everyone worked hard for more than an hour, not only barely getting enough gold sand for her, but also giving her a full experience.
I took a look at what the work situation was like for gold diggers under the pressure of their employers. After getting on the horse twice, Fat Pavey rubbed his waist and came to Hong Tao's side, and said his personal feelings:
"She is a vampire. It's hard for me to imagine that anyone would be willing to work in her company. If slavery is restored, she doesn't have to adapt. She will be a qualified slave owner immediately!"
"Yeah, I'm making you greedy!" Hong Tao's waist was as hard as a stick, and his butt was sore from the saddle. It was no better than these old men.
They came out lively and vigorous, but went back defeated. As soon as everyone returned to the hotel, the bathroom became a hot commodity. According to the rules of ladies first, respecting the old and caring for the young, Hong Tao had to wait in the lobby for the Liu family and his daughter.
After both Pavey and Harrison took a hot bath, they were the last to take a bath.
Protect your butt or go see the polar bears! Hong Tao encountered a problem the next day. His butt was still hurting, and his thighs seemed to be cramped, and he had to walk like a duck. But that day, Austin
The temptation to take everyone to the beach to see polar bears is too strong. If I lose this opportunity, I am afraid I will never have the chance in this life. Hong Tao is reluctant to give up.
In the end, Harrison was more generous. He discussed with Austin and decided not to go to the beach on horseback, but to row a boat. Hong Tao agreed with this decision with both hands and feet. He said that it would be no problem for him to row the boat back and forth.
As long as I don't ride any more, I'll be fine no matter what.
So Austin ran out again, returned the horses to others, and went to get the boat. Hong Tao was also embarrassed that people were going to such trouble to take care of themselves, but when he carried the things on his back and walked duck-stepping to the river
When I got to the small pier beside me, the gratitude in my heart immediately disappeared again.
What Austin found was not a boat at all, but a canoe. It was exactly the same as the canoe seen in the movie, and it was older and more broken.
"Can this thing work?" Hong Tao was already a little annoyed with himself. It turned out that he thought Liu Xiaomei had too many things to do, and now he seems to have taken over her role. He can't ride a horse, and now he is shaking in a boat.
"Don't worry, they are easy to control. People here often paddle them to fish in the sea." Austin didn't know if it was intentional, but he put Pawei and Hong Tao in the same boat.
This kind of canoe is not made of wood. It should be said that it is not entirely made of wood. Its frame is still made of wood. I don’t know what kind of tree it is made of. The thin wooden strips are tied into banana-thick sticks, and then formed into
A dragon skeleton, and then cover it with something of unknown material, just like we paste a lantern. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
