Lu Lu and others walked in secret along the way, but it was just like this. After traveling hundreds of kilometers, they finally returned to Xiushantun on the afternoon of the fifth day.
None of them went home, but followed Lu Lu's request and went directly to his Caodianzi.
The gold sand found is a valuable thing, so it is better to divide it on the spot.
Otherwise, no matter where you put it, it may arouse suspicion.
Although several people said they believed in Lu Lu, Lu Lu still insisted on doing so.
After running around for such a long time, several dogs, who were also very tired, arrived at the intersection leading to Caodianzi. They seemed to be energetic all of a sudden, barking and running into Caodianzi.
On the meadow, Chen Xiuyu held her child, who was already able to walk steadily, and turned over the mushrooms drying on the shelf.
Chen Xiuyu made these shelves according to Lu Lu's method, nailing more than twenty wooden stakes and horizontal rails on the ground, and then covering them with wooden strips.
Use clean oil paper to form an insulating shed.
Using this method can greatly increase the temperature in the shed. Whether it is used to dry the picked wild vegetables or mushrooms, the drying speed can be greatly improved, and it can also prevent rain. The effect is no better than drying it on the ground.
How much difference does it make to bake it over a fire in a cellar?
The mushroom picking season has already entered, when mushrooms come out in large numbers.
However, if mushrooms are picked and not dried in time, they will easily rot and become moldy. With this shelf, it is easier and more convenient to dry them directly with the sun than drying them in a cellar on the ground. They can be dried more and faster.
Although Chen Xiuyu can't go deeper into the mountains with her children and housework, she still tries her best to prepare more wild vegetables and mushrooms every year, which saves her from eating cabbage, radish, and potatoes in winter.
At this time, she suddenly saw Yuanbao and the others running into Caodianzi. Chen Xiuyu was stunned for a moment, and then she became extremely surprised, picked up the child and ran outside.
On the forest road, when he saw Lu Lu leading the way in, his eyes suddenly turned red.
Lu Lu quickly jumped off Zhuifeng's back: "Daughter-in-law, I'm back."
"We agreed to go away for a month, but you've already exceeded it by a few days. Do you know that every day you exceed it, you will have one more day to worry about at home!" Chen Xiuyu turned around and pulled her sleeves to wipe away the tears that were about to overflow.
Lu Lu hugged her and said, "I'm back now. I was supposed to be back on time, but it rained heavily and was delayed for a few more days. I didn't take a car this time, I rode a horse all the way back.
I also walked two more days."
He casually took the child and reached out to caress the little guy's chubby little face: "Zhengyang, call daddy, daddy is back!"
Because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, the little guy sat in Lu Lu's arms. He didn't cry or fuss, but he looked very restrained. He just blinked his big eyes and stared at Lu Lu.
Lu Lu also knew that the child was still too young and it would be difficult for him to adapt to it all at once. But now, he was already behaving very well, which did not prevent Lu Lu from kissing him hard.
"How are you all?"
Chen Xiuyu then looked at Zhang Shaofeng and others and asked with concern.
"We are all fine, nothing happened!" Zhang Shaofeng said with a smile: "Xiuyu, we came back today, but we haven't eaten anything yet. We need to prepare a delicious meal for us tonight."
"What's so difficult about this? I'll make chicken stew with mushrooms for you when I get back... Hurry up, hurry up, go in and drink water and have a rest. Look at each of you, you've all changed!"
"Have we really changed?" Liang Kangbo was stunned for a moment. When he said this, he looked at Lu Lu.
Lu Lu also said the same thing.
It had been a long time, and when she first saw them, Chen Xiuyu was more intuitive than the others who stayed together every day: "They have all become dark and thin, and their eye sockets are sunken. When I come back this time,
You have to have a good rest for some time. Come on, hurry up and rest at my house."
As Chen Xiuyu said this, she took the reins from Zhui Feng and led her, following Lu Lu, who was holding the child and teasing her, and walked into the meadow.
After entering the yard, several people took off the saddles from the horses and put the horses into the meadow to graze.
After looking around, he couldn't find Ma Jinlan, Aunt Duan and Wang Yan. Lu Lu couldn't help but ask: "Where are Yanzi and the others?"
"They prepared fodder to feed the deer in the morning. They had nothing to do in the afternoon, so they arranged to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms together. They won't come back until later. Where do you think the mushrooms hanging outside came from? They were all picked up by them.
The ones that came back were not sold, they were all washed and dried here, saying that we have a lot of guests here, so we need to prepare more, and then we will share some with several families." Chen Xiuyu pointed to the shelf on the grass outside and said.
"Is there nothing happening on the meadow during this time?"
"No, Father Zhao and Brother Lei will come here every now and then to take a look around. Besides, I'm at home every day, and I'm accompanied by Yanzi and the others. What can happen? Father Zhao is still afraid of us here.
If there is no meat to feed the lynx, from time to time I will send some greyhounds, jumping cats or roe deer that I have shot.”
"What about the farm?"
"The farm is also very good. It just rained some time ago. Something went wrong in the wild goose breeding farm and the flying dragon breeding farm. More than thirty small flying dragons died, and more than twenty wild geese died. However, the situation was discovered.
In time, Sister Yujuan implemented prevention and control in time, and called his grandfather and several veterinarians. They all received vaccinations and medicines, and then they stabilized. Now those wild geese, Zhou Fangjing and the others have to drive them out every day.
I put them along rivers and valleys every day, and they grow old quickly.
There are also bee farms, three bee farms, including ours. They all shook honey once on July 10th. I also went to help for a few days and was sent to the collection station by Brother Lei. The weather this year
It has dried up a bit, and the output is not as high as last year, but the price is still a little higher, at 7.5 yuan per catty, the selling price is no less than last year. You are back, and you will be able to shake the honey for the second time soon.
In addition, the leaders of the city and the forestry bureau came to inspect, accompanied by Brother Lei, and it was published in the newspaper again... They praised our farm's various sideline operations, which go hand in hand, and do a good job, which is very instructive.
He said that when you come back, he would like to invite you to visit the district and share your experience."
Chen Xiuyu said very excitedly, swung her braids and ran into the house. She quickly took out a newspaper and handed it to Lu Lu: "Now that I'm back, you must go to the farm to see it. Ask Brother Lei for details.
"
Lu Lu took it and looked at it carefully. Zhang Shaofeng and others also came over: "Read it again and divide it between brothers to listen!"
Lu Lu glanced at a few people, but without writing, he read the long report in the yard in front of a few people, and found out a lot of good things. At least, this was to further arouse
If you pay attention to it, you will also take the path of the government department. It will be much more convenient to do things in the future. In addition, the market for these side businesses will be further expanded, so you don’t have to worry about the breeding being unable to be sold.
"Okay, hurry up and boil water to make tea!" Lu Lu handed the child to Chen Xiuyu and urged.
"Yeah!" Chen Xiuyu took the child, nodded happily, and quickly entered the house.
Lu Lu put all the tents he had brought and the agates that several people had shared in a bag, put them into the warehouse, then called a few people and brought the gold sand they had found into the house.
After inviting a few people to sit on the kang, he took cans and bottles, put some tea leaves in each, and waited for Chen Xiuyu to boil the water and bring them to brew.
After drinking some tea and taking a short rest, he got a small scale from home: "Take out all the gold sand, let's weigh it, and divide the things now!"
"Don't be in such a hurry, right?" Zhang Shaofeng said with a smile.
"Good morning, please share it early. Don't tell me that you don't want to know how much you share."
Lu Lu's words made several people laugh. Even Chen Xiuqing, who had become taciturn along the way, also forced a smile.
"Let me explain it first. If you use this nickname, you can't weigh it accurately enough. If you use Zhu Zi, you don't know how long it will take. In short, I will try to be fair. As for more or less, don't be too harsh.
I care about it."
"Speaking of this, if our brothers really cared about each other, they wouldn't get together."
"Okay, I'll weigh you!"
Lu Lu found two basins and small bowls, and also found paper and pen. With the help of several people, he used one basin to weigh the gold sand one by one with a small scale and put it into another basin.
Record as you weigh.
Hearing the lively chatter of several people outside, Chen Xiuyu, who was already busy cooking, looked around the door of the kitchen. When she saw the yellow gold sand in the basin, she couldn't close her mouth at once.
She walked to the side in disbelief: "Why so many?"
"We have been in the mountains for such a long time... Don't you blame Lao Wu for being slow to come back?" Zhang Shaofeng said jokingly: "Lao Wu led us to find a mineral vein that no one has discovered. We work in the mountains every day
It’s so busy inside, picking up, shopping, shopping... I don’t even want to come back.”
"Then you can't just ignore everything for the sake of gold mining. You can't make enough money. If you don't come back for such a long time, don't you worry about your family worrying?" Chen Xiuyu asked in return.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shaofeng and others were stunned for a moment, and then started laughing.
"Sigh... It turns out that one family doesn't belong to the same family. You two really have similar ideas."
Liang Kangbo sighed slightly: "Brothers, look at it, you think we, the old men, haven't thought it through before Xiuyu, we are really going back in time."
"If you think differently, you won't be able to sleep on the same bed!" Zhang Shaofeng said jokingly.
"Brother...Brother Feng, what are you talking about?" Chen Xiuyu glared at Zhang Shaofeng.
Zhang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment: "Yes, yes, I shouldn't make such a joke, but it's true. You can't say that you are... the same species, right?"
Chen Xiuyu glared at him again angrily: "Shut up!"
After weighing the gold sand, Lu Lu took an abacus, compared it with the recorded numbers, and flicked the beads on the abacus. He counted three times in a row, then looked up at the people: "Brothers, can you guess how many there are?
"
"Hurry up, don't be pretentious anymore." Zhang Shaofeng couldn't wait any longer and urged.
Lu Lu smiled: "This time, the placer gold we found, plus the ones we picked up in the last two days, is more than expected, weighing one hundred and eight kilograms and six taels, which is one thousand,086
Liang, I did the math, we have six brothers, each of us can get an average of one hundred and eighty-one liang, which is eighteen pounds and one liang."
"What about dividing it equally? According to the old rules, divide this thing into eight parts. You take three parts, and we divide the remaining five parts into the other five."
Zhang Shaofeng's face darkened, and he weighed it: "You should weigh about forty pounds, and each of us weighs thirteen pounds... Well, that's about it!"
Liang Kangbo said: "I have no objection. Let's just follow the rules. Without you as the leader and leading us to find the mine, we wouldn't be able to make this fortune. This is what you deserve."
"One weighs thirteen kilograms, which is also one hundred and thirty taels. Lao Huang and his three brothers have been busy for a long time, but they only managed to save more than one hundred taels. Anyway, I am very satisfied. Besides, if it weren't for the fourth brother,
Keep it under control, we may be like Lao Huang and others, unable to get out of the golden ditch for the rest of our lives, and like the two brothers who chased us in the end, we will be doomed. This is the most important thing."
Zhao Yongke also said in a deep voice.
Then, the three of them looked at Chen Xiuqing in unison.
Chen Xiuqing scratched her head and smiled reluctantly: "I don't have any objection either."
"You are the ones who put in a lot of effort this time to dig for gold. I was just wandering around every day. It's not like hunting, carrying a stick, so don't follow the rules. Let's do it like this. Divide it into seven parts. I'll take two.
Then, I also told you that these gold nuggets are more expensive than gold sand, so I will take advantage and take the gold nuggets closely, and you will share the rest."
Lu Lu thought for a moment and felt that this was more appropriate. After a pause, he continued: "The nugget gold and placer gold we got are actually the same. They contain a lot of impurities. They are not pure gold and need to be further refined.
The impurities have to be removed. The reason why nugget gold is more expensive is because it is more difficult to assemble into groups. Some people like to collect it, so the price will be a little higher. In essence, it is not much different from ordinary placer gold."
"Are you sharing too little? Besides, even though you go out for shopping every day, what you pick up is not less than what each of us finds." Zhang Shaofeng looked at Lu Lu: "It's just like what the fourth brother said.
, it’s not just about looking for gold, but the more important thing is for us to figure out a lot of issues and not go astray. If you ask me, you’d better get three points, and the nugget gold will follow you closely.”
Liang Kangbo and Zhao Yongke also nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, don't say any more, just do what I say!"
Lu Lu made the final decision and started fiddling with the abacus, and quickly came up with the result: "One share is one hundred and fifty-five taels, and I will take three hundred and one taels..."
After he finished speaking, he weighed himself thirty-one kilograms with a large piece of gold nugget that was more yellow in color. Even so, there were still a lot of gold nuggets the size of thumbs left in it, which he divided into selectively.
Five copies were given to Zhang Shaofeng and four other people respectively. As for Raymond's copy, he would send it there specially.
Thanks to book friend Frozen Valley for the reward.