The business of Chen Aimin's clinic is particularly good. Every day, there are many patients with bruises on hands and feet, headaches and brain fever, gastrointestinal discomfort, etc. There are tens of thousands of people in this clinic. Chen Aimin is busy with diagnosis, medicine, and acupuncture. Chen Qingyun
After arriving, he mainly helped his second uncle to take medicine. Many workers suffered from lumbar muscle strain due to fatigue and came to the clinic to get silver needles, but Chen Qingyun handled them all.
In the past, Chen Qingyun often helped Chen Aimin's clinic, but never like now. He almost didn't have time to rest all day long. It seemed that his second uncle was very tired these days.
On the third day, just after lunch, Huang Li came to the clinic: "Qingyun, I will take you to see how to cook gold in the afternoon." "Boiling gold?" Chen Qingyun was a little confused: "Do you still have to endure gold mining?"
"Let's go, you'll know when you get there." Huang Li couldn't help but said, pulling Qingyun away, explaining to Chen Qingyun on the way: "After the ore is mined, it is first crushed and washed with water. Gold exists in a monometallic state in nature.
Coarse-grained gold sand comes out by washing it with water. Then the washed ore sand is soaked in a cyanide tank. The elemental gold reacts with sodium cyanide to form a complex reaction and dissolves in the water. We call it gold water.
The last set of procedures is to pour the gold water into concentrated sulfuric acid, and then boil it dry to form elemental gold. The gold produced in this way has a very high purity and is basically 99% gold.”
The place where the gold is cooked is two or three miles away from the villagers' residence, and a row of simple houses has been built along the hillside. "It's so choking" Qingyun smelled a pungent smell before he even reached the factory.
Huang Li pointed to the row of houses and said: "In the past, when the gold was boiled, no one was in charge. Some people even set up gold boiling pots next to the village. Once the gold was boiled, the whole village couldn't bear it. Later, the village committee built several
The gold-making houses are gathered together, and whoever wants to make money can rent a house from the village committee, and the village committee sends people to protect them."
"How to keep gold?" Qingyun thought of a security issue.
"Several banks have institutions here, and they are responsible for purchasing. Of course, not everyone hands over gold to the bank, because the bank's purchasing price is 20% lower than the market price. We only hand over a small part of the gold to the bank. In addition,
Only your second uncle knows about the channel. As long as you know about it, it is an open secret, but no one will discuss the gold sales." Huang Li warned Qingyun.
When Qingyun and the others arrived, the boiling period was almost over. They only entered the factory for one look and then left. Even though there was a blower blowing the thick and pungent steam towards the hillside, they still felt uncomfortable.
"Huang Gong, it's done. The harvest this time is good, more than one kilogram." A young man came out and reported to Huang Li. The purchase price of gold fluctuated around 70 yuan per gram. This time, he earned nearly 100,000 yuan from the gold boil.
,Very good.
"Qingyun, you brought us good luck when you came here. This is our best time. Let's celebrate tonight." Huang Li went in to check and accept it, and together with the head of the village security team and the master of Jin, Huang Li
After sealing it, Chen Qingyun and Chen Qingyun carried the camphor wood box down the mountain and handed the gold to Chen Aimin.
Gold boiling is the last process in the entire gold mining process, and there are strict procedures. Every time gold boiling, Huang Jianguo and his son will always have one person present, and then they will work with the security team and the gold boiling master to sign the warehousing form.
Seal it, while Chen Aimin relies on bank receipts and warehousing slips from the time of boiling gold to make accounts.
Seeing that there were not many patients in the clinic, Chen Qingyun said to Huang Li: "It's still early, let's go to Taohuatan to have a look."
Although there are many people, Taohuayu is still very quiet during the day. The mountain road leading to Taohuatan is lined with dense work sheds. All work sheds are made of wooden boards and are very simple. Walking on the narrow mountain road between the work sheds, many work sheds
There were women preparing to cook dinner, and there were many vegetable, tobacco, alcoholic, food and daily necessities stalls between the work sheds. Seeing Huang Li passing by, everyone greeted him, and many were sitting in the shade outside the work sheds eating cold drinks, or
The young woman holding a cigarette in her mouth stared at Chen Qingyun and said softly: "What a handsome young man, come in and have a seat?"
Huang Li answered other people's greetings and looked at Chen Qingyun, whose face was red, jokingly. Chen Qingyun did not dare to answer, so he pulled Huang Li and walked quickly up the mountain, leaving laughter all the way behind him.
After finally walking through the two or three highway-long work sheds, Chen Qingyun asked: "Cousin, is Peach Blossom Pond not damaged?" Qingyun is no stranger to Ziwei Mountain and has visited Peach Blossom Pond frequently.
"The gold mining areas are concentrated within two or three miles of Taohua Valley near the village. There are no gold mines upstream. But it's strange why the veins are so concentrated." It seems that Huang Li has never thought about this.
They walked along Taohua Valley towards Ziwei Mountain, and soon they saw a clear stream. The water volume of Taohua Brook was not large, but it basically did not change throughout the year. After turning a mountain col, they saw a huge stone weir.
It looks like a door in the middle, and the stream flows out of the door. Peach Blossom Stream is divided into two branches behind the stone weir, and one of the streams flows out with steaming water. It seems that there should be hot springs upstream. They went up the other stream.
After walking, Qingyun bent down and washed his face and hands in the stream. The stream was cold to the bone, and he immediately felt refreshed.
"This stream is really strange, with hot water on one side and cold water on the other." Qingyun sighed. "It's not like you don't know that Taohuatan water is bone-chillingly cold all year round, and you can't swim in summer." Huang Li looked at Qingyun and smiled.
There are many peculiar places in Ziwei Mountain, and Peach Blossom Pond is one of them. The pond is cold all year round, and no one knows where it comes from. It seems that it has never dried up, nor has the water risen, and the water level has never
It has changed. The water surface of five to six hundred acres is calm and is surrounded by peach blossoms.
Qingyun and Huang Li sat by the pool and saw the quiet water: "It is better to see it in March. The peach blossoms all over the mountain are reflected in the pool. I never get tired of it."
The peaches in Taohuatan are large in size, full of moisture, and have a particularly sweet taste. The locals call them Summer Solstice peaches because they must be picked on the summer solstice. They are a specialty of Liquan City. Every year, the city government purchases several peaches from Ziwei Village.
Thousands of catties of Summer Solstice peaches were sent to superiors, so Huang Jianguo became a celebrity among the municipal government and leaders of various departments. Although Peach Blossom Pond is the collective property of Ziwei Village, the right to pick and distribute Summer Solstice peaches is entirely in Huang Jianguo's hands.
Someone once wanted to introduce it for cultivation, but if it was planted elsewhere, the taste of this summer solstice peach would be much worse.
Another strange thing about Ziwei Mountain is that it is behind the peach forest. Within this area of more than a thousand acres, there are only peach trees and not a single other tree. And behind the peach trees, there are all miscellaneous trees and not a single one.
Peach tree. After passing the peach forest, no one has ever gone to the mountain, because after wandering in the forest for a long time, you will still return to the peach forest. There are no roads up the mountain in other places, so Ziwei Mountain is like a restricted area.
A forbidden area that no one has ever entered.
The villagers near Ziwei Mountain all say that Ziwei Mountain is a sacred mountain. Elderly people will prohibit children from entering Ziwei Mountain and consciously stop at Peach Blossom Pond. It is said that during the steel smelting, some people outside the mountain heard that Ziwei Mountain has dense forests and towering ancient trees.
I wanted to come here to cut wood and make steel, but I didn't listen to the local people's dissuasion. As a result, I couldn't go up the mountain after walking around for a whole day. The person leading the group got angry and wanted to set fire to the mountain. Just as he was about to raise the fire, he suddenly suffered from unbearable abdominal pain, so he had to lead the people down the mountain.
, passed away not long after he returned, and no one entered the mountain again.
The two returned to the clinic, and a chef from the restaurant came over: "Gong Huang, a worker just caught a strange wild animal from the hillside outside the Golden Cave. It was caught in a trap and has been taken to the kitchen.
, I’ll fry it up later for you to drink.” Huang Li replied, “Okay, let’s take a look.”
The two came to the canteen, where a chef was sharpening a knife. There was a small white beast at his feet. There was not a single hair on its body. Its pointed mouth was a bit like a puppy, its long tail was like a fox, and its limbs were very short.
, looks very cute. "The little thing is moving and is still alive." Qingyun came closer and took a closer look: "The eyes of this little beast are blue. It is not a dog, nor does it look like a fox. I have never seen such an animal before. It's really
strangeness".
Seeing Qingyun approaching, the little beast's eyes were staring at Qingyun, as if he had something to say. Qingyun couldn't help but feel a slight movement in his heart, and an indescribable feeling passed through his body like an electric shock. He hurriedly squatted down and observed carefully: "Express
Brother, this puppy seems to have been bitten by a snake. The snake venom has entered the puppy's blood and cannot be eaten." Qingyun picked up the little beast and said, "It is fate that we met. In addition to being bitten by a snake, this puppy also
It also had its leg broken by a trap, which is a bit troublesome. Let’s go, let’s heal its injury and see if we can save its life.”
Not knowing what kind of animal this little guy was, Chen Qingyun had to call it a puppy. "Okay." Huang Li quickly followed Qingyun to the clinic next door.
"Fortunately, the place where it was pinched happened to be where the snake bit it. Although the leg was broken, most of the snake venom flowed out with the blood, otherwise the puppy would have died." Chen Aimin took the little beast and looked at it, "
Let's inject a serum first, then put on leggings, and I'll go out and find some herbs to apply on it. It shouldn't be a big problem." People in mountainous areas often encounter venomous snakes, and serum is a common medicine in clinics.
Rescuing a small animal was a new thing for Chen Qingyun. He quickly injected the serum and then treated the wound carefully. After a while, Chen Aimin came back, crushed the herbs, applied them to the puppy, and bandaged them.
Put on the leggings. "Wait a moment, I will put the puppy in my room and settle down before coming down." After saying that, Chen Qingyun carried the little beast to the second floor, made a small nest in the corner of his room, and put a
The small, motionless animals were placed in the den.
"You can't tell, Qingyun is quite caring." Huang Li joked to Qingyun who came downstairs. Chen Qingyun said mockingly: "I'm not very interested in animals like kittens and puppies. I don't know what happened today.
It may have happened on a whim. Let’s not talk about it anymore. Let’s go to the cafeteria and see what good food the kitchen has prepared. I’ll take care of you later.”
Huang Li smiled and said, "You can brag, since you don't have to pay taxes anyway. Oh, do you have a girlfriend?"
"I'm dating a girlfriend in my freshman year. It's early. You're not worried that no girl will like me, right? On the other hand, if you're not married yet, your uncle will deal with you already."
It has become a habit for the two brothers to bicker when they meet.
Thinking about the little beast in the room, Chen Qingyun did not go to Huang Li's house to watch TV after dinner. He took some food from the canteen and returned to the room. At this time, the little beast was fully awake and saw Chen Qingyun approaching with his big eyes open.
Chen Qingyun picked up the little beast, first put the rice to the little beast's mouth, but the little beast didn't eat it, and then brought over the bowl of mixed chicken and braised pork. The little beast opened his mouth and wolfed it down, and even looked up at Qingyun while eating.
Fu looked like he was enjoying it.
"This puppy is also picky about food." Chen Qingyun shook his head and said to himself while feeding the little beast: "Let's give you a name. Your eyes are blue and you are very beautiful. Let's call it
"Your name is Xiaolan...well, it should be called Xiaobi. Yes, just Xiaobi." The little beast seemed to understand Chen Qingyun's words and nodded slightly in agreement.
The little beast's injury healed very quickly, and he was able to walk in three days. Chen Qingyun gave Xiaobi a bath, and she felt that Xiaobi was extremely soft. After the stains were washed away, the fur was faintly shiny, and she looked like she was enjoying the bath, which made her feel even more
Xiaobi is cute and cute.
After that, there was a shadow beside Chen Qingyun, and there was a little beast following him wherever he went. "Xiao Bi", "Xiao Bi", his second uncle, uncle, cousin and the nearby migrant workers all liked this little blue-eyed little beast.
However, except for Chen Qingyun, no one could hold Xiao Bi. Once Huang Li tried to pick up Xiao Bi, but Xiao Bi grabbed his paw.
One night more than twenty days later, Chen Qingyun hurried to Huang Li's house. After Chen Aimin opened a clinic, restaurant and canteen in Huang Jianguo's house, Huang Jianguo built another small building nearby. "Cousin, I saw Xiaobi.
"Xiao Bi, I didn't see you! Haven't I been following you? How come you disappeared?" "Did someone eat it secretly? How about we go to the cafeteria and ask."
The two of them ran to the canteen, the clinic and the front and back of the house and searched around. They asked the workers living in the surrounding work sheds, but there was no sign of Xiao Bi. Qingyun said to Huang Li, "After all, they are wild animals.
I’m not familiar with it. It really can’t be compared with domestic animals. Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore.”
The next night, Chen Qingyun and Huang Li broke up and returned to the room after a walk. Before they could close the door, a white shadow appeared in front of them. "Xiao Bi." Chen Qingyun reached out and picked up the little beast in front of him. Xiao Bi's
He rubbed his head against Chen Qingyun, then opened his mouth and spat out something in Chen Qingyun's hand. "Night Pearl!" Chen Qingyun was shocked when he looked at the dove egg-sized bead in his hand, emitting a gloomy white light. Chen Qingyun turned off the light, and the room
It was like the moon shining inside, full of soft light. "Xiao Bi, where did this come from? Alas, you can't speak." Chen Qingyun looked at the little beast, full of doubts: "Do you know how to repay kindness?
It’s really incredible.”
After placing Xiaobi in its own nest and sleeping, Chen Qingyun looked at the night pearl in his hand and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. When Chen Qingyun got up the next morning, he found that Xiaobi was missing again. Chen Qingyun felt even more strange and hurriedly
He ran to the next door and knocked on Chen Aimin's door, pulled his second uncle who had just woken up into his room, took out the night pearl from under the pillow and handed it to Chen Aimin, and told Chen Aimin in detail about the efficacy of the beads.
Chen Aimin was confused: "What is this? Ah! Is it the Night Pearl? Where did it come from?" Chen Aimin was confused by Qingyun: "How can you have this thing? Is this true? Today is not April Fool's Day, right?"
"
Chen Qingyun did not answer, but looked at Chen Aimin quietly. Chen Aimin said quietly: "There is no real luminous pearl in the world, Qingyun, where did you get such a pearl? It really emits light. It really looks like a luminous pearl."
Same".
Looking at the incoherent second uncle, Chen Qingyun felt very happy. The second uncle, who was usually so calm, looked like himself when he saw Ye Mingzhu, no, even more stupid than himself.
Chen Qingyun told his second uncle what happened last night, and the uncle and nephew could not figure out what was going on for a while. "In this case, you stay in Taohuayu for two days to see the situation. Anyway, this thing cannot be placed in Taohuayu, here
It is too unsafe. Once others know about it, big trouble will occur. Even when you get home, you must not tell others. If it is really the Pearl of the Night, it is a priceless treasure." Chen Aimin repeatedly warned Chen Qingyun.
At this time, Chen Qingyun was wondering, what on earth is this Xiaobi?