Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 274

Because there are so many things to prepare and it’s so troublesome. There is still half a pot of meat left uneaten and the two cats haven’t been fed yet.

However, they all became excited again when they thought about digging for gold.

When he arrived at the place, Qin Dahe was stopped just as he was about to go down.

"Dahe, you stay in the van. Someone call me and the four of us will go down and turn on the lights and plug in the two poles."

"it is good."

He is indeed very cunning. He still thought of leaving someone to watch the wind. A normal person would have rushed over to dig for gold long ago.

The old man told the story of the gold sand in public because he and his son couldn't handle it.

With so much mud and sand, it would take at least five or six strong laborers to remove it. If the father and son were to do it, they would not be able to finish it in the whole night.

There are many uncertainties along the way, so it’s better to let Erhu and the others do it together.

It’s okay to divide the money, but he must be reliable. Erhu and the others have played with his son since they were young, so they definitely won’t have any ulterior motives.

The four people arrived at the bottom of the levee and saw a huge cement pool. There should have been several layers of gauze on it, but they had been removed by the people at the sand station.

The exposed part is just ordinary sand, covered with weeds, with only a shallow layer left.

Qin's father went over and turned on the light, then installed the fishing rod. He didn't even hang the bait, and just stuck it straight in the sand.

Erhu and his friends started digging sand. The old man said that as long as all the sand in the pond was used up, there would be less sand left the further down they went.

The best of the best is at the bottom.

The silly kid was in charge of transportation, carrying a big bucket. As long as the bucket was full, he would go back and pour it into the tricycle bed.

This year, they were in such a hurry that they didn't bring anything with them. They simply spread waterproof cloth on the bed of the tricycle and covered it with a transfer box at the back.

The tricycle turns into a small truck in seconds.

However, the sand is quite heavy. After half of the truck was loaded, Qin Dahe came down to stop them, saying that the truck was too heavy to move.

"Put the transfer box in the back of my car."

"We may not be able to finish it in one trip." Erhu frowned. There was so much sand.

"It's okay. My car is fast and has plenty of horsepower. I'll put three transfer boxes in the trunk and take them there and come back."

"Okay." He nodded and went back to work.

It's really tiring. Golden sand is much heavier than ordinary sand. A bucket weighs more than 100 pounds.

A large transfer box weighs more than a thousand pounds, and with three transfer boxes, the car will be shorter.

Fortunately, the Land Cruiser is no joke, and with the roar of the accelerator, starting is not difficult.

"Erhu, stop for a moment."

"I know. Go and come back soon."

Qin Dahe waved his hand and started accelerating, turning on the high beam. The old V8 roared and disappeared in a flash.

When they got home, Qin Dahe woke up his mother and the two of them started shoveling gold sand.

It was really impossible to move it. A transfer box weighed more than a thousand pounds, so I could only shovel half of it before moving it down.

"Dahe, what are you doing? Why are you carrying so much mud?" Qin's mother asked in confusion.

"This is gold sand. Dad found it." He whispered.

"Ah?" Mother Qin was so frightened that she lost her voice. "Gold?"

"It's either gold or gold sand. It still needs to be purified. We don't know how much it contains. Let's do it first. There is still a lot over there. We need to speed up." He urged.

Mother Qin also knew that this was not the time to ask questions, so she worked hard to help, feeling a surge of enthusiasm in her heart.

I'm rich! With so much gold, I can buy the whole county.

She thought happily that the strength of his thick arms was amazing.

Yanyan hadn't gone to bed yet, so she came out and watched the two of them busying themselves with curiosity.

Hearing the conversation between the mother and son, his eyes widened. So much gold?
She kept asking questions, but Qin Dahe just gave a few perfunctory answers. He was busy working and had no time to explain in detail.

But the girl also knew the importance of the matter. No matter how excited she was, she asked a few questions and then waited quietly by the side.

After unloading the cargo, he set off immediately without saying a word.

On a summer night, a silver off-road vehicle was driving quickly on the embankment. Under the night sky, it looked particularly majestic and mysterious.

When they arrived at the place, Erhu and his team immediately started working and continued to load the transfer boxes.

The large space of the Land Cruiser finally came into play. The three transfer boxes were filled again, and the only things left were the edges and corners.

The old man was too lazy to pretend at this moment, so he just pulled the headlights over and led Erhu and the others to collect the fine sand with their hands.

The cracks in the bottom layer are filled with black and yellow mud and sand. You can tell without looking that the gold content is frighteningly high.

"We must finish it. This little bit at the bottom might be more valuable than the ones at the front." The old man whispered.

Erhu and the others nodded immediately, and even used branches to pry the things out of the gap and put them into the bucket.

Tonight went smoothly. Apart from passing cars, there was no one around.

It wasn't until twelve o'clock that they got on the bus again.

The diesel engine of the tricycle started to roar, uh, it roared for a long time before it started to move slowly, it was too heavy.

There are almost three tons of mud and sand on the car, which is already the limit.

This is a diesel engine. If you change it to a gasoline engine, the cylinder will explode in minutes.

Qin Dahe's Land Cruiser was quite relaxed. He deliberately slowed down a bit, waiting for the big three-wheeler to come together, and slowly returned to the yard.

After the load was unloaded, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Just now on the levee, we were both surprised and delighted. It was so exciting. There were six tons of gold sand in total. If the content was 2%, that would be worth at least several million, right?
"Dad, how many years has the sand station over there been open?"

Everyone lit a cigarette and sat on the ground tiredly, all of them were exhausted.

"About two years. We moved away after all the nearby mining was done out."

"Only two years?" Qin Dahe was a little disappointed. The content must not be that high. "Should we wash these gold sands? The content is probably not high."

"Yes, we have to clean it all over. Let's do it all night."

Erhu and the others nodded vigorously. With so much money, they wouldn’t be able to sleep when they got back.

Qin Dahe took a deep breath of the cigarette and exhaled slowly. He didn't expect that he could make a small fortune. It was so exciting.

Then he started to hammer the iron sheets, making a few rectangular grooves, and then hammering some wavy patterns on it to block the gold sand. Erhu and the others also came over to help.

"Yan'er, go to sleep first, we'll just get busy."

"I can't sleep." Yanyan looked at him resentfully.

How could she bear to give up such an exciting gold rush and looked at him eagerly.

"Be good, there are two babies in your belly."

"Oh." The girl pouted and walked into the house reluctantly.

After the rectangular iron trough was smashed, several people immediately began to wash the mud and sand with water.

Although six people worked quickly, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to six tons of mud and sand.

A trough was washed back and forth three times, and only a handful of three or four pounds of mud and sand were washed out. The loss was astonishing.

As we washed, we became numb, tired and sleepy.

Several people began to rest for a while. The men had just dug so much mud and sand, and they were all exhausted.

I lit up the cigarette again. I couldn't rest peacefully without smoking.

"Dad, it'll probably take three days to mine these gold sands." Qin Dahe checked the progress and thought three days was a conservative estimate. "Shall we get someone to refine them then?"

"We can't look for people nearby." The old man said firmly, "Even the county can't do that."

So much gold sand is too eye-catching. It will be a disaster if it is discovered.

"Then I'll ask Scar if he has any connections?"

The key is that they don’t know how to purify it themselves. Apart from the gold panning step, they don’t know how to do the subsequent purification.

It is possible to smelt it because he has acetylene, but this kind of gold sand cannot be sold. He remembers that he needs to use some solution to filter and replace it.

"Ask, tell us the quantity is smaller, and we can sell it in multiple batches."

"Ah."

The silly kid has been rather quiet today, as he was really surprised by his harvest in the evening.

After being poor for so many years, I suddenly have hope of getting out of poverty. The world feels unreal.

I could only work silently, smoking one cigarette after another.

Thinking that I was about to get married and become rich again, it seemed that my life would get better as soon as my elder brother came back.

The gratitude in his heart was beyond words. He didn't even know how to repay him. He only knew that if his elder brother encountered any problems in the future, he would be the one to step forward.

When it was past four o'clock, Qin's mother started to cook.

Everyone really couldn't hold on any longer, so they started to rest again. After dinner, they would go back to sleep and come back to continue panning for gold in the afternoon.

Only Qin Dahe's yard is big enough to accommodate so many people working at the same time.

"Erhu, Tiedan, don't tell anyone when you go back, not even your own father. Wait until you sell it and see what happens, okay?" Qin's father said in a muffled voice.

"Well, listen to Grandpa."

They both nodded. Before the dust settled, talking too much might cause trouble.

"You guys have been talking about fishing these days. Later, each of you will cut half of this black carp and take it back." Qin Dahe suddenly stood up as he said this.

"Ce, I forgot there's a fish. Don't make my car smell bad."

The fish was still hanging in his trunk because there was no place to put it. It was probably dead a long time ago.

"Such a nice car, I built it for you." The old man looked at him speechlessly.

"Haha, isn't that what cars are for?" He chuckled, picked up a fish, and went straight to the pond to dig it open.

He simply cleaned the internal organs, cut it in half and threw it to Erhu and the others.

This is a cover-up so I can have an excuse when I go back.

There is no need for Silly Boy to do that. He is a close friend and a bachelor, so he doesn't have to explain anything to anyone.

After Qin's mother's noodles were cooked, everyone ate the remaining duck eggs and braised pork until they were full before going back to sleep.

For the next two days, everyone worked day and night to wash the gold sand, and the gate of the Qin family's courtyard was tightly closed.

However, Qin Dahe still went to build a nest every evening and came back. In his mind, fishing must not be delayed.

Erhu and the others were a little confused. How could gold panning, such an important job, not be more enjoyable than fishing?

On the third day, someone delivered a motorcycle. They directly asked someone to put the motorcycle in the workshop and said that they were busy in recent days and it would take at least a week to deliver the motorcycle.

Erhu and his friends are busy washing gold sand, so they don't have time to do this.

It was not until the third day that six tons of gold sand were washed out, and only 100 kilograms remained.

(End of this chapter)