Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 241 The Mutated Giant Loach
No matter how complicated it was, Qin Hengzhi could no longer remove her from his heart.

To put it in a more cheesy way, shouldn't we say that unless his heart is also moved out?

Qin Hengzhi subtly curled the corners of his lips. He naturally couldn't bring himself to say such things. While waiting for the food to be served, Qin Hengzhi took out a brown paper file bag from his briefcase.

He said softly, "I retrieved it from the archives. It includes some of the information you compiled, along with the data related to the old gold mine."

He paused, then lowered his voice and explained to Lu Qiaoge, "The old gold mine is documented, but the records are incomplete. The exploration team from last month came for this. They started exploring in the spring and have been searching in the mountains for three months, but they haven't found it and have to continue heading north."

Lu Qiaoge really didn't know this.

However, the exploration team was of a very high overall level, so how come they didn't find it?

Lu Qiaoge carefully recalled the strange features of that place.

Her senses were sharp, and looking back now, it was indeed different from other places.

That place is not on flat ground.

Instead, it's located on a hillside covered in shrubs.

Behind it are still rocky mountains, so the geographical location must be special.

Now that it has been discovered, the surrounding area should be explored further.

Therefore, the archives also contain classified information.

Since we've said everything that should and shouldn't have been said, there's no need to hide anything further.

I imagine Qin Hengzhi was aware of this as well.

Besides, it's already late August, and whatever the boxes in the reeds contain, they should be retrieved as soon as possible.

Lu Qiaoge told him directly in a low voice, "If you trust me, apply for a few sets of diving equipment and thoroughly survey the reed marshes, especially the area level with the big poplar trees on the steps."

Qin Hengzhi was taken aback.

There is information that there was a pier at Hongxing Lake at that time, which could lead to Songhe City.

It was compiled by Qiao Ge.

After the water transport, the route was changed from there, which led directly to Donghai City.

This is a transportation route that connects both waterways and land routes.

Qin Hengzhi was silent for a moment, then handed the documents to Lu Qiaoge.

When Lu Qiaoge saw the word "Confidential" printed in the upper right corner, she knew that, in principle, she was not qualified to see it.

Since you've given it to me, I'll take a look.

Lu Qiaoge opened the file folder and quickly flipped through the documents.

One part of it was something she had specially compiled, about the old docks of Hongxing Lake in its early days, but it didn't include anything about the old gold mine, though it does here.

Although not very detailed, it does mention the origin of the gold mine and where the gold went, which was indeed stolen to Japan.

But for some reason, they didn't do it openly later on; they continued to do it secretly.

However, according to some sources, the person in charge of the old gold mine was a nobleman from Japan at the time, and it seems that his family had considerable influence.

Lu Qiaoge felt that they must have secretly transported it to their own family, meaning they had appropriated it for themselves.

Therefore, it is not recorded in many documents.

Then all the people in the know were silenced.

But all of that is in the past now. Thinking of their base in the city, Lu Qiaoge asked, "They must have a place in the city. Have you found it?"

Qin Hengzhi nodded: "It has been found, but the houses have been converted into family quarters and have been divided up among many families."

At this moment, the dishes Qin Hengzhi ordered were served.

The two stopped talking. There was braised silver carp, made from fish caught that day, very fresh.

The meal included refreshing Northern-style cold noodles, braised chicken with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork ribs, and a seaweed and egg drop soup.

Qin Hengzhi only wanted small portions.

The two of them didn't pack any leftovers this time and ate everything clean.

If it's a date, it should look like a date.

In the early summer evening, the heat had not completely dissipated, but the riverside window was open, and a gentle breeze carrying moisture blew in, dispelling the lingering aroma of food in the private room.

Neither of them mentioned the old gold mine nor Red Star Lake.

The small square table in front of me was cleaned up, with only two delicate teacups filled with warm jasmine tea.

Outside the window, the wide river surface shimmered with dappled golden light under the setting sun, and several barges, trailing long plumes of black smoke, slowly sailed upstream, emitting a dull "putt-putt" sound.

In the distance, the city's outline appeared somewhat hazy in the twilight.

Looking at the river, Lu Qiaoge said with a hint of post-meal satisfaction, "This fish is really well cooked today, even more tender than my sister-in-law's."

Then she turned her head to the side, a playful smile curving her eyes: "Especially fish heads, you really don't like to eat them?"

This is a cold-water silver carp, and the head tastes incredibly delicious.

The chefs in state-run restaurants are very skilled nowadays, each with their own unique specialty.

Although it was the 1970s, everything Lu Qiaoge, who came from the apocalypse, found delicious.

Not to mention that Qin Hengzhi always brought her to nice places.

Qin Hengzhi smiled and looked at the river. He didn't respond to her teasing words, but instead spoke leisurely about something else: "Just now at the dock, I saw two children using tin cans to catch small fish and shrimp in the shallow water by the river. Their trouser legs were rolled up high, and they were covered in mud. It reminded me of when I was a child, when I was six years old, and I went to the countryside with my grandfather for the first time. At that time, the place where the army was stationed was a village."

The village children took me to catch loaches. It was my first time catching loaches. I had read books about loaches and knew their physical characteristics and habits. I knew all the information about them and had even seen live ones at home.

But I really didn't know what it felt like to hold a loach that I had pulled out of the mud in my hand. When the loach struggled desperately in my palm, I was so scared that I sat down in the muddy water with my backside...

Lu Qiaoge raised an eyebrow.

That's normal. Before loaches mutated, they were slippery and as slippery as little snakes.

Not to mention that Qin Heng is only six years old.

But as he recounted his childhood memories in such a gentle voice, Lu Qiaoge couldn't help but soften as well.

What should she say?

Her childhood?

It doesn't seem quite right.

Lu Qiaoge said slowly, "Catching loaches...it's quite interesting. I once had a dream where I saw a small loach grow to be as thick as a bucket, almost thirty meters long, stirring up trouble in a huge river. It had a huge mouth, big enough to swallow a person whole. Later, someone killed the giant loach, dragged it ashore, lit a fire, roasted the meat, and ate a few. It was edible, just a bit fishy, ​​but the quantity was plentiful and filling..."

Qin Hengzhi: ...

Is it even possible to chat like this?

He raised an eyebrow and said slowly, "It sounds more like a myth, if you replace the loach with a dragon."

Lu Qiaoge nodded in agreement, and chuckled.

Qin Hengzhi took Lu Qiaoge's hand, his eyes gentle: "Let's go for a walk along the river."
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Lu Qiaoge did not expect that Hongxing Lake would be under martial law the next day.

However, before martial law was declared, Qin Hengzhi sent over two buckets of fish.

There are both big and small fish.

(End of this chapter)