Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

Chen Yongqiang scooped up all the golden beans he could find in the pool.

They sifted through the sand at the bottom of the pool several times, collecting all the fine gold dust.

There are at least twenty or thirty gold beans, plus the gold dust, which is worth a lot of money.

He straightened up, about to go ashore, when his gaze suddenly fell on the stone wall at the very back of the pool.

That's where the waterfall comes down; the water has been eroding the rock face year after year, creating a depression at the bottom.

The rocks in the depression were a different color than those elsewhere, and Chen Yongqiang stepped on the rocks to walk over.

On that rock, in some places the gold was exposed, smooth and shiny from being washed by the water.

"This should be the source of the gold vein!"

The golden sand and golden beans come from here. The stream seeps into the mountain and flows down along the cracks in the rocks.

The gold-bearing ore was washed away little by little, the broken pieces turned into gold dust, the larger pieces were ground into gold beans, and finally carried into the pool by the water flow.

Chen Yongqiang stared at the stone wall inlaid with gold for a long time:

"I've made a fortune, but how I made that fortune is the question."

Gold is embedded in the rock, growing together with it; it can't be easily pried off.

To get the gold out, you have to break the whole rock and pick out the gold bit by bit.

Relying solely on manpower, it would take forever to finish, and this mineral vein isn't limited to the area beneath the pool.

Looking up, there are also golden patterns on the rock face, extending deep into the mountain.

If the entire mountain contained gold, then we would have to mine it.

Mining requires equipment, approval from higher authorities, and it's also something that can't be known to anyone.

If word gets out that there's gold in these mountains, within three days people from all around will flock here and dig the place upside down.

"This gold mine cannot be touched for the time being."

But even though we can't touch it, we still have to take what's rightfully ours. The gold dust in this stream is a considerable fortune.

"When the conditions are right in the future, we'll find a way to contract this mountain and then slowly start mining."

Chen Yongqiang drove his tractor back with a load of timber, his mind still replaying the thoughts from earlier.

Private gold mining? He knew all too well the ins and outs of that business.

Forget about getting proper permits. Gold mines belong to the state; if a private individual wants to mine them, they have to pull strings, use back channels, and find connections to get through layers of bureaucracy.

Today I treat this person to dinner, tomorrow I give that person a gift, and the day after tomorrow I have to share the profits with this person.

He didn't like dealing with those people.

Those officials, each one of them, are all two-faced. They say they "support farmers to get rich," but what they're really thinking about is how much money they can make for themselves.

And those people with connections, they're all arrogant. If they see you have no background, they'll gnaw you clean.

"I'd rather shop slowly, without having to worry about anyone's attitude or share any money. Whatever I find is mine."

By the time we got back to the homestead, it was already getting dark.

Lin Wenfeng, who was sawing wood, heard the sound of the tractor, stopped what he was doing, walked to the side of the truck bed, and looked inside.

"Did you buy this timber from a lumber mill?"

Chen Yongqiang responded truthfully: "Yes, it's the timber factory in town. The goods were ordered at the beginning of the year and were just delivered these past few days."

"The material is good, but it must be expensive, right?" Lin Wenfeng asked, discussing the price of the timber.

"It's alright, about the same as going up the mountain to cut it yourself." Chen Yongqiang didn't explain why he didn't go up the mountain to cut it.

Jin Lao Er's case of illegally logging timber is under trial. If Chen Yongqiang had also cut down trees, he would probably have ended up in jail too.

Over the next few days, construction on the houses proceeded at a rapid pace.

The brick wall grew taller day by day, and Lin Wenfeng was knocking on the doors and windows in the work shed.

Nothing serious happened, except for a minor accident on the afternoon of the third day.

A villager named Li Laoliu was carrying bricks when he wasn't paying attention and a brick hit his foot.

When everyone gathered around to take a look, they saw that the top of the foot was swollen very high, which looked quite frightening.

Chen Yongqiang also called Ding Wanru over to help treat the villagers' injuries.

"The bones should be fine, but the tendons are injured. He'll probably need to rest for a few days and won't be able to work in the fields." Ding Wanru applied some herbal medicine to the villager.

Upon hearing this, Li Laoliu panicked and tried to stand up, saying, "It's alright, it's alright, I can still work..."

Chen Yongqiang pressed him down: "Alright, stop showing off. This counts as a work injury. You'll still get paid during your days off!"

Li Laosi wanted to say something more, but the others around him also advised him: "Listen to Brother Qiang, go back and rest. The construction site doesn't need you."

When Li Laoliu heard that his wages would still be paid, he limped home.

Chen Yongqiang watched him walk away, then turned to Ding Wanru and said a few words, asking her to check on him more often in the next few days: "Don't let a small injury ruin your foot."

After safety awareness was strengthened, no more accidents occurred at the construction site. However, a big news story broke in Shimen Village.

Liu Qiaozhu brought back a woman from some village, I don't know which one.

When the news spread, half the village was stunned.

Everyone in the village knows what kind of person Liu Qiaozhu is. Last year, Wang Guixiang was forced to divorce him and went to town to make a living on her own.

Because of gambling, Shimen Village was thrown into chaos, and the villagers subsequently staged a collective boycott.

Liu Qiaozhu went out to gamble, and unexpectedly, he actually brought back a wife.

The woman looked to be in her early thirties, a few years younger than Wang Guixiang.

When Liang Meie asked her where she was from, she only said that her surname was Zhang, and refused to say anything else.

Liu Qiaozhu would boast to everyone he met that his new wife was his new wife.

That day at the convenience store, some villagers started grumbling: "Liu the pig-castrator, he's brought home a new bride, why doesn't he throw a feast to celebrate with everyone?"

Liu Qiaozhu chuckled twice: "After the baby is born, we'll have a celebration together with the full moon celebration! Everyone will come!"

Everyone laughed when he said that.

"You're still hoping for a son?"

"We need to hurry, or they'll get away."

Liu Qiaozhu wasn't angry at all. He put his arm around the woman and walked away with a chuckle.

Liang Meie told Chen Yongqiang what she had seen and heard, recounting the whole story of Liu Qiaozhu taking a wife.

They talked and laughed, sometimes even covering their mouths to laugh.

"You didn't see him like that, he was so smug, leading that woman around the whole village, showing her off to everyone he met, as if he had married a goddess."

Chen Yongqiang leaned against the headboard, listening to her talk, but he didn't think highly of Liu Qiaozhu.

This woman looks young, but who knows what she's after by being with him?

Liu Qiaozhu is not the kind of person who is reliable and hardworking. That woman will run away sooner or later.

However, Chen Yongqiang did not say these words aloud.

"That's their business, it has nothing to do with us," he replied casually.

Liang Meie also stopped laughing: "Yeah, who cares?"

She came here today not just to gossip about Liu the Pig.

Liang Meie sat down beside Chen Yongqiang's bed: "Yongqiang, when are you going to the county town? My shelves are getting emptier and emptier. If I don't restock soon, I won't even be able to supply cigarettes in a few days."

Chen Yongqiang thought for a moment: "In the next couple of days, tomorrow or the day after."

Liang Meie's eyes lit up: "That's perfect, I'll go with you."

Although Chen Yongqiang was busy building houses during this period, he was not completely idle.

I took some time to go into the mountains, set some snares, and caught a few wild rabbits and pheasants, which I stored in my spatial storage. I'll sell them all to make some money during this trip to the county town.