Chapter 526
Nugget Gold
Chapter 526 Nugget Gold
Although the gold mine map in Wang An's hand clearly marked the mountains and rivers, the geographical location was not accurate, only a general direction.
So after entering the mountain, everyone could only search in this direction.
Fortunately, although there are many small streams in the mountains, not many can be called rivers.
In the mountains at this season, the snow has melted and it can be said that everything is muddy.
And most importantly, this is a mountain range that Wang An and others are completely unfamiliar with.
So after entering here, you must not only adjust your direction at any time, but also pay attention to the dangers under your feet at all times.
At this point, some people may ask, what dangers could there be under our feet?
You have to know that hunting was not banned in that era, which means that no matter what method was used to catch prey, it was fine.
Therefore, things like wolf traps, snares, family cellars, and some homemade earth bombs are all used.
Although there may not be a lot of these things, and the people who make them will also mark them with eye-catching signs nearby.
But it must be said that there will always be some traps and cellars, as well as wolf traps and earth bombs, whose marks have disappeared or have been forgotten.
So, if you accidentally encounter it, you may have to go down the mountain immediately and return, or you may lose your life in serious cases.
As for the locals, they have known all these things for a long time and will avoid these places when entering the mountains.
But if you are from another place, you will be completely in the dark.
In this way, as the crowd was moving, their speed was not fast at all, and most importantly, they really couldn't go any faster.
When night falls, it means the day is over.
But Wang An and his companions made no progress at all. Not only did they not find the river or the mountain, they also only traveled sixty or seventy miles.
However, everyone's face was still full of interest.
If gold mines could be so easy to find, perhaps gold in this world would be on the same level as stones.
At dinner, everyone ate the sticky rice dumplings that Wang An brought into the mountains.
But when I ate it, it looked quite disgusting.
Because this thing is very hard after being frozen, people roast it over the fire and nibble on it a little at a time.
This results in the burnt yellow bean buns being covered with teeth marks, drool, and black bean filling.
To put it bluntly, holding this thing in your hand is like having a stomachache in winter.
The biggest advantage of sticky rice dumplings is that they can help you resist hunger. Moreover, the sticky rice dumplings that Wang An brought into the mountains have sweet bean filling.
Just don’t get me wrong, although bean filling is sweet, it has nothing to do with white sugar or brown sugar.
The reason why the bean filling is sweet is that Liu Guilan put two grains of saccharin in it when boiling it.
However, when Wang An found out that there was saccharin in the bean paste, it was too late.
Saccharin is a very popular food in this era and is available in every household.
However, although this thing is called "saccharin", it has nothing to do with "sugar".
The real name of this thing is "benzoylsulfonimide" and it is a serious industrial product.
The size of each grain is slightly larger than that of millet grains. The supply and marketing cooperative sells it for 2 cents a small bag, and there are about 30 grains in a small bag.
Although this thing is an industrial product, it is not poisonous and is quite sweet, so sweet that it tastes bitter. However, it is okay to eat a little, but you must not eat too much, because eating too much of this thing will make people bloated and urinate a lot.
As a reborn person, Wang An naturally understands this thing better, and is well aware of the harms of this thing, which are far more than just these two.
So Wang An did not let Mu Xueqing and his two sisters eat any of the bean buns made with bean paste that Liu Guilan had added saccharin to.
Because saccharin is the most harmful to pregnant women and children!
For adults, it is actually okay to eat it once or twice occasionally.
So all these bean buns were brought into the mountains by Wang An.
However, when Wang An learned that there was still half a bag, or more than ten grains of saccharin, in the house, he still found them and threw them into the stove.
Wang An also told Mu Xueqing and Liu Guilan very seriously that they could not buy this thing to eat anymore.
Of course, Wang An also briefly told the two people the reason, which is that in 77, the United States discovered that this thing caused cancer, and then issued a clear ban on eating this thing.
After eating the bean buns, they set up the tents and arranged the order of everyone's shifts for night watch. Those who were not on night watch went into the tents and fell asleep.
And at this time, the superiority of the Oroqen horse can be reflected.
Because everyone went into the mountains on horseback, and although horses can carry a lot of things, there is indeed no room for carrying hay.
So Wang An and others untied the bit of these Oroqen horses, connected a longer rope to the reins and tied them to the trees.
In this way, the Oroqen horses can eat both the hay on the ground and the tender branches on the trees.
We have to admit that the Oroqen horse is indeed the easiest horse to raise.
Normally speaking, at night, if there is a fire, no wild animals will approach.
So everyone spent this night in peace.
On the morning of the third day, perhaps because they were excited about finding the gold mine, everyone got up as soon as the sun rose.
In order not to waste time, everyone ate canned meat and flatbread in the morning.
It is very easy to heat canned meat. You just need to open the lid and put the can on the charcoal fire. After a few minutes, the canned meat will be heated.
After hurriedly eating breakfast, everyone packed up their tents and luggage and continued walking into the mountains.
On the entire third day, the group still gained nothing, which was basically the same as the second day.
It was not until the fourth day that there was a breakthrough, and everyone had already penetrated more than 200 miles into the mountains.
Just as Wang An handed the reins to Mu Xueli and stayed behind to pee, Wang An habitually glanced at the place where the urine stream was about to land.
Then, Wang An opened the floodgates to release the water.
Just when Wang An finished peeing and lowered his head to tie his pants, he saw out of the corner of his eye that a flash of yellow color appeared in the urinal that had not yet seeped out the urine.
When Wang An saw this golden color, he instantly felt a premonition and expectation in his heart.
Without bothering to tidy up his pants or caring about the urine still in the urinal, Wang An suddenly squatted down and reached his hand into the urinal to pick it out.
When Wang An's hand left the urine pit, he found that the thing in his hand was actually a piece of gold nugget!
(End of this chapter)