My Gold Rush Career Begins in 1984

Chapter 77: I wish there were more waves like this.

When Zhou Jingming woke up the next day, he looked through the plastic sheet on the roof of the dugout, which was used as a window, and saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, and the light was very dazzling.

He rubbed his eyes, wiped away the sleep from the corners of his eyes, closed them for a while to adjust, and then slowly opened them.

Everyone else had left the dugout, but Wu Yang was still fast asleep.

He sat up, dressed and put on his shoes slowly, and then crawled out of the dugout.

Perhaps because he had been running around a lot yesterday, Jinwang was also tired and didn't rush over to show its affection as it usually does.

It simply lay down under the doghouse next to the dugout, glanced up at Zhou Jingming, then put its head on its outstretched paws and closed its eyes.

The firewood left from last night was reignited in its original place, and an iron pot was placed on top, simmering mutton. The broth was now boiling, and small pieces of mutton were trembling.

Only Xu Youliang stood sweating profusely by the stove, while the others sat lazily under the birch trees next to the dugout, enjoying the cool shade.

Clearly, after yesterday's ordeal, even though I slept a lot, I still haven't recovered.

Zhou Jingming walked over to Peng Yuanchao, and as soon as he sat down, Peng Yuanchao handed him a pack of Mohe cigarette paper with tobacco seeds inside.

He took it, rolled it up, and lit it for himself.

They all seemed too lazy to talk, so they didn't say anything and just silently smoked.

After a long while, Peng Yuanchao finally got up, went to the side to unzip his pants and urinate, then returned to sit under the tree and said to the pile of things next to the dugout, "We've really struck it rich this time. I took stock this morning, and there's quite a lot of good stuff!"

Zhou Jingming sighed, "That's why it's so good to be rich! People with solid capital have it much easier than us. Equipment that we might have to work hard for a year or two to even dare to dream of, others can get their hands on with ease."

Brother Peng, this is a great opportunity. Putting everything else aside, let's talk about the most important thing: the water pump. With this thing, the speed of washing away mud and sand in the sluice will be very fast. At that time, I'm afraid the excavated mud and sand will not be enough to supply the water.

Leaving it idle is a waste; let's consider hiring more staff.

As Zhou Jingming said this, he was thinking that if Tang hadn't been so arrogant, given the rare circumstances in the Gold Rush Valley, he could have found a good mining site and made a lot of gold in a year.

Unfortunately, he was too arrogant, went too far down the wrong path, and habitually treated others as his prey, which led to his downfall.

This is probably why Zhou Jingming didn't hear about this person in his previous life; he offended a ruthless person and got himself killed.

Peng Yuanchao was somewhat troubled: "It's not like we're in Altan or Timak. There are teams here in the Gold Rush Valley. Where am I supposed to find them?"

Zhou Jingming smiled and said, "Are you confused? We just dealt with two groups of people yesterday. Other teams were also dealt with and scattered. It's not difficult to gather them back together."

Old Tang's supplies are enough to support about twenty people; we can afford to feed them.

We now have five hunting rifles; most gangs wouldn't dare mess with us. We're rich now.

Upon hearing this, Peng Yuanchao's eyes lit up immediately: "Look at my head!"

Zhou Jingming joked with a smile: "I can understand. It's normal to be a little confused after being hit by a rock yesterday. Fortunately, you're not completely stupid. You still have the necessary reactions!"

Peng Yuanchao glared at Zhou Jingming: "I was wronged by that stone!"

"You're blaming me!"

Zhou Jingming sighed: "You'll find that our team has become very different from before."

Just then, Wu Yang crawled out of the dugout, stretched, and looked at Zhou Jingming and the others.

Peng Yuanchao asked with a smile, "Brother Wuyang, you've worked hard. Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Wuyang yawned exaggeratedly, "It's too stuffy in the dugout, I can't sleep... and I'm a little hungry too!"

Peng Yuanchao stood up: "Youliang, are you done yet?"

Xu Youliang hurriedly grabbed a pair of chopsticks and poked at the pieces of mutton in the pot a few times: "The meat is almost done... stir-fry some luncheon meat, and it'll be ready to eat, very soon!"

Peng Yuanchao called out to the crowd, "Those who can still move, lend a hand. After we've eaten and drunk our fill, we'll divide the gold!"

Upon hearing about the gold distribution, the group of people, even those who were injured, became highly motivated. They all got up and gathered around the fire to help with tasks such as serving bowls and chopsticks, opening cans, slicing luncheon meat, and laying branches and leaves on the ground.

Ten minutes later, everyone sat down on the ground and began to enjoy the large pot of mutton and three large bowls of luncheon meat on the grass.

Since it's a period of rest and recuperation, it's okay to drink a little alcohol.

This meal became the most oily and delicious meal we had since entering the Gold Rush Valley.

After a hearty meal and cleaning up the pots and pans, Peng Yuanchao didn't linger. He immediately crawled into the dugout and took out the canvas bag containing the gold and the small balance scale.

After placing the small scales on its surface, he first took out the canvas bag that Cao Qidong had taken with him when he fled, and took out the glass bottles containing gold: "You all heard it yesterday, when we were beating up Cao Qidong on the riverbank, we asked him, and he said that he had taken all this gold. To make it easier to carry, he mixed the gold he had taken from the bearded guy's gang with the gold he had stolen from the three of us, as well as his own gold."

As originally agreed, each person was responsible for their own gold, and if it was lost, they would bear the consequences themselves.

But everyone here is just trying to make a living by panning for gold; it's not easy, and yesterday's situation was special..."

As he said this, he looked at the Luo Yue people and the Yuzhou people who had lost their gold: "I will give you each 42 grams of gold. As for the more than 100 grams that I lost, I admit it because I misjudged the people. I will not weigh it separately and will divide it equally."

Hearing this, Zhou Jingming felt a little strange. He hadn't expected that in the treacherous and scheming Gold Rush Valley, there would be someone as honest and kind as Peng Yuanchao.

That's probably why he didn't save much money after two years of gold hunting.

Of course, Zhou Jingming also knew that Peng Yuanchao was using this method to win people's hearts.

From what we can see, he has no problems with his character.

In Zhou Jingming's mind, Peng Yuanchao was now considered a useful person.

Therefore, he did not persuade Peng Yuanchao, but watched as he weighed the gold of the two men on a balance scale and then distributed it to them.

Then, the remaining gold was divided into nine equal parts, one part for each person.

The bearded man and his group of fifteen spent only half a month mining in the main river valley. Although the time was short, the gold content of the mine should be good. The gold they found was quite substantial. Together with Cao Qidong's gold and a small nugget of gold valued at 80%, the total was 363 grams. The nine men divided it among themselves, with each receiving 40 grams and 3 grams remaining.

After finishing this matter, he took out the canned food jar that Zhou Jingming and Wu Yang had gotten from Lao Tang. The gold inside immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Old Tang and his group must have used a different method of distribution, keeping all the gold in cans instead of spreading it out, otherwise there wouldn't be so much.

It must be said that with more than twenty people working non-stop with their pumps running, and mining the rich old riverbed mine, although there were some delays later on due to the pumping, they still managed to extract a considerable amount of gold.

Peng Yuanchao first weighed the gold on a small balance scale, and it weighed 1,383 grams.

Upon seeing the quantity, Wu Yang couldn't help but say, "If only there were a few more waves of people eyeing our little peninsula!"

These words drew everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)