After a day of uncertainty among the villagers, everyone's enthusiasm for gold panning gradually subsided.
That night, the Xiao family of three, plus Gao Jinghui, the four of them were eating around the table.
"Dad, don't go to the mine to carry mud and sand bags. Let's find the mine ourselves."
The gold sand in the river has been washed out. Su Qiao roughly calculated that it could be exchanged for at most 30,000 to 40,000 coins.
But the family owes 130,000 yuan in foreign debt, and there is still a long way to go to pay off this debt.
Xiao Aimin shook his head slightly: "Girl, it's not easy to find seedlings, and it's not easy to open a mine.
The first thing is a mining license, which is very difficult to obtain nowadays. It is impossible to obtain it without a way.”
"In addition, to open a mine, you must first conduct a geological survey, do various analyses, find the mining site, and then drill holes in the mountain to find the right vein and follow it. Only then can you find gold ore. Otherwise, it would be a waste of money."
"A few years ago, my father borrowed a lot of money and finally partnered with someone to set up a mining site. But after more than two years of digging, he didn't find anything and ended up losing a lot of money."
"And mining requires a lot of machines, including air compressors, blowers, crushers, generators, pumps, bulldozers, etc.
We also need skilled drill operators and blasters, and all of these cost money.”
When it comes to digging a hole, Xiao Aimin is really scared.
When I was young and energetic, I was stubborn and borrowed a loan to open a cave in partnership with others. However, I didn't expect that in the end I not only didn't make any money, but also ended up in debt. I even sold the brick house left by my parents.
Gao Jinghui glanced at Su Qiao, who was eager to make a move, and put down his chopsticks:
"Uncle Xiao, I have access to these machines. I also know how to make the cyanide pool using the latest cyanide technology and where to get cyanide."
Although his father didn't let him interfere, he still quietly figured out a lot of things after his mother died.
When he was about to be sent back to the old house in Rongshu Village, he did not resist because he had a plan in his heart.
There are many mines here, and maybe I can use these trump cards to get a stake in one of them.
Not bad!
I also know the latest cyanidation technology.
Su Qiao gave him an approving look, then looked at Xiao Aimin: "I'll ask the Liu family to help me get the mining license."
"Liu family?"
Su Qiao said vaguely: "Didn't Liu Weiye's leg get broken, or something like that
I gave him some medicine and cured his leg, so they owe me a favor."
Xiao Aimin didn't expect this to happen and was very surprised: "Qiao'er, when did you learn how to make medicine?"
Xiao Aimin wanted to ask this question when she was prescribing medicine for her wife.
"I learned it when I was a kid. I learned it from the old man in the cowshed. He taught me secretly."
Su Qiao spoke in a mysterious tone.
"You're really good at hiding it, kid."
Xiao Aimin and his wife had no doubts either.
After all, among those who went to the countryside before, there were people from all walks of life and with all kinds of identities, and many of them were highly educated.
"I didn't mean to not tell you, it's just that I didn't know how I was learning before.
Later, I got sick all the time, and my grandma and her family didn’t hire a doctor or buy me medicine, so I could only try to dig some myself when I was cutting grass for the pigs.”
One lie requires countless lies to cover it up.
Su Qiao swore that he would never lie if he could avoid it.
Although this is a white lie, I feel so tired.
Tian Guihua put a piece of fish into her bowl with chopsticks: "Why didn't you say anything, kid? If we had known earlier, we wouldn't have let them do this to you."