Chapter 73 Yu Jiajia, with an excited heart…

With a heart full of excitement, Yu Jiajia used trembling hands to brush away the pebbles covering the surface.

With each stone moved, a little more of that dazzling gold was revealed. When the last pebble was removed, the gold nugget was completely exposed before her eyes.

Gold is so beautiful!

She reverently stretched out her hands, gripped the edge of the gold nugget, and dug hard. The gold nugget fell into her palm, about the size of a fist, and weighed over ten kilograms!

Judging by its weight, it's definitely gold!

This nugget of gold is a huge fortune in itself, but it didn't just appear out of thin air. There must be a gold mine above this waterfall!

This piece of gold is but a tiny, insignificant corner of a vast treasure, the tip of an iceberg just above the water!

Its greater value lies in the entire gold mine behind it!

The gold dog head is so dazzling. Hidden under the pebbles, it can't be discovered by anyone, but as soon as it's taken out, it will immediately attract everyone's attention.

Yu Songchuan: "Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Gold nugget?" He reached out to touch it. The weight, the feel, it was definitely gold! But he still couldn't resist taking a bite.

A row of embossed marks was left on the gold dog head.

Real gold!

His fourth sister was looking at the waterfall when she picked up a gold nugget from the water! It weighed about ten kilograms!

He was so excited he almost fainted.

Cheng Xiuying rushed over without even taking off her shoes. Yu Jiajia handed the gold dog head to Cheng Xiuying: "Mom, look!"

Cheng Xiuying was so excited her hands were trembling: "Oh my god, how can there be nuggets of gold here? My goodness, could there be a gold mine?!"

Everyone thought of the treasure map, which contained a gold mine.

Everyone present was too excited to remain calm; their faces were flushed, and their hearts were pounding. If they could find a gold mine...

Everyone came down, and the gold nugget went through everyone's hands before finally returning to Yu Jiajia's hands.

Everyone stared at Yu Jiajia with mixed feelings. She was just looking at a waterfall and picking up a pebble, and she actually found a gold nugget? Did she just find the key to the treasure map?

He Yuanzheng and Qin Shuo stayed on the mountain for several days without finding any clues. But as soon as Yu Jiajia arrived, they got a lead.

What incredible luck!

Yu Jiajia put the gold nugget into Cheng Xiuying's backpack. It weighed about 20 pounds, like a big weight. She decided to let her mother carry it. She didn't know if it would need to be handed over in the end.

She continued searching through the pebbles, just in case there were gold nuggets underneath! If she found any more, she would put them directly into her spatial backpack.

The others also joined in turning over the pebbles; finding gold was the next step, so they cleared this area first.

Yu Jiajia was lucky; after searching for a while, she vaguely found another piece, about half the size of the previous one, probably weighing about ten pounds! She didn't show it; when her fingertips touched it, she immediately closed her spatial storage.

It's hard to say whose piece that was just now belonged, but this piece is definitely hers!

After everyone had searched the entire plot of land, He Yuanzheng and Yu Songchuan each found a small gold nugget, about the size of a fingertip.

Yu Songchuan was overjoyed with the gold nugget in his hand. "Fourth Sister, I found gold! Look! This little bit is almost half a pound!"

Yu Jiajia praised, "You're amazing! You actually found such a big piece of gold."

Yu Songchuan: "Fourth sister, this is for you!"

Yu Jiajia readily agreed: "Sure, sure, you can hold these for me first."

There is some gold dust at the bottom of the water, which looks very dazzling, but it is difficult to collect. Only small particles can be picked up.

Everyone can confirm that there is a gold mine!

After carefully inspecting the area behind the waterfall and finding nothing amiss, they continued searching upstream from the source of the waterfall.

Cheng Xiuying touched the gold nugget in her bag. It weighed about 20 kilograms and was quite substantial. But she didn't know whether she should hand over such a large piece of gold.

Well, it's highly likely that it will have to be handed over.

Her heart ached just thinking about it. Why were her four treasures so stubborn? Why bring these good things out? They had to be hidden away secretly.

Neither she nor Yu Hongding are honest people, so how did they end up having such a simple and innocent daughter as Sibao?

If we find a gold mine... could we secretly pocket some?

Upstream from the waterfall is a river more than two meters wide, which flows along the main channel.

They walked for a whole morning, and by noon, no one felt hungry; they just wanted to find the gold mine as soon as possible.

Finally, they stopped in front of an inconspicuous little hill. The vegetation here seemed lush, but it had an inexplicable strangeness. The leaves were not as green and vibrant as in other places, but rather tinged with yellow. The plants were also generally short and sparse, as if the soil beneath their feet could not provide them with enough nutrients.

This gave Yu Jiajia a jolt of energy; subconsciously, she felt this was the place!

If there were gold mines, they certainly wouldn't be suitable for vegetation to survive.

Yu Jiajia: "The plants here aren't right, let's dig them up from here."

Liu Chuang exclaimed excitedly, "This is a gold mine?"

Yu Jiajia: "I don't know either, we'll have to dig it open and see."

After He Yuanzheng led everyone to remove the vegetation with entrenching tools, they discovered something was wrong. The plant roots were not well-developed, and the soil underneath was only half a meter high. After digging away this layer of soil, huge, haphazardly piled stones were revealed underneath.

These rocks are completely different from the natural rock strata of the surrounding mountains, and they still bear the marks of being scorched by fire and violently impacted!

Lu Chenzhou brushed the dust off the rocks with his hand: "It was a very professional directional blasting, to completely collapse and block the entrance."

Silence reigned, broken only by the rustling of the mountain wind through the trees. Everyone realized that this was the gold mine they were searching for!

The treasure hidden on the treasure map.

Yu Jiajia could even imagine the scene at the time: the Japanese discovered a gold mine and couldn't wait to start mining it.

After Japan's defeat, they fled in haste. Before they had finished mining the gold mine, they destroyed the entrance and even transplanted resilient vegetation from the side to cover it up, trying to deceive people and perhaps hoping to make a comeback one day.

How much gold has been mined?

Who is mining for gold?

Is he Chinese?

What happened to them in the end?

I dare not think too deeply, I cannot think too deeply.

The gold mine is right in front of us. All we need to do is move these boulders. The largest of these boulders weighs several tons and is impossible to move, but the boulders weighing thousands of kilograms next to them can be moved.

The closer you get to the inside, the more unusual the stones become, faintly gleaming with gold – there really is a gold mine here!

The group quickly cleared a passageway.

He Yuanzheng, carrying a military flashlight, went in first, followed by the others.

The military flashlights were so bright that they illuminated the cave as if it were daytime.

I thought the gold nugget was pretty enough, but when you're deep inside a gold mine, it can really make you dizzy.

Countless golden lights twinkled, as if the entire cave had been set ablaze.

It felt like a dream.

It's still the ultimate dream that I never even dared to imagine.

Who has ever seen so much gold?

It was so stunning; the combined visual and psychological impact was indescribable.

Lu Chenzhou walked inside with a flashlight. There were more than a dozen tin boxes stacked there. He pried open one of the locks and found that each box contained a kilogram of gold ingots. They were pure gold with no impurities and were refined.

Very well, the Japanese didn't have time to take this gold with them.

Yu Jiajia also ran over to look at the gold; there was so much of it!

Yu Songchuan was focused on picking at the gold nuggets. After he finished, he put them in his pockets, which made his pants fall down. He quickly tightened his belt, and his pants finally stopped falling down.

Cheng Xiuying's mind was blank. For a moment, she really wanted to kill He Yuanzheng and the others and take over the gold mine for herself, but she quickly came to her senses and realized that she couldn't kill them.

He Yuanzheng and his men had guns.

However, you have to be careful not to get killed by them.

This is a gold mine; what if someone tries to monopolize it?

They have guns.

She looked at everyone warily, walked to Yu Jiajia's side, and tried to pull her behind her, but then she saw the gold nuggets in the box.

She almost fainted.

Those damn Japanese devils, how did they manage to get so much gold?

Hopefully, they won't have a chance to take any of the gold away.

Lu Chenzhou glanced at Cheng Xiuying, then reached into his pocket. Cheng Xiuying immediately pulled Yu Jiajia behind her, asking warily, "What do you want to do!"

Clutching the gold nugget in her hand, she planned to throw it at Lu Chenzhou if he made any unusual moves.

Yu Jiamin also kept a wary eye on Lu Chenzhou and the others.

Lu Chenzhou pulled out a notebook. "To record things. What else? Do you think I'm going to snatch a gun? Kill you all? Steal the mountain of gold?"

He chuckled softly, "Don't worry, I don't love gold."

Cheng Xiuying didn't believe it. Who doesn't love gold? Anyway, she didn't believe anyone.

Lu Chenzhou handed Cheng Xiuying a gun, "Auntie, do you know how to use it?"

Cheng Xiuying thought to herself, "Who do they think they are!" She was also armed at the factory, but having a gun in her hand made her feel more at ease.

This is a fascinating gold mine.