Chapter 241 Mutated Giant Loach

No matter how complicated it was, Qin Hengzhi could no longer remove her from his heart.

To put it in a more corny way, shouldn't we say that unless his heart is moved out as well?

Qin Hengzhi curled the corners of his mouth calmly, but he naturally couldn't say such words. While waiting for the food to be served, Qin Hengzhi took out a brown paper document bag from his briefcase.

He said softly, "I got it from the Archives Bureau. It includes the part you sorted out, along with the relevant information about the old gold mine."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and explained to Lu Qiaoge, "The old gold mine has been recorded, but the records are incomplete. The exploration team came last month for this purpose. They started exploring in the spring and have been in the mountains for three months, but they didn't find it, so they had to continue heading north."

Lu Qiaoge really doesn’t know this.

But the overall strength of the exploration team is also very high, so how come they didn’t find it?

Lu Qiaoge carefully recalled the strangeness of the terrain.

Her senses were sharp, and now that she thought about it, they were indeed different from other places.

That place is not on flat ground.

But down the hillside in the bushes.

There is a rocky mountain behind, so I guess the geographical location must be special.

But now that it has been discovered, there should be subsequent exploration of the surrounding area.

So the Archives Bureau also has secret information.

Since everything that should and shouldn't be said has been said, there is no need to cover up too much.

I think Qin Qin Hengzhi also knows this.

Besides, it is already late August, and no matter what is in the box in the reed marsh, it should be salvaged as soon as possible.

Lu Qiaoge whispered to him directly: "If you believe me, apply for some diving equipment and conduct a thorough survey of the reed marsh, especially the area that is level with the big poplar tree on the steps."

Qin Hengzhi was stunned for a moment.

There is information that there was a pier at Hongxing Lake at that time, which could reach Songhe City.

It was compiled by Qiao Ge.

After the water transportation, the route was changed from there to reach Donghai City directly.

This is a transport line with both water and land connections.

Qin Hengzhi was silent for a moment, then handed the information to Lu Qiaoge.

When Lu Qiage saw the word "Confidential" printed in the upper right corner, she knew that according to reason, she was not qualified to read it.

Now that it's been given, let's take a look.

Lu Qiaoge opened the file bag and quickly flipped through the documents.

Some of them were specially compiled by her, about the dock of Red Star Lake in the early years, but there was no information about the old gold mine, but it was available here.

Although it is not very detailed, it does provide information about the origin of the gold mine and the whereabouts of the gold. As expected, all the gold was stolen to Japan.

But I don’t know why, in the later period, I didn’t do it openly and was still sneaky.

But there is a piece of information that the person in charge of the old gold mine was a nobleman from Japan at that time, and it seems that his family was quite powerful.

Lu Qiaoge felt that they must have secretly transported the money to their own family, which meant that they had taken it for themselves.

Therefore, it is not recorded in many materials.

Then all the people who knew about it were silenced.

But now all this is in the past. Thinking of their base in the city, Lu Qiaoge asked, "They must have a place to stay in the city. Have you found it?"

Qin Hengzhi nodded: "I have found it, but the house has been converted into a family compound and has been divided among many families."

At this time, the dishes ordered by Qin Hengzhi were served.

The two of them stopped talking.

There is braised silver carp, which is made from fish caught that day and is very fresh.

Refreshing northern style large rice noodles, chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork ribs and a seaweed egg drop soup.

Qin Hengzhi always asked for small portions.

The two of them didn't pack any food this time and ate everything up.

If you’re going on a date, you have to act like you’re on a date.

In the early summer evening, the heat had not yet completely dissipated, but the window facing the river was open, and a breeze carrying moisture blew in, blowing away the lingering food aroma in the private room.

The two men did not mention the old gold mine or Red Star Lake.

The small square table in front of him was cleaned up, leaving only two exquisite teacups filled with warm jasmine tea.

Outside the window, the wide river surface was shimmering with golden light under the afterglow of the setting sun. Several barges were dragging long black smoke, slowly going upstream, making dull "thump thump" sounds.

In the distance, the outline of the city seemed a little hazy in the twilight.

Lu Qiaoge looked at the river surface, and said with a hint of lazy satisfaction after a meal: "The fish is cooked really well today, and it is more tender than the one cooked by my sister-in-law."

Then she turned her face to the side, with a playful arc in the corner of her eyes: "Especially fish heads, you really don't like to eat them?"

This is cold water silver carp, and the fish head tastes very delicious.

Nowadays, the chefs in state-owned restaurants are very good and have their own unique skills.

Although it was the 1970s, Lu Qiaoge, who came from the end of the world, felt that everything he ate tasted delicious.

Not to mention that all the places Qin Hengzhi brought her to were good places.

Qin Hengzhi smiled and looked at the river. He did not respond to her teasing, but instead talked about something else leisurely: "Just now at the dock, I saw two children using cans to catch small fish and shrimps in the shallow water by the river. Their trouser legs were rolled up high and they were splashed with mud. It reminded me of my childhood, when I was six years old and went to the wild with my grandfather for the first time. At that time, the troops were stationed in a village.

The children in the village took me to touch loaches. It was my first time to touch loaches. I had read books and knew the morphological characteristics and living habits of loaches. I knew all the information about loaches and had seen live ones at home.

But I really don’t know what it feels like to hold a loach in my hand after taking it out of the mud. When the loach struggled desperately in my hand, I was so scared that I sat down in the mud...”

Lu Qiaoge raised his eyebrows.

It's normal. Before the loach mutated, it was as slippery as a little snake.

Not to mention that Qin Hengzhi is only six years old.

But he recounted his childhood memories in such a gentle voice that Lu Qiage couldn't help but become gentle as well.

What should she say?

Her childhood?

It doesn't seem to be suitable.

Lu Qiaoge said slowly: "Touching loaches... is quite interesting. I once had a dream. In the dream, I saw a small loach turned into a bucket as thick as a bucket. It was about thirty meters long and was making waves in such a big river. Its mouth was very big and could swallow a person in one gulp. Later, someone killed the big loach, dragged it ashore, started a fire, roasted the meat and ate it. It was edible, but the fishy smell was a bit strong, but the quantity was large and it was filling..."

Qin Hengzhi: ...

Can we still chat like this?

He raised his eyebrows and said slowly, "It sounds more like a myth if the loach is replaced by a dragon."

Lu Qiaoge nodded in agreement and laughed.

Qin Hengzhi took Lu Qiaoge's hand, his eyes gentle: "Let's go for a walk by the river."

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Lu Qiaoge didn't expect that Red Star Lake would be under martial law the next day.

But before the martial law, Qin Hengzhi sent two buckets of fish.

There are big fish and small fish.

(End of this chapter)