"Thank you!" Xu Lin said.
"What are you thanking me for? I didn't save you," Zhou Pin said, looking at the road ahead.
"I know you don't need me to say thank you, but I just want to say thank you for letting me live with my conscience."
“You are a kind person by nature. Although kindness is the worst thing in the end times, as long as you can maintain your principles and keep your conscience at ease, why not do it?”
"You're right, don't care what others say or think."
Having figured things out, Xu Lin felt much better and talked to Zhou Pin about her plans for the space.
"The vegetable garden outside is planted with cabbage, radish, chives, spinach, rapeseed, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, kidney beans and other vegetables. False groundcherries and soapberry trees are planted around it. When I have time next time, I will plant wheat, corn, peanuts, sesame, red beans, mung beans, sorghum and other crops in the field."
"Were these planted in the same season?" Zhou Pin asked with a smile.
"It's okay, our space doesn't have seasons, we can plant whatever we want."
The two had been to Inner Mongolia before, but it was only a place bordering the northern provinces, and they hadn't ventured deep into the interior. This time, they planned to cross Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
With no tasks to complete and no rush on the road, Xu Lin felt as if she had lost her purpose. Then she remembered the mineral resource map she had found in the steel tycoon's office when she was collecting supplies.
After rummaging through her spatial storage, Xu Lin took out a stack of maps, found the one for Inner Mongolia and began to study it, putting the rest away.
Montreal is rich in mineral resources, including coal, iron ore, rare earth, niobium, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, tin, and so on. Xu Lin took a pen and first located their current position, then outlined the nearby mineral resources.
"Let's go check out this graphite mine first. It's about 50 kilometers to the west, and then about 80 kilometers to the northwest there's a copper mine. After that, there's more..."
Xu Lin first marked the Northwest Base they were going to, and then marked all the mineral resources along the way, intending to visit them one by one. However, there were too many mineral resources, and the large ones would definitely be controlled, so she decided to try her luck at the smaller ones.
Of course, we also need to be careful about whether there are any volcanoes nearby. The previous earthquakes could easily trigger volcanic eruptions, and the volcano in the northern province is an example.
The two took turns driving all day and finally arrived at the graphite mine they were going to at night.
Previously, Xu Lin only knew that graphite was one of the crystalline minerals of carbon and could be used to make pencils. Zhou Pin explained to her that graphite has excellent properties such as lubricity, chemical stability, high temperature resistance, electrical conductivity, special thermal conductivity, plasticity, and coating properties, and has a wide range of applications.
"Graphite is mainly used as a refractory material in the metallurgical industry; as a mold and anti-rust coating in the foundry industry; and as a material for producing carbon electrodes, carbon electrode rods, and batteries in the electrical industry. Graphite emulsions can be used as coatings for television picture tubes, and carbon products can be used in generators, motors, communication equipment, and many other applications."
Xu Lin became more and more excited as she listened, thinking all the way that she could collect more money so that she could watch TV and use the generator in the future.
Zhou Pin couldn't bear to dampen her enthusiasm, so he simply introduced the functions and didn't say anything more. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
However, this time fate was on Xu Lin's side. When the two arrived, there were no signs of human activity near the graphite mine, and they smiled at each other in the car.
But the smile quickly faded.
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