Chapter 212: Digging For Gold On A Rainy Night
Although Zhou Shanshan was so scared she was admitted to the hospital, it didn’t affect everyone else’s enthusiasm.
The men didn’t take it seriously. Although they were frightened, as long as they recovered slowly, it would be fine.
Moreover, it was Lu Qiaoge who saved her, and no one had thanked Lu Qiaoge yet.
Lu Qiaoge was even younger than her, and she was fine, but Zhou Shanshan was just delicate.
Although Li Xiuying and Dong Xiangqin didn’t think Zhang Qiaozhi was irreplaceable, if they really had to compare, they still preferred the gentle, kind, and capable Zhang Qiaozhi.
So Zhou Shanshan left, but it didn’t dampen the mood at all.
Basically, everyone went home fully satisfied.
In the dead of night, Lu Qiaoge went to the lakeside and learned from the old turtle that there would be a big storm tomorrow night.
She decided to take advantage of the rainy night to get the gold out.
It was Friday evening.
Lu Qiaoge received a bonus of five hundred yuan on Friday morning.
The pickup location was the trade group’s office.
The high-spirited Vice Mayor Xu told everyone that although there were still opposing voices, approval was still the majority.
Thus, this exhibition fair could be considered a complete success.
The bonuses were naturally distributed.
Each member of the group received five hundred yuan, and Lu Qiaoge, with her great contribution, was given an extra three hundred yuan.
Thus, Lu Qiaoge earned another eight hundred yuan.
Team Leader Xu said that the authorities planned to open Gangcheng clothing counters in several major cities, but the specific implementation might take some time.
Vice Mayor Xu encouraged everyone and then adjourned the meeting.
Lu Qiaoge now had more than one thousand six hundred yuan in cash.
Just over a month ago, she was a poor young woman with not a penny in her pocket.
What to invest in?
Buying a house had to be done gradually; it definitely wouldn’t work today.
Lu Qiaoge went to the post office.
But actually, postage stamps weren’t available for casual purchase now either.
Lu Qiaoge went with Elder Sister Su.
Elder Sister Su’s elder sister-in-law worked at the post office.
Thus, Lu Qiaoge used her work permit and pulled some strings to buy up all the postage stamps currently available at the post office.
There were quite a few types, all in full sheets. Although only one sheet of each was given, that was enough for the purpose.
Lu Qiaoge then went to the neighborhood committee.
This time it was about the instant noodle production line.
Old Hu stared blankly at Lu Qiaoge: “What do you mean? I don’t understand.”
“Director Hu, we’re building the factory building. It would be best if we can build it before winter, even if it’s not all bricks and tiles. As long as we can install the instant noodle production line…”
Old Hu: “…”
He knew what a production line was.
But wasn’t the food factory selling flaky pastries and corn cakes? Why switch to instant noodles out of nowhere?
That said, he’d heard of instant noodles, but they didn’t taste good at all. Why bother making them?
Lu Qiaoge said: “This set of equipment is almost brand new and not complicated to operate. I arranged it, and besides the grain, shouldn’t we get some benefits for our military factory? Director Hu, if you don’t want it, Haicheng will snatch it up immediately.”
Old Hu scratched his head in distress: “Well… you didn’t mention it before, I haven’t prepared…”
Lu Qiaoge: “I didn’t say before because the authorities hadn’t given a final assessment of this exhibition fair yet.”
Old Hu’s eyes lit up: “What? They’ve assessed it now?”
Lu Qiaoge told Old Hu about the meeting in the city earlier and mentioned that she had received her bonus.
Old Hu slapped the table: “Good! I’ll go to the factory department right now. The machinery and equipment you worked so hard to bring back can’t benefit others. Don’t worry, this will definitely happen.”
Lu Qiaoge was still on vacation. She hurried back home.
She circled her small bedroom. It seemed she had no choice but to dig a hole in the room to hide the gold.
After the report on the joint housing construction was submitted, there had been no approval yet, so the Lu family would have to stay here this year.
Buying a house still required Elder Sister Su to help inquire about news.
The military factory side was out of the question.
There were no houses available for transaction.
The urban area was worth a try.
Lu Qiaoge just waited for the heavy rain at midnight.
Around eleven at night, the wind suddenly rose.
Meng Xia got up to close the window, and Lu Qiaoge also got up to close the window, mumbling sleepily: “Mom, the wind is too strong. I’m afraid mice will get in. I’ve locked my window and bedroom door.”
Meng Xia said: “Okay, okay, better to close them tight.”
Lu Qiaoge closed the window and room door, waiting for the storm to come, waiting for everyone at home to fall asleep, then quietly opened the back window and jumped out. She was wearing a raincoat and rubber shoes, going at full speed, arriving at the small door north of the family courtyard almost in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, it felt like being back in the apocalyptic team executing a task.
Lu Qiaoge thought it over and over; this was the only method to carry the gold back.
Besides, she could do it herself.
On the stormy night, at one in the morning, Lu Qiaoge’s speed was still like a ghost. There were no cameras yet, so Lu Qiaoge smoothly reached the riverside.
The stream under the night sky had risen, and yesterday’s camp was submerged.
The daytime scenery was gone, and Yuanbao Mountain at night was eerie and terrifying.
But for Lu Qiaoge, this was the best cover.
She shouldered the shovel and entered the woods. Before leaving yesterday, she had told the squirrel that if she came to dig up the gold, it would be at midnight. Unexpectedly, the little squirrel hadn’t slept and was still waiting.
Lu Qiaoge casually wiped the rainwater from her face and said to the little squirrel: “I’m going to dig right now. You go to sleep; no need to watch over me.”
Little Squirrel: 【Little fairy, I’ll keep watch for you.】
It was even excited.
The little fairy was so amazing, daring to come alone to the mountain forest in a storm.
The brave are bold.
That described Lu Qiaoge.
She quickly dug through the soil layer and sure enough found the stacked boxes.
Three below and two above, covered with a large stone slab.
Lu Qiaoge violently broke open the boxes. The gold inside was wrapped in oiled cloth, which was very special; the gold was surprisingly dry.
After Lu Qiaoge inspected them, she wrapped them all up again, put them into flour bags, and then loaded them into the two military-grade large canvas bags she brought.
If compared to fifty-jin flour bags, the gold filled two such bags.
But the weight was more than fifty jin.
Even Lu Qiaoge was so excited she wanted to put her hands on her hips and laugh heartily. Haha, there was over 1000 jin.
Then she gritted her teeth; back then, the Japanese invaders had stolen who knows how many thousand-jin loads of gold.
Lu Qiaoge first put the boxes back as they were, then began filling the soil. Naturally, it couldn’t be exactly the same, but a heavy rain would erase almost all traces.
As for the shrubs on the surface, Lu Qiaoge replanted them in their original positions.
After stamping them down firm, Lu Qiaoge patted the squirrel’s little head and told it to hurry back to its nest to rest.
On the way back, it was still pouring rain.
The whole earth was pitch black.
The heavy rain knew there was a power outage, especially the entire family courtyard was out.
Lu Qiaoge entered the bedroom. Hua Hua woke up startled and, seeing the little master throw in the large handbag, excitedly jumped up.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t attend to anything else. She removed the broken bricks under the desk and easily dug a square soil pit, taking out the bags of gold and stuffing them in.
She put everything back as it was, and the heavy rain outside had also stopped.
A bright moon hung high in the sky, gently illuminating the dark night.
Lu Qiaoge had no more worries. After cleaning up, she lay down and slept.
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