Alaska Gold Rush Diary

"$1792?"

After Zhou Xin told Edward the calculation results, he was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

After a while, he finally reacted, grabbed Zhou Xin, and burst into excited laughter.

"Xin, I knew it! Following you, I'd definitely get rich!"

Zhou Xin felt a tightness around his neck from the grip, and quickly pushed him away.

"Don't forget, you only get 10% of the profits, which means you barely made $180 today, and if you consider the purity of the profits, it will definitely be less."

Edward laughed and said, "For me, a stable income is enough. Judging from the current situation, I'm pretty sure you can help me pay off the money I owe Bemon soon."

"You're a mechanical engineer with an advanced degree, why is that all you aspire to?"

Zhou Xin was indeed puzzled. With his education, finding a job in the United States that paid several thousand dollars a week shouldn't have been difficult.

This income level is considered upper-middle class in the United States, enough to live a comfortable life.

Recalling what Bemon said earlier, he suddenly became absent-minded and eventually lost his previous job.

It seems he must have suffered some serious blow back then, but judging from his current appearance, he should have recovered from it.

Now that he has recovered, he can easily find a well-paying job again; there's no reason for him to suffer like this with me.

Edward's face flashed with seriousness upon hearing Zhou Xin's question, but he quickly returned to his usual carefree demeanor.

"What's the point of going to work? Searching for gold freely in the wilderness like this is the life I yearn for!"

Zhou Xin noticed the unusual look in his expression, but did not press him further.

He understood that Edward wasn't as unreliable as he appeared; there must be some story he didn't want to tell.

"If we could maintain this level of harvest every day, we could actually make some money, but our goal is to fill this box!"

Zhou Xin changed the subject and began to analyze the current situation.

Edward patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, relax, Xin. We've only just begun. To have this much to show for it already puts us ahead of 99% of gold hunters."

Zhou Xin sighed softly: "But this is still far from meeting my expectations."

"I need the money more than you do. You shouldn't be that short of money right now."

Zhou Xin looked at Edward and said, "Actually, I envy you. You live a more relaxed life than us."

Edward looked puzzled: "Why?"

Edward, who has always lived in the United States, cannot understand the weight of the burdens that come with being Chinese.

Westerners live only for themselves; they don't need to care about anyone else.

But in China, many times people live for their parents, for their children, for their family ancestors, and even for their relatives, friends, and neighbors.

There are very few people who can truly live freely for themselves.

After arriving in the United States, Zhou Xin only returned once in the third year, and that was a very uncomfortable and embarrassing experience.

He has never returned to China since then.

And that is what drives him to work so hard to make money right now.

"Where we come from, when you have no money, no one respects you."

Zhou Xin's answer left Edward speechless for a moment.

After a long pause, he finally said, "Even so, don't make your life too hard."

He paused for a moment and then said, "But Xin, I will do my best to help you. With such amazing skills, you will definitely be able to realize your dream."

Zhou Xin laughed heartily: "My dream is to become a billionaire, and ideally, to be on the Forbes rich list!"

Edward laughed and added, "Then let's dig up all the gold underground in Australia, no, and Alaska too!"

In the desolate wilderness under the cover of night, their laughter carried far.

……

The next day, Zhou Xin followed the plan and did not continue searching for gold spots. Instead, he took the detector and worked with Edward to excavate the points marked the day before.

The two kept a distance between them, each focused on their own digging.

With Zhou Xin's annotations from yesterday, the excavation has become very efficient.

Unlike other gold hunters who use detectors to conduct a thorough search of the ground, they can now go straight to their target.

It's like a foolproof way to make money.

However, in this situation, the fun of gold mining is slightly affected.

The greatest joy of gold mining, like fishing, lies in the unknown.

After searching for a long time, the instrument finally beeped, and then they finally dug up the gold in the ground.

The satisfaction of hauling goods far surpasses that of activities like fishing, catching eels, and beachcombing.

That's why gold mining is such an addictive activity.

Zhou Xin only dug two spots before he understood why Edward had been so passionate and dedicated yesterday, unwilling to rest.

This kind of thing with strong positive feedback is really addictive.

"Damn it!"

Just as Zhou Xin was concentrating on digging the third location, he suddenly heard Edward's scream from afar.

Zhou Xin immediately put down the instrument and ran towards his location.

Edward was pale-faced, squatting on the ground, his hands tightly covering his thighs.

"Xin, oh no, I've been bitten by a snake!"

Zhou Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked around.

Just then, with a howl, Logan suddenly darted towards the bushes not far away, his claws pouncing forward while he stretched out his head to bite.

A moment later, it walked towards Zhou Xin with the still writhing and struggling snake in its mouth.

Zhou Xin felt a chill run down his spine and quickly gave the command to stop.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Logan was very clever; he bit the snake's neck, and although the snake's mouth was wide open, it couldn't bite Logan at all.

Although the snake struggled to coil around Logan's head, Logan's bite was already fatal, and the snake's twisting strength gradually weakened, making it unable to cause any harm.

"Well done, Logan!"

Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief before squatting down to check on Edward's condition.

"I'm sorry, Xin, I was very careful, but this damn snake was hiding in the bushes and it bit my thigh."

He wore snake-proof boots, but snakes still managed to sneak up from the trees.

"It's not your fault. No one could have predicted this. The most important thing now is to get you treated."

As Zhou Xin spoke, he carefully rolled up Edward's pants and saw two small holes side by side on the side of his right thigh, with swelling around the holes.

"It's a poisonous snake." Zhou Xin's expression was grave.

"What, what should we do?" Even with Edward's optimistic nature, he was quite frightened at this moment.

"Don't move. Rinse the wound with the water from the canteen. I'll go to the camp to get some medicine!"

If bitten by a venomous snake, especially a highly venomous one, you should minimize your activity to avoid accelerating blood flow and causing the venom to spread.

After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he immediately called Logan to follow, and they ran towards the camp.

Fortunately, Edward was only a few hundred meters away from the camp, and Zhou Xin quickly ran back to the camp.