booktalesy Chapter 180 The Blizzard Arrives as Expected
Chapter 180 The Blizzard Arrives as Expected
Chapter 181 The Blizzard Arrives as Expected
The three of them worked until 5 a.m. before finally repairing and maintaining all the equipment.
"There won't be any problems now. Under my supervision, it should be able to operate for a few more months without any major issues."
Edward was very confident in himself, and Zhou Xin trusted him completely.
After taking a shower, Zhou Xin fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.
He slept for just over four hours before getting up and returning to work at the mine.
Knowing that Edward had been working from yesterday morning until 5 a.m. and must be exhausted, he told Edward to rest for a day.
Meanwhile, Alo had already gotten up with Old Kent and the others and arrived at the mine ahead of time to start production.
Zhang Jianing took the initiative to take care of the gold mining factory.
Having spent so long at the mine, she was already very familiar with the gold mining factory and knew how to operate it.
Fortunately, this doesn't require much physical exertion, and she is perfectly capable of doing it.
Just when Zhou Xin thought things would continue smoothly until the end of the gold rush season, bad things started happening one after another.
Due to a mistake by Alo, the bulldozer accidentally hit the steel frame while feeding soil onto the conveyor belt, directly deforming the steel frame under the belt.
If Zhang Jianing hadn't reacted quickly and shut down the machine, the belt might have been torn apart.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, I—I was just spacing out."
A Luo looked remorseful, knowing he had made a terrible mistake.
In order to ensure the factory could start work on time this morning, he slept for less than three hours last night, and his spirits were low, which was the biggest reason for the problem.
Zhou Xin inspected the conveyor belt and frowned slightly.
The steel frame is completely deformed and must be disassembled for repair.
"Little guy, you're always so careless. Now look what's happened, another day of work is off!"
Old Kent walked over and fired directly at Alo.
Alo's face flushed red, and he whispered, "I'm sorry."
"It's alright," Zhou Xin patted his shoulder, "You should take this time to go back and get some rest, so you can be fully refreshed before you come back to work."
He knew that Alo had meant well but had done something wrong, and the boy was already very remorseful, so he naturally couldn't say anything more.
"I think I'll stay and help."
He's caused trouble, so he can't just go back and rest peacefully.
Zhou Xin said with a serious expression, "Go back to sleep now and get yourself in good shape. That will be the biggest help you can give us!"
"Okay!" Alo nodded repeatedly and obediently went back to rest.
Edward was originally in charge of mechanical repairs, but he had been busy for a day and a night and was still fast asleep, so Zhou Xin didn't wake him.
Fortunately, the conveyor belt structure is very simple; all that's needed is to remove the deformed steel frame and replace it with a good one.
Zhou Xin then worked on the repairs with Old Kent and Bowman.
Around noon, the three of them finally managed to repair the conveyor belt.
Edward and Alo had also gotten up by then. After catching up on a few hours of sleep, Alo was noticeably more energetic.
"The gold rush season is almost over, everyone keep up the good work and give it your all!"
During lunch, Zhou Xin encouraged everyone.
Everyone agreed in unison, and they were all full of enthusiasm.
In the following days, everything returned to normal, and nothing bad happened again.
As the temperature drops, Bartholomew has burrowed into the wooden house and entered hibernation.
During this period, it hunted and ate a lot every day, and Zhou Xin also fed it a lot of honey to help it accumulate enough heat to get through the cold winter.
More than a week later, in the early hours of this morning, Zhang Jianing felt colder and colder as she slept, so she curled up her delicate body in Zhou Xin's arms.
During this period, Zhou Xin almost always slept in her room, and the two could be said to have started living together.
The container's soundproofing is really poor, so you have to be as quiet as possible at night, otherwise the single men next door might not be able to sleep all night if they hear it.
But these things are not so easy to control, especially since Zhou Xin's body has become even stronger. When Zhang Jianing gets emotional, she inevitably can't help but let it out, which makes her very distressed.
I wanted to tell Zhou Xin not to come, but I couldn't bear to and was reluctant to let him go.
At this moment, she began to appreciate another benefit of sharing a bed.
Zhou Xin's body was very warm; he was practically a human hand warmer.
Zhang Jianing's icy feet pressed against Zhou Xin's inner calf, the coldness jolting him awake.
Zhang Jianing giggled sweetly, her breath sweet as orchids in his ear.
"Why is it so cold?" Zhou Xin held her delicate feet in his warm hands and rubbed them for her.
"It's getting colder. The weather forecast said it would snow last night. I suspect it's snowing outside. I was going to go check, but it's too cold, and I don't want to get out of bed."
"I'll go take a look."
Zhou Xin put on his coat and opened a small hole in the window.
A biting cold wind blew in, and he quickly closed the window.
He could see clearly that everything outside was white; it was indeed snowing, and it was a blizzard.
"Looks like our gold rush season is over."
A blizzard has arrived, temperatures have plummeted, and the earth will soon be frozen solid.
He quickly crawled back into bed, embraced the warm and soft body of the woman, and felt very at ease and satisfied.
After more than a week of intensive work, they have achieved their annual target, and even exceeded it.
This month, they harvested 563.2 ounces of gold.
The total annual harvest was 3111.8 ounces.
This is already an astonishing figure. According to information Zhou Xin obtained from the Gold Rush Guild, even some mines with teams of a dozen or so people would find it difficult to achieve this level of success.
And they, including Zhang Jianing from logistics, only had six people.
If measured in terms of output per capita, that means each person generated more than 500 ounces of output during this gold rush season.
It can be said that Zhou Xin has delivered a satisfactory result for his first mining venture.
Unable to sleep no matter what, he simply sat or lay on the bed, playing with Zhang Jianing's delicate feet while using his phone to calculate and summarize the year's total expenses and income.
To date, the initial mining and related expenses have reached over 120 million, and when you add in the salaries and bonuses of Old Kent and Bowman, the total comes to over 130 million.
However, the total gold harvest this gold rush season has reached 3111.8 ounces.
Previously, I would sell the gold I harvested every week, but since September, I haven't been making those trips anymore. All of this month's 563.2 ounces of gold are stored in the safe next to me.
The current price of gold has exceeded $2500 per ounce.
After doing some calculations on his phone and adding his earnings from processing gold this month, he finally calculated his total harvest for this gold rush season:
More than $310 million in cash and 1200 ounces of gold.
Edward's share was the previously agreed-upon 10%, which was $31 in cash and 120 ounces of gold.
He's been with me the longest and has given me a lot; this ratio is very reasonable.
Zhou Xin will transfer the cash directly to him, while the stored gold will be converted into gold certificates for him, allowing him to decide whether to exchange it for cash or deposit it like Zhou Xin.
The profit sharing between A Luo and Zhang Jianing was not agreed upon beforehand, but Zhou Xin had already considered it.