Sophie quickly bandaged Crispy Noodles and tied a bow with the gauze. It looked beautiful.
Crispy Noodles stretched his legs and looked at the bow happily. He ran back to focus on lifting the stones.
Sophie returned the medical supplies to Alicia and said, "Thank you. Without these things, we would have to rely on this child's self-healing ability. You guys have been a great help."
Alicia laughed, "Oh, no, this is a small matter. But if you guys are planning to be ore hunters, you'd better prepare a medical kit. Maybe you don't know, but there are many bad things here."
Brund added, "Yes, especially the fire ants. If you guys encounter them, you must quickly back off. Don't take them seriously. Otherwise, without a healing potion, they will cause you trouble if they bite you."
Every industry had its own rules. It was too naive to think that one could make money without being fully prepared.
Brund showed them his tools. Not only were there tools for finding and medical supplies, but there were also cleaning equipment, lighting equipment, and preservation equipment.
The preservation equipment he had prepared was a delicate black velvet box with a small lizard model inside. Seeing that Sophie had two opals in her hands, he gave her two boxes.
Sophie hurriedly thanked him and declined. "You guys are too kind. But this box is very beautiful. It must have cost a lot. Sorry, I don't think I can accept your kindness. Otherwise, even God would think I'm too greedy."
Alicia pushed the boxes to her. "Take them. They're not expensive. Actually, I can't tell you. Each box is only ten dollars."
"But a ten-dollar box can increase the value of your opals. A fire opal that is cleaned and put in the box is much more expensive than a simple stone. It can be sold for thousands of dollars more," Brund added.
Sophie looked at Li Du. Li Du motioned for her to accept it. "You're welcome, my dear. This is Stephen's relative. Stephen is Big Fox's and my relative. We're very close."
Hearing this, Brund nodded and smiled. "Yes, yes."
Sophie took the box and took out the small lizard model to put on the stone.
Brund stopped her and said, "This is a lizard. Don't you think the combination of a fire opal and a lizard has a different kind of beauty?"
Sophie placed the little lizard model on the fire opal and smiled. "It's really beautiful."
Brendan and Alicia were full-time gem hunters. They settled down in Winslow and worked three to four days a week. The work was intense.
The job of a gem hunter was not easy. Each time they paid 500 dollars, they could hunt for treasures in the park for 24 hours. In order to get the most out of the loot, they would usually work for the full 24 hours.
In other words, once they started working, they would have to work continuously for a day and a night. At most, they would go to the tent to rest for a while.
However, no matter how hard they worked, the chances of getting anything out of it were not high. Alicia said, "We often find some pretty stones and try to recoup our costs. If we can find raw agate stones, then we can make some money. If I want to make a lot of money, I can only rely on the Goddess of Luck. "
Brendan said, "Li, you're very lucky. You got two fire opals in one day. This is not common."
"That guy, Cyril, is miserable. If I remember correctly, he hasn't found an opal in two months. This time, he found one but lost the bet with you. He's very unlucky," Alicia said with a relaxed smile.
Brendan said, "It's a good thing for us. Who asked him to be so annoying?"
Li Du said, "Seems like you don't like him?"
"Quite. These b * stards, they're all scoundrels. They spout shit all day and are very annoying. However, they're not to be trifled with. You have to be careful.
Why don't you leave now? Don't stay here for a day and a night. Otherwise, who knows what they'll do at night. "
Li Du had no intention of staying here for a day and a night. He just wanted to find a few fire opals and leave.
Brendan and Alicia had come to warn him about this. After they finished, they left. Their time was precious and they had to hurry up and find valuable stones.
Before leaving, they showed off their loot. This time, they had found some stones in the park. One was a clean white stone that looked like an ice crystal. There were also a few stones with red spots, purple spots, and a series of spots like a black and white chess board.
Li Du thought that the stones were pretty, but Brendan told him that they were not worth much. Altogether, they could be sold for one or two hundred dollars. They had to continue working hard, or they would lose money this time.
After sending the two of them off, Li Du continued to search for fire opals with Crispy Noodles.
The number of opals here was sparse. The little bug repeatedly flew over an area of one hectare, and after more than half an hour, it found an opal the size of a pinky finger.
Li Du brought Crispy Noodles over and got him to dig up the messy ore. Then, when the opal was exposed, Li Du took it out.
Although this piece of fire opal was small, its color was extremely pure. There was a piece of white floc inside, making it look like a piece of fiery cloud fossil.
He gave it to Sophie, who shook her head. "Don't give me all of them. That would lose the fun. If you give me too many, they won't be like gifts."
Seeing that Sophie was serious and not just being polite, he shrugged his shoulders and put the stone in his pocket.
In addition to fire opals, there were other valuable ores here, such as crystal cave jade, dinosaur coprolites, turquoise, rose-colored quartz, green curtain granite, and so on.
These stones all had a certain value, but they were far less valuable than fire opals. Li Du did not bring professional tools. After satisfying his curiosity by collecting a few pieces, he did not dig them one by one.
On an area of one hectare, there were millions or tens of millions of ores of various sizes. It was simply a huge gravel warehouse.
The gravel in the wilderness was not spread on the ground, but piled up in layers, as if a gravel crusher had crushed a few mountains.
Sometimes, there were depressions in the ground filled with gravel. When the little bug flew down, the deepest pit of gravel was more than 20 meters deep. There were also fire opals in these places, but without mechanical tools, it was impossible to harvest them.
After searching for close to two hours, Li Du was a little exhausted. The further he went, the harder it was to find fire opals. During this period, he had only managed to collect four pieces.
Of course, the number of fire opals found by the little bug was not that small. However, most of them were below the gravel layer, and Li Du could not dig them manually.
Moreover, in order to fool others, he could not dig them himself. He had to rely on Crispy Noodles, who could not dig them down to a depth of one meter or more. That was beyond the ability of a raccoon.
Including the bets, Li Du had found a total of seven fire opals. To him, this was not a lot. However, to an ordinary gem hunter, this was an amazing harvest!
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