Holding a glass of wine, Li Du stood on the reef and looked west.
The red sun set, and the moon loomed.
The sea breeze blew past like a knife, and the water rippled again and again. Waves with white foam slapped on the reef under his feet, making loud noises.
Li Du raised his glass. The wine was purple and crystal clear. When he steadied his arm, it looked like a piece of jelly.
However, the water under his feet was clearer. There was no pollution, no impurities, and the waves were even transparent.
Looking at the sunset and tasting his own wine, Li Du sighed slowly. Damn, it's cold. It's not a good time to drink wine and watch the sea.
It was cold in the evening, and even colder in the middle of the night.
Li Du and Sophie shared a room, covered with a thick quilt and an electric blanket under them, but still felt a little cold.
Under the moonlight, Li Du poked his head out and saw that Sophie's quilt was shaking slightly. He asked, "Hi, dear, is it cold?"
Sophie breathed and said, "Yes, you see, Ah Meow doesn't even stick his head out. He's in my arms. Fortunately, he's here, or I'd be even colder."
On Li Du's side, Ah Ow's head was also under the quilt, but she had a large lung capacity and needed to breathe, so she stuck her mouth out and her two nostrils were like pumps.
With the electric blanket in effect, and with Ah Ow in front of him and Ali behind him, he was not very cold. After all, a man's body was more capable of producing heat.
Sophie only had Ali and Ah Meow in her arms. Women were naturally cold, and she naturally felt colder.
Li Du looked up and said, "I can't see Ah Meow."
Sophie laughed and said, "Of course you can't see him. He's under my quilt."
Li Du said, "Then why did you let me see him? Oh, I see. "
He ran to Sophie's bed with the quilt. He was so fast that Sophie did not react. She looked at him in horror and said, "God, what are you doing?"
Li Du said cheekily, "Didn't you ask me to come and see Ah Meow? I can't see him in my bed. "
Sophie pushed him and said shyly, "Go back, go back. Don't think I don't know what you want. I said we can't sleep together."
Li Du said innocently, "What do I want to do? I wanted to come and see Ah Meow. You told me to come and see Ah Meow. "
Sophie anxiously pushed him and said, "Don't give me that, you know I was just saying it casually."
Mr. Li laid on the bed like a rascal and said, "You know I'm not a joking person, so I took it seriously. I want to see Ah Meow. Besides, the weather is so cold, it'll be warmer if we sleep together. "
Sophie stood her ground and pushed him hard. "Then I'll show you Ah Meow. It's not cold. I have Ah Meow and Ali. It's quite warm."
As she spoke, she reached into the blanket and pulled the snoring Ah Meow out.
The hot and cold environment suddenly changed. Ah Meow shivered when he was pulled out. His fat face looked confused. He opened his mouth and cried, "Meow!"
Sophie swung Ah Meow outside as if she was looking at an object. She said, "See? Okay, go back now. "
She stuffed Ah Meow back into the blanket. Ah Meow was confused. He wanted to meow again to protest, but he was afraid of being pulled out again, so he could only sulk under the blanket.
Seeing Sophie's determination, Li Du had to use his trump card. He shook his body outside and said, "It's so cold, ah — achoo!"
Sophie softened. It was really cold outside. She relaxed her arms and said, "Then you come up and behave. We'll each take one side of the bed, okay?"
"Okay."
"Hey, didn't we agree to each take one side of the bed? Why did you crawl into my bed? Get out, get out. "
Li Du put his blanket on top and hugged Ah Ow and Crispy Noodles tightly. He said, "Isn't this warm? Hehe. "
"Then don't move. I told you not to move. Don't, don't, we're not married yet …"
When they got up the next day, Hans looked at Li Du and Sophie ambiguously and asked, "What were you guys doing upstairs last night?"
Sophie shrugged her shoulders and said, "Ah? What were we doing? Go to sleep. I'm going to walk the kids. See you later. "
Hans looked at Li Du suspiciously. Li Du glared at him and said, "Why are you so nosy? Don't worry, we didn't do anything stupid that you're imagining. I'd have to be crazy! "
"What stupid things did I imagine?" Hans chased after him with a cheeky smile. He was determined to gossip to the end.
Li Du ignored him. It was an important matter to go to the sea to look for black opal that day.
When it came to serious business, Hans did not drop the ball. After breakfast, the sea lady went into the water first. When the sun rose higher, the two of them also put on thick diving suits and jumped into the sea.
The temperature of the sea was warmer compared to that of the land. That was especially true as Hans led the way. The seawater appeared to be heating up as it gradually became warmer.
Hans turned around and gestured to him. Li Du understood what he meant. He meant that there was abundant geothermal energy here.
Li Du nodded. That must be the case, because from the distribution of ocean currents, there was no warm current passing through here.
After swimming forward for a while, a familiar environment appeared. Li Du had seen it in photos before. There were colorful corals, colorful fish and shrimp, and in the distance, there were sea snakes twisting like ribbons.
Hans stopped in the water and pointed to the reef in front of him, indicating for him to look.
There were several sea snakes swimming around the reef. Li Du first looked at the environment and then looked for the gem based on his memory of the photo. At the same time, he released the little bug.
Half of the gem was exposed. It was not big, about the size of a cow's eye. At such a distance, it was difficult to find it with the human eye. Hans was able to find it not because of his eyesight but because of luck.
The little bug approached the reef and circled around the gem. The color of the stone was very heavy, like a rainbow, and the color was richer than that of the black opal dug on land.
This was indeed a natural black opal, and Li Du was able to determine its identity.
Then the little bug flew into the reef. Its body shuttled up and down the reef. Not far ahead of this black opal, another black opal appeared!
Seeing this, Li Du was excited. The appearance of two black opals in a row was enough to prove that there should be a black opal vein here.
The little bug continued to fly forward, and Li Du intermittently found a few more black opals. Not only was there a black opal vein here, but it was also a rich vein that had not been excavated.
Lightning Ridge might have been like this in the past, but after extensive excavation, the vein was almost emptied, making it very difficult for people to find black opal now.
Li Du had found a new gemstone vein. For the black opal market, a revolution had broken out!
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