Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 167 Giving the Brown Bear a Home

Chapter 168 Giving the Brown Bear a Home

When Zhou Xin appeared in the tax bureau hall carrying the wooden box, Zhang Jianing, who was already extremely anxious, disregarded the people around her, rushed over, and hugged him tightly.

"Okay, it's alright now. I smell a bit, so you shouldn't hug me anymore."

Zhang Jianing then noticed that Zhou Xin's face and head were filthy, and he smelled bad.

She didn't seem disgusted; instead, she took out a tissue and carefully wiped the dirt off his face.

"What happened? How did you get like this?" she asked with a worried expression.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you when we get back. Let's get down to business first."

Carrying a wooden box containing gold on your person is never safe; it's more reassuring to liquidate it or deposit it in a bank.

After paying the taxes, they did the same as before: sold half of the goods for cash and deposited the other half in the bank.

He now has 700 ounces of gold in the bank.

As long as the price of gold doesn't fall, this gold will be a reliable asset that will continue to appreciate in value.

After settling the gold matter, it was already past 3 p.m. The two immediately bought materials for the brown bear Bartholomew's den and then returned to the mine.

On the way, Zhou Xin first called Jackson and told him what had just happened.

"Okay, I understand. These guys dying would be a greater benefit to society. I'll notify the DEA to handle it; they should be thanking you!"

Jackson spoke casually, as if it were just a few dead mice and he didn't care at all.

During his narration, Zhou Xin deliberately omitted the details about Casey.

It wasn't that he wanted to hide his past with Casey and was afraid Zhang Jianing would hear about it, but rather that he felt the matter was really affecting his mood and he didn't want to bring it up again.

"It's a pity that the guy who hurt you got away, but he was badly injured, so he got what he deserved."

Zhang Jianing was deeply moved when she realized that he had done all this not just for the gold, but also to avenge her.

"Thank you, but I don't want you to do such dangerous things for me anymore. I just want you to be well," she said, her eyes glistening with tears.

She knew that although Zhou Xin spoke casually, the process was actually extremely dangerous, and if he was not careful, he could be killed by that group.

Zhou Xin gently touched her cheek and said softly, "Okay, I promise you, but don't worry, I won't risk my life."

Zhang Jianing nodded, knowing that although the man beside her had promised, he would still stand up for her if something like this happened again.

He will do whatever he believes is right, even if it is full of danger.

However, although this incident seemed extremely dangerous, Zhou Xin was actually quite confident.

Although these people were armed, they were actually just a mob.

After daily, uninterrupted hard training, I have already made some progress in my skills and marksmanship, so dealing with these drug addicts shouldn't be too much of a problem.

His biggest weakness right now is his martial arts skills.

While physical fitness can be gradually improved through self-training, it is very difficult to learn martial arts skills on your own.

There's a sandbag at the mine, and he does a lot of boxing practice every day.

Now he can punch much harder, but that's only in terms of power.

His martial arts skills were still completely unorthodox.

He might be able to win against one or two people through brute force, but if there are many people or the other party is stronger than him, he has little chance.

He thought again of Salcha's "Drunken Wolf" Mr. Dawn, who had single-handedly beaten six strong black men to a pulp; his martial arts skills must have been extraordinary.

He had considered recruiting Dawn as his teammate before, but many things had been delaying it.

Now that he's about to get back to gold mining, he has even less time to do this.

So he decided that after the gold rush season ended, he would return to Salcha and try to recruit Dawn.

It was night when they returned to the mine, and to their surprise, Bartholomew was still in the same spot.

"Has it stayed there all day?" Zhang Jianing asked.

"Yes, it seems it's determined to stay here." Edward said with a helpless expression.

"I brought it a bucket of honey at noon."

While the others were not very willing to approach Bartholomew in Zhou Xin's absence, Alo was very brave and went to feed it honey all by himself.

"That's good, but I've thought of a problem. Feeding it so much honey might cause it to develop diabetes. I'll feed it a little every few days from now on."

Zhang Jianing chuckled: "You should be careful. Look how fat it is! I think you named it the wrong thing. You should call it Big Bear or Little Bear."

Previously, everyone felt awe when faced with this unusually large brown bear.

But now, everyone who looks at it thinks it looks rather silly and endearing.

Since Alo needed to help with the excavator, Zhou Xin decided to build a shack for Bartholomew during the night so as not to affect the gold panning work the next day.

His plan was to build a wooden house for Bartholomew using trees felled from the mine.

Most of the surrounding trees had been cut down and transported away by timber companies, but some remained at the mine.

With the help of Alo's excavator, they compacted a flat foundation about 50 or 60 meters away from the living area, and then began to use the excavator to lift timber to build the frame.

At Zhou Xin's command, all the men except Zhang Jianing joined in.

Although Old Kent and Bowman had some reservations about letting brown bears live in the mine, they still obeyed Zhou Xin's management.

The two men's attitude towards Zhou Xin was not only one of obedience, but also one of deep respect.

That night, Du Bois led his men to launch a surprise attack. Although they stayed inside the house the whole time, they could roughly guess what had happened based on the gunshots and conversations outside.

Especially after Alo told them the next day that there was a place where something bad was buried and they should never dig there, they became even more convinced of their suspicions.

This young boss, though seemingly very kind and polite to them and very generous to them, was extremely violent and cruel towards those who posed a threat to him.

It's obviously much better to obey such a person than to defy him.

With the efforts of the five people, the framework of a wooden house, which is five meters high and has an area of ​​about twenty square meters, was finally completed before dawn.

Over the next few days, Zhou Xin led several people to build the wooden house at night, and it took four nights to finally complete the wooden house.

The cabin is quite spacious; even someone as tall as Bartholomew doesn't feel cramped inside.

After the log cabin was completed, Zhou Xin installed another layer of rock wool sandwich panels on the interior walls, which he had purchased a few days earlier.

Finally, pile dry straw inside, and a warm wooden hut is ready.