My Story--Golden Dream
My name is A-Qiang, and I'm a gold panner in the mountains of Yunnan. Every morning, I squat by the Lancang River, washing mud with a bamboo sieve. The slurry glimmers with golden specks in the sunlight - the only hope for my family's survival. "The price dropped again," I sighed. The mud buyers kept lowering their offers. One kilogram of gold-bearing mud could barely buy two days' worth of food. Sweat dripped from my forehead into the mud, creating tiny ripples......
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