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Zoloto dobyvai͡ut ne tolʹko na Kolyme i na Ali͡aske. Zoloto estʹ i v pustyni͡akh Dzhungarii. No dobyvatʹ ego nelegko. Mafu i Li͡u Pi, dva kompanʹona-zolotoiskateli͡a, t͡selymi dni͡ami v glubokoĭ shakhte pri svete fonari͡a dolbi͡at nepodatlivui͡u porodu. Im pomogai͡ut malʹchiki Pao i Khun: vynosi͡at v korzinakh iz shakhty rudu, sobirai͡ut toplivo i gotovi͡at pishchu.Povezët li nashim geroi͡am naĭti bogatui͡u zhilu, smogut li oni uberechʹ dobytoe zoloto ot khitrogo vora i obmanutʹ zhadnogo chinovnika, norovi͡ashchego obvesitʹ pri vzimanii naloga, i, nakonet͡s, smogut li oni spastisʹ ot vosstavshikh protiv kitaĭskikh vlasteĭ dungan?Prochitaĭte i uznaete.

Gold is mined not only in Kolyma and Alaska. There is gold in the deserts of Dzungaria. But it's not easy to get it. Mafu and Liu Pi, two gold-digging companions, spend whole days in a deep mine by the light of a lantern hammering unyielding rock. The boys Pao and Hong help them: they take ore out of the mine in baskets, collect fuel and cook food.Will our heroes be lucky to find a rich vein, will they be able to protect the extracted gold from a cunning thief and deceive a greedy official who tries to weigh in when collecting taxes, and, finally, will they be able to escape from the Dungan rebels against the Chinese authorities?Read it and find out.