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19世纪中叶,美国加州发现了金矿,于是,很快地掀起了一股淘金热。17岁的小农夫亚默尔也抱着发财的心理,随着淘金的人流涌入加州。山谷里水源奇缺,寻找金矿的人最痛苦的就是没有水喝,纷纷抱怨。亚默尔认真思考一番,觉得在这里也许卖凉水比挖金更能赚钱。于是,他毅然放弃了找矿,把手头的铁锨掉了个方向,由挖掘黄金变成挖掘水渠,他终于获得清凉可口的凉水。他把水装桶里、壶里,卖给找矿的人们。结果,在很短的时间里,亚默尔卖水赚了不少钱。当许多人因找不到黄金而忍饥挨饿、流落他乡时,亚默尔已经成了一个小小的富翁了。
In the middle of the 19th century, California discovered a gold mine, and quickly set off a gold rush. The 17-year-old peasant Yarmer also held his fortune, as gold rushed into California. The scarcity of water in the valley, the most painful thing for anyone looking for a gold mine is to drink without water and complain. Yamer thinks hard and thinks that selling cold water here can make more money than digging gold. Thus, he resolutely gave up the prospecting, ironed his hand and lost his direction, from digging gold into a digging canal, he finally got cool and delicious cold water. He put water in barrels, pots, and sell it to prospectors. As a result, in a very short period of time, Yamer made a lot of money selling water. When many people suffer from starvation and landslides because they cannot find gold, Yamer has become a small rich man.