The next morning, Chen Feng woke up from his sleep and looked back. Huang Fei was fast asleep.

Chen Feng stretched and got out of the car. He heated up his food first, then went to wash up.

Huang Fei was awakened by Chen Feng's voice. He raised his head, glanced at the screen, then lay back down, mumbling, "What time is it?"

"It's 6:30. How's your foot?" Chen Feng asked.

Huang Fei closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yunnan Baiyao works quite well. It feels a bit stronger. A few more sprays should be enough."

"Oh, I see. Looks like I'd better hurry, or I'll miss my chance." Chen Feng muttered to himself, wiping his face with a towel.

Upon hearing this, Huang Fei covered his face. He really wanted to say, "Why don't you just come directly? It would save me from living in fear every day."

After Chen Feng finished eating, he drove the car forward a bit. This time, because Huang Fei had sprained his ankle, Yin Xing was driving the van.

After choosing a location, Chen Feng set off with the detector, while Huang Fei continued to sleep in bed.

Since he can't do anything now anyway, it's fine to let him do as he pleases.

When he gets home, he will definitely tell his parents that it wasn't that he didn't want to do it, but that he really couldn't, and that it was a work injury.

At eight o'clock in the morning, a group of people gathered in front of Mrs. Chen's house, and there was a small excavator by the roadside.

Such a big event as building a house doesn't need special publicity; the news spread throughout the village in just a few days. Everyone knows that construction is starting today, so they've all gathered here to watch the excitement.

Liu Ping and Lin Nian unfurled a thick roll of firecrackers at the doorway. It was clear that Liu Ping, who was usually frugal, had gone all out this time.

She didn't dare to set off the 30,000-shot firecracker at all. Lin Nian took a puff of his cigarette, turned his head, and lit the firecracker.

The moment the fuse was lit, Lin Nian covered his ears and ran away.

The crackling sound of firecrackers rang out, and many people covered their ears as the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Red debris was scattered all over the ground. After the firecrackers were finished, Li Dazhuang drove his small excavator and razed the old house to the ground.

At this moment, it was also announced that construction of the new house had officially begun.

Everyone couldn't help but whisper among themselves, after all, no one expected that Chen Feng would be the next to build a house.

"He really made a fortune. He just bought a car and is now building a new house."

“Indeed, I don’t know how big he wants to build. I asked Liu Ping but she didn’t say, she just smiled.”

"Hey, I'd guess it's a normal size. How big can it be? Is it going to be like the village chief's house, a two-story building?"

"That's over ten thousand, which is not bad. Who would have thought that the former street urchin would become so successful?"

"Liu Ping has raised a good son; college students are just different."

"Well, judging from this situation, no one in the village is as successful as Chen Feng."

Of course, there were also some sour grapes. One person, cracking sunflower seeds, snorted and said, "Forget it, we don't even know what it's like yet. There are only two people in his family, how could they build such a big house?"

"Tens of thousands is no small amount of money. He just bought a car, and he's probably spent all the money he earned. Where would he get the money?"

"I estimate that a small apartment costing around 60,000 to 70,000 yuan is the most I can get."

"Exactly. Who knows where he scraped together that sixty or seventy thousand from? He just made a little money and he's already building a house and buying a car. This village isn't enough for him to show off."

The villagers had all sorts of rumors, but no matter how they asked, Li Dazhuang and Liu Ping kept their mouths shut and said they didn't know anything.

Once the house is built, they'll know exactly how big it is. Even if you tell them the truth now, some people will think you're bragging or showing off, so it's better not to say anything.

Time will tell. When the house is completely finished, all the gossip will fall apart, and they will shut their mouths.

On the other side, Chen Feng looked at the silver granules in his hand, shrugged, and put the thirty-odd silver granules into a bottle.

The morning's harvest was decent; Chen Feng managed to collect five silver coins and one gold coin.

The gold is probably worth a little over a thousand yuan.

He took out a bottle of mineral water from his bag, took a sip, lit a cigarette, and continued walking.

The ground is now completely dry; no matter how deep you dig, you can't see any trace of moisture.

Chen Feng walked for about ten minutes before the system gave him a notification.

This was a sandy area, so sandy that even Chen Feng, a local expert, would sink into it when he stepped on it.

If the system doesn't respond soon, Chen Feng will have to consider changing direction and not exploring here anymore.

Walking on this soft ground was exhausting; every step caused him to sink in, filling his shoes with sand.

After roughly drawing out an area, Chen Feng picked up the detector and began to probe.

This exploration took longer than previous ones, mainly because it was impossible to move around freely.

When they were halfway through the exploration, the detector went off. Chen Feng squatted down, switched to a pickaxe, and started raking the soil.

Of course, this kind of land isn't entirely useless, because its soft texture makes it easy to find the goods.

With a single scoop of the pickaxe, a large patch of soil was scooped up. After Chen Feng felt that was enough, he brought over a detector to check it.

The detector didn't go off, so Chen Feng switched to a shovel and started shoveling soil away, one shovelful at a time.

“If my mom sees this soil, she’ll definitely find a car to take some back with her.”

Chen Feng chuckled as he shoveled.

I remember one year, my mother suddenly wanted to plant some peanuts, but peanuts can only be grown in sandy soil, not ordinary mud.

His mother somehow managed to find several cartloads of sand and soil, and unusually planted peanuts in it.

When it came time to harvest, the peanuts were tiny, and two-thirds of them had been eaten by mice.

My mother attributed the poor harvest to the bad sandy soil and the rats. She believed that if the sandy soil were good, the peanuts would definitely have a bumper harvest.

It's definitely not because my skills are lacking!

In fact, Chen Feng has always admired his mother, Liu Ping, who loves growing flowers and plants, and there are many of her potted plants in the house.

However, despite her meticulous care, few of these potted plants saw the sun the following year.

Even the most resilient cactus, she can grow it to look crooked and twisted, no longer resembling a cactus.

The key point is that you said her technique was bad, but her crops and vegetable gardens are better than anyone else's.

You said she was skilled, but most of those flowers only bloomed once, never a second time.

It's like Schrödinger's cat technique; it's quite absurd, as if all the skill points were put into farming.

"Ooh-woo~"

As Chen Feng was passing through the soil, the detector went off. Chen Feng gently shook the shovel and continued passing through the detector.

When there was still half left in the shovel, Chen Feng started digging with his hands and soon pulled out a small gold nugget.

"Phew~"

Chen Feng blew on the gold nugget and squeezed it back and forth.

Chen Feng was very happy, as the gold was worth about 1,700 or 1,800.

It's only a little past eight o'clock, and I've already made so much. Looks like I'm having a lucky day.

Chen Feng put the gold nugget into the small bottle and shook it.