I'm Just Panning for Gold, What Does the Gold Price Drop Have to Do with Me?

Financial crisis, big salary cuts, fresh graduates fighting fiercely for a job paying only 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn't stand the gap and became a loafer at home, smoking and d...

Chapter 290 Sure, I'll take your half.

Chen Feng gently shook the shovel, and a gold nugget appeared in it. Chen Feng reached out and picked up the gold nugget.

The gold nuggets were estimated to be worth four or five hundred yuan. Indeed, gold was better than silver. Chen Feng put the gold nuggets away, picked up his tools, and continued on his way.

Chen Feng spent the entire time browsing online until after 11 p.m. He wiped the sweat from his brow and glanced at his phone.

Li Kaichun was already picking them up, and Chen Feng had a good morning, earning a total of over 19,000 yuan.

Chen Feng thought that if he could scrape together 20,000 yuan, he could go back for dinner, which would be perfect.

Just then, a gold prospector approached from his left front; it was Wang Lei.

When Wang Lei saw other gold prospectors appearing near the river, his heart sank.

This was the scene he least wanted to see.

His mind raced, trying to figure out how to get Chen Feng away, especially since they were heading towards the sharpest bend in the river.

This is also the location with the most goods, and he was extremely unwilling to share it with Chen Feng.

Chen Feng didn't pay any attention to the gold prospector. He was about to leave anyway, so it wouldn't matter if they bumped into each other. Besides, he was going forward while the prospector was going to his right, so they would soon pass each other.

Chen Feng had only taken a few steps forward when the system went into overdrive.

"bite!"

"bite!"

"bite!"

As Chen Feng listened to the system's continuous prompts, he took a moment to register what was happening, and his pupils contracted instantly.

In this small area of ​​ten meters around Chen Feng, there were actually fifteen or sixteen items at the same time!

"Go to hell with your sister..."

Chen Feng was silently startled. In all his years of gold panning, he had never seen any place with such a dense concentration of goods!

What kind of place is this? Is it a paradise?

Chen Feng glanced at Wang Lei silently; he was already thinking of a way to get Wang Lei away.

He didn't want to share such a great place with anyone else.

The two men moved in unison, neither of them touching the ground. Chen Feng put down his tools and lit a cigarette, while Wang Lei took out a betel nut from his pocket and popped it into his mouth.

"Dude, is it almost lunchtime?"

Seeing that Chen Feng didn't seem to be leaving at all, Wang Lei felt that this stalemate wasn't going to work, so he went up to greet him.

"I think so. The car should be here soon, so we can go back for lunch. I'm exhausted after shopping all morning."

Chen Feng glanced at his phone, then answered with a smile.

His plan was to linger there for a while, then wait for the car to arrive and pick up Wang Lei. He would pretend he wasn't hungry, stay behind, and have the place all to himself.

"Yes, it's still hot today. The little bit of food I ate this morning has already been digested. If I could go back and have a sip of ice-cold water, that would be so refreshing."

Wang Lei grinned, revealing his stubble-covered mouth, and chuckled as well.

It can only be said that their thoughts were surprisingly aligned; Wang Lei was also thinking of taking over the mine for himself after the other party was picked up.

"No rush, rest here for a while, the car will be here soon," Chen Feng gestured.

“Yes, we’ve been working all morning, we should take a break.” Wang Lei plopped down on the floor.

He was really hoping Chen Feng would take a break, afraid that he would discover there was so much stuff in this place that he wouldn't leave.

Little did he know, Chen Feng was thinking the same thing: "You should sit down for a while, lest you find out there's something here and then refuse to leave."

The two of them were quite something; they just stared at each other for twenty minutes, chatting idly while both of them were internally screaming.

"Li Kaichun, you idiot, hurry up and drive!"

"Li Kaichun, you idiot, hurry up and drive!"

After sitting for a while, Li Kaichun finally drove the car over, and the two of them were overjoyed at the same time.

"The car is finally here, you can get in first," Wang Lei said, pretending his legs were numb and he couldn't stand up.

Chen Feng deliberately opened the zipper of his bag, and when he pulled it open, his tools scattered all over the floor.

"Holy crap, what kind of crappy bag is this? It spilled everything. You go first, I'll clean up the tools."

Chen Feng squatted on the ground, slowly tidying up his tools, while glancing at Wang Lei out of the corner of his eye.

The two of them dawdled there, neither willing to get in the car first, while Li Kaichun, with the car door open, was already getting a little impatient.

What's wrong with these two? They've been together for several minutes and they still aren't getting on the bus.

"Hey, you two, are you coming or not? Hurry up!" Li Kaichun urged, craning his neck.

"I'll be right there, let him go first," Wang Lei said, rubbing his leg.

"My tools are scattered, let him go first, I'm not in a hurry," Chen Feng said with his back turned.

Li Kaichun looked at the two of them with an impatient expression. Everyone is hungry. You two might as well not bother coming.

This was the first time he had ever seen someone eat so slowly and leisurely.

"Hurry up, brother, what's going on with you two?"

"Yeah, we're all hungry, are we going or not?"

"That's right. Are you going or not? Do you two know how crowded this car is?"

The people on the bus were getting impatient and started talking.

"Damn it, I can't stand up. I'm not walking. Let him get in the car." Wang Lei waved his hand as if afraid of delaying others.

"I'm not leaving either. This little bit of junk is all broken, and I've lost something and can't find it," Chen Feng said, digging at the dirt on the ground.

Li Kaichun was furious when he heard this. Why didn't you two say so earlier? I even came all the way here. Are you kidding me?

Upon hearing their reply, he immediately closed the car door and drove back without the slightest hesitation.

After the van drove away, Chen Feng and Wang Lei exchanged a glance. Their earlier anxiety and frustration vanished instantly, and their expressions gradually calmed down.

Then the two of them laughed at the same time.

Wang Lei patted his pants, stood up, and threw a piece of betel nut into his mouth, showing no signs of being in pain.

Chen Feng reached for a cigarette and stopped looking for something.

“Everyone’s gone, let’s stop pretending. Okay, buddy, looks like you came prepared.” Wang Lei said generously.

"Aren't you the same?" Chen Feng said, exhaling a puff of smoke.

“Okay, it seems neither of us will back down today, but there’s only one place like this. How do you plan to resolve this?” Wang Lei asked.

"It's up to you." Chen Feng remained calm and composed, knowing that retreating was out of the question today and anyone who left this place would be a fool.

"How about this, even though there's only one place, we can still resolve this peacefully. How about we split it in half?"

"Let's use this as the boundary. The left side is mine, and the right side is yours. We won't interfere with each other. What do you think?" Wang Lei said, casually drawing a line vertically with his foot.

This seemed casual, but he actually drew four-fifths of the river on his side, leaving only a small portion for Chen Feng.

He was betting that Chen Feng had accidentally bumped into him and had no idea what a river was.

Seeing this, Chen Feng took a few steps forward and then casually spoke a few seconds later.

"Sure, I'll take your half."