On the other side, an older woman in red was about to run away with a large gold ore in her arms when Zheng Ping stopped her.

"Wait, don't run away, put your things down!"

The woman twisted her body and wouldn't let go, and Zheng Ping tried to snatch it several times but failed.

"You're stealing, that's illegal, do you know that?!" Zheng Ping shouted angrily, pointing at her.

"I don't know what stealing is. I stole from your house, so go do whatever you want."

"Get out of here! I picked this up, so it's mine!" The old woman's voice was shrill as she started to throw a tantrum and act like a scoundrel, clinging to the stone and refusing to let go.

"You call this picking up your mother's egg? You come to someone else's house and call this picking up an egg? Why don't you go to the bank and pick it up? How can there be such a shameless person like you?" Lin Nian was equally furious.

"Go to hell! You're shameless, your whole family is shameless! You accuse me of stealing? Go ahead and sue me! Let the police arrest me!"

"If you can't catch me, then get out of my way! If you're so capable, then kill me! Kill me!" The old woman stretched her head and rushed forward, scaring Lin Nian into taking a few steps back.

"Take the things away and make her get lost!" Chen Feng shouted coldly. Several people around him ignored the matter and stepped forward to stop the old woman, starting to snatch the items.

"Murder! Murder! You shameless bastards, you filthy creatures, you have no conscience!" The old woman lay on the ground, throwing a tantrum and rolling around, raising dust everywhere. It was nighttime, so no one came to watch.

Otherwise, the power would probably be ten times greater, to the point that even Uncle Hat would find it quite troublesome.

After a while, the old woman saw that they were ignoring her and not watching, and she felt it was pointless, so she got up, dusted herself off, and went home muttering curses under her breath.

Chen Feng sent a few men to lock the gold ore in a prefabricated house before returning home.

In the car, Lin Nian recalled the situation and said with a headache, "Brother Feng, what are we going to do? Those young people are afraid of you, so they don't dare to steal anything, but these old guys don't care about that, they really take it."

"We're already here today, and it's still so difficult to seize it. Imagine what it would be like if we weren't here."

Chen Feng leaned back in his seat, arms crossed. How could he not know what Lin Nian was talking about?

These old guys are a real handful, no matter where they are.

Moreover, this kind of thing can't be turned a blind eye. If they take a few dollars today, someone else will come and take more than ten dollars tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, someone will dare to come and take a whole truckload.

This is not a good sign.

Chen Feng felt that hiring security guards was particularly useless.

It took more than a dozen people to snatch that old lady's gold ore today. You can't even mention the few hired security guards; they were completely useless.

When they got home, Chen Feng and Chen Jianguo didn't say much. It was too late today, they would talk about it tomorrow.

Chen Feng went upstairs and took off his clothes, and saw Xia Yingying watering flowers on the windowsill inside the house. They were planted from seeds she had just bought, and they had just sprouted.

"You're back." Xia Yingying, carrying a water bottle, turned around and smiled at him.

"Mm." Chen Feng walked over and hugged Xia Yingying from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, feeling a little tired.

"What's wrong? Didn't you catch the thieves?" Xia Yingying saw his expression and knew things weren't going well, so she reached out and touched his face to ask.

"These old bastards are really hard to deal with. They throw tantrums on the ground at the drop of a hat, they have no sportsmanship at all, they're really troublesome," Chen Feng sighed.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yingying put down the kettle, grasped Chen Feng's hand that was holding her, and thought for a moment before saying, "Actually, I've heard of such things before."

"Their solution at the time was to hire local thugs to patrol under the guise of security guards."

“Those people have a bad reputation, and the villagers are terrified of them. That’s much more effective than calling the police. Why don’t you try this method?”

"I actually thought of this idea too, but I'm the biggest thug in our village, and I can't possibly lead people on patrols every night. Besides, with my current status, I can't act as recklessly as before," Chen Feng said with a sigh.

“If this were before, I would have a hundred ways to deal with these old bastards.”

"Then let's train a few more. College students are hard to train, but hooligans are easy to train," Xia Yingying said with a smile.

"Yes, you're right. I'll start selecting people tomorrow, give them some lessons, and train a group of talented individuals." Chen Feng nodded, thinking this was a good idea.

"I feel like I'm getting worse and worse. What kind of ideas are these?" Xia Yingying felt embarrassed after hearing what he said and threw herself into Chen Feng's arms.

“One place, one governance method. How can that be bad? It’s called treating the symptoms. Even the wicked need the wicked to deal with them,” Chen Feng said, patting her head to comfort her.

"Well, I've given you such a great idea, how are you going to reward me?" Xia Yingying looked up at him with her eyes full of anticipation.

"How would you like me to reward you? Or are we not going to sleep tonight?" Chen Feng said with a light kiss on her lips.

"No, that's a reward for you. Actually... I want to see the sea. I've never seen the sea before." Xia Yingying leaned on his shoulder, her eyes filled with longing.

“Okay, then once the gold mine is completely stable, I’ll take you to see the sea. Anyway, Dad will be there by then, so he won’t need me.” Chen Feng readily agreed.

"Really? Then it's a deal, no take-backs allowed." Xia Yingying wrapped her arms around his neck and said happily.

"I won't go back on my word, I definitely won't," Chen Feng assured her.

"Okay, let's go to bed then." Xia Yingying turned around and closed the door, giggling.

"Huh? Didn't you just say you didn't want it?" Chen Feng was momentarily confused.

"Only children make choices; I want both rewards..."

Xia Yingying pressed Chen Feng down onto the bed and whispered in his ear.

On the other side, Li Chunlai and Huang Mao from Xiaoqiao Village were in their house, eating the pitiful few peanuts on their plates, sighing and complaining.

"Brother, Chen Feng's mine is fully operational now. Several people from our village went to work today. Their combined monthly salary is about 1,600 yuan. I'm so envious! Sigh."

Li Chunlai put a peanut in his mouth, not even bothering to peel off the slightly bitter skin, and leaned against the wall, pursing his lips.

"What can we do? Even if we sign up, they definitely won't accept us. It's because we have a grudge against Chen Feng. We should have known better than to slash his tires. Not only did we spend a month in jail, but we also completely offended him."

"Now we can only watch others make money and we can only be envious."

The profits from abandoned mines are getting smaller and smaller, and they can hardly make any money at all, while working themselves to the bone every day.