“Yes, the gold-dredging boat is the real prize.” Lin Nian said, hurriedly going down to fetch a bucket, and everyone followed Chen Feng with expectant eyes.

Once ashore, Chen Feng collected all the gold dust from the gold panning boat, then sat on a small stool and started rocking back and forth. Several people were around him, staring at the plate in his hand.

"Wow, this shaking is so much more fun! If panning for gold could be this fun, we could make so much money in a day!" Li Chunlai dreamed.

"That's a nice thought. If this were gold panning, and every pan was like a gold-sucking ship, you'd be making a fortune every day. You couldn't make as much as your family's gold mine," Huang Fei grinned.

Everyone chuckled, and Chen Feng slowly shook the plate in his hand, quickly dispersing all the sand.

He took a piece of paper, tried to absorb as much water as possible, and then collected the clump of gold dust onto the plate.

"Wait a minute, let me calculate. After deducting losses, it's a total of 121,220 yuan," Li Chunlai said, skillfully pressing the calculator.

"120,000, that doesn't seem like as much as we calculated yesterday. Yesterday, we estimated that we could earn at least 160,000 a day," Huang Fei said, scratching his head.

"That's the ideal situation, where you have to work twelve hours a day. You only worked a few hours today, buying tools and drilling holes. It seems like you only worked six or seven hours today. Earning 120,000 is already pretty good."

"I have to say, there must have been a lot of gold dust pressed under that big rock to make this much," Lin Nian remembered clearly.

"Oh right, we didn't do any work this morning either, I forgot about that," Huang Fei said, slapping his forehead.

"Adding the two together, we made nearly 140,000 yuan today. Wow, I never would have dared to dream of this before," Li Chunlai exclaimed.

“Before I started hanging out with Fengzi, I never dared to imagine this. Let’s go back and prepare dinner. Tomorrow will be another wonderful day!” Huang Fei patted Li Chunlai on the shoulder and said.

The group went back, and the camp was filled with the aroma of food. Chen Feng took the gold back to the prefab house before coming out to eat with them.

At that moment, Chen Feng received a video call; it was Xia Yingying.

"What are you doing? You guys made a big rock?" Xia Yingying's stunning face appeared in the video.

"It's out. With me here, there were no surprises. The nails were driven into the water, and we had to tow them out by car in the end," Chen Feng said, sitting on a stool.

Chen Feng had been chatting with Xia Yingying from time to time, so she knew about the situation here.

"How much longer until you guys come back?" Xia Yingying asked, looking at Chen Feng with a somewhat forlorn expression as she lay on the table.

This was the first time she had been separated from Chen Feng for such a long time.

"Missed me?" Chen Feng asked with a smile.

"Hmm, I feel like you don't miss me at all. Men, once they get what they want, they don't know how to cherish it. Tsk tsk tsk~" Xia Yingying shook her head and pretended to sigh.

"No, I've missed you for ages. I don't know how long it will take to drain this river dry. Once it's dry, I'll come back to see you, mwah." Chen Feng kissed him and said.

"Then after you drain the river back, I'll drain you dry~" Xia Yingying said, unable to help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng immediately covered the phone speaker with his hand and looked around guiltily.

Fortunately, they were all busy helping Chen Jianguo, and no one heard their conversation.

"You're all set again after I've been gone for two days. You've forgotten how you begged for mercy, haven't you?" Chen Feng said softly, his eyes full of amusement.

"Oh, right, did Zheng Ping tell you that tomorrow is payday? If you're not here, who's going to pay?" Xia Yingying brought up the important matter.

“Zheng Ping told me this morning that I wanted him to start it directly, but he refused, saying he was afraid of causing trouble.”

"If it doesn't work, let Mom open it. You help her with it, and make sure you check the time carefully so you don't send the wrong thing," Chen Feng said.

“Okay, then why bother having Auntie pay? I’ll do it myself. Paying a salary isn’t a big deal,” Xia Yingying said decisively.

"That's fine, but I'm worried that the workers aren't very well-behaved. There are all sorts of people among them. If I'm not around, I'm afraid you won't be able to control them, and a few of them might cause trouble."

"You get paid tomorrow. Have Zheng Ping and the others go with them. If anyone dares to cause trouble, deal with them directly. If it doesn't work, call me and I'll go back immediately," Chen Feng instructed.

"Don't worry, to be honest, I don't really care about these villagers. Back in the hills, those people were much more troublesome than them," Xia Yingying said with a light laugh.

"That's true." Chen Feng felt relieved after thinking about this.

Don't let the fact that these villagers seem like troublemakers fool you; compared to those gold prospectors from all over the country, they're nothing.

Gold prospectors are truly a motley crew, a diverse mix of all sorts of people, and it's not uncommon for some to have criminal records, like his father…

Xia Yingying had already subdued those people, so dealing with these villagers was a piece of cake for her.

"Then I'll give you the money first. You can estimate how much it will cost to pay salaries. Zheng Ping gave me the form, but I haven't had time to calculate it yet." Chen Feng lit a cigarette.

"No need, I have money here. He gave it to me. I haven't finished calculating yet, but it's definitely enough to pay my salary." Xia Yingying refused to let him transfer the money.

"That's fine then. Has anything happened at the mine lately? I asked Zheng Ping, and he said everything's fine, and they've even hired a lot of new people," Chen Feng said, taking a drag of his cigarette.

“I didn’t really know. Zheng Ping and his team had always been in charge of the mine. He showed me all the documents after he started recruiting workers that day.”

"The point is, what's the use of looking at them? I don't recognize them either, and even the auntie was completely confused. She didn't remember a third of them."

“But sometimes when Zheng Ping comes over, we chat, and he always says it’s nothing. Besides, Li Chunlai’s brothers are there too. They patrol not only at night, but sometimes during the day, helping to keep an eye on things.”

Xia Yingying smiled helplessly when she brought it up.

"Okay, I don't think it's anything serious. If it were something serious, Zheng Ping would have called me by now." Chen Feng had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

"Okay, Auntie is calling me to eat. Have you eaten yet?" Xia Yingying turned around and asked.

"It'll be ready soon, the food should be ready in a bit. You can go eat now," Chen Feng said.

"Mmm, mwah." Xia Yingying gave her a kiss and then hung up the video call.

Watching the video call end, Chen Feng put away his phone and stood up. After being away for so long, how could he not miss Xia Yingying?

It's just that it's too far away. If it were closer, even if it took five or six hours to drive there, he would have gone back to visit.

"All done, come and eat! Today we're stewing big bones, and I picked them all out myself. They smell amazing!" Huang Fei said, waving at him while holding a bone stick.

"They're here! They didn't even wait for me, give me a tough one!" Chen Feng called out as he walked over.