"Read more books and newspapers, eat less junk food and sleep more, and you'll understand," Chen Feng said, standing up from the water and swimming away.

"Wow, those TV dramas really weren't lying to me. Can I really learn something from this?" Li Chunlai said with surprise.

Chen Feng looked around the riverbed and found that the situation was basically the same everywhere: the gold was all at the bottom of the riverbed, and the depth was about the same.

"Brother Feng, what do we do? Do we have to get a pickaxe and dig underwater?" Li Chunlai asked from the side.

"Let's go back first. This isn't like on land, where it's easy to dig with a pickaxe. Digging underwater is a lot of work." Chen Feng said as he swam up with Li Chunlai.

As soon as the two of them got ashore, the two people on the shore rushed over to greet them.

"Brother Feng, what's going on? Is all the gold under the riverbed?" Lin Nian heard it clearly in the earpiece, but he didn't dare to ask directly just now, for fear of disturbing Chen Feng.

“There’s probably a lot of gold right under the riverbed. Let me think about how to get it out,” Chen Feng said, taking off his clothes.

"My God, there's gold hidden at the bottom of the riverbed! It's hidden so well. Does that mean we missed out on quite a bit?"

Lin Nian looked at the previous section of the river and spoke with frustration.

"No, not much leaked out before. This depends on the river's flow rate; it's not like there's gold right under the riverbed," Chen Feng said, half-jokingly.

"So that's how it is. It's good that there's no leakage. But what should we do if there's gold at the bottom of the river?" Lin Nian said, handing Chen Feng a cigarette.

"Let's try to break it open." Chen Feng took the cigarette and lit it.

Everyone returned to the camp and sat down at the table to watch Chen Jianguo cook.

According to past practice, this is definitely the time when everyone goes to sift through the gold and calculates the harvest.

However, because they have encountered a problem and it is estimated that there is even more gold at the bottom of the river, none of them are in the mood to sift for gold anymore.

"What's going on? Is there gold at the bottom of the river?" Chen Jianguo, who was cooking, asked in surprise.

Lin Nian explained it to him, and Chen Jianguo was quite surprised.

"My goodness, it was hidden so well! If it were someone else, they would have missed it."

“The key is that even if we don’t miss it, it’ll be difficult. The riverbed is very hard, and it’s probably not shallow. How are we going to dig here?” Li Chunlai said, lighting a cigarette.

"If all else fails... try an underwater impact drill or some other tool. If that doesn't work, we'll have to use an electric drill to pry it apart bit by bit," Chen Jianguo suggested.

"That's what I was thinking too. We can only go to the city tomorrow to see if there are any underwater tools. If there's really no other way, we'll just buy a few more electric drills and pry it out by hand." Chen Feng thought so too.

"It shouldn't be that bad; we'd need underwater tools," Huang Fei guessed.

"I reckon we can get some. Chunlai, go and bring all the gold over to sift through. We probably won't get the big stuff today, but we still have plenty of smaller pieces," Chen Feng said to Li Chunlai.

“Okay, I’ll go find a bucket.” Li Chunlai said, carrying the bucket and collecting all the gold from the gold-absorbing ship. He then brought it back and began sifting it in front of everyone.

As Li Chunlai moved, the golden sand slowly piled up, and the sand inside was washed away clean.

Before Li Chunlai could even look up to ask for a tissue, he saw a tissue being thrown onto the gold.

Without even checking who threw it, Li Chunlai picked it up and started sucking the water out of the gold.

It can only be said that they are working together more and more seamlessly; they know what to do without needing to say anything.

"Hey, where did I throw my tissue?" Huang Fei's voice rang out from the side.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chunlai's hand froze.

He slowly turned his head and saw Huang Fei's smug expression.

"Hehehe, just kidding, there's no snot, I just got it for you."

Hearing this, Li Chunlai glared at him and continued sucking up water.

After he had inhaled enough, he went to the scale and started counting.

"Hmm... that should be over 223,000, which is actually quite a lot," Li Chunlai remarked.

“It’s definitely not a small amount. The key is that there’s gold at the bottom of the riverbed for comparison. Although I don’t know exactly how much gold is at the bottom, I feel that since Fengzi is so certain, it must be substantial, right?” Huang Fei asked Chen Feng.

"Based on experience, it's definitely not going to be less," Chen Feng said confidently.

"Alright, let's do it then. I'll go buy the tools tomorrow. I'm going to chisel a hole in the riverbed, even if I have to," Huang Fei said, rolling up his sleeves.

The food was quickly prepared, and everyone sat down to eat.

"How about we save this roast chicken for tomorrow?" Lin Nian said, looking at the whole roast chicken.

"Why leave? Today was pretty tiring, so let's just consider it an early celebration for tomorrow."

Chen Feng reached out and tore open one of the legs, saying.

“No problem, let’s celebrate in advance for tomorrow!” Huang Fei tore off a chicken wing.

"Eat, eat, eat."

"I'll have a piece of breast."

"If no one's going to gnaw on my head, I'll do it."

"bite!"

After a satisfying meal, everyone drank tea, discussed tomorrow, and then went back to sleep.

The next day, Huang Fei came to wake Chen Feng early in the morning.

"Fengzi, let's go buy some tools."

"Damn, how come you're here before me?" Chen Feng glanced at the time, yawned, and said.

"The sooner we go, the better. It'll take some time on the road," Huang Fei said.

"Okay, let me wash my face first. Shouldn't we grab something to eat?" Chen Feng said as he put on his clothes.

"What should we eat? There's nothing here in the city. Everything we eat now will be cold. We might as well wait a while," Huang Fei said.

"Okay." Chen Feng fetched some water, packed up, and the two set off.

When they set off, everyone else was still asleep.

Lin Nian was indeed exhausted yesterday and is still fast asleep.

The two waited until they reached the city center, and then found a breakfast shop to have a meal.

"It's been so long since I've had tofu pudding, I'm really craving it," Huang Fei said, slurping.

"You didn't just want tofu pudding, that's why you got up so early, did you?" Chen Feng said, picking up a steamed bun and dipping it in vinegar.

"I was just thinking about work. Drinking tofu pudding was just a side thing. You don't know anything about it," Huang Fei said with a satisfied look on his face.

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng became even more certain that the kid was craving tofu pudding and was afraid that if he arrived late, there wouldn't be any left.

If we're talking about work, it probably only takes up about a third of my time.

After having a full meal, the two went to their usual tool shop.

"Hey, what are you buying today?" the shopkeeper asked, recognizing the two of them.

"Do you have any underwater impact drills? I need the kind that can break rocks," Chen Feng asked.

"What the heck, what do you need that thing for?" the boss asked in surprise.

"Of course, we'll smash the rocks, or any other tool will do, as long as it can break the rocks at the bottom of the river," Chen Feng added.