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...
“It’s nonsense to say you can’t lift it. If this were a few dozen kilograms of stone, you might not be able to lift it, but if this were a few dozen kilograms of RMB, you could not only lift it, you could fly,” Li Chunlai laughed.
"Hmm...that's not necessarily true, haha." Li Chunlai tossed the gold to Chen Feng, who put it in his pocket.
Let's put the gold in the car later; it's getting heavy carrying it around in my pocket.
Chen Feng used to stuff the gold into his pants pocket, but it was so heavy that his pants kept falling down, and he had to pull them up every now and then.
It's easier to just leave it in the car; it won't get lost anyway.
Chen Feng placed the gold in the back of the passenger seat, closed the car door, and continued walking forward.
When he left, he guaranteed that there would be no more than ten thousand dollars' worth of gold in the mine.
As for those under 10,000, let's leave them to the lucky ones; he's too lazy to dig them up anyway.
Arriving at another place, Chen Feng stroked his chin and looked around.
There are two pieces of gold here, about three or four meters apart.
A normal excavator wouldn't dig a hole that big. Chen Feng thought for a moment, then picked up a piece of wood and drew a circle on the ground.
Expand both pieces of gold, one on the far left and one on the far right, so that we can dig one hole at a time, saving us the trouble of digging two.
"Dad, don't dig crooked this time. It's okay if it's a little bigger, just don't dig a little smaller," Chen Feng specifically instructed.
"Okay," Chen Jianguo replied, driving the excavator forward and starting to dig.
There were two rotten logs on the ground. Chen Jianguo first pushed the logs aside before starting to shovel.
This time, Chen Feng drew a larger circle than before, so Chen Jianguo spent more time digging.
After a while, Chen Jianguo finally finished digging, and the group jumped into the pit. Huang Fei looked around and couldn't help but laugh, "This pit is really spacious. I wish every pit was like this."
“That takes a long time, so I’d rather finish early and go home. I’m still waiting to pick up my Mercedes,” Li Chunlai said, lifting the detector.
"Ooh-woo~"
As soon as Li Chunlai finished speaking, the detector went off. He pulled out a shovel, squatted down, and started digging.
"This probe is pretty fast." Li Chunlai shoveled a shovelful of soil, passed it over the probe, and then casually tossed it away.
The three of them squatted on the ground and rummaged through the goods, and soon they found them.
"Ooh-woo~"
Huang Fei's shovel made a sound, and upon seeing this, he chuckled and said, "Sorry everyone, I found it first this time."
As he spoke, he shook the shovel and then started searching with his hands.
In the past, when panning for gold, you had to shake the pan while passing it through the hole to prevent the gold from falling out and going unnoticed.
Now, why would we need those? With hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold, we wouldn't be afraid of it falling out; we could just reach out and grab it.
After rummaging around in the shovel a few times, Huang Fei pulled the goods out.
"Oh ho, this piece isn't as big as the last one, but it's still quite substantial, worth several hundred thousand." Huang Fei said, wiping the gold.
"Your luck isn't great. Look how big I got, and yours is so small," Lin Nian said with a chuckle, gesturing with his hand.
"Damn, you're just right. Just wait and see what I do next time," Huang Fei said, unconvinced.
As the group talked, they prepared to pack their things and go upstairs, while Chen Feng squatted by the pit watching them and spoke up.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"All done, let's go up! What are we still doing down there after we've already found some goods? It's like celebrating the New Year!" Huang Fei held out the gold, and the group laughed.
They thought Chen Feng hadn't expected them to find the gold so quickly.
"What, one is enough? Did you buy it elsewhere?" Chen Feng asked.
"Um?"
The three men looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed they hadn't actually searched for gold, but could there really be gold in this place?
"Let me see."
Li Chunlai picked up the detector and scanned it back and forth. Unexpectedly, when he scanned the side, the detector started beeping again.
"Wow!"
Upon hearing the sound, the three of them were shocked. They never expected that this place would be a double-yolk egg, containing two pieces of gold.
They had all subconsciously assumed that there was only one such place.
“Three big idiots, still chuckling to themselves. If I weren’t here, how much gold would you have missed out on?” Chen Feng ruthlessly tortured the three of them.
Upon hearing this, the three chuckled, too embarrassed to speak, and instead pulled out their shovels and squatted down.
The group worked together to dig out the gold from the ground again; this time, it was Li Chunlai who found it.
Li Chunlai shook the shovel, reached in and flipped it over, and picked out the piece of gold.
"This piece doesn't look very good; it's not as big as yours," Li Chunlai said, wiping his piece.
"You've wasted your time, why don't you just leave me?" Huang Fei said, waving his hand.
"Damn, how can you blame me for this?" Li Chunlai put away the gold, and then carefully checked the area underneath, afraid of missing anything.
“It’s over this time, Brother Feng, I’m sure.” Li Chunlai looked up and said.
"I know, there are only two pieces down there. You've already found them, what's the point of exploring further?" Chen Feng shrugged and left.
Li Chunlai: "..."
Several people climbed out carrying their goods, and Li Chunlai took the goods and put them in the car.
These two items together are actually quite large, probably worth around 600,000 to 700,000 yuan.
Chen Feng continued walking forward, preparing to head to his next destination.
And so they stayed there for about ten more days, without even taking a bath, looking like wild men with unshaven beards.
"Phew, Brother Feng, is that enough for today, or are we going to start another one?" Li Chunlai asked as he climbed out of the pit, carrying a large iron shovel.
"That's it for now, pack your things and head back," Chen Feng said, patting the dirt off his backside.
"Alright, what are we having for dinner tonight? I didn't see Uncle made anything. How about we cook some noodles? Uncle's been working hard all day." Li Chunlai said, patting the dirt off his clothes.
"We're having barbecue tonight. I'm going back to pack my things," Chen Feng said, carrying the detector.
"Eating barbecue, packing up?"
"Pack what?" Li Chunlai was a little confused.
"Just pack up whatever you have, it's over, all done, time to go home," Chen Feng loudly assured him, grinning broadly.
"Going home, it's all over, completely over?" Lin Nian exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.
"Yes, that's all. I'll take a shower today, have a good meal, go find Brother Qi to sell goods tomorrow morning, and then go home," Chen Feng said.
"Holy crap, this is so sudden?" Li Chunlai scratched his head, somewhat incredulous.
Li Chunlai was certainly happy when he was suddenly told he was going back, but he wasn't prepared at all. He was just going back like that?
"Hurry up, I'm starving! Load the useful stuff onto the truck, throw away the rest." Chen Feng waved his hand, sat down in the truck, and then the others got in as well. Huang Fei sped off towards the prefab houses.
In about half an hour, they packed their things and headed straight to the city.