Sincerity is the key to success

The pickaxe was lost, and Su Yanxi immediately reported it to the supervisor. Supervisor Chen and Supervisor Huang were on duty together. When they heard that several people had lost their pickaxes, Supervisor Huang asked calmly:

"How many were lost?"

Su Yanxi wiped away the nonexistent tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Supervisor Chen, who was looking at her in shock, "Our pickaxes have all been stolen. We can't mine today. What should we do?"

"How is that possible?!" Supervisor Chen raised his voice.

As soon as he spoke, Supervisor Huang, Su Yanxi and others all looked at him.

Supervisor Chen had something to hide, and his heart started pounding when he was stared at like that.

He tried to make amends, "How could all the pickaxes be lost? You're not saying you don't want to mine anymore, are you?"

Su Yanxi looked at him with a wronged expression, "Supervisor, why are you still speaking on behalf of the thief and questioning us? You're not a thief, so how do you know he didn't steal everything?"

The miner behind Su Yanxi echoed: "That's right! Do thieves have to leave some for others after stealing things?"

"Is it incredible that the thieves stole everything? Our ancestors have been good miners, working diligently to mine. And now with the blessing of the mining god, mining is so easy, why wouldn't we want to mine?"

Su Yanxi silently gave a thumbs up to the miner in his heart.

Supervisor Chen kept calling someone a thief, and his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

He didn't want to make things worse, so he changed the subject: "Alright, alright, stop arguing! You lost your pickaxes because of your poor supervision. It's impossible not to mine!"

"You can't say that. The pickaxe wasn't lost when it was placed with us. It was lost when it was placed in the storage office. Isn't this the storage office's problem? Since we did nothing wrong, why should we mine if the pickaxe is lost?!" Zhao Siqing's arguments were well-reasoned, leaving Supervisor Chen speechless.

Seeing this, Su Yanxi suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Yes, Supervisor, if you can help us get the pickaxe back, we will start mining immediately!"

The two of them talked back and forth, and then threw the mining issue to Supervisor Chen.

He was the one who promoted this new regulation and never reported it to the person in charge. If he caused any trouble, he would have to bear all the responsibility. Now, let alone being transferred to an intermediate mining area, he might even be dismissed from his current position.

Supervisor Chen's forehead was covered in sweat. He said sternly, "What? You want to break the rules? Violating the rules will result in punishment from the team leader. Aren't you afraid of being beaten? Hurry and get mining. It doesn't matter if you lose your pickaxe or not. Everyone must complete the task of mining 100 ores!"

Seeing that he was getting anxious, Su Yanxi continued to add fuel to the fire: "That's too much! I want to see the person in charge. It was obviously you who lost our pickaxe!"

"Yes! Maybe he was the one who stole the pickaxe!" Zhao Siqing agreed.

"We want to see the person in charge, we want a body search!" Xiao Hai continued to shout.

Supervisor Chen was terrified by the truth that was pieced together by several people.

"You can't see the person in charge just because you want to!" He shouted loudly, but his loud voice could not hide his guilty conscience.

"Then we don't care!" someone shouted.

The situation gradually became uncontrollable, and Supervisor Huang, who was watching the show from the side, finally spoke up:

"Listen to me, fellow miners. Regardless of whether this matter is right or wrong, no leader wants such a big incident to happen during their tenure, right? We all want to solve the problem, and there are better ways to solve it."

Supervisor Huang glanced at Supervisor Chen, and seeing no objection, he continued, "How about this: We cut your workload in half. That way, you'll definitely be able to complete your mission today. How about that?"

Supervisor Huang looked at Su Yanxi, and the other miners also looked at Su Yanxi.

"Okay." Su Yanxi gave Supervisor Huang some face.

She didn't really want the pickaxe back.

After comforting the miners and seeing Su Yanxi leave with his men, Supervisor Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Huang, thank you very much."

Supervisor Huang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, but you still need to think about where to get half of the black crystal ore!"

"Manager Chen, let me remind you that the rules cannot be broken here. If you break them, they can't be undone!"

Supervisor Chen was horrified when he heard this.

He knew this truth very well.

In this place where the benefits are so few, rules are above everything else and everyone lives by the rules. If he fails to replenish that half of the black crystal ore, causing more than 40 people to receive undeserved punishment, who knows what kind of trouble will arise.

Unfortunately, this matter caused a huge uproar and everyone knew about it. Even if he wanted to cover it up, there was no way to do so.

Besides, how could he have such great power to cover up everything?!

Nearly half of the ore of fifty people, a total of two thousand five hundred pieces of black crystal ore, is an astronomical figure for him.

The only person Supervisor Chen could think of who could help him was Supervisor Liu.

He immediately took the pickaxe and went to find Supervisor Liu. He did not hand over the pickaxe at first, but instead mentioned the difficulties he encountered.

Supervisor Liu pondered in silence.

"Brother Liu, you can't just ignore me!" Supervisor Chen held Supervisor Liu's hand tightly.

Supervisor Liu cursed the idiot in his heart, but he had to smile and said, "It's just a small matter, why would I ignore you! I'll tell the people below, you can just come to our place to carry the ore!"

Supervisor Chen thanked him profusely, and Supervisor Liu withdrew his hand calmly, "Can you give me the pickaxe now?"

"Oh, yes, of course!" Supervisor Chen took out the pickaxe.

Supervisor Liu took it carefully. It was indeed the pickaxe he had seen before. He put the pickaxe away, chatted briefly with Supervisor Chen, and couldn't wait to rush to Chen Xiao's residence.

"Boss! Boss! Here comes the pickaxe!" Supervisor Liu took out the pickaxe as if he were presenting a treasure.

Chen Xiao held the pickaxe, overjoyed.

"Yes! This is the style! Come on! Let me try it on!"

Chen Xiao put the pickaxe on the table and took out the usage method compiled by another subordinate from the drawer. After being passed on by word of mouth countless times, it has become extremely outrageous.

First, take a shower ten times.

Chen Xiao did as he was told.

Second, tie your clothes into knots, the more knots the better.

Chen Xiao did as he was told.

Third, speak as softly as a mosquito, not too loudly.

Fourth, you can’t eat and will be hungry for two days.

Fifth, worship the mining god.

Chen Xiao did everything he was told. He took ten baths, put on twenty tangled pieces of clothes, and worshipped the mining god on an empty stomach. Then he picked up the pickaxe and struck it three times devoutly.

Nothing happened.

The entire space fell into deathly silence.

After digging three more times, still nothing happened.

Chen Xiao didn't believe it and kept swinging the pickaxe, but after digging for a long time, all he found was rubble.

"Supervisor Liu!" He suppressed his raging anger. "This is a mid-level mining area. The yield is much higher than in low-level areas, and the quality of the ore is much better. How come there's not a single ore here now?!"

Supervisor Liu felt a chill on the back of his neck and said, "Is the pickaxe only effective on black crystal ore?"

This guess made Chen Xiao's face light up again, and he laughed twice, "I think so too!"

The two headed to the Black Crystal Mine.

As the sky grew darker, there were not many miners working, but there were some. A few of them just came out of the mine to take a breath and saw a strangely dressed creature passing by.

The miners were startled and when they looked carefully, they found that it was their mine manager who had clothes tied up all over his body.

Miner: Damn, there's something dirty! Let's get back to mining!

Arriving at the Black Crystal Mine, Chen Xiao repeated the steps, but still no ore dropped.

"Supervisor Liu! What's going on?!" Chen Xiao gripped the pickaxe tightly. Fortunately, the pickaxe was well-made, otherwise it would have been broken by his strength.

Supervisor Liu: ...Why do you keep asking him? This is his first time experiencing it too!

Supervisor Liu steeled himself again, "We've completed every step. Could it be that the mining god thinks we're not devout enough?"

"Then what do you think constitutes piety?" Chen Xiao asked patiently.

"Maybe kneel and kowtow three times?"

"I think so too." Chen Xiao nodded in agreement.

After kneeling and kowtow three times, he started mining again and nothing happened.

This time, Supervisor Liu anticipated Chen Xiao's question: "Boss, didn't you kneel enough..."

So the two of them returned to their original position and knelt along the same path all the way to the Black Crystal Mine.

The miner who came out to take a breath again: Damn, the dirt is still there!

After working all night, Chen Xiao still didn't dig out the ore. The next morning, rumors about him were everywhere in the streets.

"Hey! Have you heard? The mid-level mine manager was crawling on the ground with no clothes on yesterday! Is he crazy? Is our mine manager going to be replaced?"

"Ah? Really? That's so weird!"

"Yes, strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many."

When Su Yanxi heard Xiao Hai bring back the gossip, she laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward.

"He's truly a god!"

Su Yanxi didn't expect Chen Xiao to imagine so much.

After laughing, she became serious. She was afraid that Chen Xiao might get angry out of shame. However, she was not afraid of anything!

As the protagonist, Chen Xiao naturally knew the news early on, but it was useless to know it, and he was so angry that he was fuming.

He knelt all night yesterday and his knees were worn out, but it seemed like this mining god was blind and refused to bless him!

No matter how stupid Chen Xiao was, he knew something was wrong.

He knew that this was definitely not the real way to use a pickaxe. He should have realized long ago that hearsay was not to be trusted and that he had to find a blessed miner to come in person to learn it.

After hearing this, Supervisor Liu thought of Li Gui’s girlfriend Du Juan.

You can’t go wrong by asking her!

*

Du Juan immediately went to find Su Yanxi after receiving Li Gui's letter, "Brother Nian, what should I do? Should I go or not?"

"Go! Of course you have to go!" Su Yanxi said, "Not only that, you have to go, but you have to keep everything he gives you."

With Su Yanxi's approval, Du Juan put her mind at ease and followed her boyfriend Li Gui to meet Chen Xiao, the head of the intermediate mining area.

"Hello, person in charge!"

Dujuan followed her partner to say hello.

Chen Xiao still hadn't eaten, his knees ached, and he was too hungry to have much strength. His voice was weak, "Are you the blessed miner?"

"Yes." Dujuan answered.

"Would you like to tell me how to use the magic pickaxe?" Chen Xiao asked.

Du Juan timidly glanced at the person sitting above her and replied, "Of course I can, but what good will it do me?"

"All the minerals you dig later will be yours." Chen Xiao smiled weakly.

Du Juan immediately took the pickaxe handed to her by Supervisor Liu and began to demonstrate. Although her mining speed was not as fast as Su Yanxi's, her mining rate was very stable, and she was mining blue crystal ore.

Du Juan was full of energy and wanted to dig all the mines. Unfortunately, when Chen Xiao called for a stop, she had only dug about twenty pieces.

"Just dig like this, Manager Chen." Du Juan reluctantly returned the pickaxe to Supervisor Liu.

Chen Xiao kept his word and let Dujuan take the ore and leave. He didn't believe it and dug a few more times in the place where Dujuan had dug, but there was nothing there except gravel.

Chen Xiao's face was fierce and gloomy.

"It seems that there are secrets that we don't know."

The boss was in a bad mood, and Supervisor Liu didn't dare to say a word.

"If you dare to go against me, then let's go meet that Shen Yunian and see what his strength is!" Chen Xiao gritted his teeth.

Supervisor Liu warned carefully: "Boss, he's in a low-level mining area. We're afraid we can't reach him..."

"It's okay, I just need to tell my uncle and we'll go take over the low-level mining area together."

Supervisor Liu was slow to respond.

Supervisor Liu: I'm very comfortable in the mid-level mines. I don't want to take over any low-level mines...

"Why don't you want to go?" Chen Xiao asked. "If we can figure out the secrets here, we can have as much ore as we want. Don't miss this opportunity for a small profit, Supervisor Liu!"

"Boss, you are wise." Supervisor Liu lowered his head.

How should I put it? I still don’t really want to go.