"Alright, we've pulled it far enough. Let Dafei stop slowly and then sink the stone back to the bottom of the river," Lin Nian said from underwater.
"Dafei, stop! Slowly sink the stone down, no need to bring it up," Chen Feng shouted in command.
Upon hearing this, Huang Fei stopped the car and slowly reversed until the stone sank to the bottom of the river.
"All done. Connect the rope. Lin Nian, give me the vacuum tube, I'll go do the suction." Li Chunlai swam forward a bit and said.
There's no need to go to the trouble of pulling the stone up; just getting it off the ground and moving it is enough.
Li Chunlai, holding the vacuum tube, began to suck up the silt that had been missed, and the gold-sucking ship began to spew out mud and sand.
Gold sand was constantly being filtered out of the grooves in the ship, a reward for their hard work.
“Speak up if anyone’s tired, and Huang Fei will take your place,” Chen Feng said from the shore.
"It's alright for now, we'll talk about it later," Lin Nian said, carrying the stones.
They didn't come up until noon, when Chen Jianguo had prepared the meal.
"I had a great time today, I think I'll make a lot of money," Li Chunlai said, sitting on a stool to rest.
"Of course, we started early today. It's only noon. Usually, it takes five or six hours to finish." Lin Nian lit a cigarette.
"How's it going, Brother Feng? Have you checked how much cargo is on the boat? Don't waste your time." Li Chunlai looked up and asked.
“Quite a lot, today’s harvest is definitely good.” Chen Feng looked at the haul in the bed.
"If this breaks a record, it would be great to get over twenty," Li Chunlai said with anticipation in his eyes.
"Haha, that'll take until sunset. You can smoke it underwater while I wait for you on the shore." Lin Nian laughed and flicked his cigarette ash.
After lunch, everyone rested for a while. Lin Nian stayed on the surface, while Li Chunlai and Huang Fei went into the water.
This time, there's no need to watch from the shore anymore. Chen Feng and the other two can sift gold in the pit, wearing earpieces so they can know what's going on at any time.
The situation remained the same throughout the afternoon, with one person carrying the load and the other inhaling the smoke. Around 3 p.m., Lin Nian went to relieve Li Chunlai.
They continued searching until sunset before reluctantly returning home, eager to break a record.
"Brother Feng, it's over. Go check how many we made today," Lin Nian urged excitedly.
"Wait, I'll go get the bucket." Chen Feng said, and went to pick up a bucket and a plate. The group went to the gold panning boat and collected the gold and sand into the plate.
"Wow, I don't even need to look, today's numbers are definitely breaking records. There are more than usual!" Li Chunlai said, craning his neck.
"Of course, look, the more you sift, the more there is," Huang Fei said, pointing to the plate.
Chen Feng gently shook the plate, and the water flow carried away the sand, revealing a pile of valuable gold.
Without Chen Feng saying anything, Li Chunlai went and brought the electronic scale.
After absorbing the moisture from the gold nuggets, Chen Feng poured them all onto an electronic scale. The numbers on the scale jumped incredibly sensitively before finally settling.
"Don't rush, don't rush, let me calculate it. After deducting losses, multiplying by four hundred, it equals..."
When Li Chunlai pressed the calculator and saw the number, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Because the number above just exceeds 200,000.
"Wuhu, Wuhu, 214,600, 201,000, hahahaha!"
"Wow, how much? Let me see, it's really 200,000!" Huang Fei couldn't wait to look at the phone in Li Chunlai's hand.
"It really is 200,000, see for yourself!" Li Chunlai said, handing them his phone.
"Haha, today was amazing! I didn't expect to actually break 200,000! Awesome!" Huang Feile exclaimed, gesturing wildly.
"Awesome! I never thought that just talking about it during the day would actually break 200,000 by tonight! Awesome!" Lin Nian shouted, raising his arms.
"Besides, today's amount is more than two hundred thousand; there's also gold that's been screened out. Go and weigh it quickly," Li Chunlai said, taking the phone.
"Wait here, I'll go get it." Huang Fei said as he ran into the pit and collected all the gold.
"I don't think there are that many left, I'm starting to look down on them." Huang Fei clicked his tongue, his smile never fading.
“To show off, even the smallest amount would be at least ten thousand, which is not a small amount,” Lin Nian said.
“Exactly, is this even human language? They can’t even afford 10,000 yuan now, they’re really getting arrogant,” Li Chunlai exclaimed.
"There's no way around it, I have the ability," Huang Fei said exaggeratedly.
After collecting the gold, Chen Feng dried it and weighed it.
"Hmm... this should be 10,620, it really is just over 10,000." Li Chunlai said in surprise.
"It's a bit less, but it's understandable. After all, we were underwater all day and didn't do much gold sifting, so this income is already pretty good," Lin Nian nodded and said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Huang Fei was just joking; in reality, he was quite satisfied with the results.
I just casually sift through things when I'm bored, and I can earn over ten thousand yuan. What more could you ask for?
"Come on, I bought a pack of cigarettes this morning, and I've been waiting for this moment. Let's each have one to try." Huang Fei chuckled and pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.
"What, you actually bought a pack of good cigarettes?" Li Chunlai asked, sticking his head out.
"Just kidding, isn't that a must? It's a hundred a box, just taste it to see if it's salty enough." Huang Fei opened the box and gave one to each person. He told Chen Jianguo he would give him one when he got back.
"This is the first time in my life I've ever smoked a pack of cigarettes that costs 100 yuan a pack." Li Chunlai wiped his hands on his pants and took the cigarette.
“Me too, Brother Feng, have you ever smoked?” Lin Nian asked.
"I've smoked it; someone gave it to me," Chen Feng said, taking the cigarette.
"Hiss, this hundred-yuan cigarette is different, it's much better than my twelve-yuan one." Huang Fei took a deep drag and said with a look of utter delight.
"Why is it that I don't feel any difference when I smoke? Is it just that I'm destined not to enjoy it?" Li Chunlai said, smacking his lips.
“You don’t smoke often. If you smoked often, you would be able to tell the difference,” Lin Nian said with a smile.
"Forget it then. It's fine to splurge occasionally, but I can't afford to smoke regularly," Li Chunlai shook his head repeatedly.
One hundred yuan a box, smoking it every day is no joke. Even though he earns more now, he still can't bear to spend the money.
"Let's go back and prepare dinner." The group walked back together. Huang Fei went to Chen Jianguo, lit a cigarette for him, and put it in his mouth.
"Wow, things have gotten this high-class now, they're all the same as the world?" Chen Jianguo asked in surprise, stir-frying vegetables in one hand and holding a cigarette in the other.
"Absolutely, it has to be luxurious," Huang Fei grinned.
After everyone finished their meal and tea, they all went back to sleep, and the box of He Tianxia was used up in one night.
When Chen Feng woke up the next day, he stretched and yawned, unaware of the challenges he would face that day.
After everyone had breakfast, Li Chunlai and Lin Nian went into the water.
As usual, one of them inhaled while the other cleared the area, their teamwork was incredibly seamless.
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