Hearing Song Hui's words, Song Hui's father was furious, perhaps because his true feelings had been touched.
"Don't talk nonsense! Widow Li and I are innocent; our friendship is pure!"
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll beat you to death, you little brat!"
Song Hui's father said he was going to beat him up while he was copying things. Seeing this, Song Hui quickly stood up to dodge and then said disdainfully.
"Yes, Widow Li is innocent with you, but she has illicit relationships with other old men. Other old men can get something out of going there every day, but you get nothing."
"Last time I went there at night, I ran into Old Zhang and Old Wang. Don't you think it was awkward for the three of you? Why don't you just get together and play mahjong with Widow Li? You're already here."
"Then when I came back at night, I would make two little figures and write Old Zhang and Old Wang's names on them. If your thing really worked, half the old men in the whole village would be dead."
"There aren't even enough old men in the village to keep Widow Li busy, and you still have your eye on her? You've got quite the nerve."
"Why don't you just make a voodoo doll for Widow Li? That way you old men won't have any to worry about. One widow isn't enough to go around."
"Go to hell!" Song Hui's father grabbed his cloth shoe and threw it at him. Song Hui dodged it and ran back to his room, locking the door behind him.
"Open the door for me, or I'll beat you to death, you little brat! Are you going crazy?" Song Hui's father grabbed the doorknob and was about to go in, furious.
Unfortunately, Song Hui refused to open the door, and Song Hui's father could only give up after cursing at the door for a long time, sulking to himself.
At Old Wang's house, Old Wang's wife sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), wrinkling her nose at the unpleasant smell of silicone sealant in the room. She said in a harsh voice, "Can't you think of a solution? This smell is just too awful!"
"It's given me rhinitis!"
Old Wang had just finished tending the fire and came back. Hearing this, he rolled his eyes and said, "How am I supposed to fix it? That new silicone sealant just smells. If you have a solution, then you fix it."
"Go to hell, you can't do anything, what use are you?" Old Wang's wife cursed.
"It's all Chen Feng's fault for smashing my window. If I get poisoned, he has to compensate me for the loss!"
Old Wang heard this but didn't say anything. He took off his clothes and prepared to lie down and sleep.
"How could that thing be so lucky? Even God is blind, allowing him to find gold in the ground!"
"Bullshit God, let me get rich! Let me find a piece of gold!" Old Wang's wife cursed angrily.
"Didn't God give you a new window?" Old Wang said, unusually humorous.
"Go to hell! Did God give me this? I traded my face for it! My face is still a little swollen! Damn it!" Old Wang's wife was furious when she heard this, and she kicked Old Wang a few times to vent her anger.
"How about you make another sacrifice? I'd like to move to a different house," Old Wang said with a smile.
"Go to hell! You might as well just get a new wife, why bother with a new house!" Old Wang's wife grabbed a pillow and started hitting him, making him run away with his head in his hands.
After he had had enough of the beating, Old Wang turned off the lights and went to sleep. Before going to bed, he found a mask in the cabinet and put it on.
He couldn't stand the smell either, especially when the windows were closed and the room wasn't ventilated, the smell was even worse.
"I slept wearing a hat the day before yesterday, and I'm sleeping with a mask on today. What's going on?" Old Wang sighed.
After Zheng Ping finished contacting the person, he sent a WeChat message to Chen Feng.
"Fengzi, we'll leave at six o'clock sharp tomorrow. Done."
"ojbk." Chen Feng replied with a WeChat message.
"What's wrong? Going to pan for gold tomorrow?" Liu Ping asked upon seeing this.
Chen Feng usually doesn't eat breakfast, so Liu Ping usually just grabs a quick bite in the morning, as long as there's something to eat.
However, if Chen Feng goes gold mining, Liu Ping will have to get up and make him breakfast, and she can't just do a sloppy job.
"Yes, it's all set for tomorrow. We'll leave at six o'clock again," Chen Feng nodded.
“Okay, I understand. Eldest son, you eat bread every day, that’s not healthy. Why don’t you bring some food with you?” Liu Ping said worriedly.
"By noon, the lunch I brought will be cold and I can't heat it up. I'll eat bread for a while and figure out how to heat up the food later," Chen Feng said, taking a deep breath.
"Alright, let's talk about it later." Liu Ping knew that cold rice didn't taste good, as it would harden when it got cold.
After Liu Ming returned home, he was tidying up his things in the warehouse. As soon as he entered the house, Yao Li came out and asked impatiently, "What's going on? I've heard it all over the village. Chen Feng found gold in the ground. Is it true?"
She had been hearing about this from the villagers, and Liu Ming hadn't replied to her WeChat messages. Her curiosity was getting the better of her, so when she saw him come back, she immediately came out to ask him.
Liu Ming took a deep breath, took off his shoes, and said, "Well, we dug up a piece of gold, worth a little over a thousand."
Upon receiving a definite answer, Yao Li was immediately filled with astonishment and disbelief.
"Worth that much money? Are you sure it's gold? How could he be so lucky?"
"They were just lucky, don't even mention it." Liu Ming didn't want to talk about it at all.
"Fengzi ran home halfway through digging the ground. I thought he was avoiding work again like before. I scolded him for a long time. Then my older sister said that Chen Feng wouldn't be like before. I didn't believe her."
"After a while, Fengzi came back with the detector. We didn't understand what he was going to do. He said he saw gold and wanted to pan for it."
"I said, isn't this utter nonsense? There's no way there's gold in the ground!"
"Unexpectedly, Chen Feng dug around for a few minutes and actually found a piece of gold. My God, you know I was so embarrassed at the time."
"This is a real slap in the face." Li Ming sat down at the table with regret, picked up the cigarette case and took out a cigarette.
"Did your older sister say anything to you?" Yao Li felt embarrassed just thinking about the scene and couldn't help but ask.
"No, you're too kind. Who would have thought Chen Feng would be so lucky? You have no idea, we were all dumbfounded. Who has ever seen anything like this before?" Li Ming lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said.
“I even bragged to my older sister that Chaoyang got another raise and that I’m doing really well now.”
"It's stable, better than doing anything else. As a result, Chen Feng directly panned for a piece of gold, worth more than a thousand."
"Compared to others, what is Chaoyang's salary increase? Even the older sister started scolding me, telling Chaoyang to work hard and buy a house in the county town."
"It's really embarrassing to think about it. Chen Feng's monthly earnings seem like what Chaoyang couldn't earn in several years," Liu Ming sighed.
At their age, there's nothing left for us to compare ourselves to except our children.
Even though they are relatives, who doesn't want their child to be successful so that they can have face? Nobody wants to be outdone by others.
"Oh dear, Chen Feng doesn't find gold every day. Why are you so upset? Your job in Chaoyang is much more stable," Yao Li comforted her.
"It's definitely stable, a steady 2,100 a month, not a penny more," Liu Ming said, pursing his lips.
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