"Thirty-two, your twenty-five isn't even pure milk, is it?"
Chen Feng knew Lu Dahai's shop all too well; the 25-yuan "Pure Pure" was a milk-flavored drink.
"Of course it is, they all drink the same thing."
Chen Feng had heard Lu Dahai's sales pitch countless times. He handed Chen Feng a case of a certain brand of pure milk and placed it on the counter.
"Whose house are you going to visit after buying this?" Lu Dahai asked curiously.
"Why are you visiting other people's homes? Can't you eat by yourself?" Chen Feng reached into his pocket and asked him how much it cost in total.
"Two cans of food are thirty, a carton of pure milk is thirty-two, that's sixty-two in total," Lu Dahai replied.
Chen Feng pulled out a hundred-yuan note and gave it to him. Lu Dahai said while giving him change, "Forget it, you don't have any kids and you're eating alone. Who are you trying to fool?"
"So what? Pure milk is only for kids, but adults will die if they drink it?" Chen Feng laughed as he spoke.
It's no wonder Lu Dahai thought Chen Feng was going to visit someone; two cans of food and a carton of milk were the standard gift-giving combination.
A can of food costs fifteen yuan. Who would open a can of food to eat all the time? Milk costs even more, more than thirty yuan a carton. If you don't have children at home, who would buy it for themselves? It's ridiculously expensive.
"This guy, he's talking so tough now. Looks like he really found something today." Lu Dahai handed the money to Chen Feng and looked at him with a smile.
"Just kidding, I've never gone soft." Chen Feng picked up his things and was about to leave.
"Hey, tell me the truth, how much money did you actually make today?" Lu Dahai asked, full of curiosity.
"I didn't make much, just a small profit of 1,700." Chen Feng turned around with a smile, nodded at him, and then left the store with his detector.
He didn't intend to hide it, nor was there anything to hide. Besides, he couldn't hide it anyway; more than a dozen people knew that he earned 1,700 a day.
I'm sure it will spread throughout the whole village in less than half an hour; it doesn't matter whether it's said sooner or later.
"How much? Seventeen thousand!" Lu Dahai exclaimed in shock as he watched Chen Feng's retreating figure.
The room fell silent instantly, even the card game stopped for a moment, and everyone stared wide-eyed at Chen Feng's back, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Holy crap, really? He actually made 1,700 in one day?" someone exclaimed in astonishment.
"No, is he talking nonsense or serious? Did he really make 1,700?"
"If he earned 1,700, he must have struck gold! My God, is this kid really that lucky?" a villager exclaimed in disbelief.
They wanted to ask Chen Feng if it was true, but Chen Feng had already left, and they couldn't go to his house to ask.
"No, I feel like he's just talking nonsense. He must be joking. Earning 1,700 a day? Is that even possible?"
"No gold panner has ever made 1,700 a day. You have to have a lot of gold to make that much."
After a moment of astonishment, one of them came to his senses and said with some doubt.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately regained their senses and, after thinking about it, realized it was somewhat impossible.
"That's right. I think Chen Feng was just joking. I guess he'll just lose today."
"Indeed, his smile doesn't seem serious; he was probably just saying it casually."
Everyone started to speak up, and Lu Dahai also came to his senses, and couldn't help but purse his lips.
"Damn, Chen Feng, that kid, never tells the truth."
Once everyone understood this, they continued to have fun and chat as usual, treating the incident as just a minor episode.
No one present believed that Chen Feng really earned 1,700 yuan in one day. If you said Chen Feng earned 200 yuan a day, that might be more believable, but 1,700 yuan...
Isn't that just a joke to tease them?
Before Chen Feng had even left for half a minute, Huang Fei arrived and immediately shouted at Lu Dahai, "Get me a pack of Red Nanjing cigarettes."
"twelve."
Lu Dahai turned around, grabbed a pack of cigarettes, and came downstairs.
Just then, someone saw Huang Fei arrive and couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Dafei, Chen Feng came to buy something just now. He said he earned 1,700 in one day. That kid is really good at lying. Is it really that much?"
After all, Huang Fei drove them around every day, and he knew all too well how much money they made.
"What nonsense?" Huang Fei looked at the person who asked him, his voice rising several octaves.
"Don't lie! They really made 1,700 today. I saw it with my own eyes. I even went to sell the goods with them and was there counting the money!"
These words shocked the entire audience!
"What the heck? You're saying he really made 1,700?!"
The man was stunned upon hearing this, and even stood up excitedly for a moment, though it was unclear what he was so excited about.
"Nonsense, I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be fake?" Huang Fei took the Nanjing cigarette, tore it open, and put one in his mouth.
"No way, you're kidding, right? This sounds so unbelievable. This kid made 1,700 on his first day panning for gold with you guys?"
"Is he really that lucky?"
A seated woman looked at Huang Fei with disbelief on her face.
"And I'm lucky, not just lucky, but really lucky..."
Huang Fei lit a cigarette and excitedly began to tell his story under everyone's gaze, no longer in a hurry to go home for dinner.
"You guys didn't see it! Others pan for gold by the grain, but this kid pans for it by the bottle. It's like he's stumbled upon a gold mine. He panned a whole small bottle of silver in a day!"
"That bottle of silver sold for seven hundred and eighty yuan!"
After he finished speaking, someone noticed something was wrong and quickly asked.
"Then isn't it seven hundred and eighty? Didn't he say seventeen thousand?"
Huang Fei took a drag of his cigarette and continued, "Listen to me, this kid said he heard the metal detector go off when we were getting on the bus, but we didn't believe him."
“He insisted on looking around, but we couldn’t find anything. We all wondered if Fengzi had misheard, but he insisted that I move the car.”
"When I saw I had no other choice, I moved it. Guess what happened after I moved it?"
"Holy crap, he pried out such a huge piece of gold in just a few strokes!"
"That piece of gold must have weighed more than three grams, and it sold for over nine hundred. Isn't that amazing?"
"His ears are damn good, I have to admire them."
Huang Fei became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he were the one who had struck gold.
Everyone was stunned, their faces filled with shock.
They never expected that Chen Feng really did earn 1,700 yuan in one day; he wasn't joking at all!
"Holy crap, Chen Feng is so lucky! He actually made 1,700 in one day, which is more than most people make in a month!"
"My goodness, no wonder he was so arrogant just now, he really has something to offer."
Lu Dahai was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. He never expected that Chen Feng was not joking at all and was telling the truth!
"So he bought the canned food for himself?"
Lu Dahai couldn't help but mutter to himself.
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