Zheng Ping handed over all his earnings from the past month to Boss Bai. Boss Bai took it, poured the silver into a small crucible, and began to heat it intensely with a blowtorch.
All of this was done in front of everyone, clearly visible through the glass enclosure, so there was no cheating or secretly weighing less than necessary.
After the silver was completely melted and all the impurities were removed, Boss Bai poured it out. Once the silver had cooled slightly, he put the round, bun-shaped silver block into water to cool it down.
Finally, weigh it on an electronic scale.
“One hundred and ten grams, exactly eight hundred and eighty.” Boss Bai looked up at Zheng Ping and said.
"After deducting 300 yuan for transportation, it's a little over 500 yuan a month, which is alright," Zheng Ping shrugged and sighed.
"Haha, don't be discouraged. Didn't you find a gold nugget last month? That's how gold prospectors are, it's unpredictable, sometimes more, sometimes less," Boss Bai said with a smile, taking out cash from the drawer and starting to count the money.
"My gold nuggets are only worth a little over 370 yuan. I haven't seen one like that in months." Zheng Ping took the money and shook his head helplessly.
"It's alright, we'll be able to pan for gold tomorrow." Boss Bai said auspiciously with a smile, taking the bottle from the next person.
After burning all the money, the villager's income for the month was 720, and after deducting the transportation fee, he still had 420 left.
They don't come out to pan for gold every day; sometimes they won't come out if the weather is bad, or if it's raining or windy.
I traveled for a total of twenty days this month, so the fare was three hundred yuan.
These villagers sold all their goods in a month, with the highest amount they made being 920 yuan.
This is because he was lucky at the beginning of the month and found a gold nugget weighing about one gram, which is why his income is so high.
Just then, Chen Feng arrived. He had just started taking out small bottles from his pocket when one of his companions couldn't help but say to Boss Bai, "Hey, look at him, he has so many."
"oh?"
Boss Bai immediately became interested. He looked at Chen Feng and couldn't help but say, "I've never seen you before. Are you a new gold prospector?"
"Yeah, I just started." Chen Feng smiled and handed over the two small bottles.
Boss Bai took the two small bottles, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise, "Wow, you've had a good month. This gold piece is quite large, it must weigh about three grams. You've really struck gold."
Everyone laughed upon hearing this, and Chen Feng also smiled, leaving Boss Bai completely bewildered.
"What's wrong? What are you all laughing at? Is it copper instead of gold?"
He poured out the gold piece and examined it carefully. He looked at everyone with a puzzled expression and said, "This should be gold, right? I've been collecting goods for so many years, I usually don't make mistakes."
Zheng Ping then smiled and said, "It is gold, Mr. Bai, you are not wrong, but you are wrong about the timing."
"He didn't buy it in a month, he bought it in a day, just today."
Upon hearing this, Boss Bai's eyes widened in disbelief. He quickly turned to Chen Feng and said, "What? You bought all this stuff in one day?"
"Really? This can't be true, can it?"
Chen Feng nodded and said, "It was indeed found today. I just started gold panning today, and I only bought the machine yesterday."
Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Boss Bai was filled with amazement and pushed up his reading glasses.
"My God, I've never heard of anyone panning for gold in a day and finding so much stuff. You're the first one I've seen in all these years."
"This is truly historic."
"Young man, you have a bright future ahead of you."
Chen Feng smiled but didn't say anything.
Boss Bai first burned out the silver and weighed it.
"Ninety-seven point three grams of silver, that's seven hundred and seventy-eight yuan and forty-four cents in total. I'll round it up for you, seven hundred and eighty."
"Okay, thank you, Boss Bai," Chen Feng said politely.
Mr. Bai waved his hand, indicating that he was welcome, and then picked up the gold and started burning it.
Under the intense heat of the blowtorch, the gold began to melt, eventually forming a round droplet of liquid.
The liquid was golden and shiny, with light flowing inside. It was the first time Chen Feng had ever seen alchemy in person, and he couldn't help but marvel at it.
No wonder people say that true gold is not afraid of being tested by fire. The transformation of gold from its initial dark yellow and blackish appearance to its current translucent state is truly amazing.
After a while, Boss Bai threw the still-warm gold nugget into the water, and the water immediately made a sizzling sound. Boss Bai fished out the gold nugget, carefully dried it, and then placed it on the electronic scale.
Previously, there was no need to wipe the silver, because even if it was a little wet, it wasn't worth much money, and a quick wipe was enough.
But gold is different; one gram costs four hundred, and a little more water could cost tens more.
"Two point three grams, that's quite a lot, that's nine hundred and twenty yuan."
"Adding the previous seven hundred and eighty, it's a total of one thousand seven hundred."
Following Boss Bai's words, although everyone was already mentally prepared, they still let out a gasp of surprise.
"Goodness, 1,700? We might not even be able to earn 1,700 in two months."
"This is so awesome! I feel so good just listening to it. We've already made back most of the money we spent on the machine."
"Why don't I have that kind of luck? If I could earn 1,700, I would definitely go home and buy some ribs to have a good meal."
Huang Fei watched from the sidelines, his heart itching with envy. He was already considering whether he should try doing the same thing.
With over a thousand a day, what are you going to do? This is much better than driving around in your beat-up van all day.
Even if he doesn't earn a thousand a day, earning a hundred is fine too.
"Young man, do you want cash or a cell phone?" Boss Bai asked.
"Cash, please," Chen Feng said after thinking for a moment.
Although mobile phones are more reliable and convenient, he wanted to make his mother happy so that when she asked him how much money he earned in a day, he could just pull out a wad of cash.
That impact is much greater than a few numbers on a mobile phone.
"Okay, no problem." Boss Bai took out a money box from under the counter, counted out 1,700 yuan and handed it to Chen Feng.
"You count them."
Chen Feng took the money, counted it, and put it in his pocket.
"No problem, boss, haha."
The two men laughed at the same time. The group said goodbye to the boss, returned to the van, and prepared to go back to the village.
When they were getting on the bus, Chen Feng asked Zheng Ping who he would pay the fare to.
Zheng Ping said to just give it to Huang Fei, since you know him.
Sometimes, Zheng Ping's men weren't familiar with Huang Fei, so Zheng Ping was responsible for collecting the money.
However, since Chen Feng knew Huang Fei, this procedure was waived.
When Chen Feng got into the car, he paused by the driver's seat, took out fifteen yuan from his pocket, and handed it to Huang Fei.
"Here, take the fare."
Huang Fei turned his head and said with a smile, "No rush, you can give it to me when you get home."
Chen Feng smiled and said, "Take it, you can forget about it when you get home."
Huang Fei took the money after hearing this and placed it on the car's dashboard.
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