In no time, Chen Jianguo dug a hole. When he felt it was a bit difficult to dig any more, he knew that the top layer of loose soil had been removed and all that was left was the original soil.
He dug shovel by shovel, and soon a large circle was formed around it. When Chen Jianguo dug up again, he actually dug up a broken section of water pipe.
"Huh?" Chen Jianguo peeked out, pondered for a moment with some confusion, looked back and forth, and then understood.
This used to be the water pipe that Brother Qi connected for daily water use, but he quit, and the water supply was cut off.
"Thank goodness the water was cut off, otherwise it would have overflowed," Chen Jianguo muttered to himself, and continued digging with his shovel.
After digging for another ten minutes or so, they finished digging this place. Chen Jianguo stepped back, signaling that they could come up.
"Let's go." Chen Feng stubbed out his cigarette, opened the car door, and got out.
Several people, carrying tools, jumped into the pit. This time, Huang Fei was smarter and first used a detector to probe where the gold was.
"Here, in this spot," Huang Fei said, kicking the ground with his foot.
Li Chunlai, carrying a small shovel, glanced at the pit below and looked worriedly at the water pipe on the pit wall directly above his head.
"This thing... there can't still be water inside, right?" Li Chunlai squinted one eye as he got closer to look inside.
“What else is there? We dug it up and there was nothing. Now there’s something, and there’s water, isn’t that perfect? You can take a bath in this pit.” Huang Fei squatted down and laughed.
"I don't want to take a mud bath, I'm not a pig." Li Chunlai pursed his lips, squatted down and began to scoop out the mud.
"I guess this is the water pipe that Brother Qi connected before, since the mining site definitely needs water." Chen Feng even reached out and touched the inside of the pipe.
"We dug up their water pipes and pulled out their electrical wires on this trip," Lin Nian couldn't help but laugh.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Who knew there were water pipes down there? If all else fails, we can just go to where Brother Qi used to live and tear down his house too," Chen Feng said jokingly, leaning against the pit wall.
"Brother Qi said, 'I really thank you for eight generations of your ancestors, but please don't come again.'"
Huang Fei shoveled up a spadeful of soil, ran it over the detector, and when he found nothing, he casually tossed it away.
This time they were quick; the three of them scooped it out in about ten minutes.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my, another big one!" Li Chunlai rummaged through the shovel, took out the piece of goods, and said with delighted eyes.
"Holy crap, this is enough!" Huang Fei exclaimed as he reached out and took the gold-sized object, wiping it clean.
"This strange shape looks like one of those viruses in movies," Lin Nian said with a laugh, looking at the shape of the gold.
"It is said that this shape is formed when liquid gold from underground mixed with magma erupts, and the magma cools and falls off, thus forming this shape."
"Of course, I just read it online, I don't know if it's true or not," Chen Feng said, taking the bag and wiping it carefully with his hand.
"Come on, let's weigh it and see how much it really is. Now we can take it out on the scale, haha." Li Chunlai said, taking out an electronic scale from his pocket.
"This time it's worth celebrating, isn't it?" Huang Fei patted Li Chunlai on the shoulder.
"Absolutely! This big piece of gold deserves nothing more than this." Li Chunlai happily placed the scale on the ground.
After taking the gold and sweeping off the dirt, Li Chunlai placed it on the scale.
"Let me check the value, how much is this piece of gold worth?" Li Chunlai bent over so low he almost fell to the ground.
"Phew, after deducting losses and multiplying by four hundred, this piece of gold is worth... over three hundred and forty-two thousand, hehehe." After calculating this number, Li Chunlai grinned, revealing his big white teeth.
"Three hundred and forty thousand, haha, this adds up to the previous three hundred and twenty thousand, and there's another seventy thousand, so the total is... I'd better get a calculator."
Li Chunlai originally intended to do mental calculations, but the more he calculated, the more confused he became, so he eventually used a calculator.
"Seven hundred and thirty thousand? Wow, we've already made seven hundred and thirty thousand today?" Li Chunlai said incredulously.
"Seven hundred and thirty thousand in just one morning! Haha, it looks like we'll break a million today, that's a sure thing!" Huang Fei stood up excitedly.
"One million a day, wow, the combined income of the few of us is almost equivalent to that of a gold mine," Lin Nian said with a sigh.
If those two and a half people had said they could earn a million a day, who would have believed it?
To put it bluntly, there aren't any decent people here.
"Have a smoke, have a smoke, it'll feel good." Huang Fei gestured for everyone to sit down and handed out cigarettes to each person.
While everyone was sitting in the pit smoking, Chen Jianguo, who was on the excavator, lit a cigarette and looked at his phone out of boredom.
But as soon as he lit a cigarette, he noticed that a part in the car seemed a little loose.
He reached out and pushed it, and found that the plastic sheet covering the surface had indeed moved. He looked down and examined it, and it seemed that a screw had been lying next to it at some point.
He looked down at the bottom, but there were no signs of screws, so he pushed it again.
The loose surface covering did not prevent the excavator from being used normally, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
After Chen Feng and his group finished their cigarettes, they went out to look for the next place.
"Oh my god, did you even check the weather forecast for tomorrow? It's not going to be this windy again, is it?" Huang Fei said, fanning himself with his hand.
"The weather forecast said it would be cloudy with little wind, but can you even trust weather forecasts?"
"It said yesterday that there wouldn't be a cloudless sky today, damn it." Li Chunlai put his phone in his pocket.
“They didn’t lie to you, the sky really is cloudless today,” Lin Nian said from the side.
"That's true, but he didn't say it would be this windy today," Li Chunlai said, pulling his coat tighter around himself.
Chen Feng searched everywhere for traces of gold, but he simply ignored some that were too small or buried too deep.
A few hundred dollars' worth of gold requires an excavator to dig it up, and by the time it's all dug up, the cost of fuel isn't even enough to cover the expenses.
Soon, Chen Feng selected a trace of gold.
This gold is estimated to be worth over a hundred thousand, which is already a pretty good find, it's just that it was buried a little too deep.
The terrain here was uneven, and Chen Feng almost twisted his ankle after taking a few steps. He came to the top of the gold and casually drew a circle.
"Come."
Chen Feng beckoned to his father to come over, then climbed into the car to warm up.
Once they finish digging this area today, they plan to go back for dinner.
It's windy today, so I can't cook. I can only cook something simple to eat in the prefab house.
Seeing Chen Feng's signal, Chen Jianguo nodded, drove the excavator to the location, and began the normal digging operation.
Before he could even make a few adjustments, his brow furrowed as he stared at the loose board.
He dug a few more times, then continued to look at the board.
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