“Good brother, I knew you were the most reliable. Next time, listen to some music instead of just sitting there all the time. It’s tiring.” Huang Fei patted Chen Feng on the shoulder, showing his concern for him.
“No, listening to music will distract you. For your safety, I absolutely will not listen to music,” Chen Feng said seriously.
After he finished speaking, he added a sentence in his mind.
"Listening to music can be distracting, but watching videos won't."
"Stop talking, or I'll be moved to tears. Next time, I'll save all the big bones with tendons for you to eat," Huang Fei said, touched.
The two of them returned to the edge of the pit. When Chen Jianguo saw that Huang Fei had returned, he got up to cook.
"So, are you going to browse for a while or take a break?" Chen Feng asked.
"Anyway, the food isn't ready yet, let's wander around for a while longer before talking about it," Lin Nian said.
“Of course, if we shake out a few more grains of gold dust, we’ll have enough for dinner tonight.” Li Chunlai collected the gold dust from the plate into a small box, then grabbed a handful of mud and threw it onto the plate.
"Okay, let's browse around some more then." Chen Feng went downstairs with Huang Fei and joined them in browsing.
After panning for more than twenty minutes, Chen Feng remembered that he hadn't collected the gold dust from the gold panning boat yet. He stood up, climbed out of the pit, went to the gold panning boat, collected all the gold dust for the day, and then went back to prepare to sift it out.
"Although today's time was a bit short, it seems like there's quite a lot of goods." Li Chunlai peeked at Chen Feng's plate.
"It's alright, actually the time isn't that different, it's about the same as yesterday," Huang Fei said, glancing at his phone.
"I'm going to get the electronic scale," Lin Nian said, and ran out.
It's no wonder he was excited; this was the most anticipated moment after a busy day, how could he not be excited?
Chen Feng gently shook the plate in his hand, and the sand in the plate was slowly washed into the bucket by the water flow, while the gold sand remained basically undisturbed.
By the time Lin Nian brought the electronic scale, Chen Feng had basically finished sifting.
Lin Nian laid the electronic scale flat, Chen Feng took a piece of paper and wiped the gold, then put all the gold dust onto the electronic scale.
The sensitive electronic scale immediately displayed the numbers.
"Wait a minute, let me calculate." Li Chunlai took out a calculator and began calculating with practiced ease.
He's been doing all the gold counting lately; he's become quite skilled at it.
“Subtract the losses, multiply by four hundred, and it equals 124,320. Wow, that’s quite a lot today,” Li Chunlai said in surprise.
Although the time spent searching today was about the same as yesterday, it still took a lot of time. Li Chunlai's pipes were not working properly, which reduced efficiency, and Chen Feng also spent a lot of time changing the pipes.
He thought it would be good if he could reach 100,000 today, but he never expected that it would reach more than 120,000.
"Haha, another 120,000 in the bank, great! It's just that it's inconvenient to buy things. If it were easy to buy things, I would definitely buy a pack of cigarettes for 100 yuan and see what they taste like." Huang Fei laughed heartily.
After all, they take 10%, which means they make 12,000 a day. Just thinking about it makes me incredibly happy.
"Dude, don't forget we've been searching for gold all day. Let's see how much we've made in a day. This is our total income for today." Lin Nian said, taking their boxes over and putting all the gold dust together.
"Yes, and here's the gold dust we sifted. We were so focused on the big end that we forgot to calculate the small end, haha." Li Chunlai slapped his thigh and laughed.
Chen Feng wiped the gold dust as dry as possible, then collected it and put it on an electronic scale. Li Chunlai didn't even need to say anything; he started calculating.
"This totals... 14,784, a little less than yesterday," Li Chunlai said with some regret.
"Hey, this is pure free money, over ten thousand is already pretty good, what more could you want?" Seeing that Li Chunlai was somewhat dissatisfied, Huang Fei couldn't help but stand up and say.
“That’s true, actually it’s quite a lot.” Li Chunlai pursed his lips and nodded.
Everyone climbed up, ready to wash their hands and eat, while Chen Feng put all the gold into his box.
To be honest, when I opened the box, it was full of gold dust, which was quite intoxicating at first glance.
Chen Feng sighed for a moment, closed the box, and went out to prepare for dinner.
After dinner, it was tea time again, and then everyone went to bed when it was almost time.
The next morning, Chen Feng groggily got out of bed.
The weather was great today, incredibly sunny, unlike yesterday when I was woken up by the sound of rain hitting the prefab house.
After washing up, Lin Nian went into the water first. Chen Feng looked at his phone and said to Huang Fei, "Da Fei, go to the city again. The underwater communicator I bought has arrived."
"Okay, then I'll buy some groceries on my way back." Huang Fei nodded, grabbed his car keys, and walked towards the car with a cigarette in his mouth.
As usual, Chen Feng was looking at Lin Nian on his phone, while Li Chunlai and Chen Jianguo were sifting gold in the pit.
A few hours later, Chen Feng was watching short videos when Xia Yingying called him.
"What are you doing?" Xia Yingying's face appeared on the other end of the phone.
"Thinking of you," Chen Feng said with a grin.
"Hehe, guess if I believe it or not, you miss me but you don't look for me," Xia Yingying said with a fake smile.
"Really, when have I ever lied to you?" Chen Feng replied.
"I think you've been lying quite a bit. Oh, by the way, I've finished paying out the salaries," Xia Yingying said.
"How's it going? Any problems?" Chen Feng asked.
“Yes, there was someone who was absent but wanted to have perfect attendance, and they made a scene and even cursed at me,” Xia Yingying said.
"Who is it? Should I go back now?" Chen Feng sat up straight immediately upon hearing this, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Damn it, how dare you insult his wife? You're asking for trouble.
"No need, I've already taken care of it. I slapped him back and knocked him off, but that night he got Huang Mao and his gang to beat him up again."
"They just came over to apologize to me and even brought some things, but I didn't take them. Let's just let this matter go."
Xia Yingying smiled.
"Damn it, they're really letting their bad habits get the better of them. I'll go there in a few days." Chen Feng had already started making plans.
"Oh, I already said it's not necessary. It's not a big deal. It's all over. I've already hit him and apologized. That's enough. Do you want to come back and beat him up again?"
"You have no idea, Huang Mao beat him up without even telling me. I only guessed it when I saw how miserable he looked. And Huang Mao was afraid you would punish him, so he specially begged me not to tell you, haha." Xia Yingying said, her shoulders shaking with laughter.
"Damn, at least he knows how to handle things. If I have to personally direct him for such a small matter, what use is he?" Chen Feng snorted.
"Fortunately, this isn't all bad. I guess other workers will learn from this experience."
"Moreover, I checked the accounts, and they all match up. I plan to go to the cafeteria tomorrow to take a look myself."
“These are minor issues. Just focus on your work over there. I'll take care of things here. If I can't handle it, I'll call you.”
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