The next morning, Wang Bing and Zhang Lin drove to the mine, and the workers also arrived one after another.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the prefab house, seeing the dilapidated door and the lock on the ground, they immediately had a bad feeling.
As soon as they pushed the door open, they saw the mess on the floor and froze in shock.
"Holy crap, who did this? How could this happen?" Wang Bing walked in and gasped.
"Needless to say, this must have been Chen Feng's doing. Quick, check the machine." Zhang Lin rushed in to inspect the machine.
After a thorough inspection, it was found that the machine was intact, but the shovel, spade, and safety helmet were smashed.
"I knew Chen Feng wouldn't let this go so easily; he's always resorting to underhanded tactics." Wang Bing pulled out his phone and cursed angrily.
Now that we don't even have the tools, what kind of work can we do?
"Call Brother Xu and see what to do," Zhang Lin urged.
Wang Bing quickly dialed the number; Xu Guang was having breakfast.
"Boss, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"
"What the heck? What's the good news?" Xu Guang asked, taking a sip of porridge.
"The good news is that the machine is intact."
"What good news is that? I doubt Chen Feng would dare to make a move. The bad news is..." Xu Guang sneered.
"The bad news is, all our tools and safety helmets were smashed, not a single piece was left..."
Xu Guang: "..."
"Damn it, Chen Feng, that bastard, all he knows is to play these disgusting games, huh? Go buy it now!"
"Buy more to keep on hand. I don't believe you can smash as many as you want!" Xu Guang said angrily, slamming down his chopsticks.
Everyone thought Chen Feng had given up, but it turns out he's still a persistent ghost, resorting to such underhanded tactics, damn it!
After hanging up the phone, Wang Bing took a deep breath and looked around.
“Do we have to go to the county town to buy tools? How long will that take? And our vehicle is a sedan chair, can it carry all those tools?”
Looking at the beat-up secondhand car he had just bought, Zhang Lin said, "What can we do? We'll just have to make more trips."
"Are there any tool shops around here? Surely there can't be so many villages where not a single shovel is sold?"
Wang Bing then called Lin Nian over and asked him if there was anywhere nearby that sold tools.
“Yes, there is. Lu Dahai’s family in our village sells tools. They have everything. They even sell safety helmets,” Lin Nian quickly replied.
"That's great! Take me there quickly!" Wang Bing was overjoyed and immediately took Lin Nian with him. The three of them drove to Lu Dahai's house.
When they arrived at Lu Dahai's house, the three of them went inside. As always, Lu Dahai was leaning on the bar counter looking at his phone.
"Boss, you have pickaxes and shovels here, right?" Wang Bing asked.
"Yes," Lu Dahai replied, putting down his phone and standing up straight as people approached.
"Okay, give me sixty of these, and sixty safety helmets too." Wang Bing took out his phone, ready to scan the code.
"Shovels and pickaxes are twenty-one each, and safety helmets are one hundred each." Lu Dahai didn't make a move; instead, he quoted the prices first.
"What the hell? Twenty-two per piece? Are you robbing me? They only sell for ten yuan in the county town, and safety helmets are only thirty-one." Wang Bing was shocked when he heard this. What kind of thing is so expensive?
"Then go to the county town to buy it. Did I ask you to come and buy it?" Lu Dahai snorted and continued to look at his phone on the counter, ignoring him.
Wang Bing was furious when he saw this. He hesitated several times before finally turning to ask Lin Nian.
"Are all the small shops in your village this arrogant?"
"There's nothing I can do, he's the boss after all," Lin Nian said, shrugging helplessly.
"Let's buy it here, even if it's a bit more expensive. Time is money," Zhang Lin said resignedly.
"Damn it, fine, I'll go with your price, load it onto the truck." Wang Bing gritted his teeth and scanned the code. It didn't matter how much money it was; the key was that he was suffering from being ripped off.
If Zhang Lin hadn't been there and reported the expenses himself, Brother Xu would have definitely thought he was taking kickbacks.
"Okay." Lu Dahai put away his phone and slowly got up to find the goods for them.
Before long, those things were piled up all over the ground.
When Wang Bing saw the quality of these items, he was completely dumbfounded.
"No way, you're selling me this helmet for a hundred bucks? Is it even safe?"
Wang Bing grabbed a helmet in each hand and slammed it down, smashing one of the helmets open with a large hole.
"Hey, you broke it yourself, so it's not my fault. Besides, the hat is for you to wear, not for you to break. Why didn't you use a bulldozer to run it over? That would have made it even less sturdy."
Lu Dahai said confidently.
These words infuriated Wang Bing. "Are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?"
"Alright, alright, let's go. Let's make do for today, and we'll go to the county town to buy better stuff tomorrow." Zhang Lin stopped Wang Bing, who was about to explode, and led the way in loading the things onto the car.
"Come and move along with me? You're going to watch me move after I buy them?" Wang Bing, holding a stack of hats, was annoyed by Lu Dahai's lack of intention to move and spoke irritably.
"Moving things costs extra. Who's going to move things for free? I'll just deliver them to the construction site for you."
Lu Dahai scoffed and walked back to the counter to continue looking at his phone.
"Go to hell! What kind of people are these? If I ever buy anything from you again, I'll be your son!" Wang Bing muttered angrily to himself as he helped Zhang Lin and Lin Nian load the items into the car.
The tools were so badly placed that the trunk couldn't be closed properly, so they just drove off with it propped up like that.
It's only because no one cares in the village that this happens; if it were outside, the traffic police would definitely stop them.
After they left, Lu Dahai chuckled and sent Chen Feng a WeChat message.
"Fengzi, the items have been sold for a total of 7,200 yuan. Those two are furious. I'll send them to you right away."
Chen Feng received Lu Dahai's message at home and immediately burst into laughter.
"How much did all these things cost in total?" Xia Yingying asked curiously from the side.
"It's a little over eight hundred in total, all the lowest quality," Chen Feng replied after collecting the payment.
"Haha, I've already made over six thousand! That's more money than I made running a mine before!" Xia Yingying chuckled.
"It's stupid not to make money, especially money from bastards. Tell me what you want to eat tonight, a sucker is treating us." Chen Feng said, waving his phone.
"Then let's go with the fish hot pot, the glass noodles in it are really delicious," Xia Yingying said with a smile, resting her chin on her hand.
"Come on, everyone, come and get your tools, get ready to work." Wang Bing waved his hand, calling over all the workers who were sitting and looking at their phones.
Upon hearing this, everyone slowly got up, came over to collect their tools, and prepared to get to work.
Zhang Lin was fiddling with the machine inside the prefabricated house, preparing to turn it on.
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