When Chen Feng arrived, he saw Lin Nian squatting on the ground digging something. Lin Nian had just dug it out when Chen Feng got there.
"Wow, this is huge! Look, I dug out a treasure!" Lin Nian grinned foolishly, holding a rusty flashlight.
"It is indeed big, but unfortunately it's worthless," Chen Feng said with a smile.
Lin Nian smashed it back and forth, and after confirming that there was nothing of value inside, he threw it aside.
"By the way, don't go into the mine shaft. It's been in disrepair for years, and it might collapse if you go in. It's too dangerous," Chen Feng warned.
"Don't worry, bro, I'm not that stupid. Only a fool would want to crawl into a mine just because he sees one, haha," Lin Nian reassured him.
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng narrowed his eyes, his face darkening. "You're being a bit impolite."
The two continued exploring together. After about several tens of minutes, Chen Feng had dug out two small silver nuggets, each worth about ten yuan.
Lin Nian finally managed to find the goods again.
"Ooh-woo~"
Hearing the sound, Lin Nian squatted down and started shoveling soil with a small shovel.
Chen Feng saw him squat down, but ignored him and continued walking forward.
About seven or eight minutes after Chen Feng left, he turned around and found Lin Nian still browsing. Curious, he went over to her.
"Still haven't taken it out?" Chen Feng asked, looking down.
There was a small pit in front of Lin Nian. He was kneeling on the ground, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and he was still shoveling soil away.
"No, this thing is too deep. I've been digging for ages and still can't get it out." Lin Nian shook his head and continued digging.
Seeing this, Chen Feng simply took out a shovel, squatted down, and helped him dig.
The two of them took turns shoveling, probably dozens of times, before they finally dug the goods out.
It was Chen Feng's shovel that produced the goods, which made a sound when it passed the detector.
Lin Nian heard the sound, looked up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, and smiled.
We finally found this item.
Chen Feng gently shook the shovel and quickly pulled out a rather large silver granule from it.
"Wow, this is huge, it must be worth over thirty yuan, right?" Lin Nian exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the silver coin in Chen Feng's hand.
"I estimate it's about thirty." Chen Feng looked at it, nodded, and tossed the silver coins to Lin Nian.
"Brother, you can have it." Lin Nian didn't put it in the small bottle, but said to Chen Feng, who had stood up.
"What you find is yours. Keep browsing for another hour or two and then head home," Chen Feng said, glancing at his phone.
"Okay." Lin Nian didn't refuse. He put the silver particles into the small bottle, picked up the detector, and stood up.
By 5 p.m., Lin Nian had another silver coin in his small bottle, worth more than ten yuan.
Chen Feng found three silver coins, which he estimated to be worth about fifty yuan.
Seeing that it was almost time, the two headed towards the Wuling van, preparing to go home.
"Brother, shall we go straight home?" Lin Nian asked from the passenger seat.
"No, I need to take care of some things in the county town first, then I'll sell the goods." Chen Feng got into the car, closed the door, released the handbrake, and drove off shakily.
Soon, the two arrived in the county town and sold the goods at Boss Bai's place.
"Oh, just the two of you today? Is this the new gold prospector?" Boss Bai said with a smile as he sat behind the counter and looked at Chen Feng as he walked in.
"This is my little brother, I brought him out to have some fun today." Chen Feng grinned and took out the goods except for the piece of gold.
"Come on, Mr. Bai, let's see how much it's worth."
Boss Bai took the goods, stood up, and took out a spray gun and a crucible.
Chen Feng had seen this process so many times that he was no longer bothered by it, but Lin Nian was seeing it for the first time. He watched Boss Bai's actions with great curiosity, his eyes wide open.
The silver refining and weighing process was completed smoothly. Boss Bai looked at the number on the electronic scale and calculated, "Two hundred and thirty-four, not bad today."
"The numbers are going pretty smoothly," Chen Feng chuckled.
Boss Bai counted out the money to Chen Feng, but as he handed it over, his eyes seemed to hold a different meaning.
Chen Feng simply smiled and remained silent, implying that everything was understood without being said.
After checking Chen Feng's goods, Lin Nian excitedly handed over his own goods for the day, wanting to know exactly how much money he had made.
Mr. Bai took the small bottle, shook it, and poured the silver granules into the crucible.
After a series of operations, Boss Bai looked at the electronic scale and said, "One hundred and twenty-two, that's not a small amount."
"Quite a lot, indeed quite a lot." Although this income wasn't as much as Chen Feng's, it was enough to make Lin Nian beam with joy.
This is much more profitable than catching fish, a hundred a day! He's never even seen a hundred-yuan bill in his entire life.
Boss Bai also handed the money to Lin Nian, who was beaming from ear to ear as he took the money, his happiness resembling that of someone receiving their first paycheck.
"Goodbye, Boss Bai." Chen Feng greeted Boss Bai.
"Okay, come again next time. Be careful when you leave." Boss Bai still had a smile on his face.
After leaving the house, the two got into the car. Although Lin Nian was excited, he still knew his limits and didn't let the money tempt him.
Today, Chen Feng paid for the transportation, the equipment, and even lunch.
You can take the smaller end, and he can take the larger end.
"Brother, break the bill in a bit. I'll take thirty, and you can have the rest," Lin Nian said to Chen Feng.
"What do you mean 'broken'? You can keep it. I don't need this little bit of money. What you bought is yours. It's over a hundred yuan. Keep it as pocket money, and it'll save you from having to ask your grandpa for money."
Chen Feng had promised to take him out for fun this time, so he had no intention of splitting the profits with him. Even if Lin Nian found a big piece of gold, it was just his good luck and had nothing to do with him.
If the two plan to cooperate in the future, and Chen Feng has good connections and wants to help him make money, then they will definitely have to split the profits. As for how to split them, they'll see how things go before they start cooperating.
Lin Nian wanted to share some more with Chen Feng, but Chen Feng refused. Chen Feng drove to an intersection, stopped the car, and put on his backpack.
"You stay in the car, I'm going out to buy something and I'll be back in a bit," Chen Feng instructed.
"Okay." Lin Nian nodded obediently and lit a cigarette.
Chen Feng got out of the car and drove to a store. You could say that this was his real destination for the day, and gold panning was just a side thing.
"Boss, do you sell surveillance cameras?" Chen Feng asked as he entered the room.
"Yes, is it for home or commercial use?" the proprietress asked, standing up.
"For home use, but it needs to have good clarity," Chen Feng said as he approached the counter.
"Hmm... if that's good, it'll be around 70 or 80, clear within 100 meters. How about this one?" The shopkeeper turned around and took a surveillance camera off the counter.
This thing is somewhat exaggerated; it might not even have a 100-meter clarity. Chen Feng looked it over and asked, "Does it have night vision?"
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