"Mm." Lin Nian nodded when he heard Zheng Ping's words, indicating that he had taken them to heart.
"Come on, show everyone your goods for today. It's okay, don't be embarrassed if you think it's not much." Zheng Ping patted him on the shoulder.
So, under everyone's gaze, Lin Nian took out a small bottle from his pocket.
It contained many silver particles, with a small gold particle in the center that stood out exceptionally.
“You don’t have much, but it’s okay…” Zheng Ping’s words were cut short when he saw Lin Nian’s 8-piece bag being pulled out. His eyes widened instantly.
"Um?!"
Not only Zheng Ping, but everyone else was stunned when they saw Lin Nian's goods, staring in disbelief at the bottles in his hand.
"No, wait a minute, did you buy all of these today?" Yin Xing pointed at the small bottle, looking at Lin Nian with a hint of shock in his voice.
"Yes, because we got back early, that's all we found. If we could have searched for another hour, I think we could have found a few more."
"But it's hard to say, after all, it all depends on luck." Lin Nian smiled a little embarrassedly.
Compared to my brother, I'm really far behind. He can easily make several thousand yuan a day by shopping online, while I only make seven or eight hundred.
I really don't know how he did it, he's amazing.
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, some feeling quite dejected.
No, how come one Gold Rush Holy Body just left, and now another Holy Body Number Two has arrived?
Are you sure this is your first real gold rush? You're not kidding me, are you?
On their first try, they managed to find so much stuff, outperforming even the seasoned pros. How can there be such a huge difference between people?
Why did they all come up empty-handed on their first gold panning trip, only finding a few lumps of iron?
The expressions on Zheng Ping and Huang Fei's faces were priceless. Just moments ago, they were giving Lin Nian advice as if they were seasoned veterans, but he turned around and pulled out a bottle with far more goods than they had.
This slap in the face came way too fast!
"Damn it, are Chen Feng's items discounted? How come Lin Nian also managed to find so many goodies?"
One of his companions said, quite puzzled, that he had started to lean towards metaphysics.
"Am we actually searching for a mining area? I really..." Another companion covered his face and smiled bitterly.
"Hey, the food's burnt!" Yin Xing suddenly sniffed, then ran over and took the pot off the ground.
Although they feel temporarily discouraged, their income is not bad, and eating is the most important thing now, as they have been hungry for a while.
Everyone picked up their lunchboxes and gathered around the pot to eat.
Sometimes I don't know why, but I always feel that food tastes better when there are more people around.
The pot of food was quickly devoured, and everyone sat on small stools, smoking with their bellies sticking out.
Around nine or ten o'clock, everyone went back to the van to sleep, and Lin Nian naturally sat in Zheng Ping's seat.
"Go to sleep. We'll get up at the same time tomorrow," Zheng Ping said to Lin Nian, then hugged his shoulders and closed his eyes.
"Okay." Lin Nian agreed, tilting his head away. He was tired after walking all day.
A few minutes later, Zheng Ping started snoring. Just as Lin Nian was about to fall asleep, he felt a hand touch his chest.
Lin Nian was instantly wide awake, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Zheng Ping beside him with a hint of shock.
Nobody mentioned these hidden terms when we arrived!
On the other side, Chen Feng lay on his small bed with the trunk open and his legs crossed. There was a signal there, and he had been watching videos for half an hour.
After checking the time, Chen Feng sat up, utterly puzzled.
It's already this late, why hasn't the old man come back yet? Is he still panning for gold tonight?
At first, Chen Feng just thought that the old man had just left a little late and gone quite far, and that he would probably be back soon.
But now, Chen Feng felt more and more uneasy.
Even if the old man is greedy, he wouldn't be panning for gold in the middle of the night. It's so late, something must have happened.
With that in mind, Chen Feng called the old man.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
Chen Feng's brows furrowed even more as no one answered the phone for a long time.
After a while, the call ended automatically, and Chen Feng called it back.
If the old man still doesn't answer this time, then Chen Feng will have to go out and look for him.
Although the two had just met, Chen Feng couldn't possibly know that the old man was in trouble and then just sit idly by.
This time, however, the old man answered quickly, picking up the phone before it had even rung twice.
"Hey, grandpa, where are you? Why haven't you come back yet?" Chen Feng asked hurriedly upon seeing this.
"Hey, hey, I'll be right back, it's alright, it's alright." The old man knew Chen Feng was worried about him as soon as he heard this, and he kept telling him not to worry.
"Oh, okay, I was thinking you might not be able to find your way home if you didn't come back in the middle of the night," Chen Feng explained.
"It's alright, it's alright, I'll be there soon," the old man said, and the two hung up the phone.
About ten minutes later, the old man returned carrying the detector and a flashlight. After seeing the flickering light, Chen Feng put on his shoes and got out of the car.
"I didn't expect you to still be waiting for me. It's alright, you should take a nap next time, I'm fine." The old man smiled a little embarrassedly.
"I'm not too sleepy either. Why did it take you so long to get back, grandpa?" Chen Feng said, bringing over a small stool and sitting down next to the old man.
As the old man put the items into the car, he said, "My legs weren't hurting as much today, so I shopped a little later."
Have you eaten yet?
"I've finished eating. You're really panning for gold? It's so dangerous to pan for gold at night." Chen Feng was shocked when he heard this, looking at the old man with disbelief.
Seriously, is this old man really that greedy? Isn't it said in this line of work that you don't pan for gold at night? You can't see clearly at night, what if you run into a pit or something?
Even if you don't fall in, it's not worth it to sprain your ankle.
"It's not dangerous, I'm quite familiar with this place." The old man reached back and took down his food, then opened a plastic bucket and poured wine into his bottle.
Chen Feng realized upon seeing this that the old man wasn't drinking the cheapest bottled liquor; he was actually drinking even cheaper bulk liquor.
That bottle was just an empty bottle.
The old man took these things and sat down on a small stool. He looked exhausted and rested on the stool for several minutes.
Taking a deep breath, the old man took out a string of blue pills from his pocket, ripped off two pills, put them in his mouth, and swallowed them with water.
Even in the dim light at night, Chen Feng recognized the medicine at a glance. Liu Ping sometimes took this medicine, and almost every household in the village had it.
It's a pain reliever.
Chen Feng frowned slightly. To be honest, he didn't quite understand why the old man was working so hard at his age. Was it really worth it?
And he finally understood where the old man's claim of earning six or seven thousand a month came from.
These were earned with their lives.
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