It's fortunate that Li Chunlai couldn't hear what they were saying, otherwise he would have swum back and given them a good beating.
Trying to dive like a seal? I can't even get down there!
Damn it, you try it if you dare. This is not the same as swimming in the river before.
Finally, Li Chunlai slowly mastered the technique and began to sink. As he sank deeper and deeper, he was able to see the bottom of the river.
He tried to sink to the bottom of the river, wanting to get a closer look at what the riverbed was like.
Meanwhile, the four people on the shore, seeing that Li Chunlai hadn't surfaced for a long time, gradually put away their playful smiles, and their brows became somewhat serious.
After all, this was their first time going into the water. Although the plan was well-thought-out, no one knew if any unexpected situations might arise.
"Why hasn't Chunlai surfaced for so long? What's going on?" Huang Fei asked, feeling uncertain.
"I don't know, but it should be fine. If something happens, he'll pull the rope. Didn't I just tell him?" Lin Nian said, also feeling a little uncertain.
"But so much time has passed, he should be up by now. Could it be that he forgot about pulling the rope?" Huang Fei looked back at the group, his anxiety growing with each word.
After all, it was my first time in the water, and I'm not a seasoned pro. It's normal to panic when unexpected situations arise.
Hearing this, Chen Feng was also a little unsure, so he quickly told them to pull the rope and get Chunlai up first.
Li Chunlai had just reached the bottom of the river and was slowly digging through the silt.
He remembered Chen Feng saying that this was the soil they were going to suck up and sift, and that this kind of silt contained gold dust.
He carefully rummaged through it, trying to see if he could find the gold directly.
After rummaging around a few times, just as Li Chunlai was digging up another clump of silt, he suddenly saw a yellowish object underneath, which was extremely conspicuous.
Upon seeing this, his eyes lit up, and he almost burst out laughing.
Unexpectedly, he was so lucky. On his first dive, he actually found gold. He didn't know how much the gold was worth, but it looked quite large.
He chuckled and reached out to pick up the gold, but suddenly he felt a pull from behind, lifting him upwards.
"Um?!"
Li Chunlai turned around in a panic and found that the rescue rope had snapped straight. His hand was only a step away from the gold, but he could only watch as the distance between them grew further and further apart.
"Stop pulling, stop pulling, stop pulling! Put me down!"
Li Chunlai stretched out his hand, crying out as if he wanted to cry, but unfortunately no one could hear him.
While in the river, Li Chunlai remained in that outstretched hand position, watching helplessly as the gold dwindled further and further away until he was pulled ashore.
"Chunlai, why didn't you pull the safety rope? How are you?" Huang Fei asked as soon as the crowd pulled Li Chunlai ashore and took off his helmet.
"Pull a safety rope? What safety rope do I need to pull?" Even the dejected Li Chunlai was dumbfounded by Huang Fei's question.
I'm perfectly fine, about to touch the big gold, why am I pulling on the damn safety rope?!
"Are you alright? What happened?" Chen Feng asked, leaning closer.
"The situation down there is excellent. I can already see the big piece of gold; I can even reach it with my outstretched hand."
"But you guys just dragged me up like that, ahhh!" Li Chunlai became more and more frustrated as he spoke, covering his head with his hands.
Everyone: "..."
Three minutes later.
"Thump!"
Once Li Chunlai was fully equipped, he was thrown into the river by the crowd.
"I told you not to bring him, it would have caused so much trouble," Chen Jianguo said regretfully, pursing his lips.
"Who knew he'd actually stumble upon such a fortune? This kid's got some good luck," Huang Fei exclaimed.
"Indeed, there's usually just gold dust down there, hardly any large pieces. He actually managed to find a whole piece of gold. There are probably only a few pieces, and he just happened to find one," Chen Feng said with some emotion.
Li Chunlai went back into the water and dived towards the place he remembered. However, the riverbed was constantly being eroded, and the place he had dug out earlier had long been filled in, leaving only faint traces that were difficult to distinguish.
Li Chunlai searched at the bottom of the river for a while before finally finding the spot from his memory. He dug it out again after rummaging around for a while.
Wuhu.
Li Chunlai held the gold in his hand and shook it in the water. Although he didn't have much experience, he felt that the small, golden piece was definitely gold.
He slowly rose to the surface, clutching the gold, and soon he appeared on the water's surface, where the crowd pulled him over.
The first thing Li Chunlai did after getting ashore was to open his palm and show everyone the gold.
"Holy crap, there really is one!" Huang Fei exclaimed in surprise as he took the gold.
"Wow, it's not small, it must weigh over twenty grams!" Lin Nian said, weighing it in his hand.
“Sure, Chunlai, how about we return the gold-absorbing ship and you can fish for it down there?” Chen Feng said to Li Chunlai, who had just taken off his helmet, as he looked at the gold.
"Hahaha!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this, and Li Chunlai himself also laughed.
"So, is this real gold? How much is it worth?" Li Chunlai asked impatiently.
"I estimate it's worth six or seven thousand. That'll be our first pot of gold," Huang Fei estimated, his face full of smiles.
Since they had found gold, it proved that their efforts had not been in vain, and this positive feedback made them extremely happy.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started. How do we suck it?" Li Chunlai didn't even bother taking off his clothes and asked directly.
"You rest for a while, I'll go start the ship." Chen Feng walked over and began tinkering with the money-attracting ship.
He hammered a steel nail into the riverbank, then placed the money-attracting boat in the river to secure it in place.
Then turn on all the switches and test the equipment.
Chen Feng's serious demeanor amazed them.
"You mean Fengzi, where did you learn all this stuff? You even know how to operate the money-absorbing ship?" Huang Fei asked, arms crossed.
“Didn’t Brother Feng go to university? Maybe he learned it there,” Li Chunlai, sitting on the ground in a diving suit, said while smoking.
"Universities don't teach you how to pan for gold, you must have learned all of this on your own," Huang Fei guessed.
“Didn’t we always say that Brother Feng is the gold rush god? What if he really is? Haha,” Lin Nian said from the side.
After a while, Chen Feng came over with a pipe.
"You just need to take this vacuum tube down there and suck up the mud and sand."
"This is a real-world exercise. If there are any problems, pull the safety rope first. Safety is the most important thing," Chen Feng reminded Li Chunlai again.
"Okay, I got it, Brother Feng. Let me have a couple more puffs." Li Chunlai took two deep drags on his cigarette and flicked the butt away.
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