Seeing this, Lin Nian waved to him, handed him the tube, and gestured for him to suck it, while he would pick it up for him for a while.
Li Chunlai gave an OK sign, indicating that there was no problem.
He swam over, took the tube from Lin Nian, and Lin Nian began moving stones.
Li Chunlai was indeed exhausted. Working underwater is much more tiring than working on the surface.
Lin Nian picked up some small stones and threw them aside, then continued picking them up. After a few minutes, he saw a rather large stone in front of him.
He went over and tried to move it; he could move it, but it was very difficult. He stood on the riverbed and pushed it to one side with all his might.
The stone turned once at the bottom of the river and was pushed outward by several tens of centimeters.
"Damn it."
Lin Nian felt that this wouldn't work. Even if he could move the stone, there would still be gold dust underneath it. The thought of gold dust underneath made him uneasy.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Nian gritted his teeth, stuck his hands under the rock, and pulled hard, flipping the rock over.
The overturned stone slowly tilted to one side, revealing the silt underneath.
Lin Nian bent down, picked up a small amount, and his eyes revealed an excited expression.
Sure enough, gold dust is usually hidden under the rocks, and he could even see the golden grains.
Lin Nian grinned and continued clearing the area ahead, realizing his efforts hadn't been in vain.
And so, the two worked together quite well, and two hours later, Huang Fei drove back.
"I'm going to stew some chicken wings and drumsticks today. They're all very fresh. The lady at the market was so happy to see me and kept recommending them," Huang Fei said with a smile as he got out of the car.
“Of course, you bought quite a lot, how could she not be happy?” Chen Feng stepped forward, took the communicator from the passenger seat, and started fiddling with it.
"I didn't even open the box in the car, just in case you lost a few parts. How wide is this thing?" Huang Fei asked, sticking his head out.
"It works well within a kilometer. It's rechargeable. I'll install them first." Chen Feng said, and then started fiddling with them.
This device is similar to two large Bluetooth earphones; it can be inserted into the ears or attached to a face mask.
"Go and call them both up here, let them test this thing to see if it works, then go and get the electric drill and two hooks," Chen Feng said to Huang Fei.
"What's going on? Did we run into another big rock?" Huang Fei asked.
"Damn, it's not just about the big rocks. There are so many rocks today. They both went into the water, one moving them and the other sucking them up."
"That big rock hasn't moved; it's just waiting for you to come back," Chen Feng said, putting on his headphones.
"Damn, the situation is so serious today. Okay, I'll go get the drill." Huang Fei said as he went to the prefab house, got the drill and hook, and then went to the shore to start pulling the safety rope.
Li Chunlai was sucking his breath when he suddenly felt a force coming from his waist, and he was getting further and further away from the riverbed.
"Huh?" Li Chunlai looked back at the straightened safety rope and understood what was going on. He didn't struggle and just let him pull him up.
Lin Nian, who was clearing the area, didn't notice any of this and continued to move stones. When he turned around, he was the only one left in the water.
"Um???"
Lin Nian looked around in bewilderment, completely dumbfounded. Where was Li Chunlai?
Did this thing get washed away by the river?
Just as he was pacing back and forth, trying to find him, the rope around his waist suddenly started pulling him upwards.
"Holy crap!"
Lin Nian grabbed the rope, startled, and only realized what was happening when he was pulled halfway down.
Once the two of them got ashore, they saw that all the tools had been prepared for them on the shore.
"Here, put on the headphones and see if they work." Chen Feng handed one to each of them.
"Brother Feng, is this a communicator? Is this thing waterproof?" Lin Nian asked, examining it.
"Protect my ass! This thing is for you to wear inside your wetsuit, not stick to the outside of your waterproof suit. Have you ever seen anything like this that's waterproof?" Chen Feng said speechlessly.
What's the point of a waterproof communicator? Even if it is waterproof, can you wear it while diving and talk underwater?
"Oh, you're right," Lin Nian said belatedly, putting on the mask.
"Hello, hello, can you hear me?" Lin Nian asked.
“Yes, it works. You two put them on and see if it works. Then take the electric drill and drill it into the rock so Dafei can pull it away,” Chen Feng said.
"Okay." The two put on their headphones and went into the water. Lin Nian took the electric drill and Li Chunlai took the hook, and they slowly dived to the bottom.
"Hello, hello, can you hear me?" Chen Feng asked from the shore.
“I can hear it, very clearly,” Lin Nian replied.
"It works well, and it's quite loud," Li Chunlai said.
With this, they no longer needed to worry about communication problems, nor did they need to send people to watch them on the shore.
"Wait here, I'll walk a little further away and see if it's still okay." Chen Feng said as he walked away.
Chen Feng walked quite a distance before speaking, "Can you still hear me?"
"Yes, it still works." Lin Nian had already started drilling holes underwater.
"That's really good. I didn't expect it to be this far. It seems the money wasn't wasted; it wasn't overstated at all." Chen Feng continued walking away.
Once he had walked a little further away, he continued to ask if they could hear him.
“This time it was a bit intermittent, I couldn’t hear it very clearly,” Li Chunlai replied, handing the hook in his hand to Lin Nian.
"Looks like this is the limit. This is indeed one kilometer, which is enough." Chen Feng responded and walked back.
"Should we drill another one on top, or to the side?" Lin Nian asked, tightening the hook.
"Let's go up there. That way, when we pull, the stone will be lifted horizontally and won't flip over, making it more stable," Li Chunlai said, pointing to a spot.
"Okay, here it is." Lin Nian nodded and started drilling a hole with the electric drill.
Chen Feng heard all of this clearly. He had to admit that having this thing was really great; it allowed him to keep track of the situation at any time and made things so much more convenient.
"Okay, I'm all done. You wait here, I'll go up and get the rope. I forgot to bring it." Li Chunlai said, about to float up.
"Hey, bring the electric drill up with you," Lin Nian said, stepping forward.
"Okay." Li Chunlai took the electric drill from his hand and continued to float upwards.
Without a communicator, you can imagine how time-consuming this process would be; the two of them would have to gesture for ages and guess at every turn.
Once ashore, Li Chunlai took the rope, handed the electric drill to Huang Fei, and then dived back down.
Once they reached the riverbed, Li Chunlai threaded the rope through the two hooks, tied a knot, stepped back, and said, "Brother Feng, it's done. You can pull now."
"Okay, Dafei, pull forward, you two stay away." Chen Feng turned around and said to Dafei in the car.
Huang Fei started the car and slowly pulled the stone up, while Lin Nian and Li Chunlai watched this scene together.
(The remaining chapter will be added tomorrow)
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