"This thing is really something, I've almost forgotten how to use it since I haven't used it in so long," Huang Fei said, taking the detector and testing it out a few times.
"I'm not used to not having a bag. Usually, bags have a little shovel on the side. Where do I put this little shovel?" Lin Nian asked, holding a small shovel in his hand.
"Let's just make do for now. I'll go to the city to buy it again tomorrow. I'd be too embarrassed to have someone deliver the backpack again, right, Fengzi?" Huang Fei said, putting down the detector and tidying up the bed.
"Well, we can just buy whatever we need and bring it. We're all going together, so we won't be too far apart. There's no need for each of us to carry a bag." Chen Feng looked to the side and roughly decided on a location.
I'll go dig out the one that's closest to me in a bit.
"You guys get to work first, call me when you're done," Chen Feng said, walking away a little.
"Okay." The group continued packing their things, nodding in agreement.
Chen Feng walked for several hundred meters and came to a relatively flat area.
He could sense that there was a large gold nugget about seven or eight meters below his feet.
I dug a few times with a small shovel. The ground was full of clods of dirt, so it seemed like it would be easy to dig.
Just as he was considering how to dig to a depth of seven or eight meters, his phone rang. He saw it was Xia Yingying and answered it.
"They've gone back, haven't they?" Xia Yingying asked, sitting on the sofa.
"No, I guess I won't be able to go back anytime soon," Chen Feng said with a shake of his head and a smile.
"What's wrong? Is something else going on over there?" Xia Yingying asked in surprise.
"Look where I am." Chen Feng turned the camera around to show him his surroundings.
"Hmm?" Xia Yingying took a closer look and immediately felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
Although she had never been to this place before, her features were too obvious.
A barren land, with the occasional pit—isn't this a mine?
"Did you guys go to the mine?" Xia Yingying asked, puzzled.
"This is the first mine that Uncle Qi started. We were about to leave when we passed by, and I thought I'd come and try digging for a bit," Chen Feng said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Xia Yingying immediately understood what was going on.
Others might not know, but she did. Chen Feng had a special sixth sense. If he suddenly said he wanted to dig around and take a look, it was definitely because he had a feeling that there should be something there.
"Alright, how long until you're back this time?" Xia Yingying sighed and asked, resting her chin on her hand.
"This time it'll be quick. We've even hired excavators. With them digging, it should be finished in ten to fifteen days," Chen Feng estimated.
"Alright then, be careful. There are a lot of abandoned mine pits here. Don't fall in when you go to the toilet at night." Xia Yingying said with a laugh.
"No, I don't leave the house at night, I stay inside." Chen Feng grinned.
"Ugh, this is getting more and more disgusting. You go ahead and get to work. We'll talk about it later."
The two quickly ended the video call, and a while later, Huang Fei called Chen Feng.
"Fengzi, it's all over. What's next?"
"You all bring your tools and come over here, bring the excavator too," Chen Feng said.
"Wow, it's starting already? Okay, just wait." Huang Fei hung up the phone and started calling everyone. Eventually, an excavator carrying three people drove over.
"Damn it... You guys are so easy to do, just like Third Brother, you're capable of anything."
Chen Feng was shocked when he saw their outfits.
"Hey, this is so convenient, where should we dig?" Huang Fei jumped out of the car and asked.
"At this spot, Dad, get ready to dig. Make the area larger, otherwise the excavator won't be able to dig that deep," Chen Feng instructed.
"How deep are you planning to dig?" Chen Jianguo asked, puzzled.
"It should be at least four or five meters deep. Let's start digging first," Chen Feng replied vaguely.
"My God, four or five meters is not easy to handle," Chen Jianguo said, raising his arm.
And so, Chen Jianguo dug around, drawing lines on the ground, until the entire area was leveled. In the end, he didn't forget to dig out a place for himself to get out.
Once the preparations were complete, Chen Jianguo began digging with great effort.
The efficiency of excavators goes without saying; they throw out bucket after bucket, and in no time they've dug out a huge pit.
"Xiaofeng, is it ready? Let's scout it out and take a look," Chen Jianguo asked, sticking his head out.
"Alright, grab your gear and let's check if there's any cargo." Chen Feng waved his hand, and the three of them jumped down, carrying detectors to begin their search.
"Ooh-woo~"
Before Huang Fei could even shake it twice, he heard the detector go off.
"Holy crap, there really is some!" Huang Fei exclaimed.
"Huh?" Chen Jianguo stared wide-eyed at the sound of this and looked into the pit.
I knocked, and there really was some! I'm pretty lucky.
"Brother Feng, shall we start digging now?" Li Chunlai asked, looking up.
"Wait a minute, I'll go down." Chen Feng said as he jumped down and took the large shovel from Li Chunlai's hand.
"Right here, start digging from this spot." Chen Feng shoveled down hard, scooped up a large shovelful of soil, and then tossed it aside.
"Understood." Huang Fei said, and started digging with his shovel. Lin Nian was not idle either.
The three of them were quite rhythmic, taking turns shoveling.
"Let's scout it out." Chen Feng turned to Li Chunlai and said that he actually knew how far it was; the distance was already very close.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Chunlai extended the detector, the machine started making noise.
“It’s right here, Brother Feng,” Li Chunlai said with absolute certainty.
"Alright, get the little guy ready, get ready to dig." Chen Feng said, squatting down, taking the small shovel that Li Chunlai handed him, and starting to dig.
Huang Fei's detector was right next to him. Chen Feng shoveled a shovelful of soil, ran it over the detector, and when it didn't go off, he threw the soil away and continued shoveling.
Seeing this, Huang Fei and Lin Nian also squatted down. Three people shoveling is definitely much faster than one person.
"How big can this gold be? If it were too small, it probably wouldn't be enough for us to make such a big fuss, with both people and excavators involved."
Huang Fei lived a simple life, as he said.
“As long as it’s gold, even a slightly larger piece won’t be a loss. The real problem is that it might not even be gold in the end, which would be terrible.” Lin Nian knelt down and dug into the soil as he spoke.
"No, it's definitely gold. I estimate it'll be worth at least a few thousand yuan," Li Chunlai guessed.
"Several thousand is really good, that's quite a lot. Our cost for this trip is only a few hundred yuan, so several thousand would be a huge profit." Huang Fei did a rough calculation.
"Several thousand is fine, seven or eight thousand would be even better," Lin Nian chuckled.
"Let's just break 10,000 and see, then all of us working so hard won't have been for nothing," Huang Fei said, becoming increasingly bold.
"You're dreaming. If we get six or seven thousand, we'll be incredibly lucky. So many gold prospectors haven't found anything, and you've stumbled upon a huge gold mine?" Li Chunlai ruthlessly poured cold water on his hopes.
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