After taking a break to smoke a cigarette, Chen Feng stood up, picked up his pickaxe, and tried to cheer himself up.
After finishing this last one, he needs a good rest; those two pits really exhausted him.
He picked up a pickaxe and dug the ground vigorously, sending dirt and weeds flying everywhere. Chen Feng quickly cleared the area clean.
Chen Feng switched to a small shovel and began kneeling on the ground to dig up the soil.
To be honest, Chen Feng kept kneeling on the ground digging in the same position, which made his arms ache. He could only dig for a while, then change his position and continue digging.
As Chen Feng continued digging, the pit in the ground grew larger and deeper, making it increasingly difficult for him to dig.
He could only lie down again and reach out to pry the soil out of the pit.
As shovelfuls of soil were thrown out, Chen Feng sensed that it was about time, so he turned around and pulled out the detector.
Of course, without relying on intuition, Chen Feng could also judge how deep he had dug based on the pressure on his chest.
If you feel like you can't breathe, then you're in the same deep abyss as before.
After scooping around with about four or five shovelfuls, Chen Feng finally unearthed the goods, and the detector emitted a "whoosh~" sound.
This time, Chen Feng gently shook the shovel and saw the contents inside.
It was something that shimmered with a dark yellow hue.
Chen Feng was delighted when he saw the color and reached out to pick out the goods.
It was a gold nugget, irregularly shaped, probably worth six or seven thousand dollars.
Chen Feng wiped the gold nugget clean, chuckling as he did so.
Although digging the pits was tiring, it was really worth it. If every pit contained such a large gold nugget, Chen Feng would be willing to dig pits for a lifetime.
After playing with it for a while, Chen Feng carried the things to a big tree and sat down against it.
The moment Chen Feng leaned against the big tree, he felt incredibly relaxed.
He was covered in mud, his pants and shoes were a mess, and his white short-sleeved shirt was not only covered in dirt but also stained with some green grass juice.
He was covered in sweat, which streamed down his neck.
Chen Feng lit a cigarette and started smoking. This time, he really needed a good rest, not the kind where he just smoked and drank water.
Digging three huge pits in a row, one of which was big enough to fit you in, was definitely not an easy task.
After putting the gold nuggets into his backpack, Chen Feng took a drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled the smoke.
Whether it was from digging the hole or from waking up too early in the morning, Chen Feng suddenly felt sleepy while smoking.
He checked the time; it was just past 9:30.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Feng simply rested his head on his backpack, lay down under the big tree, and prepared to take a nap.
Anyway, I found three gold nuggets this morning, which adds up to 13,000 or 14,000 yuan, so I'm not under as much pressure today.
Chen Feng lay on the ground, using his backpack as a pillow, with a large tree providing shade overhead.
Although the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Chen Feng felt quite cool lying here.
Chen Feng closed his eyes and started snoring in less than two minutes, indicating that he was indeed sleepy.
While Chen Feng was fast asleep, Lin Nian and Zheng Ping ran into each other while panning for gold, and the two of them decided to pan for gold together.
"Hey Lin Nian, what's the situation with your brother right now?" Zheng Ping asked casually.
"My brother... he's probably panning for gold too."
Lin Nian thought for a moment before answering, mainly asking what else he could do besides panning for gold.
“We got up a bit late today, it was past 6:40 before we set off. I reckon by the time we leave, your brother will have already been up for a while.”
"Don't let his lazy attitude fool you; when it comes to work, he's a real go-getter. He's almost always one of the last to come back, rarely the first one."
Zheng Ping said with a hint of admiration.
“My brother is really working hard and is very dedicated now. I don’t know why he suddenly seems like a different person.”
"Perhaps this is what the old man always said, what does it mean to be 'thirty'?" Lin Nian said with some curiosity, though he couldn't remember what the old man had said.
"Thirty is the age to establish oneself. Everyone says that men change a lot at thirty, but I didn't expect Fengzi to change in his twenties, even a few years earlier," Zheng Ping said with a smile.
"Yeah, I bet he's just like us right now, sweating buckets as he searches for gold."
Thinking about their similar behavior in different places, Lin Nian found it somewhat amusing and couldn't help but chuckle.
"That's right, that kid eats fast and rests fast too. Before others have even finished resting, he's already up panning for gold."
“Even if others are resting, he won’t rest. Besides, at this hour, even Dafei is out shopping, let alone him.”
Zheng Ping didn't notice Lin Nian's little actions; he just subconsciously spoke up when he heard the voice.
“We should follow his example. Even someone as lucky as Chen Feng isn’t resting. He’s working hard, sweating profusely, panning for gold. What right do we have to complain about being tired?”
Zheng Ping suddenly picked up the chicken soup and handed it to Lin Nian.
Although Lin Nian was a little confused, he still picked up the chicken soup and drank it all in one gulp.
"Yes, you're right, we should follow my brother's example!"
The two men exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with enthusiasm.
Three hours later, Chen Feng groggily opened his eyes under the big tree, sat up, and stretched vigorously.
I had a really good nap this time.
He didn't know why, but when he was sleeping, he always felt like someone was talking about him, and he would sneeze a few times.
"No wonder experts say that taking a 10-20 minute or half-hour nap can help improve efficiency."
"The experts were right. I feel full of energy now, and I can't describe how great it is."
"Looks like I'll have to take a half-hour nap every day from now on. It's so comfortable."
Chen Feng lit a cigarette to wake himself up, picked up his phone, and casually glanced at the time.
But when he saw that it was almost one o'clock, Chen Feng's eyes widened, and he even forgot to smoke.
He blinked, looking at the time in disbelief.
"When did this phone break? I only slept for half an hour, how come it's already one o'clock?"
After repeatedly pressing the lock screen button, Chen Feng finally realized that three hours had passed in his daze.
If I could sleep for a few more hours, I probably wouldn't even need to shop anymore; I could just go back to the car and have dinner.
Chen Feng put down his phone, rubbed his forehead, and cursed, "What a load of bullshit expert!"
If someone takes a nap and only sleeps for half an hour, and doesn't wake up properly, they might as well not sleep at all.
They tell you to sleep, and then they only let you sleep for half an hour. This is simply inhumane.
After finishing his cigarette, Chen Feng finally sobered up. He stood up, dusted off his bag, slung it back over his shoulder, picked up the detector, and prepared to head forward to begin his afternoon gold-digging adventure.
After walking for seven or eight minutes, the detector gave a signal that there was cargo around him.
Chen Feng glanced back and forth. This time the depth wasn't very deep; Chen Feng estimated it to be only about thirty or forty centimeters.
In reality, this kind of thing is quite complex.
After digging three large pits, this kind of cargo is now nothing to Chen Feng.
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