Xia Yingying told him to rest assured.
“Okay, I’ve been thinking about this too. If I can’t go back anytime soon, the mine does need someone in charge. I was looking for someone, and I didn’t expect you to step up.”
"That's perfect. From now on, you'll be in charge of the mine. You'll be the boss," Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Then how much are you going to pay me for hiring me? You can't just hire me for free, can you?" she asked with a smile.
"Hey, we're all family here, no need for money. Just start working, we'll settle the wages later," Chen Feng said with a chuckle.
"Hey, you jerk, how come everyone else gets paid, but I'm working for free?" Xia Yingying chuckled.
“You’re an accountant now, so your salary is entirely up to you. You can pay whatever you want, I have no objection.” Chen Feng said with a smile in his eyes.
“Really? Then you can just write whatever you want.” Xia Yingying said, raising an eyebrow.
“Sure, write as much as you want,” Chen Feng said with a wave of his hand.
"Okay, then when I officially take office tomorrow, the first person I'll fire is you, hahaha." Xia Yingying couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.
"Thank you so much. If you fired me, I would be so much more relaxed," Chen Feng said sincerely.
"Alright, enough of this nonsense. Be careful over there," Xia Yingying instructed.
"Okay, I got it, mwah." Chen Feng gave him a kiss.
"Mwah," Xia Yingying replied, and then the two hung up the video call.
Looking at the calm river, Chen Feng felt much more relaxed. There was something he had been thinking about all along.
He was worried about everything, whether Xia Yingying could lift it or whether the mine was safe or not.
Now it seems there's no need to worry about that anymore. Xia Yingying manages the mine with ease, practically without any pressure.
Meanwhile, underwater, Lin Nian was sucking gold through a tube. He would suck for a while, then stop to clear away the surrounding stones and throw them aside before continuing to suck through the tube.
He felt there were many more stones today than before; previously, he could suck up stones easily, but it would take a long time to find one.
Today, I have to stop after just a few minutes of inhaling and wait to clean up the surrounding area before I can continue.
It can be said that Lin Nian spent nearly a third of his time throwing stones into the river.
Some of the stones were quite large, and Lin Nian had a hard time moving them; he had to use some strength to move them.
"Wow, why are there so many rocks here? And it seems like they're like this all the way in the distance too," Lin Nian said, standing still underwater and looking into the distance.
With no other option, Lin Nian picked up the stones and threw them forcefully to one side, trying to clear out another area.
The key difference is that in the water, unlike on land, you can throw a stone a long way. But in the river, it stops before you can throw it very far because of the resistance.
"My goodness, I've spent the whole day just moving stones around," Lin Nian sighed, somewhat helplessly.
After cleaning for a long time, Lin Nian finally cleared out an area. He held the vacuum tube and felt that it didn't take long to clean the area.
When he tried to move it again, he saw another huge rock, which was firmly pressed against the mud. Lin Nian tried to push it, but he couldn't budge it at all.
"Damn, I'll have to drill holes and haul it away by car again." Lin Nian took a deep breath underwater and then floated to the shore.
Seeing Lin Nian return so quickly, Chen Feng knew something was wrong. He went up to him, pulled him back, and helped him take off his helmet, asking, "What's going on? Another boulder?"
"It wasn't just huge rocks; there were so many underwater rocks today. I had to stop and clean them up almost every few minutes before continuing to siphon them in. It was exhausting."
"Then I just ran into a huge rock that I can't move at all. I guess we'll have to use a truck to haul it. Feng, why don't you go get the drill nails?" Lin Nian said, catching his breath.
"It's no use getting it. Huang Fei drove away, and we don't have a car," Chen Feng said, shrugging.
"Ah, he went to the city?" Lin Nian looked up into the distance and, sure enough, the car was gone.
"Yes, and why are there so many rocks here?" Chen Feng stood on the shore, looking back and forth with some puzzlement.
After a while, Chen Feng noticed something different.
"The upstream is relatively calm, but the current starts to pick up here. I guess it's washed all the rocks here. Are there a lot of rocks?" Chen Feng asked.
"Don't even mention it, there was a lot, and it's getting more and more. It's like moving stones for ten minutes and then inhaling for five minutes," Lin Nian said, shaking his head.
"This won't do, it will slow things down even more. Wait a minute, I'll find another diving suit and we'll go down into the water together to take a look." Chen Feng said as he returned to the prefab house and found the other diving suit.
"Chunlai, stop sifting and come help," Chen Feng shouted into the pit.
"Okay!"
Upon hearing the sound, Li Chunlai dropped what he was doing, climbed out of the pit, and came to Chen Feng's side.
"What are you doing, Brother Feng? Are you going into the water?" Li Chunlai asked upon seeing this.
"Lin Nian said there are many rocks down there, I'll go check it out," Chen Feng said.
“A lot of rocks? Then I’ll go help him move them. Brother Feng, you don’t need to go down, I’ll do it.” Li Chunlai said, taking the diving suit.
"That works too. Anyway, you two can take turns sucking and cleaning the rocks. Let's just leave that boulder there for now and go around it first."
"It's pointless to fight if Huang Fei doesn't come back," Chen Feng said bluntly.
“Okay, then we’ll go down.” Li Chunlai put on his diving suit and went underwater with Lin Nian.
Once underwater, Li Chunlai was quite surprised to see these stones.
This is far more than he expected.
"Wow, what are all these? I'll move them first, you can inhale them later." Li Chunlai said, gesturing with his hands.
In reality, you can't hear anything underwater, but Lin Nian could understand what he meant. He nodded and moved the stones with him.
With someone helping, the work was done much faster. The two of them first cleared out an area, and then Lin Nian started sucking with the tube.
Li Chunlai continued to clear the next area in advance, helping him with the preparations.
Chen Jianguo, sitting in the pit like a robot, was sifting gold, his face full of a look of utter despair.
How come there are fewer and fewer people working here, and now I'm all alone?
Otherwise, I'll have Chen Feng buy me another diving suit so I can go underwater too.
Li Chunlai, underwater, worked very quickly, throwing all the stones into the area he had already sucked up.
The key is that we can't be slow. Lin Nian is urging us on from behind with a pipe. Even though Lin Nian didn't tell him to hurry up, Li Chunlai was anxious.
"Huff, huff." Li Chunlai worked for more than an hour straight, and his back ached from picking up stones.
After Lin Nian finished cleaning the area, he saw Li Chunlai resting there, panting heavily.
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