The next morning, Chen Feng woke up early. It was getting light earlier and earlier now. He remembered that at this time before, it was still pitch black.
It's gradually getting brighter now.
"Mom, what are you making for dinner?" Chen Feng asked, yawning as he came out.
"I'll steam some egg custard for you. There aren't many vegetables this morning." Liu Ping stirred the eggs with chopsticks.
"Okay." Chen Feng nodded and went to brush his teeth and wash his face.
After the two finished their meal, Zheng Ping went to Chen Feng's house to call him.
"Let's go, Fengzi." Zheng Ping hadn't been to the abandoned mine for several days, just watching Chen Feng pan for gold. He was quite excited to be setting off today.
Chen Feng carried his things onto the bus and found a seat, only to find that there seemed to be fewer people than yesterday.
"Is someone not going today?" Chen Feng looked around and asked curiously.
"Haha, the one we're missing is Old Sun. That guy was digging in his own field until dawn yesterday. Not to mention him, even his wife and kids couldn't stay up late."
"His father even sat down and fell asleep, he's such a good old man."
"I'm catching up on sleep at home today, so I can't come."
Mentioning this makes some people laugh; it's just too funny.
"The rest were all items I searched for until midnight last night, and I can't get up today."
"We had planned to go gold panning today, but I was so sleepy this morning that I couldn't get through on the phone. I said I wasn't coming no matter what."
Others added a few words, their faces also full of smiles.
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng shrugged. This had nothing to do with him; you guys just had to find it yourselves.
However, compared to others, Lao Sun still gained something, while the others gained nothing at all and were completely wasted their time.
"Let alone them, even I was exhausted. Yesterday I spent the whole day tilling the land, and I also had to pick up and drop off several families. In the evening I went to the fields to clean for another two hours."
"If it weren't for our gold panning trip today, I wouldn't have gotten up at all. I would have slept until noon," Huang Fei said, yawning ahead.
"We're sleepy, so don't be sleepy yourself, and don't scare us," someone quickly reminded us upon seeing this.
"It's okay. You know, this thing is strange. If you don't want to dig up the land, no one will. But if you do want to dig up the land, the whole place will be there together."
"Seeing others flip through it makes me anxious too," Huang Fei said helplessly.
“That’s right, isn’t that exactly what it is?” said the person sitting behind him.
Chen Feng leaned back in his seat, ready to take a nap, but their constant talking had made him sleepy.
When Chen Feng opened his eyes again, they had already arrived at their destination.
"Come on, come on, I'm here for the gold!" someone said enthusiastically as they got off the vehicle carrying instruments.
Everyone got off the bus and chose a spot to start browsing. Chen Feng also got off, ready to pick a direction that looked good to him.
Chen Feng had only taken a few steps when he saw a hole in the ground that had been dug.
Chen Feng frowned and went over to take a look, confirming that the traces were left by other gold prospectors.
Moreover, unlike the previous one, there was no loophole to be found in this one; there was absolutely nothing here.
Chen Feng changed direction and walked a few more steps. After walking for seven or eight minutes, he found another pit.
"Holy crap, what's going on?"
Chen Feng squatted down and touched the pit. It didn't seem like it was from a long time ago; it looked like it was newly dug.
As Chen Feng carried the equipment back, he saw that others had also discovered the problem.
"This won't do, it seems like this place has already been explored."
"Damn it, what the hell? This must have been done by the surrounding villages."
"We need to find another place. Everyone else has already dug there, what else can we possibly find?"
As everyone gathered together and began to speak, Huang Fei also noticed the situation.
"This place won't do, we need to go deeper." Huang Fei told everyone to get in the car, preparing to change locations.
Soon Huang Fei drove everyone to another place, and they even saw a few people panning for gold along the way.
They continued driving further away, with everyone craning their necks to look out the window. Only after confirming that no one had dug any traces did Huang Fei stop the car.
"This is fine, it's alright here."
"There are more and more gold prospectors lately."
"Who knows, everyone's starting to do this."
"They probably heard that Fengzi made money, so they all wanted to give it a try."
Chen Feng neither confirmed nor denied it, but it was undeniable that since the news of Chen Feng making a fortune spread, more and more people had indeed started to think about striking it rich.
They all felt they were chosen ones; if Chen Feng could do it, so could they.
Moreover, the number of gold prospectors around is increasing, and with so many people watching, it seems like the number will only continue to grow.
"This place looks very clean, there are no signs of it being washed, let's keep it here."
Everyone looked around to make sure it was safe before getting off the bus.
Chen Feng, carrying the detector, also got out of the car and chose a direction that looked acceptable, walking forward.
Chen Feng's luck was pretty good today. He had only been out for a few minutes when his system beeped.
"bite!"
“There is precious metal within a three-meter radius of the host!”
Chen Feng drew a range with his eyes and began a thorough, carpet-like search.
Perhaps because he had done it so much, Chen Feng used to have to circle around the area to pinpoint the location within a three-meter radius.
Now he can pinpoint a location with just a quick glance, without having to sway back and forth or side to side like he used to, like he was doing a folk dance.
"Ooh-woo~"
Hearing the sound, Chen Feng stopped, took out a shovel, placed the detector on the ground, scooped up a shovelful of soil, and put it on the detector.
If it doesn't make a sound, then shovel it again.
On the third shovel, the detector went off. It hadn't rained for the past few days, and the ground was almost dry, so there was no need to dig; a gentle shake would suffice.
Each shake sends the soil through the detector. After shaking off half a shovelful of soil, Chen Feng finds the detector is still beeping, so he starts rummaging through the soil with the shovel.
A silver coin soon appeared in front of Chen Feng, worth about thirty yuan.
"Multiply the refrigerator fragments by one, and collect 130 fragments to exchange for a refrigerator," Chen Feng said with a smile as he put the silver granules into the bottle.
After tidying up, Chen Feng walked forward. From a distance, he noticed a small hill and decided to head towards it to see what was going on.
Seven or eight minutes later, Chen Feng's system beeped again, and Chen Feng couldn't help but smile.
This seems like a good direction; there's plenty of stock.
Carrying the detector, Chen Feng scanned left and right, and halfway through the scan, the detector went off.
So he squatted down, took out a shovel, and first moved the surface stones to one side to expose the sand underneath before Chen Feng started digging.
Chen Feng's first shovel attempt failed, blocked by a dry grass root.
Chen Feng used a shovel to dig around for a while, then reached out and pulled out the grass root.
Chen Feng didn't realize how long the grass was until he pulled it up. He thought it wasn't very long, but when he grabbed it, he found that the grass root was about half a meter long. It kicked up dust, and Chen Feng had to turn his head to dodge it.
With a final, forceful tug, Chen Feng pulled the entire blade of grass out and tossed it aside.
It looks like the grass withered and died, and was buried in the ground by the wind and sand.
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