Du Feng seemed to have guessed correctly. Zhao Zhuang had a sullen gray face and washed the mop up and down in the pool. He raised his eyes and looked at Du Feng. He didn't want to hide it anymore, so he nodded.

"Do they come here every day? How much does it cost at one time?" Du Feng frowned, not expecting anyone to collect protection fees in this place.

Zhao Zhuang said with a grimace: "Once a day, no less than two thousand baht."

"Two thousand? Damn it! That's not even 400 yuan? How much does it cost for us to lift wood for a long time?" Du Feng's voice became louder and he roared at Zhao Zhuang, as if he was collecting it.

The same is true for your own protection fees.

Seeing the helpless look on his face, Du Feng knew that he had gone too far and said no more.

"If I was the only one in this store, I would never compromise. But there are old people and children here, and I'm afraid they will suffer, so I have to endure the dissatisfaction and hand over the money." Zhao Zhuang also looked very angry, but he

You are right. If I don't give them money, my parents and children will probably be bullied by those bastards.

"Okay! Let's not mention this matter for now. I'll help you clean it up when they come back tomorrow!" Du Feng patted him on the shoulder and handed him a cigarette.

"I don't know how to smoke, thank you!" Zhao Zhuang can't smoke, what a weirdo!

"They are local gangsters. The kid in charge has a very powerful family and we can't afford to offend him! But thank you for your kindness!" Zhao Zhuang smiled. He was very grateful to Du Feng for saying such a thing, but he didn't want it to happen.

He goes to cause trouble.

"It doesn't matter whether he is a gangster or not! Anyway, I am a person who wants to die, so what should I be afraid of?" After Du Feng said this, he began to regret, regretting saying that he was a person who wanted to die.

Sure enough, the two sensitive words "want to die" were heard by Zhao Zhuang. He glanced at Du Feng suspiciously: "What's wrong, brother? Have you encountered any difficult problem?"

Du Feng smiled, feeling very bitter, always.

He knew his life experience. He was not from the Du family, but was adopted. He had never even seen his biological parents. For a person with normal thinking, this was very painful.

His childhood sweetheart became someone else's mistress, and all the yearnings he once had were wiped out. She who was the biggest encouragement to him in the past is no longer there, and he no longer has the motivation to fight for his life, which is also very painful.

The only thought that can survive is to contribute to the country, but now he has failed, failed completely. This is a joke, a cold joke. Now he can only stay in a strange place, although in his heart

He understood that the rampant evil forces were still rampant, but he was powerless. Even the last bit of self-confidence was gone, and this third suffering was enough to strangle him to death.

"Nothing? I was just joking!" Du Feng smiled and said: "It's getting late, go to bed early! By the way, I don't have anything to do anyway, why don't you ask me to go to the mine with you tomorrow?

Come on!"

Zhao Zhuang nodded and agreed. It was the right time for the gold mining base to hire people. If Du Feng wanted to go, it would be very easy.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhuang woke him up before dawn. Looking at the hazy sky, Zhao Zhuang drove him in his second-hand car to the mountains where he didn't know the direction.

After running for more than two hours, the car finally stopped in a hidden area of ​​​​the mountain col. This was a simple parking lot. There were already many cars parked before they arrived, and they were all dilapidated second-hand cars.

In Thailand, 50% of the families of ordinary office workers have two cars. It is very simple for a college student from a poor family to buy a second-hand car after graduation. Here, it only costs 100 yuan to get a driver's license.

yuan renminbi.

Zhao Zhuang led him through the dense woods in front of him and towards a boulder several meters long halfway up the mountain.

There is a small cave entrance hidden behind the boulder, and there are several Thai people sitting at the entrance holding firearms.

Zhao Zhuang went over and nodded to them, meaning we are here.

Several people looked at Zhao Zhuang and Du Feng with squinted eyes, their expressions were extremely contemptuous.

No matter which country you are in, the status of foreigners is not very good. Unless you are extremely rich, you will only get a cold shoulder.

After chattering for a while, Zhao Zhuang nodded and bowed to show his understanding. He hurriedly pulled Du Feng, who was looking sullen, and the two of them crawled in through the two-meter-high hole.

"Those people are the guards guarding the cave. The boss usually won't come over, so they have great power. Especially when leaving get off work, they are very strict in checking. Don't provoke them, otherwise it will be very troublesome!" Zhao Zhuang gave me a few words. He knew that there was a guy who was obsessed with him a few days ago.

He ate a small piece of gold into his stomach and wanted to take it out. However, several guards outside the cave used instruments to detect it. They gave him a few laxatives and after pulling out the piece of gold, the boy was beaten to death.

It was not human-like, and in the end he was forced to eat back the filth that he pulled out.

These inhumane guys are demons. How can honest people like them dare to mess with them?

"Are the wages high here?" Du Feng asked with a frown. Since he took risks to help others mine, the wages must be very high.

"Absolutely! But relatively speaking, it's not bad. If you're lucky, you can get some benefits!" When he said this, Zhao Zhuang's mouth was almost close to Du Feng's ear hole.

Du Feng understood what he said, he meant to steal gold.

Xin said that the other party had instruments for detection, so how could he take it out? Zhao Zhuang saw his doubts, smiled strangely, and said nothing more.

The cave is a hundred meters long, and at the end is a huge developed space. A number of people have gathered here, with people of all skin colors, and they all look fierce and don't look like good people.

"Seventy percent of the people who come to do this work are fugitives!" Zhao Zhuang still said in a low voice, which he could hardly hear.

Seeing Zhao Zhuang come in, a big man in clean clothes walked over. This man was in his forties, obviously Thai. He was not tall, but his belly was not small. His fat body was like a giant ball rolling.

He noticed the unfamiliar Du Feng, glanced at him, turned and said something to Zhao Zhuang in Thai. Zhao Zhuang introduced him, and then said to Du Feng: "This is Brother Qiang from our mining area.

Besides the boss, he is the one who has the final say!”

Du Feng nodded, and Brother Qiang grinned, showing an ugly smile and a big gold tooth. The shortage of people in the mining area has been a constant for many years, so of course he would be happy to have someone come.

He waved his hand to Zhao Zhuang, meaning to let him lead Du Feng to work, and leave it to Zhao Zhuang on what to do and what to pay attention to.

The two of them walked to a deserted corner. Zhao Zhuang grabbed two shovels and handed one to Du Feng.

"This guy's name is Li Baqiang, and he has a vicious heart. Don't let him catch you, otherwise he may be beaten to death!" Zhao Zhuang taught Du Feng his first lesson, that is, this short fat man

Not to be messed with.

There are several huge lamps in the cave, which illuminate the entire deep cave as if it were daytime. In addition to Brother Qiang, the supervisors inside also have several subordinates, and there are more guards inside and outside than there are workers.

Zhao Zhuang used the small shovel to carefully tap the boulder embedded in the hard mound. Although the shovel was small, it was very hard. Hitting the stone was like chopping tofu with a knife.

"These stones have been poured with a liquid that can corrode the stones." Zhao Zhuang's explanation dispelled Du Feng's doubts.

About an hour later, a guy not far away stopped, holding an ugly small stone in his hand, and said something to Brother Qiang.

Without saying a word, the boy next to Brother Qiang stepped forward and snatched it away, then turned around and handed it to Brother Qiang. Brother Qiang held it in his hand and turned it over, smiling with satisfaction.

"Did you see it? That's the ore!" Zhao Zhuang knew that Du Feng didn't recognize it, so he took the opportunity to tell him.

Du Feng nodded and grunted, and started slashing at the boulders with the small shovel in his hand. After work, he also did not forget to pay attention to the people around him. From time to time, someone would find a small piece of gold, but it was all small and pitiful, even

Less than the size of a grain of rice.

Even such a small gold mine will be taken over by Brother Qiang. Regardless of how small it is, if he takes it for himself, his life will be at stake.

Time passed by, and before lunch, Zhao Zhuang also found a small piece and handed it over to Brother Qiang without exception.

Lunch was very simple, a big pot was put up with a pot full of noodles, boiled in water, not even a little salty.

However, Brother Qiang's food was obviously different, with large pieces of meat and wine, and several people gathered around to eat it with gusto.

"You must find at least one piece this afternoon, otherwise there will be no wages today!" Zhao Zhuang gave Du Feng an anti-epidemic shot. The meaning was obvious. No matter how big or small, you must find a piece, otherwise all your efforts today will be in vain.

Du Feng frowned. How could this thing be so easy to find? If it were all covered in one piece, the gold wouldn't be so valuable.

"Don't worry! Just wait until I find another piece for you!" Zhao Zhuang comforted him when he saw Du Feng's resentment.

Not long after finishing the meal, we started working again.

Piles of earth and rocks slowly accumulated on the ground. Don't accumulate too much. Whoever dug it out had to clean it up.

Zhao Zhuang pushed a small cart over, loaded the stone and soil into the cart with a shovel, and pushed the cart away.

Du Feng was in a bad mood. He resented the feeling of being watched while working. He had no freedom at all. Those people were just looking at the prisoners.

He swung the shovel to dig at the rocks, and suddenly the shovel hit something hard. Du Feng carefully peeled away a little bit of dirt, and a small piece of golden stuff was immediately revealed.

Du Feng was excited, saying that after working for a long time, he finally found a piece. He was about to dig it out, but he didn't expect that after shoveling it ten centimeters away, it was still extremely hard. When he pushed aside the dust again, he found the same little gold star.

Du Feng's heart was beating rapidly. He finally understood what was going on. This was a huge piece of gold ore. It was currently unknown how big it was, but it was roughly estimated to weigh at least ten kilograms.

Such large gold stones are very rare and rarely seen.

Du Feng carefully glanced at Li Bachqiang and others behind him. Fortunately, they were still excited about eating and drinking and did not notice his discovery.

Du Feng carefully covered the two exposed gold spots with soil, then waved the shovel and started digging on the other side, but he never left this position.

Not long after, Zhao Zhuang came back pushing the cart, threw the cart aside, grabbed the shovel and continued working.

Du Feng showed him his discovery, and Zhao Zhuang looked at it tentatively. The expression on his face could be described as dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!