The person in charge of the farm walked in front with a figure-footed step, and turned around and said: "You know the rules, if you get good-quality pearls from the clams you sell, you are lucky, but if you don't get one that you are satisfied with, you will be lucky."
Then don’t think about returning it and making a one-time deal.”
Xue Chen smiled lightly: "No need to say more, I understand this principle. What do you call it?"
"Zhao Laoba."
When we arrived at the lake, there happened to be a boat of freshly salvaged clams brought ashore. Zhao Laoba went to help unload the clams from the boat and pile them on the shore.
Xiao Kun was very unhappy with Zhao Laoba's attitude. He said next to Xue Chen: "If I didn't accompany you, I would just turn around and leave. What the hell! When I came here last year, he wasn't in charge of this place."
"Brother Xiao, calm down, there is no need to be angry with this kind of person." Xue Chen continued in his heart, there will be times when Zhao Laoba will cry. He thought about it and went to the side to make a phone call.
Soon, a boatload of clams was unloaded. It looked like there were three to four hundred of them, piled there like a hill. Zhao Laoba waved to the two of them and let them pass.
"You have all seen it. These are the newly caught clams. You go ahead and pick them. After you have finished picking them, we will settle the accounts together." Zhao Laoba stood aside with his arms folded.
When the workers at the breeding farm heard that they were here to gamble on pearls, they all laughed and stood aside to watch the fun.
Xue Chen looked at the pile of clams and smelled the pungent fishy smell. He couldn't help but sigh. It was amazing that such beautiful pearls were dug out from here.
He took a pair of plastic gloves from the man at the farm, went to the pile of clams, picked through them, picked out one and put it aside. After more than an hour, he picked out two
more than ten.
"Okay, that's it, let's settle the bill."
Xue Chen took off his gloves and threw them aside, and said to Zhao Laoba.
Zhao Laoba personally stepped forward and used a caliper to clamp the clams picked out by Xue Chen one by one, measured the length, calculated and said: "There are twelve for those under twenty centimeters, and ten for those over twenty centimeters.
According to the price negotiated before, the total is ninety-six thousand."
When Zhao Laoba asked someone to bring the POS machine and Xue Chen was about to swipe his card, a black Land Rover drove into the farm. He saw Qi Hu get out of the car, strode over, and said with a smile: "Brother Xue,
You told me on the phone that you were gambling pearls here, and it just so happened that I came over to see the excitement."
Xiao Kun saw Qi Hu coming over and nodded, thinking that Xue Chen had called Qi Hu just now.
Xue Chen swiped the card, and Zhao Laoba asked Xue Chen if he should take the clam away or open it directly here.
"I won't take it away, just drive here and take out the pearls to avoid making the car smelly and dirty." Xue Chen said.
Zhao Laoba made a big deal, and the deal was done at a price much higher than the market price. He was secretly happy when he heard that Xue Chen was going to take out the pearls from the clams at the breeding farm.
Hui: "Xiao Liu, go get a basin and help these guys pry open their clams."
"Okay." A worker from the breeding factory agreed and ran to get a basin.
"Thank you very much." Xue Chen said.
"You're welcome." Zhao Laoba said to himself that he was a fool and thanked himself for being tricked. Normally, the normal price of a clam was 40% lower than the price he asked. He just saw the two of them as rich people.
I guess I didn't know much about the market, so I made a huge profit. I made at least 30,000 yuan more in this transaction.
When Xiao Liu started to open clams, Xue Chen, Xiao Kun and Qi Hu all gathered around and stood aside to watch.
Several workers at the breeding farm also stood aside watching the excitement.
Click!
Skillfully inserted the sharp knife into the gap between the two clam shells, then twisted it hard, and the clam shell was pried open. Then, with both hands, the whole clam was opened. In an instant, the pearl hidden inside was exposed.
come out.
Pearls are divided into freshwater pearls and seawater pearls according to different waters. Generally speaking, seawater pearls are more precious because seawater pearls are larger and more difficult to cultivate. The survival rate of pearl clams is low, and each pearl clam only produces
A pearl.
The pearl clams in this farm are all freshwater spinnaker pearl clams, and each pearl clam is wrapped with several or even a dozen pearls.
After prying open the first clam, the worker Xiao Liu took out all the pearls in the clam and poured it into a basin on the side, making a splashing sound. Immediately, everyone looked into the basin and looked at this first clam.
The quality of a pearl produced by a clam.
When they saw a large and round golden pearl in the basin, the workers at the farm were all surprised.
"What a blessing. The first clam produced such a beautiful pearl, it must be ten millimeters."
"We have opened hundreds of clams these days, and there are not many pearls of such good quality. He actually opened the first one. This one costs 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."
"What a good sign."
When Zhao Laoba saw the ten millimeter golden pearl, he felt very unhappy. He thought to himself that it was bad luck. Every time a good pearl came out of the mussels he bought, it meant a loss for the breeding farm.
Xue Chen stood beside the basin, looking at the dozens of pearls poured into the basin, and picked up the golden pearl. As for the other small, crooked and cracked pearls, he simply ignored them. They were not worth much at all.
The money is usually used to grind it into pearl powder.
Looking at the charming brilliance reflected by the golden pearl in his hand and feeling the round texture, Xue Chen raised the corner of his mouth and chuckled: "It seems that I am lucky. I have a hunch that today's receipt will be good."
Qi Hu also smiled and echoed: "I also believe in Brother Xue's luck, because Brother Xue's luck has always been very good."
At this time, worker Xiao Liu had already cracked open the second clam and poured the pearls in the clam into the basin again. This time, there were no good pearls produced, and the best one was only about eight millimeters.
The shape of the white pearl is also unsatisfactory.
Zhao Laoba breathed a sigh of relief. The first clam he saw yielded such a good pearl, which really made him nervous. He thought he had met an expert in pearl betting.
Soon, the third clam opened, and a dozen pearls were pried out and poured into the basin. A faint pink color was mixed with the white.
When they saw Xue Chen picking out a pink pearl that was about ten millimeters in size from the basin, the workers at the breeding factory who were watching the excitement screamed in surprise.
Zhao Laoba's face instantly darkened. Pink pearls are rarer and more valuable than golden pearls. Together with the golden pearl just now, these two are worth forty or fifty thousand. They have already returned.
Got half of the book.
"Damn, how could this happen? This year, out of hundreds of clams in the breeding farm, only three pink pearls of this color were found. He bought more than 20 clams and found one." Zhao Laoba cursed in his heart depressedly.
Got up.
Soon, one clam after another was pried open, and the pearls covered the basin of the plastic basin. Xue Chen squatted down from time to time, picked up the valuable pearls, and put them in a plastic bag.
And every time Xue Chen bent down and stretched out his hands, he would be accompanied by the exclamations of the breeding factory workers, which also made Zhao Laoba's face become increasingly ugly.
The sixth clam opened an 11 mm golden pearl...
The eighth clam opened two valuable pearls! One golden, one pink pearl...
Soon, another lavender pearl bloomed...
When all twenty-two clams were opened, there were already two to three hundred pearls in the plastic basin, all white. Xue Chen also had a dozen pearls collected in the plastic bag in his hand.
Everyone around, including Xiao Kun and Qi Hu, were staring at the plastic bag in Xue Chen's hand, looking dull.
Xue Chen lowered his head and glanced at the pearls in the plastic bag. He seemed not to notice the surprised expressions of everyone around him and said with a smile: "Well, it seems that I am really lucky today. I actually found so many good pearls."
I saw more than a dozen pearls of different colors in the plastic bag, six or seven of which were white, the first one was golden, and there were two pink ones, one purple one, and one light blue one among them.
Qi Hu was the first to react. He laughed cheerfully and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Xue, I am impressed by Qi Hu. It turns out that you are not only good at looking at antiques, but you are also so sharp at betting on pearl clams. My eyes have been opened today."
Already."
Xiao Kun was also shocked by Xue Chen's harvest. A dozen valuable pearls were found in twenty-two clams. What is the concept? It is equivalent to one being found in every clam.
The workers at the farm were almost frightened. Many of them had worked in the clam farm for more than ten years. They had seen countless precious pearls, but they had never seen anything like this. More than 20 clams were opened.
A dozen pearls of excellent quality were produced, which is simply a miracle!
Zhao Laoba's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He was staring at the plastic bag in Xue Chen's hand so hard that he was on fire, and the flesh on his cheeks was trembling.
Xue Chen looked at Zhao Laoba and praised: "Boss Zhao, the quality of the pearl mussels in your farm is really good. You have produced so many good pearls. Today is really not in vain."
Zhao Laoba gasped slightly, turned around and shouted to all the workers on the side: "Take a knife and open all the remaining clams."
When the six or seven workers on the side heard the instructions, they all picked up their knives and opened them quickly, and put the dug-out pearls into another basin. Zhao Laoba watched from the side, and when he saw more than a dozen clams opened in a row,
The ones that came out were all rubbish, and my face was blue.
After more than thirty clams were opened, only two or three pearls that could barely fit into the eyes were found. Zhao Laoba was trembling with anger, and he was finally sure that the clams in the farm had not suddenly mutated.
All of them can produce good pearls, but among the clams we just caught, all those with good pearls have just been picked out.
At this time, Xue Chen had already put away the pearls and said cheerfully: "Mr. Zhao, I'm leaving now. Let's come back to play another day."
When Zhao Laoba saw Xue Chen and the others were about to leave, his eyes twitched, he turned around and said with a sullen face: "Stop." (To be continued)