Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 213

"Sister-in-law, I see you're lucky today, how about you help me choose one too?"

At this time, Fade Chen came over.

Lin Shu looked up at him and asked, "Didn't you go to see the stone?"

"In my opinion, a stone that my sister-in-law gave up can't produce any good stuff. If that's the case, then there's nothing good to see."

At least Lin Shu was very happy to hear Chen Fei's flattery.

The man was so happy that he pointed to a rough stone nearby and said, "I like that stone. I think it's good. Maybe I can mine a piece of jade out of it."

Chen Fei is a guy with high emotional intelligence. He happily held the stone without any doubt.

Seeing this, Lin Shu's smile grew even wider.

Brother Hou didn't know Lin Shu's background. When he saw her casually pointing, Chen Fei happily took the stone and wanted to pay for it.

This made Brother Hou wonder, can this stone really be shipped?

"Brother Hou, how much is this stone?" Chen Fei walked up to Brother Hou and asked, holding the raw stone.

In order to prove Chen Fei's trust in Lin Shu, Brother Hou quoted a higher price: "Eight hundred yuan for this one."

"Okay, let's go. Brother Nine and his wife and I will go and pay."

Brother Hou saw that Chen Fei didn't even hesitate when buying the stone worth 800 yuan. Could it be that Lin Shu is really an expert in gambling on stones?

After the two paid the bill, Brother Cao and Hu Zi came over.

After learning that Chen Fei spent 800 yuan to buy a rough stone whose content was unknown, they became a little anxious.

"Are you stupid? He asked for 800 yuan for this broken stone and you really gave him 800 yuan. Why don't you bargain first?"

"It's just 800 yuan. I trust my sister-in-law. Besides, it doesn't matter if I don't win. 800 yuan is nothing."

Chen Fei had a smile on his face, looking nonchalant, which almost made Hu Zi, who didn't have much savings, roll his eyes.

Brother Hou quickly stepped forward to explain, "It's a small business, and honesty is the foundation. I didn't ask Mazi for a high price for the rough stone. I just gave him a friendly price. Don't worry, you two may be able to mine jade later. As long as it turns green, you may make money in no time."

"Thanks to Brother Hou's good words, we will go and open it now."

"Okay, let's go."

The raw stone Zhou Xinyue bought never turned green. The stone was almost polished away before a piece of bluish-white jade with impurities appeared.

When Brother Hou saw the blue-white jade that had been opened, he immediately offered to buy it for 500 yuan.

"Ah, it's only worth 500 yuan?" Chen Fei looked at Zhou Xinyue with a grim expression in surprise. "I thought you would have a good start, but you didn't expect the first shot to be a failure. You lost a thousand yuan on this order... Oh, that's not right. To be precise, you lost 2,388 yuan on this order."

If Lin Shu had bought this stone, he would definitely be the one who lost money.

But people are not as good as heaven.

Just when Lin Shu was likely to be selected, Zhou Xinyue got there first.

Doesn't this look like a fool rushing to lose money?

Under the teasing gazes of the crowd, Zhou Xinyue's face turned pale and blue, and finally black.

At this moment, she felt more pain in her body.

All her limited private savings were lost. This was like cutting into her own flesh!

Chen Fei ignored the Zhou siblings who looked unhappy. He turned around and said to Brother Hou, "Brother Hou made a lot of money from this deal. Remember to treat us when you have time."

Brother Hou smiled and pointed at the rough stone in Chen Fei's arms: "Eating is a piece of cake. The most important thing now is not eating, but helping you cut the stone. Don't you agree?"

"Oh, right, right. Come on, help me to solve this rough stone yourself. This is my first time gambling on rough stones. I want to see how my luck is."

Brother Hou patted Zhou Xingguo on the shoulder and consoled him: "There are gains and losses in gambling on jade, just keep a normal attitude. Next time, maybe you can pick a good jade material and make a fortune."

Zhou Xinyue looked at Chen Fei's excitement and said in a scathing tone, "Why are you so happy? Without a professional to help you choose, you might end up picking a worthless stone. You're jumping up and down here now. You'll cry after we finish solving the puzzle."

Chen Fei was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he shook his head from side to side and said proudly: "Even if you open a stone with nothing on it, you will lose more than me. Do you know how much this stone of mine is worth?"

As he spoke, he extended his thumb, index finger, and middle finger. "Eight hundred dollars. Even if I didn't win anything, I would only lose eight hundred dollars. Compared to your two thousand three hundred and eighty-eight, I feel like I made a fortune."

Chen Fei's appearance of asking for a beating made Zhou Xinyue's teeth itch, "Pockmarked, don't be so proud, I'll sit here and wait for you to pay me!"

Brother Hou has already started helping him cut the stone. Pieces of skin are peeled off piece by piece, and slowly the jade inside the stone reveals its original appearance.

"It's a seed material with a fine texture and a warm luster."

Brother Hou cleaned the jade and asked Chen Fei excitedly: "Ma Zi, sell this material to me and I will give you three thousand yuan."

"hiss!"

Unexpectedly, there was such good news. When the other onlookers heard the price quoted by Brother Hou, they gasped.

Gambling on stones really proves the saying: one cut makes you poor, two cuts make you rich, and three cuts make you wear linen.

Eight hundred for three thousand.

If an ordinary family has this 3,000 yuan in savings, their quality of life can be improved by several levels.

There is no need to worry about children getting married and having children.

"How is it possible that a rookie who knows nothing can actually open a medium-quality seed material! Can he read the skin? Can he read the loose flowers, cracks, and color?"

Zhou Xinyue was jealous to the point of madness. She spent all her pocket money but only got a cheap green jade.

But Chen Fei opened the seed material, this differential treatment is so unfair.

Brother Hou spoke up at this time. Zhou Xinyue lost the bet, and he could understand her feelings. "It's hard for gods to tell the difference between jade and seed jade. Ma Zi was lucky to get seed jade. The relationship between personal luck and jade is mysterious. Maybe the raw stone you choose next time can also get good jade."

Chen Fei sold the seed material directly to Brother Hou and earned three thousand yuan.

Lin Shu gently pulled Gu Jiu and said, "When Chen Fei opened the seed material, that Zhou Yue was jealous and crazy. If we also opened the seed material, do you think she would go crazy and grab it directly?"

"Who does she think she is? We don't need to worry about her when we do things. It's better to cut these two rough stones here. We don't have professional tools ourselves."

Even if you have professional tools, you also need professional techniques. If an inexperienced person tries to cut the stone, what if he damages a good piece of seed material?

Lin Shu nodded: "Then you should give this rough stone to Brother Hou to cut first."

Zhou Xinyue's face looked extremely ugly. Before she could get over her jealousy, Gu Jiu brought another rough stone and asked Brother Hou to cut it.

"You don't think that God is on your side and will give you good things one after another, do you?"

Gu Jiu didn't even glance at her, he just kept staring at Brother Hou cutting the stone.

Hu Zi pulled Fade Chen aside and asked in a low voice, "How did you choose that rough stone just now?"

"I just picked it randomly. It tripped me and I chose it. I didn't expect that I would actually choose it."

Chen Fei's words were true and false, and he was smiling, and Hu Zi didn't doubt it.

I can only sigh that Chen Fei is so damn lucky!

"Another reveal!"

When Zhou Xinyue heard the cheers of the crowd, she couldn't help but frowned, and she went in from the back of the crowd again without giving up.

Sure enough, the piece that was not input into Chen Fei was another piece of seed material, and its texture was even moister than the previous one.

"Five thousand yuan, Brother Jiu, will you sell this seed material to me?"

Brother Hou was right next to us when we were paying for this rough stone, so he knew about it.

For ordinary people, if you buy a raw stone for 500 yuan and produce a seed material worth 5,000 yuan, it would be a big profit.

Gu Jiu couldn't make a direct decision, so he turned around and looked at Lin Shu with a questioning look.

Because she just said that if she could find a piece of seed material, she would make jade pendants and bracelets for her two children.

Lin Shu knew that the jade material in the last piece of raw stone was of better quality. So she nodded to Gu Jiu, and she could sell it to Brother Hou for his sake.

He would feel embarrassed to force them to sell him the next piece of jade.

Chen Fei took the money and squeezed next to Gu Jiu, bumping into him with a smile, "Brother Jiu, I wanted to give you half, since you earn more than me. I won't share my pitiful cash."

Gu Jiu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

The process of cutting the other raw stone went very smoothly, and the seed material that was finally cut out made Brother Hou almost subconsciously hold his breath.

If the previous piece was worth five thousand, then this piece is worth ten thousand. If he really wants to bargain, he might be able to get it for twelve thousand.

But before he opened his mouth this time, Gu Jiu put an end to some of his ideas, "We are not selling this material. We are going to make pendants and bracelets for the two children."

"Children only need to make two pendants, why bracelets? Can they wear them after you make them?"

Brother Hou thought that making the jade pendant wouldn’t require much jade material, and the rest could be sold to him.

Gu Jiu seemed to know what he was thinking. After listening to his words, he shook his head and said, "I will make the bracelet as a family heirloom and pass it down to my two children."

Brother Hou: “…”

Brother Hou didn't say anything, but someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask, "Brother Hou, how much is this seed material worth?"

"The buyer doesn't want to sell it. He plans to give it to his children as an heirloom. It is priceless." Brother Hou waved his hand at everyone, "Don't stand around and watch. Go pick out the rough stones. You may be the next one to get rich."

This reminds everyone.

Seed material that can be used as heirloom jade must be very valuable.

If they can pick one, they won’t have to struggle for the rest of their lives.

The crowd in the warehouse dispersed, the transaction volume of raw stones increased significantly, and even the old man who was cutting the stones was a little too busy to handle it.

Brother Cao and Hu Zi each opened a piece, but found nothing.

This game, which is similar to opening a blind box, is very exciting and addictive. The only drawback is that it costs money.

Brother Cao and Hu Zi lost several dozen to over a hundred dollars.

Fortunately, they knew how to stop losses in time.

Lin Shu stored the top-quality mutton-fat jade material into the system storage compartment. It was the safest place to keep it in, without worrying about it being stolen.

I earned 4,500 yuan before the New Year, and I had enough pocket money to spend during the New Year.

Lin Shu even doubled the New Year's money for the children.

"Wow, little aunt, the New Year's money you gave us is the largest in denomination."

After the reunion dinner in the evening, everyone sat in the living room drinking tea and chatting.

The children wish everyone a happy new year and say something auspicious, and the elders will give them a red envelope.

Gu Youfeng from the second family just received the red envelopes from his elders, and he sat on the sofa checking them one by one.

He was shocked to find out that the red envelope Lin Shu gave him was actually from the United Front Work Department.

The generous elders give two yuan, the stingy ones give one yuan, no one gives fifty cents, and no one will give ten yuan.

That's why Gu Youfeng was so excited when he saw the ten-yuan bill.

When the others saw the great unity, their faces changed and the children hurriedly opened the red envelopes to check.

The adults looked at the couple with disapproval. What should they do if you make such special arrangements?

If you do this a few more times, the children's hearts will be corrupted by you.

How can I make progress and study and work diligently?

"Wow, mine is also a great unity."

"mine too."

Several older children excitedly came forward to salute Lin Shu and said a series of auspicious words.

"Wow, sister-in-law, you've become rich. You gave us so much New Year's money. Are you going to let us live?"

Jiang Chaohong found out that the red envelopes from her two sons also showed solidarity, and she felt both sad and happy.

"At the end of the year, I made a little money and gave it to the children as New Year's money. Since it was given, the children should keep it well and use it to buy notebooks, pens and other school supplies when school starts."

As he spoke, Lin Shu rubbed Gu Chunlan who came over to take credit. The eight-year-old child blushed with joy when he saw such a large denomination of money. He was so lovable.

"You are too wasteful. They are still young. If you give them money, they will spend it recklessly." Wang Suzhen said with a smile: "Believe it or not, this red envelope will not last tonight. When you wake up tomorrow morning, the red envelope will definitely be gone."

Lin Shu certainly believes that when their children were young, some parents would give their children their lucky money for safekeeping.

Almost all of the money ends up in the mother's pocket within a day, with the mother calling it safekeeping.

In fact, it is like throwing a meat bun at a dog - it goes away but never comes back.

The children held their pockets tightly and looked at their parents warily, but there was nothing they could do. When they woke up early the next morning, the red envelopes in their pockets would surely be gone.

"It's better for parents to keep the red envelopes so that children don't spend the money recklessly or lose it."

Dabao and Erbao found out that everyone had red envelopes except them, and they became anxious.

“Bag, bag, bag!”

Erbao was so anxious that he blurted out a series of "bags". He was really irritated.

"Haha... Everyone in the family got red envelopes except our eldest and second children. Are you waiting impatiently? Here, grandma gave you red envelopes. I wish my eldest and second children good health and happiness."

As soon as Wang Suzhen took out the red envelope, Dabao and Erbao quickly snatched the red envelope and held it in their arms.

The two children were delighted.

When the other uncles and aunts saw this, they also took out the red envelopes they had prepared.

There was a shower of red envelopes, and Dabao and Erbao each received a stack of red envelopes.

"Mom, here you go!" Dabao handed the red envelope to Lin Shu.

Wang Suzhen noticed it and said in surprise, "Oh, grandma's precious grandson, he even knew to give the money to mom for safekeeping. He's great, a smart little baby."

"Okay, thank you baby." Lin Shu lowered her head and kissed Dabao, "You are such a good baby."

Erbao saw that Dabao’s red envelope was given to Lin Shu, and no one could touch her red envelope.

"Erbao, should you give your red envelope to your mother for safekeeping?" Sister-in-law Li Ling teased the child.

Erbao shook his head: "Damn it!"

"Hahaha......"

"That's right. The red envelope we give you will always be yours."

Grandma was relieved to hear this. Erbao nodded and emphasized again: "Yes!"