Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, Zhuji Jia.

The sky was half-eyed and half-overcast, and the light rain was falling sparsely, and it seemed to have stopped.

After getting off the long-distance bus from Suhang South Station to Zhuji Passenger Station, Dong Xuebin carried a long-distance bus with Meilian printed on it

The big cloth bag of the American supermarket walked forward quickly, and it was very uncomfortable to hold on to it as it walked

The clothes on the top are twisted. The air in Zhuji is that clammy and clammy and cold, accustomed to the dry north

Of course, Dong Xuebin, who has a cold temperature, will not adapt. Looking left and right on the road, he hurriedly looked for a no

The big restaurant went in to take shelter from the rain, and it didn't matter whether the shops around the passenger station and the train station were bullying customers.

"Boss, menu." Dong Xuebin sat down at a table where no one was around.

"Come on." A middle-aged aunt with a wide waist and a fat body came over with the menu.

Dong Xuebin casually ordered two familiar home-cooked dishes, and said, "What is special about you here?"

The colored soup is also served casually, and it is warm and warm. ”

Ten minutes later, several dishes were ready.

Coincidentally, the proprietress actually served clam soup, and clam Li is the local name of the people in Beijing

Fa, in fact, is a mussel, a pearl mussel, in this steaming soup except for a palm-sized mussel

Other than that, there is nothing else. Dong Xuebin was suddenly curious, picked up the chopsticks and opened the mussels,

Good guy, there are white pearls in it, and when you taste the mussel meat, Dong Xuebin uh

Boom, I'm going to vomit, I'm too old, how can I eat this thing?

The proprietress after refusing to take the stage looked at it and said with a smile: "This mussel meat is generally not eaten, but drunk."

Soup. ”

Dong Xuebin's old face flushed, "Ahem, what does this pearl mean?" ”

"You're here for a tourist? Pearls can be paid to find someone to string them up for you and take them back to be the head

Adorn. ”

"Oh, then your soup is actually betting on pearls?"

"Let's just say that if you're lucky, you can really make good beads, so I won't give it to you again

A pot? ”

"Don't say goodbye, that's enough to drink." Dong Xuebin said in his heart that you just, he is more than a dozen

The train was not idle for hours, and I carefully studied the pearl mussels, and knew that this color and size of the treasure

Pearls and mussels are all inferior goods, and those who can dig up a pearl worth twenty yuan are all shit luck, general

The situation is all crooked and defective pearls. It's not worth much at all," ...... Hostess, with

Do you know of any places to bet on pearls nearby? How much does it cost? ”

The proprietress looked at him, "You go two roads to the west, there should be a cart for sale over there, the price."

Money, two hundred and three hundred? ”

Dong Xuebin said: "Is there any better goods?" For example, two thousand three thousand mussels? ”

"Yo, then you have to go to the breeding base, their mussels are good, but those people don't gamble

The mussels they catch are usually opened by themselves, and then sorted according to their fineness and then sold to them

Others, most of the pearls on our side are scattered, and the grade is not too high. ”

After chatting with her for a while, Dong Xuebin roughly had a preliminary understanding of Zhuji's pearl industry

Untie.

The rain stopped outside after dinner. Dong Xuebin went out and took a taxi.

The driver asked, "Where to go?" ”

Dong Xuebin said: "You go to the nearest pearl cultivation base from here." ”

The driver stepped on the accelerator and said as he drove: "People from the capital, right?" Coming to travel? ”

"Well, try your luck with some pearl mussels."

"Oh, buy mussels." The driver thought for a moment, "Then we should drive west and get out of here."

The two closest farms may not be in season, not the month of mussel opening, the one to the west

The farm is a little farther away, but my family lives nearby, and I saw them fishing for mussels for the past two days. ”

Dong Xuebin said: "Okay, go to the west, thank you." ”

About twenty minutes later, the car stopped, Dong Xuebin paid the money and got out of the car, looked left and right, tightly

Grab the bag in your hand and keep heading east. This bag is very inconspicuous, and even a little dirty

Chirp, there is a leadership style to kill Dong Xuebin, but he did it on purpose. Bag

It was a lockbox, and inside it was Dong Xuebin's entire savings of 440,000 yuan, and this time he took the risk

I'm going to make enough money to make a million at a big time, so I brought all my belongings.

In the distance, several white office buildings came into view, and a little closer, it was about five

Six pearl ponds.

Dong Xuebin stepped on the muddy dirt road and walked to the iron fence gate, and when he saw that there was no one outside, he hesitated

Walked in.

"Hey! What for? "A middle-aged man with leather gloves and mud on his hands and feet

A breeding pond stood up and said loudly to Dong Xuebin: "Who let you in?" ”

"Buying pearls!" Dong Xuebin frowned and glanced at him, "What about your boss?" ”

"Buying pearls?" The middle-aged man looked him up and down, "I'm the boss here, what do you want to buy?"

Pearls? Pearl powder? ”

Are you the boss? Dong Xuebin was stunned, he knew that this kind of pearl farm had an annual income

If you want to be more than one million yuan, it will be impossible to stay in the capital, even if you don't wear a suit and tie

You have to have a bit of boss temperament, right? But the person in front of him seemed to Dong Xuebin to have a lot of land

Tu, I'm afraid that the owner of a small restaurant randomly caught in the capital is much more temperamental than him.

At this time, three men dressed as workers walked briskly from the lakeside on the northwest side, "Boss,

All set, now

Open mussels? ”

Dong Xuebin believed it and said to the boss: "Do you sell pearl mussels?" What price? ”

The boss shook the mud on the leather gloves, "The mussels are not for sale, if you want pearls, you will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

This batch hasn't been opened yet. ”

What you want is what you didn't open. Dong Xuebin followed and said, "How about this batch of mussels to be opened?"

What color? ”

The boss said impatiently: "Didn't you say that you won't sell it?" Let's go back! ”

"If this batch is in good condition, money is not an issue." Dong Xuebin was a little disgusted with his bad attitude, and he also knew that the other party must have seen him too young

It's not like a rich person, that's why it's like this, if you change to a middle-aged man with a big belly,

If you don't believe him, it will be this attitude. Dong Xuebin looked at him, and opened the cloth bag to reveal the password inside

The box raised at him, "Even if you don't want to sell, I won't have anything to lose by taking a look, right?" As for the price

Money...... We'll talk about that later? ”

The boss was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought about it, then turned his head and walked towards the lakeside, "...... Come on. ”

Dong Xuebin walked up and avoided the puddle in the turf to follow.

The surface of the lake is sparkling, and from the shore to the distance, there are rows of buoy-like things, densely packed

The hemp was neatly spread across the area, and two small wooden boats were parked on the muddy shore, paddling one

species, a few mussels wrapped in small net pockets the width of each arm on the boat, plus the number piled up on the shore,

There are hundreds of such nets, and the number of mussels is estimated to be nearly a thousand, and each mussel is a brain

It's big, it's much better than the mussel that Dong Xuebin ate with the restaurant before, and it looks high-end

Freshwater pearl mussels.

Approaching, the boss said to a worker on the left, "Let's take a look first." ”

As soon as the worker agreed, he opened the net pocket and took out a slightly thinner mussel, squatted down, and picked up the mud

A kitchen knife, pinching the mussel and cutting the blade of the kitchen knife into the mussel with a click along the gap,

With a twist, under Dong Xuebin's fiery gaze, the mussel was split in two, revealing the mussel meat and a slight strip inside

A pearl with a golden glow. The worker reached out and grabbed the mussel meat and turned it over, turning the nine pieces into a large or small or round shape

Or cut out the crooked pearls and put them in a plastic basin that has been prepared long ago. Freshwater pearls

Unlike saltwater pearls, each mussel is produced in large quantities, not just one or two.

This is the pearl mussel! Dong Xuebin thinks it's very exciting and fun.

The boss lowered his head and touched it, then picked up the largest one and measured it with an instrument, "Hmm,

Not bad, 1.2cm. "The instrument is used to measure the diameter of pearls, and there is a table at the bottom, on the top

The head is something that can be held in the hand and can hold the pearl with one touch, "A small half can be used for jewelry, and the rest can be used."

It's worse, crooked or potholed beads grind pearl powder, little second son, let's open the mussels and let Xiaoliu

Classify. ”

Full, round, shiny, large - these are the criteria for a good pearl. Although gold pearls of golden quality belong to the top grade in pearls, they are a few millimeters crooked

Gold pearls are also worthless, like the nine gold pearls that this mussel blooms, most of them can't be made

Jewelry.

"That's right." The boss looked at Dong Xuebin and said, "How many mussels do you want?" ”

Dong Xuebin smiled, "Let's see, let's open it first." "A 1.2cm pearl is worth it

money, but not enough to make Dong Xuebin excited. Calculate what you have now, and go back

When Zhou Guo'an checked the evidence, he didn't use up the baa ten times, and he left two more times, plus the accumulation of these days

Save, Dong Xuebin now has ten more times.

The boss and the workers began to cut mussels with kitchen knives on the left and right.

Click, a mussel bigger than a palm was opened, and there were eleven white pearls inside, the largest

A 0. The value of a mussel is not based on the number of pearls, but on the number of pearls

How many diameters does the largest pearl have, whether it is smooth or not, whether it is bright or not, this is the big head

Son, so this mussel doesn't bloom very well.

Click, another ......

One more ......

Fifth ......

Eighth ......

Ten minutes have passed, and so many mussels have not even produced a 1.4cm pearl!

It's not that this batch of mussels is bad, but pearls over 4cm are too rare, just like crystals

The hair crystals in the jade, like the ice and glass in the jade, are not so easy to come out!

The Ninth Mussel ...... The largest one is 1.3cm, which is not bad.

The Tenth Mussel ...... It's all 0.7cm beads.

Wait until the time of the eleventh mussel......

"Ai! Boss! This one is big, this one is big! The black-faced worker yelled.

Dong Xuebin and the boss's attention all moved over, only to see the worker from the mussel meat

Buckled out a huge golden bead, "This one has to be 1.5 centimeters, and the quality is also very good."

Yes. "Take the instrument and measure it, it shows exactly 1.5 cm, flawless, full and round color, yes

A high-quality gold pearl!

The boss smiled, "Well, that's good." ”

Here it comes!

1.4cm or more is finally out!

Dong Xuebin saw the opportunity and immediately shouted b

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