Chapter 155: Meeting a fellow jade farmer
Halimu simply didn’t translate Li Long’s words.
In their eyes, catching a deer is not a particularly difficult thing - if you don't do it specifically, it is mainly meaningless, it is just like having one more sheep. They are not easy to raise and they often die. When they die, they don’t have as much meat as a sheep.
How much does a sheep cost? It’s only a dozen yuan. The deer will only be valuable when it gets bigger, but raising a deer is not as simple as raising a sheep.
Most of the remaining young men wanted to exchange leather, jade or other things for radios, flashlights, or daily necessities such as grain, sugar, salt, and wine.
Li Long made a final calculation and found that a total of six radios, 150 kilograms of noodles, 20 bricks of tea, 33 bags of sugar cubes, 30 bags of salt, etc. needed to be replaced.
According to his calculation, the things placed here are naturally enough.
The occasional call of a deer from behind the wooden house reminds me that there are two living creatures that are also being redeemed.
Although in this era, both Harimu and the others, as well as the people in the village, have the same philosophy: if a family has a lot of wealth, those who vent their anger are not counted (those with fur are not counted), but deer should not be included in this list.
Li Long was a little worried, thinking about how to bring so many things back.
After everyone had finished speaking, Li Long said:
"I will pull the things back now, and then bring the exchange items in batches. Some of these things may need to be exchanged in Wucheng or Shicheng. The time may be It will take a little longer, so you have to be patient and wait. I will try to bring some medicine to each of you when I come here tomorrow. It should be of some use if you keep it at home."
After hearing this, Harimu said something to the young men seriously. In short, the young men looked at Li Long with something more.
Li Long could feel that in addition to enthusiasm and trust, there was also respect.
No one is procrastinating. After arranging things, Li Long immediately straightened the bicycle, and then several young men came over to help. The jade was packed into two sacks, tied together and placed on the back seat. on both sides.
The leathers were laid down on the back seat layer by layer, and then the deer antlers and roe deer horns were brought over, and the horns were tied one by one facing back to avoid piercing Li Long.
"You guys, keep busy, I'm going to the county first." Li Long said, "When I come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will hold a drag party (party with dancing and singing) here to bring you all together. Bring the donbula and sing it well.”
Halimu helped Li Long push the car away from here and walked towards the mouth of the ravine.
Yu Shanjiang said to the men:
"Everyone, do your best. When our Duosen comes again, he will come back with the good things that everyone is looking forward to. Then we will also Give him a surprise and let him see his own brand new winter nest!”
"Okay!" the boys roared and started working, all of them enthusiastic.
When they arrived at Mizoguchi, Li Long said goodbye to Harimu and rode quickly towards the county.
When the road was flat, Li Long was still pedaling fast. The bicycle was not just about the goods, but also the heavy trust of the Kazakh brothers.
Li Long pedaled the car directly to the purchasing station. To his surprise, Chen Hongjun was still there.
Seeing Li Long poke his head in, Chen Hongjun was a little surprised and said with a smile:
"Comrade Xiao Li, what did you bring this time?"
"There are more things this time. Comrade Chen, I remember you said you were on duty the next day, didn't you?"
"That's not true. Spring is here, and there are many people coming to our place to sell things, so recently we are open all day It’s Sunday off.”
Chen Hongjun followed Li Long outside and was shocked when he saw the things tied to the bicycle:
"Xiao Li, have you stabbed a deer's nest? There are so many!"
"The brothers in the mountains are about to leave, so they asked me to sell these things in exchange for some necessities in their lives." Li Long explained, "They don't go down the mountain often, and it's not convenient for them to come down to communicate. It's up to me to do this." "It's more appropriate."
"That's right," Chen Hongjun felt deeply. Said:
"Language communication is a big problem. Of course, if you can gain their trust, it also shows that you are a good comrade. Come, let's unload the things and I will estimate the price."
Chen Hongjun helped Li Long remove the antlers and leather and put them in the store.
“What’s in that sack?”
"Mahe jade is not worth much." Li Long said, "I won't unload this one."
"Brother, you can do it!" Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "All the good things in the mountains are It’s with you.”
“I can help my friends in the mountains solve their problems, of course. I also earn some money to spend.”
Li Long never denies that he will earn some hard money, but to be honest, there are many times when he really wants to help his friends in the mountains, but he doesn’t expect the other party. He also gave sincerely and didn't want him to suffer. After going back and forth, he got more and more.
“There are two grades of antlers, first-class with three branches, and second-class with four branches. The roe deer horns are a little older, so they are second-class.” Chen Hongjun skillfully classified the antlers and roe deer horns, “The main ones are It’s been a long time, and it should have been pretty good when I picked it up.”
Chen Hongjun still felt a little regretful when he spoke. The antlers and other things that Li Long brought to him during this period did help him complete a lot of purchasing tasks. He also hoped that the things Li Long brought could be of high quality, but some of the antlers were cracked. It’s not what it used to be.
“These leathers are all good leather, but the processing techniques are relatively rough.” Chen Hongjun looked at the leather again, “The traditional method of herdsmen, salting is mainly for antisepsis, and it also requires secondary salting, which is too Hard. "
Li Long knows this. Tanning leather, commonly known as tanning, is a technology that ordinary people don't know. The herdsmen in the mountains mainly treat the leather by rubbing it with coarse salt, that is, pickling it, so that the leather will not be bitten by insects and rot. Therefore, these leathers are hard and need to be tanned before they can be turned into leather.
"Twenty-five yuan for deer skin, sixteen yuan for roe deer skin, this wolf skin is good, thirty-one yuan, this one... is a bit torn, twenty yuan..."
Chen Hongjun quoted prices one by one. Someone there specially weighed and recorded the invoices. At the last calculation, it was three hundred and thirty-two yuan and sixty-eight cents.
I can buy six radios, but the others are a little less.
It seems that we really need to go to Wucheng.
Li Long originally thought that if these things were enough to buy things here, he would not go to Wucheng and go directly to Shicheng, but now it seems that it is not possible.
After issuing the invoice and collecting the money, Li Long said goodbye to Chen Hongjun, then went out and rode back to the courtyard.
After he set up the bicycle, he closed the door, fetched a basin of water, unloaded the sack containing the jade, and then began to try it piece by piece.
The smallest of these jade stones is about the size of two fists, and the largest is in the shape of an irregular plate, seven or eight centimeters thick and weighing more than ten kilograms.
Water away the mud on the surface of the stones to reveal their true colors.
They are all seed material, washed by natural water flow, resulting in each piece having no edges and corners.
The smallest piece has a little bit of stone skin and is completely green. Unfortunately, there are a lot of sesame spots. This will be okay for future generations, but it really can’t be sold for money now.
Li Long put this piece aside, and then looked at the largest piece.
Most of this piece of stone is made of grey-green stone skin, with only the lower two palm-sized pieces of jade flesh exposed. Li Long could tell without turning on the light that this green one is so beautiful!
And there is no impurity at all! Not a single crack!
Li Long really doesn’t want to sell this stone.
Twenty years from now, it will still be more than 100,000, right?
He looked at the other jade stones, and what made him a little disappointed was that except for one piece which had no sesame spots, most of the others had some thick or light black sesame spots.
Some people may think this probability is already very good. But when you think about the fact that these jade stones were picked up by herdsmen covering dozens of kilometers in Nanshan over several years or even more than ten years, and are considered to be the essence, you know that these good jade stones are actually not that easy to pick up. Thinking about what those young men wanted, Li Long finally decided to go directly to Wucheng to sell the largest piece of jade, and just leave the rest. If you can't sell them for money, you might as well save them.
He took a scale and weighed it. The jade weighed fifteen and a half kilograms. According to his previous experience in selling jade, this piece must weigh sixty or seventy per kilogram.
That’s it.
Li Long gathered the remaining jade stones into a pile and didn't hide them much. He just put them in the corner of the sundries warehouse. To be honest, not many people are aware of the value of Mahe Jasper at the moment, so no one would notice it if it were placed here.
He packed the largest piece of jade in a sack and carried it out the door.
It was already noon. Li Long went to the Big Meat Canteen and bought a few steamed buns. While eating, he hurried to the bus station on the edge of Wuyi Highway.
The bus to Wucheng was about to leave. Li Long quickly bought the ticket. Within two minutes of checking in, the bus left.
After he got in the car, he saw that most of the people were already sitting in the car. The people in the car just looked at Li Long when they saw him. At this time, everyone was wearing similar clothes. Li Long saw that there were still a few empty seats in the back, so he walked over and sat in the second to last row.
Everyone who often rides this kind of long-distance bus knows that the farther back you go, the bumpier it gets, and people who are prone to motion sickness often don't choose a seat near the back.
Li Long didn't choose, just bump it a little bit. He was carrying a sack, and he didn't want to put it on the luggage rack above - if it fell, the jade would be broken, and it might hit someone, so it was better to put it on the luggage rack. Take your seat.
The car turned out of the bus station, got on the Wuyi Highway, and drove all the way to Wucheng.
The cars stopped for a while while passing Letuyi, Dafeng, Huxian and Beiting, but there were not many people coming up, so Li Long took the space of two people with peace of mind. We sat all the way to Wucheng Bayi Guesthouse.
Familiar with the road, this time Li Long went directly to the jade factory to find Mr. Liu, but the guard told Li Long that Mr. Liu went to the mainland to participate in a trade fair, and Li Long was blinded this time.
He thought about Section Chief Chen who appeared with Mr. Liu last time, and then told the guard to find Section Chief Chen.
A few minutes later, the tall Section Chief Chen appeared at the door of the jade factory. After seeing Li Long, he smiled and said:
"Comrade Xiao Li, you are here - Mr. Liu is not here, will you bring Mahe Jasper again this time?"
" Yes, Section Chief Chen, the quality brought here should be good," Li Long said confidently.
"Well, come and follow me. This time someone from southern Xinjiang is also coming to sell jade, and you just happen to be together."
Li Long's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and then he felt a little uneasy again. The jade in southern Xinjiang is famous now and in future generations.
My Mahe Jasper is incomparable.
With this comparison, can my jade still be sold at a higher price?
He followed Section Chief Chen in carrying the sack and walked to the office, but saw no one else.
"People will be here soon, please wait a moment, I will ask the master to come over and look at your piece of jade."
Chief Chen made a phone call and asked Master Wang to come over in a very respectful tone. Look at jade.
After putting down the phone, Section Chief Chen pointed to the wooden chair in the office and said:
"Comrade Li, you sit down first."
When Li Long sat down, he continued:< br>
“Actually, there are still very few people like you who come here to sell jade by yourself. We usually go directly to the jade producing area to collect it. . But, for example, people in the production areas of your Mahe Jasper are generally not aware of this yet, and our state-run jade mining has not yet begun, so the purchase of raw materials you sell to us is also a good supplement. "
Li Long then understood why Mr. Liu followed him to look at jade the first two times.
At this time, the sound of footsteps came. Li Long thought it was a jade-watching master, but what walked in was a middle-aged man who was also carrying a sack. Judging from his face, he should be a Uyghur, in his forties or fifties, and his complexion was very tanned. Black, but not quite like a serious jade farmer.
Chief Chen said with a smile:
"Are you Yu Sufu? Hello, hello!"
"Hello." Yu Sufu said in Chinese Not bad. He put down the sack and shook Section Chief Chen's hand with a smile on his face, and then took the initiative to extend his hand to shake Li Long's hand.
Li Long hurriedly shook hands with the other party and said:
"Aximses."
Yu Sufu was about to let go, but when he heard Li Long's words, his eyes lit up, and he held Li Long's hand tightly and shook it:
< br>"Aximses, Aximses!"
"I I'm here to sell jade too." Li Long pointed to the sack at his feet and said with a smile, "Come here, but your jade is definitely better than mine. I'm Mahe Jasper."
"Okay. Yu Sufu smiled and nodded, "It's the same."
Section Chief Chen smiled and said to Li Long:
“Xiao Li, I didn’t expect you to greet them in their language.”
“I also got this jade from a friend from an ethnic minority. After selling it, we will exchange it for some daily necessities." Li Long explained briefly.
As for that greeting, I learned it purely from watching short videos in my previous life. Not only did he learn this, but he also knew some simple folk dances.
At this time, footsteps came again from outside. The footsteps were a little slow. Li Long guessed that it was Master Wang who was looking at the jade.
Sure enough, an old man about sixty years old appeared at the door. Section Chief Chen stood up and said with a smile:
"Old Wang, these two comrades are here to sell jade. Take a look at the quality of their jade."
"Okay. "Master Wang smiled and nodded.
Li Long said to Yu Sufu:
"Adasi, you come first."
He was very curious about the jade brought by Yu Sufu. Li Long had already discovered that the jade stones that Yu Sufu brought were much more than his, and there were more than one jade stones, and there was a sound of collision, so he also wanted to see what kind of treasures they were.
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(End of this chapter)