wild star

Chapter 16

Sitting on the warm kang, Aunt Zang, the wife of the old branch secretary, brought over fried melon seeds and peanuts. Because it was close to the root of the year, the basket was mixed with colorful sugar cubes.

The fat man yelled, "Aunt Zang, why did you treat us as natal guests (qie)?"

Zhao Yanling kicked the fat man: "It's not big or small."

Aunt Zang's voice was also quite loud: "Little bastard, this is for other people. When you come, I will prepare a broom and beat you to death."

An Xin and Deng Wang could really feel the simple folk customs, this kind of dialogue felt very fresh, and couldn't help laughing again and again.

The fat man pulled out all the things in the mountaineering bag, spread it out on the kang, stroked it a few times and sighed, "We saw a lot of good things on this trip, but we didn't bring any of them back. Are you annoyed? I won’t mention those pearls, jades and gemstones. The old ginseng is not young. Anda understands that you have to stop us from digging. Look at this bag of spoils. It’s expensive to buy first-hand, and it’s worthless to sell second-hand. It’s a big loss. gone."

Zhao Yanling opened her bag and took out the golden and purple crystal: "I didn't touch the expensive things, they belong to the country. But I brought back a crystal from the cave as a souvenir."

Although there is light in the cave, after all, the brightness of the biological light source is limited, and it was not clear at that time.Take it out now, the sunlight passing through the aluminum alloy window shines on the crystal, the golden yellow hidden under the transparent skin suddenly looks noble, and the band-shaped purple part gives the crystal a mysterious color.

Zhao Yanling scratched her head: "It seems to be different from ordinary crystals, this one looks better."

The fat man pretended to understand: "Mr. Zhao, you really lost watermelons and picked up sesame seeds. You didn't take so many gems. No matter how beautiful it is, it's just a piece of crystal. It's worthless if it's broken. I know a buddy from Yunnan. Crystals are sold by tons!"

An Xin took the crystal, and gently rubbed her white and tender fingertips on the surface of the crystal: "Old Zhao, I think you should read more books and learn more knowledge, so that you can use it in the future."

Zhao Yanling was puzzled, and Deng Wang had a proud look on his face: "Sister An Xin graduated from the School of Natural Resources of the University of California, Berkeley, and also majored in psychology. She is very capable."

The fat man always distinguishes between the inside and the outside, and when he heard the words, he dismissed them with disdain: "She is so capable, why are you so proud of your little girl? An Xin went to college, and Lao Zhao is not bad either. He graduated from Zhonghai Economics and Trade."

Deng Wang is a relative of An Xin's fifth service worker. After returning to China and contacting her, he took her by his side as an assistant, thinking of helping her.

The fat man's words almost caused Old Zhao to fall to the ground, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and get in.In China, China Shipping Economic and Trade will also make Baba's four categories, one in the sky and the other in the ground, can it be compared?
An Xin put the crystal down carefully. She already understood Fatty's character, and she smiled indifferently: "Academy is just a platform to get in touch with knowledge. I mean, Lao Zhao and Fatty are both restless temperaments. Maybe I will be exposed to this kind of thing in the future, and it is good to learn more knowledge.”

Zhao Yanling heard something, and unconsciously felt some anticipation in her heart: "An Xin, does this crystal have a special name?"

Fatty said he was right, this one in front of him never targets without purpose.

An Xin pointed to the crystal and said: "This kind of crystal is rare and expensive. It is called Ametrine. It is regarded as the 'Stone of Honesty' in the West, because it has both yellow and purple, which symbolizes sincerity, integrity, kindness, innocence and happiness. It is usually the best gemstone given by the elders to the younger generation, and it is also given to each other by lovers. The wine cup of the Pope in ancient Rome was made of amethyst. In addition, it also has other historical significance attribute bonuses. In China, it is also It is endowed with a layer of mystery, it is said that it can attract wealth and eliminate disasters, and it is used to make magic tools in Feng Shui."

Heaven is pitiful seeing Lao Zhao often say that the fat man is ignorant, and he himself is dumbfounded at this time.I swear to the old man, the chairman, that he really picked it up casually.

The fat man had a happy epilepsy, and he hugged the amethyst in his arms, grinning foolishly while hugging him, imagining the future impatiently: "I heard that solar floor heating equipment is installed now, and that thing can be heated by sunlight in winter, without Burning firewood, I am getting excited, and we will install one later.”

Zhao Yanling hurriedly warned: "Stop, solar floor heating and photovoltaic power generation equipment need to be installed. Even if there is a part of the state subsidy, the sum of the two will cost at least tens of thousands of yuan. The little money in our hands is not enough for you to make a wish."

An Xin continued: "On the market, the price of ordinary ametrine is between 6 and 20 dollars per carat, and the ones that reach the ring face and pendant grade are more expensive. As for the one in front of me, the quality is not bad, but the size and weight are enough. Big, I think it can break through the international record of 389.79 carats of amethyst. How much it can sell is hard to say now.”

Snatching the crystal from the fat man's hand, Zhao Yanling weighed it in his hand a few times, and said doubtfully, "This one weighs about half a catty, and it's only three or four hundred carats!"

An Xin shook her head: "Look carefully, this crystal has two layers, and the outside is actually ordinary white crystal. The heart inside is amethyst, which needs to be polished and disassembled."

The fat man said insatiably: "No matter how valuable it is, it is definitely not worth more than those gems that Lao Zhao discovered."

"The colorful stones you see may not all be gems." An Xin had no choice but to educate the two country bumpkins: "Impure crystals, feldspars, ordinary turquoise and jade, these look dazzling but are not It is valuable. It may not be worth as much as this small piece of amethyst."

Saying this, Fatty's mind was immediately balanced, and he felt the pleasure of making a small profit.The happiness of this kind of petty bourgeois mentality even exceeds the satisfaction that ametrine itself represents wealth.

Seeing that it was almost lunch time, Zhao Yanling put the things in the bag.Suddenly seeing four round eggs in the bag, I vaguely remembered that I drank too much wine last night, picked them up in the cave and prepared them for fried eggs...

He took out the egg, looked at it, and patted his forehead: "It's a mistake to drink. Why did you pick up the four-winged bird's egg?"

Thank goodness the scientific expedition team didn't check his backpack, otherwise he must have misunderstood him, and he would be a villain in vain.

The fat man was not interested in the four-winged birds, but An Xin looked at them with great interest.

"This is a new species discovered, let's send it back."

"Hehe, it's okay to keep it as a specimen, otherwise there will be no chance in the future."

Just as he was talking, the old cat on the kang sprang up, pawing eggs like bullets with its claws, and two of them fell to the ground and smashed into pieces...

An Xin didn't stay at the old branch secretary's house for lunch, and was about to leave Panshanling with Deng Wang in a hurry.Before leaving, she told Zhao Yanling that she would inform him before returning to the United States that her family owned a jewelry business and knew someone from the auction house who could help cash out the amethyst.

She sealed 10 yuan in two large kraft paper envelopes and handed them to Zhao Yanling.Old Zhao Yanyan: "I'm so sorry, but we didn't earn less."

An Xin said politely: "One yard is one yard, the reward is agreed. Besides, it has delayed you and Fatty digging ginseng, right?"

She blinked and turned to get in the car.

When the Volvo left in the dust, the fat man was clamoring: "Returning to the soul! Next time there is such a price negotiation, I can't let you come forward. You are too arrogant. Go to the pot at night and take away the meat that has been lost in the past few days." Make it up."

Having not been able to take a bath for many days, Zhao Yanling thought it would be good to go to the bathhouse to rub the mud after scrambling in the mountains and sweating from rock climbing.

　Thank you for including the book list, thank you for the reward, thank you for the recommendation ticket, and sincerely thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)