Chapter 229 Decline

Hearing a knock on the door, Zhou Chenglei walked out and opened it.

The visitors were the Zhang Rong brothers and Zeng Yuan.

Zeng Yuan looked around the farmyard and found it hard to imagine that Zhou Chenglei still lived in this mud brick house.

As soon as Zhang Rong saw Zhou Chenglei, he said, "The museum has declined your offer for your two-meter-diameter jade giant clam. The curator said that the museum already has an exquisitely carved giant clam artwork that is more than one meter long, so it is no longer needed."

At this time, giant clams can still be bought and sold normally. Although jadeified giant clams are rare, they are also an organic gem that can be seen frequently.

So even though a 2-meter jadeite giant clam is extremely rare, it is not unheard of. Museums generally collect cultural relics, and if they already have a cultural relic, they naturally would not collect this kind of original ecological one.

Of course, if it is a carved jade giant clam passed down from ancient times, such giant clams will be collected regardless of size.

Zhou Chenglei said calmly, "Forget it then."

There is no museum in their city, only in the province. Zhou Chenglei doesn't know anyone there, but he knows someone who makes jewelry and collects antiques, Zhang Rong. Since they don't accept it, then forget it.

He just thought that thing should be worth collecting.

Zeng Yuan looked at Zhou Chenglei with admiration in her eyes. How much would a two-meter jade giant clam be worth? He was willing to donate it. He was worthy of being such a man!

Zhang Rong urged, "The museum doesn't accept it, but I do. What about the jade giant clam? I think such a large jade giant clam is still worth collecting. Many collectors should like to collect it, especially those who believe in Buddhism."

Because the jade giant clam is one of the seven legendary treasures of Buddhism, it is said to bring good luck, avoid misfortune, and protect the home from evil.

"The jade giant clam is at my eldest brother's house. Wait a minute, I'll talk to my wife and then I'll take you to see it."

So Zhou Chenglei went in and told Jiang Xia that Zhang Rong and Zhang Rui had arrived, and that the museum would not accept them. Zhang Rong wanted to see the jadeified giant clam.

Jiang Xia was already full, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks immediately: "Wait for me, I'll get my camera to take some pictures as a souvenir."

When Zhou's father heard this, he stopped eating and said, "I'll go too!"

That big guy is so rare, of course we have to take a photo to commemorate it! Jiang Xia took the camera and walked towards Zhou Chengxin.

***Zhou Chengxin and his family had just finished their meal.

While washing the dishes, Tian Caihua looked at the two-meter-tall giant clam and muttered distressedly: "Is your brain filled with water? Donate such a large piece of jade giant clam! If it is sold by kilogram, it is worth one or two thousand yuan at one yuan per kilogram, right? If they don't want it, they can donate it to me!"

The family recently ordered a new fishing boat, and the family savings have been almost used up. Tian Caihua is reluctant to eat even one more fish.

She still owed a balance of more than 3,000 yuan, and she just wanted to save enough money as soon as possible, so she started to live frugally.

When she heard that Zhou Chenglei decided to donate such a treasure to the museum, her heart was bleeding! She felt that if it was given to her, she would not have to worry about the balance of the ship.

Zhou Chengxin was making a net for breeding pearl oysters and ignored Tian Caihua's muttering.

A Lei and Xiao Xia certainly have their reasons for doing this!

No one will push money away for no reason.

Zhou Chenglei and his group walked in at this time: "Brother, sister-in-law, I brought people to see the jade giant clam."

Zhou Chengxin quickly put down the work in his hands and stood up.

Zhou Chenglei introduced a few people to each other and after they greeted each other, Zhang Rong went to see the jade giant clam placed in the corner of the yard.

Jiang Xia didn't expect that the museum would not accept it. Although it was different from the plot in the book, many things now were also different from the plot in the book.

Reality is reality, and books are books.

Since the museum already has more valuable items, it is normal not to collect them. After all, the space in the museum for displaying collections is limited.

Jiangxia knew that there was a special jade giant clam museum in modern times, but that museum was not built until more than 30 years later.

Tridacna is not taken seriously nowadays, and the same goes for jadeified tridacna.

Although this thing took a long time to form, there are many things in nature that took a long time to form. Oil and jade also took a long time to form, but not every piece of jade can be put in a museum.

This is even more true for oil. It is estimated that many years later, when oil is completely extracted, things made from oil will have a chance to go into museums.

If they don’t accept it, let Zhang Rong take it. His jewelry store is also state-owned.

However, the privatization of state-owned enterprise reform has begun to emerge.

There is a light bulb in the yard. Sometimes we need to kill fish overnight, so we installed a lamp in the yard. However, the light from the light bulb is obviously not enough.

Zhang Rong shone a flashlight on it and saw that under the light of the flashlight, the jadeified giant clam was crystal clear, smooth and flawless, and as warm as high-ice jadeite.

Zhang Rong examined it carefully: "How beautiful! It has almost completely turned into jade!"

Zhang Rui looked at it and said in surprise: "Fourth brother, how lucky are you that you picked up such a big treasure and you are willing to donate it."

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia and said, "It was your sister-in-law who found it, not me."

Zhang Rui gave Jiang Xia a thumbs up: "Sister-in-law is really admirable!"

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Jiang Xia just smiled.

Zeng Yuan glanced at Jiang Xia, pursed her lips and said nothing.

After Zhang Rong finished reading, he turned off the flashlight and said, "I'll have someone drive over tomorrow to bring it back. Now it's dark and the road is not easy to travel on, so we won't bring it back for now. The jeep can't hold it all."

Zhou Chenglei responded: "Okay."

Tian Caihua listened for a long time, and seeing that Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia didn't ask about the price, she couldn't help but ask, "Then how much can this big guy sell for?"

Zhang Rong: "It should be able to sell for more than 5,000 yuan."

Tian Caihua gasped!

Five thousand yuan! What god of wealth did Jiang Xia pray to that he could pick up five thousand yuan just by going to the beach?

envious!

Jiang Xia thought of Tian Caihua's pearls that had not been sold yet, so he said, "Sister-in-law, my pearls were sold to Second Brother Zhang. You can sell them to him now."

When Tian Caihua heard this, she immediately said, "I'll take it out right away!"

After saying this, she quickly ran back to the house and took out the pearls.

Tian Caihua's pearls were not as good as Jiang Xia's, but there was also a pretty good one. After Zhang Rong looked at them, he gave her a total of more than 600 yuan, which made her very happy.

Although it cannot be compared with Jiangxia’s, six hundred is still a lot.

After seeing that it was a jade giant clam, they returned to the old house.

Jiang Xia asked Zhou Chenglei to take out the two stones she had fished out of the sea and show them to Zhang Rong.

Zhang Rong was doing research, and Zhang Rui called Zhou Chenglei out to talk.

Zhang Rong took a flashlight and looked at them carefully. His expression was a little serious. He said, "I'll take these two stones back with me. The light is too dim now. I can't see them clearly. I'll ask a few experts to take a look."

If he was right, it would be incredible! But he was still inexperienced and unsure.

Zhou Chenglei came in with a file bag and said straightforwardly, "Okay, take it back!"

There are always some people in this world who are worthy of your trust, and Zhang Rong is such a person in Zhou Chenglei's heart.