Chapter 97 It’s not his old lover calling, why is he feeling guilty?

When Zhang Rong saw how big the two pearls were, his expression became more serious. He took off his gloves and put them back on.

He first picked up the golden one and looked at it. The more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became: "This flame pattern has formed the shape of a deer?"

Jiang Xia smiled and nodded.

"Wow! This is not a pearl anymore, it's a treasure!"

Jiang Xia: "Brother Zhang, take another look at this white one."

Zhang Rong put down the golden bead and went to pick up the white pearl that the orangutan sea chrysanthemum clam opened.

"Camellia?" He looked at Jiang Xia in disbelief.

"Brother Zhang has good eyesight."

Damn! What kind of luck is this couple? Originally, most of the pearls in that bag were very good, which was already extremely rare!

There are actually two of these best of the best!

"Where did you get these two big guys? I'll go get them someday!"

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia and said, "Jiang Xia picked it up on the beach after the typhoon."

"My sister-in-law is so lucky!"

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence."

"No, next time after the typhoon, I'll try my luck with your place."

Jiang Xia: "You're welcome anytime. Who knows, Brother Zhang might find even better pearls."

"Haha... Thank you for your advice! These two pearls can definitely be put up for auction. I'll have someone send them to Hong Kong or abroad. They will definitely be sold for no less than one thousand yuan each, and that's still conservative. Fortunately, you didn't damage the shell. If you auction it together with the conch shell, it will be even more valuable. Some collectors abroad like to collect these."

Jiang Xia: "I saw that these two conch shells were so big and pretty, and they looked quite old, so I kept them. I also knew that some collectors like to collect these, so I wondered if I could sell them for money."

"My sister-in-law is very knowledgeable. There are indeed people who like to collect conch shells. I will give you two thousand yuan for these two pearls. You can sell them for whatever you want. Please wait for me for a moment."

Zhang Rong walked to the room behind the office, took out three stacks of Great Unity notes from the safe, pulled out two, and then walked out.

Just at this moment the phone in the office rang.

Zhang Rong said to the two of them: "Sorry, I have to take a call first."

Zhou Chenglei: "It's okay, you answer it."

Zhang Rong picked up the phone: "Hello."

A cheerful male voice came from the other end of the phone: "Second brother, I booked a train ticket today and will come to see you in two days. I will arrive at the station at five in the morning the day after tomorrow. Remember to pick me up at the train station."

Zhang Rong frowned: "Why are you here if you have nothing to do? How many days will you be here?"

"Five days. I was ordered to deliver something to my leader."

"What are you sending? Captain Zhou is here. Do you want to talk to him?"

Zhang Rui on the other end was surprised when he heard this: "Why is the team leader with you? Yes, yes, yes! Let him answer the phone!"

The excited voice was so loud that Jiang Xia could hear it. She looked at Zhou Chenglei.

Zhou Chenglei didn't hear it.

Zhang Rong handed the phone to Zhou Chenglei: "Zhang Rui said he wants to see you."

Zhou Chenglei stretched out his left hand to take the phone, put it to his left ear and listened: "Hello."

"Captain, why are you with my second brother?"

"Selling pearls."

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, as if surprised, and then spoke: "Tell him to give you a higher price. If he charges too low, I'll tell my grandfather to beat him up!"

Zhou Chenglei didn't reply: "What's the matter?"

"It's your relationship with the grain households and your file information. I'll send it to you. The train tomorrow night will arrive the day after tomorrow. I'll go to the village to find you then."

Zhou Chenglei subconsciously covered the microphone when he heard this and glanced at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia didn't hear it and looked at him in confusion.

Zhou Chenglei subconsciously turned slightly to the side, moving the receiver a little further away from Jiang Xia, and replied to the person on the other end of the phone: "Got it, no need to go to the village to find me, I'll come to my second brother's place to find you when the time comes."

Jiang Xia: “…”

No, the person on the other end of the phone is a man, right? They are not old lovers, why is he so guilty? It is unknown what the person on the other end of the phone said. Jiang Xia heard Zhou Chenglei say again: "See if you can help me buy two sets of diving suits, one for men and one for women... See you then."

Zhou Chenglei didn't want to say too much, so he hung up the phone after saying a few words.

The person on the other end of the line is still covered in tears! He hasn't finished talking yet!

Zhou Chenglei put down the phone, still worried, and said to Zhang Rong: "Zhang Rui will be here the day after tomorrow. Ask him to wait for me here. I will come to see him."

Zhang Rong: “Okay.”

Zhang Rong put the money in front of Jiang Xia and said, "Sister-in-law, this is 2,800 yuan. I will give you the rest of the money after I sell the pearls. But it may take a while. There is no need to rush. Let's sell them slowly and get a good price."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Zhang, you decide." Jiang Xia stuffed the money into her bag.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

Zhang Rong glanced at his watch and realized it was almost 12 o'clock. He said to the couple, "Come on, it's a rare opportunity for you to come to my place, let's go eat."

Zhou Chenglei did not refuse. Zhang Rong had helped them a lot, and it was only right that he should be treated to a meal, and Jiang Xia should be hungry.

Zhou Chenglei suggested going to a state-owned restaurant. Jiang Xia seemed to have a special liking for state-owned restaurants, and they also made an appointment with Zhou's father to wait at the state-owned restaurant.

Zhang Rong was tired of the food in the state-owned restaurant, so he suggested going to a newly opened restaurant.

Jiang Xia had already experienced state-owned restaurants, so he said, "Shall we pick up Dad and go try the newly opened restaurant?"

Let’s take a look at the current restaurant industry.

Zhou Chenglei naturally listened to her: "Okay."

So the three of them went to the door of the state-owned hotel to pick up Zhou's father, and then went to another newly opened restaurant.

After the reform and opening up, two restaurants opened in the city, and they went to a recently opened Xinfeng restaurant.

It was dinner time and the restaurant was quite crowded. After all, it was in the city center and there were not many private restaurants nowadays. The hall was almost full. Jiang Xia knew that the catering industry also began to develop in this era and developed rapidly in the 1990s.

Jiang Xia thought that he could open a restaurant when he had enough money. After all, there was less competition now and there were no shortage of people in the city who had money but nowhere to spend it.

Zhang Rong asked for a private room.

Zhang Rong asked Zhou's father to order the dishes, but Zhou's father refused: "I can eat anything, you order."

He asked Jiang Xia to order: "Sister-in-law, take a look at what you want to eat. The chef of this restaurant was just invited from Beijing City. He makes excellent roast duck."

Jiang Xia ordered a Peking duck and a sauerkraut vermicelli meatball, and then let them order.

Zhou Chenglei ordered a black chicken soup with American ginseng for Jiang Xia and asked Zhang Rong to order.

Zhang Rong also ordered braised sea cucumber, mushroom chicken, stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, squirrel mandarin fish, braised pork and garlic choy sum, a total of eight dishes and one soup.

While eating, Zhou Chenglei and Zhang Rong were talking, discussing their views on reform and opening up, and their predictions on the world. Zhang Rong also did not ignore Jiang Xia and Zhou's father, and would say a few words to them from time to time.

He just watched Zhou Chenglei pick up food for Jiang Xia from time to time during the meal. Jiang Xia probably didn't like chicken skin, so he took the chicken skin she bit off and ate it. Jiang Xia didn't like the food, so she took a bite and frowned slightly. When he saw her frowning, he handed the bowl to her and asked her to give him the food.

Zhang Rong felt full even though he didn’t eat much during the meal!

Father Zhou thought happily that the pearls were definitely sold at a good price.

The meal was a great enjoyment for both the host and the guests.

After the meal, Zhou Chenglei paid the bill, saying that they were inviting him to the wedding banquet, which made Zhang Rong feel embarrassed to snatch the money from him.

All these dishes cost about 10 yuan in total, which seemed like a good deal. But when Jiang Xia thought about his current salary of only about 30 or 40 yuan a month, he didn't think it was a good deal.

After finishing their meal and saying goodbye to Zhang Rong, the three of them headed straight to the shipyard.

The shipyard's security guard recognized Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia. The couple looked so good together that he said with a smile, "Oh, you came at the right time! We're going to get a great bargain today!"