Chapter 93 Jiang Xia's Hand is the Midas Touch

Father Zhou closed the gate and returned to the patio and sat down: "Open the pearl!"

His tone was obviously not as cheerful as before.

Zhou's mother had already finished washing the dishes and asked, "Did Zhou Bingqiang's family buy another boat?"

Zhou Bingqiang spoke very loudly and the whole family could hear him.

Father Zhou pretended not to care and said, "Just buy it, it's none of our business."

Although he said that, Zhou's father was envious. How much money could he make every day with three fishing boats going out to sea together? Wouldn't his grandson show off in front of him every day in the future?

But his family doesn't have the financial resources. Alei has neither a house nor children.

Living in this house is terrifying when it is windy and rainy. We have to rebuild it sooner or later, and the money we earned from building it is gone.

A boat costs several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars, and the price goes up every year. It is very difficult to save money to buy a boat!

He could only sigh in despair! Zhou Chenglei: "Dad, Jiang Xia and I are going to go to the shipyard tomorrow to order a boat."

Father Zhou's eyes lit up: "Is there enough money?"

"Order a boat that's about the same size as the one at home, it should be about the same."

Father Zhou instantly perked up: "I'll go with you guys tomorrow and open the pearls quickly. After that, go to bed early tonight."

Zhou's mother also laughed: "Then hurry up and open it!"

So Zhou's father happily picked up a pearl shell from the snakeskin bag and tried to pry it out.

As a result, the first pearl oyster that Zhou's father opened contained no pearls.

Father Zhou: “…”

"It's a pity that it has grown so big, but it has no pearls!"

He looked at Zhou Chenglei depressedly.

As soon as Zhou Chenglei pried open the pearl oyster, he saw a white pearl sticking out of the oyster meat.

Jiang Xia smiled: "It looks quite big, I wonder if there are any flaws."

Father Zhou also laughed: "It is not small! Take it out and see if there is any flaw."

Zhou Chenglei took it off and washed it with salt water in a bowl: "A little bit."

Jiang Xia: "Let me take a look."

Zhou Chenglei gave her the pearl.

Jiang Xia took it and looked at it carefully. The white pearl had a faint pink luster, the pearlescent light was bright and lustrous, the color was rich, and the shape was perfectly round. It was about 10mm, but there was a little flaw, but this flaw was almost negligible.

Most wild natural pearls have flaws, only cultured pearls have fewer flaws and better luster.

This one is considered top quality, because pearls need to be drilled to make jewelry, and those flaws can be covered up.

She handed it to Zhou's father, who took it, took a look and smiled: "Haha, not bad, it's so big and has few flaws, it should be worth thirty or forty yuan."

Father Zhou felt that his luck was bad, so he said, "Xiao Xia, pick a pearl shell and I'll open it. You're lucky."

Jiang Xia was amused by Zhou's father's words: "Dad, it doesn't matter who takes it. If there were pearls, they would have grown inside long ago."

Father Zhou: "It's different even before it's opened! You've touched Lei's pearl oyster, so it must be a good pearl when it's opened, right?"

Zhou Chenglei: "Well, you are lucky, help me get one too."

The corners of Jiang Xia's mouth twitched. He was convinced by the two men and gave each of them a pearl shell.

Father Zhou pried it open happily, then gasped!

"Haha... I said Xiao Xia had good luck."

Jiang Xia's hand was like a Midas Touch! Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei both looked over.

A golden pearl was taken out by Zhou's father, which was bigger than the one Zhou Chenglei had just opened.

It is estimated to be about 12mm, and is golden in color, round and smooth, shining with golden light and looking like a jewel.

"This one really has no flaws at all!" Zhou's father held it in his hand and smiled from ear to ear, as if he was admiring some rare treasure.

After reading it, he showed it to Zhou's mother, who said with a smile, "This one is good, the golden color looks good, just like gold."

The old lady likes gold things, she doesn’t think white things are beautiful.

Zhou Chenglei also opened two pearls. Both were white with a pink luster and exactly the same size. They had some minor flaws that were not obvious and could be covered up by making them into rings, earrings, or pendants.

Jiang Xia: "This pair looks like twins. I'll put them together and tell the buyer they were opened from the same pearl oyster. Maybe I can get more money."

Father Zhou: "That makes sense. I'll just say you're lucky. Come again!"

Jiang Xia handed each of them a pearl shell.

Zhou Chenglei took the pearl oyster handed over by Jiang Xia. It was a very large pearl oyster and a bit heavy.

Zhou Chenglei pried it open, but did not see the pearl.

Father Zhou took a look and said, "There won't be any shells this big, right?"

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Zhou Chenglei pinched the white clam meat and found something hard. He then pulled it out and found a gray-black pearl. It was round and translucent, and big, more than 12mm! "This one is good!" Jiang Xia blurted out, his eyes lit up.

Father Zhou took a look and said, "Black pearls! They are rare! Check to see if there are any flaws."

"No." Zhou Chenglei washed it in the bucket, then washed it in the bowl, and handed it to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia held the pearl and looked at it carefully. Under the light, the black-green pearl reflected a variety of colors. It had a soft luster, a delicate texture, was crystal clear, and round and full.

Black pearls are a rare color, and Jiang Xia vaguely felt that this pearl could definitely be sold for a good price.

Jiang Xia gave each of them another pearl shell.

There were two pearl oysters that Zhou's father pried open this time. One was a deformed, very large one, and the other was a small, round one.

Father Zhou: "What a pity, this one is so big, but has a weird shape."

Father Zhou washed it and put it into the clam shell.

Jiang Xia thought that this baroque pearl had a beautiful shape and color. She smiled and said, "This kind of pearl is called baroque pearl. Foreigners like it very much. It can be made into pendants, brooches and other accessories."

Father Zhou instantly thought that this baroque pearl was particularly beautiful! He also had to be cultured, otherwise if he sold it, it would be sold at a low price, "Sell it to the foreigners and earn foreign exchange!"

Jiang Xia smiled.

Next, the pearls opened by Zhou's father and Zhou Chenglei were not very big, but they were 7-8mm in size. Most of them had some flaws, but not many. There were also a few small pearls and a large pearl over 12mm. It was pink in color, without any flaws, and the color was very beautiful, pink, a very special pink, and looked very precious.

The production of saltwater pearls is relatively small. Generally, one shell body produces 1-2 pearls. However, wild saltwater pearls are nucleated pearls. The grains are relatively large, mostly round, and the shape is relatively perfect, but there will be some flaws on the surface. Perfect ones are rare.

Maybe Zhou Chenglei only picked the big and old ones, with a high pearl content. Among so many, only one was missing. Moreover, the quality of the pearls was very good, round, colorful, and with few flaws. Only a few had particularly obvious flaws and the color was not good enough. They looked ugly and worthless, and could only be ground into powder.

Soon, more than thirty pearl oysters were opened, leaving only the largest one, which Zhou Chenglei picked up.

Father Zhou clapped his hands and said, "Xiao Xia didn't touch it, why are you touching it?"

Zhou Chenglei: “…”

Zhou Chenglei simply looked at Jiang Xia: "Do you want to try?"

Father Zhou immediately said, "Yes, Xiao Xia, come and open it!"

Seeing that they had been driving for so long, Jiang Xia also knew how to drive, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll drive then."

"Be careful, don't hurt your hands." Zhou Chenglei handed her the tools.

Jiang Xia took the pearl shell and the knife, and imitated Zhou Chenglei to insert the knife into the shell.

Zhou Chenglei was terrified just watching this, fearing that she would miss and pierce his hand, so he simply held her hand and drove with her.

Here it comes, here it comes again! The couple loves each other, and it’s time for him to be the memorial tablet.

Father Zhou immediately straightened his back and corrected his posture! (End of this chapter)