These are indeed pearls, but some small irregular pearls. They make their living from the sea and know what valuable outputs there are.
Lin Yining looked over with interest. The other person smiled and asked her, "Sister, do you want to buy my beads? I have better-looking ones."
Do you want to sell it to her for money?
Lin Yining likes it.
But she couldn't afford it.
She is now a complete pauper, with her pockets cleaner than her face.
Lu Anran was also quite interested and asked the hostess of the house, "Did you pick these yourself? How many are left? Are there any good ones?"
Lu Anran had never bought pearls from fishermen. Before that, she had only bought ready-made jewelry in the store.
When the hostess of the house heard this, she immediately went in and took out a small bag. She untied the drawstring and saw that it was full of pearls as big as little fingers. Unlike the ones her daughter played with, these pearls were rounder and some were shaped more like water drops. These could be sold at a high price.
While she was busy preparing the pearls, Yu Xiangan was preparing the dishes.
It's very simple. Lin Chuanbai and Yu Qingshan clean the fish and either make fish porridge, steam it, or wrap it in tin foil and grill it over the fire. Add a pot of fish soup and the meal is complete.
Lin Yining took a piece of trembling fish meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, then looked at Yu Xiangan with sparkling eyes: "Mom, the fish just caught from the sea tastes better!"
Lin Yihong likes to eat fish heads, so Lin Chuanbai picked up a whole one for him.
Yu Mansheng: "It's OK to build a hotel by the sea and do this kind of business."
Lu Anran: "If the level is improved, there will be no shortage of customers."
After eating, Yu Xiangan asked them if they had any local specialties.
The hostess of the house came into the room and took out a lot of things, including dried kelp, dried sea fish, and some unknown fish bones and unknown stones picked up by the children.
Yu Xiangan took a look and found that they were all common items. He bought some that he didn't have at home and gave fair prices. The other party was happy to sell them.
Then Lin Chuanbai found a piece of Dragon Birthday Incense.
What is Dragon's Birthday Incense? This is a kind of incense evolved from whale feces. It is sold by gram and is more valuable than gold.
Apparently they had no idea what it was.
Ambergris can be used to make spices and is also a kind of medicinal material.
Yu Xiangan didn't recognize it, so Lin Chuanbai picked it up and asked, "What is this? Are there any other similar ones?"
The child shyly hid behind his mother and said, "I found it at the beach. This is it."
Lin Chuanbai: "Can I buy it?"
Of course you can. In the eyes of others, this is just an inconspicuous stone. Although someone may buy it now, this stone may have other value, but they cannot recognize it. What they have in their hands is the most real. Next time they see it, they will definitely pick it up and take it home.
They then went to the studio to take artistic photos. On the way, Yu Xiangan asked what the stone was, and Lin Chuanbai replied: "That's ambergris."
Lu Anran: “What!!!”
She knew how precious ambergris was. Was that inconspicuous stone ambergris?
Yu Qingshan and Yu Mansheng didn't know: "What is that?"
Lu Anran: "It's a precious spice, more valuable than gold. The piece just now is quite big and worth a lot of money. It's considered a windfall."
Cheaper than gold?
Now the price of gold is about 80 yuan per gram, and the stone just now is about 200 grams, 280 yuan, which is 16,000 yuan.
Oh my god!
Yu Mansheng wanted to turn around: "Can I go back to that beach and look for it again?"
Lu Anran patted his shoulder: "Even if it's in front of you, can you recognize it? Even if you come out, will there be a second piece? Don't have too high expectations."
Lin Yihong and Lin Yining wanted to make the stone into something beautiful.
They can also count. This is not a stone, it is a small treasure!
Yu Qingshan was no exception and wanted to remember what it looked like so that he could see if he would have such good luck next time he went to the beach.
This is not a small amount of money. If you are lucky enough to pick it up, it can be a house.
We chatted and laughed all the way until we arrived at Lu Anran's newly opened photo studio. She introduced it to everyone, "This side is the background wall, that side is the clothing area, the left side is our country's clothes, the right side is other countries' clothes, and the back is the makeup area, with different makeup artists and makeup rooms. Just tell them what style you want. If they don't know, they will recommend it based on the clothes and personal characteristics."
It looked very professional. Yu Xiangan saw a very gorgeous Western-style princess dress. He couldn't walk after seeing it. The cost of this dress must be not cheap, but it is really beautiful.
Lin Yining also took a fancy to this kind of clothes. She asked the waitress, "Sister, do you have anything like this that suits me? I want this type, too."
"Want to wear parent-child outfits? We have some here. You two have good taste. This one is second only to our store's treasure."
The dress was intricate and gorgeous. Yu Qingshan came over to take a look but didn't dare to get close. If it got snagged by accident, it would definitely cost a lot of money.
They also saw the store's treasure, a white wedding dress embroidered with pearls.
Lin Yining couldn't take her eyes off the dress after seeing it: "Are the pearls on it real?"
Lu Anran: “It’s true.”
Lin Yining: "Then this dress must be very expensive."
Lu Anran smiled. It was normal for clothes designed by famous designers to be expensive.
Yu Qingshan was taken to try on ancient general's costumes and some very realistic armor.
Put on a wig and do some makeup on your face, and you will look very realistic.
Lin Chuanbai wore a white and grey suit, with exquisite details everywhere. When he put on this suit, Lin Yining exclaimed: "Dad is so handsome!"
It’s not that he wasn’t handsome before, but he didn’t feel very outstanding. But now that he has changed his clothes, he has changed a lot. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and Buddhas depend on gold ornaments. Lin Yining experienced the power of this saying personally for the first time.
She pulled her father and acted coquettishly, "Dad, can you wear more clothes like this in the future? They are so beautiful."
Lin Yihong also nodded and said, "Dad, it looks good. I also want to wear clothes like this." He looks quite like his dad, so he will definitely look good in them.
Lin Chuanbai's mouth curled up, then he suppressed it, "Is it really beautiful?"
"Really." Yu Xiangan gave a thumbs up. "It's really beautiful. My heart beats faster. Do you think it's fake?"
After hearing this, Lin Chuanbai couldn't suppress the smile.
Yu Xiangan: "Take a few more photos and try another style later."
Since you are here to take photos, just enjoy it.
Lin Chuanbai: "Okay, go change your clothes. We will take some photos every few years."
When Yu Xiangan changed into the princess dress, Lin Chuanbai's eyes were full of amazement.
He didn't say any words of praise, but after that, he never looked away.
Tomorrow is the official opening day. Today, Lu Anran and Yu Mansheng were preparing to serve themselves. Now with the addition of Lin Chuanbai and Yu Xiangan, they can handle it completely. By the time they finished filming, it was almost dark.
Lin Chuanbai, Yu Qingshan, Yu Mansheng and Lin Yihong, these men are just human models in the back. They do whatever the women say and are too tired to think.
But the women never seemed to have enough fun taking pictures, including the young Lin Yining. They would not stop until they were hungry. At this time, the men were exhausted. The happiest one was little Cailan who was sleeping in the stroller.
Basically, I spend the whole time sleeping.
Yu Mansheng was eager to find a place to sleep.
Because they were tired, they did not choose and just found a Sichuan restaurant nearby. Now there are all kinds of cuisines in the Special Administrative Region, including many Sichuan dishes. The characteristic of Sichuan cuisine is that it is relatively spicy, but in order to take into account the tastes here, non-spicy options are provided if you can't eat spicy food.
This is mainly because of Yu Qingshan, who can't eat spicy food. The others can tolerate it. They can't eat too spicy food, but they have no problem with slightly spicy food.
After dinner, Lin Chuanbai will drive the twins back to Yangcheng. They will go to work or school tomorrow.
Time went by quickly and it was the year 1986. Just after the Chinese New Year, Yu Xiangju and Yu Mingjie were going to start their internships. After a period of internship, they would be assigned jobs after graduation.
If there are no other issues, the internship location is often the official work location.
Yu Xiangju was assigned to the Ministry of Water Resources, and Yu Mingjie was assigned to the power plant.
Not long after Yu Xiangju received his first month's salary, Zhao Qiaoniang came to his house.
During his four years in college, Zhao Qiaoniang only visited him twice. Once was to ask him if he was in that school, and once was to ask him about various matters related to college. Now she came for the third time and said that he now had a job and a stable job, and he should not forget her, the mother who raised him.
She is old now, alone and helpless, with only a daughter and no son to support her in her old age, and her life is not easy...
Zhao Qiaoniang did not ask Yu Xiangju for money directly, but this was her intention implied in her words. Moreover, it was at his workplace, with people coming and going. If there was any noise, it would be very ugly.
When Lin Chuanbai learned about it from others, Yu Xiangju had already given it to him for several months. Lin Chuanbai was a little angry: "Why don't you come to me?"
He knew that Zhao Qiaoniang was still working and had a daughter, while Yu Xiangju was just starting to work. How much money did he have on him? He came every month. Was he treating him like an ATM?
She just believed that Yu Xiangju was soft-hearted and would not ignore her.
Yu Xiangju smiled bitterly: "Brother-in-law, I said before that if she has no one to support her when she is old, I will take this responsibility, but she is still working in the Special Administrative Region. This money is for her daughter and grandchildren. If I keep giving it to the jurisdiction, I will have to pay for supporting her daughter and grandchildren myself. I can't do this. It's too disgusting. Brother-in-law, I'm not a child anymore. I have already told my teacher that I want to be transferred to another place."
The official transfer order for internship has not come down yet. Please express your wishes and they will handle it as appropriate.
Those who stayed were those with relatively good grades. If Yu Xiangju wanted to go to a more remote place, that was not a problem.
Lin Chuanbai listened to his opinion and nodded: "You have grown up, but have you thought about it? By then you will be far away from home, and life will not be as convenient as here, and you have to tell Dad."
Yu Xiangju: "Well, I will tell her. Dad won't object. He talked to me before. If I am closer and make more money, she might come to me. But I have to go far away. She doesn't know where I am and can avoid me. Please help me keep an eye on her. If anything happens, tell me."
"good."
Lin Chuanbai agreed.
After the internship, Yu Mingjie settled down in Yangcheng Power Plant and stayed there successfully, with good benefits. Yu Xiangju went to Wangcheng in the neighboring province, which was not too remote. As soon as he got the assignment, Yu Xiangju packed his bags and set off.
Lin Chuanbai helped him move things. Some things he couldn't take away were left with Lin Chuanbai to be dealt with later.
He left quietly.
When Zhao Qiaoniang came here to seek his "support" next time, she found that he was no longer working here.
The gatekeeper said with a serious face: "The comrade you are talking about has been transferred."
Zhao Qiaoniang: "Where was he transferred to?"
The old man waved his hand: "How should I know? Just go wherever the school assigns you."
Zhao Qiaoniang didn't believe it: "Isn't he assigned here?"
"That's an internship, it's not fixed."
Then Zhao Qiaoniang went to the school to ask, but she couldn't get in, and she didn't know who to ask. She finally stopped a teacher, who said, "No comment."
She couldn't find anyone.
Ding Minxiu had come with her both times, but she hadn't shown up before. When Zhao Qiaoniang left in despair, Ding Minxiu sneered, "I said their family is heartless and ungrateful. You were so nice to him before, but now you just transferred him away. When you asked them where they were transferred to, they didn't tell you. They must have given you a heads up before. You were so nice to him before, but you might as well be nice to cats and dogs. At least they would wag their tails when they see you."
Zhao Qiaoniang was a little confused, then she nodded affirmatively, "This must be his father's decision. Xiaoju is not such a cold-hearted child. His father can't bear to see us doing well."
Ding Minxiu calmed down a little: "It doesn't matter. If he doesn't show up now, there are other ways to find him. He will go back to his hometown."
Originally, they would not be so eager to come to Yu Xiangju's house during his internship. They had no choice. Zhou Tianyou got his classmate pregnant, and when the other classmate's brother went to reason with him, they got into a fight and broke the other classmate's leg. Then the matter became a big deal. The girl's family demanded that they pay a large sum of compensation and immediately give a huge betrothal gift to marry her, otherwise they would sue him. If they sued, Zhou Tianyou would have to go to jail.
What can I do?
The Zhou family has only one child.
The compensation and betrothal gift were calculated based on their family's salary, but they did not deduct expenses when calculating.
The family simply didn't have that much money, but the other party refused to give in.
There is no other choice but to borrow money from relatives and friends.
It just so happened that Yu Xiangju also had a job and was rich, so he thought of coming here to look for a solution.
Thinking about it, Ding Minxiu felt powerless all over. Her son actually followed the same path as they did in the beginning. Fang Rong cried out that it was retribution at home.
Ding Minxiu could not say anything about what her mother-in-law said. In order to satisfy her, Fang Rong retired early and gave her job to her son. She stayed at home to do the cleaning and take care of the pregnant woman.
The family's finances had already been drained by the compensation, and now the new daughter-in-law is pregnant and very picky. She wants this today and that tomorrow, and she talks about her pregnancy every day, which makes people have to be cautious.
If this goes on, even if they have mountains of gold and silver, they will be emptied out, not to mention that their family has no gold and silver, but only debts.
I used to think that the subsidy from Yu Xiangju every month was enough, but now he’s gone, how can I satisfy this new wife in the future?
Ding Minxiu returned to the special zone with a grim look on her face. Zhou Changshou knew what was going on when he saw their faces.
It seemed that today was not going well. He knew what they were going to do, but he just pretended not to know.
Without waiting for him to beat around the bush, Ding Minxiu walked in, took a sip of water, and sneered, "My mom raised him with all her heart, but he turned out to be an ungrateful person. He asked for alimony a few times, but he was transferred away without telling us where he was going, just because he was afraid that we would ask him for money again. Mom, you have to talk to the neighbors when you go back. He's still a college student. Is he worthy of his behavior?"
Zhao Qiaoniang frowned: "Okay, stop talking." Zhao Qiaoniang didn't like to hear this. She used to be nice to Yu Xiangju. At that time, she thought of relying on him for her old age, which was of course a good thing. But before that, the Yu family treated her and her daughter well. They ate and drank the same food. If they really shouted it out, not many people would stand on their side. If they brought up the matter of their daughter and grandson, there would be trouble again. Now they just had to wait for the child to be born safely. Life would eventually get better slowly. It was just that this period of time was a bit difficult.
Ding Minxiu was not unaware of this, but she only talked about it at home. Outside of her home, she would never mention the Yu family at all.
Yu Xianghai and Ye Qijiajia were happy about the work assigned by Yu Mingjie, but they were also a little worried.
The job is there, and he will get married there in the future. There is a high probability that he will settle down there. Yangcheng is definitely better than their small county town. People go to high places and water flows to low places. The two of them couldn't say that they wanted him to come back, but they really didn't want to let him go.
This is different from the child going to school there. When he goes to school, you don't know whether he will settle down there in the future. Now that the job has been assigned, the possibility of transferring to another place is not high.
Now they are living in Baishi County with their young son and daughter. In a few years they will have to take the college entrance examination and go to university and work. What will happen to them by then?
Could it be that their son has grown up and is spreading his wings outside, and the two of them are left to stay at home? This would be too depressing. They won't even be able to hold their grandchildren in the future and can only think about them while looking at their photos.
Yu Xianghai and Ye Qijia went to Yangcheng. After returning, they praised their eldest son's current job to everyone they met. People around them were envious and said, "I said this kid was smart and clever."
"Yes, I have always had good grades since I was a child."
"You two will enjoy your life from now on."
Hearing these compliments, I felt even more elated, but my plans for the future also became more determined.
Now he just wants to get his younger son and daughter out, and then he has to see where they go. He has a job now, Ye Qijia's stall is in full swing, and he is planning to build a new house, he won't build two at once, if the children don't come back in the future, the new house will be too big to live in.
Ye Qijia said, "When I save more money and have solved all these problems, I will follow my son. Wherever they are, I will be there. I will take care of their children. By then, the children will have a salary, and I will have a pension every month. I will also get the interest, which will be enough for the family's daily expenses."
Just think about this beautiful day.
Now it's almost time, and I've graduated. I think next time I'll ask this person about his problem and when he'll pay attention to it.
Yu Xiangan is now busy with the "beautification" work. The construction of the factory started last year, the appraisal was passed, and the property patent application was completed. This year the factory was also built, and the next step was to recruit workers for production.
This thing is different from food. It is expensive and the market is definitely not as big as food. Food needs to be eaten three times a day, but the amount of this thing you can use on your face in a day is limited.
But the quantity is limited, and production is not reduced, so money can be made quickly.
Especially after they invited a popular Hong Kong star to be their spokesperson, orders began to pour in.
There were fewer advertisements at that time, but the effect was surprisingly good, and it suddenly became a well-known brand from an unknown company.
Liu Mingyue in the capital called immediately after seeing the ad, "Okay, your business has even been on TV, what's our relationship? If you don't give me a 20% discount, I'll never forgive you."
Yu Xiangan: "You also told me what our relationship is. Go to the second floor of the Food City, tell me your name, and you'll get a 40% discount. That's the Capital's agency."
It is impossible to cover the entire market at once, so we start from a point and set up an agency in other cities. Interested people can register and pay a deposit or a franchise fee, and then they can open their own counter or small store to sell the products.
She made this event so big because the appraisal results were good.
The reason why he was able to get the other party to agree to be the spokesperson was not only because of the appraisal certificate, but also because of a aged ginseng.
This thing is hard to come by. If the other party needs it, they have it.
The factory is now running at full capacity to produce products, which are then shipped to all parts of the country by train.
The phone number on the advertisement kept ringing every day. Yu Xiangan happily said to Lin Chuanbai: "If this continues, your laboratory will be established soon. Are you happy?"
Happy, of course I am happy.
He is now more and more interested in developing more beauty products, so that he can buy all the experimental equipment he wants more quickly.
Yu Xiangan also gives these gift boxes as gifts to relatives, friends, and business partners. As long as there are women in the other party's family, this gift is suitable.
Naturally, she did not forget her sister-in-law and sisters, and sent them sets of clothes respectively. Then she received a call from Yu Xiangqing. When she answered the call, Yu Xiangan thought the other party was going to say that she had received the express delivery, but no, she had not received it yet, and was talking about something else, she said while crying.
My third sister-in-law, Yan Peng, was from the neighboring province. After they were assigned to a university, the two of them settled down there. They didn’t necessarily come back every year, so they saw each other less often, but they kept in touch.
What she was talking about was their third sister.
The sea is peaceful and the rivers are clear, and people live and work in peace and contentment.
Before Yu Xiangyan and Yu Xiangqing, there was a third sister, Yu Xianghe, who died of illness one year after going to the countryside.
It was Yu Qingshan and his uncle Qin Fengmao who helped collect the bodies. Now more than ten years have passed.
They, her brothers and sisters, did not see her for the last time because she died of illness. The doctors there suspected it was tuberculosis, so they asked them to cremate her and bring back the ashes to bury them in the village.
Now Yu Xiangqing met a female educated youth who had gone to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth with their third sister. The three sisters looked somewhat alike, and Yu Xiangqing and Yu Xianghe looked relatively similar. When the other party saw Yu Xiangqing, she mistook her for Yu Xianghe and became frightened, thinking that it was her ghost that had lingered there. She was frightened and said some things that she shouldn't have said in this panic.
Yu Xiangqing choked up, "She said not to come to me. It's not my fault. I just didn't help you. At most, I watched you die without saving you. You know, we can't help you. I'm not the murderer. I have to take the blame for every wrong! Don't come to me!"
The information revealed in these few sentences is shocking.
When she heard this, she felt like her soul was about to fly away. She forced herself to remain calm and took advantage of the other party's panic to ask more questions. She learned that Miao Hongxing and Yu Xianghe had been sent to the same production team and lived in the same educated youth compound.
The three sisters were all good-looking, so Yu Xianghe was favored by the son of a local village party secretary.
Yu Xianghe was unwilling, so the other party made things difficult for her, assigning her heavy, tiring and dirty work, and not allowing anyone to help her, hoping that she would not be able to bear it, so that he could succeed. However, with the subsidies sent from Yu Qingshan from time to time, Yu Xianghe was also stubborn and held on, so the other party did not succeed. But she was a woman, and she was in his territory, so if he wanted to make a move, he would have many opportunities.
Miao Hongxing recognized that this was a person and was unwilling to say more. Yu Xiangqing pulled her to call the police, saying that she was murderous for money and intimidated her. Only then did Miao Hongxing tell him what she knew.
Her mental state was not very good, and she was glad that it was not very good, otherwise she would not have known the whole story of her third sister's death.
Yu Xianghe was raped and then fell ill, and was bedridden for more than a month. During this period, the son of the village party secretary came to propose marriage, but Yu Xianghe was unwilling, so no one took care of her, and as time went by, she died.
Yu Xiangqing didn't believe that his father and uncle didn't notice anything when they went there.
Wouldn't Miao Hongxing's mental quality be seen as inappropriate at the beginning?
Miao Hongxing then said that because the educated youth who had lived with them at the beginning had been transferred away, the new educated youth who had just arrived and were unaware of the situation were deliberately asked to move there. They didn't know that the village doctor was a relative of the village party secretary. Many other villagers didn't know about it either. Only the female educated youth knew about it because they lived in the same courtyard.
When Yu Qingshan and Qin Fengmao arrived, Yu Xianghe was already gone, and there were no signs of him dying after lying in bed for so long. If they hadn't helped feed him, he wouldn't have lasted that long.
There was nothing visible on their bodies, and they were both men, so the truth was hidden from them.
Yu Xiangqing burst into tears as she spoke. Yu Xiangan listened without saying anything, but her face looked very grim. She knew that many female educated youth had met with misfortunes during this period of history, but she had not expected that the Yu family would also have such a victim.
If it weren’t for this coincidence, we might never know that there were other inside stories about this matter.
This matter cannot be let go like this.
"Is Miao Hongxing still with you? Ask him more clearly and see if there is any evidence. Then bring him back. We want justice for this matter."
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