The vendor smiled at He Jingnian and said, "Because I also buy jade."
Hearing this, He Jingnian couldn't help but look at the candied haws he was carrying in surprise: "Aren't you selling candied haws?"
"This is just a side job of mine," said the vendor with a smile.
"Side job?" He Jingnian and Xu Anjia were both confused.
It was the child on the side holding a candied haws that told He Jingnian and the others that the small vendor was indeed here to purchase jade seeds, and selling candied haws was just a hobby of his.
This is truly a special hobby...
[Have the buyers' sideline businesses expanded to this extent? They're even targeting vendors selling candied haws?]
The stall owner is really smart, making money and spending money at the same time~
[This is not the money I earn from selling candied haws. I guess it’s not even enough to pay for a fraction of the jade seed material, right?]
I almost don’t recognize the word “hobby” anymore…
As soon as the vendor saw that the business was about to begin, he immediately leaned the candied haws he was carrying against a cart on the side and took out the candied haws he was eating.
A flashlight that looks like it has been polished to a patina.
Upon seeing this, He Jingnian half-believedly took out the jade seed material he had just picked up from the riverside from his pocket.
The vendor saw the jade in his hand and his eyes lit up before he even touched it. He said, "Oh, it's a piece of reddish-brown seed jade. Can I have a look at it?"
When I heard this, I knew that the vendor was really here to collect the goods.
He Jingnian nodded and handed over the material in his hand.
The vendor carefully took the material, looked at the light, and then shone the light on the seed material: "The meat is good, and it even fluoresces."
"Can it be sold for money?" He Jingnian was still thinking about selling the jade seeds to sell other things.
The vendor smiled and nodded: "Of course, and your jade seed material is of good quality. I will give you 50,000."
"It's only 50,000 for a good item." He Jingnian, who had been accustomed to seeing Song Tiantian spending hundreds of millions of dollars at a time, was a little dissatisfied.
"This is the price of a reddish-brown jade seed. And you can see there are several impact craters on this piece. After this kind of material is taken out, it will be much smaller. And these impact craters need to be covered with carvings or other treatments, so the value is lower."
The street vendors did not quote random prices just because He Jingnian was young.
Moreover, the drone nearby was filming him. If he made a random offer and people saw him, no one would sell the goods to him. That would be a waste of time.
After the vendor's explanation, He Jingnian finally understood why his jade seed material was only worth this price.
In this way, He Jingnian sold the material to the small vendor, and used the money he got from him to sell four strings of candied haws.
As soon as Song Tiantian came over, he gave her a bunch of candied haws: "Tiantian, come and have some candied haws."
Song Tiantian took the candied haws with some surprise: "Niannian, did you buy this?"
"Yes, I bought this with the money from selling the jade seeds." He Jingnian proudly shook the bag in his hand. This was kindly provided by the small vendor. Otherwise, He Jingnian would have no place to put the money after selling the jade seeds.
Then, He Jingnian generously treated Song Tiantian and the others to a meal.
You know what, there are quite a few snacks along the river right now, such as mutton wontons, Xinjiang yogurt, mutton noodle soup, pulled noodles, barbecue, baked naan, etc.
When they saw this, the little ones, who had just had their appetites whetted by the candied haws and had not eaten breakfast, immediately became hungry.
Song Tiantian looked at the stall and said, "Then I want to eat mutton wontons."
"I want to eat yogurt." Xu Anjia, who hadn't drunk yogurt for a long time, was unable to walk when he saw the yogurt and the fruit sprinkled on it.
"Let's eat wontons first. We just had candied haws, and our stomachs won't be able to handle something sour." Song Tiantian said to her.
"Okay, I'll eat the wontons first, then the yogurt."
"It's all up to you. Order whatever you like. If you can't finish it, we'll pack it up and take it home." As the rich man this morning, Nian Nian said it in such a generous manner!
Hearing this, Xu Anjia quickly said: "Then I still need to bake buns."
"Let's go, let's buy it now." As he said that, He Jingnian and others rushed towards the stall.
After Song Tiantian and the others had eaten, they did not forget to bring food to Lu Chuanbei and the others who were still picking jade seeds in the river.
Lu Chuanbei was standing by the river at this time, holding a branch he picked up from the ground and searching along the river bank.
The snow water from the snow-capped mountains did bring down a lot of jade seeds. Even Lu Chuanbei and his friends could find some materials by throwing them into the river with branches they used to pick up leaks.
Look, Lu Chuanbei found another piece of black-skinned jade seed material. Although the texture of the jade is a bit rough, as long as it looks like jade, it can be sold.
Lu Chuanbei had already made up his mind that he would rely on picking up jade today to pay back the money he owed Tiantian, and by the way, add some more furniture to their new home. For this reason, Lu Chuanbei searched even more enthusiastically.
Fang Xiuzhu and Xu Qi went back to get a shovel and a bamboo basket, and followed the local villagers to learn how to put the bamboo basket in the river and scoop out some of the materials that were washed down.
However, the water flow has slowed down a lot now, and not many stones have been washed down. But even so, they still found a piece of white seed material among these stones.
As soon as you get the material, you don’t even need to use light to see it, you can tell that this piece of jade is delicate and smooth, and it is a rare and good material.
With such a piece of jade seed material as a base, even if no good material is found later today, Lu Chuanbei and others don’t have to worry about the decoration of their new house.
"Dad, dad, I bought you some baked buns and milk." He Jingnian ran towards He Xuebin and others while holding food and shouted.
He Xuebin was so excited about finding jade seeds that he almost forgot they hadn't eaten breakfast yet. As soon as he saw the crispy baked buns, his stomach immediately protested.
"Good son, you bought it just in time." He Xuebin quickly put down the shovel, took the food from his hand, and gave some to Lu Chuanbei and the others.
"Click"
The baked buns had a crispy outer skin, and when you took a bite you could taste the mutton filling inside the crispy skin, as well as the boiling hot gravy, which burned He Xuebin's mouth completely. But even so, He Xuebin did not spit out the meat filling in his mouth.
Instead, he grinned, exhaled a few breaths of hot air, and swallowed the toasted bun in his mouth.
After eating the toasted buns and taking a sip of room temperature milk, He Xuebin felt better again.
[Dabin's food is so delicious.]
[Gulp... I'm greedy. Is this baked bun really that delicious? ]
I wanted to eat baked buns, but we don't have them here, so I ordered a pan-fried bun. Should it taste the same?
[Of course they're different. The steamed buns are baked directly in the oven. The skin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The skin is thin and the meat is thick. The filling is made of fresh mutton and onions. Not only does it taste particularly delicious, but the soup is also very juicy...]
[No need to say more, no need to say more, if you keep talking, I won’t be able to stop drooling! ]
[It’s just steamed buns, I’m going to Xinjiang to eat them now!]
As the audience was all tempted by the baked buns, He Xuebin, who was eating one, suddenly thought of something and looked towards He Jingnian: "By the way, Nian Nian, where did you get the money to buy the baked buns?"
"I'm selling seed materials." He Jingnian proudly shook the black bag in his hand towards He Xuebin: "Look, this is the money I made from selling seed materials, and there's still a lot!"
Upon hearing this, He Xuebin's eyes lit up.
【It’s over, the money crisis is over every year! 】
[Run fast every year, someone is going to snoop on the little money you earn. ]
[Here it comes, this is the expression I made when I confiscated my son’s New Year’s money…]
[Same as above. After all, they are children. How can they carry so much money on them? It's so unsafe.]
[Oh my god, it seems parents all over the world are the same.]
Look, He Xuebin praised He Jingnian with admiration, and took away the bag of money from He Jingnian's hand. He also took out a few bills from it and gave them to He Jingnian as pocket money.
He Jingnian, who didn't know what he had lost, happily accepted the pocket money given by He Xuebin.
Seeing this, Fang Xiuzhu and the others couldn't help but turn their heads away, fearing that one of them would not be able to hold back and laugh out loud, which would be bad.
Xu Anjia looked at He Jingnian who had been fooled so successfully and couldn't help but remind him, "Niannian, are you just going to give the money to your father like that?"
"Of course." He Jingnian patted the money in his pocket: "Didn't you hear my dad say he would keep it for me first and return the rest of the money when I need it?"
"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get your money back?"
"No." He Jingnian said wittily, "If he dares not give it to me, I will go to my mom and grandma to complain."
Xu Anjia looked at the innocent He Jingnian and asked, "Do you think they will let you hold so much money?"
"No." Fang Xiangnan answered for He Jingnian: "Auntie will just take his money and save it."
"Will you also say that this money is saved for your schooling or to buy toys?" Xu Anjia said very experiencedly.
"Yes, that's what she said." He Jingnian looked at Xu Anjia in surprise. "But, how did you know that?"
"Because my mom took my red envelopes the same way." Xu Anjia couldn't help but show a sympathetic expression to He Jingnian when she thought about how An Jing would take away the red envelopes she received during every festival from childhood to adulthood, using various excuses. "I didn't expect you to do the same."
He Jingnian touched the pocket money in his pocket and couldn't help but look at He Xuebin.
He Xuebin quickly put the money away, determined not to give He Jingnian a chance to regret.
Seeing this, He Jingnian suddenly felt that the money in his pocket was no longer worth it...
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