Chapter 428 Pearl Trading

Smith was stunned for a moment and was shocked: "You are married? You look like you are only in your early twenties? How is that possible?"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "You can't just ask a lady's age. But let's not talk about that. Why are you in Guangzhou?"

Smith said, "I was afraid of missing you again, so I came a few days earlier. I have been waiting for several days. Miss, oh no, what is your husband's last name? What should I call you?"

Xia Juanjuan said: "We don't have the habit of changing our surnames to the same as our husbands after marriage, so you can continue to call me Miss Xia."

Smith said, "Okay then. Miss Xia, can we meet? The pearls we bought last time were very popular with our company's customers, and we want to purchase more."

Xia Juanjuan looked at the time and said, "Okay. Then let's meet at the teahouse?"

The two soon met in a teahouse.

This time Smith only wanted large pearls, and the price was the same as last time, eighty dollars a pearl, for a total of three hundred pearls, which came to twenty-four thousand dollars. Still converted into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of eight to one, it was exactly three thousand U.S. dollars.

Smith came directly with cash, and Xia Juanjuan did not hesitate to hand him over a box containing three hundred pearls.

The quality is still first-class.

After inspecting the goods, Smith could not help but ask, "Miss Xia, where are these pearls cultivated? Such good quality, without any flaws. We have conducted field investigations and purchased pearls from major pearl producing areas around the world, but none of them can compare to your pearls, Miss Xia. How do you cultivate them?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mr. Smith, this is our business secret and cannot be disclosed casually."

Smith sighed sadly and said, "Well... okay. But, Miss Xia, could you please leave me a phone number or address so that I can contact you directly if we need to buy pearls next time."

This is a difficult problem. Although Xia Juanjuan comes to Guangzhou quite frequently through the space, she actually only rents a house in Guangzhou. Even if she leaves her address, there is no way to contact her in time.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but miss the convenience of having a mobile phone.

However, even pagers are not yet popular. As for the prototype of mobile phones, the "big brother", it will take more than ten years for it to become popular. It is still a long way to go.

After thinking for a while, Xia Juanjuan said, "I come to Guangzhou at irregular times and I don't have a fixed phone number, so leaving an address is not very meaningful. Let me call your office every time I come to Guangzhou, and we'll contact you if you need anything."

After hearing this, Smith had no better solution and had to agree.

After bidding farewell to Smith, Xia Juanjuan returned to Beijing again.

She handed the goods she got from Chen Rongsheng directly to Dahei, asking Dahei to help sell them.

Dahei has already sold the second-hand electrical appliances that were taken out from the space last time, and has made a total of five or six hundred yuan.

Dahei delivered the money to the courtyard, and coincidentally Qi Ningyu also came to find Xia Juanjuan, so they met.

Dahei felt his eyes brighten and his eyes were glued to Qi Ningyu and couldn't leave her.

Qi Ningyu also noticed Dahei's eyes, and her face became a little embarrassed. She deliberately didn't look at him, and said to Xia Juanjuan: "Sister Juanjuan, my father asked me to tell you that if you are free in the next two days, please come to my house. I have something very important to tell you."

After saying that, without much lingering, he rode his bike to the clothing store to work.

Dahei's eyes were still following the other person's bicycle until the bicycle turned a corner and disappeared from the alley, then he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

Xia Juanjuan naturally also saw his expression and looked at him with a smile.

Dahei noticed Xia Juanjuan looking at him, and couldn't help but touch his nose, chuckled twice, and asked, "Sister Juaner, what's the name of that girl just now? Is she married?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Why? Are you attracted to her?"

Dahei laughed and said, "Just asking, she's pretty."

Xia Juanjuan said: "Her name is Qi Ningyu. She is not married. However, I can't say for sure whether she has a partner or not, and I haven't asked."

When Dahei heard this, he became anxious and said, "Sister Juan'er, can you help me find out?"

Xia Juanjuan had a good impression of Dahei, otherwise she would not trust him so much. She would hand over electrical appliances worth hundreds of dollars to Dahei and let him sell them.

However, the situation at Dahei's family is not particularly good after all. Not to mention his elder brothers and sisters, there are three younger brothers and sisters. I don't know what to say later, but they still need his help.

Compared with Dahei, the ancestors of the Qi family once opened a restaurant. Even though the restaurant business was later transferred to the state through public-private partnership, the family still had a small courtyard house with one entrance and a small storefront that was previously sold to Xia Juanjuan.

The son of the Qi family passed away again, leaving only Qi Ningyu as the only daughter. I'm afraid that old man Qi would not marry his daughter off to anyone casually.

However, she was thinking too far ahead. Even if Dahei was interested in her, Qi Ningyu might not necessarily like Dahei, right?

This fate hasn't even started yet.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll ask you later."

Dahei was so happy that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and couldn't help asking, "Sister Juan'er, let me ask another question, where does she work?"

Xia Juanjuan looked at him and smiled, "You work in my clothing store. But I have to remind you that you are used to living in the alleys, so you may be a little too impulsive in what you say and do. Don't go to the store right away. If you scare people away, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Dahei's face rarely turned red, and he said, "Sister Juan'er, I know. I just asked first, I don't dare to do anything rash. Well, I'll leave first. I'll come back in a few days, sister Juan'er, don't forget to ask for me."

Dahei gave instructions again and then left.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but smile and went back to the house.

Yan Haotian has been recuperating for more than a month and has almost recovered. He has applied to rejoin the team and will be returning to Guangzhou in the next few days.

Chen Lu was worried and wanted to accompany him back so that he could be taken care of on the way.

However, Yan Haotian did not agree.

"The semester isn't over yet. It'll take you at least three days to travel by train back and forth, and you'll miss out on your studies. If your family knew about this, wouldn't they be even more dissatisfied with me as their future son-in-law?"

Chen Lu's face turned red.

"What...what future son-in-law? Aren't you ashamed?"

Seeing her shy look, Yan Haotian couldn't help but teasing her: "Why should I be shy? I don't know who cried so hard a month ago and insisted on marrying me!"