Linshui Pearl Cultivation Experimental Station.

"Do you really want to open a pearl farm?" Yao Changtai looked at the young and beautiful woman in front of him in confusion.

The woman nodded, and she said, "I want to cultivate pearls."

Yao Changtai is a core technology researcher of large-scale pearl cultivation in the South China Sea, responsible for the breeding of pearl oysters. They are now in the most critical stage of technical research, but there are not many actual successful examples.

"The technology of the experimental station is not yet mature, and it is not easy to cultivate pearl oysters. We don't cultivate many mother-of-pearl oysters in our station... This technology is not yet mature and is not suitable for promotion and application." If their experimental station can successfully tackle the large-scale pearl cultivation nuclear insertion technology and cultivate large pearls, this technology will definitely be promoted in China. It's just a matter of time.

However, at present, the technology of their experimental station is not mature, and whether it can be successfully promoted for large-scale breeding is still unknown. It will depend on continuous experimental research in the next few years.

"We cooperate in breeding. The technical personnel of the test station give us technical guidance, and we can also provide data to the test station during the breeding process. This will be a win-win cooperation."

Yao Changtai smiled: "Of course, if you want to breed pearls, we in the test station are naturally very happy. However, we are engaged in scientific research and receive salaries from the state. The failure of the experiment does not cause any loss to us personally. But if you want to open a pearl breeding factory, these are all your personal actions. If the pearls are not successfully cultivated in the end, you will lose all your money."

"The state can't cover you for these."

"The current pearl breeding technology is not yet mature, and we can't guarantee that we can breed good pearls..."

Now everything is unknown in pearl breeding. Whether it is possible to cultivate good pearls, No one could predict how the pearls would be sold.

The woman in front of them was really bold. She offered to participate in pearl farming at this time. Even the villagers, who knew what kind of pearl farming technology they were using, had no interest in learning. For the villagers, it was better to catch fish and shrimps than to spend a lot of time and effort to raise pearls that could not be eaten.

Qin Rou nodded: "I understand all these situations. I am a student of the Department of Business Administration of Lingnan University. I didn't make a rash decision to open a pearl farm. I made a detailed study. I read a lot of information in school, the biological experimental station of Lingnan University..."

Qin Rou was naturally well prepared. After deciding to open a pearl farm, she had been preparing for this matter. In order to catch up with such a good time, she must be the first to bite the big cake.

For current scientific researchers, they still think that the technology is immature, but Qin Rou has visited the Pearl Museum of the Future, learned about the history of pearl farming, and actually visited a pearl farm. She knows how to cultivate pearls. She has mastered mature breeding technology.

She had to seize the time to set up a factory first. After 1985, pearl breeding factories would be everywhere, with hundreds of them, big and small, and all kinds of small workshops would be popular. By then, it would be difficult to make a name for herself with a mix of good and bad. She had to make a name for her pearl brand from the beginning.

"As long as you think clearly about all the interests, our people at the experimental station are willing to cooperate with you. We will cooperate with you in terms of technical guidance..." Yao Changtai brought two researchers to discuss with Qin Rou about the cooperation in the development of pearl breeding.

The people at the pearl experimental station would not refuse cooperation. After all, this was a good thing for them. They would work on this technology and promote it for free in the country in the future, just like the promotion of hybrid rice.

If their country wants to become a major pearl farming country, it needs more people to participate in and support the pearl farming industry.

The young woman in front of them, Qin Rou, is a very good partner. The experimental station attaches great importance to cooperation with her. If it were someone else, the experimental station might not choose to cooperate.

Because Qin Rou is a student of the Department of Business Administration of Lingnan University, she is a highly educated talent, and she studied business management. Compared with ordinary people, she has the ability and school connections to carry out scientific pearl farming management.

Their technical personnel are only responsible for technical research, but if the technology is to be promoted in the future, talents like Qin Rou will be needed. She is more professional than ordinary breeders.

What's wrong with giving it a try?

"I'll take you to visit the breeding center of our experimental station carefully."

Qin Rou stayed in the experimental station for half a month, and learned the breeding technology of white butterfly shells in detail. At the same time, she put forward several constructive opinions based on the breeding model of later generations, which surprised Yao Changtai and others.

Yao Changtai praised her: "You really want to learn to breed pearls sincerely. Cooperating with people like you, we can put down our hearts that are hanging high."

Their technology has been successful, but it is not mature enough. Various tests are still needed to check for omissions and select the most perfect breeding plan.

"Thank you. I am also inspired by the serious research of your researchers." After this period of study, Qin Rou's pearl breeding plan is more complete. She has asked professional researchers in detail all the questions she can think of.

Now it depends on the actual breeding process.

The researchers here focus more on cultivating large pearls, that is, super giant "pearl kings" with a body size of more than 15 mm. Qin Rou runs a pearl factory. Her goal is to cultivate ordinary seawater pearls. What is needed is a large number of high-quality round and slightly flawed pearls of about 6 to 12 mm. For

pearls, the rounder the shape, the larger the size, and the fewer flaw growth lines, the more valuable such pearls are.

Pearls below 12mm are more affordable, and the prices get more expensive as they go up. As for super-giant pearls, they are put on display in museums for auction.

Ordinary pearl necklaces look very beautiful when strung with beads of 6 to 8mm. Young women look more delicate when wearing small pearl necklaces, and middle-aged and elderly people wear large pearl necklaces. Layering pearl necklaces of different sizes and shapes is very charming. Wearing

pearl necklaces in a cheongsam will give you a unique temperament.

"These two pearls are cultivated by our test station. I give them to you."

Before Qin Rou left the pearl test station, Yao Changtai, on behalf of the staff of the test station, gave her two seawater pearls. The two carefully selected seawater pearls were about 8mm, perfectly round, and had a strong luster.

"They were all talking about it privately, saying that a beautiful woman like you would look better with pearls." Yao Changtai joked.

After Qin Rou came to their test station, this young and beautiful woman attracted the attention of many young men in the test station. It was hard not to like such a gorgeous and beautiful girl.

It was a pity that she was already married with children, and the young men in the test station were heartbroken.

"There are men in our testing station, who are always busy with mother-of-pearl. These pearls are beautiful, but they don't look good on our hands, haha..." Pearls are a rare thing for many people in this era. Most people have just come out of famine, and they are more concerned about having a full stomach. They have to have a full stomach before they can think about other clothes and jewelry.

When Dacron fabrics were not produced in large quantities in China, many places could not even cover their bodies with clothes. In some places, three brothers in a family only had one pair of pants. Whoever went out wore pants, and the others were naked at home.

Qin Rou put away the two pearls and smiled brightly at the researchers at the test station: "Now women in our country wear beautiful red dresses on the streets. I believe they will also be able to wear beautiful pearl jewelry in the future."

Qin Rou's smile made the two young male researchers behind Yao Changtai blush.

The woman surnamed Qin in front of him was so beautiful. She had curled hair, and her long hair like seaweed fell on her shoulders. Her face was charming and pretty, and her eyes seemed to have starlight shining in the sea water, making it impossible to look directly into her eyes. This woman was even more beautiful than the stars in Hong Kong Island.

——It's a pity that she is married.

Cui Mingzhan, who was standing behind Yao Changtai, had his eyes lingering on the woman and was reluctant to leave. He was secretly envious of the man she married. What kind of man was he to marry such a beautiful woman home?

Qin Rou left the test station, and Yao Changtai, Cui Mingzhan and others were still talking about her.

Yao Changtai patted Cui Mingzhan on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses, "Don't look at her, your eyes are fixed, Comrade Qin is gone."

Cui Mingzhan said, "She will be the technical instructor of the breeding farm in the future, I'll go over."

"You took the initiative to ask for a favor? What do you want to do? She's already married, and she's a military wife, don't have any bad thoughts."

Cui Mingzhan sighed, "Everyone loves beauty. I can't help but look at such a pretty girl a few more times."

"Didn't you hear what Xiao Qin said? She's the mother of four children?"

"You want to be someone's stepfather, but they won't give you the chance."

Cui Mingzhan: "..."

Which man is so jealous that he married such a bright, beautiful and elegant beauty, and she even gave birth to four children for him. The more I think about it, the more jealous I get! !

How can there be such a lucky man in this world?

"I don't want to be someone's stepfather. I know my limits."

Yao Changtai said to the people behind him, "Cui Mingzhan, you and Lin Guisheng are responsible for contacting the people at Qin Rou's breeding farm and keeping good records of the instructions."

Cui Mingzhan and Lin Guisheng nodded in agreement.

Cui Mingzhan was very happy to have successfully obtained this task. He was not only doing this to see Qin Rou more often, but also to witness the promotion of pearl breeding. He wanted to see the scene of large-scale pearl production.

Maybe in the future, you can see more beautiful women wearing pearls on the street.

Cui Mingzhan and Lin Guisheng went to the cafeteria to eat together. The two sat together and chatted while eating.

Cui Mingzhan was a playful person and was not very serious on weekdays. Lin Guisheng was relatively silent. After finishing his research work every day, he returned to the dormitory to flip through books.

Lin Guisheng was not interested in pearl cultivation, and he was even less willing to stay on this desolate island. He had always wanted to leave. Life

on this island was too hard, and the place across the strait had begun to undergo earth-shaking changes. He wanted to go to Guangzhou and stay in a more spacious land.

"Pearls are so beautiful. They go well with beauties, but we men can't wear them." Cui Mingzhan laughed, "But I really like opening pearl oysters. I like the surprise of finding pearls when I open them. Comrade Qin is right. Every pearl is unique. She likes pearls, and I like pearls too."

"The pearl oysters in our test station are so expensive. We can't open them casually. We have to take X-rays to know that there are pearls inside. Only then can we open them carefully... I think every time I open a pearl is a magical experience."

Cui Mingzhan said enthusiastically, but Lin Guisheng was indifferent. After listening to Cui Mingzhan's long talk, Lin Guisheng asked him, "Do you really think that the pearl farm owned by the woman surnamed Qin can be opened?"

"Why not?"

"I don't think so. If she were a man, she would have a chance to succeed, but what can she accomplish as a woman?" Lin Guisheng shook his head. He knew that Qin Rou was beautiful, but a woman's beauty was for men to see, and beautiful things like pearls should be given to women by men.

Lin Guisheng thought that women should stay at home and take care of children. Only restless women would run around.

What kind of ability does a woman like Qin Rou have, even if she is a college student? If she studied business management, she should stay in a state-owned factory and find a good man to marry and take care of her husband and children.

Cui Mingzhan said, "Don't underestimate a woman's ability."

"Haha." Lin Guisheng laughed a few times, "Just wait and see, this woman's farm will not last more than half a year. What pearls? It can't even produce a shadow of a pearl."

"Don't jump to conclusions so early." Cui Mingzhan saw that Qin Rou's plan was detailed and all aspects were taken into consideration. She even paid attention to more details than them, the scientific researchers. The Linshui pearl farm has great potential, and Cui Mingzhan is particularly optimistic about this farm.

Lin Guisheng said, "How about we make a bet. I bet that her farm will not last more than a year, and our going to guide it will be nothing but a waste of money."

"I bet you, whoever loses will treat us to a meal at a hotel, with several meat dishes!"

"Okay."

The two of them clapped their hands and made a bet, "You must remember this!"

"Remember, let Old Yao be a witness."

...

Cui Mingzhan slapped his thigh, "I really want to see what Comrade Qin's husband looks like to marry such a beauty!"

"Sister, what are you going to open... a pearl farm?"

Qin Rou went to her sister and brother-in-law's house in Dajiao Village. She told her sister Qin Mian about the pearl farm. After hearing this, Qin Mian was confused and shocked.

"What can you do with pearls?"

"They look good and taste good, but who wants them? You can't eat

them..." "Go to the beach and pick up some beautiful shells and string them together, they'll look good too. But you have to grow pearls for so long, it's a waste of time. Who wants them after you grow them? Are you going to use them as buttons?" Qin Mian was a girl who came out of the mountains. She had never seen pearls before. The wives of landlords wore and hid gold, silver, jade and other stones, such as gold bracelets and gold beans, but no pearls.

For many years, everyone dressed simply. Women did not wear makeup on their faces, and were not allowed to wear any jewelry on their necks or wrists. Except for performing artists, those who wore these landlord's things would be criticized.

"Pearls can be made into earrings and worn on the ears, and can also be made into necklaces, bracelets, rings... and can also be ground into pearl powder. Pearls are very useful."

Qin Mian shook her head: "Are pearls that good? Can they be better than gold? People who have gold at home don't dare to wear them."

"Now some people dare to wear them. Now that economic policies have changed, many people have money, and women in the city are working hard on dressing up."

"Then you have these pearls, and other people wear gold and silver, why would they buy your pearl?"

Qin Mian shook her head: "I heard Ah Shi say that pearls will turn yellow over time. No matter how beautiful a pearl is, it will lose its luster. Sister, do you know the phrase 'people grow old and their pearls turn yellow'? How can pearls compare to gold? Gold will remain the same after many years."

"I see those who have money are willing to buy gold to take back. It looks good when worn on the body, and it can be preserved for a long time and passed on to the next generation."

"Sister, pearls are beautiful. Pearls will age, and beauties will also grow old. Isn't it just right to pick a string of beautiful pearls to accompany you as you grow old?" Qin Rou smiled and said, "Sister, you haven't been to Guangzhou, you don't know that there are many more foreigners on the streets of Guangzhou now. Foreigners like pearls very much. They are very popular in their countries, especially in Europe, because they don't produce pearls there. The waters here in Guangdong and Guangxi are the best for cultivating pearls."

"The pearls we cultivate, let's not talk about making money from the hands of Chinese people, we must make money back from the hands of foreigners."

"Now foreigners come here to invest and set up factories. They want to make money from us, and we also want to make money from them."

"Really?" Qin Mian originally thought that this pearl was useless, but her sister said that foreigners like pearls very much, and the pearls raised in the future will definitely be sellable. If they can run the pearl factory well, they will be able to make a fortune.

"Sister, I'm studying abroad for the next two years, so I may not be on the island often. You help me manage the farm, and I'll give you a share of the profits. The world has changed now, and we have to make more money. You and your husband can live comfortably on the island, but Juanjuan and Jinghua will also be taking the college entrance exam next year. Their grades are good enough to get them into a good university, and when they go to college, they'll have a lot of expenses, so I have to save money for them."

"That's right. The two children are so old now. They will soon take the college entrance examination. When they finish their studies, they will get married and start a family. Our family should also save more betrothal gifts and dowries for them."

Thinking of her eldest daughter and second son, Qin Mian really wanted to save more money. She herself was a girl from the mountains and married casually, but she wanted to prepare more dowries for her daughter so that she would have more confidence in her husband's family in the future.

The same goes for her son Jinghua. He has to marry a wife. Now he needs to buy four major items to marry a wife. She also heard from several people who came back from Guangzhou that new things are becoming popular there, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and imported color TVs, which cost hundreds or thousands of yuan.

Maybe in the future when they get married, the man's family will have to buy all these things, otherwise the girl won't want to marry. When marrying

a daughter, you should also give more dowry, such as a washing machine, which is convenient at home and doesn't need to wash clothes by hand... Moreover, gold and silver jewelry can be worn now, and gold bracelets, gold earrings, and gold necklaces can be made. It is a good idea to buy a set of gold jewelry for your daughter as a reserve.

The children's father is a teacher, and his monthly salary is not much. She can't save much money by sewing. In the future, she will have to buy a large color TV for the children, and now she can't save it at all.

After thinking about this, Qin Mian's mind became active. She is not a timid person. Her sister said that the world outside has changed now, and they should keep up with the changes in society.

"Sister, how do we build this pearl farm you mentioned?"

"I'll invest money and cooperate with the pearl experimental station here. Their researchers will come to teach us how to breed pearls. I've also written a plan. Sister, I'm also planning to find Shi and have him breed pearls with me..."

Qin Rou showed her plan for opening a farm to Qin Mian. Qin Mian shook her hands and doubted herself, "How can I, your sister, understand it? I don't understand any culture. The instructor will come to teach me how to breed pearls. How can I learn it? Don't mess up your business, sister..."

"Don't worry, there are researchers from the experimental station who come to check and record the growth and breeding of pearl oysters regularly. There won't be any big problems. Besides..." Qin Rou smiled and looked at her sister: "Sister, you have a great think tank brother-in-law by your side. If you don't understand, he can. Just let your brother-in-law teach you."

Qin Mian nodded absentmindedly. Anyway, she would do whatever her sister said.

Qin Rou and her sister went to find Ah Shi together. Ah Shi heard about the pearl breeding, his eyes flashed, but he didn't agree immediately.

"It's a cooperation with other testing stations. Don't worry, there will be no problem."

"This is an opportunity to make money. Your sister needs to go to the hospital for treatment, and all this costs money."

Ah Shi looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and the faces of his sister and grandmother appeared in his mind again. Although his grandmother asked him to stay in the village honestly, he was unwilling in his heart. He was unwilling to continue to be poor in the village.

Finally he nodded: "I promise you."

Ah Shi returned home, and after a long silence, he told his grandmother about this matter, but was scolded by his grandmother: "Who told you to touch those things again? Are they good things? Be careful not to cause trouble for the family again. Now we have finally taken off the hat, what if you put it on again..."

"Grandma, let me try. This year is different from the past. In the future, you should go to the brigade more often to listen to the radio and listen to the news of our country. There are also many people who have returned from Guangzhou. They all say that it is different outside."

"Our family will definitely live a good life in the future."

Qin Rou also planned to find a few more acquaintances to help. It would be even better if they were locals from Qiongzhou Island, so that it would be convenient to deal with those villagers and fishing boats: "How is Aunt Fu's family recently?"

"Something happened in her family." Qin Mian couldn't help but sigh when Aunt Fu's family was mentioned. "Her daughter Menglan almost drank pesticide and died. Fortunately, her sister-in-law saw her and sent her to the hospital and saved her."

"The man she married, Zhou Yuanfang, was really not a good guy. He was admitted to a junior college and found another woman in the city. The woman gave birth to a son and got a marriage certificate. Menglan and her daughter Qingqing were abandoned in the village... Menglan and her brother went to the school to find him, but were humiliated by the people there. After they came back, they couldn't get over it and almost took their daughter... Aunt Fu is now wiping tears at home in front of her daughter and granddaughter every day."

"I'll go and see later." There were countless educated youth who abandoned their wives and children when they returned to the city. Unexpectedly, this happened to Aunt Fu's family.

Qin Rou went to Aunt Fu's house and knocked on the door. Aunt Fu was picking vegetables and was very happy to see her: "Little sister Qin, you are here to visit your sister and brother-in-law again?"

Qin Rou looked at Aunt Fu and found that most of her hair was white.

She chatted with Aunt Fu for a while.

"You must have heard about our Menglan's story. Well, I tried to persuade her, but I didn't know how. Xiao Qin, you are young and educated, please help me persuade Menglan."

"Men are gone, and life has to go on."

Qin Rou walked into the Fu family. Menglan, a young girl in her twenties, was lying on the bed with a pale and haggard face. Her face was dull, and a little girl who was just over one year old was lying next to her.

Qin Rou hugged the little girl and tried to comfort her. When she heard her daughter's voice, Meng Lan burst into tears. "Sister Qin Rou, how can I live? Zhou Yuanfang doesn't want us mother and daughter anymore. He has someone outside and he says that I am shameless to seduce him..."

"My mother didn't tell me, but I know that many people in the village are laughing at me behind my back, saying that I am shameless to hook up with the educated youth from the city, and now I deserve to be ruined like a slut."

"I have embarrassed my father and mother..." Meng Lan choked and spoke incoherently. Recent events have dealt a great blow to her. She and her brother went to Zhou Yuanfang's school to argue with him, but she and her brother were both born on the island and grew up in the village. They had never been outside.

The outside world was so different. They looked at the new things in the city with trepidation, not daring to touch anything or ask anything. The dialect they spoke was incomprehensible to people outside. When

they arrived at Zhou Yuanfang's school, they were met with countless cold stares. The girls there had bright and beautiful girls with permed hair and high-end clothes, while she was rustic, black and ugly, dressed sloppily, and not presentable. Compared with Zhou Yuanfang, who was dressed fashionably, there was a huge difference. The students there laughed at her for trying to be a toad and eat swan meat.

"Zhou Yuanfang, is this the local wife from your hometown?"

"You can choose such a woman?"

"You are really too picky."

...

Those words lingered in her ears like a nightmare. When she closed her eyes, she could see those people's condescending faces and sarcastic words. Menglan regretted it so much. She should never leave the island for the rest of her life. She should have kept to her duty and found a local man to marry, so that her brother would not be humiliated with her.

She saw in the mirror of the city how sloppy she was. She saw with her own eyes how humble and cautious her brother was in front of the city people. Not only was he laughed at by the students at school, but also the cold eyes of the train conductors and the disgust and impatience of the waiters...

Menglan covered her ears and cried bitterly. She wanted to cover her ears and eyes, but those images and sounds still surfaced.

"Sister Qin Rou, what's the point of me living? I'm taking my daughter down with me, so as not to drag down my parents."

Qin Rou raised her hand to wipe her tears. "Don't say those words. Your man won't be hurt by these words. Only your parents who love you will be sad for you."

"If your aunt hears it, isn't it like stabbing her heart with a knife?"

"Menlan, you have to live well, you have to live a wonderful life. If you don't want to be laughed at by others, you have to become strong yourself."

Menglan looked at Qin Rou in front of her with tears in her eyes. Sister Qin Rou was more beautiful and gorgeous than the student she met that day. She never laughed at her and spoke to her gently.

"Sister Qin Rou, I also want to be like you... Do you also think I am delusional?" Meng Lan laughed at herself: "I am a country girl, ugly and ugly, how can I marry a city person, I have no culture..."

"Look at my hand." Qin Rou stretched out a hand in front of her.

Meng Lan saw the snow-white palm spread out in front of her, with a shining golden bead in the palm. The light from the window shone in, and the red-gold bead reflected a dazzling light. It

was so beautiful.

It was as if a golden light appeared in front of her eyes.

"Do you see this golden pearl?"

"I see it."

"Do you like it?" "

I like it."

"Do you want to raise pearls with your sister Qin Rou?"