The next morning.
Inside Li Yangqiu's rental house.
The blaring alarm woke up the two best friends who were sleeping soundly in the house.
Before Tang Songyuan opened his eyes, he pushed Li Yangqiu's body and said, "What time does the alarm go off? Why do I feel like I haven't slept enough?"
Last night Song Zhenguo took a group of people to drink and have barbecue, and they didn't come back until early in the morning.
I was sleeping soundly now and had no intention of getting up at all.
Li Yangqiu took his cell phone and checked the time, then muttered: "It's seven o'clock, don't you still want to go shopping in Jiegao morning market? I set an earlier alarm."
Jiegao Town is the first gateway for Myanmar jade to enter customs. Jiegao’s jade morning market is also very popular in the industry.
Tang Songyuan helplessly rubbed his sleepy eyes, kicked Li Yangqiu's butt and said: "Give way, I want to pee first..."
"Together!" Li Yangqiu turned over and sat up, put on his shoes and rushed to the bathroom.
The sound of rushing water was heard, and it was also accompanied by Li Yangqiu's extremely comfortable voice: "Oh~ It's so comfortable!"
Then he narrowed his eyes and said nonchalantly: "The capital is not small..."
Tang Songyuan smiled knowingly and said, "To each other!"
After going downstairs, Li Yangqiu took Tang Songyuan to eat Ruili's specialty breakfast rice noodles.
The red, spicy and oily glutinous rice noodles look very appetizing. There are a few pieces of braised tofu, chopped peanuts and fried white sesame seeds on top.
Served with the store's specialty braised beef and beef dumplings, some minced beef and miscellaneous sauce are added, and a small plate of pickled vegetables is free.
Tang Songyuan slurred slightly, and the rice noodles stained with red oil swirled and slurped into his mouth.
"How's it going? Does the taste here suit your taste?" Li Yangqiu asked with a hint of pride on his face, then picked up the chopsticks and started to slurp the noodles.
Tang Songyuan didn't even raise his head and replied vaguely: "It's okay..."
After breakfast, the two got in the car again and started on their way.
"There are three major jade trading markets in Jiegao, namely Yucheng Industrial, Jimao Jewelry Jade City, Shunjue Jewelry City..."
As a guide, Li Yangqiu is relatively qualified. Tang Songyuan put his hands behind his head and asked leisurely: "Then where should we go first?"
Li Yangqiu: "Of course we go to Yucheng Industrial first. It is the earliest and best place to preserve traditions. It is suitable for people like you who like to gamble on head covering materials."
As he said that, he turned around and said, "Of course, I'm not saying that other places are not good, but my cousin's shop is over there."
Tang Songyuan nodded and said: "I understand. After you send me to the place later, you can go to work."
It was a distance of three to four kilometers and we arrived at the place in less than ten minutes.
After getting off the car, Li Yangqiu was not in a hurry to go to work, but took Tang Songyuan for a brief walk around.
The four doors of Yucheng's trading hall have now been opened. As soon as you enter, you can see display counters arranged neatly like market stalls.
To say it is like a vegetable market is actually not an exaggeration at all.
On the counter, which is more than one meter high, there are various jade products such as Buddha statues, ring noodles, bead strings, bracelets, and egg noodles.
Unlike ordinary jewelry stores, which also require glass display cabinets.
Customers can pick and choose just like buying groceries.
The rough stone trading area is located behind the Yucheng Market. It is obviously different from the finished product market in that the light here is much darker.
Moreover, the display stand is not so dense, and is more like a stall. Each merchant occupies one bay, and the larger area at the back is used for warehouses and cutting areas.
Tang Songyuan also saw some merchants displaying cut raw materials and semi-spiced raw materials on their display stands, and some also opened small windows for display.
"I won't tell you too much," Li Yangqiu said as he led the way: "The only thing you need to pay attention to is that there are a lot of scammers here, and their tricks are hard to guard against."
"You just need to watch your wallet and don't be greedy. You can't buy or sell by force!"
Tang Songyuan smiled slightly and said: "That's for sure. It's okay to take my life, but it's more uncomfortable to take my money than to kill me!"
"Ha ha!"
Li Yangqiu laughed and said, "Okay, you can go shopping by yourself. I'll come over to you when I'm done. If you need anything, you can call me!"
Next, Tang, Song and Yuan wandered around the market alone.
The main area he visited was the rough stone area. He turned on his perspective and looked carefully at every piece of jadeite material in the field.
"Handsome guy, why don't you buy jade? It's grown in glass!"
After just a few minutes of shopping, a man in his thirties pulled him over and asked.
The man had dark skin and spoke with a thick Burmese accent.
Although Tang Songyuan himself didn't know much about the Burmese accent, he still recognized it as soon as he heard it.
He raised his eyebrows and refused without thinking: "No!"
Just now, Li Yangqiu said there were many scammers, but just a few minutes after he started riding, a scammer came to his door?
"It's really made of glass. If I hadn't been in an emergency, I would have returned home immediately, but I wouldn't have had the chance to pick it up like you!"
The man probably looked at Tang Song Yuan's face and didn't want to give up this rare and high-quality customer.
Tang Songyuan's face twitched, and he looked helplessly at the man and said, "Then show me!"
The man's face lit up, and he quickly took out a very finely crafted Buddha statue from his bag and handed it to him:
"The Buddha statue is carved from high-quality glass jade. Look at the fluorescence and the gelatinous texture. Only the top quality glass jade can produce this effect..."
Tang, Song and Yuan did not reach out to pick it up, but looked thoughtfully at the Buddha statue in his open palm and said:
"It's a good thing, but..."
"But what?" the man asked in confusion, and then said:
"Handsome boy, listen to me. Glass-grown jade is hard to find nowadays. If you miss this piece, you will regret it!"
Tang Songyuan nodded understandingly, pretended to like it, and asked eagerly: "How much is it?"
"Eight hundred thousand!"
The man made an eight sign, but immediately changed his words with a 'sincere' expression:
"But you are lucky today. I really encountered something urgent. If you give me 80,000 yuan, this Buddha statue will be given to you for free!"
Tang Songyuan chuckled and said, "That's really good. I'm really excited, but I only have two hundred yuan for my whole body."
"How about this, just wait for me here for a while, and I'll go find my brother to borrow some money now."
The joy on the man's face became even stronger, and he immediately said, "Can't I go with you?"
Tang Songyuan frowned in embarrassment and said, "You don't understand. My brother is very shrewd and stubborn. What if he hears that I want to buy something from you and doesn't lend me money?"
Then he said categorically: "I believe in you, and you believe in me. You must wait for me here. I will be back soon!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
It's not okay to leave the man where he is, and it's not okay to leave.
