At a glance, the colors that cannot be described in the artificial world begin to intersect among the mountains, and the most primitive beauty cannot be described with a knife.
"Wait a minute and go down from the intersection in front. The river channel is being repaired over there. These people were collecting agates and they just happened to collect them."
Pointing to the river on the roadside, Yang Xue reminded loudly.
As a southerner, Yang Xue also likes this natural and different beauty, but the other party pays more attention to business.
Turning off the roadbed, Ji Donglai saw an excavator in the river, followed by four or five people. The driver scattered the excavated things on the river beach, and everyone went to pick up the things.
"Boss Yang, please come over here. We have a lot of stuff here. Come and take a look. There are a lot of good items. What's the price?"
Ji Donglai thought he would be a big boss, but he turned out to be the contractor for this section of the river. The simple shed was full of large and small woven bags, and there were many outside.
Many of them are the kind of Warring States agate, which is very beautiful in style. Some are broken, with large crystals inside, and more are very beautiful things like animal fossils.
"Boss Ji is the one who bought the agate. I don't want such a large amount of stuff like yours. Besides, there are not many people in the market who can do this now. Everyone is selling gold and jade. How much profit is that thing? Boss Ji, what do you guys think? Well, there are a few other owners up there, let’s stop by and have a look, they’re very cheap.”
Facing the rich and powerful contractor, Yang Xue didn't say much. Wearing a mask, she casually looked at the agate stones on the ground and pointed them out to Ji Donglai. Some of them were just hydrotalcites, which just looked good. She reminded Ji Donglai to buy them. Never be fooled.
This group of people was obviously not very professional. Ji Donglai was secretly happy, and the man hurriedly handed Ji Donglai a cigarette.
"The amber I collect now only costs a dime a pound. Boss, what's your price? Give me a price and let's be honest. I'll just make decorations for the house when I get back. The better things are just for polishing. You have to find someone to process a bead, and you can’t make much money.”
"You think there are so many of these things, they are almost everywhere, and they are worthless. If you think you can fit it, we will take it away. Find a similar car and I will take it away."
Ji Donglai did not take the other party's cigarette, but took out the Zhonghua given by Yuan Sheng, smoked one himself, and gave the rest to the other party. When the man saw the cigarette, he immediately looked at Ji Donglai with admiration.
"A dime or a pound is too low..."
"Mr. Ji, are you taking advantage of me? One piece of this thing weighs ten kilograms. Do you have money to burn it? That thing from Amber is so light. It costs three cents a pound. There are plenty of them along this river, which can pull a train. "
The contractor wanted to say something else, but Yang Xue turned around and gave the final word. The contractor grinned, and Ji Donglai immediately agreed to Yang Xue's bid.
Amber and agate are not valuable these days, but in a few years it will be completely different.
"Okay, let's make Boss Ji a friend. Will you load the car now or wait to get off?"
To put it bluntly, agate is just a good-looking stone, something that the locals don't want at all. Yang Xue came over and suddenly noticed it, so she asked. Bao Gong's boss immediately realized the business opportunity.
Two local women were hired to collect these things every day, and they were not very careful. The ones with more obvious colors and better patterns were picked out, and the rest were thrown on the shore to make roadbeds.
Now that the river is being cleaned, the contractors are communicating with each other, so from Youyou to Wuyiling, the construction contractors have begun to pick up agates to sell to Yang Xue.
"I'll call a truck and come over to weigh it. It has to be several tons."
Coming here is just a stroll, Ji Dong is in no hurry. Zou Tai also happened to take a few photos, and Yang Xue was not in a hurry. The signal here was not very good.
Besides, everyone knew that Yang Xue came to collect the gold. Before Yang Xueren arrived, no one in the local area took action.
The truck is ready-made. There is such a large amount of stuff. After loading, it goes directly to the weighbridge to be weighed. Most of the entire truck costs a total of 10,000 yuan. Ji Donglai also left their contact information. Next time the other party picks up too much, they will continue. Call Ji Donglai to deliver the goods.
Along the river, Ji Donglai sent a total of twelve carts. According to Yang Xue, Ji Donglai was old and especially liked old people's ornaments such as agate. Who among young people doesn't play with gold and jade?
"Boss Yang, I've been waiting for you. We brothers are waiting for you to collect the gold. Look at these gold nuggets, which are of very good quality..."
It was getting dark, and Ji Donglai and the others found a small hotel to stay in. Several local men knew that Yang Xue was coming and hurried to the hotel.
Yang Xue calmly took out the electronic scale, took out the weights and adjusted the accuracy before letting a few people take out the things.
"What are you doing? There are impurities in it, okay? See for yourselves, we can't keep this!"
A man placed a gold nugget about the size of his thumb on the table. Yang Xue bumped it in his hand, then looked at it with a magnifying glass. She frowned, then handed the gold to the man and passed the magnifying glass over.
"Well, Boss Yang, we will definitely not be able to keep up with you in melting, and there will be this kind of slag inclusion in it. If you look at the price, we will sell it to you if we think it is okay."
Facing the young boss Yang Xue, several burly men dared not say anything.
Yang Xue then took the gold back into his hand, took out another magnifying glass with a scale, then took out a comparison table and stuck it, then threw the gold into the measuring cup next to it, and took out the absorbent paper to absorb the contents. moisture, then blow dry with a hair dryer.
"Snapped!"
"The quality is just eighty-five, how can I give you a price?"
After calculating the density, Yang Xue frowned again. The man scratched his head and a grimace appeared on his face.
"Boss Yang, we have been here for more than half a year, and you can see how the whole family still expects to eat from this thing. We just simply burned it."
In the face of big benefactors, people at the lowest level have always been humble.
"I've told you eight hundred times, don't melt it, it's easier to just look at the sand and give the price. Everyone has their own thoughts, always thinking that they can make more money and mix things. I want to purify it when I go back, isn't it money? Fifty One gram, no more!"
Faced with the man's expression, Yang Xue was unmoved at all, and the man grinned.
"Boss Yang, please add more..."
"Take it away if you don't want to sell it. Don't waste my time. I won't take it from you next time if it's adulterated. I've been messing with it for a while but I'm still disobedient."
Putting the gold in her hand in front of the man, Yang Xue didn't even raise her head. She picked up another man's bag and started checking it. The man touched the gold with a grimace on his face and wanted to go out.
"Fifty-one per gram, I won't sell an extra cent. If you don't want to sell it, sell it to someone else and see if the price is as high as mine. If you get it tomorrow, it will be forty-eight-one gram. It's not easy for you to see it in the middle of the night." Even if you give me some, you won’t be satisfied.”
(End of chapter)
