Chapter 909 Alien Beads

The bag was indeed full of defective items.

But Lu Miao found the treasure in a large bag of irregular defective round beads.

Alien Pearl Baroque!
The baroque pearls mixed in are not only large in size, but most of them also have good luster.

Just because of its peculiar and slightly odd shape, it was sold as a defective product in an era when awareness was low.

Lu Miao picked up baroque pearls.

Seeing that some pearls had a foggy surface, she asked the pearl farmer:
“Has this been cleaned?”

The dark-skinned man said:
"I washed them all. I rinsed them several times when I took them out of the clams. If you don't believe me, try smelling them. You won't smell anything."

Lu Miao smiled faintly and said "hmm", then continued to pick up more strange-shaped pearls and put them on the scale.

Pearls cannot be washed with water alone.

To bring out the perfect shine and brightness, use citric acid...

Knowing that these pearls had not been thoroughly cleaned, Lu Miao no longer hesitated.

Pick out all the odd-shaped pearls you can find in the bag.

Seeing her like this, the dark-skinned man couldn't help but remind her out of guilt:

"Girl, this is not how you choose pearls. If you like them, take a look at the round beads in the bag next to you. I can give them at a lower price...these weird-shaped ones are defective and useless."

Lu Miao smiled and said:
"It's okay. I've liked these kinds of weird things since I was a kid. These are all I have. Please weigh them for me."

The dark-skinned man had no choice but to nod:

"Hey……"

The scale pan was lifted up, and the weight was two pounds and two ounces, with the scale bar still tilted high.

"Girl, thirty yuan, that's two kilograms."

The dark-skinned man put down the scale and wiped off the two taels of weight.

When he took out a wrinkled plastic bag to pack Lu Miao's things, he also grabbed a handful of millet beads that were selling for 60 yuan per pound and put them into the bag.

It can be seen that he is a very kind-hearted person.

He didn't say anything after the gift was delivered. If Lu Miao hadn't happened to see it, he would have never known about it.

Lu Miao saw this and took the initiative to strike up a conversation while paying. He learned that the dark-skinned man came from Taihu Lake in Wuxi.

The pearls sold are all collected from the clam ponds raised with the support of the local economy.

There are many foreign businessmen during the Canton Fair, and I originally wanted to try my luck at the Canton Fair to see if there are any foreigners who will receive the goods.

However, during the exhibition, Guangzhou was under control, making it difficult to leave or enter the entire city.

There are so many things to do at home that the dark-skinned man doesn't dare to gamble.

I came here just as the exhibition was about to end, hoping to try it before the foreign investors had completely left.

I used to set up a stall on the side of the road, and there were foreigners coming to see it.

But due to language barrier, I couldn’t sell the products.

Later, a kind-hearted local passed by and asked him to go to the market and have a look. That’s when the dark-skinned man came to this area.

The quality of the pearls in the other bags were indeed very good, but Lu Miao could do nothing to help.

She had gone on a shopping spree before, and her two thousand dollars had already been used up.

However, after hearing from the dark-skinned man that many people there raised clam ponds, Lu Miao considered:
"Uncle, there should be a phone number in your team, right? How about this, you leave me your phone number and address, and I can contact you if I need Pearl later."

"If you can supply me, then you can supply me. I can send the money via postal service or you can mail the goods to me. If you are worried, you can just bring the goods to me directly depending on the specific situation. Is that okay with you?"

“Ah, ah? Is this possible?”

The dark-skinned man was stunned.

Pearls are not cheap.

The dark-skinned man was worried about sending it through the post office, so after thinking for a while he said:

"If you want it in the future, I'll give it to you, but you have to remit me the travel expenses in advance!"

This seems to be a sloppy and unreliable thing, but what if I can really become an employer?
The dark-skinned man thought that if the girl was willing to send him travel expenses first, it would not be a problem for him to give it a try.

If he was cheated, he wouldn't have to pay for the trip and he could find another buyer in the market for the items.

Lu Miao nodded, "Okay, no problem."

As he spoke, he handed the plastic bag containing the irregular beads to Matou. She took the bag and started rummaging through it. She took out a pen and paper and began to write and draw.

"This is my home address and phone number."

Lu Miao handed the written list to the dark-skinned man, then held the pen and looked at him and said:
"Uncle, tell me your address. I'll write it down."

"You, you are from Jingbei? Why are you here?"

"I came here on a temporary business trip due to a job transfer. I will be leaving in the next two days."

"Oh……"

The dark-skinned man nodded, folded the paper and put it in his pocket, and took the opportunity to tell the detailed address of his home:

"Wuxi Taihu, Hongqi Brigade Sixth Production Team..."

The dark-skinned man gave his phone number and added:

"This phone number is the brigade number. Our production team is quite far away. Girl, if you call us, I guess it will take a while for me to call you back. Will this have any impact?"

Lu Miao smiled and said:
"It's okay, I understand. I was an educated youth sent to work in the countryside, so I know a little about the situation in the village."

After chatting with the dark-skinned man on the street for a while, someone else came to see Pearl, so Lu Miao waved his hand, packed up his things, said goodbye and left.

On the way to the post office, Matou asked:
"Sister-in-law, don't the people who sell pearls say that these flat pearls are useless? Why do you buy so many?"

"It's just useless to them, but for me..."

Lu Miao smiled and said:

"That's not necessarily the case."

Ma Tou was confused, but could only nod:
"This, okay..."

"Ah."

……

Most of the goods are sent back to northern Beijing in batches via the post office.

Lu Miao only left a few things he bought for his family at the hotel, ready to take them himself.

Coming out of the post office, she opened her handbag and let Matou put the bag of pearls directly into it.

Afterwards, I took Ma Tou back to the hotel for dinner again.

When the meal was almost over and they were about to leave, Lu Miao collected all the dozens of dollars he had left and gave them to Ma Tou.

Ma Tou's mouth was full of food, and he looked at her incoherently:
"Sister-in-law, what is this?"

"Don't think the hardship fee and lost wages are too little, these are all I have left."

Lu Miao did not forget that in order to wait for her call, Ma Tou had put down all his work for a while.

How much does a worker earn in a month?

It's dozens of dollars, how can Ma Tou complain about it being too little?
But let’s put things in perspective. Matou shook his head and pushed the money to Lu Miao, then swallowed the steak with his neck stiff and said:
"Sister-in-law, I won't argue with you. To be honest, I wanted to rely on your factory to get bonuses in the future. Now I have only done a little bit of work, and you are taking advantage of me. What kind of person am I?"

"I know."

Lu Miao nodded and said:

"Well, how about this? Don't you have a grandma at home? I'm here mainly for work transfer. I have to go back tomorrow and I won't be able to visit her in time. You can use this money to buy something for her as my share of the visit."

"This……"

Ma Tou hesitated.

Lu Miao showed his decisive attitude at work:

"Don't be so picky. This is my way of doing things. If you keep refusing, I'll be really unhappy."

"Well then! Sister-in-law, I will respectfully obey your command!"

"Ah."


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