60s: I have a store

Chapter 227 Night Pearl

After Zhou Yimin returned to the courtyard, he was stopped by someone as soon as he walked into the gate.

Turning around, he saw that it was Widow Ma. It looked like she was waiting for him, so he asked, "Aunt Ma, what's the matter?"

But I'm a little curious. As for food, there shouldn't be a shortage. After all, I only exchanged 500 kilograms of corn kernels. It's impossible to eat them up so quickly. But apart from the food, no one else should be able to find me.

Widow Ma said, "My brother Daniu brought the family heirloom here. I would like to trouble you to take a look and see if it can be exchanged for food."

She was also a little embarrassed. After all, she had just helped her family and exchanged so much food, and now she had to ask others for help.

Zhou Yimin said indifferently: "Okay, then ask Daniu to bring the things to my house."

The environment is better and safer at home, otherwise it would be fine if others saw us. After all, speculation and profiteering are being severely cracked down on now.

In fact, he didn't know how to identify it. But he felt that it was a valuable old item, so he wanted it. He could also do a good deed at the same time, so why not?
Of course, all this is done under the premise of ensuring your own safety.

"Okay, I'll let Daniu come find you now." Widow Ma said in surprise.

She turned around and went back, calling her brother to go to Zhou Yimin's house together.

After Zhou Yimin returned home, he did not close the door. Instead, he opened it and made some honey water, waiting for Daniu and others to come.

In less than three minutes, Widow Ma hurried over with the big cow.

Zhou Yimin said, "Aunt Ma, don't be so anxious, sit down and have a glass of water first!"

When Da Niu came in, he found that the decoration of Zhou Yimin's house was completely different from his sister's house and was even more beautiful. He took the water and started drinking it. He found that the water was actually sweet. It seemed that honey was added to it. He drank it in big gulps.

I thought to myself, he is worthy of being a city person. He can’t even afford food in his own village. Even if he has honey water, he can’t give it out to treat others. Isn’t it better for him to keep this good thing for himself?

Widow Ma was speechless when she saw her brother being so rude. She then slapped the back of Daniu's head and said, "You're still busy drinking water. Take out the things."

"The water tastes good. I haven't had honey water in a long time." Da Niu said aggrievedly.

But he still took out the things, lifted up his clothes, found a wooden box, then unbuckled his belt and took out the wooden box.

Widow Ma said embarrassedly: "Yimin, this is the only way for safety."

He then took the wooden box, wiped it with Daniu's clothes, and after making sure there was no dirt, he handed it to Zhou Yimin.

After Zhou Yimin took it, he found that the wooden box seemed to be made of rosewood. He became curious about what was inside and why it had to be packed with rosewood.

Rosewood is a general term for a group of particularly hard and heavy tree species in the genus Dalbergia in the Fabaceae family. It is the highest-grade material among rosewoods.

Even Zhou Yimin knew that it was a dark purple-black hardwood that was best suited for furniture and carved artworks. Utensils made of red sandalwood would have a satin-like luster after being waxed and polished without the need for lacquer.

It is said that red sandalwood is a tropical plant that cannot be used for a hundred years. A red sandalwood tree needs to grow for hundreds of years before it can be used. Moreover, nine out of ten red sandalwood trees are hollow, and only the space between the hollow and the surface is useful.

Therefore, there has been a saying since ancient times that an inch of sandalwood is worth an inch of gold. Europeans and Americans had never seen large pieces of red sandalwood at first, so they believed that red sandalwood had no large pieces and could only be used to make some small objects.

Zhou Yimin opened the box and found two beads inside, so he said, "It might be a night-shining pearl." In order to verify his guess, he turned off the lights at home, and saw two beads in the wooden box emitting green light.

After seeing this scene, Zhou Yimin realized that his guess was correct.

Da Niu and Ma Guafu were not shocked. They had seen this thing before and knew what was going on.

I heard that this kind of treasure used to be very valuable. But now, it's hard to say. Many treasures can't be sold at a good price in antique shops.

So, they were actually a little nervous.

Zhou Yimin knew that the Night-Shining Pearl is a rare gemstone, which was called "Suizhu", "Xuanzhu", "Chuiji", "Mingyuezhu" in ancient times. Usually, the Night-Shining Pearl refers to fluorescent stone and luminous stone.

It is some luminous substances in the earth that have been accumulated in ores over tens of millions of years, from the initial volcanic magma eruption to the later geological movement. The stones containing these luminous rare elements, after processing, are what people call night pearls.

Widow Ma asked, "Yimin, how much food can these two night-shining pearls be exchanged for?"

For this kind of antique, most people don't know the exact price and can only see how much the buyer can offer.

Zhou Yimin looked at the two night-shining pearls. It can be said that the two night-shining pearls are of very high quality and must have been priceless in the past.

But now, its value is hard to say.

Even in later times, the Night Pearl is not so mysterious and its value is not so high. After thinking for a while, he said, "Three hundred kilograms of grain, plus 10 kilograms of brown sugar, do you think this is acceptable?"

When Danniu heard this, he was slightly surprised. Three hundred kilograms of grain and ten kilograms of brown sugar were worth a lot.

When Widow Ma saw that her brother didn't react at all, she became a little anxious and quickly nudged Daniu with her elbow.

Daniu only realized it at this time and quickly agreed: "Of course, thank you very much."

When Zhou Yimin saw that Daniu and the others agreed, he nodded indifferently. After all, three hundred kilograms of grain were only worth a few dozen yuan. It would definitely be a huge profit to be able to exchange them for such a high-quality night pearl.

He said, "I'll ask you to come over tomorrow night to get food. What kind of food do you want, corn or sweet potatoes?"

After hearing this, Daniu thought for a while and said, "I still want corn!"

Corn kernels are small, so you can better control how much you can eat in one meal. If you use sweet potatoes instead, some larger ones may weigh one or two kilograms, and three hundred kilograms will not last long.

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "Then I'll make arrangements tomorrow night and call you back. Take these 10 kilograms of brown sugar first."

After saying that, he took out 10 kilograms of brown sugar from the cabinet and handed it to Da Niu.

Widow Ma also knew that it was getting late, so she said goodbye, "Yimin, it's getting late, we will disturb your rest, we will go back first."

After saying that, he took Daniu away and took the brown sugar with him.

Zhou Yimin admired the two night pearls carefully. He liked them more and more. However, for safety reasons, he put the night pearls into the space. Otherwise, it would be bad if others found them and reported them. Although he was not afraid, he thought it was better to have less trouble than more.

(End of this chapter)