Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 156: Made a Big Mistake
Yusup squatted down and began to take out the jade stones he brought from his sack one by one.

The first piece of jade shocked Li Long.

This was a very beautiful piece of jade, with a surface like the beeswax that he often saw in later generations, and it was very oily - it could be seen that the jade flesh should be white, but the skin was golden yellow, very beautiful.

It was as big as two fists and weighed about two or three kilograms. Yusup proudly handed the jade to Master Wang.

"Yes, it's a top-grade white jade seed material of very good quality, also known as mutton-fat jade. This kind of jade is very rare." Master Wang took the jade and looked at it carefully, touched it, and then took out a flashlight from his pocket to look at it and said, "Very good! It has reached the top grade. This piece of jade is worth 260 yuan per kilogram at the current purchase price."

It was indeed different. The best Li Long got was only 80 yuan per kilogram. This is more than three times as much!

Yusup was obviously very satisfied with the price. He smiled and said:

"The jade factory in Kou Li bought it from us. We only gave 200 yuan for one kilogram. The price you gave is still fair!"

Next, he took out the jade pieces one by one.

"First-grade white jade, one kilogram for one hundred and twenty."

"First-grade blue and white porcelain, 80 per kilogram."

"Level 2 black jade, fifty-five per kilogram..."

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While Master Wang was making the appraisal, Section Chief Chen called someone over to weigh and issue invoices.

This time, the half kilogram of fine jade that Yusup brought cost dozens of dollars, weighing more than thirty kilograms. In the end, the total bill was nearly five thousand dollars!
"It's hard to count these small pieces." Finally, Master Wang pointed to the pigeon egg-sized seeds at the bottom of the sack and said, "Our factory doesn't accept such large pieces now. It's not worth it to make them. Some jade carving workers can make bracelets and the like. You can go and ask them."

Yusup was not disappointed. He was very happy to get nearly 5,000 yuan. He smiled and said:

"Okay. Actually, these small pieces were given to me as gifts when I was collecting jade. If you don't want to accept them, then don't accept them."

Li Long looked at them with envy. Although these small pieces of material were not big in size, they looked to be of very good quality.

But now was obviously not the time for him to speak, as Master Wang had already started looking at him.

"My jade is not as good as his." Li Long said modestly, then opened the sack and took out his piece of jade.

When Li Long took out the jade, he was ready to be disappointed. Even he himself felt that Yusup's jades were all fine products. In comparison, his piece was really niche.

"Huh?" Master Wang looked at the jade and suddenly said:
"This jade is quite good. It is a rare piece of Mahe Jasper without sesame spots... It is rare to find such a large piece of jade so pure. Come here, young man, bring it over so I can have a look."

Li Long thought this was a good idea, so he immediately took the jade and placed it at Master Wang's feet.

"During the Chinese New Year, Mr. Liu also received a very good piece of jasper from this young man, and it had no spots at all." Section Chief Chen said with a smile, "This young man has friends in the mountains, so he can always get good things."

"Well, there are a lot of seed materials of Mahe Jasper, and there are also many large pieces, but most of them have sesame spots. There are not many pieces as pure as this one. Looking at the shape, it will definitely be no problem to carve it into an ornament." Master Wang smiled and said, "First-grade Jasper, estimated price per kilogram... one hundred and one."

Li Long is surprised!

One hundred and one!

This piece can be sold for one thousand six hundred or seven hundred yuan, which is really a lot of money!

All problems have been solved!

"Can it really sell so much?" Li Long asked, still a little bit unbelieving.

"Of course, do you think your jade is not as good as his? Actually, it is different. Our jade carving factory not only looks at the quality of the jade, but also what it can do.

You see, all his jades are pretty good, but except for the first piece of mutton-fat jade, the others are not considered rare in quality and size, and their prices are much higher than yours.

Although your piece is not as good as mine, it is made of large materials and is rare in its category." Master Wang explained to Li Long patiently, which benefited Li Long greatly.

Weigh, invoice, and checkout.

When Li Long came out of the jade carving factory with a thick stack of money, he saw Yusup waiting for the bus at the bus stop, so he went over immediately.

When Yusup saw Li Long, a smile appeared on his face:
"Friend, have you sold the jade?"

"Sold it." Li Long nodded. He suddenly remembered those small pieces of jade from Yusup and asked:

"Adasi, how much do you sell those small pieces of jade for?"

"Do you want it?" Yusup was a little surprised. "Do you have a friend who can carve jade?"

"No, no, I have younger generations. This jade looks very beautiful. I will give it to my children to play with."

"How much do you want?" Yusup took the sack off his shoulder and asked:

"One," Yusup thought for a moment and said, "a bigger one, five yuan, a smaller one, two yuan, how about that?"

If we use the prices of later times, it is really cheap, but if we use the prices of today, it is really not cheap.

Li Long and Yusup squatted down and began to look. Someone waiting for the bus nearby came over to see that there were jade stones in the sack. A middle-aged woman in a Mao suit asked:

"Comrade, how do you sell this jade?"

"The bigger one is five yuan, and the smaller one is two yuan," said Yusup.

"It's too expensive!" The woman shook her head. Just then a car came by and she got in and left.

Li Long saw that there were more than twenty pieces of silver in the sack, so he said:
"Adasi, please make it cheaper. I want them all."

"How much do you pay?"

Li Long saw that the largest one was about the size of a pigeon egg, and the smaller ones were slightly larger than broad beans. He said:

"The price is two dollars. You can't sell them if you bring them here, and it will be troublesome to take them back... Two dollars each, no matter the size, I'll take them all!"

"Okay, okay, let's be friends!" Yusup agreed with a smile.

Li Long knew that this was not Yusup's bottom price, but he didn't care. In his opinion, there were at least five pearls that could reach the level of mutton fat.

This Yusupu is most likely not a jade digger, but a second-hand dealer.

After paying for the jade, Li Long put the jade into his sack and breathed a sigh of relief. Although he paid fifty-six yuan, the value of the jade would increase many times in thirty years.

"Are your friends in the mountains also Uyghurs?" Yusup accepted Li Long's money and his tone became much more enthusiastic. "Are they herding in the mountains?"

"No, no, no, my herdsmen friends in the mountains are Kazakhs." Li Long shook his head. "They will move to another place soon. I got this jade from them. After selling it, I will bring them some daily necessities."

"Not bad, not bad! You are their real Dosen!" Yusup immediately showed an admiring expression on his face when he heard Li Long say this. He gave a thumbs up and said:

“They must really trust you!”

"You do trust me." Li Long said, "What does Duosen mean?"

"Friends. Kazakh-speaking friends." Yusup explained, "Our Uyghur-speaking friend is Adasi, and their Kazakh-speaking friend is Duosen."

Li Long stood there in a daze, as if he had been punched.

He had always thought that Adasi was a friend of Kazakh, and had been greeting Halimu and the others in this way. He didn't expect that he had made such a big mistake, and Halimu and the others didn't explain. How could he feel embarrassed?

The bus arrived and Yusup asked Li Long to get on. After Li Long got on the bus, he became much quieter, and even the excitement of buying the small jade seeds disappeared.

I have to explain it carefully when I get back. It was the short video in my previous life that harmed me. I really need to study hard and be more humble in the future. I didn't understand it clearly, so I caused Halimu and the others to cooperate with me.

"The jade farmers over there work very hard. They dig in the river every day. If they are lucky, they can dig up a piece, but if they are unlucky, they can dig up nothing all day." Yusup probably thought that Li Long had the same experience and profession as him, so he talked more. "Such small jades can be dug up frequently, but they can't be sold for much money... The people in the so-called jade factories only charge a few cents for them, which is not worth it!"

"If you want to collect more in the future, and this jade factory doesn't want it, come to Ma County to find me. I want such a large piece of material." Li Long said casually, "In Ma County, come to me."

"How can I find you? It's as big as a county town." Yusup was a little unconvinced.

Li Long took out the certificate of the supply and marketing cooperative from his pocket and showed it to him. He said:

"I'm a buyer at the supply and marketing cooperative. I know the people at our purchasing station. You can find me by going to the supply and marketing cooperative and looking for Section Chief Li..."

Yusup looked at Li Long's certificate carefully, then handed it back to him and said:
"It's not worth it for me to make a special trip for such small stones. But when I receive the big jade stones, I can bring some over and find you then."

There are dozens of them at a time, and each one costs two yuan. The ticket from Wucheng to Ma County is only a few yuan, which is very cost-effective!
Yusup was going to take the night bus back to southern Xinjiang, while Li Long was going to stay to buy things. After the two parted, Li Long went to stay at the Bayi Guesthouse.

The next day, he went to the department store, ready to buy everything the "Dosen" in the mountains needed.

Sure enough, the department store had battery-powered portable radios. Not only that, but there were also several brands and different prices.

After reading it, Li Long bought eight dual-band Workers, Peasants and Soldiers brand radios for 46 yuan.

Fortunately, the tickets I got from Li Xiangqian and exchanged from the ticket scalpers were enough.

Buying eight radios at once was rare even in Wucheng. Several salesmen came to help, checking the radios one by one for Li Long, putting them into boxes and tying them up.

Li Long bought more than a dozen pairs of Liberation shoes and fifteen flashlights here. After buying these things, he had no way to buy more batteries.

But there was nothing he could do, he was just one person, not a carriage, and he couldn't carry so much.

After paying, Li Long walked out with the bundled items in both hands - at this point he had to admire the salespeople, as the items were tied very tightly and firmly, and there was no need to worry about them falling off if shaken.

Back at the Bayi Guesthouse, Li Long bought a ticket back to Ma County. The driver saw that he had so many things and wanted to help him put them on the luggage rack on the roof, but Li Long waved his hand hastily:

"No, no, there's a radio in here. It will get damaged if I put it up there. I'd better put it in there."

When the driver heard that the big package was a radio, he immediately showed a surprised expression on his face. He didn't dare to put the thing on it. The value of one radio was more than his monthly salary!

Li Long got on the car carrying a sack. There were not many people in the car at that time, so Li Long did not hesitate to sit down in the middle seat and put the sack on the seat next to him.

People came up one after another. At that time, seats were not assigned based on ticket numbers, so the people who came later didn't say anything when they saw Li Long taking up two seats by himself.

When the bus was half full, it was time to depart. After the ticket inspector checked the tickets, the bus drove out of the station.

When they arrived at Ma County, Li Long breathed a sigh of relief as he came down carrying the sack on his back. They had finally arrived.

He was walking towards the compound with a sack on his back, and when he was almost there, he didn't notice that someone behind him saw him.

After Gu Ermao was beaten by Tao Daqiang last time, he was too ashamed to stay in the village. He went to his relative's house in a fit of anger. Every day he still went to follow the driver - although he was called following the driver, he was actually doing odd jobs as an assistant.

The driver was in a good mood today and gave him some driving tips, which made Gu Ermao very proud. He went to the meat canteen to buy some meat buns for the master. At noon, the driver went home and he also went to his relative's house for dinner. Unexpectedly, he met Li Long.

Seeing Li Long carrying a large sack into a large yard, Gu Ermao started to keep an eye on him.

What is Li Long doing in this big yard?
After Gu Ermao came up with an idea, he remembered that he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he decided to keep an eye on Li Long to see if he could find any evidence against him.

As for the incident in which Tao Daqiang beat Gu Ermao, in Gu Ermao's opinion, the ultimate culprit was Li Long.

If Li Long had not supported Tao Daqiang and helped him make money, how could Tao Daqiang dare to do this to himself?

Therefore, as long as Li Long is defeated, Tao Daqiang will have to wait for the bear to eat him!
Gu Ermao's hatred for Li Long was not just because of this matter. Of course, there were some things that were better kept to oneself and could not be spoken out.

Li Long returned to the large courtyard, put down the radio, went to the kitchen to boil some water to drink, took a rest, then went out and rode his bicycle to the large meat canteen to have lunch.

After lunch, he rode his bike to the grain store and bought three bags of flour. They were the kind of flour bags with 85% flour and each bag weighed 25 kilograms.

He can only buy so much; any more would be difficult to carry on the bicycle.

Li Long brought the flour back to the compound. After unloading it, he went to the department store and bought some miscellaneous items.

Gu Ermao was very envious of Li Long riding a bicycle, but he knew he could not compare with him, so he did not follow him out. He thought Li Long's base was here, so he just kept watching here.

Then he saw Li Long riding his bicycle in and out several times, and he was overjoyed!

Sure enough, this is definitely a stronghold!
This Li Long is engaging in speculation and profiteering!

Although it was possible to sell things without tickets at the morning market, there was still the crime of speculation. Gu Ermao discussed this with his master. Gu Ermao remembered very clearly that when he told his master that he could borrow the car to speculate, his master said disdainfully:

"Don't think they are so happy now. When we investigate later, they will suffer the consequences!"

Gu Ermao began to feel conflicted. Should he report this bastard Li Long?

(End of this chapter)