Traveling through 70's wine

After Wen Qing went out, she continued to walk deeper into the alley. She remembered that she found a yard here the day before, and many people came in and out.

She went over and knocked on the door. It was a small courtyard with a low earthen wall and two simple doors. From the outside, she could see three houses inside. Soon, an elderly man came out to open the door. When he saw Wen Qing, he asked in confusion, "Who are you looking for?"

Wen Qing said: "I heard from Lao Zhou that there are raw stones for sale here."

Lao Zhou was the code name she heard from afar yesterday, meaning that he was introduced by an acquaintance.

The old man moved aside a little to let her in. Wen Qing walked in and saw some stones piled in the yard. Two people were rummaging through the stones. A young man was sitting on a bamboo stool and chatting with the old man who opened the door.

Wen Qing walked over and asked, "How much are these stones? Can I see them?"

The young man sitting there said, "It's raw jadeite, shipped from a neighboring country. It's very valuable."

I introduced to her that the pile on the left side of the yard was 500 yuan per piece, and each piece weighed about thirty or forty kilograms. The pile on the right side was 200 yuan per piece, and each piece weighed less than ten kilograms. The ones in the middle of the yard were 400 yuan per piece, and their size was between the two piles on the left and right. The most expensive ones were the ones placed under the eaves, which cost one thousand yuan each.

Wen Qing thanked him and went to look to the right first.

Black stones were placed on the ground one by one. Wen Qing picked up a stone and looked at it carefully. There seemed to be crystal light under the rough surface of the stone, and she could feel a cool feeling on her hand, perhaps because the stone had been placed on the ground for a long time.

Wen Qing put the stone aside, and then she picked up a black stone with the same rough surface, but no jumping photons were seen there. Wen Qing put that stone aside as well.

She turned to the 500 yuan pile. There were black, yellow and white stones. Some of the stones had a little green on the yellow surface, but the green was very little.

Wen Qing saw the two people who came first. There were two green stones beside them. Wen Qing also found a green stone, picked it up and took a closer look. The surface of the yellow-white stone was relatively smooth and delicate. The white was mixed in the yellow, like a bunch of clouds, and the green could be seen in the yellow, like tender seedlings growing on the yellow soil.

Wen Qing held it in her hand, but she didn't feel the cool warmth of the black stone, but she still kept it by her side.

She found another yellow-green stone in the pile. The shape of the stone was like a bull's head, and there was a ball of green in the bull's eye. Wen Qing felt that the ball of green had a deeper green under the plain surface.

Wen Qing picked up four stones and went to the young man, "1400 yuan."

Although this price does not sound high, a worker currently earns only 2 to 30 yuan a month, which is equivalent to 4 to 5 years of income.

Wen Qing paid the money and the young man asked her to go to the room to cut the stone. Wen Qing first took out the 200 yuan stone without any bright spots.

The person who cut the stone was a short old man. He placed the stone on the stone cutter. Wen Qing didn't know how to explain it and just let the old man make the decision.

He cut off one third of the stone with a knife. There was stone inside. The old man shook his head and cut off another piece. There was still stone inside. He looked up and said to Wen Qing, "It's broken." Wen Qing didn't say anything.

The old man picked up the stone and said, "This stone is better than the previous one."

He started the machine and cut one-fifth of it first. The stone exposed inside was relatively delicate. After gesturing, he changed to the other side and cut off a piece of the stone, revealing some transparent stone inside. The old man smiled and cut off the other two sides.

Wen Qing also noticed that jadeite was cut out of this piece, so she asked, "Uncle, is this jadeite?"

The old man said: "Ice-glutinous green jadeite." He added: "It's a pity that the green is too light."

Wen Qing took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to the old man, then put the jade away.

She took out the 500-yuan bullhead stone and said, "Uncle, how about this one?"

The old man picked it up and looked at it. "It's hard to say."

Put the stone on the stone cutting machine table and start cutting from the cow's chin. After cutting the stone, it is still a stone. The old man turns the direction and cuts towards the cow's ear, but it still comes out as a stone.

The old man turned to the horn and started the machine absentmindedly. The noisy sound distracted Wen Qingyu. Suddenly, he heard the old man shout, "It's going up."

She walked forward to look, and the old man picked up a wet rag and wiped the stone, revealing a patch of emerald green.

He picked up the stone and examined it carefully, then changed sides and continued cutting the stone. After half an hour, a crystal green stone weighing about 3 or 4 kilograms appeared in Wen Qing's hands.

Wen Qing's joy slowly overflowed from the corners of her eyes, and she asked, "Uncle, what kind of jade is this?"

The old man was also a little envious and said, "At least it's an ice emerald. Boy, you are lucky."

Wen Qing took out the last yellow-white stone worth 500 yuan. The old man took the stone, took out a cigarette from the one Wen Qing had just handed over, put it in his mouth, lit it and took a deep puff, and then began to cut the stone.

After a while, after cutting all four sides, the stone was still exposed. The old man boldly cut off one-third of the way, and it was still stone.

The old man shook his head, cut the stone into pieces one by one, stopped the machine, brushed the stone to the ground, and said, "It's broken."

Wen Qing just shook her head, took out 2 yuan and handed it to the old man, "Thank you!"

Wen Qing packed the two pieces of jade and walked out of the yard.

The two people who were looking for raw stones heard that someone had cut it for a higher price. They looked up at Wen Qing who came out and started looking even more vigorously.

She walked to the street. It was already late. A few stars appeared in the deep blue sky. The moon had climbed up halfway into the sky. She was walking on the street when a man ran up from behind and said, "Uncle, wait a minute."

Wen Qing turned around and saw that it was the man she had exchanged bicycles with. When the man saw her stop, he said, "Uncle, you made it so hard for me to find you."

Wen Qing: "Young man, what's the matter?"

The young man said, "Uncle, my name is Mu Xiaogang, I want to ask, do you have any food left?"

Wen Qing thought for a moment and said with a smile, "You want to buy? There are only some corn and eggs. Yes, and snake meat."

Mu Xiaogang felt a little regretful and asked, "How much corn? How many eggs?"

Wen Qing said: "500 kilograms of corn, 200 eggs, and about 10 kilograms of snake meat."

Corn and eggs were still priced according to the morning's prices, and snake meat was 1 yuan per pound. The two men agreed to deliver the goods in the grove north of the city tomorrow morning.

After returning to the hotel, Wen Qing closed the doors and windows. To prevent anyone from peeping, she made the quilt on the bed to make it look like someone was sleeping.

I went straight to the space, took a shower, and went to the field to see the growth of the crops. The wheat was already ripe, but the rice and corn would take another ten days or half a month to mature.

She went to the poultry again. The big rabbit had given birth to 20 little rabbits, and they were looking for grass to eat. There were only about 20 pheasants now, but three of them were hens sitting on nests. It was estimated that a batch of chicks would be born in the next twenty days.

She went to the orchard and saw that the grafted fruit trees were growing well. The walnut trees, apple trees and pear trees were in bloom. It would take at least two months before there would be fruit to eat.

Wen Qing practiced as usual, and then went to sleep in the bedroom of the bamboo building.

When he got up in the morning, he turned into a dark and thin middle-aged man and went out to eat rice noodles.

She carried the basket and leisurely went to the grove in the north of the city. She observed carefully and found no ambush. She waited for Mu Xiaogang to appear and gave him the things in the basket, a total of 95 yuan.

Mu Xiaogang said awkwardly: "Uncle, I'll get something for you to change, okay?"

Wen Qing frowned, "What is it?"

Mu Xiaogang whispered, "It's a tractor."

Wen Qing was surprised and asked, "Where did it come from? Did you steal it?"

Mu Xiaogang waved his hands quickly, "How dare I?"

I explained to her that it was an old tractor that had been provided to their village by the Construction Corps. It had been used for five or six years and was now a bit broken. In addition, their village was mostly mountain terraces, so the tractor was of little use.

The old people in the village asked him to sell it and exchange it for something else.

They usually grow crops in their ethnic minority village and have few sources of income. Everyone lives in the village, except Mu Xiaogang, who often does business outside. The elders in the village asked him to find a way.

Mu Xiaogang observed for a long time and found that he didn't dare to sell the tractor to the nearby villages because people wouldn't buy it and passers-by wouldn't buy a tractor to take back. Only this uncle, although not a local, seemed to have some connections, so he came to try his luck.