Chapter 61: The Melo Pearl Valued At 120,000 Is In Hand!
“Hey, handsome, you came with Uncle Lu last night, right?”
When Liu Yue looked up and saw Jiang Tao, she felt he looked familiar.
Although Jiang Tao had entered the ranks of middle-aged uncles, his appearance was still online; he wasn’t the kind of ordinary face that you forget once you see him.
Jiang Tao had come here to eat with Lu Qian last night, and Liu Yue still had an impression of him.
“Ah, yes, I came to eat here with Brother Lu last night, and I saw that you sell conch here, so I came directly to your place to buy some.”
Jiang Tao heard that the boss lady knew Lu Qian and took the opportunity to indicate his close relationship with Lu Qian, saying:
“Name your price. I won’t have you working for nothing. After all, you run such a big restaurant; it’s unrealistic not to make money.”
Liu Yue’s smile became even more enthusiastic after hearing Jiang Tao’s words, and she said with a smile:
“You’re Uncle Lu’s friend. On Uncle Lu’s behalf, it’s no problem for me to let you have two.”
“We order a lot of that kind of conch at once. The purchase price is 40 per jin. Pick whichever one you like and scoop it out yourself.”
“Sister Liu, please ask Xiao Guo to come out and weigh it for the customer.”
Liu Yue said to Jiang Tao as she beckoned him, and then called out to the cleaning aunt who had spoken to Jiang Tao earlier.
“Thank you, boss lady. I’m sorry to trouble you.”
Jiang Tao didn’t expect that landlord Brother Lu’s influence was so effective here, but he still thanked Liu Yue.
Liu Yue smiled and said, “You’re welcome. Your continued patronage is the greatest support for us.”
“Certainly, certainly.”
Jiang Tao also nodded with a smile, agreeing verbally for now, but who knew if he would come again in the future.
After thanking the boss lady, Jiang Tao turned and walked to the glass seafood tank.
He picked up a scoop hanging on the shelf and first scooped out the conch that was emitting a dark golden light.
While scooping, Jiang Tao grumbled in his heart.
If it weren’t for System Brother’s reminder, he didn’t know which lucky person would have gotten this fortunate encounter.
Now, it’s all his!
The conch Jiang Tao scooped was quite large, exceeding the length of his palm by a section.
A kitchen assistant took it from Jiang Tao and placed it on the electronic scale nearby.
This conch weighed a whopping 3.2 kilograms, which is over 6 jin when converted to market jin.
The cost price of one conch alone was as high as 256 yuan. If this were cooked and served, it would definitely sell for four to five hundred yuan.
Lu Qian’s influence saved Jiang Tao over 200 yuan at once.
Afterwards, to camouflage this conch, Jiang Tao casually picked a small one, but it still weighed over 3 jin.
In the end, the total bill came to 388 yuan.
Thinking of the Melo Pearl worth 120,000 yuan, Jiang Tao didn’t feel the pinch of spending this 388 yuan.
388 yuan turned into 120,000 yuan, an increase of over 300 times. He had struck it rich!
After thanking the boss lady Liu Yue again, Jiang Tao paid and left Pang Ge Seafood BBQ with two conchs, heading straight for his rental room.
Back in his rental room, Jiang Tao first put the other ordinary conch into a stainless steel basin.
Then, he began to follow the method he found online, holding the conch on both sides with both hands, pointing the sharp end downwards, and starting to tap it on the ground.
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack…
After tapping it on the ground dozens of times, the snail meat inside the conch was also much more exposed than before.
Feeling it was enough, Jiang Tao held the shell with one hand and pulled the snail meat with the other, exerting force to pull it out.
*Poof~*
A complete piece of snail meat was pulled out of the shell by Jiang Tao.
His gaze immediately shifted to the internal organs at the end of the snail meat.
As expected!
Within that cluster of white, greasy internal organs, a patch of orange-yellow color was particularly noticeable!
Jiang Tao gulped down a mouthful of saliva and excitedly extended his right hand.
Soon, he obtained a pigeon-egg-sized, orange-yellow, round small bead wrapped within the conch’s internal organs.
This Melo Pearl was very hard and felt very smooth, similar to a glass ball, but its value was worlds apart!
Having been bound to the intelligence system for so long, System Brother’s valuations were very accurate.
System Brother said it was worth 120,000, and Jiang Tao would sell it at that price.
A difference of a few hundred yuan was acceptable, but too much of a difference would mean he’d have to wait for a fated buyer!
Anyway, he was now debt-free and already had hundreds of thousands in deposits, so he wasn’t in a hurry to cash out this Melo Pearl.
Waiting for the right price to sell it for the best value was the optimal choice!
“I’ll go to Panjiayuan again to check the market price of this Melo Pearl and see if I can trigger some intelligence related to antiques.”
“I really don’t believe in this evil. If it doesn’t work once, twice, I’ll go three, four, five times.”
“I’ll really go head-to-head with Panjiayuan. I’ll go every day from now on! If it really doesn’t work, I’ll rent a place and live there!”
After the excitement subsided, Jiang Tao quickly formulated a plan.
He first used the toilet paper on the table to wipe off the mucus covering the Melo Pearl.
Then, he wrapped the Melo Pearl layer by layer to prevent it from being bumped or scratched, which would affect its appearance and value.
Finally, Jiang Tao found a Liuwei Dihuang Pill medicine bottle from the drawer.
He ate the remaining 6 Dihuang Pills in the bottle and then dropped the Melo Pearl, which was wrapped up, inside.
After dealing with the Melo Pearl, Jiang Tao first put the scooped snail meat back into the stainless steel basin.
He saw online that this stuff was quite delicious and that he could stir-fry it tonight.
It would be a celebration of getting a jewel worth 120,000 yuan today.
He put the medicine bottle containing the Melo Pearl into the inner pocket of his shirt.
Before leaving for Panjiayuan, Jiang Tao took out his mobile phone and found Xu Li’s number, then dialed it.
Ring, ring, ring—
The call was answered after a few rings, and Xu Li’s voice on the other end was clearly less cheerful than before.
No matter how much Jiang Tao comforted her, she seemed unable to get over losing 30,000 yuan in a short period.
“Hello, wife…”
When the call connected, Jiang Tao indirectly prompted Xu Li to search more thoroughly in the nooks and crannies of their home.
For example, in the sofa cracks, under the coffee table, behind the television, and so on.
The phone call lasted about ten minutes before hanging up.
After ending the call, Jiang Tao locked his room door and headed directly to Panjiayuan with the Melo Pearl he had just acquired today.
At the same time.
Ping County, Jiang Family Village, Jiang Tao’s home.
“In the sofa cracks, under the coffee table, behind the TV…”
“How could it be in a place like this?”
“However, it’s better to believe it’s there than not to believe it’s not, so I’ll look!”
“If I can’t find it, I’ll only lose some time. If I find it, that’s 30,000 yuan!”
“Xiao Xue, wait a moment, okay? Mom needs to find something before taking you out to play.”
Xu Li put her phone in her pocket, first conducted a carpet search on the sofa, and then bent over with her buttocks raised to look under the coffee table.
Finally, she went to what she thought was the least likely place, the television, tilted her head, and looked into the gap between the TV and the TV wall.
“Huh, what’s this…”
Xu Li extended her two slender fingers into the gap and pulled out a small paper airplane.
