Chapter 225: Selling Ambergris
Jiaojiao’s birthday that day was quite good, except for the little incident that happened at night.
The next day, the Fifth Brother continued to go to school. Jiaojiao was held by her father and went to remit money with her godfather.
Looking at the string of numbers on the bankbook, Jiaojiao’s eyes curved into a smile.
“Daddy, we can buy a big boat now!”
She held up the bankbook in her hand and placed it in front of Yun Linhai.
“Buy a big boat that’s bigger than everyone else’s boat in the village!”
Yun Linhai was also staring at such a large string of numbers in a daze. He had never seen so much money in his life!
He didn’t expect his daughter to say she wanted to buy him a boat.
“Huh?”
Jiaojiao: “Buy a big boat.”
The honest and simple Yun Linhai scratched his head: “This… this isn’t necessary, is it?”
Using his daughter’s money to buy a boat, he felt so awkward.
Jiaojiao pouted unhappily: “Am I not your daughter anymore?”
Yun Linhai immediately replied: “Of course, you must be!”
Anyone who said otherwise, he would get into an argument with them.
Jiaojiao nodded: “That’s right, I am a filial and good child. I have money, and it’s right to buy a big boat for Daddy!”
“A big boat, it will be comfortable for Jiaojiao to go out to sea too.”
“Jiaojiao is not biased, she also wants to buy for Mommy and Aunt. What will Daddy buy for them?”
“Buy cars for Third Brother and Fourth Brother, so Third Brother can drive himself to school.”
“Buy a big gold bracelet for Grandma. It seems we already have one, so give them a big house.”
“And for Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt, and Cousin…”
Yun Linhai covered her chattering mouth, “Stop talking, if you keep buying like this, all this money will be gone.”
Jiaojiao: Buy, buy, buy…
Under her strong insistence, Yun Linhai followed and bought a lot of things back.
Food, clothes, and daily necessities. Spring had arrived, and the clothes had been updated again.
Jiaojiao stood in front of a brand new motorcycle: “Daddy, do you want it?”
Hearing her words, Yun Linhai’s gaze, which was fixed on the motorcycle, immediately moved away.
“No, Daughter, please don’t buy any more.”
“Besides, I don’t know how to ride this vehicle.”
Jiaojiao: “Then Daddy can learn.”
She held her father’s hand: “If I weren’t so small, I would learn too!”
“Every time we leave the village, my butt hurts from riding the tractor.”
Yun Linhai: …………
Finally, under Jiaojiao’s constant chatter, a motorcycle was decided upon.
First, they had to go and get the money.
After the transaction, looking at the motorcycle in front of him, Yun Linhai still felt like he was in a daze.
Sun Yaotong, standing beside him, patted his shoulder: “If you don’t know how to ride a motorcycle, I’ll have someone teach you. Don’t feel bad about the money. If I had a daughter who spent money on me, I’d be too happy to care.”
Yun Linhai smiled sheepishly; he just felt uneasy.
“As a grown man, spending my daughter’s money, what kind of man am I?”
“Alas, I just feel uneasy about this.”
Sun Yaotong nodded: “I understand, but this money is meant to be spent. Although you will be riding the motorcycle, it’s Jiaojiao who will be comfortable. If you think about it this way, maybe it’s better. As for the boat, I know someone at a shipyard. Let me know when you’re ready to buy a boat, and I’ll put in a good word for you.”
He actually wanted to say “call,” but Bailong Village didn’t seem to have phones.
Jiaojiao’s eyes curved into a smile: “Thank you, Godfather!”
The motorcycle was ridden to the village by a young man from the store.
Yun Linhai and Jiaojiao went home in Sun Yaotong’s car.
When they returned home, Old Mu and his friend were there.
The motorcycle’s sound was very loud, and as soon as they arrived home, it attracted everyone in the house.
“Who is this young man?”
Grandpa Yun’s eyes were filled with confusion.
Jiaojiao raised her small hand: “Grandpa, Uncle, this motorcycle belongs to our family. I bought it!”
Her voice was crisp and loud, and her pride was evident in her tone.
Yun Linhe jumped up: “What? Ours?”
Yun Chennan was also surprised: “Jiaojiao, you bought it?”
Jiaojiao slightly raised her chin, her expression very proud.
“Yes, yes, I have money, and I bought it for the family. From now on, we’ll ride motorcycles when we go out, not tractors. My butt hurts from being bumped around.”
The young man who parked the motorcycle widened his eyes.
What, this child bought it?
He had thought the adult bought it.
Seeing the reactions of those people, what the child said seemed to be true.
Immediately, the young man looked at the expressions of the people in the room with envy and jealousy.
Please give me a daughter like this too!
Hearing that the motorcycle belonged to their family, Yun Linhe was no longer polite. He walked around the brand new motorcycle, his hands constantly touching it, and his upward-curving smile couldn’t be suppressed.
Yun Linhe accepted it better than Yun Linhai. He patted the motorcycle and said to Jiaojiao.
“Jiaojiao, when I learn to ride this vehicle, I’ll take you wherever you want to go!”
Jiaojiao responded crisply: “Okay.”
This was exactly what she had in mind.
After Sun Yaotong dropped them off, he announced he had to leave.
“If you want to learn to ride, I’ll introduce someone to teach you. We have to go back today. Jiaojiao, when will you come to my house to play in Hangcheng?”
Jiaojiao nodded: “Okay, I know, Godfather.”
Grandma Yun: “Are you really not eating? Have something before you go.”
Sun Yaotong said that their train tickets were about to depart, so they had to go back and prepare some things.
After seeing them off, they returned home for lunch before discussing important matters.
Yun Chenbei carefully moved out the box containing ambergris from the room.
After opening the box and placing the ambergris on the table, Old Wu, Old Mu’s friend,’s eyes immediately lit up.
He took out a magnifying glass from his inner pocket and examined the ambergris closely.
“This is the first time I’ve seen such a large piece of ambergris, and the quality is too good.”
He didn’t expect his old friend to have lied to him!
The Yun family watched him nervously.
“Brother Yun, Old Wu, I don’t cheat you in business, and you’re also Old Mu’s friend, so we’re all family, so I’ll tell you the truth. For ambergris of this quality and size, I can give you at most this price per gram.”
Old Wu made a gesture of three and then five.
Old Mu said from the side: “Can’t you give more? This thing is rare and hard to find. If you take it back and make it into incense and sell it abroad, you can earn a lot of money.”
Old Wu rolled his eyes impatiently: “You old Mu, after so many years of friendship, you still don’t trust me.”
“You can’t betray me for your precious apprentice, can you?”
“At a price of three hundred and fifty yuan per gram, no matter who you ask, this is the highest price you can get. Of course, if this piece of ambergris could be auctioned abroad, the money might be higher, but going to such an auction also carries certain risks, especially since the public security abroad is not very good. It depends on your choice.”
Auctioned abroad?
The Yun family dared not even think about it.
They didn’t have that much courage, nor did they have the connections.
Jiaojiao also didn’t want to make things so complicated.
“Grandpa Wu, I’ll sell it to you.”
