Chapter 376 The King of Pearls
Chapter 376 The King of Pearls
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan had just finished their worship when they heard a commotion outside.
"What's going on? Was that thunder just now?"
When they were kowtowing, they heard thunder rumbling outside. Luckily they were scared to the point of falling to the ground in front of Mazu.
When he came out at this moment, he asked hurriedly.
"Yes, it seems that someone outside was struck by lightning. Let's go and take a look!"
As Fu Ming spoke, he took the lead and walked ahead.
Seeing this, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu also jumped and followed behind.
By this time, all the members of the Fu family had finished their worship, and they walked out of the temple one after another.
As soon as Fu Wan went out, she was pulled over by someone at the door.
"Awan, you finally made it out. Oh, I'm telling you, Shen Dongsheng was struck by lightning!"
Wang Xiuer never stopped talking, and she recounted what had just happened outside.
After she and Fu Qing came out, they were worrying about how to get home when they happened to see Uncle Niu who had just finished a quick worship and came out to guard the tractor.
The tractor can go directly to the door of their house, but if they take the bus, the mother and daughter will not only be crowded, but also have to walk a long way.
And the shuttle bus is more expensive than the tractor.
So they simply stood next to the tractor and waited for Mr. Fu to come out so they could go back together.
Because there were so many small vendors, Fu Qing was also very curious and pulled Wang Xiuer to look around.
Who would have thought that when everything outside the temple was bustling and peaceful, there was suddenly a loud bang in the sky, and a thunder struck the ground, scaring everyone to run away.
Wang Xiuer was so scared that she pulled Fu Qing to hide aside quickly. The thunder was not over yet, and several more sounds followed.
She also saw clearly that the thunders all hit the big tree at the entrance of the temple. There was even a flash of lightning that flashed under the tree and knocked down the person hiding under the tree.
Wang Xiuer also knew that person, it was Shen Dongsheng.
I just don't know if he was scared unconscious or was really struck by lightning.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Ming started laughing beside him.
"Serves you right! Even Mazu couldn't stand it!"
He was struck by lightning in front of the Mazu Temple, and on such an important day as the first day of the Lunar New Year, I'm afraid that in the future, others will have to stay away from Shen Dongsheng for fear of being contaminated by bad luck.
Someone immediately reported this major incident to the police, who quickly arrived and sent Shen Dongsheng to the hospital.
Fu Wan didn't pay any attention to what happened afterwards, because after the worship, she had to rush to the city with Fu Ming.
"Brother, let's go to Uncle Feng first!"
After watching the tractor leave, seeing that it was still early, Fu Wan thought of going to see Feng Ji first.
When she came out in the morning, she brought two pink pearls with her, so she asked Feng Ji how much these pearls could be exchanged for.
Fu Ming agreed immediately. After all, his task today was to follow Fu Wan in case she was unsafe alone.
The brother and sister immediately found a tractor and went to the county town. When they arrived at Feng Ji's shop, Feng Ji was sitting in a chair, concentrating on fiddling with a pocket watch.
When he heard the knock on the door, he pulled down his glasses and took a closer look at who was coming.
When he saw that it was the Fu family siblings, his mouth curled up at first, then immediately turned stern, "Hey, look who's here, you still remember this old man like me!"
Fu Wan smiled openly, "I've been busy sailing lately. I just finished paying homage to Mazu today, so I came to see you specially."
Feng Ji snorted coldly upon hearing this. "Come on, I won't fall for that. Did you find something good in the sea again?"
Fu Mingchao gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are really a genius! You are so smart!"
Feng Ji put the pocket watch in his hand into the drawer and suddenly said, "Those old men from the city and the province have been rushing to your town these past two days. Is that the commotion you've created?"
Fu Wan was stunned by the question. She didn't expect Feng Ji to be so well-informed. The salvage was just done yesterday, but he heard the noise today.
Seeing Fu Wan only smiled and said nothing, Feng Ji snorted again, "I knew that no one in this county, let alone this city, could cause such trouble.
Come on, what good stuff do you have for me to see?"
After that, he was afraid that Fu Wan and the others would think too much, so he added, "Don't worry, I, an old man, also have professional ethics. For the sake of our relationship, I won't say anything careless."
If he wanted fame and fortune, he wouldn't have stayed away from home in this small county town.
Fu Wan had been dealing with him for such a long time, so she naturally knew what kind of person he was.
So without saying a word, she took out a small floral cloth bag from her arms, and then took out two pink pearls from it.
"Look, this is what I found on the seabed. But it's not with the ones the experts salvaged."
Feng Ji nodded, and his eyes widened when he saw Fu Wan casually placing two pink pearls on the table.
"Girl, how can you be so reckless? You can't just throw away pearls like that."
After saying that, he took out a pair of black gloves from a drawer beside him and put them on, then carefully picked up a pearl from the table.
He was not satisfied after looking at it with his naked eyes several times, so he took a magnifying glass from the shelf next to him to observe it carefully.
Fu Ming looked at his serious expression and couldn't help but breathe more slowly due to nervousness.
As for Fu Wan, she was much more relaxed. Although she didn't know anything about jewelry, she had seen pigs run even if she had never eaten pork.
Just by looking at the quality of the pearls in that box, you can tell that they are not ordinary.
She also had a plan: if she couldn't sell it for a good price, she would keep it and use it to make jewelry for her family members in the future.
After all, in later generations, those fake pearls with irregular shapes can be renamed as baroque pearls and sold for money, so these pink pearls must not be too bad.
Thinking of this, Feng Ji next to him also put down the magnifying glass in his hand, then took out an empty box from the drawer and put the two pearls in it.
Even before putting them in, he found a piece of fine silk cloth in the drawer next to it and placed it under the pearls.
"Uncle Feng, what are you doing?"
Fu Wan was a little puzzled. Wasn't he just looking at the pearls? Why was he packing them up?
Feng Ji couldn't help but roll his eyes at her. "I don't know how you could carry these pearls to me in such a broken bag. These are top-quality pink pearls. If they get bumped or scratched, the loss will be at least tens of thousands."
Upon hearing so much money, Fu Wan didn't dare to say anything. After all, she only thought that as long as the money was in the cloth bag, it wouldn't fall out.
So she smiled awkwardly and asked weakly, "Is this pearl valuable?"
Feng Ji snorted coldly, “If this is not valuable, then there are probably no valuable pearls.
If I'm not mistaken, these two should be top-quality South Sea white pearls, the king of pearls for nearly a hundred years."
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