Chapter 166 Feng Shui
The rest of the Opals sold for a good price, a total of $330,000.
The price of this opal has little to do with the size, the biggest impact should be the color and quality, although Xiao Peng dug out a lot of opal, but the quality gap is very large, those low-quality opal, the price is not expensive, a piece may be a few Australian dollars, dozens of Australian dollars, the highest price, is a piece of only the size of the thumb belly of the opal, sold for 80,000 Australian dollars, this and that piece of 'rainbow' have similarities, are several contrasting color composition. This makes for an exceptionally beautiful ring or corsage. Of course, it depends on the designer's level. Anyway, with such a beautiful Opal, a fool designer can make good-looking jewelry.
Walking out of the trading hall, Xiao Peng directly transferred 30,000 to Jesse, and Jesse was about to start getting excited again. Xiao Peng hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't cry anymore, you spare my clothes, I just changed them, and then I wipe your nose, I can't bear you so much in my clothes." β
Jesse sneered, "Okay, you guys go to the gas station, I'll pay the taxes, we'll see you at the mine." By the way, don't wait for me to eat, I'll go over after eating. β
Xiao Peng nodded in agreement, and went to the gas station with Xiao Peng to refill the water tank. After doing all this, the two drove back to the mine.
When Jesse's Caldwell excavator arrived at the mine, Xiao Peng and the two were eating in the RV.
"Why did you come back, it took so long to pay taxes?" Xiao Peng beckoned Jesse to sit down.
Jesse said: "I went to contact the lawyer and asked him to help contact the parole board to handle my sister's parole. β
The parole system is an important but widely controversial issue in the judicial circles of countries around the world. Particularly in Western countries, many people fear that the early release of prisoners could lead to an increase in criminal activity. There are even growing calls for longer sentences for offenders and for uniform sentencing standards.
Take the United States as an example, the United States currently has a population of 320 million, of which 65 million have criminal records! Therefore, many people oppose this parole regulation, and although the vast majority of states in the United States have parole regulations, only 14 states have parole boards.
However, this has caused further chaos in the United States. Why? Because in the United States, in states where parole boards exist, when a prisoner is eligible to apply for parole, the parole board reviews his file in detail, talks to the victim of the crime, and then decides whether or not he can be released early. In states where there are no parole boards, prisoners can be released on parole after serving 85 percent of their sentences. No one deliberates on whether to release prison inmates, and even if they do not comply with prison rules and fight in prison every day, they must be released when the time comes, which is called 'statutory release'. These are the people who are the source of the chaos.
The rules of South Australian prisons are more similar to those before the promulgation of the "Comprehensive Control of Crime Act" in the United States, prison inmates who have committed crimes are eligible for parole after serving one-third of their sentence, but whether they can be parole or not depends on how much money you haveγγγγγγ However, it needs to be reviewed by the parole board. Jesse found a lawyer precisely to get his sister on parole.
If you have the money, you will go to handle the affairs of your sister and the family first, and I have to say that Jesse is a good girl.
"God, what are you eating? Is this volcanic lava?" Jesse was shocked as he sat down and saw their food. I saw a large copper basin in front of the two, with a pot of red stuff in it, and the two of them were sweating from eating.
"Hot pot, Chongqing hot pot!" Yang Meng stretched out his tongue spicily, and stretched out his thumb to Xiao Peng after speaking: "This hot pot base tastes good." β
Jesse looked at the red bottom of the pot: "Is there any way to eat it like this?" Except that chili peppers are chili peppers, you just put the chili peppers in your mouth and chew them, maybe they taste better." β
Yang Meng handed Jesse a small bowl and a pair of chopsticks: "If you ask us like this, you might as well taste it yourself." Eating like this, that's called a cool. Especially in summer, people will feel much more relaxed when they sweat profusely after eating. Xiao Peng, what is the difference between this Chongqing hot pot and Chengdu hot pot? β
Xiao Peng smiled: " The two cities of Chengdu and Chongqing, just like Beijing and Shanghai, Qingdao and Jinan, everything has to fight for a fight, like to divide a superior, the difference between Chongqing hot pot and Chengdu hot pot is actually obvious, for example, the bottom of the pot, the authentic Chongqing old hot pot is pure butter, no other oil is added, some will add a small amount of chicken fat in order to improve the freshness, but the amount is very small, and Chengdu hot pot is mainly rapeseed oil, and salad oil will be added, which is also related to the geographical location of the two places, in the past, Chengdu had more grain, rapeseed oil was cheap, Chongqing was mountainous, plus more wharves, and all animal oil prices were cheapγ Contributing to today's difference, in addition, authentic Sichuan hot pot does not add spices, while Chengdu hot pot does not maintain the taste very well due to the light oil quality of vegetable oil, so in order to increase the taste and aroma, spices must be added. This is the main difference between the two hot pots. Therefore, Chongqing hot pot is more mellow, and Chengdu hot pot is more fragrant. β
Yang Meng was stunned: "How do you know?"
Xiao Peng took the bag containing the hot pot base and said, "Na, it's written on it." β
Yang Meng: "γγγγγγ β
Jesse looked at the small bowl in his hand, watching the two of them eat happily, and fell aside hesitantly.
Australians generally have a lighter taste, like to eat plain and light food, looking at the Chongqing hot pot eaten by Xiao Peng and the two, she refuses in her heart: when she sees red oil, she refuses, when she sees sheep blood, she refuses, when she sees tripe, she refuses, and when she sees sesame sauce, she refuses!
Xiao Peng looked at Jesse's expression and asked curiously, "Why don't you eat it?"
Jesse looked at the ingredients on the table: "That, that hot pot yesterday was delicious, and I also love to eat your Chinese food, but I really can't eat these heads, feet, blood, internal organs, etc." β
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Okay, you don't take it orally, then watch us eat." After saying that, he didn't care about her, and the two of them continued to eat. Isn't it necessary to respect other people's habits?
Watching others eat, especially Chongqing hot pot, is undoubtedly a painful thing. Jesse hesitated for a long time: "Let me taste how this mutton tastes." β
When Xiao Peng heard this, he smiled at Yang Meng, and put a piece of mutton from the pot in her bowlγγγγγ
"God, what are you eating? Is the barrel of the gun burning red? It's spicy to death! Where's the water?" After taking a bite of mutton, Jesse Light was left with his tongue stuck out and fanned the wind.
Xiao Peng handed her a bottle of cold Coke, and she drank it with a clatter, sweating profusely. Seeing her appearance, Xiao Peng and the others laughed.
"It looks like you can't enjoy this kind of food. Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Then watch us eat." β
Who knows that Jesse stretched out the small bowl in his hand: "I still want to eat it, it was not spicy when I first ate it, but after the spicy finish, I felt very fragrant." β
Xiao Peng smiled: "I admire your courage. Come on, try everything else. β
Yang Meng smiled in Chinese: "How many bites can you bet she can eat?"
Xiao Peng glanced at Jesse and asked, "How much do you think she can eat?"
Yang Meng said: "You can't eat three bites at most." β
Xiao Peng thought for a while: "Five people, after all, it's a female man, isn't it?" After the two finished speaking, they didn't eat, and looked at Jesse together, Yang Meng even went to pour all the warm water, and the two of them waited to see Jesse's jokes.
Thirty minutes later.
Yang Meng looked at Xiao Peng with a puzzled face, and asked in Chinese: "This girl is not a starving ghost reincarnated, right?" Now I think it's really wise that you didn't have anything to do with her! β
Xiao Peng nodded sympathetically and asked, "Jesse, are you sure you're eating?"
Jesse also blushed when he heard this: "You can't blame me for this, I still have to blame you, how long does it take me to lose weight after eating such a meal?"
"Well, we're to blame for that. Xiao Peng looked at the bottom of the pot: "Damn, you don't leave us at all." β
Jesse took a colander and scooped it up in the pot, and there was nothing more than the peppers. Now his eyes are fixed on the pepper in the colander: "Is this okay?"
Xiao Peng was speechless: "You can try." β
Jesse hesitated for a long time and sighed: "Forget it." You Chinese are too good at eating. β
Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders: "If you don't eat blood and internal organs, you've eaten them all!"
Jesse sighed: "I really don't blame me for this, you Chinese are too good at eating, this taste is really good." When I first ate it, it felt so spicy, but I couldn't stop it. β
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "Okay, you can eat if you like it." Mengzi, go far away and dispose of this base. β
Jesse was stunned when he heard this, and licked his tongue: "It's not a pity that this soup is poured like this." Shall we drink it?"
Yang Meng waved his hand: "Mengzi, hurry up and deal with this pot of soup, such a foodie really can't be provoked." β
Jesse laughed, it seemed that the problem in her family had indeed been solved, and her mood was indeed much brighter. There was a lot of laughter on his face.
"Xiao, there is no such stinginess as you, and inviting people to eat will not make people full. Seeing Yang Meng go out with a hot pot, Jesse complained.
Xiao Peng glanced at her: "I didn't prepare your meal in the first place." I don't know who said it, so we don't have to wait for her to eat. β
Jesse smiled embarrassedly: "Xiao, you have to believe me, I really came back after eating."
Xiao Peng looked at the mess on the table: "Okay, I believe you did come back from eating." Eat half fullγγγγγγ β
Jesse decisively changed the topic, next time he ate this hot pot, he would definitely not eat so much! Okay, he tried his best not to eat so much: "Xiao, what are you going to do next?"
"I'm going to stay here for a while, starting tomorrow, we'll continue to dig the shaft, and then dig Opal, I've applied for a month's digging period, I'm going to dig all your Opals here!" Xiao Peng said.
He thought Jesse could say he was bragging, but Jesse nodded: "Well, I believe you have this ability, please tell me, do you know magic? How did you find Opal from the land? The Opal you dug up last night can almost catch up with the production of the entire town for two days." β
Xiao Peng smiled slightly, and took out the wording he had already thought of: "That, have you ever heard of Feng Shui? This is a magical knowledge that has been passed down from China for thousands of years." β