The master approached and looked, "This kind of stone is useless and worthless." ”

"I think it's beautiful."

The master said, "Yes, it looks good, but it can't be carved, and it will break when the chisel goes down." Nobody buys it. ”

"Master, what kind of place is this?"

"It's Beishan County. This is the place where it borders with Guishan Province, and the high mountain in front of it is half on one side of the two provinces. Let's go back, let's break the stone and throw it. ”

"No, I'll take it back."

"I'm really scared of you. You hold it tight, lest you fall and break it, and you have to come back and pick it up. ”

"I don't blame you for the break. Master, are there many such stones in the river? ”

"Many. There are also white, black, turquoise, red and water red, bright red, purple red, and blue is only sky blue. ”

"When the water in the river is shallow, you can pick it up and sell it to me."

"We can pick it up now, we can go down to the river and swim. But we have to negotiate the price and where to send it first. If we can't do it, we might as well do it. ”

"We will discuss the price, and we will send it to the boss Tian just now, how much you want, and settle it in cash every day."

"Good. At least not less than one dollar per catty. We do motorcycles, and we earn at least 100 yuan a day, and we don't need to burn much oil, and people are not so tired. We pulled up to 200 catties at a time, the oil money went to more than 30, and the food money was also a lot, in case you fell along the way, the stone was broken, you will not want it. ”

"Okay, it's decided, we'll talk to Boss Tian later."

Back in the Jewel City, carry the stone inside, and the motorcyclist driver follows in. I told Tian Yu about it. Tian Yu said, "Okay. If you like it, I'll buy it for you. When the time comes, I will receive Huang Longyu there. Get dressed quickly, let's eat. It's three o'clock, and my stomach is hungry. ”

Before getting dressed and going out, Zhong Lan and Lin Hua came. Zhong Lan said, "Boss, where did you go?" The clothes were crumpled. ”

"I picked up a rock and wrapped it in my clothes."

Lin Hua next to him stared at the stone in a daze.

"Why?" Wuyang asked.

"Boss, where is this stone? It's clearly a reclining Buddha. ”

A few people looked at it, and it was really a little similar. A big head of the light, with a chubby body and a bare chest, is still barefoot. Wuyang sighed and said: "It's a pity that this stone is very brittle and can't be carved, otherwise it will be a beautiful reclining Buddha if it is slightly modified." ”

Lin Hua said: "I want to try, can I get a piece back?" This stone can't be used to make a real thing, and if it can't be carved, it's enough to paint the eyes and eyebrows. Specious. There is a hazy beauty. ”

Wuyang said: "I have talked to these masters, let them pick it up and send it over." The more the merrier. ”

"Okay, give me a few when the time comes."

"Just come and get as much as you want. Did you two pick the wool? Otherwise, we'll pick it out for you. ”

Zhong Lan said, "No need to help, thank you." Lin Hua had already selected 10 pieces just now, and if he wanted to give me 5 pieces, I only needed one piece, and I had already cut it there. It's not interesting to buy a piece to play. Boss, go and eat. ”

Lin Hua said: "Zhong Lan can't believe me. Actually, I feel very good, but I never thought about gambling on stones. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Zhong Lan is stupid and bold, if it were me, I wouldn't want a piece." ”

Lin Hua said: "You are just like this, there are so many marks in the venue, people don't dare to cut it, there must be no drama inside." ”

"Okay, I can't talk about you, I'm hungry and I don't have the strength."

Coming to the food city in the middle, Tian Yu took them into a very ordinary restaurant. They sat down and the food was served. "Boss Tian, what about another master?"

"He can't wait so long, it's time to eat early."

After tasting a few bites of food, the taste was still okay, Tian Yu said: "We often eat here, you should be used to eating too." Beauty, how's that? ”

"The taste is ok. When you're hungry, eat first. ”

After eating some vegetables, she didn't finish a bowl of rice, so Wang Xiaorui put her chopsticks. "I don't dare to eat too much if it's delicious, I'm afraid of getting fat. You eat slowly. ”

Tian Yu said: "Beauty, has the place taken a fancy to it?" ”

Wang Xiaorui said: "I have seen some places, because I can't cross the river, the waterfalls and misty mountains on the other side of the river have not been seen closely. But it's too big to afford. Big brother, if you start from the forest, it would be nice to just rent and not buy. ”

Wuyang asked, "How are you going to rent it?" ”

"If the forest is not destroyed, rent-per-use is the best."

"Then I am in charge, I don't need you to rent, our city will provide it free of charge, to ensure that the forest and other vegetation will not be destroyed."

"What if you leave?"

Tian Yu said: "Beauty, I'll just buy it, and I'll give it to you for free in the future." But I have conditions. ”

"Boss Tian, please speak."

"You build castles and ancient villages, and I will build trading streets. After I built it, I usually do business like Tengyue, you are going to make movies and TV series, how you want to arrange the street scenes, and what the extras are dressed in, you can decide. If you take money from other crews, we don't want it either. In general, it is provided to you free of charge. ”

Wang Xiaorui asked, "Boss Tian, why are you doing this?" ”

Tian Yu smiled and said, "I'm in business." Shoot a blockbuster film and television drama, my trading street will also become famous, and business will be booming, are you still afraid that there will be no money to make? On the other hand, if someone else is doing business in the trading street, it is booming, and the business of our jewelry city is robbed, won't I suffer even more? ”

Wang Xiaorui said: "Building a film and television base near your jewelry city will definitely increase your popularity and make your business more prosperous." Boss Tian, I still have the strength to build my own trading street, you allow me to think about it again. Big brother, if you buy all the land from the back door of your market to the primeval forest, the length is 16 kilometers, and the width is about what is it? ”

"It's pretty much the same. Why do you ask? ”

"I'm thinking that if I can buy them all, in addition to building a film and television city. You can also build a farm. Production of fruits and vegetables. You can also shoot some film and television dramas with rural themes. With the product, the film and television base and you can digest it here. It's a pity I don't have so much energy to manage. ”

"Later, you will discuss it with Nishizawa, and if you think you want to do it, it will be easy for the management to do. If you feel embarrassed, please ask Boss Tian to do it, and you can use it. ”

"Okay, I'll talk to Nishizawa later."

After eating, Wuyang continued to pick wool. After a while, Li Xize came over.

"Big brother, I discussed it with Xiaorui and want your support."

Wuyang smiled and said: "If you want to do it, just open your mouth, you're welcome." ”

"Big brother, since Boss Tian promised to let us use the film and television base for free, we are only responsible for producing drawings, and she is responsible for investment and construction. Of course, after it is built, advertising is still our business. This is our first option. ”

"What's the second option?"

"We're going from here to the forest. Expand a little more on the barren mountain, and we'll buy them all. After building a film and television base, a trading street, and a farm, we rent it out to Boss Tian, and we only charge rent, even if Xiaorui brings the crew, we have to pay a usage fee. ”

"Which do you think is more cost-effective?"

"The first one, of course. We don't have to invest, we can use it for free, and we can make money with it. But we feel that this is completely you helping us, and we can't take advantage of all the advantages as people, so we can't be friends. If we have something to do in the future, we can't speak again. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Nishizawa, what are you doing for a little money?" If you want me to say, Xiaorui can do this kind of thing if she wants to, and don't do it if she doesn't want to do it. You will work hard in the future, at most the same as now, just take a little intermediary fee. ”

Li Xize said: "Big brother, you don't know, Xiaorui took all the money last time, and this time it won't fall into my hands, and I still get my salary." ”

"Okay, I'll figure it out for you later. Otherwise, if you sell the jade in the past few days, I will get you a card. ”

"Then you have to keep it for me. If I take it and fall asleep at night, it will disappear again, causing me to search desperately. ”

"You're a real wife. Have you decided which option to use? ”

"I listen to my eldest brother and don't care about anything."

I didn't go to dinner until more than 7 o'clock, and asked Li Xize to order food, Tian Yu stayed in the car, "Wuyang, that Lin Hua is as powerful as you, pick 10 yuan, each piece has emerald, and the money I earn in one afternoon will not be less than what I earn in a year when I opened a jewelry city, but unfortunately she only sold a piece of jadeite, and brought the rest back." It is said that she has such a skill, and she should visit Jewelry City often. ”

Her hobby is to carve jadeite, and to sell a piece is to recoup the cost. How did Wang Xiaorui reply to you in the end just now? ”

"They take the drawings, and I'll build it."

"Okay, then you can buy the barren mountain, buy more, and build a film and television base, a trading street, and a farm. I'll get the money out. ”

"I don't do it, you arrange Li Ziyang or Li Zhiyang, he is often in the villa across the road, and he is also an expert in doing this."

"Why don't you want to do it all of a sudden?"

"I see Lin Hua and Zhong Lan so free, why do I have to work so hard? I'm no less than them. ”

"Enlightened?"

"Yes, although it is not a complete enlightenment, it is finally a little enlightened. I also called my two sisters, Bao'er and Belle, but they still couldn't figure it out, but they all said that they would gradually run less outside in the future. ”

"Good. We got out of the car and went to eat. Oh, I'll answer the phone. ”

took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Ouyang Qi calling. "Big brother, are you on leave?"

Ouyang Qi said: "I was invited yesterday. I didn't tell you, I wanted to surprise you. ”

"You've come to Lanjiang? Where did it go? ”

"At the exit of the expressway, the driver of the provincial bureau has not been to Lanjiang and does not know how to go, so he has to call you."

"Big brother, I'm here at the highway exit, you go to the city, I'll wait for you on the side of the road." After speaking, he shouted into the restaurant: "Nishizawa, add a few dishes, and someone will come." ”

As soon as he reached the side of the road, a car stopped and drove up to him. Ouyang Qi got out of the car, shook hands with Wuyang, and introduced the driver Xiaokang.

"Let's go, let's have a light meal, we've already ordered the food."

Ouyang Qi asked, "Why haven't you eaten?" ”

"I ate lunch at 3 o'clock, deliberately a little later, I didn't expect to have dinner with the two of you. It's a pleasure. ”

I entered the hotel and met Li Xize, Wang Xiaorui, and Tian Yu. Wuyang only introduced him as a friend. Ouyang Qi is a well-informed person. If you want to know, you must be able to understand that Li Xize and Ouyang Qipingshui meet, and their lives will not intersect.

After eating, Tian Yu said: "Secretary Li, please let your guests stay in our hotel." ”

"What are the conditions of your hotel?"

"A real 5 star, better than any other in the city. Since the beginning of the trial operation, only a few wealthy people have lived there, even if it is officially opened in the future. We are also only open to guests who do business with Jewellery City. Of course, others may not necessarily want to come and stay. ”

Ouyang Qi said: "Okay, then thank you Boss Tian." ”

Li Xize said: "Boss Tian, it's better for a group of us to live here, so as not to run back and forth." ”

"Okay. You inform Boss Zhang that they will stay here tonight. First of all, we are in trial operation, and customers like you are free of charge. ”

Li Xize said: "That's not good, we won't come to live." ”

Wuyang said, "Nishizawa." Boss Tian is not targeting a few of you, so don't be hypocritical. Just stay. Big brother, let's go open the house. ”

Ouyang Qi pulled Wuyang to the side, "Where are your things?" ”

"Resting in the office. Start doing it now? ”

"To be honest, I haven't done these things for many years, now while I'm here, let him get it."

"Forget it, I don't want anyone else to know. Big brother must be able to do it, this is your housekeeping skill. ”

"Okay, then arrange a private room for me. You go and pick up something, and by the way, buy some lamp oil, I brought an oil lamp with a hood, and you can buy kerosene, vegetable oil, and tea oil. Vinegar prepares ordinary table vinegar on it. ”

"It's easy to do, you go to the room, I'll go back to the city."

took something to Ouyang Qi's room, and Ouyang Qi immediately started working. I lit the oil lamp first, installed the lampshade, and picked up a piece of rice paper to bake. After baking for a while, no handwriting appeared, and went to get the washbasin again. "Brother, the hotel didn't prepare a washbasin, but fortunately I asked the waiter to send one."

Wuyang smiled and said, "Of course, the eldest brother is experienced. ”

I took a piece of rice paper and slowly put it in the water, but there was still no handwriting, and after adding vinegar, the handwriting appeared. Ouyang Qi spread the soaked rice paper on the bed, and then went to get another one. Wuyang asked: "Big brother, this handwriting won't disappear, right?" ”

"Not yet. Edible alkali is added to the rice soup, which is alkaline, and vinegar is acidic, which can be regarded as a chemical reaction. I don't know how long it will last. ”

"As long as we know the outcome, it doesn't matter."

The 16 pieces of rice paper were soaked and began to spread on the sheets, almost dry, and the two of them moved over the floor lamp, turned it to the brightest, and it looked. This is a picture, and if you put 16 of them together, it is a big picture. The number is written in the upper right corner of each painting, from one to the land. Ouyang Qi put one in the upper right corner, then put the two on the left, and stopped when he put it, put Wu under the one, and Lu placed it under the second, and all the ones were placed, and a complete topographic map came out.

At the bottom of the painting, a river flows from the left to the right, and there is a large bay on the side of the waterway, which makes the water surface appear very wide, taking up almost one-third of the picture. At the water's edge, a few trees were simply drawn, and then there were 36 neatly organized houses. Below the houses, there are some farmlands, and further away, there are mountains, and there are some scattered dwellings on the slopes, and layers of terraced fields. At the end of the picture, with a few brushstrokes, the mountains and peaks are outlined.

On the screen, there is not a single word except for the Chinese characters that indicate the order of arrangement. The two discussed for a long time, not knowing where the painting was, let alone guessing what the meaning was.

Ouyang Qi gradually lost his energy, "Brother, my eyelids are fighting, it's time to sleep, please take care of yourself." ”

"Big brother, you sleep, I'll take a look and think about it." After that, he moved the painting to the carpet, took a chair and sat down next to it, looking at it and thinking about it.

If you look closely, you can still see the difference. At the water's edge and on the mountain, there is a place where the ink is heavier. The heavy ink dots on the water's edge are on the stones, and the heavy ink dots on the mountains are under the trees, looking at the technique of the whole painting, it is quite skillful and sophisticated, so as not to produce such a pen error, so what does it imply?

After pondering for several hours, I couldn't come up with an answer, and suddenly I thought again, the most fundamental problem has not been solved, where is this place?

I have seen several such rivers or bays, and Huilongba is a river. But the mountains above the bay are very steep. It is impossible to build so many houses; Qi Shaowen's bay is also a river bay. But there are at least 10 kilometers of plains from the river to the mountains, and there are no such mountains in the distance.

What if it's in the upper reaches of that river? Does that river pass through a lofty mountain? The answer should be yes, what river does not originate from high mountains or mountains? Qi Shaowen is close to Spring City, which is the lower reaches of the river, what if he goes upstream?

"Brother Ouyang, hurry up."

Ouyang Qi was very vigilant when he slept, and shouted at noon. He woke up, picked up his phone and said, "It's only 4 o'clock, what's the point?" ”

"I've found a place, let's go."

"It's going to be dawn when you want to leave."

"We'll go now, and we'll be here at dawn. I'm going to work on Monday to see if I can get things done today. ”

Ouyang Qi said: "What can be done well today will definitely not be a good thing, so don't do it." ”

Wuyang said: "If you need help with something, it's easier to transfer people on Sunday." If everybody goes to work. It's impossible for people to leave their jobs and rush here. ”

"Go by yourself, I'm too sleepy. Besides, what I promised you is done, so I won't be involved in the next step. Excuse me, brother. ”

Wuyang has no choice, at this time, it is not good to call others, so he can only go by himself. I went downstairs and drove the car, and walked in the direction of Spring City.

The car is equipped with a GPS system and an electronic dog, and all sections of the road with radar monitoring and speed measurement will drive at the specified speed, and other sections will be driven fast. Although it was fast enough, it was 7 o'clock when I got off the highway in Spring City.

When I came to the riverside of Qi Shaowen's company's logistics base, I took a closer look and saw that it was indeed not the terrain in the painting, so I had to go upstream. After walking 17 or 8 kilometers along the riverside road, the river is much narrower, and there is a bridge. But today it has become a bazaar, and there are stalls on the roads and bridges, and people who buy goods wander between the stalls, but it doesn't matter how your car passes, it is useless to honk the horn.

It took about 40 minutes to walk through the market for about 2 kilometers, and I was a little hungry and wanted to buy food, so I could take care of both sides of the road.

Walked forward for more than 10 minutes, did not see the bridge, asked people at breakfast, said to cross the river, only the bridge just now, and then walk, 30 kilometers to have.

Wuyang had to turn around, and when he passed the market again, the people dispersed some, but they still walked slowly, and it was useless to honk the horn, so he could only stick his head out and ask others to move the stalls and give way.

"Boss Li, it's you." A female voice shouted.

Wuyang followed the voice and looked over, it turned out to be Liu Hui. "Liu Hui, didn't you go to class?"

Liu Hui smiled and said, "It's Sunday." ”

"What are you doing?"

"My brother caught some fish and helped him sell them. Boss Li, where are you going? ”

"Cross the bridge."

"I'll cross the bridge and go home, I'll make the way for you."

Liu Hui shouted in front of someone to move things, much faster than Wuyang himself shouted. After crossing the bridge for a while, Wuyang asked Liu Hui to get into the car, and Liu Hui smiled and sat in the passenger seat.

"Liu Hui, you are older than last year."

"It's getting fat. Last year, it was 76 pounds, and now it's 104 pounds. The height is only two centimeters long, 1.74 meters. ”

"You are so tall, are you the height of your parents at home?"

"Yes. My father is 1.85 meters, my mother is 1.68 meters, and my younger brother is only 14 years old, so he is 1.80 meters. The people in our village are tall, so we can't see the short ones. ”

"Do you know what the reason is?"

"I heard the old man say that the people in our village used to practice martial arts."

"Do you still practice martial arts now?"

"There are also those who practice martial arts. Do you know that the poor are rich and martial? Only the rich can practice martial arts, like my family, my grandfather's generation was poor and there was no martial arts practice. My father originally let my younger brother practice martial arts, but as soon as he died, my younger brother had no time, and he stopped for 3 years. You, Boss Zhang, and Boss Qi gave me money, but my brother has been delayed for 3 years and doesn't want to study. Our family's status is not good, and we can't get the true inheritance. ”

"The village also talks about status?"

"Yes. We're in a disparity here. The people who live in those 36 old houses are all descendants of various surnames, and they have the final say on what happens in the village. The families we moved out had to listen to them for everything. Originally, there was a rule in the village to help the poor, my father died, and the village should pay us for tuition, but they just wouldn't give it. ”

"Why don't you give it?"

"I'm a girl and can't read much. Otherwise, if you work outside, you won't come back and marry someone from the village. Give money to my brother, and I'm afraid that my mother will give it to me, so she just pays my brother's tuition directly and doesn't give it to me. ”

"Now that you have money, you can go to study generously."

"You still have to pretend to be poor. The girl took the money back, and said anything bad, but people didn't listen to your explanation, and when they arrived at their in-laws' house, they would have to lower their eyebrows and be pleasing to their eyes. ”

"You're not going to succumb to such a fate now, are you?"

Liu Hui said: "I will definitely not accept such a fate. The people here are so ignorant, and I annoy them. This year, when the flue-cured tobacco in the village was about to be sold, because my family, my uncle, and my uncle's tobacco were going to be sold, I called Uncle Qi and asked him for help. As a result, Uncle Qi sent someone to buy all the tobacco leaves in our village according to the actual grade, and the same amount of tobacco leaves was sold more than 10 million more than last year. But the neighbor got the benefit and said that I made Uncle Qi's second room. Do you say that people are angry? ”

Wuyang smiled: "You helped for nothing." ”

"That's right, it's better for them to continue to lower the price of people."

"Liu Hui, your name is Uncle Qi, you should also call me Uncle Li."

Liu Hui smiled: "You are so young, how can you call your uncle?" ”

"I'm only two years younger than Qi Shaowen."

"Okay, let's call it uncle. Uncle Li, I've arrived, and this is the house. Sorry, I'm sorry, you can come in and sit down. ”

When I got out of the car, I saw that it was really dilapidated, with holes in the walls, tiles on the roof, 4 rooms, a pigsty, a kitchen and canteen, two bedrooms, and no beds.

"Liu Hui, why do you sleep on the ground?"

Liu Hui said: "I used to have a bed at home, but I used it to change my father's coffin, and I slept on the ground for a few years. It's not like you're pretending to be poor now, you can't buy it. ”

"What about your mother and brother?"

"They went to the hillside to plant sweet potatoes and sesame seeds. After cutting tobacco seedlings, you can plant a season of sweet potatoes, and you can plant sesame seeds on the edge of the plot. My family has 8 acres of sloping land, and this year I sold more than 80,000 yuan of tobacco leaves, and I can earn more than 10,000 yuan from sweet potatoes and sesame seeds, which is enough for my younger brother and me to study. ”

"Didn't you have any of that last year?"

"Nope. Uncle Li, I don't know what's going on, since I met you last year, the family has been running from time to time. In the past, my mother was in pain all over her body, and after taking a few Chinese medicines, she was all cured and became a strong laborer. My younger brother used to like fishing, but it wasn't enough for the family to eat, and the family had no money to buy meat or oil, so the fish didn't taste good. After I came back with your money last year, my brother's fishing was different, and every time he caught more and bigger than others. Today I just sold two catfish, more than 30 catties each. ”

"Such a big catfish can be sold for 60 yuan a catty, right?"

"Not here, up to 50, if you have a motorcycle, take it to Spring City and sell it, you can have a few hundred more."

Wuyang said: "It can be sold for more than 3,000, which is good." ”

"Yes, there are so many of them in every episode. Nine market days a month, fishmongers come to buy. ”

"Liu Hui, it's a big girl, you should buy some good clothes to wear."

"I know. This is at home, I can only do this, and when I get to school, I change to brand goods. But it can't cost too much, I'm graduating, you help me arrange a job, I'm going to buy a house, take my mother to enjoy it. ”

"Yes, I know how to be filial to my mother. Liu Hui, just now you said that there are 36 old houses in your village, can you take me to see them? ”

Liu Hui smiled and said, "Boss Li, I'm sorry, I can't take you there." (To be continued......)