Back at home, the meal was already on the table. 's father has already gone out, Yan Yuxia and Zhang Mengyu have also left, Guo Jia has not gone home in the past few days because of the year-end accounts, but he still sat at 3 tables. Wuyang has always accompanied the two grandmothers and their mothers to sit at the same table for dinner, and the Pei family's parents-in-law are generally at the same table. Now that Pei Lei is home, she often eats with her parents.

Pei Lei said: "Wuyang, how are you going to spend this 3-day holiday?" ”

Wuyang said: "You have been home for a few days, Sister Liu and Xiaoli have been here for many days, and I have not accompanied you, so I will hand over the 3-day holiday to you." ”

Pei Lei smiled: "Okay, I'll discuss with the sisters and see what everyone thinks." But Xiaoya is leaving, it should be tomorrow, are you going to the airport to send it? When the time comes, the sisters will go together and go shopping in the provincial capital by the way. ”

He Hongmei said: "You have even visited the United States, and you still want to visit such a small city as the provincial capital?" ”

Pei Lei said: "Mom, big cities have the flavor of big cities, and small cities have the characteristics of small cities. Our family has been in Zhongnan for almost a year, have you been out of the city in addition to work or work? When we arrived in the United States, and talking to the people there, I didn't know much about Central South as those who left at a very young age. ”

He Hongmei smiled, "We'll all go tomorrow, Lao Pei, okay?" ”

Pei Xuewen said: "Okay. Let's discuss it after eating. "Under normal circumstances, he is still an old habit in the army, and he does not talk during mealtimes, except for drinking, of course. I still have to drink today as usual, the two grandmothers, Luo Hongying, and Pei Xuewen have to drink a little bit every night, and Wuyang basically drinks with them.

After the meal, Pei Xuewen said: "Wuyang." The general accounts of our estate will soon be in order. Probably this is the case. ”

"You two talk slowly. I'm going to see my little grandson. Since Pei Lei gave birth to a child, He Hongmei is not worried about her little grandson, she usually has to take care of the affairs of the company's staff hospital and the affairs of the new hospital, He Hongmei has not managed too many things when she was in the army before, so she usually has no time to worry about blindly. Now that Pei Lei is back, He Hongmei cares. The child is already half a year old and has grown a lot physically. The milk is far from enough, but there is fresh milk from the cows raised on the farm.

"The work of the manor is two parts, one is the investment part, we are all-round investment this year, several large investment projects are office buildings, shopping malls, golf courses, these projects have invested a total of 3 billion yuan, and the rest is to remove the silt in the lake, repair water conservancy projects, various planting, breeding facilities and preparations for planting trees in the manor, these investments are 800 million, as well as museums and sports fields, more than 300 million yuan. The total investment for the whole year is a little more than 4.1 billion yuan; The second is the revenue part, which was the first to be completed and used. The income is also the largest, with more than 300 million, followed by the breeding industry, the income of pigs, chickens, eggs, and ducks accounts for the vast majority, with nearly 70 million, and the income from fishing is nearly 10 million, and the rest of the vegetables, milk, lotus seeds, and lotus root have very little income, adding up to less than 2 million. ”

Wuyang doesn't have the time and energy to take care of these things now, and these incomes are not in his eyes, but it can't dampen Pei Xuewen's enthusiasm, right? So he said, "Dad, I didn't expect to have so much income in the first year, it's really good." Next year's manor construction is a critical year, and the investment should exceed this year, right? ”

Pei Xuewen said: "Next year is the most expensive year, you can prepare 100 billion, maybe it is not enough." We now have a frame structure of the office building, because steel, cement, river sand and other building materials are pulled from the company, the price is much cheaper than the market, the construction cost is only more than 600 per square meter, this year to invest more than 2 billion, only 40% completed, next year 60% will need more than 3 billion, the second half of next year to start decoration, our decoration must be on the grade, in addition to the decoration price of the office building and the construction cost is comparable, shopping malls, hotel decoration costs, are 1 to 2 times higher. And how many kinds of elevators of all sizes are needed? ”

"Dad, we will soon be able to produce the elevator ourselves, you haven't ordered it yet, have you?"

"There are a lot of sellers who come to contact us, but they haven't settled on it. It would be best if you could produce it yourself. In the afternoon sun, the building of our museum should be considered the most solid. According to Grandpa Zhang's arrangement, our entire building is 3 floors underground and 5 floors above ground, which is actually a large bunker with a side length of 150 meters. ”

"Are there no doors or windows?"

"The door has only one gate, and the windows look like they are there from the outside, but in fact they are all decorative, fake. The modeling on the roof is also fake, and it is impossible to go up from the inside. All the walls are 120 centimeters thick and are poured in the same way as the kind of beams and columns, and 20 millimeters thick steel plates are installed in the middle, which are welded. Except for the flamethrower, the explosives can't be exploded, and they should be impregnable. ”

"Dad, is it necessary for Grandpa Zhang to make it so firm?"

He said, this museum will collect as many valuable cultural relics as possible in the future, don't you have a huge wealth? As for the acquisition of more cultural relics collections, the appreciation of these cultural relics is far greater than that of metals. Of course, metals are also to be collected, just use gold and other precious metals as the base of the cultural relics booth, jadeite is also to be collected, Wuyang, you are a big wool in this ping, is there also jadeite in it? If there is, rub it out and place it in the lobby on the first floor of the museum. Each floor can carry several thousand tons of weight, and if necessary, the lowest floor of the basement can even be stuffed. And if there is a war, your whole family can hide inside. Now it has been connected to water and electricity, and there are toilets, which can be used by both the museum and the house. ”

Wuyang smiled: "I hope there is no day when there is no war." If I cut out the jadeite from my wool, I want to display it in the hall of the jade processing factory in the industrial park, so that I can attract business. ”

Pei Xuewen said: "Do you want to sell it or stay it to make it appreciate? ”

"I'm not going to sell those."

"Then you can't put it in a processing plant. The products of the processing plant should be transferable, everyone thinks. You can't sell when the average person comes, but what do you do if your immediate boss brings someone here? ”

"It shouldn't happen. In our officialdom. There should be no one who can afford such jadeite. ”

"You can't look at things like this. For example, if the child of a certain chief comes, and you spend 100 million yuan to buy the jadeite, and the other person pays 200 million, what do you say? I said that it is still reliable to put it in the museum, I am originally on display, and others can't open this mouth. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Dad, it's still your foresight, so I'll listen to you." But I'm still going to get some big wool from the processing plant. After cutting out the jadeite, I put it in the hall, and I simply marked the price, a little higher, and people would buy it if they wanted to. ”

Pei Xuewen said: "In this way, it is foolproof, this is the authentic business scripture of reading." Okay, I'm leaving. Go shopping tomorrow and let your mom and them all go, they will rarely have a day to spare. ”

After going upstairs in the afternoon, the wives said that they would go to the provincial capital tomorrow. Let Wuyang arrange the vehicle. Wuyang called and arranged two minibuses.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning the next day, the family set off. Waiters and nannies at home also accompanied the car. Before leaving, Wuyang asked Wu Fang to call her parents and invite them to go shopping together.

Wu Fang said: "After I went shopping with everyone in the provincial capital, I happened to go back to live with my parents for a few days, and I also wanted to see how well those villas were maintained." Wuyang, I see that in addition to the villa at home, don't keep the others, just sell them. ”

Wuyang said: "Now that real estate prices are rising, you don't wait for the money to be used urgently, let's talk about it in two years." ”

When they arrived in the provincial capital, Wu Fang and Xiao Qimei were the most familiar. Wu Fang grew up here, and it is not surprising that Xiao Qimei once went to school in a tourism school in the provincial capital, and she used to go shopping a lot.

The first is to visit the store, and Wu Fang said to go to Heihedo Hall to meet her parents first. When a group of people arrived at the gate of Pinghe Hall, Wu Fang's parents were already waiting. Mother Ye ran over to pick up Wu Fang's child, just kissed hard, but fortunately, the child was not very recognizable, did not cry or make trouble, and just did not laugh. Wu Fang's father also took the child, teased for a while, but laughed. Wu Fang's parents are now wearing famous brands, and Ye's mother also wore a mink coat and put on jade objects.

Wuyang said: "Dad, Mom, I haven't come to see you, I'm sorry. ”

Mother Ye said: "We know that you are busy, you have to work, but also busy purchasing wool, as long as you are happy, we are very happy." We are not very old now, and it is very easy to go to work, especially now that Wu Fang has given birth to a child, we are even happier. I don't have anything to worry about, and I have money in my hands, and I have a very happy life. ”

Wuyang said: "Mom, your knowledge of jadeite is very good, can you take the time to help us design some patterns of jadeite items?" ”

Mother Ye said, "What specific aspects do you need?" ”

Wuyang said: "We mainly develop in two aspects, one is animal patterns, in addition to the animals of the 12 zodiac signs, we also want to get more other animals; The other is the statues of Guanyin, Buddha and leaders, as well as other objects, such as jade cabbage, roast chicken, and braised pork, allowing consumers to choose according to their preferences. ”

Mother Ye said: "Jade cabbage, roast chicken is carved according to the special performance of jadeite, the formation of jadeite, the carver's vision is unique, this is unavoidable, encountered can only be said to be luck; For other animal things, I'll help you design some when I'm not busy, and you don't have to ask for more, it's good to be able to put out one or two successful works a year. As for the statues, we will go buy some handicrafts and go back later, and let the workers and masters carve them according to them. These handicrafts are originally made in imitation of jadeite works, and they are very realistic, you can't get real jadeite samples, and the same is true for imitation of handicrafts. ”

After Wuyang nodded, everyone began to visit the mall. This is the commercial center of Tanzhou, Tanzhou Department Store, Pinghetang, Wal-Mart have all been visited. The wives are not too tired, and they take turns holding the children with the nanny, Yu Xiaoxiao, Chen Mingfang and Xiao Qimei take turns to hug each other. Mother Luo Hongying is responsible for taking care of the two grandmothers, Wuyang and the two drivers are responsible for carrying things and carrying things to the car, and Wuyang also has a task of swiping the card.

Wives buy what they like, clothes, shoes, and accessories. Wuyang bought a lot of handicrafts and statues or something, and I bought all of them, as long as I had them, I bought them, and even the jade cabbage made of resin was bought. Of course, the wives did not forget Wuyang and his parents, and also bought them a lot of things. The two grandmothers also received a lot of gifts. Xiao Qimei said: "Wuyang." You've got to buy something for the two drivers, right? ”

Wuyang said, "What do you say is good to buy?" ”

"You don't have to buy anything valuable. Give each of them a pair of leather shoes and a belt, about 5,000 yuan. The seventh sister said.

Wuyang said, "Then buy a few for my parents and father-in-law." Every family buys it, and they come over or I come and you can give it to them. ”

The seventh sister said: "I didn't expect my suggestion to lead to so many things, so hurry up and buy it, there is still half an hour left." Don't delay sending Xiaoya on the plane. ”

At this time, Mingfang came over and said: "I can't pick it in half an hour, there are still a few sisters who are not at home, I don't know the size of their parents' shoes, these things are also available in the shopping mall in Lujiang, and we will buy them again one day." ”

Everyone agreed, so after buying a gift for the driver, after shopping for a while, they got in the car to find a restaurant. Wu Fang said: "Are we going to the Fire Palace to eat stinky dried seeds?" The food there is still quite special. And a few years ago, they had already opened a new store, which was good for parking. ”

Everyone agreed, and rushed to the palace of fire. Got there. I thought it was still early, but I didn't expect the box to be difficult to find. So a large crowd ate in the hall. The hall was full of people, so lively, everyone loosely gathered around 4 tables, chatting while eating, and soon ate full. Wuyang found that his wives liked this feeling very much, and they were all happy.

After dinner, I sent Xiaoya on the plane, and then went to the window of the world to play. Wuyang has been to the window of the world in the Special Economic Zone, and compared with the Zhongnan one, it belongs to the pocket type, so there is no interest. The seventh sister was originally interned here and played the role of a docent.

The happiest people to play here are the two grandmothers and mothers, they are all people who have never been far away in their lives, they have only seen these places on TV before, and now they see the real thing, albeit condensed. Wuyang thought to himself, when he went back, he would apply for passports for them, and let the travel agency organize tours to various parts of the world. Like Xiaoya's grandparents, Xiaohui's mother, these people are all retired people who have nothing to do, and they are not short of money, so while they are still in good health, let's go out and have a look.

In the evening, some of the wives want to go home, some want to go to the song hall, and some want to go to the Tianhan Grand Theater to watch the show. When Wuyang was in trouble, his mother said: "Wuyang, you just divide into two ways, some people go to listen to songs, and some people go to the Grand Theater." Your grandmother and I wanted to watch a water screen movie here, but the weather was too cold for the children to stand it. ”

At this time, a driver also said: "Children may not be able to stand it when they go to the song hall." I've been to listen to the song, it's noisy, smoky, and we adults can't stand it, let alone such a young child? ”

Wuyang decided that it would be better for the soldiers to go home and watch the show. After the end, everyone wanted to watch the show again.

On the morning of the second day, Wuyang came to Chen Xiaobao with those resin crafts and statues, and asked him to arrange for the masters of the processing factory to carve according to this shape. Xiaobao is also a person who doesn't go shopping, and it's also a novelty to see these things. So I went to find jadeite to carve. But as Mother Ye said, materials are hard to find, how can you find them for a while?

After Xiaobao came back empty-handed, he said: "Brother Wuyang, I have an idea, that is, to try these handicrafts as molds, use the kind of molds that produce large gold objects, and then start the small smelting furnace to melt these residues for casting, maybe it can be successful." We already have more than 10 tons of this residue, if we can use it, we will continue to buy it, and if we can't use it, we will not spend time and money on it. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Then let's do it." I've been with you for the past two days. If it can be done, it will produce some molds according to these handicrafts, which can not be durable and not resistant to high temperatures. ”

After speaking, the two of them went separately, Xiaobao went to the gold processing factory to arrange personnel to make molds, and Wuyang went to the warehouse to drag out the smelting furnace, this smelting furnace is a real pocket type, less than 1 meter high, less than 30 centimeters in diameter, less than 100 kilograms in weight, and the jadeite residue that can be smelted each time is about 100 kilograms.

Wuyang installed the smelting furnace and turned on the power, Xiaobao didn't come over, so he went to select the jadeite residue. Xiaobao has divided the residue according to the color of the jadeite and the grade of the water, Xiaobao took it to make a mold, it was the statue of the leader, and Wuyang chose the yellow jadeite with chestnut flesh, more than 30 kilograms, put it into the smelting furnace and began to smelt.

After half an hour, the residue was almost melted, Xiaobao came over with a mold, looked at the situation in the smelting furnace, and took a dozen bracelets to leave, "Brother Wuyang, you wait a while, I will let them make a few bracelet molds out, if the residue solution you have here can't be used up, just cast the bracelet." ”

This time, it took less than ten minutes to come over, and a few people came together, there were many molds, there was nothing to load, and the mold master of the gold processing factory also wanted to come and have a look. Wuyang opened the valve and began to cast, and soon the statue was cast, and sure enough, there was still a little solution left in the smelting furnace, and 9 bracelets were cast, and they were used up.

Open the statue mold, and the cast statue is basically OK, but the outline of the eyes and lips is not very clear, and the effect of the whole statue is still general. Xiaobao smiled and said: "Brother Wuyang, let's carve these places that are not in place, after polishing, it should be very good." Do you go back to rest, after lunch, I will polish it, you are satisfied, let's continue to work in the afternoon. ”

Looking at the time in the afternoon, it was only half past 9 o'clock, and it took an hour for Xiaobao to polish the road, but the time for processing and carving did not know the road. Just go back and wait. Anyway, as long as it starts now, Xiaobao can still rest assured that he will continue to do it.

The house is still quiet. Yesterday, the wives were shopping with their children, they were very tired, and they went to bed after taking a bath, and the seventh sister said: "I'm so tired that I'm about to fall apart, not to mention the other sisters, don't go to them at noon." "Everyone went to sleep. They haven't gotten up yet, but they should have slept enough, and the afternoon sun started to make trouble again, and they walked around every room, and after a circle, it was already time for lunch.

Several wives said that you are usually busy with work, and we all understand, and you must accompany us all day tomorrow. Wuyang said: "I have been with you since tonight, until the morning of the 4th, do you say okay?" ”

I fell asleep after lunch, so I fell asleep. The habit of napping was slowly developed in the county, and the habit was such a terrible thing that it took just over a month to develop. Napping is not a bad thing, many people have this habit, they can sleep well if they want to, but don't develop other bad habits.

When I came to the processing factory, Xiaobao had already placed the statues and bracelets there, and there were also several green Guanyin and Buddha statues, all of which had been polished.

Wuyang looked at the statue of the leader and the yellow bracelet, the chestnut yellow had turned into chanterelle yellow, the whole object was shiny, and the jade objects were the same, crystal clear. Wuyang brought a flashlight and a magnifying glass, and carefully observed all the objects. It was found that the particles of jadeite were very small and small, and there was almost no separation between them, and there was no flaw at all, all of them were made of glass, that is, the color was not the best imperial green, but yang green.

"Xiaobao, what kind of water and color are these jadeite residues?"

"These are all mixed with bean green seeds and shit, we didn't have some jadeite originally, either the color is poor, or the color is good, I am doing experiments, I used the worst water and the worst color mixture, if not, throw them all away. I didn't expect the effect to be so good, in the future, you can buy the worst jadeite, as long as there is jadeite. ”

Wuyang said with a smile: "Xiaobao, now our jade objects are going to greatly increase in value, these bracelets were originally only a few hundred yuan, in this way, I am afraid it will be tens of thousands." ”

Xiaobao said: "Tens of thousands? I think it's okay to follow the price of the highest-grade jadeite. If you don't sell hundreds of thousands, it's a rotten market. Brother Wuyang, the most important significance of our successful experiment today is that whatever we need in the future, as long as there is a mold, it will be fine. However, we still have one of the biggest challenges to overcome. (To be continued......)