Small merchants lived at the bottom of society, especially those who did not have land to rely on. They usually did some small businesses to support their families.
The people and things that this story was about were only the epitome of the lives of a few small families in the social life circle of the country.
The protagonist of the story, Ma Yinongge, was discharged from the Xinjiang Military Region in the winter of 1993 and returned to his hometown. It had been four years since then.
During these four years, Ma Yinongge had been working in his hometown, Shanbao City, as if he was living in seclusion. He had been working as an unknown stone-cutting master in a small stone-gambling shop.
Ma Yinongge usually cut stones in the stone cutting room. The number of stones he cut every day varied, so he did not earn much money.
When he met a Kaiming stone gambler who gave him raw materials to open the stone, he would receive a tip of hundreds of yuan once he opened the stone and took out high-grade jade materials.
However, the shop owner had a strict rule that 60% of the tips should be returned to the shop.
The shrewd owner of the stone gambling shop had only recruited three stone-cutting masters when he first recruited them. Moreover, he only gave each stone-cutting master a minimum monthly salary of 1,000 yuan. There was no " three gold and five insurance " treatment, and they were allowed to take three days off every month.
The usual piecework fee was 3 yuan per piece for small raw materials, 6 yuan per piece for medium raw materials, 12 yuan per piece for large raw materials, and 30 yuan per piece for extra-large raw materials.
Although the owner of the stone gambling shop lowered his monthly salary, Ma Yinongge still had to do his job well.
Every month, he could earn more than 3,000 yuan from the stone-cutting work, which was enough to support his family's monthly living expenses.
Ma Yinongge had been working as a stone-cutter for four years, and his life was very tight. This year was his fifth year, and he already had his own ideas.
That night, Ma Yinongge and his wife, Su Ningjing, were talking in the room. Su Ningjing asked,"Husband, do you want to change your job?"”
Honey, our monthly income is more than 5,000 yuan. Excluding the rent, 4,000 yuan is still a tight living.
The birth of children, primary school and
I need money to go to kindergarten, so I can't give up my job of cutting stones for the time being.”Mayinongge replied.
Her younger sister would not be able to take care of her children for long. She had to go to work and get married. Her family could not afford a nanny. What should she do?”Su Ningjing said.
Honey, I want to try my luck at stone gambling. "Ma Yi Nong Ge replied carefully.
"No! Hubby, we don't have the spare money to play stone gambling, and the price is so expensive.”Su Ningjing objected,
It's like this. I plan to negotiate with the shop owner to contract the waste raw materials in the shop. Perhaps we can get a few small jade materials from the pile of waste raw materials. "Ma Yi Nong Ge replied.
"Hubby, those scraps are contracted by others. The boss will pay for the shipping fees. Do you have a way to get them? "Su Ningjing asked.
"I've asked the person who pulled the trash. He said that this job doesn't earn money. He doesn't want to do it until the end of the month. This is an opportunity for me.
I need to tell the boss in advance in case he contracts the waste to someone else.”Mayinongge replied.
"Hubby, how did the shop owner contract it?”Su Ningjing asked.
"Pay 2,000 yuan at the end of each month and clean up the waste in two days. "Ma Yi Nong Ge replied.
"Hubby, we don't have a car. How can we transport the waste? "Su Ningjing asked.
"I can get someone to do it. I can ask for less of the 2,000 yuan shipping fee.
What I need is to pick some raw materials from the waste. Ma Yinongge replied,
"Hubby, can you do this?" Su Ningjing asked in confusion.
"I'm the one who contracted the waste. "Ma Yinongge laughed,
Hubby, I support you." Su Ningjing also smiled and said,
Su Ningjing knew that many foreign stone gamblers spent a lot of money in various stone gambling markets.
Gambling was for the rich. Her husband, Ma Yinongge, was a retired soldier. He had a good body and was a person who did hard work.
Today, Ma Yi Nong Ge had thought of such an idea. How could she not support it?
After all, the jade materials were all hidden in these unremarkable piles of raw materials.
Perhaps there were valuable raw materials left behind in this inconspicuous waste pile.
Although Su Ningjing usually worked in a big hotel, she was a frequent guest. Most of them were domestic tourists who flew to Shanbao, Tengchong, Yingjiang, and Ruili to gamble on stones.
There were also quite a number of tourists who came happily but left in disappointment.
Other than local tourism, the topics that tourists talk about
The most popular topic about the scenic area was still at a certain stone gambling shop. There were high-grade jade materials that appeared, and there were even ones worth hundreds of millions.
Half a month later, Ma Yinongge successfully took over the contract to clean up the waste. The shop owner also promised to pay 2,000 yuan on time at the end of each month.
What happened next went smoothly. Ma Yinongge found the people who cleaned up the waste from other shops and transferred the task of cleaning up the waste to them. He spent 1600 yuan a month on cleaning up the waste. The remaining 400 yuan was for him to help the cleaning people load the waste into the car.
After that, Mayinongge spent two long years getting chickens from the waste pile one after another.
There were dozens of egg-sized glutinous jade, ice jade, and high-ice jade. The income from selling all kinds of jade materials exceeded 200,000 yuan.
Ma Yinongge's task of contracting and clearing the store's waste continued, allowing his colleagues to see a business opportunity.
In the fourth year of working for Ma Yinongge, which was also the end of the second year of the contract to clear the waste, a colleague of the stone-cutting master proposed to contract the waste, so Ma Yinongge had no choice but to give up the contract.
After Su Ningjing learned that Ma Yinongge had lost the right to clear the waste, she said,"Hubby, you'd better think of another way to make a fortune quietly."
"I was planning to quit after two more years.
However, he did not expect that his colleagues would also be interested in this industry.
It's more difficult to think of another way. I really can't bear to use the money to gamble on stones.
I believe that I should wait for an opportunity. If I have the chance to open my Heavenly Eye one day, I can bet one or two yuan on it and earn a million yuan before stopping.”Mayinongge laughed.
Hubby, you're daydreaming! I'll transfer this money to a five-year fixed deposit. When the time comes, I'll buy a three-bedroom apartment in the city. It'll be enough for our family.
If you want to gamble on stones, I'll allow you to take 2,000 yuan as the capital. "Su Ningjing said.
Honey, I agree with your decision. This house only looks like a home with you taking care of it. My mission is to earn money. I'll leave the 2,000 yuan capital for now. If I don't have the chance to make money, I'll have to wait.”Mayinongge replied.
"Honey, you've been a stone-cutting master in the shop for four years. You've seen all kinds of raw materials. You stone-cutting people know all kinds of raw materials that the stone gamblers buy. "Su Ningjing asked.
"Honey, during the process of cutting stones, I learned the basic skills of selecting raw materials.
In fact, from the day I cut open the stone, I have been studying seriously.
Especially in the past two years, there were still some raw materials with stone skin.
It's better to use jade materials." Mayinongge replied.
"Honey, I think it's not too late for you to learn how to identify raw materials from now on.”Su Ningjing smiled.
I don't think it's easy to get started in the stone gambling industry, especially for a self-taught stone gambler, unless they encounter a great opportunity.
It was too difficult to make a fortune from stone gambling. I've been dissecting stones for four years, but my motivation to learn has changed. I'll definitely work hard. "Ma Yinongge said.
Day after day, year after year, Ma Yinongge had been working in the stone gambling shop for five years.
On Tuesday, April 15th, 1997, the ninth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Ma Yinongge went to work as usual.
Not long after the owners of the small stone gambling market opened for business, groups of people walked into the stone gambling shop and went around to pick raw materials.
Seeing so many people choosing raw materials in the shop, Ma Yinongge said to the workers in the stone-cutting room,"Master Fan, we have to be busy again today."
"Little Ma, the more work you do, the easier it is. If he didn't work, he wouldn't be able to get more wages. How could he support his family? Fan Jianguo smiled.
Master Fan, I also hope to have work to do from time to time. I can't wait. "Zhao Yongsheng also laughed."
Xiao Zhao, have you prepared enough money for the betrothal gift?”Fan Jianguo asked.
Fan Jianguo was Ma Yi Nong Ge and Zhao Yongsheng's master in name, and he had cut stones a few years earlier than the two of them.
Zhao Yongsheng had only been working in the stone-cutting room for more than two years. He was considered a newcomer who had just finished his apprenticeship.
"Master Fan, I've scraped together enough.”Zhao Yongsheng replied embarrassedly.
This Zhao Yongsheng was also Ma Yinongge's junior brother, and he was his colleague who proposed to contract the waste transportation.
After Ma Yinongge passed the contract to Zhao Yongsheng, he didn't ask Zhao Yongsheng how he did it. Perhaps Zhao Yongsheng only wanted the 2,000 yuan monthly fee.
In the first round, there were a total of seven people who brought raw materials to cut the stones. They brought seven carts of large and small raw materials.
The carts of raw materials were piled up beside the three stone-cutting machines.
Ma Yinong Ge and three stone gamblers joined hands to carry a large raw material onto the stone platform.
Master, please rub the stone at this small window first. Let me see the result." "The middle-aged stone gambler said."
As a stone-cutting master of a gambling store, it was a professional ethics to completely follow the opinions of the customers.
In the past few years, if it wasn't for the stone gambler's request for a specific method of stone cutting, Ma Yi Nong Ge would also take the initiative to ask.
"Zi! Zi, Zi
Ma Yinongge turned on the grinder to wipe the stone. The grinding wheel was grinding at high speed through the small window of the raw material.
"Kakaka!" Cha cha cha
"Zi! Zi, Zi
The other two stone cutting machines also sounded at the same time. The sounds of cutting and polishing stones could also be heard from the stone cutting rooms nearby.
Ma Yi Nong Ge saw that the window of the raw material was gradually expanding, but he did not find any signs of green. He stopped the machine and used water to clean the window of the raw material.
Holy, after wiping away so much of the stone skin, the thick fog still existed. "The middle-aged stone gambler said in confusion.
"Uncle Tang, do you want to cut it?”A young man asked.
He could try…Master, cut at this window. "The middle-aged man named Tang said.
Ma Yinongge operated the cutting machine to cut the stone.
"Kakaka!" Cha cha cha!
After a while, a piece of the raw material was cut off. Ma Yinong turned off her phone and used water to clean the cut on the raw material.
Hmm, there are quite a few red dots on the surface. Could it be red jade? Master, polish the green surface to see how big it is. "The middle-aged man named Tang said in surprise.
"Zi! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Ma Yinongge picked up the grinder and turned it on to wipe the stone.
A few minutes later, the red dots had been connected to the surface of the polished stone. It was as big as a table tennis bat, which made the middle-aged man surnamed Tang very excited.
Master, stop for a moment and clean the cut surface. "The middle-aged man named Tang said.
Ma Yinongge used water to clean the cut of the raw material. He used his left hand to touch the Icy Red Jade and quickly wiped it.
This kind of careless action fooled everyone who was looking at the jade. It made the onlookers think that the stone-cutting master was using his palm to directly wipe the water stains on the cut.
A piercing pain made Ma Yi Nong Ge realize that his left hand had been cut by the stone shell. He retreated from the crowd and took a bottle of Southern Cloud White Medicine from his tool bag.
He opened the lid and sprinkled the white powder on the wound. Then, he pasted four band-aids in a row to protect the wound. Then, he put on a white glove and returned to the stone-cutting post.
The wound on Ma Yi Nong Ge's left palm was about two inches long. When the Southern Cloud White Powder was sprinkled into the wound, the blood stopped flowing.
When Ma Yi Nong Ge saw the Icy Red Jade again, he could clearly see that the Icy Red Jade wasn't too big. It was only about five centimeters thick.
This made Ma Yi Nong Ge very surprised. What was going on? Could it be that his eyes had mutated at this moment?
Rubbing his eyes, Mayi Nonge looked at the raw material in front of him again. It was the same as what he saw a minute ago. He was extremely surprised." I've obtained the Eye Mutation that I've always dreamed of. This is great!"
Master, continue cutting the stone." The voice of the middle-aged man surnamed Tang woke Ma Yinongge up from his dream.
"Alright, I'll do it. This time, was he going to completely cut the stone and dig out the jade, or was he going to wipe the stone? "Ma Yinongge had to remind him.”
"I'll draw a line first, you can continue to cut the stone. the middle-aged man said confidently.
The middle-aged man named Tang took a chalk and drew six irregular white lines on the raw material. After looking at it, he was satisfied and said,"Master, cut the outer line first."
Kakaka! Cha cha cha
Ten minutes later, Ma Yinongge used a cutting machine to cut off three pieces of stone skin. After washing them with water, all he could see was still stone.
Master, continue cutting! "The middle-aged man surnamed Tang said unwillingly.”
In fact, when Ma Yinong was cutting the stone, she had used her mutated eyes to observe the red jade. She was at least three cuts away from the mark drawn by the middle-aged man surnamed Tang.
"Boss, I bid 600,000 for this Icy Red Jade.”
"The Icy Red Jade has such a big green surface, so it's worth more than that. 700,000.”
At the scene of the stone-cutting, there was immediately a crowd of onlookers competing with each other for a price.
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