Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

After the thief left, a middle-aged man wearing thick spectacles sitting opposite Zhang Ziming looked at Zhang Ziming with wide eyes.

That look was like seeing prey. Looking at this look, Zhang Ziming wondered in his heart: Could this person be gay?

Thinking like this made Zhang Ziming feel very sick.

Zhang Ziming turned his head and wanted to squint for a while, but the middle-aged man whispered to Zhang Ziming: "Young man, can you show me the stone just now?"

Although the light was dim, the middle-aged man relied on his professionalism to see the differences between these stones;

Besides, although the young man in front of me is dressed simply.

But people who still take the train with their watches don’t look like they are just sitting around with a rock in their bag.

So the middle-aged man started chatting with Zhang Ziming, but Zhang Ziming was very wary.

Zhang Ziming rolled his eyes. Since this big brother wanted to see the thing in my hand, it shouldn't be the homosexual thing he thought just now, but could he show it to him?

If you go out these days, wouldn't it be troublesome if you were reported?

Besides, there are so many people on this train. Although they look like they are sleeping, they are all pretending to be asleep.

What if there is someone who knows the goods?As soon as I got on the bus, it would still take dozens of hours to get to Guangcheng.

Seeing that Zhang Ziming was on guard, the middle-aged man took out his ID from his bag:

"Little brother, let me introduce myself first. I am a teacher at the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Technology. This is my ID. Take a look."

Intellectuals are so direct.

Zhang Ziming opened the document hesitantly and looked at the middle-aged man's work permit in the dim light.

The work permit stated that this man’s name was Yan Yongchang, and he was indeed a teacher at the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Technology.

However, in this era, there is no unified style for this kind of work permit, and it is difficult for Zhang Ziming to judge whether it is true or false.

Yan Yongchang saw that Zhang Ziming had been looking at his work permit, and seemed to see Zhang Ziming's doubts and doubts.

So he went on to say: "This is the letter of introduction issued to me by my employer. Take a look at this again."

With that said, he took out the letter of introduction and handed it to Zhang Ziming.

When Zhang Ziming saw this letter of introduction stamped with the red seal of his work unit, he felt that it must be genuine.

In this era before ID cards, a letter of introduction is the best proof.

So he became polite to Yan Yongchang:

"Teacher Yan, seeing that you are wearing glasses, I know that you are an intellectual. I didn't expect that you are also a university teacher."

In the 80s, let alone a university teacher, even a primary school teacher was a proud man.

It is not an ordinary person to be able to take care of the public affairs.

Not to mention not having to work in the fields, I can get a steady salary of dozens of yuan a month, which is to ensure the harvest despite droughts and floods.

It’s not like me, who works in the fields to earn work points.

Throughout the year, a strong laborer cannot be exchanged for 100 yuan.

A good production team may get more points, and a bad production team may get less.

Although the lights in the carriage were dim, Yan Yongchang's thick spectacle lenses still worked.

When the thief threw the thing to Zhang Ziming, Yan Yongchang saw something unusual.

At that time, Yan Yongchang also secretly laughed at the thief who was ignorant and uneducated. This thing was much better than stealing a few cents.

After Yan Yongchang saw Zhang Ziming lowering his guard a little, he immediately said:

"Well, you're welcome, little brother. You can see that my letter of introduction is very clear. I am going to Beijing to attend a geological conference. I am a geology teacher. I know the stone you just picked up."

Hearing this, Zhang Ziming felt extremely happy.

When I came out this time, I wanted to go straight to Shencheng or Pingzhou or Jieyang.

Although I am not sure whether the market there has been formed in this era, I will go there first and have a look.

Now that I have met a knowledgeable person, I feel very happy. It’s okay to get a feel for it first.

However, Zhang Ziming still felt uneasy.

The teacher Yan in front of me is an intellectual and a university teacher.

However, if you report yourself for speculating, you will lose more than you gain.

Although I also brought a letter of introduction, it was not easy to verify it in another place.

Zhang Ziming did not take out the rough sapphire stone in his bag, but took out "Fengshou" brand cigarettes.

I took two boxes with me when I left, just thinking that I could use them if something happened on the way.

Seeing Zhang Ziming take out the cigarettes, Yan Yongchang was not a pedantic person, and he also understood that the people in the carriage were multi-minded, so he followed suit and said:

"Little brother, let's go to the back of the car to smoke a cigarette and relax."

As a scholar, Yan Yongchang finally encountered something he liked, and his attitude of wanting to pursue and inquire about it is quite admirable.

Zhang Ziming looked at Teacher Yan and seemed to be quite honest, so the two of them went to the carriage connection together.

"Teacher Yan, since you are a geology teacher, I will show it to you."

As Zhang Ziming spoke, he fumbled around in his satchel for a long time and took out the smallest piece.

I'm really scared. If this Yan Yongchang reports him, he will be in trouble.

I obviously wanted to go out and speculate, otherwise why would I be so sneaky?

But Zhang Ziming still wanted to take a risk.

Just rely on these thick spectacle lenses, I believe Teacher Yan.

After Yan Yongchang carefully took the sapphire, he inspected it carefully.

Although he didn't have any tools, judging from the state of Yan Yongchang's inspection, he was definitely a scholar.

At this time, Zhang Ziming was convinced that the other party was a university teacher, but he was not sure whether he would report him.

Yan Yongchang almost put the sapphire on his glasses. It wasn't until his eyes got tired from looking at it that he took it off and said to Zhang Ziming:

"Little brother, this is definitely a sapphire. It seems you know this thing."

Yan Yongchang had some doubts that it was a sapphire from the very beginning when the thief threw it over.

I checked it just now and it turned out to be sapphire.

Then the young man next to me must be a knowledgeable person, otherwise he wouldn't put it in his satchel so carefully for going out on the train.

Yan Yongchang judged that Zhang Ziming knew about sapphires and wanted to speculate and sell them.

What Yan Yongchang couldn't figure out was how did this rural boy learn about sapphire?

At this time, Zhang Ziming met a man who knew the goods, and thought that if he could sell it to this teacher, he would be able to return immediately.

However, the other party is just a university teacher and may not have enough money on hand to buy his own sapphire.

Then he said: "Well, Teacher Yan, you can see that this is sapphire. Although the color is dark, there is no problem at all after polishing and setting it into gold, silver and other jewelry."

Yan Yongchang adjusted his glasses and said: "Yes, the black color should be due to the high iron content. In terms of purity, it is not a very high-quality sapphire, but it is still relatively good."

Yan Yongchang did not deny that the sapphires in Zhang Ziming's hands were indeed not of the highest quality.

But as long as it is polished well, it can still be sold at a good price.

At this time, Yan Yongchang always called Zhang Ziming "little brother" and "young man".

Because Zhang Ziming never produced his letter of introduction from beginning to end.

He didn't introduce himself, because Zhang Ziming was also afraid that Teacher Yan would report him for speculation.

After frowning for dozens of seconds, Zhang Ziming decided to take a risk.

Have a good chat with this teacher Yan Yongchang. Maybe the other person will have channels to help you digest it.

The geology teacher in the university should know a few people in this circle. At most, I can just give him a small piece of thank you.

Zhang Ziming thought that since he could meet a knowledgeable teacher, it was fate.

That meant that his decision to go south this time was the right one.

When I decided to go south to sell sapphires, on the one hand, I wanted to sell it at a high price, and on the other hand, I didn’t want to expose the location of sapphire mines in the local area prematurely. After all, people at this time did not have environmental awareness. If mining was developed extensively, what would be left to Isn’t it just a pile of shit for future generations?