Chapter 209: Chapter 183: Giving a Jade Pendant Chapter 209: Chapter 183: Giving a Jade Pendant Moyou Fish was not too bad, but was it really polite to talk about Golden Stone Clam in that tone?

Wei Jiaguo immediately chased the three of them away, but the fish stayed!

However, as a cunning person, he understood what Chu Mingcheng meant.

So he put the Moyou Fish into his own fridge, then took the Golden Stone Clam to an old friend’s home, tonight was the night to mooch a good meal and drink.

While driving, Wei Jiaguo pondered what fine wines Shi Wei Yuan still had at home?

After being kicked out, Chu Mingcheng and others went straight home, not wanting to stay out in the rain.

In the evening, prawns and Golden Stone Clam, the four fired up the flat pan again and dried flat beans.

Tonight’s meal was a bit extravagant, worth over seven thousand.

But in reality, the Golden Stone Clam tasted so-so. Chu Mingcheng personally felt that most fishes in the Clupeidae family wouldn’t be worse than it, as like the yellow croaker, delicious as it is, the cost-performance ratio isn’t actually that high.

After dinner, he left his two brothers and joined Jiang Luoluo.

Chu Mingcheng declared he wasn’t favoring romance over friendship; he just wanted to help Chen Yang find a wife.

“Luoluo, what did Zhou Jiayi say?”

“Say what?” Jiang Luoluo didn’t react at first.

“Didn’t you say you’d arrange for her to meet Ah Yang, that you invited her over to play?”

“They need a visa to come over, which is a bit of a hassle. I did invite her over, but I told her to play in Hang City at the end of the year, and we didn’t set a specific time. How could she possibly come over these days!”

Jiang Luoluo was both amused and frustrated; even if they arranged a meeting, there was no need to rush!

They weren’t matchmakers, after all, and didn’t need to earn matchmaker fees.

“Uh…” Chu Mingcheng also came to his senses and felt a bit embarrassed.

He thought it would be necessary for the country to enforce a fishing ban each year, until both sides no longer needed a visa.

Well… It would be even better if it made it more convenient for him to fish for Bluefin Tuna on the east coast.

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The next day was still rainy, but the heavy rain from yesterday had turned to moderate rain. Checking the weather forecast, the temperature had dropped, and the next five days would all be rainy and overcast.

Luckily, it was light rain, cold but it wouldn’t affect fishing.

Chen Yang and Zhang Wei originally wanted to play for two more days, but seeing the weather, they lost interest and booked high-speed train tickets to leave at ten in the morning.

Chu Mingcheng had no choice but to continue his daily fishing at sea, and because it was colder, he didn’t go hunting.

Time flew, and it was already the last day of December, the day before New Year’s Day.

Since the cold air caused a drop in temperature, Chu Mingcheng’s daily net income rarely exceeded ten thousand, most days earning only four or five thousand, and on bad days just one or two thousand, he even lost two thousand once.

The only good news was that the Little Sea Lion had really temporarily settled on the isolated island.

Now that the weather was cold, it could adapt to the environment there, and with Chu Mingcheng occasionally feeding it, the Little Sea Lion had visibly grown in just half a month.

The Little Sea Lion was very close to him now, every time it saw his boat, it would actively swim over and jump on board, then lie flat on the deck.

If it was mealtime, it would rummage through the containers by itself, looking for fish to eat.

Because of this, the Little Sea Lion had eaten more than a thousand Big Coins worth of his fish, but luckily the more valuable fish were always well-hidden and hadn’t been affected.

Today, the last day before New Year’s Day, he did not go out fishing, because there was something very important to do.

He drove to Wei Jiaguo’s house to have tea with the old man.

Mainly, the old man was inquiring about his recent situation and when he would return to his hometown for the New Year.

After finishing the pot of tea, Wei Jiaguo stood up to fetch two wooden boxes.

That’s right, the Jade Pendant and the jade hairpin were ready.

Originally, Shi Wei Yuan wanted to come over and meet the junior that Wei Jiaguo mentioned.

The day Wei Jiaguo brought a Golden Stone Clam, he thought he had made a profit, but after drinking one of his cherished bottles of yellow wine, he instantly felt at a loss.

But because of this, he guessed that Wei Jiaguo’s fish might have been given by the junior he referred to.

Originally, he wanted to deliver the Jade Pendant and hairpin personally, and to meet Chu Mingcheng in the process.

However, he was stopped by Wei Jiaguo who made it clear that he wasn’t welcome, and even though the Jade Pendant and hairpin had been ready for three days, he had not informed Chu Mingcheng.

During this time, Shi Wei Yuan made an uninvited visit but didn’t get to meet anyone, and eventually, he had to give up.

Today was the fourth day since the Jade Pendant was ready. Knowing his old friend wouldn’t come, Wei Jiaguo specially called Chu Mingcheng over.

Originally, he had hoped that the other party might bring another big fish.

He hadn’t had much of a catch himself recently, even returning empty-handed twice, so he hoped that Chu Mingcheng would bring a surprise, but ultimately, he was disappointed.

But thinking about the fish situation recently, he could understand.

Chu Mingcheng took the wooden box and found it quite heavy, apparently made of solid wood.

Opening the box, a beautifully crafted lotus white jade hairpin appeared before his eyes.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t understand the quality of jade, but the hairpin was uniformly mutton-fat white, with a fine and smooth surface revealing a glossy, oily sheen.

He picked up the hairpin, discovering it was heavier than it looked.

Then he opened the other box, which contained two matching couple Jade Pendants.

Currently joined together, they formed a Tai Chi pattern.

Impressively, the left pendant had a mountain carved on it, while the right pendant had a snow lotus flower.

When the two pendants were united, they presented an image of a snow lotus proudly perching atop a lone mountain.

The material of the Jade Pendants was evident, identical to that of the jade hairpin.