Chen Lu laughed secretly in her heart when she heard Dao Zhen describe the cunning rabbit's three holes as the vixen's three holes, but when she heard Ye Qing repeat it, her pretty face turned red with embarrassment, and even her heart fluttered.
But on second thought, Ye Qing always kept the right distance from himself.
And this just happened to be an insurmountable gap, and the eyes that were originally smiling became resentful again.
The three of them walked to the stilted building.
Dai people's stilted houses generally have pigs and sheep on the lower floor, and the upper floor is where people live.
Dao Zhen did not lead the two of them upstairs, but pushed open the lower floor where the pigs and sheep were kept.
There are piles of stones scattered around inside. Under the bright light of the flashlight, they look like monsters.
Chen Lu was a little timid and couldn't help but approach Ye Qing: "Such a casually placed gambling stone..."
Ye Qing smiled. Chen Lu was used to seeing gambling stones placed alone in stone gambling shops or on public markets. Seeing stones thrown casually on the ground without the chain key, she naturally felt contemptuous.
"For Daozhen, a stone is a stone, there is no good or bad!"
"That's right!" Dao Zhen touched his bald head and pulled the string on the wall, and a light bulb hanging in the center was suddenly lit.
The power of the light bulb is not high and the brightness is not great, but it has a wider illumination range than a flashlight.
"The stones on the path I just walked on are all gambling stones that I cut." Dao Zhen chuckled and said: "In Qi Yu's words, when these stones are not cut, they cost at least 500 yuan per catty, but Once it's cut in two, it's worthless. From then on, Abba never let me cut a stone again."
Chen Lu was amused by him, but she couldn't laugh anymore.
Dao Zhen can cut stones without restraint, because these stones were all stolen by him.
If it were anyone else, they would be bankrupt.
"Qi Yu has picked all the stones in this house!" Ye Qing glanced at the ground. It was not a common dirt floor, but a shallow pool made of cement.
There is a layer of light green water in the pool, and even the stones are covered with a thick layer of moss.
"I picked it!" Dao Zhen chuckled: "But he only picked a few pieces."
"What was this stilted building originally used for?"
Dao Zhen smiled and said: "This stilted building is in the center of the village and has the highest position. The top is the lookout post and the bottom is where the stones are placed. This pool is what Qi Yu said. Soaking the stones in the water can better protect the stones. "
As he spoke, he took off his shoes, walked to the corner of the pool, and pulled out a cork.
Outside the small building, the sound of rushing water suddenly came.
Ye Qing squatted on the edge of the pool, using a strong flashlight to look at the stones one by one.
Under the illumination of the white light beam, every stone is green, like green turtles of different shapes, and when the water flows, a fishy smell emerges. Apparently the water hasn't been changed for a long time.
Chen Lu also took out a small bright flashlight and looked at a stone at her feet: "The moss is too thick."
The moss was thick and the water smelled so it had obviously been left there long enough.
But the thick moss also prevents you from seeing the stone shell.
Ye Qing looked at the green turtle-like stones. They were not big in size, the largest was thirty or forty kilograms, and the smallest was only five or six kilograms.
This is the favorite weight of smugglers, because these stones are all smuggled in sacks and carried across the vast mountains with their shoulders against people's backs.
The weight is too heavy for people to carry.
The weight is light, the size is small, and it is worthless.
If you can't see the stone shell, you can't tell the market entrance, let alone set a price.
Ye Qing looked at Dao Zhen in shock, only to see him pull out a rusty and elegant water gun from a corner, press the button, and the high-pressure water sprayed out, quickly washing a stone clean.
The dark surface seemed to be sprinkled with a layer of star sand.
The only ones with black sand shells and star sand are the stones at the entrance of Geyingjiao Changchang.
Ye Qing brought the stone up and placed it on the edge of the pool. The stone was not big, only about fifteen or six kilograms.
Under the illumination of a strong flashlight, you can see that the gravel is well-proportioned, the stone shell is tight, and a thin gray-white python is like an earthworm wrapped around the stone.
There are not many pine flowers, just a few stars.
Ye Qing turned the strong flashlight to yellow light, pressed it on the stone shell, and a three-inch aperture appeared.
Chen Lu said in surprise: "The water head is so long!"
Ye Qing glanced at her with a smile.
"Why, I said it wrong!"
"This is not the head of water, but the aperture that the water penetrates into the gaps in the stone shell and the light beam is refracted by the water." Ye Qing explained with a smile.
Chen Lu's delicate ears were red.
If it were someone else, he would be forgiven for saying such things.
However, she is the chairman of Tianlu Jewelry and specializes in buying high-end jade. She is making a joke.
Seeing her blushing with embarrassment, Ye Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't blame you, because the stones you see are all dry stones on the shelf, and even to see the water head, they are sprinkled with a layer of mineral water.
But the purpose of spraying water is not only to look at the water head, but also to see the speed of water seeping into the leather shell. If the leather shell is tight and the gravel is fine, the water seepage speed will be slow. If the leather shell is rough and the gravel gaps are large, the water seepage speed will be slower. Just slow.
If the water seeps slowly, you can judge that the jade meat inside is delicate.
However, this method is only suitable for some stones with special shells.
However, this kind of stone that has been soaked in water for many years cannot be looked at like this. "
"Then what are you looking at!"
"Look at the crack!" Ye Qing put the strong flashlight close to a thin crack, but the crack seemed to be filled with a layer of moss. When the light was on, it was black and green.
"Qi Yu came up with the idea to soak the stones in water because Daozhen and the others didn't understand stones at all, and they didn't know how to handle them with care. These stones have natural cracks. After being dropped, will the cracks form inside? No one can guarantee it.
The purpose of soaking in water is to fill the gaps in the stones with water to form a water protective layer and prevent the cracks from expanding. "
Chen Lu nodded. The most difficult thing about betting on stones is cracking.
However, a piece of stone formed after low temperature and high pressure is then brought to the ground by the movement of the earth's crust, forming a regolith. Cracks and wrinkles are the most common.
Ye Qing's meaning is also very obvious. Don't worry about the quality of the stone shell. Whether there are pythons or pine flowers, look for cracks first.
Generally speaking, smuggled stones are mine owners or cargo owners. Stones are carefully selected and there is no such thing as brick materials.
Therefore, there are only two kinds of stones that were not picked up by Qi Yu.
One is that after the stone was lost, the owner offered a reward. It is impossible for Delong and Jiegao to get rid of this kind of stone.
The other kind requires gambling.
In the art of fortune-telling, gambling is the most dangerous method of gambling.
Qi Yuren, who was nicknamed the "cowardless rat", was the most cautious person, and he would never dare to gamble.
