Old Man Ni's home is located not far from the outskirts of Ruili City.
A three-story single-family villa with a strong Dai-style appearance, surrounded by green trees and shaded by flowers and plants, makes it feel like a paradise.
Ni Dehong drove the car straight into the basement. When Tang Songyuan was still sighing at the automated garage door, Old Man Ni stopped the car and said:
"We're here, get off the car!"
The garage is very spacious, but there is only one additional pickup truck parked, a Ford F950 with a very tough image.
Ni Dehong took the lead, and Tang Songyuan walked behind carrying the original stone of Muna and Li Yangqiu who was looking around.
Turning around the underground garage, there is a large warehouse-like room at the corner.
There are all kinds of machines inside, including water cutting machines, wire cutting machines, and many machines that Tang, Song and Yuan had never seen before, neatly placed against a wall.
In the middle is a long workbench with various tools placed on it.
Ni Dehong's image was highly regarded in Tang, Song and Yuan's hearts. When this old man was young, he must have been a man who could do whatever he wanted and was extremely capable.
And what he said about playing with rocks was not in vain.
"Put it somewhere, aren't you tired of carrying it?"
Ni Dehong turned on the light, pointed at the workbench and said.
Tang Songyuan put it down gently, and Old Man Ni said again: "There is water, coffee, and tea over there. If you want to drink it, you can cook it yourself. There is also a lot to eat. You can eat whatever you want."
After saying that, he ignored Tang, Song and Yuan and just looked at the raw stone on the workbench.
He held a flashlight and placed his other hand on the stone, with a focused expression and eyes as if he was looking at his long-cherished lover.
His strong fingers moved gently, not missing any detail inch by inch.
Perceiving various information reflected on the surface of the stone.
Li Yangqiu was familiar with it, even though it was his first time here.
But following the direction that Old Man Ni pointed, this guy soon pulled out a kettle, filled it with water and started boiling it.
Then he cleaned the tea set and asked Tang, Song and Yuan if he wanted to drink tea or coffee.
Tang Songyuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you have orange juice?"
The main thing is to play cards that don't follow common sense.
"Hold!"
Li Yangqiu raised his middle finger at him, then poured him a cup of tea regardless.
"You two come here!"
Ten minutes later, Old Man Ni waved to the two of them.
The two walked over, and Old Man Ni looked at Tang Songyuan and said, "Tell me why you thought about buying this piece of material?"
Tang Songyuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. No matter what I say, I can't tell you that I have clairvoyance powers and can just see through the stone.
"Forehead......"
"This material is tight..." Tang Songyuan's heart was spinning rapidly, searching for the few words he had in this regard:
“Also, its surface is severely desanded, and the light is very transparent...”
Ni Dehong sneered: "It's quite tight, but the lighting is bullshit!"
As he spoke, he picked up the small bright flashlight on the table and shone it on the stone. Under the yellow-orange leather shell, only a hazy and turbid white light appeared.
"You're telling me it's transparent?" Old Man Ni turned off the flashlight and put it aside, then patted the rough stone and said:
"The lighting shows that the fog layer on this piece of material is very thick. The desanding you see on the jade skin is actually the exterior exposure of the fog layer."
Then he turned over, pointed to an area on the original stone and said: "From this place, the basic germplasm inside the material should still be good... let's take a cut and take a look?"
The last sentence was said to Tang Songyuan.
Tang Songyuan felt that it was very different from what he saw from perspective. This old man Ni could really see jade through the surface of the stone. Even if there were some deviations, it was already a very powerful method.
He nodded and said, "Then make a cut."
Put the material into the wire cutting machine, adjust the position of the knife, tighten the buckle and finally close the lid.
After starting the machine, Old Man Ni looked at Li Yangqiu and said, "It will take about an hour. I have nothing to do now. Can I take you to see my collection?"
"Okay!" Li Yangqiu said with a smile: "Mr. Ni has been in the world for many years, and his collection must be first-class. Most people may not have the opportunity to see it."
Ni Dehong snorted proudly and said, "Come with me." Then he turned and walked towards a door that looked very solid.
When he opened the door, he saw darkness inside. Ni Dehong groped around on the wall, and finally turned on a yellow light in a row of switches.
Wow~!
The moment the lights came on, the two saw large and small stones placed on rows of steel shelves in the house.
Judging from the scale, the materials on site were no less than three hundred yuan, and the black, yellow, white, and green materials were dazzling.
The big ones weighed one or two hundred kilograms, and the small ones were as big as fists. They were all head coverings without opening the windows.
The stones of different colors and sizes were placed so neatly that even Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasty suspected that Old Man Ni had obsessive-compulsive disorder.
He opened his perspective, and in the blink of an eye the woolen materials changed their appearance.
Most of the materials have ingredients inside, and some are even top-quality high-ice colorants.
But there are also some materials that are good-looking and have a positive color, but also have many cracks.
There are also a few cases where the inside is simply mixed, and the species and color are not melted.
But one thing is for sure, if the materials in this warehouse were sold, it would be enough to kill all the wool merchants in Yucheng instantly.
Both quality and quantity greatly broadened the horizons of Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
He also wanted to own such a warehouse in the future and put all kinds of treasures in it.
His warehouse is filled to the brim with some of the finest glass types, imperial green jadeite, antiques worth hundreds of millions, and rare treasures that are hard to buy for a thousand dollars.
"These are all your collection?"
Li Yangqiu asked in confusion: "Why are they all head covering materials?"
The corners of Ni Dehong's mouth turned up slightly, and he said quite proudly: "My old man is not short of money. These stones are so good, why do they have to cut them open?"
"Wouldn't it be better to just keep their original beauty?"
It makes sense, but it has a strong flavor of Versailles.
The two of them visited with relish, while Ni Dehong glanced at the stones with admiring eyes, saying nothing and not knowing what he was thinking.
After visiting around, I found that the stones outside were almost cut.
After turning off the machine and opening the lid, a thin gap had been cut into the original stone.
Tang Songyuan unscrewed the buckle, closed the stone and took it out.
"Open it and take a look. Why are you doing all the bells and whistles?" Old Man Ni urged.
Tang Songyuan gently opened the wool cover, making a sound close to metal friction.
Li Yangqiu's eyes lit up when he saw it, "Damn it, you got your dick again this time!"
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