After Lu Cheng left, the old master in the carving shop was still complaining angrily: "What does it mean to waste a natural thing! This is called a waste of a natural thing! A piece of exquisite Nanbinghong was wasted like this! If you leave it to me to carve it, Cut it in half, carve it out and put it up for auction, each piece will fetch a very high price!"
The young man next to him said in a low voice: "Master, I think this kid is very weird. Maybe he stole Nan Hong!"
The old master's face remained unchanged and he said: "Do you care whether he stole it or robbed it? We carvers should work hard to produce good works and mind our own business!"
Xiao Wan said: "Master, I have two rough stones to unravel here. Can Xiao Li help me?"
The young man sneered: "Two broken rocks, put them on a machine and cut them casually, what good jade can you get?"
Xiao Wan said: "You have to be careful with other people's materials."
The old master stood up and looked at the original stone and said: "Wipe off the outer skin of the small pieces. Cut the large pieces into one piece first. If there is jade, continue to cut off the pieces..."
So, the young man went to cut large pieces of rough stone, while Xiaowan used a small cutting machine to polish the skin.
After a while, Xiaowan exclaimed in surprise: "Hey! Such a small stone, I didn't expect it to actually contain jade! It's bright green, old, and has enough water... This person is so lucky..."
Use a stone slightly larger than your fist to rub it out bit by bit, remove the outer skin, and get a piece of sunny green jadeite the size of a duck egg.
"Master, please take a look!"
The old master squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then praised: "Good stuff! If I were to cut it and be careful, I might be able to cut out five rings, four high-ice ones on the outside and one glass one in the middle. It's rare that the color is right. Yang Qiaoli; if you cut, you can only cut three ring noodles at most... Tsk tsk... I didn't expect to see two treasures in one day..."
"Master, how much can these ring noodles be sold for after being ground?"
"The glass type, Zhengyang green ring surface, is slightly larger, 12X10X6 mm. If it goes to auction, it can be sold for seven to eight million. The four high-ice types outside, which are smaller in size, can also be sold. More than a million.”
"Then isn't this person rich?"
"Haha, billionaires are flying all over the world these days, but they are just starting out... Sigh! No matter how expensive the jadeite is, it's all new, and it can't compare to that old Nanhong..."
Xiao Wan took out her mobile phone and dialed: "Hello, Mr. Lu? Your fist-sized rough stone has been cut open. Congratulations...Master recommends that you polish the surface of the ring..."
At this time, Lu Cheng had just arrived at the restaurant and sat down. When he heard his cell phone ringing, he got up and walked to a quiet place and said, "Do as the master said! Can it be completed before 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon?"
"Sorry, time is a bit tight, I can only finish one or two. It doesn't matter, if you leave Hangzhou, we can send it to you."
"Then grind out the glass ones first, and I'll go get them tomorrow. The rest will be done slowly. What about the other larger rough stone?"
"It's still being cut... Please wait a moment, it seems that the first piece has been cut... The high ice species, half purple, half green, not cracked, is a good bracelet material... How many bracelets can be produced, not yet know……"
Lu Cheng thought to himself: "How come there are variegated colors? According to Wu Huan, only pure jade is good jade. Did I understand it wrong?" He said, "Then let's make a bracelet."
His original intention was to find some jade materials and go back to see if he could carve runes into them. If he could succeed, wouldn't it be great to turn them into a storage bracelet?
Now that he had gotten two pieces of fine jade for his first stone bet, he was a little reluctant to waste it.
After all, he had no experience in carving, so he should start with cheap jade. When you are sure, you can then carve it with good jade.
He hung up the phone and walked back to the restaurant to sit down.
Mother Rao Yuqiu asked: "Who made the call? Is it Jiang Qiuyun?"
Lu Cheng said: "No. When I came out of the Olympic Sports Center in the afternoon, I passed by a stone betting shop. I bought a stone and gave it to someone to cut. Just now the other party called and said that there was jade in it that could be made into a bracelet. Mom, wait for me Make the bracelets and give you one first!"
Rao Yuqiu smiled and said: "You want to buy a bracelet for Jiang Qiuyun and catch me up by the way?"
"hey-hey……"
"Brother, I want a bracelet too!"
"You are too young to wear a bracelet! When you grow up, I will make it for you myself."
"I want that shiny bracelet..."
"What shiny bracelet?"
Rao Yuqiu said: "It's that kind of children's bracelet, gold-plated, silver-plated... She mentioned it last time, and a kid in the kindergarten wore it on her hand. I didn't buy it for her..."
Lu Cheng said, "How about I buy her a silver-plated one?"
"Why are you buying that? Children shouldn't wear bracelets! What if they are kidnapped?"
"Mom, no one abducts children these days."
"You said it doesn't mean it doesn't exist?"
In fact, by 2027, there will be very few children who are kidnapped and trafficked, because the country is cracking down hard. It not only cracks down on traffickers, but also severely punishes those who buy children. They will not be able to obtain a household registration, cannot go to school, and it will be difficult to even go out. Wherever they go It all depends on the ID card. Children have special ID cards starting from the age of one! That kind of ID card is like a soldier's nameplate, with detailed information on it, including date of birth, parents' names, blood type, and DNA data.
If not for the objections of many people, the nameplate would have been reduced in size and implanted into the muscles of children's arms so that they could be identified by simply scanning the serial number wherever they went.
Lu Cheng and his mother ordered several local dishes, including West Lake fish in vinegar, Dongpo pork, straw duck, and two vegetarian dishes.
After eating, Rao Yuqiu felt very good and said with a smile: "Son, wherever you go to compete next week, I will go with you!"
Lu Cheng said: "Go to Xiamen next week."
"Xiamen? You must go there! Call Jiang Qiuyun up."
"Okay, I'll try."
Because Jiang Qiuyun was only a sophomore, if Rao Yuqiu didn't go, she might not be embarrassed to go. She would stay alone in a strange city for two days. If her parents knew about it and didn't say anything, they would think twice. If you're a senior, your family won't keep an eye on you so closely. If something goes wrong, you'll get married as soon as possible.
