After paying the money, seeing that it was still early, Lu Cheng didn't want to go back too early to face the girls, so he said, "Mr. Zheng, please help me cut the stone again!"
"Okay, how to cut it?"
"Parallel section, ten centimeters downward!"
"It's too heavy. I can't move it. I have to call two young people over."
"I'll move it!"
Lu Cheng stretched out his hand and lifted the stone!
Zheng Sanhuai was shocked: "My little brother is strong enough! This stone weighs 250 kilograms."
Lu Cheng smiled and said, "It's funny, where can I cut it?"
"In the next room, there is a large cutting machine."
Lu Cheng moved the stone over, set up the cutting machine, and asked, "Does it cost to cut the stone?"
Zheng Sanhuai said: "If you sell it in my shop, you can cut it for free! If you buy it from outside, you will be charged."
After starting the cutting machine, Lu Cheng went to the stone gambling shop to look at the remaining stones and picked out three small stones to buy. Although there were no glass stones, the ice ones were fine.
Two hours later, the big stone was cut! Split into two and lie on the ground!
Zheng Sanhuai took a closer look and his expression changed drastically!
"Oh!"
He patted his thigh distressedly: "I made a loss!"
First of all, in the newly opened section, half of the glutinous rice species have turned into glutinous ice species, and half have turned into ice species. More importantly, the line of green has turned! From less than 0.5, it spreads out and becomes 2-3 centimeters!
"Yeah, that's incredible! It's increased at least twenty times!"
Lu Cheng shook his head slightly and said: "It's just so so. Not satisfactory." If it were placed elsewhere, he would buy it after looking for full green. Even if it is not full green, it must be sixty-seven points green, and the green of this stone is There is only one!
Zheng Sanhuai grabbed his hair and said: "This green color alone is so bright and worth a lot of money! Not to mention there are 20 centimeters below! What if it continues to spread downward... tsk tsk..."
Lu Cheng asked: "Mr. Zheng, if you are interested, you can buy it back!"
"Ahem, I won't buy it! If I buy it, I won't be able to do business. I know people from the Minghu Jade Factory. I'll give you a business card. You can give the stone to them. Ask them to make a bracelet, and then Sell it again.”
"Okay! Do they have a channel to sell jade?"
"There must be. You should discuss this kind of thing with them."
Lu Cheng took the business card, put the stone in the car, and then found the "Minghu Jade Workshop" according to the address on the business card.
This is a small workshop with five or six people inside, specializing in mid-to-high-end jade.
The owner of the workshop is a middle-aged woman named "Hao Meiyu", who holds the title of "senior arts and crafts artist". The remaining jade carving masters are all young people, basically her apprentices.
Lu Cheng discussed with Hao Meiyu for a while, then kept the jade and asked the other party to make it into jade articles. As for how to deal with the finished jade, we will wait until the production is completed to see the situation.
Lu Cheng asked: "How long will it take to make it?"
Hao Meiyu replied: "Soon, it will definitely be ready before the Spring Festival."
"When is the Spring Festival?"
"February 13th."
"I may have returned to Daicheng by then and may not have time to look at the goods."
"You can come over at the end of this month. By then we will give priority to completing the essence of this piece of jade, especially the ice type with emerald green, which will be completed; the rest of the waxy type is relatively cheap and easier to process."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
When Lu Cheng returned home, several of Jiang Qiuyun's classmates hadn't left yet. The girls opened champagne and were dizzy from drinking, lying on the sofa in a state of disgrace.
Seeing Lu Cheng coming back, they reluctantly struggled to leave.
Lu Cheng smiled and said, "How are we going to go like this? Do you want me to carry you back to the dormitory building one by one?"
Jiang Qiuyun pretended to kick him: "You think so! Why don't you go! Just stay here and wait until you wake up before leaving."
Lu Cheng went into the basement to cut the newly purchased small pieces of rough stone.
Most of the 150 rough stones he bought in Yunnan and Guangdong were not cut. They were all excellent products. Each piece was at least a high-ice type, 90% of which was color material, and the other 10% was of glass type that he specially selected. Colorants. The stone he bought this time was not of the glass type, not even the high-ice type, so he wanted to cut it out first to avoid getting it mixed with good materials and ruining his mood.
Cutting three small stones, it turns out that they are all colored ice. One is blue, the size of a fist; one is green, which can be polished into two ring surfaces; and there is a piece of yellow jade, which is slightly larger and can be used to make a bracelet. Looking more carefully, these three pieces of material all have a little bit of cotton, and they are still defective and cannot be compared with the materials he brought back from the south.
That night, it was midnight.
Lu Cheng was lying on the bed, touching the jade ring, and his mind wandered to a different world.
At this time, the winter in the other world has passed, the snow outside has melted, the ice in the river has melted, and the grass has begun to sprout yellow buds. The people of the Laiyi tribe walked out of their caves and thatched huts, speared fish by the river, and dug soil in the fields.
Lu Cheng saw his eldest brother Beiqian leading a group of people on the road in a hurry, saying that they wanted to hunt wild wolves and tigers, otherwise these beasts would eat antelopes and elk. In that case, in autumn, the Beiyi people would not be able to hunt enough in autumn, and they would be unable to hunt in winter. Will be hungry.
Lu Cheng wanted to follow.
But Yanqiang refused: "The beast of spring is too dangerous! You are not yet 16 years old, and you are not under the seventh level of martial arts, so you can't go!"
He had no choice but to go to the Witch Temple to see what his master Wu Huan had ordered.
Wu Huan asked him to go with Wu Fan to check the situation in "Shanglin Valley".
Lu Cheng followed Wu Fan for twenty or thirty miles, passed through a dense forest, and then walked through a grassland, and saw a spacious valley in front of him.
Wu Fan said: "There are more than a hundred kinds of spiritual herbs in this valley, which are the key to the survival of our clan." He led the way, introducing various spiritual herbs as he walked. Because it was early spring, most of the spiritual herbs had not sprouted yet. Only a small part sprouted. He came over to check whether there were any damage by wild boars and hares. Although there are people patrolling here every day, the people of the Witch Temple do not dare to relax and have to patrol every ten days.
Many spiritual herbs are perennial, such as ginseng and polygonatum, as well as tall trees whose bark and flowers are used to make medicine.
Lu Cheng watched honestly and compared the spiritual herbs with the knowledge in his mind. In this way, he learned quickly.
This valley is about five or six miles long. The center of the valley is relatively flat. There are even a few medicinal fields cultivated. There is a small stream in the middle, with gurgling water and the sound of tinkling winter.
Wu Fan said: "Some of the medicines here are very precious. When we are patrolling, we are not allowed to touch any of them; some of the elixirs are everywhere, and you can pick some back. For example, this one..."
He stretched out his hand and pulled up a clump of dry grass stems two or three meters high, and pulled its roots out of the ground. There were a dozen roots in total, the big ones were as thick as thumbs, and the small ones were similar to matchsticks. He pulled the small roots out. Throwing it into the soil, he took the two large roots into the stream, washed them, and handed one to Lu Cheng.
"This is called 'sweet grass' and you can eat it directly."
Lu Cheng took a two-meter-long grass root as thick as his thumb and took a bite of "Kacha". It felt strangely sweet and had a strong medicinal flavor. He thought to himself: "This is licorice! One of the most common traditional Chinese medicines, it can blend all kinds of medicines, replenish vital energy, clear away heat and detoxify."
The two of them chewed licorice as they walked.
After walking for a while, Wu Fan pointed to a field of golden wild flowers in the mountains and said, "This is called 'Mandarin Duck Vine', which can cure fever and diarrhea."
Lu Cheng got closer and took a closer look. It turned out to be "honeysuckle". The flowers bloomed half white and half yellow. They looked so dazzling in early spring when the vegetation was just growing.
He asked, "Senior brother, there are so many flowers, why is no one picking them?"
Wu Fan said: "We use its roots, not the flowers."
"Why not use flowers?"
"Because that's what the master taught me."
"Then can I pick some flowers?"
"Whatever you want." Lu Cheng pinned the eaten licorice to his waist and reached out to pick the honeysuckle. There were many honeysuckles here, each flower was more than ten centimeters long. He could grab a handful. Since there was no place to put it, he simply took out a jade pendant, which was his own withered waist pendant, and put the licorice and honeysuckle inside.
When Wu Fan saw the jade pendant, he looked envious: "Junior brother, I didn't expect you to have such a treasure!"
Lu Cheng said: "My mother left it to me."
"Can you show it to me?"
"Here, take a look."
Wu Fan took the jade pendant, scanned it with his consciousness, and found that there was only two feet of space inside, so he returned the jade pendant to Lu Cheng and said, "It's too small, it can't even hold a tiger. Did you know? The master has a jade ring. , it can hold all the meat for the entire Laiyi tribe’s autumn hunting. It can also hold a lot of spiritual grain.”
"Where did the master get the jade ring?"
"Bought from the Dove Clan."
"Senior brother, I'm a bit confused. There are beautiful jade in Baiyu Mountain, why don't you refine the storage talisman yourself?"
Wu Fan said: "Because the jade produced in Yiyu Mountain is very hard, which is different from the soft jade outside. It is not easy to carve runes on it. The swords, guns, swords and halberds in our clan are too big, and they can barely be carved on them." There are traces on big stones, and it is impossible to carve fine details on small objects. As you know, each rune has hundreds of strokes. It can be said that it is very difficult to make a good carving. The master tried several times They all failed in the end.”
Lu Cheng thought to himself: "That's right! Jade can be divided into soft jade and jade. Soft jade can barely be carved with a sword. Swords alone are not enough. Special tools are also needed, such as tough silk thread, jade-breaking sand, and punching tools. Weights, grinding weights, wooden weights, leather weights, etc. To carve patterns on jade, a small round steel plate is used. The edge of the plate is very thin and looks like a knife. It is called 'Dingzi' and its overall shape is like a round hat."
To put it simply, ancient jade was not carved with a knife, but slowly ground with silk thread or "dingzi".
Lu Cheng wanted to get a modern electric jade carving machine as a gift to his master, but how dare he.
He spent a long time picking a lot of honeysuckle and put them into his storage belt.
Then the two of them continued walking forward.
Because the harsh winter has just passed, many spiritual grasses have not sprouted yet, so there is nothing interesting to see. After walking around for a while, they found no trace of wild boar or hare, so they returned to the Witch Temple from "Shanglin Valley".
Lu Cheng was sorting out medicinal materials at the Witch Temple and watching his master Wu Huan draw talismans.
In the evening, someone brought a dozen wolf skins, three bear skins, and a tiger skin from outside.
It is said that these skins were hunted by Bei Chiang and sent half of them to the witch temple to make talismans for shamans.
Because it was too late, Wu Huan asked Lu Cheng to go back and rest.
