Chapter 134 135. Gambling on Stones

Gu Wenheng looked at the stones placed on the antique display shelf and felt that the stones were treated differently depending on their positions.

If this happened in one of those gambling stone streets, it would probably just be thrown on the ground.

"You can pick anyone from outside," Deng Yuanhang said, after a brief negotiation with the escort personnel guarding the place, he dragged them into the hall.

Standing in the hall, you can see that the rooms are open, with bodyguards standing at the doors, and there are also antique shelves filled with gambling stones inside.

"Isn't this expensive?" Zhou Ping quietly tugged at the corner of Deng Yuanhang's clothes. He wanted to make such a big fuss, and he would be in trouble if the time came.

Deng Yuanhang shook his head and pointed at the people who were selecting stones in the hall. "Many of them are escorts from our escort agency. They are all here for the excitement and the desire to make a fortune. They don't bring much silver with them. At most, they will select one or two and then leave."

"Then how do you know there is jade inside the stone?"

"This young man is an amateur, right?" A mustachioed old man next to him laughed, "This backyard can be cut with a knife or with a wire. If you want to save money, you can also use an awl to slowly knock it open yourself."

"Old Hu, these guys are very smart now. You don't need to explain it so clearly to them. Once they have a look, they will understand everything." An old man came over and put his arm around his shoulder. "Are you optimistic about anything today? How about we make a bet?"

"I won't bet with you," Lao Hu followed his strength and walked forward, "Last time your wife blocked my door, I can't afford to offend her."

"That won't happen..."

Deng Yuanhang also put his arm around Zhou Ping's shoulder and said, "What they said just now is right. As long as we take a look around, we will basically understand it.

Apart from a little eyesight required to look at stones, there is no skill required for other things.

Let's not just stand here, you see Wen Heng is already picking things up."

"Wenheng, how is it? Is there anyone you like?"

Gu Wenheng shook his head. "I was just looking at the differences between these stones. The price is too high."

For such a small stone the size of a fist, the man actually dares to ask for five taels of silver. Judging from the surface, it is estimated that it will not produce any good jade. This is a bit of a rip-off.

"It's a pretty high price," Zhou Ping also saw the price on the stone, "If there's no jade inside, it's going to be a real loss."

There are many of these round stones in the rivers and ditches outside.

"Hush," Deng Yuanhang shook his head at him, "There are some things you can't say nonsense about. It's not wrong to watch more and talk less."

Zhou Ping then realized that what he had just said was inappropriate. He quickly covered his mouth and nodded to show that he understood.

Based on his previous knowledge of gambling on stones, Gu Wenheng actually found two relatively satisfactory raw stones here.

He called the shopkeeper who was guarding the hall, and selected four pieces in total and handed them to him.

"You bought it so quickly?" Deng Yuanhang didn't expect that Gu Wenheng, who came here for the first time, would act so quickly before he had even made up his mind.

Gu Wenheng, "I don't really understand it anyway, so I just picked a few pieces. What about you? Do you have any opinions?"

Deng Yuanhang spread his hands and said, "This is my second time here, so I am more familiar with the rules than you."

"So you don't know what to do either," Zhou Ping rolled his eyes. "Then you looked so carefully just now, how could you see anything?"

Anyway, in Zhou Ping's eyes, these are just pieces of stones. As long as every piece can really produce jade, the boss probably wouldn't just leave them here for everyone to play with.

"Last time I followed an uncle here, he made a fortune. He just picked up a piece of gold in this hall and made it a hundred times more." Deng Yuanhang was excited when he talked about this. "Just think about it, five taels turned into five hundred taels in an instant. What a terrifying number."

"..." Gu Wenheng, "I hope we have such luck today. The shopkeeper just said that there are not many people here now, so we can open the stone in advance. I can't wait to see what's inside, so I'll go over and pay first.

When you are done, come find me in the backyard."

Gu Wenheng was about to leave when Deng Yuanhang grabbed two stones and said, "Who cares? Just let it go. Let's go and pay."

Zhou Ping, who was left where he was, simply pointed his fingers here and there and muttered something. When he stopped talking and his hands stopped, he picked up a stone and followed.

When Lao Hu, who was dragged away earlier, saw this scene, he opened his mouth in shock and complained with the old friend beside him, "It seems that we are getting old. The more we think about it, the harder it is to choose."

"Then don't choose. Let's just grab a couple of bucks and have some fun. Isn't it just for fun?"

"Yes, it's all a gamble anyway..."

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There were several big men squatting in the backyard, using horsetails and horsehair ropes as saw blades, constantly adding sand and water, and pulling the "saw blades" back and forth to cut the gambling stones.

Gu Wenheng watched from afar. When the stones were broken into small pieces, they were still just white. He knew that this gambling on stones had failed.

After going over to pay for the stone-clearing work, Gu Wenheng did not make things difficult for the wire-pulling masters. He casually drew a line in the middle and said, "Let's start from here!"

The wire pulling master looked at him in surprise and said, "Do you want to think about it again? If there is meat in this, it will be a big loss."

Gu Wenheng, "..."

Deng Yuanhang, "Master, what they said is right. If we cut it a little off, we will lose a lot. Let's change it again."

Gu Wenheng could only redraw along the corner.

This was not a rough stone that he was optimistic about, and he thought there was no hope. However, the master suddenly shouted that it was green, and a lot of people suddenly gathered in the empty backyard.

"Old Luo! You're so surprised. Isn't it that you haven't solved it yet?"

Shopkeeper Luo glared at the master and said, "The people below have never seen the world. Wait until we get good stones, and then we will notify the bosses."

"You've got some good eyesight, okay? Just give me a shout if you need anything." As he spoke, these people disappeared as quickly as they had appeared.

"They are all merchants waiting here to purchase jade," Deng Yuanhang explained to them in a low voice when he saw Zhou Ping's confused look.

“Why don’t they buy it themselves?”

Gu Wenheng: "They are avoiding risks, that is, minimizing losses. As long as they buy materials from others, they can earn a commission by processing them.

If they purchase the raw stones themselves, it will be a big risk and may hurt their foundation.”

Zhou Ping nodded, not quite understanding, "So we are all their stepping stones now?"

"That's not the case," Gu Wenheng thought for a moment before answering, "Many people are also seeking this kind of excitement. Everyone has their own needs."

(End of this chapter)