These stones have all been cleaned and their edges have been polished to reveal the jade green inside. However, their overall value can only be estimated by cutting them completely open and seeing what's inside.
Qiao Lian'er knew that Uncle Yin was testing her.
She didn't know how much information Uncle Yin had about her, but in this situation, she couldn't pretend to be completely ignorant, nor could she reveal everything about herself.
Sometimes, the Middle Way, as advocated in the Middle Kingdom, is still quite effective.
"Since Uncle has entrusted me with this task, I will do my best to try," Qiao Lian'er said.
"Please forgive me if I have misunderstood."
Uncle Yin looked at her calmly: "Miss Shui is very capable, I believe she is not mistaken."
He spoke in a low voice, but his whole body exuded a hidden murderous aura, and an irresistible pressure pressed down on him.
Qiao Lian'er smiled indifferently at the other party's convinced attitude.
She stood up and approached the stones: "This one should be worth two thousand taels."
"This piece of jade is probably just a fake, and it's worthless."
"For this piece, eight hundred taels is too much."
"This last piece is probably worth more than three thousand taels."
She was quick at making appraisals, and Uncle Yin knew this, so she didn't pretend to examine the stone carefully.
"Miss Water, are you sure?"
Qiao Lian'er said, "My assessment is about 50-60% accurate. If you expect it to be completely accurate, you might be disappointed."
She had already learned that the stone appraisers here were people in their sixties or seventies with a wealth of experience. They could achieve a 70% accuracy rate even after just opening one corner of the stone. However, these people only served powerful warlords and wealthy merchants, and it was impossible for someone like Boss Zuo's caravan to hire them.
Uncle Yin seemed to consider it for a moment, and then ordered someone to cut the stone open.
These stones were then taken away.
“Miss Shui is so young, yet she can get five or six out of ten right. That’s amazing. When you appraise her, it doesn’t seem like it takes those experienced masters to do it. Could it be that she has a talent?”
"He does have a bit of talent. He can identify stones more accurately by feeling than the average person. However, feeling is just feeling. Even if he can identify whether there is jade inside a stone by its appearance, the color and content cannot be seen with the naked eye, so the results will be somewhat different."
Uncle seemed to be deep in thought.
This girl seems honest, as if she's told everything. Well, a teenager, even if she has a little bit of cunning, wouldn't have much. It's impossible for her to act so smoothly.
Uncle Yin made his judgment based on his decades of experience, and his thinking was quite reasonable.
However, he didn't know that Qiao Lian'er's body also contained the soul of someone in their thirties.
Soon, the cut stones were brought in.
"Uncle, please take a look."
Uncle Yin had a very good memory; he remembered which stone each one had and what kind of appraisal the Water Maiden had given him.
The stone, valued at two thousand taels, was estimated to be worth between two thousand five or six hundred taels, a slight difference, but not a large one.
It is said to be a completely worthless stone, but it is actually worth three hundred taels when cut open.
The piece that costs at most eight hundred taels, there's one worth a thousand taels.
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