However, upon hearing Mo Lan's tone, Peng's eyebrows twitched, and she casually asked, feigning a joking question.
"Does Lan's family make a living from jade?"
"We work with jade, and we also have other businesses, it's all quite messy. Anyway, we have piles of these stones in several courtyards."
Mo Lan smoothed her ponytail and replied nonchalantly.
Listening to Mo Lan's tone, and looking at her expression, Madam Peng's heart pounded. Jade stones piled up in several courtyards—what a magnificent sight!
As a woman from a prominent family, she had seen many things, but she could not imagine a scene of mountains of jade.
As expected of a noblewoman carefully cultivated by her family, Madam Peng possessed a far deeper understanding than the average woman. From Mo Lan's tone, she immediately sensed a business opportunity, and a strange light flashed in Mo Lan's eyes.
With so many jade stones piled up so casually, it's likely that someone is holding a mineral deposit.
"With so many jade pieces in Lan's family, why don't I see you wearing any?" Madam Peng looked Mo Lan up and down. Apart from the small jade pieces inlaid on her hairband and the gemstone on the pointer hanging at her waist, she had no other ornaments.
“I don’t like those jingling things. When I travel, I always travel light. Every time I go out, my little girl at home will stuff some stones into my bag, saying that it’s a gift for friends I meet. As for myself, I never wear them.”
As Mo Lan spoke, she stood up, spun around, and shrugged her shoulders with a relaxed air. "Look, a light and practical outfit, convenient and easy to wear."
"Hehe... Sister Lan is such a free and easy person, and so charming. Besides, at your age, you're like a flower bud, even in simple clothes you'd be as beautiful as a fairy."
Madam Peng covered her mouth with a handkerchief, smiling brightly. When her gaze fell upon the black jade thumb ring, her eyes flickered.
"Ahem... Sister Lan, I have a request, but I don't know if I should say it?"
“We’re friends, so please speak freely, Sister Peng.” Mo Lan turned around and sat down directly opposite her, picked up the teacup in front of her, concealed the dark light in her eyes, and took a sip of tea.
"It's like this, doesn't your family have a lot of jade? I wonder how much you know about jade, and do you know its value? I'm a young lady confined to my room, and I'd like to broaden my horizons."
Although Peng seemed kind and gentle, she was cautious by nature and would only act if she was absolutely certain of the benefits she received.
"They say gold has a price, but jade is priceless. My family produces jade, and while I can't say how thoroughly I understand it, I do know some of the basic classifications. If Sister Peng wants to learn more, that's no problem at all..."
Mo Lan put down her teacup, pretended to ponder for a moment, and then explained her understanding of jade to Madam Peng.
Jade can be classified into about ten types according to its place of origin, including jadeite, Hetian jade, turquoise, lapis lazuli, serpentine, rose quartz, opal, agate, chalcedony, tiger's eye, quartzite, and so on.
If we divide them into three grades,
The finest jades are mutton fat jade, white jade, and yellow jade.
Medium quality: bluish-white jade, green jade, black jade.
Inferior grade: Green jade.
Similarly, jade can also be divided into nephrite and jadeite according to its texture. Mutton fat jade, green jade, greenish-white jade, jasper, black jade, and yellow jade all belong to nephrite.
Jadeite is the same as jade.
After saying all this in one breath, Mo Lan picked up the teacup in front of her and took a big gulp. She took the opportunity to check Peng Shi's shocked expression, and after understanding the situation, she showed an embarrassed shyness.
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