Hearing Chen Xia's unprofessional words, everyone around burst into laughter.
Boyan Shuang also smiled and said: “The ones you are talking about are all top-grade jadeite, which are rarely seen in normal times. Most of them are like this.”
After saying that, Boyanshuang poured some water on the cut surface, and some green immediately appeared where the water touched.
Seeing Chen Xia's surprised face, he smiled and acted as his teacher:
"When we select raw stones, we generally choose fine-skinned materials with small crystals, compact structure, fine texture, high hardness and good transparency. Especially those with black or black-red skin are good. We can also use water to test. The ones with good water absorption are poor.
In addition, we also need to observe the green color of the original stone. When the green appears in large flakes on the surface, it is mostly skin green and there is mostly no green inside. When the green appears in lines or clumps on the surface, or when the green lines are symmetrically distributed, there will be more green inside, and the value will be higher.
If we are really unsure, we can also shine a flashlight on the rough stone. If the light shows that the material has more than 30% water, it means that the water head is better, and the rough stone can be cut to increase its value."
After saying that, Qieyanshuang shone the flashlight on the raw stone in his hand, and a faint green color appeared. Maybe there was not enough light, and the green color did not penetrate into the stone.
Chen Xia's eyes rolled, and he "took out" a high-intensity flashlight specially used for ENT department from his backpack, and then followed their example and shone it on the jade.
In an instant, the slice turned green, which surprised Boyanshuang and the young people around him.
They had also seen high-intensity flashlights, but they were only owned by a few elderly people in the tribe. I heard that they were brought from Yangon and they were usually reluctant to use them.
Seeing the high-intensity flashlight in Chen Xia's hand, everyone was jealous.
Boyan Shuang also borrowed a strong flashlight to try to play with it and observe the cut surface of the rough stone.
"Doctor Chen, please take a look. This piece is gold-threaded, quite good. The material is large enough to make a bracelet. It's a pity that it can't be sold at a good price now. If it were taken abroad, it would definitely be worth several sets of clothes, right?"
Chen Xia thought, if you stay for 30 years, you can probably buy enough to buy a truckload of clothes.
After watching the stone cutting for about two hours, Chen Xia felt a little bored. It wasn't what he had imagined. However, Chen Xia passed around cigarettes and boasted, and he did become familiar with some of the young people in the village.
The people here are all young people who have not experienced the hardships of life. They are innocent and simple, friendly and not guarded against outsiders, so it is easy for everyone to chat with each other.
They also tried to help Chen Xia learn some knowledge about jade, especially what high-ice jade looks like.
At this time, Dao Daguang waved at them from afar, so Chen Xia stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he gave the high-intensity flashlight in his hand to the stone-cutting young man, who jumped three feet high with excitement.
Not long after Chen Xia walked out, he heard the young man chasing him from behind and giving him a piece of unpolished jadeite that was bigger than a goose egg.
"Doctor Chen, this is the icy green jade I made myself. I'm giving it to you. Thank you for the high-intensity flashlight."
When Chen Xia saw this green raw stone, he was not polite at all. He quickly put it away and gave a thumbs up.
"Thank you, good friend. Come over tomorrow and I'll give you some batteries."
He was so excited. He never thought that he could exchange a flashlight for a piece of high-end jadeite. Chen Xia felt like a child who broke into a world full of chocolates and candies.
Whether the business is open or not, he already has two bracelets and a piece of raw stone, either glass-type imperial green or high ice-type positive green. It seems that after staying here for a while, Chen Xia can also become the "Jade King" in the future.
Uncle Dao Daguang saw Chen Xia coming over and pointed to a bamboo building and said, "Doctor Chen, this was our village's former primary school. There are no students now. How about we use this as a temporary hospital for you?"
When Chen Xia walked in, he saw that the area was about 100 square meters, larger than the Jiegao Health Center. It was divided into two rooms, with a few tables and chairs, and a bed that was obtained from somewhere.
"Uncle Dao, this house is big enough, but it needs some renovations. Nail some nails on this row, and patients needing IV drips can be placed here. I'm going to turn this side into a pharmacy. For some special reasons, only I can enter the pharmacy, so I need to make a door here. Also, make sure to clean the bamboo house thoroughly. I'll disinfect it tomorrow."
Dao Daguang and some of the tribesmen next to him listened to Chen Xia's plan and took notes, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
It is a big event for several nearby villages that a doctor from another province comes to the village to treat patients. The village leaders have already discussed it and they will definitely do whatever Chen Xia asks and provide free accommodation and meals.
If it weren't for the new society now, in the past, he would have to find two girls to warm his bed. Alas, this evil old society, it's really...
"Doctor Chen, do you have any other requests?"
Chen Xia thought about the details carefully and added:
"Please tell everyone that I can treat internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and gynecology, but there are some diseases that I can't do anything about. If I could cure everything, I would be a miracle doctor, so please don't have too high expectations.
I don't accept cash or anything else, only jadeite. It has to be glass-type imperial green or high-ice-type, positive green jadeite. I won't accept anything lower. If someone thinks their jadeite is valuable and doesn't cover the medical expenses, I can trade it for cloth or grain.
After saying that, Chen Xia took out a piece of cloth from his magical backpack and said, "Look, these are all the best fabrics from our Zhijiang Province, both pure cotton and Dacron."
Several leaders gathered around and touched the pieces of cloth, showing great satisfaction. The printed and dyed patterns were something they had never seen before, and the quality was many times better than that of local cloth.
Especially the Dacron, which only the county head could afford, so several leaders were eager to try it and their vanity was aroused.
One of the chiefs asked, "Doctor Chen, can we exchange these fabrics for jade?"
"Sure, sure, but I don't have much fabric, and it's really hard to transport it from Zhijiang to Ruili, so the price is really not cheap."
Several leaders laughed. As long as they could exchange jade for fabrics, they would have nothing to worry about. As the saying goes, there is not much other things, but there is a lot of jade.
The high-end jadeite has been stored for hundreds of years and can finally be exchanged.
It's really hard for me to sue several jade villages.
When the state-owned jade factory finally came to purchase the jade, the price they offered was often very low, so the supplies they received were always pitifully small.
They said that the shipping cost from the capital, Kunming, would be several times the cost of the materials. The villagers had no choice but to give up their best jade to exchange for other things.
It seems that Chen Xia will benefit completely now.
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