Upon hearing this, Zheng Baoling beckoned to the two maids beside her to pick up the raw stone and walk to the light at the shop entrance. She examined it carefully for a long time before moving it back to the stone-cutting platform. Pointing to a section of the dragon-shaped python, she pursed her lips and said, "Let's start by cleaning a window from here."
"Rubbing," also known as "window rubbing," is simply rubbing a small window into the raw stone. It is the most conservative method of opening stones.
Cutting involves directly slicing open the stone. Whether there is jade inside is immediately apparent after the stone is cut open. This cutting is a crucial step in gambling on stones. A successful rub doesn't count as a successful gamble; a successful cut is the real deal. The saying "one cut makes you poor, one cut makes you rich" perfectly describes this step.
When jade mine owners are at the mining site, they have basically already picked out all the cutable materials. What is left are materials with great uncertainty. Unless they are 100% sure, people who gamble on jade always choose to open a small window first to take a look.
Opening a window carries minimal risk. If a good color and texture are found, you can choose to continue opening or sell it on the spot.
The 1,700 taels was all her savings from birth to the present, a total of fifteen years, so she still had to be careful.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yuxian and her group of young masters and ladies gathered around the stone-cutting area. Even the customers who had been picking out raw stones in the shop and the jade dealers who were waiting to buy jade all came to watch the excitement.
"Wow, the shop actually has such a fine piece of goods. How come I didn't see it earlier?"
"A python with black spots is priceless; this young lady is incredibly lucky."
"This stone has a huge python pattern on it, there must be high-quality green inside, maybe even a golden-green one."
"I've been in the shop for several hours, how come I haven't seen this good piece of material? Instead, I've wasted over a thousand taels of silver, and all I've gotten is a small bean-shaped piece..."
As Zheng Baoling listened to the discussions among the crowd, the slight unease that had arisen earlier dissipated considerably.
Just then, the stone-cutting master polished a small window, and the sharp-eyed customer, who had been watching the master's movements, exclaimed, "It's green! It's a bright green! And it's a high-quality, icy bright green!"
As soon as the sound rang out, the crowded stone-cutting area erupted into chaos.
"My goodness! It's not golden silk green, but high-ice pure green. The material here must be extraordinary."
"Young lady, how about I sell this fabric to you? I'll give you four thousand taels of silver!"
"You think you can buy Zhengyang Green jade with four thousand taels? You must be dreaming! Young lady, I'll sell this piece to you for eight thousand taels. If you agree, I'll give you the silver notes right now. How about it?"
"Ten thousand taels, I'll offer ten thousand taels, none of you can compete with me here..."
The customers picking out the raw stones were green with envy, and the jade dealers had already started bidding against each other. In the blink of an eye, the price had soared to 10,000 taels, more than five times the price Zheng Baoling had paid for it, which was 1,700 taels.
"Only a fool would sell at this point when such a prime green window is open!"
"That's right. As long as there are no problems, this one piece of jade is enough to make several generations rich."
"Oh my God, I've been burning incense and kowtowing until I bleed every holiday, how come such good luck hasn't fallen on my head..."
Zheng Baoling's cheeks were flushed with excitement. Faced with the jade dealers vying to buy her jade, she firmly refused, "I won't sell! Master, please continue."
After saying that, he couldn't help but chuckle as he looked in Su Hua's direction, "Some people have big eyes, but they can't even tell the difference between a stepping stone and a raw jade stone."
Today, Baoling is truly grateful to Miss Su for not having such discerning eyes, which allowed me, the later arrival, to pick up such a fine piece of material.
After we finish opening this stone, how about I invite Miss Su and you all to have lunch at Tianxiang Restaurant? Hahahaha…”
Upon hearing that the raw stone was actually something Su Hua had refused to throw on the ground, everyone looked towards the Su family's direction and sighed in unison.
"Whose daughter is this? How could she throw such good fabric on the ground? Isn't that just throwing money into the water?!"
"Sigh, if my daughter is this wasteful, I'll have to make her eat bamboo shoots stir-fried with pork several times a day!"
"The difference in luck between people is even greater than the difference between luck between a person and a dog. This young girl clearly has an unlucky face. Forget about pure green jade, even if she had imperial green jade in her hand, she would only throw it away..."
Upon seeing this, Liu Yuxian finally exhaled all the breath she had been holding in the alley. There must be nothing more painful than throwing away the wealth that had been within her grasp.
Su Hua must be kicking herself now!
"This girl surnamed Zheng has such a foul mouth, it makes me want to punch her, what should I do?" Su Erlang's eyebrows furrowed into a knot.
If it were just him or his older brother, I could say whatever I wanted, but now he keeps saying his aunt is unlucky and a spendthrift. Even if his uncle can tolerate it, his aunt can't.
Su Dalang didn't say anything, but unconsciously tightened his grip on Xiao Hei, and pulled out four or five long hairs from Xiao Hei's forehead, causing a dog to bark.
"Woof! Woof woof!! Woof woof woof..."
Little Black whimpered, but its eyes were fixed on Zheng Baoling. If it dared to laugh at its master again, it would bite him!
The other big white dog in the other's arms also had cold eyes, and even its little tail under the pink cloth strip was standing up high, clearly a sign of impending anger.
"Good boy, don't argue with them, have a piece of jerky." Seeing this, Su Hua immediately shook her head and smiled, took out a bag of yak jerky from her sleeve, stuffed a piece into the mouth of each of the four little ones (human, tiger, and dog), and after stroking their fur, she also gave a piece to herself and Xiao Jinhan.
While chewing on some dried meat, he glanced at the stone-cutting platform and asked, "Zichen, is this 'purple jade' they're talking about very valuable?"
She had just heard Qin Yingxian mention the quality and color of the material, but she hadn't heard about the specific color classifications.
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