"Is it ready? Let me see, has the jade been cut out yet?"
Bai Mei urged him anxiously, but the stone-cutting master looked at the rough stone in his hand expressionlessly and handed it to Bai Mei.
"What kind of jade is this? It's all black?"
"Haha, little girl, you've cut it wrong. The dark stuff is a stone."
Seeing that Bai Mei didn't understand anything, the people next to her smiled and explained it to her. The stone-cutting master also smiled, probably because others' rejection of Bai Mei made him happy.
"Master, could you please grind a window out of this stone for me so I can see it?"
Chang Jing felt that all he needed to do was polish the outer layer and open a window to reveal the jade inside. The stone-cutting master's eyes flashed with surprise; he had thought these two children were complete idiots!
"Okay, I'll grind a window and take a look."
Seeing that Chang Jing wasn't completely clueless and that his attitude was alright, the stone-cutting master was willing to talk to him.
The craftsman skillfully used the machine to polish the stone, and after two minutes he noticed something different. He splashed water on it and saw a faint red mark. Could it be red jadeite?
"A piece of jade has been found. It looks like red jadeite. Let me open the larger window to take a closer look."
As the master continued his work, the people around him stopped queuing and crowded around, even asking the master about the stone-cutting process.
"Old Yuan, is it red jadeite? How can there be red jadeite? Does the material from Moxi Sha also have red jadeite?"
"Why not? It's happened before. You're making a fuss over nothing."
In the short time that they were discussing it, the stone-cutting master cleaned up a large window in the outer layer of the raw stone.
"This red jadeite is also of good quality and translucency, a truly high-grade piece. Whose stone is it? Are you selling it?"
Upon seeing the quality of the stone, knowledgeable people began clamoring to buy the rough stone.
"If you're going to sell, sell it to me. We know each other. Excuse me, Tangyuan's friend, how much are you asking for for this semi-transparent material? I'll take it."
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