Chapter 015 Chapter 15

Is Gu Jiasui back again?

No, the halo that just flashed by had a lot of words.

It’s either Yi Zhi or Chu Bingbing!

Did they both come to the Antique Street as well?

But they didn't say anything because they didn't want anyone to know. Ah Yan didn't care anymore and went with Zhu Jue to the Feng Shui shop that his acquaintance had introduced to him.

Because they were introduced by someone, even though Ayan and Zhu Jue looked young, the boss didn't treat them lightly.

The boss here is named Tu, a thin middle-aged man. Ah Yan noticed that he had bodhi seeds wrapped around his wrists, and the turquoise of excellent quality was particularly eye-catching.

Boss Tu took out several boxes and said, "The Small Five Emperors are easier to find. It's convenient for us to exchange what we have here. I don't have the Big Five Emperors, but I know a boss who has them and is willing to sell them. I can take you to have a look today."

The Five Emperors' Coins are coins minted by five emperors. The Big Five Emperors' Coins refer to the Qin Ban Liang, Han Wu Zhu, Kai Yuan Tong Bao, Song Yuan Tong Bao, and Yong Le Tong Bao. They are difficult to collect because they are so old. The Small Five Emperors' Coins refer to the copper coins of the Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. They are easier to collect because they are relatively recent, but there are too many fakes.

The boss Tu in front of us was able to produce four strings of small Five Emperors coins in a short period of time. Although the quality was different, it was obvious that he had strong connections.

These four strings of small Five Emperors' Coins were woven together with red ropes, making them convenient to wear on the body or hang anywhere. After confirming that they were correct, Ayan paid readily.

"It's the Big Five Emperors' Coins. Please ask the boss to take us there."

"Okay, let's go." It seemed that Boss Tu was the only one in this Feng Shui shop. He took A Yan and the others out and closed the door directly.

"My old friend should be in the store right now. His goods will arrive today." Boss Tu pointed in the direction of the jade shop.

The two of them followed and found that the store of Boss Tu's friend did not look big from the outside, but it was actually quite a big deal inside. There were very high-end jade ornaments and jadeite outside, and there were quite a few people coming to the store at this time.

"So many people?" A Yan was a little curious.

Boss Tu smiled and said, "It will probably be a bit busy today. I'll take you over to have a look. The raw materials have arrived."

Boss Tu led the two men through the crowd, and they saw piles of "stones". Many people couldn't wait to come forward to pick and choose.

These "stones" are of different sizes and have not been cut at all, but those who come forward to pick them up are excited and serious.

"Is this the raw jadeite?" Ah Yan's eyes sparkled. It was the first time she saw the rough material, and it really looked no different from a stone.

If the tavern owner hadn't told her that this was raw material, Ayan and Zhu Jue would have just thought it was a big stone on the roadside when they passed by.

"Yes, it's shipped from Yucheng, which only comes once every half a month. You two caught up. The gambling market is very lively today." Boss Tu smiled.

"You two just watch first. I'll go find someone. The big boss has to watch over the cutting of materials today, so he'll probably be a bit busy."

A Yan and Zhu Jue were not in a hurry. They came here just to do two things today. If they had no other plans, it would be fine to wait.

What's more, this grand event in front of them was obviously something they had never seen before. Seeing many people who came to gamble on stones taking flashlights to take pictures very seriously, Ah Yan was a little tempted.

"Jue Jue, let's take a look too." She pulled Zhu Jue and squatted down. Since there was no flashlight, she used the flashlight from her cell phone to shine.

Ah Yan noticed that although these rough materials looked like large stones on the surface, they were all numbered with numbers written on them. He didn't know what they meant.

She pretended to look at it for a long time, but she had no relevant knowledge and was not an insider, so this was like a stone in A Yan's hands.

"Young man, that's not how you look at raw materials." A sneering and arrogant voice came over. Ah Yan was about to refute it, but she found that this was not what the people around her said to her.

But... in the front right.

She stretched her head to look, and the halo of the "End-Time Superpower" appeared at some point.

A Yan:!

Yi Zhi is actually here? She was not mistaken about the fleeting halo before!

Ah Yan was about to stand up and walk over, but when she saw the figure under the halo clearly, her expression suddenly became strange.

If she hadn't used the halo to identify the person, she probably wouldn't have recognized that the person in front of her was Yi Zhi.

Usually Yi Zhi has a wolf-tail hairstyle and a big frame. After being mistaken for a boy entering the girls' dormitory several times, Yi Zhi started to show her feminine features a little bit, so outsiders would only think of her as a cool sister.

But now, her clothes are too baggy to show her figure, she has her hands in her pockets, wears a hat, carries a backpack, her face seems to have been smeared, her low voice makes it hard to tell whether she is male or female, and she looks a bit tougher, like a trendy guy.

"You don't have to worry about that." A hoarse voice came, which was completely different from Yi Zhi's usual voice.

Ah Yan silently retracted her foot that was about to step forward. Since Yi Zhi was dressed like this, it would be difficult for her to explain if she recognized him.

Eat melons, eat melons, don’t go forward without permission to insert yourself into the scene of the incident of the Halo people.

...

Ah Yan did not come forward, but Yi Zhi's height and eyesight made it easy for her to scan the surroundings.

The moment he saw A Yan and Zhu Jue, Yi Zhi's pupils shrank.

What a coincidence! Are they here too?

However, Ah Yan and her boyfriend looked around to see what was going on and it was obvious that they did not recognize her.

Yizhi came to the antique street today to buy some cheap jade and study the quality of the gold.

Because the waters here were so deep, she pretended to be a tourist and first walked around the stalls on Jade Street and asked about the prices of ordinary bracelets.

At that time, she saw a small stone on the stall and picked it up casually to weigh it. The stall owner said that it was a scrap. Yi Zhi was a little curious and tentatively input a trace of spiritual power into it.

Then she froze.

The spiritual power she inputted into the stone was actually able to detect the inside of the stone, and the spiritual power sent back a corner of green.

Yi Zhi didn't say anything, but spent fifty yuan to buy a Xiuyan jade bracelet from the stall, looking like a young girl asking for advice. The stall owner was willing to talk to her when he saw that she had spent money. He talked to her about rough jadeite and how to normally look at the material.

For rough stones, some are priced by piece, while others are priced by weight.

This made Yi Zhi excited all of a sudden. She picked up some scraps from the stalls. Some of them had a ball of ink inside, some were just stones, and some had a bit of emerald green. This made her more confident.

She originally wanted to find a wholesaler to buy cheap jade, but now it seems that she can go and get the rough material!

The raw material is cheaper but can bring higher returns.

For an ordinary person, it would be gambling, but she can use her spiritual power to detect it, so it is bound to be a steady win!

The stall owner casually told her that a big jade shop on the street was selling rough jade today. Yi Zhi thanked him and came over.

The jade rough here is much larger than the scraps she saw! She can still detect it by inputting spiritual power!

However, Yi Zhi still didn't dare to try them one by one. She quietly observed how others did it, and tried to do it herself. She looked at many stones before choosing two!

Yi Zhi originally thought that he would not attract attention if he chose two pieces, but he did not expect that someone next to him would suddenly make trouble.

She put down the other piece of raw material that she had originally reached out to touch. Although this piece was large, the texture inside seemed to be very different from the two pieces she had selected.

The person who spoke to Yi Zhi in a senior manner was a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair and wearing a Tang suit.

When he heard Yi Zhi's rebuttal, he immediately shook his head and said, "Young people, if you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences."

Looking at the two stones Yi Zhi was holding, he sighed, "Your parents didn't give you money to gamble. Why bother with this kind of material that is 100% sure to fail? This is not something for you, a child, to play with."

As this person began to speak, people around him who knew him began to offer advice.

"Yeah, young man, you don't look like an insider. Lao Zhou used to work with ice-type materials. He has been looking at materials for more than 20 years. If he says it's not good, it really is not good."

"That's right."

"Brother, these two pieces really don't look very good. They are too rough." The person who spoke also shook his head.

Yi Zhi frowned.

"It's my money. I can buy whatever I want. What does it have to do with you? Do you like being a dad out there so much?"

"It's very uncivilized to be so careless."

Ah Yan wanted to applaud immediately, but after looking at the people around him, he silently put his hands down and hid himself in the crowd so as not to attract attention.

"You, you." Old Zhou was choked for a moment, and was also unhappy when he was swept up in the crowd of onlookers.

"Hey, what are you talking about, kid? Isn't this a good idea?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Young people need to learn from their mistakes. If they don't, they will suffer."

"How can a guy who looks like a decent person talk like this?"

"Oh, forget it, forget it. Young people have bad tempers, and it's a blessing to suffer losses. Just look at his expression after he finishes breaking the stone."

Lao Zhou looked magnanimous, but his face couldn't help showing a gloating expression.

Yi Zhi didn't know how to cut stones, so she took two pieces of selected jade rough materials to weigh and pay for them first. Fortunately, she could help cut the rough stones directly here.

"It seems that the young man wants to cut the rough stone on the spot."

"Oh, let's go and take a look."

"I want to see what he can come up with."

The crowd was inexplicably agitated, as if they were all as crazy as Old Zhou. They didn't even bother looking at the rough materials, and swarmed over to see Yi Zhi cutting the stones. The staff who were placing the rough materials were also a little confused, "What are you doing here?"

Ah Yan walked to the place where Yi Zhi had picked up the stone before. She looked and saw a big stone. Because the distance was not far, she noticed that Yi Zhi had touched this stone when she looked at the halo before.

She thought about it for a while, and asked the supervisor for a cart with pulleys, and instructed Zhu Jue to move the large wool material in. A Yan picked up a small piece and put it on the head to cover it.

"Let's go and see the fun." Dragging the cart, the two did not go to weigh it first, but ran to the place where the crowd was watching the people breaking the stones.

"What's going on? It's so noisy." Boss Tu came over with a middle-aged man with dark skin and looked at the cutting table that was surrounded.

Boss Tu burst into laughter as soon as he saw Ayan and Zhu Jue, and the baskets they were dragging.

"Xiaoyan and Xiaozhu, you really didn't come here for nothing. Come over here and watch the fun together. Later, Old Xu will help you break the stones."

Next to Boss Tu was Boss Xu from the jade shop. When they arrived, they naturally occupied the best seat, and A Yan and Zhu Jue also benefited from it.

Ayan's basket was also taken away by the staff. Since he was the boss's guest, his things would not be lost.

Yi Zhi's heart skipped a beat when she saw Ah Yan and her boyfriend coming over, but she managed her expression very well.

"Young man, shall I drive, or will you drive by yourself?"

"What do you think? Open a window?"

The stone-cutting machine was right in front of him. The master held a pen in his hand. Yi Zhi took the pen and drew a line on the stone.

"Open it like this, you do it." Yi Zhi was very polite to the stone cutter.

"What kind of line is this? How can you draw it like this?"

"Oh, young people are arrogant and hot-tempered. Even gods can't judge jade."

The onlookers sighed and lamented, as if the line drawn by Yi Zhi had pierced their spines.

"Xiaoyan and Xiaozhu, what do you think?" Boss Tu looked at the two young men who were concentrating on eating melons.

"Well...I think we can mine some good stones, maybe even top-notch jadeite." Ah Yan said.

Zhu Jue nodded beside her.

Because the two of them were standing in the middle, they had a great view, and their words were naturally heard by others, causing laughter.

"Haha, young people are so naive."

"It would be a miracle if anything good came out of this."

Ah Yan thought to himself, the more you say this, the more people will mock “halo people”, so there will definitely be something to come out of this, and it must be top-notch.

She pretended to be innocent, "Isn't it said that there is usually a protection period for beginners? Just like playing cards, newcomers always have good luck at the beginning and can hit the jackpot."

Boss Tu and Boss Xu were amused by her words. "You have a point. There are novice protectors in playing cards, but there are still few novices who can get lucky in breaking stones."

Along with the sound of cutting, the master who was operating at this time made a cross-section cut, and a rich yellow color appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the scene was silent.

After a moment of silence, the scene suddenly became noisy.

“Got it, got it!”

"The meat is coming out! Yellow!"

"Let me take a look. This oily texture is probably chicken fat!"

"Young man, handsome guy, are you going to sell it? I'll give you three hundred thousand! You just opened the door, do you want to make another bet?" Someone immediately started shouting out the price.

It was just a small restaurant, but someone ordered 300,000 yuan. Ah Yan saw Boss Tu shaking his head.

“It’s too low.”

"The best jade is sweet yellow. Topaz is of low quality. This grade of topaz is almost chicken oil yellow and is not easy to touch. For now, if it is oily enough, it depends on whether to make the next cut." Boss Xu explained with a smile.

"It seems the kid got it right. What is it called? The novice protection period."

The onlookers who were waiting to see Yi Zhi's excitement just now became enthusiastic.

"Young man, don't drive anymore. One cut makes you rich, the next makes you poor. Who knows what the next cut will bring. Three hundred thousand is enough."

"Little brother, five hundred thousand, I'll give you five hundred thousand."

"What do you mean? I think you want to take advantage of the situation. Handsome guy, open it, keep opening it. If the next cut is good, you can multiply the money from 300,000 or 500,000 several times." Someone instigated Yi Zhi.

"This is yellow jade. If it breaks with the next blow, it might even turn into chestnut yellow. How can you have the nerve to ask for half a million for this?"

"Keep going, keep going."

It is said that watching a lively scene is no big deal, and this was clearly the case before us. Some people in the crowd were already shouting "open, open, open", while others were shouting "stop opening", and there was a lot of noise at the same time.

Yi Zhi knew very well at this moment that the piece of wool she chose had a large yellow part.

She picked up the pen and continued to draw lines, "Keep going." The people around her immediately held their breath.

With the second cut, a window was slightly opened, and there was still some skin around. Yi Zhi instructed the master, "Please wipe it off." The master slowly wiped off the thin skin, and a richer yellow color like oil overflowed, and a huge noise erupted in the crowd.

"It's coming out again, such a big piece of chicken fat, it's the best, it's the best!"

"Come to Zhuoyuxuan quickly, someone has opened the best chicken oil yellow!"

There was a sound of heavy footsteps as managers from other jade and jewelry shops hurried over.

"Handsome, handsome, sell it to us for eight million!"

"Pah, eight million? Gao Bingji is so delicious, this was exclusive to the royal family in ancient times, twelve million."

"How many ring faces can be made from a stone this big? Can you afford the price? Eighteen million!"

Quotes came out one after another, and the scene was more lively than a hot pot restaurant.

Yi Zhi shouted stop at this moment and glanced at everyone.

“I didn’t say I wanted to sell it, did I?”

"What?"

"You're not selling it?" Yi Zhi's words immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

She lowered her eyelids. "Leave it there for now. I'll wipe it out later and open the other piece as well."

Yi Zhi's expression was particularly calm, and he brought up another piece of wool.

As usual, the lines were drawn and the master was asked to peel off the skin, while the crowd of onlookers watched attentively.

Old Zhou was already slapped in the face, and said stiffly: "It's just luck that I got a top-grade jadeite. Do you really think that whatever you pick will be top-grade? Young people don't know their place."

The master carefully peeled off the skin, and a rich green color appeared before his eyes, and the vast water color seemed like clear water stretching to the sky.

This piece alone immediately aroused cheers from the crowd.

"Glass seed!"

"Oh my goodness! Imperial green!"

"What the hell, this is our luck, chicken oil yellow, imperial green, who is this guy?"

The scene almost entered a state of frenzy, with everyone trying to squeeze over to see. Ah Yan noticed that the smile on Boss Xu's face was a little stiff.

These two pieces of top-quality jade are both rough materials from his place.

The few items weighed were only tens of thousands of yuan, but when opened, the value of these two items was nine figures!

"Where did this guy pick it just now?"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry."

This piece of raw material is not big, about the size of an adult's palm, but as the master uses a drill to remove the skin bit by bit, the bids have been rising one after another.

"Hello handsome brother, I'm Lao Li from Jade Club. Please keep this imperial green for us. Add chicken oil yellow and we'll give you 80 million!"

"Old Li, isn't this against the rules? Do you want to take all the soup? Are you going to give others some soup? This is a lot of green, we'll give you 90 million from Pinyu Pavilion!"

"This is... Longyang seed." The master held the jadeite and placed it on the red cloth. His words once again caused an uproar.

"Lao Xiang Jinpu, one hundred million."

At this moment, money seems to no longer be money here. Quotes of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions ring in one's ears, making one feel as if they have entered an auction scene.

"Alright, alright, stop crowding around. This young man, and the other Mr. Li, Mr. Wang, Mr. Qian... come in and sit down with me."

At this time, Boss Xu raised his hands to stop the event, and as the organizer, he invited everyone to the VIP room.

These two pieces of top-quality jadeite, whether the guy sells them or not, are a chance to make his store famous, so he must send the person away safely.

At this time, Boss Xu obviously had no intention of entertaining the two children and just greeted them.

"Lao Tu, I'll have someone deliver the stuff to you in a bit. Just give the two kids whatever price I charge. I'm afraid I can't leave for a while."

"My two little friends, I'm going to leave you now. If you don't need to rush, let Lao Tu show you around."

The big names had all left, and a large crowd of onlookers rushed to the pile of rough materials. They were all filled with enthusiasm, wishing they could get the best jadeite.

Boss Tu was very emotional: "What kind of luck is this for Lao Xu? In a short period of time, I think he can raise the price of all his raw materials for promotion."

"I just missed out on the great jade king, but now a novice has opened up chicken oil yellow and dragon yang varieties from my own raw materials. It's hard to explain how lucky people are."

At this moment, everyone is out picking out raw materials, and there is no one at the cutting table.

"Yeah." Ah Yan nodded.

After all, he is a person with a halo. Ordinary people don’t have such luck.

"Boss Tu, I want to open my stone too." Ah Yan's basket was nearby, and there was no one around now, so he went upstairs to weigh and pay, and asked the master who had just opened the stone for Yi Zhi to help.

The master was obviously still worried about the young man and glanced at A Yan and Zhu Jue.

"Have you drawn the line? How are you going to drive it?"

They both shook their heads at the same time. They really couldn't do it.

"It's up to you. We don't know how to do it. We're just having fun." Ah Yan said.

The small piece of raw material that she had casually put there collapsed as soon as the knife was cut. Ah Yan stuck out her tongue, thinking that she was indeed not destined to have this fate.

But the other big piece was one that Yizhi had touched before, so it’s hard to say for sure.

But since Yizhi didn't take it, the quality of this piece is obviously not very good.

Speaking of which, Ah Yan originally suspected that Yi Zhi had a power related to plants, but if this jade stone could be detected, should it be a power related to earth? Or a power related to stone?

For a moment, she was a little unsure.

While he was thinking about it, he heard the master say "It's out." Ah Yan immediately looked up.

After this cut, the revealed cross-section was obviously not as stunning as the chicken oil yellow and imperial green that Yi Zhi had seen before, and it was not as clear and transparent, but there was still jade in it.

A Yan scratched his head and asked, what is this?

"It's a glutinous variety, not bad." Boss Tu was also a little surprised.

"Then give me another blow?" A Yan looked at Zhu Jue with inquiring eyes.

Anyway, we were just playing around, so we just asked the chef to cut it again.

The second time the knife went down, the master asked again, “Eh?”

"The ice is out."

"What what?" Two heads immediately leaned over to look, and Boss Tu explained on the side.

"It's a sticky ice type, better than the first cut, two points transparent, you young people are all lucky. It's such a big piece, do you want to find someone to make something for it or sell it?"

Ah Yan looked around and saw no one else around and no one cheered, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, I want to sell part of it and buy a bracelet or something for an elder in my family. Is that okay with you, Boss Xu?"

This is Boss Xu's jade shop. All the processes are complete. A Yan and Zhu Jue are discussing what they want to make.

"My mom, your mom, and my grandma wore bracelets. We kept two ring faces and made two jade amulets for the dads to hang in the car."

After calculating the amount used and the processing fee, by the time Ayan and Zhu Jue walked out of the jade shop, there were six more digits in their bank card.

Not only did I get all the money I spent in the morning back, but I also had more money, not to mention the custom-made jadeite I still had to wait for.

Ah Yan looked at the sunlight outside in a daze, "I feel like, do you think we are following behind others to pick up leaks?"

Gu Jiasui picked up a piece of blue ink at random and quoted a nine-digit price.

Yizhi opened two pieces of top-quality jadeite, which were also sold for nine figures.

Compared to her roommate who could earn 100 million a day, the little she quietly reaped from their fingers was enough for an ordinary person to make a fortune.

As they followed Boss Tu back to the store, they heard the passers-by spreading the news excitedly.

"Over at the Bimozhai, a little girl picked up some blue ink. It's Zhou Dynasty blue ink, certified by Master Zhu. It's on the hot search."

"What day is it today? A handsome guy just opened two top-quality diamonds from Boss Xu. One is chicken-fat yellow and the other is imperial green. They are worth hundreds of millions!"

Boss Tu was also very excited at this moment and immediately ran to inquire about Lan Mo's matter?

“Is this true or false?”

"Really! The whole antique street exploded!"

Ah Yan suppressed his smile and whispered in Zhu Jue's ear: "We are Tang Masters."

One should not have too high expectations in life. My roommate spends 100 million yuan a day on meat, but I spend hundreds of thousands a day drinking soup and it doesn’t attract any attention!

Today is a day to eat melon and drink soup! Ah Yan is so happy!