Chapter 230: Gambling Stone Market
"Everything is fine at home." Mr. Zhong said, "Have fun outside. But remember to turn on your phone! Otherwise we won't be able to find you and will be very worried."
"Grandpa, don't worry, I'm fine." Zhong Nianyao quickly assured, "I will keep my phone open 24 hours a day and will never miss any calls."
"That's good."
Then Mr. Zhong asked, "By the way, Yaoyao, which friend are you traveling abroad with this time?"
He suddenly remembered that before Zhong Nianyao left, they hadn't carefully inquired about the friends she went out with. Now was a good time to ask, so that if they couldn't contact Zhong Nianyao, they would know who to contact.
After hearing Mr. Zhong's question, Zhong Nianyao's body stiffened for a moment, and then she spoke naturally, "Grandpa, they are just some good friends of mine, people you don't know."
As if realizing that Mr. Zhong wanted to ask more questions, Zhong Nianyao immediately changed the subject, "By the way, is Grandma here? I want to talk to her so that she won't worry."
"Your grandma! She just went out to chat with her old friends and hasn't come back yet!" Mr. Zhong's attention was successfully diverted. "Wait until she comes back, I'll ask her to call you back!"
"Okay." Zhong Nianyao said immediately, "Grandpa, I just came back from outside! I'm going to take a rest and then go to eat."
"Then you should get some rest!" Mr. Zhong said quickly, "Also, don't play too late!"
"Okay, Grandpa, goodbye!"
After saying that, Zhong Nian Yao quickly hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, she was really afraid that the old man would continue to ask her which friend she came out with. If that happened, she really wouldn't know how to answer.
After breakfast the next day, Lu Yichen took Zhong Nian Yao to the largest raw stone market in Mandalay.
This time, only the two of them went together, Uncle Li and the others did not go with them.
A lot has happened in the past few days, and there's nothing going on at the jade vein anymore, so they're preparing to mine it. So Uncle Li has been keeping an eye on the vein, and the others are helping out there too.
As soon as she entered, Zhong Nianyao saw a lot of gambling stone shops of all sizes, with raw stones of all sizes displayed inside and outside the doors. Those raw stones looked no different from ordinary stones.
One cut can make you rich, another cut can make you poor. This is a riskier thing than gambling, but it is always irresistible.
Here, every day someone becomes rich because of a stone, and at the same time, someone becomes poor because of a stone.
Zhong Nianyao looked at the various people inside and couldn't help but sigh, "Although the risk of gambling on stones is very high, there are still people who are obsessed with it!"
"Gambling on stones is much more exciting than gambling." Lu Yichen smiled faintly and said, "This place can help people realize their dreams of getting rich overnight. Naturally, many people who want to get something for nothing want to come here to try their luck."
"Luck is something that is both predetermined and changeable." Zhong Nianyao raised an eyebrow and said, "Everyone's fate is determined at birth. But there's also a saying that goes, 'Man can conquer nature.' As long as we work hard, everything can be changed."
"However, luck in gambling is innate and cannot be changed. Trying to change your fate through gambling on stones is the biggest joke."
"You see things quite clearly!" Lu Yichen said with a smile, "But everyone understands the truth. But everyone has a little hope in their heart, thinking, what if they are the lucky one?"
Zhong Nianyao smiled and shook her head, and said nothing more.
The two of them walked casually, not stopping at any particular shop, just looking around. They didn't look like they were here to gamble on stones, but more like they were out for a walk.
Zhong Nianyao herself can sense the presence of spiritual energy, and she also has a third eye, which is equivalent to having a cheat device, allowing her to see whether there is jade in the raw stone.
However, since she was here to gamble on the stones, she had no intention of cheating. Therefore, she did not open her third eye, nor did she try to sense the spiritual energy, but instead casually looked around to see if there was anything that caught her eye.
As she was walking, Zhong Nianyao suddenly saw a lot of large and small stones placed in a mess at the door of a shop, looking a bit disorganized. She immediately fell in love with one of the stones that looked like an apple.
Since she had taken a fancy to it, she naturally did not hesitate at all. She walked forward, picked up the stone, looked at Lu Yichen, and then asked with a smile, "Lu Yichen, look, does this look like an apple? It looks really good."
Lu Yichen found Zhong Nianyao's way of selecting rough stones a little funny, but he still cooperated, "It looks very nice. If you like it, buy it!"
Zhong Nianyao walked directly into the shop and asked, "Boss, how much is this rough stone?"
The boss glanced outside the door, then glanced at the rough stone in Zhong Nianyao's hand, and said in a somewhat cold tone, "Those outside are just scrap stones. No matter the size, they are all 2,000 yuan each."
When he saw Lu Yichen and Zhong Nianyao lingering outside, he was a little happy that an employer had come to his door. He was quite discerning and could tell that the couple were from wealthy families. So, he thought that this time, a big business must have come to his door.
Unexpectedly, this person actually took a fancy to those waste stones.
Those waste stones are mainly some stones with bad-looking heads, or some stones that are the corners of other raw stones that have been cut off.
These stones are almost all waste stones and cannot produce jade. Of course, some people are lucky enough to pick up a piece or half of jade from these waste stones. However, the probability of this is too small.
Therefore, even if it is waste stone, you can make some money by recycling it.
Zhong Nianyao didn't care too much about the boss's attitude. She directly bought the strange-shaped stone in her hand.
After the money was transferred, Zhong Nianyao looked at Lu Yichen, weighed the stone in her hand, and then said, "Lu Yichen, why don't we find a place to cut the stone first! I'm anxious to see what kind of jade we can get out of this."
She did not cheat, but when she saw the stone, she felt very fond of it. So, she thought there must be something good in it.
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