Little Yuzu went over to take a look and asked Lai, "Are there any rules for cutting rocks? I don't really understand."
She had never encountered anything like this before.
“I don’t quite understand. Let me find someone to explain it to me.” Just as Lai was about to ask, the silver-haired man walked out.
He knelt down beside Little Yuzu, took her hand and kissed it: "Little princess, let me explain to you."
"Eek!"
Little Yuzu looked at her hand that had been kissed and frowned.
However, it is said that this is a foreigner's etiquette, so she did not wipe her hands immediately.
"Then please don't touch me again." Little Yuzu took two steps back and stared at the man.
The silver-haired man chuckled and explained, "It's best to polish the stone before splitting it open."
"What's this about polishing stones?" Little Yuzu looked at the silver-haired man with a blank expression.
The silver-haired man explained, "It's about scraping away some of the outer skin so we can better observe the internal condition and understand where to make the incision."
"However, before cutting it open, what you scrape out is just a basis for judgment, not a piece that can determine its value."
Little Yuzu nodded thoughtfully.
The silver-haired man continued, "Next is slicing. You need to make the first cut on the rough stone."
"If there's a crack, the best approach is to make the first cut through the crack, understand?"
After Xiaoyouzi nodded, the silver-haired man continued, "After the first cut, we have a general understanding and judgment of the raw stone. Next, we need to make a mark to determine the cutting position. Even a slight error could result in a loss of millions."
"Finally, it's time to cut the materials, which really tests the skill of the craftsman."
With the silver-haired man's explanation, Xiaoyouzi gained a general understanding of cutting rocks.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" The silver-haired man looked at Xiaoyouzi with a smile.
Little Yuzu shook her head: "Thank you, but no need."
Upon seeing this, the silver-haired man automatically stepped back.
Little Yuzi walked to the stone and gestured to the craftsman next to her to wipe it: "Gently wipe it a little and see."
The craftsman nodded and gently wiped it.
"It's purple!" Lai exclaimed in surprise.
Three children stood around the stone and noticed that the scratched area was light purple, possibly a violet.
People around immediately peeked out curiously.
After seeing the stone, they all started discussing it.
"Could it be a palm-sized violet?"
"I probably won't be that lucky; I'm just driving it around for fun."
"I'm afraid it's just scraps, not very useful."
There are all sorts of opinions.
Little Yuzu couldn't understand, so she made her own judgment and gestured to the chef: "Just cut it like this."
"Are you sure, Little Yuzu? That cut was a bit too hard." Although Lai didn't understand much, he had played with the adults a few times, so he knew more than Little Yuzu.
Cutting it in half like that, even a third of the material, will be wasted.
Hearing Lai's concern from the translator, Xiaoyouzi chuckled: "I'm sure, let's cut it like this."
"Rayi, did you tell Xiaoyouzi?" Kashgar didn't have a translator, so they didn't know what Rayi and Xiaoyouzi were talking about.
When Kashgar was told about Xiaoyouzi's decision, Rai said indifferently, "Whatever, it's fine with Xiaoyouzi. Anyway, it's hers if she buys it."
"That's right, we'd better not get involved."
Kash nodded, no longer worried, and waited together for the stones to be cut.
When the stone-cutting master heard Xiaoyouzi say that, he frowned and said, "Are you kidding me? Who cuts stones like that?"
This is complete chaos!
Rai, who was standing next to him, gave a simple translation.
"I want it." Little Yuzu put her hands on her hips and gave a soft hum.
Rai immediately said to the stone cutter, "We've bought the stone. We can cut it however we want, just like this."
"Alright, alright, don't regret it." The stone-cutting master saw that the three children insisted on doing this, and knew that they had bought it, so he didn't say anything more and directly picked up the cutting machine and began to carefully cut it.
Everyone around held their breath, even more eager than Xiaoyouzi and the others to see what would be revealed.
After making a gentle cut, everyone saw a patch of purple.
"Clatter".
A piece of fabric fell heavily to the ground.
"Holy crap, it's purple!"
"OMG, it's an Ice Violet!"
"So beautiful! It's absolutely gorgeous!"
The craftsman who was cutting the material exclaimed in amazement, "The color is rich and full; it's a violet variety of glutinous ice jadeite."
The material on the ground has excellent texture and color, with almost no floating patterns or transparent color.
Seeing this, the people around sighed.
"What a pity, it was cut off."
"This loss must be substantial!"
"The fine material has been ruined!"
Faced with the sighs of the cutting master and the people around him, Xiaoyouzi knew what they wanted to say.
He turned to look at Rai.
Little Yuzu sighed, realizing that he and Kashgar seemed to be having a bad time.
She squatted down on the ground and pointed to one spot with her fair fingers: "It's cracked here, can't you see?"
"Yeah?"
Rai curiously leaned over for a look, then said to the cutting master, "It's cracked here."
"Um?"
At this moment, the stone cutter went over and picked up the stone from the ground. He examined it carefully against the light and actually saw a crack.
The little pomelo's cut actually separated the crack from the intact material next to it!
If it's not cut this way, the crack, after being disturbed, might affect the intact material later on!
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