"Brother, give me some money, I'll help you buy some raw materials." Yunqi reached out and asked Yunfei for money directly. "If you find something good, you must repay me properly when we get back."
"You're making it sound like you're sure to find something good." Yunfei glanced at her and handed Yunqi a card. "There's a million in this card. It's your first time here, so consider this money for your fun."
"What do you mean 'let me play'?! Are you sure I can't buy anything good?!" Yun Qi snatched the bank card. "I'll show you what real skills are in a minute!"
Yunfei shrugged indifferently: "I'll wait and see."
"Just you wait and see."
"There's 10 million in this card, you can play with it." Xiao Mo also gave Yun Qi a card.
"My husband is so generous! Muah~" Yun Qi kissed Xiao Mo on the cheek, then turned to Yun Fei and said, "See, this is what you call 'spoiling'! Brother, you should learn from him!"
Yunfei twitched the corner of his mouth and shrugged indifferently.
"Xiao Qi'er, having a husband is enough. Just give this card back to Yunfei."
"What do you mean 'return'? It's not like it's a loan. My brother 'voluntarily' gave it to me to help him buy wool!" Yunqi turned around and stared at Yunfei, her threat obvious. "Brother~ don't you think so?!"
"Yes, yes, this card is for my brother to ask Qiqi to help him choose the raw materials."
Yunqi turned to Xiao Mo triumphantly: "Come on, come with me to pick out some raw materials! Honey~" Then she turned to Yunfei: "Brother, you can go now, my husband is here to keep me company."
"Alright, now that someone has a husband, they don't need their own brother anymore. I won't be a third wheel either. I'm off." Yunfei waved goodbye and went to find the other masters.
Yunqi, arm in arm with Xiao Mo, looked around and asked, "Honey, I've found some wool fabric I like, how should I buy it?"
Yunqi watched as the people around her touched the wool fabric from time to time, and shone their flashlights around on it...
Xiao Mo waved to the waitress, who understood and came over: "Sir/Madam, how can I help you?"
Are all your prices clearly marked?
"Yes, miss. Prices vary from area to area. The rough stones in this area are priced by weight; the price is the weight of each piece multiplied by the unit price. The rough stones in the area next door, however, have a fixed price; each piece is clearly marked with its price."
"Okay. Please write down all the rough stones I like later, and could you please send a few more people over? I might have quite a few that I've taken a liking to."
"Okay." The waiter waved, and several porters came over with trolleys.
Yunqi nodded in satisfaction, instructing the workers to load the items into the cart as she walked: "This...this...and this..."
Yunqi had basically looked through the entire rough jade section. She bought mostly smaller pieces of rough jade. She didn't want the super large pieces because the jade inside wasn't very good, they were inconvenient to transport, and they were expensive, so she didn't buy them.
Looking at the three carts full of raw materials, Yunqi was extremely satisfied and swiped her card to pay.
The waiter skillfully calculated the total price: "Total: [amount] yuan."
“Not even 800,000,” Yunqi said, glancing at a pile of fist-sized stones beside her. “How much are those?”
"Those stones are the ones that were left over after the selection process. They cost 100 yuan each and are for new tourists to try out and practice with."
The waiter's meaning was quite clear: these were the ones that had been inspected and rejected by specialists, and there was a high probability that they wouldn't contain any jade.
Yunqi nodded indifferently and said, "Then I'll pick a few to make up the 800,000."
These stones are just for beginners or lucky enthusiasts to try their luck; they're practically worthless. Based on the principle that it would be a waste to throw them away, they're kept specifically to rip off unsuspecting buyers… After all, this pile of stones alone is worth at least several hundred yuan, and if each stone sells for 100 yuan, it'll fetch tens of thousands. Even a small profit is still profit, right?
The waiter nodded hurriedly: "Okay. Since you've bought so much raw material, miss, you can pick out a few more pieces. Is twenty yuan enough? If not, you can take some more."
Yunqi nodded and began picking through the pile of stones.
The waitress accompanied Yunqi the entire time she bought three cartloads of raw fabrics, and during that time she never saw Yunqi shine a flashlight on any of the fabrics... She could tell that this person was definitely not short of money, and that she bought raw fabrics purely based on liking them, and would have them put on the cart if she liked them...
"Alright, these are the small stones." Yunqi picked out about twenty small stones and threw them into the cart.
I handed my bank card to the waiter to pay the bill.
"Miss, the total bill is 800,000 yuan. Here is your card, please keep it safe."
At this moment, Yunfei was at a loss for words when he saw that his sister had bought three cartloads of raw materials.
"Brother, look, this is the wool fabric I bought for you."
"Kiki...this is way too much!!"
"Since you think it's too much, I'll leave a whole carload for my husband." Yunqi looked at Yunfei with a smile. "Just don't feel bad about it later."
Yunfei waved his hand dismissively: "It's just a cartload of raw materials, what's there to be sad about? Give it to Xiao Mo!"
Yunqi pointed to one of the lanes: "Then I'll leave this truckload of raw materials to my husband."
"no problem!"
"Naughty." Xiao Mo tapped Yun Qi's nose.
Yunqi looked at the waiter: "Where can I get it cut?"
"Miss, this way please. This is our best stone-cutting master."
"Master, could you please cut this piece for me?" Yunqi casually pointed to a slightly larger piece of raw jade in the cart.
When they saw someone cutting the stone, everyone crowded around.
The craftsman picked up the raw material, examined it from all angles, drew a line with a pen, and asked Yunqi, "How about we make a cut here first?"
Yunqi looked at the line he drew. If she cut from there, she wouldn't be able to cut anything; the jade was still further inside.
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