"Shh, keep it down. We're all family here."
"Fourth Brother, is Sixth Brother really that amazing?"
"I'm just guessing, but I think it's definitely not simple."
"Fourth Brother, do you think it's possible that the stall selling raw stones was full of good quality stones all along, and Sixth Brother just got lucky?"
"If you're the stall owner, and you have all the best ingredients here, why don't you open your own stall? Why sell them elsewhere?"
"Ah...maybe he's a philanthropist."
"Philanthropist? Are you kidding me! According to the information I've gathered about jade, after a large number of stones are mined, experts will appraise them and select the good ones. Only the smaller, obviously worthless stones will be sold!"
"According to Fourth Brother, all rough stones are fake? The good ones have already been screened out, and only the bad ones are released. So why are so many people still enthusiastic about them?"
“Even experts can make mistakes. There’s another possibility: some people who run the jade gambling business deliberately mix a few good pieces with the bad ones. When someone finds a good piece, they promote it heavily to attract customers. If a stall always produces bad pieces and never produces a good one, eventually no one will go there.”
"I'm even more confused now. If that's the case, how could Xiao Liu have bought seven pieces and gotten good quality materials from them all?"
"Let's wait and see. Although it's just my guess, I'm still very confident in Xiao Liu. You've forgotten, when Third Uncle and Third Aunt gave birth to Xiao Liu, they made a fortune! The nickname Grandpa gave him, 'Little Pixiu,' is quite fitting!"
Xiao Wu blinked. He had indeed heard his parents say that his third aunt had a particular craving for cherries when she was pregnant with Xiao Liu. Because they were out of season, cherries were very expensive, and his third uncle couldn't afford them.
Third Aunt also wanted to save money, so she told the baby in her belly that the family had no money and asked him to bear it. But Third Aunt kept vomiting, and the baby in her belly refused to bear it at all.
Uncle had no choice but to go buy cherries again. Aunt went to buy some while she was taking a walk. While Uncle was buying cherries, Aunt saw a lottery shop across the street. While Uncle was queuing to pay, she bought a scratch-off lottery ticket to play with.
Who knew that this scratch-off lottery ticket, which I just played casually to kill time, would win me 200,000 yuan! My sixth child's cherries are now secured!
I used to think that my third aunt was lucky, but now it seems that it's Xiao Liu, the sixth son, who is a lucky charm and brings wealth!
"Wow! So beautiful!" came the exclamation from the bodyguard's twin sister.
Xiao Si and Xiao Wu looked over and saw that the jadeite, after being splashed with water, revealed its full appearance: a dreamy pinkish-purple color.
Xiao Si's lips twitched: "I was thinking of making a pendant to wear, but let's forget about it now."
Xiao Wu chuckled to himself: "Should we just sell it?"
Xiao Si nodded in agreement: "Sell them for money, and then have Xiao Liu go and find a few rough stones for me."
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up instantly, with an astonishing gleam: "Fourth Brother, you're brilliant!"
Just as the two were whispering to each other, a voice drifted into their ears: "You're dreaming! Don't even think about treating me like a goose that lays golden eggs!"
The two turned around at the same time and saw Xiao Liu with a gloomy face, looking at them sideways.
Xiao Si touched his nose: "Ahem, Xiao Liu, how come you're a chicken? You're the older brothers' good little brother!"
Xiao Wu nodded in agreement: "That's right, my dearest little brother, you have no idea how much your brother loves you!"
"Ugh!" Xiao Liu gagged. "Don't disgust me, I'm about to throw up my dinner from last night!"
Xiao Wu grabbed Xiao Liu's hand, stroking it as he laughed, "Xiao Liu, let your brother share in your good luck! You must be a reincarnation of a Pixiu, you have to protect your brother, so that your brother has endless money and endless snacks!"
Xiao Liu forcefully pulled her hand back, wiping it on her clothes with disgust: "Didn't you wash your hands after eating the candy? It's all sticky!"
Xiao Wu chuckled, pulled a bag of gummy candies from his pocket, took out fruit gummy candies coated in white sugar, and said with a grin, "These are so delicious, but they always stick to my hands every time I eat them."
Xiao Liu snatched his fruit gummies.
As soon as Xiao Wu glared, Xiao Liu narrowed his eyes: "What? You won't even give me a little candy?"
Xiao Wu immediately flattered, "Eat, eat, eat! My precious little brother loves to eat, you can have it all!"
Xiao Liu snorted and turned around to give the candy to Xiao Qi.
Little Seven happily ate her fruit candy and smiled sweetly at Little Six: "Brother, this candy is so delicious! Where did you conjure it up from?"
"Little Seven loves to eat, and Brother can conjure it up every day!"
Xiao Wu smacked his lips twice and muttered under his breath, "This was given to me by Xiao Mei. I don't know where she bought it. There's only one pack. She thinks she can conjure it up every day? What a pipe dream!"
Xiao Si took the purplish-pink jade from Han Fei and looked at Han Rou. Han Rou immediately hid her own jade in her bosom, avoiding Xiao Si's longing gaze.
My own brother, he can tell what I'm thinking with just a glance! Want to switch? Dream on!
Although Han Rou is a girl, she says: She doesn't like pink!!!
"Xiao Wu, bring the stone over here," Han Fei called out.
Little Wu eagerly handed the triangular rough stone to Han Fei, his eyes full of admiration: "Grandpa, you're really amazing! You're a master at cutting stones! You have to cut out some good pieces for me too! Pink is fine, I like that too!"
Xiao Si shouted, "Then I'll switch with you!"
"No way, I want my triangle!"
Han Fei laughed and said, "Let me polish it up and make you a decorative piece."
"Great!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Grandpa, it would be so wonderful if it were golden, like a pyramid! Does jade come in gold?"
"Yellow jade, especially a good-quality one, like imperial yellow, can achieve the effect you desire."
"Really?" Xiao Wu clasped his hands together and muttered, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, may the Supreme Lord Lao appear before me, Emperor Huang, Emperor Huang, Emperor Huang..."
"Will praying to Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) be successful?" Xiao Si muttered. "Shouldn't we pray to the God of Wealth instead?"
Xiao Wu changed words quickly: "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, God of Wealth, please show your power! Imperial Yellow, Imperial Yellow, Imperial Yellow..."
As the rough stone was gradually polished and cut, a triangular piece of yellow stone appeared before Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu immediately knelt down and shouted to the heavens, "God of Wealth, thank you! Thank you so much!"
Xiao Wu held the pyramid-shaped jade in both hands, extremely excited: "Grandpa, it's so beautiful! I'm going to put it on my bedside table and look at it every day!"
"No carving required?"
Xiao Wu immediately shook his head, not daring to look at Han Fei, and said urgently, "I like it the way it is now, no carving needed."
Han Fei asked suspiciously, "Are you afraid I'll ruin it?"
"No, no, no, how could that be!"
Han Fei narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Fine, just don't regret it later."
Xiao Wu hugged Emerald tightly, grinning sheepishly, "No, no, I will never regret it!"
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