"I came here with my master. That's my senior brother. He has been gambling on stones here." Tian Chengcheng pointed at Yang Chongming.
Yang Chongming greeted the old lady and said, "Auntie, you look unfamiliar. I often walk around here and have never seen you before."
"That's because you are blind and can't see people like me. I also come here often. I don't come here every day in a month, but at least eight or ten times." said the old lady.
Tian Chengcheng heard her voice and it was full of energy, which was not the voice that a poor grandmother should have.
She felt more and more that the old lady in front of her was the one in charge of the Mu family.
Yang Chongming was criticized, but didn't say anything.
The old lady showed the basket to Tian Chengcheng and said, "I have some stones here too. Would you like to pick a few? I'll sell them to you at a lower price."
Tian Chengcheng picked up the stone and looked at it.
The Bean Sprout System's excited voice rang out, "Host, there are treasures inside, quite a few pieces, and most of these stones are good."
"Point it out to me later." Tian Chengcheng said.
If the old lady is the one in charge of the Mu family, she would hang out like this mostly to find someone with whom she is destined to be in the family group, or someone who can help revitalize the family.
As the saying goes: It's nice to lean on a big tree for shade. If she could cooperate with the Mu family, she could make money easily.
Yang Chongming glanced into the basket and said, "Auntie, you can't coax the child. Is this a raw jadeite?"
"You don't understand." The old lady said to him directly.
Yang Chongming was depressed. "Auntie, I am a professional stone collector. Your stone doesn't look like a jadeite raw stone. It looks like a stone picked up from the roadside. Auntie, you can't lie to me."
"I've lived to an old age, but I didn't get here by lying to people. Be careful with your words." The old lady retorted to him again.
Yang Chongming wanted to argue, but when he met the old lady's gaze, he didn't know why the words on the tip of his tongue could not come out.
Tian Chengcheng became more and more certain of what she was thinking.
She glanced at the stones in the basket and asked, "Grandma, how much are you selling these stones for?"
"One dollar and fifty."
"...Auntie, the price you ask for is too high." Yang Chongming was shocked and tried to stop her immediately.
"Gambling on stones is all about the heartbeat. If you can't afford it, don't play. No one will let you buy." The old lady retorted to him again.
Yang Chongming was almost depressed.
Where did this old lady come from? She has such a bad temper and doesn’t even let people speak!
So, he could only persuade Tian Chengcheng, "Fubao, let's not buy it. Let's go to the shop next door. The last thing they lack here is raw stones. They are not as expensive as she wants."
Tian Chengcheng was a little surprised when she heard the price of fifty yuan. Judging from the quality of these stones, fifty yuan was indeed not cheap.
If the system hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have bought it.
"Host, you can start now." Douya system reminded.
Tian Chengcheng knew she could do it, but to be on the safe side, she hesitated a little.
"Grandma, if I buy them all, can you give me a discount?"
"What? Fubao, are you stupid? I know you are a kind child, but this is not the way to help the poor." Yang Chongming quickly stopped her.
He brought up the people, so he must be responsible.
The old lady ignored Yang Chongming and glanced at the stones in the basket. She smiled and said, "If you want to buy them all, I'll give you a dollar off each."
She knew all these things.
She would definitely not suffer a loss if she bought it, but she couldn't say whether she could make a profit.
After all, it is a blind gamble, no one can be 100% sure.
"Okay." Tian Chengcheng agreed readily.
He immediately squatted on the side of the road with the old lady, poured out the stones and counted them.
"There are thirty-six stones in total. How much is it?" asked the old lady.
"Fifty-one dollars is eighteen thousand, minus thirty-six, the total is one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four." Tian Chengcheng said.
The old lady looked at her with even kinder eyes.
"The little girl is really good at math. How old is she?"
"Nine years old." Tian Chengcheng said.
Hearing that she was nine years old, the old lady couldn't help but look at her more and said, "You look a little small. I thought you were only five or six years old."
Tian Chengcheng smiled awkwardly but politely, "My family used to be poor and hungry."
"..." A smile flashed in the old lady's eyes. "Do you think I believe what you say? But you're quite an interesting kid. How about this? I'll give you one thousand seven hundred and sixty, minus the decimals."
"Okay!" Tian Chengcheng took out the money from his pocket, counted it, and handed it to the old lady, "Grandma, please count the money again."
The old lady was very pleased and counted the money in front of her and said, "Just right."
"Grandma, can you give me this basket? I have nothing to put it in."
"Okay, I'll give it to you. Do you want to cut it open and see?"
"Okay." Tian Chengcheng said.
I bought the stones, but I still had to see what the old lady meant.
Yang Chongming wanted to stop it but couldn't. Fu Xinhan didn't try to stop him at all. Not to mention a pile of raw jadeite stones, even if it was real stones, he wouldn't stop Tian Chengcheng from buying them.
"Young man, find a place to cut it. I see you are quite familiar with the boss just now." The old lady patted Yang Chongming on the shoulder.
Yang Chongming was very depressed, but he still took them to the first shop.
After communicating with the store owner, I paid the labor fee for cutting the stone according to the market price.
"Fubao, the stone is yours now. Which piece should you cut first?" said the old lady.
Tian Chengcheng closed his eyes and touched a piece, "Cut it next to it."
The shop owner was also not optimistic when he saw the stones, but since the customers had already paid, he didn't say much and just got on the machine to start working.
As a result, when he cut the first stone, he was dumbfounded!
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