Chapter 23: Gambling on Stones

  In front of the stall, several men were arranging stones, some black, some yellow and some gray. At first glance, they looked no different from ordinary stones. These were jade rough stones, with larger ones weighing tens of kilograms and smaller ones weighing a few kilograms. The size of these raw stones was not large.

  Soon after, it was filled with stones and flint tools.

  Several slightly older men shouted and immediately surrounded a lot of onlookers.

  "What's going on here?" someone asked, trying to get in on the excitement.

  "Jade gambling stones." The seller pointed to a pile of oddly shaped rough stones on the ground: "Look at this stuff, it's absolutely Burmese old pit material, fake one penalty ten, everyone is free to look, not expensive, and can be cut open on the spot. If jade comes out, we will buy it back at a reasonable price."

  "So it's gambling stones? I've never seen this before." Unlike other cities, in Chun City, gambling stones are indeed relatively rare.

  The seller smiled and said: "This batch of wool was directly pulled from Myanmar, arrived last night, the rate of green is guaranteed to be high."

  An experienced uncle next to Tao Bao shook his head and said, "Just arrived and it's already so small? I'm afraid someone else picked the good ones first."

  "You don't know." The seller didn't get angry either: "We small business owners have to consider the cost, it's not convenient to transport large items, so we specifically picked out small pieces. Hmm, you see these stones," he pointed to a few stones: "The color of the skin doesn't need me to say anything, if you can polish them into glass with green tint, then you'll have cars and houses."

  "How much money?"

  "This one is a bit bigger, five thousand." The seller bent down to pick up a piece of wool fabric that weighed four or five kilograms and measured its weight.

  "Hmm, 5,000 for a good leather case is okay, but yours is a bit pricey, isn't it?"

  The seller smiled wryly: "This stone is not worth 5,000 yuan in Myanmar or Yunnan, but have you calculated the transportation cost? We basically won't make any money either."

  Things are precious because they are rare. In the Spring Market, gambling on stones is also a rare occurrence, so the price of wool is not cheap either.

  Tao Baobao didn't say a word, just crouched there silently observing those dozens of jade rough stones.

  Several people have gone up to check the goods, and there are prepared magnifying glasses on the ground. They examine them carefully while touching, looking quite professional.

  At this moment, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the crowd,

  Looking at this unknown man, Tao Baobao couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. If history hadn't changed, he would have been her future supervisor, and in the future, she would have boasted to others about his first experience with gambling on stones.

  "Don't even mention how lucky I was, at that time I just had the idea of joining in the fun, so I casually bought a small piece, and it was the smallest and most inconspicuous one. Guess what? It's ice jade! Ice jadeite! I'll never forget that day in my life." That's how our supervisor bragged to us at the time.

  "The smallest?" Taobao's gaze fell straight on a piece of brown-yellow rough stone that weighed less than three catties, and he picked it up: "Boss, how much for this one?"

  The boss tilted his head and took a glance: "...... give one thousand then."

  If I didn't know that the wool contained high-quality jade, I wouldn't have bought it from him even if he beat me to death, the price was too black. But now, even if he wants 10,000 yuan, Tao Baobao has no choice but to buy it.

  He took out ten banknotes from his wallet and handed them to the boss: "I'll take this, you count it."

  "Alright." The boss took the money and said, "Little girl, wait a moment, there's only one machine. I'll finish fixing that big one first, then I'll fix yours."

  The boss negotiated with the first buyer to open a window (which is to cut off the outer layer of skin, also known as opening a window) and then the cutting machine rang out.

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