Hearing Mr. Wei's words, Ye Fan's eyes lit up and without any hesitation, he strode into the jade shop.
The store is very large, with a dazzling array of all kinds of jade, including jadeite, mutton-fat jade, yellow dragon jade, chicken blood stone, Shoushan stone... and so on!
Even though Ye Fan doesn't know how to appreciate jade, he can still see the extraordinary quality in it, and every piece must be priceless.
The total amount of jade in this shop is probably an astronomical figure!
At this time, a young waiter in the store walked towards Ye Fan and asked, "Brother, is there anything you like?"
"I just took a look!" Ye Fan touched his head shyly.
When the young man saw this, he didn't say much, curled his lips and returned to his original position.
In his opinion, how could a boy like Ye Fan, who didn't have all his hair, afford the jade in their store? Most likely, he just came here to broaden his horizons!
Therefore, he did not want to waste his saliva on Mark.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Fan wandered around the store like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. This was the first time he saw so many jade and jadeite.
Since ancient times, jade has had a very high status in traditional Chinese culture.
A gentleman has no reason, and the jade will not leave his body!
"Tongyi of the Five Classics" explains: "It is gentle and moist, similar to wisdom; sharp but not harmful, similar to benevolence; restrained but not tough, similar to righteousness; flaws inside will be seen outside, similar to faith.
"Hang it down like a pendant, which is like a ritual."
Confucius said: "A gentleman is more virtuous than jade." In his opinion, jade has eleven qualities and symbols including benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, propriety, music, loyalty, faith, heaven, earth, virtue, and Tao.
The rumor that jade can channel spirits and ward off disasters is even more widespread.
Some people encounter some accidents and are fine, but the jade on their bodies suddenly breaks into pieces. This means that jade is helping people to ward off disasters. And the jade that is broken after helping people to ward off disasters should be wrapped in red paper. This is called
Burial jade.
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"Xiaofan, go to the counter in the center!" Mr. Wei's urgent voice sounded again.
When Ye Fan heard this, he immediately took steps and walked to the counter in the center of the store.
The treasures on the other counters are all placed on the antique shelves for people to watch.
The only treasure in this counter is only three pieces of jade, but they are covered with thick tempered glass.
There are also several cameras on the ceiling, which are always looking at the counter. From this, we can see how precious these three jadeite pieces are!
Looking from a distance, these three pieces of jadeite are crystal clear, like glass. If you look closely, you can find that the surface of the jadeite seems to have a slight fluorescence, which is pure and flawless, showing a transparent and flexible appearance.
"Mr. Wei, are these pieces of jadeite a treasure from heaven and earth?" Ye Fan asked secretly in his heart.
"Haha... That's not true! There are so few heavenly and earthly treasures, how can there be three of them at the same time? However, the texture of these jadeite is so-so, and it can barely carve the lowest level of body protection formation, although it is only one-time.
, it can be of some use to you, buy it!" Wei Lao said.
Although Mr. Wei said it lightly, from Mr. Wei's perspective, the things he said were "so-so" became rare treasures when it came to Ye Fan!
At this time, when the young man saw Ye Fan stopping in front of these pieces of jade for a long time, he also came over and asked: "Brother, why are you... interested in these pieces of jade?"
"Yes!" Ye Fan nodded.
"Haha... Little brother, you have such a good eye, you can spot the treasure of this store at a glance! These pieces of jadeite are pure Laokeng glass. Our shopkeeper specially got them from Myanmar! I dare say,
In terms of quality, you can’t find anything better than this in the entire antique street!”
Seeing the young man's "bragging", Ye Fan interrupted: "Well... what is a glass species?"
"Ah? You don't even know this?!"
The young man raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that this guy in front of him is really a layman!
In the next few minutes, with the help of this guy, Ye Fan finally understood that according to the degree of transparency, jadeite can be divided into glass type, ice type, egg white type, waxy type, lychee type, bean type, etc.
The value is also from high to low, with glass being the most valuable!
Generally speaking, glass jade is colorless, just like the three pieces of jade in front of you, which are all transparent and colorless.
However, if it is colored, the color will be gorgeous and radiant, and the color will appear bright and transparent, then its value will increase exponentially!
After listening to the guy's long speech, Ye Fan asked again: "Then... how much does it cost to buy these three pieces of jade?"
As soon as he said this, the clerk puffed up his chest and said proudly: "The cheapest piece costs one million, and the most expensive piece costs more than two million. The three pieces added together are nearly five hundred."
Ten thousand!"
“So expensive!”
Ye Fan was secretly stunned when he heard the price. The largest of these three jade pendants was less than half a palm in size. He didn't expect that such a small thing could cost up to seven figures!
On the other side, when the guy heard this, he showed a disdainful expression on his face. He obviously regarded Mark as a bumpkin and sneered:
"Brother, the price of the jadeite in our store is absolutely unbeatable! The cheapest glass type on the market also costs this price! If it is colored, the price of a single piece will be this amount!"
As he said that, he opened his five fingers to Ye Fan, which meant five million!
Then, he raised his head again, looking arrogant, as if he was the owner of these emeralds.
He had seen many "losers" like Ye Fan on weekdays. When they heard the astonishing price, they all ran away in fear, fearing that they would accidentally break some treasure in the store and lose everything.
However, the next moment, Ye Fan said seriously: "Okay, I want these three pieces of jade!"
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"ah?!"
Ye Fan's words made the guy dumbfounded. He looked shocked and his voice was trembling: "Little... little brother, don't be kidding me. This is nearly five million, not five hundred yuan!"
"That's right! I know, can I just swipe my card?"
Ye Fan said calmly, with an understatement, as if he didn't put five million in his eyes at all, and then took out a card from his pocket.
Originally, Ye Fan came to the antique street this time to buy heavenly materials and earthly treasures for refining weapons.
However, I couldn't find it after shopping around a lot, and now I came across a jade pendant that can be engraved with a protective formation. Although the price is high, Ye Fan just happened to be able to afford it.
And in Ye Fan's heart, even these three pieces of jade are worth nearly five million. If a treasure of heaven and earth is really born, the money on hand is definitely not enough to buy it!
Next, Ye Fan readily transferred 4.88 million and then took away the three pieces of jade.
Looking at his leaving figure, the young man was still amazed in his heart. Sure enough, a person cannot be judged by his appearance. He didn't expect such a young man to buy five million worth of jade at will.
Ye Fan, with three pieces of jade in his arms, was in a hurry to go home and wanted to carve a protective circle on them.
At this moment, Mr. Wei suddenly made an incredible exclamation: "Xiao Fan, at the roadside stall at eleven o'clock on the left, there is a black iron block on the stall. Do you see it? Buy it at any cost!
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The eagerness in Mr. Wei's tone at this moment was ten times more exciting than when he saw the three pieces of jade just now.
Ye Fan's heart moved, and he looked in the direction that Mr. Wei said. Sure enough, he found a jet black iron block, about one hand wide and three feet long. It was inconspicuous. If it was thrown on the roadside, no one would pick it up.
!
Could it be possible... is this thing the legendary treasure of heaven and earth?
Despite his doubts, Ye Fan walked over.
The owner of the street stall is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheek, a thin figure, and a philistine light in his triangular eyes from time to time.
But the most eye-catching thing is that the right half of his mouth is drooped, the corners of his eyes are drooped, and his mouth and eyes are crooked. It should be a "crooked mouth". Clinically, it is also called "facial paralysis", which is a very difficult and stubborn disease to cure.
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"Little brother, what do you want to buy?" The boss came over and asked diligently.
But when he smiled, his mouth became even more crooked!
"Um...how do you sell that piece of iron on the ground?" Ye Fan asked.
When the crooked-mouthed boss heard this, he immediately said in a very exaggerated tone: "Little brother, that is my family heirloom. It was passed down by my grandfather's grandfather. It is rumored that it is a rare treasure used by the Qing Dynasty royal family!"
As soon as he said this, the bosses of several stalls next to him joked: "Hu Waizi, please stop fooling others. You are just giving back the broken copper and iron passed down by your ancestors. Who are you fooling?"
"Yes! Who doesn't know that you picked this thing up from the mountains in your hometown half a year ago? It's worthless. It's been left here for half a year and no one cares about it!"
"This thing is of no use. I don't even want it if it's given to me for free!"
Seeing that his "old background" was exposed, the crooked boss was a little embarrassed, but he still managed to stay calm and said to Ye Fan:
"Little brother, don't pay attention to them, they don't know the goods! In my opinion, my piece of magic iron is very destined to you, little brother! Let's do this, you give me this number, and this piece of magic iron will be yours!"
As he said that, he stretched out a finger to Mark.
Just as Ye Fan was about to ask if it was 10,000 yuan, someone next to him joked: "Hu Waizi, 1,000 yuan? Why don't you go and grab it!"
"Ahem..."
The crooked-mouthed boss blushed and continued: "Let's see... little brother, eight hundred, ah no - five hundred, I will not only sell it to you, but I will also give you free shipping and send it home for you!"
When Ye Fan heard this, he didn't expect that the treasure that Mr. Wei talked about would be so cheap, so he took out five hundred-dollar bills from his pocket without thinking and handed it to the crooked-mouthed boss.
The other party accepted the money, smiled from ear to ear, and said loudly: "Brother, this piece of magical iron belongs to you now!"
But at this moment, an extremely domineering and arrogant voice came from behind the two of them:
"Wait a minute! My Jiang family wants this treasure!"