"You're not interested in gambling on stones, are you? Then you might be impoverished!" Qin Shuran regretted a little now, why did she mention gambling on stones?
Chen Fan seemed to be unable to hear Qin Shuran's voice: "We have a night shift tomorrow, right?"
Qin Shuran nodded helplessly: "Yes, night shift."
Chen Fan suddenly said excitedly: "Do you know where the jade market in Jiangcheng is? I'll try my luck tomorrow."
"Are you really going to gamble on rocks?"
"Go and take a look first. Don't worry, I'm sensible."
Qin Shuran thought for a moment and said: "Forget it, originally I wanted to sleep in, but now it seems I can't. I'll go with you tomorrow."
In fact, she was still worried about Chen Fan. After all, there were many people who just thought they could win, so they applied for loans and credit cards, but in the end they lost and lost everything.
Chen Fan cured her dysmenorrhea, so naturally she didn't want to see Chen Fan go astray, so she had to go with him.
The next morning, Chen Fan and Qin Shuran had a simple breakfast.
Then the two took a bus to the Jade Market in Jiangcheng City.
Chen Fan's budget was limited. After the two had breakfast, they only had 210 yuan left, so they could only take the bus.
Although it was a little slow, the two of them successfully arrived at the Jade Market in Jiangcheng City an hour later.
Before entering the jade market, Qin Shuran warned: "When you get inside, listen more and see more, talk less and buy less. Do you understand?"
"Also, I still have three thousand yuan here. You can take it. After you spend it, I won't have any money anymore."
Chen Fan refused: "No, I still have two hundred. Maybe I'm lucky and my bicycle can turn into a motorcycle."
"Don't be confident. Stone gambling is not just about luck. Even masters with decades of experience will overturn. Just take the money." Qin Shuran forced three thousand dollars into the hand.
It’s Chen Fan.
"Okay, I'll pay you back when I make the money." Seeing Qin Shuran's sincere look, Chen Fan had no choice but to hand over the three thousand yuan.
The two of them entered the jade market. South China is considered a major jade province, and there are many merchants who come here to buy jade.
Qin Shuran introduced to Chen Fan: "There are only a few people who gamble on stones here, and most of them are jade merchants."
"As long as someone cuts out jade, these merchants will rush in and buy the other person's jade at a high price."
"In this way, these jade merchants can buy the most cost-effective jade at the lowest price."
Chen Fan looked at Qin Shuran beside him and asked doubtfully: "How do you know so much?"
Qin Shuran explained: "My second uncle is in the jewelry business. I heard him talk about it before."
Then he pointed in another direction: "There is a group of people around there, they must be cutting rocks."
Chen Fan looked at the place Qin Shuran pointed to, and sure enough, there were dozens of people watching the excitement there, with three floors inside and three floors outside.
Qin Shuran walked over with Chen Fan and squeezed in from the edge where there were few people around.
At this time, a middle-aged man was wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and an old man was controlling a machine.
The machine was covered by an iron sheet, and there was a friction sound coming from inside. It was obvious that stone cutting was being done inside.
Chen Fan had seen it on TV before, and this was his first time seeing stone cutting live.
Soon, the machine stopped, and the old man opened the iron sheet, revealing the situation inside.
The rough stone, which was as big as two footballs, was stuck in the machine. The grinding wheel was lifted by the old man. The old man sprinkled some water on the surface of the rough stone with a water bottle.
The middle-aged man couldn't wait to come over with a hand lamp and shine it on the cut surface of the original stone.
"It's coded! There's nothing again!" The middle-aged man couldn't help but cursed.
Many people at the scene also lamented that nothing was cut out of such a good piece of rough stone, but it was a huge loss.
"One last stab." The middle-aged man said to the old man.
The old man immediately changed the position of the original stone, cut through a crack, closed the iron cover again, and started the machine.
The roar ended quickly, and the old man turned on the machine again.
Many people at the scene were looking at the rough stone intently. When the grinding knife was lifted, sighs were heard again.
The middle-aged man held a hand lamp to shine for a long time, his face already extremely gloomy.
"I brought the idea to my grandma's house today. It's 300,000 yuan, and I didn't even cut out the hair!" the middle-aged man said with a look of pain on his face.
After saying that, the middle-aged man threw the cut rough stone on the ground, turned around and left.
Qin Shuran saw this scene, but her face showed a proud look, thinking that Chen Fan would definitely not gamble on stones again after seeing this.
But Qin Shuran didn't notice that Chen Fan's face showed a hint of joy at this moment.
Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to leave, Chen Fan quickly took two steps forward: "Uncle, wait a moment."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he stopped and asked with a shameless face: "Who are you? What are you doing?"
The crowd that was about to disperse also turned their attention to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan was not angry. After all, no one would be happy if he lost money. He pointed to the rough stones scattered on the ground and asked: "Uncle, do you not want this rough stone? Or sell it to me?"
The middle-aged man looked at Chen Fan jokingly: "Boy, do you want to buy these stones?"
When everyone around them saw this, they couldn't help but laugh. You know, a rough stone can be slashed at most three times. If the three swords are nothing, then the stone is just a waste stone. Even if it is thrown on the ground, no one will pick it up.
That kind of.
Someone actually wanted to buy a piece of waste rock, which immediately attracted many people to watch.
"Yes, but I just bought this piece. It's my first time here, and it's also my first time gambling on stones, so I wanted to try my luck." Chen Fan explained.
Seeing this, Qin Shuran quickly stepped forward and grabbed Chen Fan: "Chen Fan, what are you doing? These are all waste rocks. No one will want them if they are thrown away, and you actually want to buy them?"
Chen Fan whispered: "Don't I want to buy a cheap one to try my luck?"
Qin Shuran had a look of helplessness on her face: "That's a waste rock! Try your luck with it, or buy a waste rock to try your luck!"
Chen Fan disagreed: "What if something goes wrong?"
At this time, the middle-aged man said again: "Boy, if you buy it, you can take the two thousand. If you don't buy it, get out of here. Don't waste my time."
"No two thousand, can you sell two hundred?" Chen Fan took out two hundred yuan directly from his pocket.
The middle-aged man's face turned cold: "Boy, are you kidding me?"
"Uncle, I don't mean that. This is really my first time here. You don't want it anyway. I'll just buy you a pack of cigarettes for two hundred yuan. How about it?" Chen Fan said again.
"Okay, I see you're pretty good at talking. I'll sell you for two hundred yuan!" The middle-aged man waved his hand.
Qin Shuran was standing aside, looking at Chen Fan angrily, thinking that this kid really wouldn't shed tears until he saw the coffin, so let him buy it. After he loses all the money, she won't care about Chen Fan's life and death anyway. He will starve to death.
He deserves it!
Naturally, Chen Fan didn't know what Qin Shuran was thinking, so he handed the two hundred yuan to the middle-aged man.
Then he picked up the rough stone that the middle-aged man had just thrown on the ground, and held his breath again. Chen Fan suddenly felt ecstatic in his heart.
Holding back his inner excitement, Chen Fan handed it to the old man: "Grandpa, can you help me make another cut? Let's start from this line."
The old man saw the rough stone in Chen Fan's hand, nodded with a smile, placed the rough stone on another small cutting machine aside, and prepared to cut the stone.