Chapter 17: The Black Stone Pile
With the knife in his hand, he hesitated slightly, and after a moment, he began to carve quickly. During the entire carving process, everyone never stopped when they saw Yun Buregret's waving arms. As the knife continued to cut, little by little the stone chips fell to the ground. Everyone widened their eyes and watched carefully, but they didn't see the reason for looking at it for a long time, because they felt that there was no unicorn on it.
As time passed, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye. It was only at this time that everyone was surprised to find that the jade in Yun Buregret's hand had greatly changed its appearance compared to before. This entire jade stone has turned into a unicorn with a length of less than ten centimeters. The unicorn is running on all four legs, and there is a curtain of clouds under it, which looks beautiful and romantic, graceful and indifferent.
Moreover, Yun Buregret's carving technique is indeed quite powerful, and he has done the most refined treatment of the impurities in this whole piece of jade. For example, in the eyes of the unicorn, there are two black impurities, which are very obvious. But Yun Buregret left him as the eye of the Qilin.
There are also some gray-white impurities on the unicorn's body. Yun Buregret actually put all these gray-white impurities on the top of this unicorn scale. In this way, it looks as if it was deliberately carved. What made the owner of this jewelry store feel incredible was that she had seen this piece of jade when she took it out, and it should be regarded as a piece of waste jade.
There are two materials in a piece of jade, and if you cut it, it will become too small, and you must know that this second-class jade is not worth much if it is made into a bracelet or earrings or something. The only thing that can really give full play to the maximum effect of this second-class jade is the handles, or some bonsai ornamental items.
It's just that I didn't expect that the same piece of jade would now be placed in the hands of this Yun Buregret, and in an instant, it would turn it into a completely different work of art. If this Hetian jade was originally because it was a second-class jade, even if it was made into a handle, the highest price would not exceed 3,000 yuan. This refers to one material of the whole body, and two materials are simply impossible.
But in the same way, such a piece of second-grade jade is placed in Yun Buregret's hand, and after a while of carving, not to mention that it is worth 3,000 yuan, I am afraid that someone will pay 8,000 yuan to buy it, and now the owner of this jewelry store will not sell it easily. Because the price of this handle is already similar to the price of first-class jade, and even more expensive than the price of first-class jade.
After Yun Buregret finished carving, he looked at it carefully, and then sighed: "It's really a pity, there is not enough time, if you play with it for a while, all the traces of this carving will be smoothed, I believe the effect will be more perfect." ”
"Brother, you are really a genius! Are you interested in coming to my sister to help? I won't trouble you with ordinary carvings, only those precious jades, can you help my sister carve them? Don't worry, as for the price, you can open it!"
Yun Buregret heard the owner of the jewelry store say this now, so he smiled indifferently and said: "I have other things, but I won't give you a part-time job, but it's not impossible if I have time to help you carve one or two pieces occasionally in the future." Let's talk about this unicorn of mine again this time, I wonder if you believe it is clean now?"
"Brother, it was my sister who was not good just now. Sister really didn't expect you to have such a high level of craftsmanship, I want this unicorn of yours. Sister doesn't treat you badly, this unicorn, I'll give you 10,000. "The boss of the jewelry store waved his hand, and without saying a word, he took the 'unicorn smile' in Yun Buregret's hand.
"Good brother, why don't you sell me your unicorn. I'm willing to pay 20,000 yuan. ”
After hearing this, Yun Buregret glanced at the little girl who had fallen just now.
"Doing business is about integrity, and since I promised the shopkeeper, I won't sell to others halfway. And your purpose in buying this unicorn is not pure, you don't buy it because you really like it in your heart, but you just want to express your gratitude to me. So I can't sell the Kirin to you, I'm so sorry!"
After saying this, Yun Buregret turned his gaze to the owner of the jewelry store: "My piece of unicorn is carved from topaz, and the price of topaz itself is not so expensive. If it's a topaz, it's fine, but I'm only a first-class topaz. Presumably, if this unicorn is placed in your jewelry store and sold to the outside in the future, the price you can sell for is only 10,000 yuan at most. ”
"So I can't accept your ten thousand dollars, if you really want it, give me eight thousand. Yun Buregret's words made the owner of the jewelry store instinctively startled at first, and then couldn't help laughing.
"Since this is the case, my sister will not argue with you, then depending on your brother, eight thousand will be eight thousand. But you just helped my sister carve this cloud-stepping unicorn, and I always have to pay a little manual fee. ”
"I'm not here to help you carve, but to prove the innocence of my unicorn. So I won't ask for the manual cost this time. Of course, if the next time I have time, if you want to ask me to carve, I will not give you a waiver of the manual fee. ”
After listening to Yun Buregret's words, everyone present once again took a good look at the young man in front of them. It can be seen that this person is not rich, but he can still stick to his heart in the face of the temptation of money, which makes everyone's evaluation of Yun Wuregret from the heart to the outside of the heart have been raised by many notches again. Especially the girl's brother-in-law, who had just been injured, looked at Yun Buregret again, and his eyes were full of appreciation.
With eight thousand yuan in hand, Yun Buregret happily ran back to the hospital. In fact, this unicorn opened his mouth and smiled, he was originally going to sell it for 5,000 yuan, which was already good in his opinion. Now he has sold an extra 3,000 yuan, which is beyond his expectations. After returning to the hospital, he first went to the inpatient department and took out 5,000 yuan to make up the hospitalization deposit for his mother.
Although Yun does not regret it, in fact, the hospitalization deposit owed to the hospital should be 10,000. But I had already agreed with here last time, after all, it was too difficult for him to get 10,000 yuan directly, so he had to pay in installments. Dean He vouched for him, naturally everything was not a problem, so this time he directly paid 5,000 yuan, and as for the remaining 5,000 owed, he was going to go back and then continue to find a way.
When I returned to the ward, I saw that my father and mother had already finished eating. And this insulated lunch box was also cleaned by my father, and now it is placed here.
"Dad, Mom, I paid the hospitalization deposit of 5,000 just now, and I will pay the remaining 5,000 in two days. I still have 3,000 here, Dad, you take it, you must not be reluctant to eat it if you are hospitalized here. You must know that both of you are not in good health, and if you don't eat well, your body will recover more slowly. ”
Yun Jie was quite surprised when he heard his son's words: "Don't regret it, where did you get the 8,000 yuan? You shouldn't have done something illegal, right? If that's the case, your mother and I would rather not be treated." Don't tell me that the pig is sold, our pig is not worth the price if it is sold. ”
"Dad, see where you want to go. It's just that I was lucky enough to pick up a good quality topaz on the back mountain. Then I carved it into a unicorn and smiled, and I went to the jewelry store just now. The other party fell in love at a glance, and then gave me eight thousand. He also said that if I still have jade of this quality in the future, I can continue to sell it to them at any time. ”
Yun Jie's eyes had a look of scrutiny in his eyes, and he looked at Yun Buregret for a long time, and then said: "There is indeed jade in the mountain behind our house, but most of the jade there is third-grade jade, and even second-grade jade is very rare, where did you find the first-grade jade?"
"It's on the back hill of our house, and this morning, I'm going to make some chicken stewed mushrooms, so I'm going to pick mushrooms on the back mountain. When I walked to the black stone pile in the back mountain, I found this topaz unexpectedly, originally it was buried by a pile of black stones, if I hadn't kicked my foot, I wouldn't have found it at all. ”
Yun Buregret really didn't want to lie to his parents, but he knew that if he didn't explain this matter clearly, his father and mother would definitely not feel at ease. What's more, he knew that in the past, there was a pile of black stones in the back mountain, but the place with the highest jade output and the best quality.
It's just that a few years ago, the jade veins there were already excavated. So now it's quite difficult for them to find a piece of second-grade jade there. After hearing this, Yun Jie thought carefully for a moment, and then nodded.
"There is a possibility that you will pick up one or two pieces of good quality jade from the black stone pile, but they are all topaz and not very valuable. It's Pinzi Mountain, which is still good. If you like jade, you can go there when you have time, there should be a good Xiuyu there. ”
After Yun Buregret heard this, he was slightly stunned, Xiuyu is not only famous in China but also in the world. Of course, the quality of Xiuyu sold on the market now is different, and the authenticity is not the same. But the price of a good first-class Xiuyu will definitely not lose half a point to Hetian Yu.
It can be said that Xiuyu can be regarded as an emperor-like existence in nephrite. Xiuyu arose during the Qing Dynasty and has been around for hundreds of years now, so much so that it has long been famous all over the world. I never thought that there would be Xiuyu in Pinzi Mountain, which made Yun Buregret excited for a long time.
But despite this, Yun Buregret felt that he had just heard what his father said, and the number of Xiuyu there must not be much. As for the quality, I'm afraid it won't be too high. But with the ability to raise jade, does he care about the quality of the jade itself?
"No regrets, we haven't spent much of the 2,000 yuan you left here last time, and you don't have to stay here for the 3,000 yuan this time. I know you've had a dream in your heart all these years. But because your mother and I are both in poor health, and so many difficulties at home are always dragging you down, you can't move forward according to your dreams. You can take back the 3,000 yuan, although it is not much, but it must also be of some help to your future development. ”
"Dad, you should keep the 3,000 yuan. Rest assured, I have my own solution. As long as you and my mom are healthy, I'm happier than anything else. You don't have to worry about things at home, I already have a plan. ”
This is not a shirk, but Yun Buregret really has a plan. Although he has been taking care of his parents' bodies at home in the past few years, he has not been completely consumed by this poor life.