Chapter 285: Raising Jade
This is a restaurant on the side of the national highway, and it is not a high-end place, and the business is very simple, that is, small fried and fast food, those who have money spend a few dollars to fry a few dishes, and those who don't have money are to order a fast food.
The customers are mainly long-distance drivers passing by, and occasionally add a little bit of passers-by like us, we have eaten this kind of restaurant before, don't expect how good the taste is, it is to fill the stomach.
But there were a lot of people in this restaurant, and the door was full, and as soon as we entered, we heard the cry of a baby, and we followed the sound and saw a young woman coaxing her child, who was still very young, could not walk, could not speak, and was estimated to be about a year old.
There were three people at the woman's table, and there was a dark-faced man beside her, obviously her husband, and opposite her, there was a man in his thirties, wearing a dirty suit, although he was dusty, but he felt a little out of place to sit with such a group of drivers.
The child kept crying, many people showed unhappy expressions, they are a group of drivers, come here to eat is also a time to rest, some people have to fake sleep for a while, such a noise, naturally is not in a good mood.
We didn't bother with anything, ordered two quick foods, and then found a table to sit down, shared a table with others, and ate our meal in silence.
But the one who shared the table with us couldn't stand it anymore, and after enduring it for a while, the child's sharp cry did not stop, and became a little more intense.
"I said this sister-in-law, since the child is unwilling, then don't sell it, you don't seem to be short of this money."
"Poof"
I almost squirted out a mouthful of soup, which is misleading, and those who don't know think that woman sold her child.
"Big brother, you said it lightly, three thousand yuan, enough for my husband for half a month's salary, isn't it just a piece of broken jade, or you will make it up to me"
"You... Then can you coax it well, everyone eats, the crying is so loud, how can people eat?"
"What's the drop, do you think I want to, I'm not coaxing, you can leave if you can't eat it"
"You..."
The two quarreled like this, the woman was so spicy, and she didn't worry at all when she quarreled with a big man, but her husband pulled the woman's clothes a few times and told her to stop arguing, but she didn't listen.
The person next to him didn't mean to fight, and he ate his own food, and he also wanted to watch the excitement, but the person opposite the woman spoke after eating.
"Sister-in-law, it's not good for you to coax a child like this, look at me"
The man smiled, then took the rattle from the woman's hand and shook it like that.
The rattle in the woman's hand is a very old toy, and there is nothing outstanding about it, it is a very ordinary kind, and some night market stalls can buy it for a few dollars, but in the man's hand, the rattle shakes out a peculiar melody, which is very good, and even those who eat can't help but raise their heads to look at it.
The child naturally laughed, reaching out to grab the rattle, the child's hand fell a piece of jade, a very small piece of jade, carved with a Pixiu shape, to my carving entry-level level, can be seen, the Pixiu carved very rough, not machined, but the level is very inferior.
The woman was overjoyed, took the piece of jade and handed it to the man, who smiled, gave the rattle to the child, took the jade, looked at it, and then took out his purse from his pocket and counted the money.
"Hey"
Liu Laodao called me softly, and then Nunu mouthed and gave me a mouth shape, I understood what it meant, and immediately frowned.
But Liu Laodao urged again, so I had to get up, walk up to them, and say, "Slow, I also like this piece of jade, I bid three thousand five"
As soon as the words fell, it attracted the attention of the entire hotel, and the man's face was ugly, and he said, "This gentleman, there is no reason for this, I have already bought this piece of jade."
"Yes, the old saying says that money and goods are cleared, and you are still counting the money, which means that there are not two clear, otherwise you ask this sister-in-law, do you say yes?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it's not clear, the one with the highest price wins"
The woman's face burst with joy, and the extra five hundred dollars was tantamount to a windfall for her, and there was no reason not to admit it.
"See, three thousand five"
"I'll pay five thousand, sir, this piece of jade is not a very good jade, I can show you first, I bought it, just because my children used to have such a jade, but I lost it before, and now I want to buy one that looks the same."
"Yes, I'm sorry, I like this piece of jade too, five thousand five"
"Ahh
The people around them let out exclamations, and they could all see that this couple was not a rich family, and there might not be any good things on them, but the price of five thousand and a half was already very high, and most of them had a monthly salary of just that.
"I said, you can't be singing a double reed and playing tricks, are you, trying to lie to us?"
"That's it, I've seen scams like this"
Someone speaks out, someone responds, they are all a group of people who go south and north, and their knowledge is not low, many of the rivers and lakes are deceitful, constantly raising prices, and then letting onlookers be fooled.
"No, no, I don't know them, husband, didn't you say that this piece of jade was given by someone, is it a treasure or not?"
"I don't know, this is really someone gave it to my dad, it's a worthless thing."
The woman had already thought carefully, she felt that this piece of jade was worth more money, but she didn't expect her husband to not cooperate, and answered honestly, so angry that she kicked her husband hard under the table.
Idiot, such an old man, just pull an excuse for the ancestral old jade, maybe it can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars today.
"If you don't want to pay a higher price, then you will have to cut your love today"
"Six thousand, that's all I have on me, no matter how high it is, I don't want it"
"yes, then I'll give six thousand one."
"You, deliberately find fault, right?"
The man was furious, and suddenly reached out and tried to grab my shoulder, but my reaction, faster than his, intercepted his hand in mid-air, and the hands of the two were deadlocked.
After a few seconds, the man's face slowly turned pale, and he began to withdraw his hand forcefully, and I didn't embarrass him, so I let him pull it back.
"I don't know Taishan with my eyes, I didn't expect the two Taoist masters to be masters, and there will be a period later"
The man glanced at me and Liu Laodao, hurriedly left a sentence, packed up his things and left immediately.
I also looked back at Liu Laodao, Liu Laodao has always appeared in the image of a Taoist, I am almost the same now, after I lived in the Taoist temple of Daoheng, my hair was not combed, more than half a year has been dozens of centimeters long, I pulled a sideburns, it looks like there is a trace of fairy wind bones, the key is that others can't understand it, they don't know the difference between sideburns and Taoist temples, I think I'm a Taoist priest, I don't explain, what I practice is Taoism.
"Hey, big brother, don't go, six thousand one"
I was about to turn around and leave, but the woman immediately grabbed me and asked me to pay for it.
"This sister-in-law, anyone with a discerning eye can see that I am deliberately making trouble, do you want to know why?"
"Why"
"That's right, big brother, tell me, why, is that kid a liar just now"
The woman replied, and the people around her also coaxed me and asked me one after another, I glanced at Liu Laodao, he didn't mean to be in the limelight, then I was the only one who came.
"This piece of jade, if from the perspective of jade, is not worth six thousand one at all, one hundred yuan is too expensive, but if I buy it for six thousand one at this time, I will be bullying you."
"What do you mean?"
"It means that this piece of jade is not only worth six thousand one, of course, this thing is useless in other people's hands, but in your hands, it is a priceless treasure."
"Big brother, the more you talk about me, the more confused I become, how can I be priceless, you can mess up my affairs, don't you want to run"
"Haha, don't worry, I won't run, let me ask my sister-in-law, is your child important or this six thousand one important"
"Of course it's the children who are important, Dao Chief, if you have anything to say, let's say it directly."
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman's husband suddenly became nervous and hurriedly said.
"I know, I know, I'm coming, this Taoist chief wants to talk about raising jade."
At this moment, the person who shared the table with me before hurriedly said, many people around him had a sudden realization expression, of course, there was no shortage of dazed people, and the couple was at a loss at this time.
"Someone in my hometown has said, people raise jade, jade raises people, the jade that has been raised for a long time can be psychic, can block the master, this is not nonsense, I have relatives who have experienced this kind of thing, that is what my niece said during the New Year, she also has a piece of such jade, worthless, but worn on the body for decades, last year her friend asked her to eat, when she left, this piece of jade on her body suddenly broken, she was used to wearing this piece of jade on her neck, she felt uncomfortable not to wear it, so she didn't go to eat, first went to the jewelry store to buy another piece to wear, and when they went to the restaurant to eat, they saw that it was full of people, it turned out that just ten minutes ago, the sign of the store fell, hit a person, my niece was scared into a cold sweat, if she had come a few minutes earlier, maybe she would have had an accident"
"Yes, yes, this kind of thing happens in my hometown..."
"I have a similar one over there, sister-in-law, don't you hurry up and thank the master, this is something that can help your child prevent disasters, how can you sell it for 6,000 yuan, and you won't sell it for 60,000 yuan."
After the man said a relative's personal experience, many people should get along, and persuaded the woman not to sell jade, a few thousand yuan can not be compared with the safety of the child, maybe it can save a life, the two of them are also completely confused, this jade, whether to sell or not.