30. Chapter 30
Zeng Tong used his mobile phone to check the bus route and found that there was no direct bus at the farmers' market in the past. And there is a subway station at a point out of that section, and it only takes 200 meters to walk from this station, and you can get to the vicinity of the stone market that Manager Yang said, and it seems that you can only transfer to the subway.
Along the way, Zeng Tong found that there were not too many people taking the subway, so he turned his head and thought about it.
It was about 8 o'clock when he left for food, and then Zeng Tong wandered around the farmers' market for a while, and then walked out of the market to the fishing tackle shop to buy nets, and it was already 9:10 in the morning when he came out after shopping, and almost all the people who rushed to work were already in their respective offices, so naturally there were not so many people on the road.
This place in G City, starting at 7:30 in the morning every day, is the time for office workers to be on the road. Zeng Tong used to go home at 8 o'clock after Xiaojuan went to work and began to walk back, generally taking the bus at about 8:15, this time happened to be the most concentrated time at work, there were many people and cars, and they often had to be blocked on the road for a while.
When I arrived at the stone market, it was only 10 o'clock in the morning, and it seemed that it was fast to take the subway. Zeng Tong first contacted the phone number given by Manager Yang, and the person who answered the phone was a girl, and after asking about the specific location of Zeng Tong, the other party asked Zeng Tong to wait first, and she came out to answer.
5 minutes later, a young girl came to find Zeng Tong, the two of them introduced themselves a little, this girl said that her surname was Yi, and after waiting for a while, Zeng Tong didn't react, so she didn't say anything, and led people to the side path. Zeng Tong followed the girl on the road in the old city, and came to a relatively wide street, there are many shops on both sides of this street, and there are a few people around the door of many stores.
Zeng Tong looked as far as he could see, and found that there were a lot of stones here, but there were not a few large stones, some of these stones were only placed in the store, and some were stacked on the countertop at the door, as if they were saying to the guests that they could choose.
In fact, if there is no introduction from Manager Yang, it is difficult for Zeng Tong to find this stone market alone, this place is mainly gambling on rough stones, and there is no certain asset, and it is a formality when he comes.
The woman surnamed Yi left Zeng Tong another mobile phone number, saying that she was nearby, and asked Zeng Tong to go shopping first, take a good look at the stones or if she needs help, and she can call her when the time comes. Zeng Tong thanked the other party, expecting that she might have something to do, and brought herself over probably because of the help of Manager Yang, and did not think that she would look at the stones for herself, after the two waved goodbye to each other, Zeng Tong began to walk around this street.
Zeng Tong looked slowly along the shop pΓΉ on the side, and found that many of the shops were filled with stones under 50 kilograms, in Zeng Tong's opinion, these rough stones with the same color and form as ordinary stones, even if she gave her a magnifying glass and a flashlight, she couldn't understand whether there was jade in it at all.
The whole street was walked through, and Zeng Tong saw that there were alleys in front of him, so he could only walk back. Zeng Tong still remembered what the puppy said, observe what others were saying, and when there was a chance of a big stone, he called the puppy to scan.
If one looks down from the second floor of this street at this time, they will see a young girl who looks like a student going to the place where the crowd gathers. If this kind of behavior is seen by plainclothes policemen, Zeng Tong looks like he doesn't understand anything, and he gathers in a crowded place, and it is estimated that he will think that this person either wants to steal or is too curious.
Not to mention, there are really people who look at Zeng Tong from a distance and discuss with the people around them.
"This girl was brought over by the little sister of the Yi family just now, right?"
"Yes, I watched them come in. β
"He doesn't look like a connoisseur, and he's a little too young. β
"I also see it this way, it may be someone they know, so let's take a look. β
"I guess, you see, I'm empty-handed, and I don't even bring anything with me when I look at the stones. β
"Eh, don't you give people two fiery eyes?" a voice next to him said the opposite.
"At this age, you're still sharp-eyed. "The person who spoke before had a 'you're kidding me' expression, looking at the girl as if she didn't have much research on the jade trade.
No matter what the people here discussed, Zeng Tong listened to the people around her talk about which stone was good and which stone was bad, she was still confused, and she just couldn't understand what cracked and what sand. But seeing that everyone is talking about it, Zeng Tong also gathered around to take a look, maybe there is a jade that the puppy needs?
After a while, a few people here still didn't discuss the results, Zeng Tong touched the stones they had seen one by one, and the puppy in the space didn't give any reaction, and he didn't know if it had scanned it. Last night, I said that if you want to scan large stones, you have to talk to the dog, but the problem is that now Zeng Tong can see and touch small pieces of stone.
Repeating what he did just now, Zeng Tong still went to a crowded place, and after a few trips back and forth, he still didn't find anything, Zeng Tong felt a little tired, so he sat down on a bench placed on the side of the road to rest.
"That little friend. A voice came from Zeng Tong's right front.
"That little friend. Zeng Tong looked in the direction of the voice, and a middle-aged man with white hair and fat was waving to her behind the counter of a shop.
Zeng Tong looked around him, there was no one, and the nearest group of people who looked at the stone were also 10 meters and 8 meters away.
"Me?" Zeng Tong looked at the shopkeeper who was talking and pointed to himself.
"Yes, this little friend, come here. The other party smiled, Zeng Tong felt that there were so many people here, this boss should not be doing anything bad, so he walked over.
"Do you have anything to do with me?" Zeng Tong stepped forward and asked.
"I see you've been walking around this street in the morning, what are you doing?" The boss directly said that Zeng Tong's observation and study just now was a stroll, and it is estimated that in his eyes, Zeng Tong's behavior can indeed only be described in this way.
"I learned how to look at stones. Zeng Tong didn't care about the other party's words and responded.
"And what do you see?" the boss asked her with a smile.
"Hmm...... No, hehe. Zeng Tong was embarrassed, he almost didn't learn anything after a few turns with people, because he had never been exposed to it before, and it was not an overnight thing to learn this business.
"Do you want to learn or buy here?" the boss asked her again.
"Learn to see, buy what you can. Zeng Tong was also practical, and directly said his plan.
"What do you think of the stone I have here?" the boss casually pointed to the shop.
Zeng Tong followed the other party's gesture and looked at the large and small stones in the store, some were placed on the shelves, and there were also a few black stones on the wooden frame behind the boss.
"I don't understand, I guess it's fine. Zeng Tong replied with a glance.
"Haha, that's not how you look at stones. The boss was amused by Zeng Tong.
Seeing Zeng Tong's dazed look, the boss walked out of the counter and beckoned Zeng Tong to the middle of the store, looking at the middle of the low countertop with a bunch of stones.
"Look at this piece, the top here, generally cut in, even if there is a crack inside, it is ......"
The boss pointed to the various stones in his shop, and talked to Zeng Tong, although Zeng Tong still didn't understand much when he listened, but someone could explain it to himself, Zeng Tong still remembered what the boss said.
"You remember what I just said, right?"
"Hmm. Zeng Tong nodded, still thinking about what the boss said just now.
"Then how about you take a look at the stone in my shop now?"
Although Zeng Tong didn't understand the boss's intentions, he still turned around to look at the stone. Just now, the boss mainly focused on the materials placed on the low platform in the store, and almost all of these stones were told by the boss, Zeng Tong no longer looked over there, but looked at the ones on the shelves. Looking at the stones one by one, Zeng Tong slowly found that almost all the stones on these shelves were the ones with relatively large flaws that the boss had just said, and they were also known as the materials with relatively poor surfaces.
Looking at the expression on Zeng Tong's face behind him, the boss laughed.
"How's it going?
"Hmm......" Zeng Tong thought about it, but still couldn't think of the right words to express it.
"What's so hard to say, I'm here, it's mostly these inferior materials. To tell you the truth, I have plans not to do this business, these materials have been with me for many years, and I am really reluctant to transfer them all. β
"Huh, don't you do it? These are worth a lot of money, right?"
"How much are these scraps worth? The main reason is that my funds are cut off on this, no new goods have come in, these old materials have been seen several times, and few knowledgeable people will spend money on these goods. The boss shook his head slightly.
"Are you really not optimistic?" For someone who is willing to teach a stranger to look at stones, Zeng Tong still feels that luck should be good. Although she also knew that merchants could not afford to be profitable, so did the gambling business.
The boss shook his head again and said, "Those are the best ones I have here." With that, he pointed to a few stones on the shelf behind the counter.
"But in my own opinion, I am not very sure. With that, the boss walked to the back of the counter.
Zeng Tong also walked over to the counter as he listened, and looked at the few stones that the boss took off from the shelf, these are not big, and the largest estimate is only more than 30 kilograms. After looking at it for a while, the tables of these pieces were indeed a little better than those placed outside, Zeng Tong remembered the puppy in the space, so he stacked the stones on the countertop, and then pressed them with one hand to touch all the stones at the same time.
The shopkeeper looked at Zeng Tong's movements, thinking that she wanted to measure the size of the stone, and was about to say to Zeng Tong that measuring the size was not the same method.
Zeng Tong said to the puppy in his mind: "Scan these stones." β