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"I'm here today to bring my granddaughter over to play, I won't gamble on stones, you can play by yourself." The old man said with a smile.

"Guo Yu'er, your grandfather is the famous jade expert Li Mingqiang. Grandpa Li, my uncle is Wang Huaichen. Wang Biao had already stepped forward respectfully to greet him at this time.

"Hello Mr. Li." Lin Fan and Zhou Xiaolin also stepped forward and greeted respectfully.

"It turned out to be Lao Wang's nephew. Do you know Yu'er? Li Mingqiang, an expert in Baoyu, was the one who bought a pair of snail jade from Wang Huaichen, and when he saw the three of them coming, he nodded and asked with a smile.

"Grandpa, they're all my classmates." Guo Yu'er's face turned red instantly, her eyes secretly looked at Lin Fan, and found that Lin Fan was smiling at her, so she quickly lowered her head.

"That's a coincidence. By the way, Xiao Wang, last time I bought a pair of snail jade from your uncle, I heard that you found it when you went to sea, can you tell me what happened? Li Mingqiang suddenly asked Wang Biao.

"Grandpa Li, the person who discovered the snail jade is Lin Fan. The fishing boat is also Lin Fan's, so we just went out with him for a trip. Wang Biao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly pushed Lin Fan out.

"You are Lin Fan, what a good young man. It's amazing to have your own fishing boat at a young age. Li Mingqiang's gaze fell on Lin Fan, and after taking a closer look, there was some surprise in his eyes.

"Grandpa Li, the last time I found the snail jade was purely accidental, because a small volcano erupted on the bottom of the sea before, and those snail jade were found on the edge of the volcanic island under the sea." Lin Fan briefly said how he found Luohuayu, and when Guo Yuer heard Lin Fan call Grandpa Li, her face turned red again.

"You're lucky, boy." Li Mingqiang said in a joking tone, obviously he had a good impression of Lin Fan.

"Grandpa, the meat of those bluefin tuna last time was also given to us by Lin Fan." I don't know for what purpose, Guo Yuer suddenly said to her grandfather in front of Lin Fan, and after finishing speaking, she glanced at Lin Fan again, and her eyes seemed a little shy.

"It turns out that the classmate you mentioned last time was also Lin Fan, that's right, Lin Fan has his own fishing boat. Well, it's a nice lad, and I'm optimistic about you. Li Mingqiang actually laughed and teased Lin Fan like an old naughty boy, but he also glanced at Guo Yu'er, who was flushed, and seemed to see something.

"Are you here today to gamble on stones?" Guo Yu'er saw that her grandfather was happy, so she let go a little and took the initiative to ask Lin Fan about them.

"We just watched a treasure smashing meeting in the Jizhen Pavilion, Lin Fan picked up a big leak, and found a Buddha statue lotus platform hidden in the relics." Wang Biao immediately bragged, and Guo Yuer and even Li Mingqiang listened with great interest to him tell the story of what happened today.

"Good, well done." After hearing that Lin Fan had taken the initiative to donate the priceless relics to the Buddhist Association, Li Mingqiang immediately applauded loudly, without hesitating to express his beauty.

And Guo Yuer saw her grandfather praising Lin Fan so much, she felt sweet in her heart, and her eyes looking at Lin Fan also unconsciously revealed a thick light, and a clear-eyed person could see her thoughts at a glance.

"Since you're so lucky, why don't you choose a stone and give it a try?" Guo Yuer didn't feel it herself, her voice was different when she spoke to Lin Fan.

"Well, I'll take a look at it first, and if I choose a jadeite, I'll give it to you." Although Lin Fan didn't know why Guo Yuer had such a change, he felt that Guo Yuer was affectionate towards him, and his heart became sweet, and he decided to take the initiative.

"Okay, fourth, you must choose a piece of superb jade and give it to Guo Yuer as a love object." Zhou Xiaolin was a little panicked, and immediately clapped his hands and shouted.

Guo Yuer didn't object when she heard this, but just glanced at her grandfather, and found that Li Mingqiang was also looking at her with a smile, and couldn't help but blush, and then looked at the stone next to her.

Lin Fan didn't speak, but just started to pick stones. In fact, he had known for a long time that among these stones, there were indeed a few pieces of superb jadeite, and the price was not high, because the stones themselves looked inconspicuous, and the windows opened were nothing special.

However, it would certainly not be possible for him to select all the rough stones, which would be too eye-catching. So he slowly selected for about half an hour, and selected a total of five stones, with a total price of 260,000 yuan.

"Little brother, do you want to cut the stone here or take it back and cut it yourself?" After paying, the boss asked someone to move all five stones to the shed next to him, and then asked Lin Fan.

Of the five rough stones Lin Fan chose, the smallest was only the size of a football, and the largest was only the size of a grinding disc, of course he wanted to cut it here, so he nodded and said, "Trouble boss, I'll cut the stone here." ”

The boss's surname is Huang, he is a middle-aged man, not tall, with a flat head, but he has a shrewd face, and he is very good at talking, and he is a typical businessman. Moreover, to be able to operate a business like jadeite rough, I am afraid that the background of this Boss Huang is not simple.

"Okay, Master Liu, you can help this little brother cut the rough stone." Boss Huang nodded and called a stone-cutting master to come over.

"Boss, which piece to cut first. And how you want to cut it, you can also point it out. "Master Liu is about fifty years old, has a pair of thick palms, the palms are full of calluses, he knows the rules of cutting stones, so after turning on the machine, he asked Lin Fan first.

There are three ways to rub and cut the stone, among which the most important step is to cut the stone, and the jargon that I heard when I entered the field is "rubbing up is not rising, cutting up is considered to be rising" is this truth. No matter what the result of rubbing the stone is, once the stone is cut, the rise and fall are only the slightest difference.

After all, what is shown by rubbing the stone is only a small part of the whole jade gambling stone, and it cannot be used as a basis for judging the overall value of the gambling stone. According to previous experience, the result of rubbing stones is poor, and the result is a good jadeite; Or it is that the result of rubbing the stone is good, but after cutting the stone, it is found that the value is very low.

Of course, cutting stones is not a one-size-fits-all deal, and you can choose to continue cutting after the first cut, and it is very likely that there will be completely different results. Therefore, it makes sense to be poor and rich with one sword.

"Master Liu, if you have experience, just watch the cut." Lin Fan said indifferently, if he was asked to draw, he could definitely draw along the edge of the jade inside the rough stone, but that would be too suspicious.

Hearing that someone was cutting stones, those who were still selecting stones in the raw material yard rushed over, and the shed was immediately crowded. Some of these people came to gamble on stones, and some were the owners of some jade shops, who specialized in buying jade cut out by others.

"Everyone get out of the way, and immediately start cutting stones." Seeing this, Boss Huang had to come out to greet everyone, because when cutting stones, it would raise a lot of dust, so it couldn't be too close.

When everyone retreated, Master Liu picked up a rough stone and began to approach the saw and gently rub it. Wang Biao read nervously: "Cut up, rise, rise, rise-"

"Hey, don't read it, I'm nervous." Zhou Xiaolin hurriedly grabbed him, but found that his hands were also trembling.

"What are you doing here? Isn't it just a few thousand dollars a stone, can you use it like this? Lin Fan said to them with some tears and laughter.

Of course, he himself was not nervous, because he knew that only two of the five stones had jadeite, one of which was only a little larger than a fist, and the other was the size of a human head.

"These stones don't look unusual, I guess they were chosen at random."

"Only the window of that piece is green, it is estimated that there will be jade inside, and the other four pieces are probably not playing."

"I can't say, I don't know until I cut everything. If you look at the green in that window, maybe there's only one layer of green light. ”

"Yes, this gambling stone, although experience accounts for a certain component, luck is more important. Some people cut stones and look at the calendar, some people cut stones according to their mood, and some will carry the stone to the outside for a walk, if they encounter a good thing, they will cut it, otherwise they will choose another day to cut the stone. ”

The people next to them were discussing, some were optimistic about one of them, some were not optimistic about all of them, and some were not impressed, in short, everyone was full of interest and quietly waited for Master Liu to cut the stone.

"Zizizi-"

The wheels were spinning, the rough stones were next to the blades, and the stone chips were splashing, accompanied by sparks. From time to time, Master Liu poured a little water on the rough stone, and then bursts of green smoke rose with stone chips.

However, Master Liu rubbed for a few minutes, and did not see a little green at all, he thought about it, and did not continue to wipe it down, but cut into a small piece, and in the sharp sound of the wheel, a small piece of stone fell, and the color of the jade was still not seen at the incision.

"Looks like this piece is scrap." Someone next to him whispered.

"Master Liu, don't wipe it, just cut it in the middle and take a look." Lin Fan thought about it, and simply asked Master Liu to cut it directly, so as not to delay too much time, because he knew that there was nothing in this piece.

"Okay then." Master Liu nodded, and then cut down the middle of the stone, and after a while, the stone was cut in half, and there was really nothing in it.

"Boss, there's no stock in this piece." Master Liu looked at it, threw down two halves of the stone and said to Lin Fan.

"It's okay, let's cut this piece next." Lin Fan seemed to point to a piece at random, but it was the stone with emerald jade. >