Yi Yang and Bai Wenchao quickly came to the "Jade Fang" with the stone, and Uncle De and Xiaoyu were both in the store at this time.

"Xiao Chao, Xiao Yi, why are you back? Anything else? As soon as he saw Yi Yang and them, Uncle De asked in surprise.

He thought there was something wrong, but Bai Wenchao shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, Uncle De, I just want to ask Brother Jin for a favor." Brother Jin, Brother Yi and I just bought two stones, and I want you to help cut them. ”

He made a straightforward request, and when he heard this, Uncle De and Xiao Yu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was surprise in their eyes.

"Are you going to gamble on the stone right away?" Li Minjin on the side asked.

Bai Wenchao nodded and said, "Well, yes." Brother Jin, I don't know if you have time now, if you don't have time, forget it, if you have time, then help us, we don't have a tool to solve the stone in the store, it's not very convenient, and just now Boss Lu has a lot of people in the store, and it's not convenient to gamble on the stone. ”

"Of course!" Li Minjin nodded without hesitation and agreed, "It's a trivial matter to solve the stone, and it's nothing." Xiaochao, Brother Yi, come in, I'll get it for you. ”

He readily responded to Bai Wenchao's request, so Yi Yang and Bai Wenchao happily walked into the studio with him, and Xiao Yu and Xiao Wu also followed in with great interest.

"Xiaochao, did you just gamble on the stones in Boss Lu's shop?" Li Minjin asked casually.

Bai Wenchao nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

Li Minjin shook his head and smiled, and said: "The stones in his shop don't look very good, it's been a long time, I don't know how many people have picked it, and the rest are not favored, but it's also, gambling on stones is too difficult to say, not that good-looking stones must have prospects, and ugly-looking stones don't have a bit of gambling, the key is to look at luck, hehe, you also saw my stone just now, the material is really good, but the result is like that, greatly beyond my expectations." ”

Bai Wenchao said: "I know, I found out about this problem when I bought it just now, but I still want to gamble, so I just play casually." Brother Jin, I am these two stones, Brother Yi only gambled on one, you cut it for us to see if there is any hope. ”

As he spoke, he carefully took out two stones from the bag, and Yi Yang then put out the stone he had just picked up.

As soon as the stone was placed on the table, Li Minjin and Xiaoyu looked at it attentively, they both worked in the jade shop, Li Minjin and Xiaowu were both jade carving personnel, they naturally knew jade very well, and as soon as the stone entered their eyes, the situation was basically clear.

"The two pieces of Xiaochao's bet look good." After taking a look, Li Minjin commented slightly, "Brother Yi's piece should be much cheaper, without color, and the characteristics of jadeite are not obvious." ”

Yi Yang nodded and said, "Well, Brother Jin, you're right, Brother Yi's two pieces are tens of thousands, and my piece is only five or six thousand yuan, hehe, I'm really playing casually." ”

"You can see you haven't played much with this kind of stuff before." Li Minjin smiled, "I'm so careful when I'm like you, but I have a Jianyì, beginners can bet on some clear materials, or half-bright and half-gambling materials, so it's easy to get started and the risk is small." ”

"Well, that's what I thought too." Yi Yang hurriedly nodded in agreement, Li Minjin gave him a very pertinent idea, and his heart was full of gratitude.

However, at this moment, no one except him knew that there was a cloud of emerald green and exquisite jade hidden in that inconspicuous stone, and although the two pieces that Bai Wenchao gambled on were more beautiful in appearance, he could only sense a faint aura for the time being, and other than that, a qiē was just a mystery.

"Look at it," Later, Li Minjin took out a flashlight, and after illuminating it, a strong electric light shone on the three stones on the table, and soon, the flashlight reflected a relatively dazzling green light on one of Bai Wenchao's stones, and Li Minjin said with a smile, "Xiaochao's stone is really good, the skin should be very thin, and the jade color is covered in the layer below, and the texture of the jade should be seen if you cut it a little." ”

"yes!" Seeing that phenomenon, Bai Wenchao was surprised and delighted.

Yi Yang was naturally happy with him, of course, he hoped that Bai Wenchao's stone could also be cut out of good jade from the beginning.

"Hey!" Li Minjin suddenly sighed softly, because after shining on Bai Wenchao's two stones, his flashlight shone on Yi Yang's mediocre stone, and the result can be imagined, there was no emerald light reflected at all, and some were only light yellow stone colors.

"Brother Yi, in the future, when you buy jadeite wool, you'd better bring a strong flashlight like this, and take a good look before buying, although this is not a panacea, but it is better than not being able to shine green light." Li Minjin kindly built Yiyang again.

"Well, I'll really have to prepare some tools in the future." Yi Yang replied.

The flashlight for identifying jade is like a magnifying glass for identifying antiques, it is very important, and if you want to make achievements in this industry, Yi Yang naturally has to be equipped with this magic weapon.

"Okay," After carefully looking at the three stones with a flashlight for a while, Li Minjin said, "Xiao Chao, Brother Yi, let's start solving it, who will solve it first, do you wipe it first, or cut it directly?" ”

Bai Wenchao replied without thinking: "Let's cut Brother Yi's first, I don't think it's worth wiping, just cut it thinly first, and then talk about it after seeing the situation later." ”

"Okay, no problem!" Li Minjin hurriedly agreed.

So they started to gamble on stones, which was the most important step in the whole process.

The method of gambling stones is divided into rubbing stones, cutting stones and grinding stones, and the stone cutting chosen by Bai Wenchao is the most direct and thorough method of gambling stones.

As we all know, rubbing up is not rising, cutting up is considered rising.

Cutting stones is the most critical step in gambling on stones, because the conclusion of winning or losing is determined only after the stone is dissected.

Some gambling stone merchants, as long as the stone is rubbed, he will change hands and let others go down to gamble because continue to rub or use the knife to cut, the risk will be greater, and the rise and fall are only between the slightest, which shows that cutting stones is not trivial.

There are generally two traditional methods of cutting stones, one is the primitive cutting method, which is to use a bow saw to press the sand, and slowly sawn the stone apart, if it is found that it cannot be cut, it is convenient to take rescue measures.

There is also a jade cutting machine to cut the blade plated with a layer of emery, the cutting is accurate and fast, but the clamp is sandwiched with the stone soaked in oil or water It is not easy to see the cutting process, and it is only when it is completely cut that you can know whether you win or lose.

The first thing to cut the stone under the knife is to find the right part, generally from the wipe of the knife or from the lower knife, but also from the pine flower or along the crack under the knife, when the first knife is not colored, you can also cut the second knife, the third knife.

The jargon of "one knife is poor, one knife is rich" refers to this truth.

Li Minjin first cut Yi Yang's ordinary stone, he used the modern high-tech manual cutting machine that used to solve the stone, sharp and flexible, by a professional jade master to solve the stone, the owner of the stone Yi Yang is also relieved.

"Brother Yi, how are you going to cut this stone with the first knife?" Li Minjin asked Yi Yang's opinion.

Yi Yang said: "Let's cut it to this place first, it's probably so thick." ”

He gestured on the stone, and Lee Min-jin handed him a piece of chalk and told him to draw a line by himself, and then cut it along the line.

Yi Yang quickly drew a cutting line, of course he was completely sure of this, because he had already seen the distribution of the jade in that stone through the golden light of his right eye, and he knew how to cut it so as not to destroy the jade hidden deep inside.

After drawing the line, Li Minjin started the cutting machine and began to cut the stone.

After Li Minjin made his move, Yi Yang immediately gathered his spirit and secretly drove the golden thread in his right eye, because just now he hadn't had time to repair and optimize the piece of jade with cracks and other flaws in the stone.

After a while, under the shroud of golden light, I saw two jade phantoms flying out, and they quickly merged.

"Whew-" After the golden wire was finished, Yi Yang secretly took a deep breath and was done.

At the same time, the cutting machine in Li Minjin's hand was running, and the sharp blade was already deeply embedded in the stone.

After about ten minutes, the first knife was gone.

Suddenly, only a "pop" sound was heard, and the cut stone fell, and at that moment, Bai Wenchao and Xiao Wu both stretched their necks and looked at the cut surface, and Xiao Yu, whose face was relatively calm, was also slightly moved.

However, what caught their eyes was only the white stone texture, and they didn't even find a trace of emerald color, which was too different from the crystal clear green facet that everyone imagined.

"No response!" Li Minjin said, "Brother Yiyang, your stone seems to be similar to mine, and there is nothing wrong with the first cut." ”

At that moment, he turned on his flashlight and shone it on the cut surface of the stone, but the result was also not green, such a watch with no signs of jadeite was naturally very disappointing.

In fact, this result was already expected by Li Minjin, and it would be strange if such an ordinary stone as a leather shell could be cut out of a good jade quality soon.

In the next situation, Li Minjin and they didn't have much hope, just a piece of "shit field" material collected for 5,000 yuan, how high expectations can people have.

"It's okay." Yi Yang shook his head very calmly, and said with a smile, "I don't expect to be able to solve a good piece of jade in this stone, so I just want to play on a whim." ”

"Brother Yi, it's okay." Bai Wenchao gently patted Yi Yang's shoulder, and said in a tone full of comfort, "Gambling on stones and losing nine out of ten, everyone has a time when they lose in betting, this is really nothing, it's a big deal to play in the future, you are so lucky, I believe that one day you will bet on a good stone." ”

When Li Minjin and Bai Wenchao were both backing down for Yi Yang, one person expressed a different opinion and said solemnly: "Brother, Mr. Yi's stone has only been cut so little, why do you say that now?" It's not good to generalize. The last time I saw a stone, the stone was cut with a lot of knives at the beginning, but there was no situation, but the further back the situation is, the better, and finally a very beautiful jadeite was solved. Mr. Yi, I don't think you should be discouraged first, and then look back, maybe there will be surprises. ”

"Little Jade girl, thank you, thank you for your auspicious words, I hope to have the surprise you said." Yi Yang said happily.

He really didn't expect that Xiao Yu would say this, and he could naturally hear that Xiao Yu was not completely comforting herself, but also her true opinion.

Hearing Xiao Yu say that, Li Minjin and Bai Wenchao looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that none of them were as big as a little woman, and Xiao Yu was more calm than them.

"Sister, you're right, it's not appropriate to make such arbitrary judgments, but a glimpse of the leopard in the tube, you can still infer some information from this." Li Minjin smiled and said, "I'll show you something." ”

With that, he put Yi Yang's cut stone into a basin filled with water on the side, and took it out after a while.

"I'm experimenting." Li Minjin said seriously, "I think you all know that generally speaking, the coarse leather of jadeite gravel is large, the structure is soft, the hardness is low, and the transparency is poor, which is the inferior product of jadeite; Fine leather is fine crystal, compact structure, delicate texture, high hardness, good transparency, among them, especially the skin color black or black red shiny is the best, this kind of material jargon is called 'shit eggs', mostly jadeite in the upper grade;

"To check the size of the crystalline leather, it is not only intuitive with the naked eye, but also with water. The method is to take out the jadeite gravel after wetting it in water to see how quickly the water on the skin dries. If it dries quickly, it means that the crystals are coarse, the structure is loose, or the cracks and pores are many, and the texture is poor, otherwise, it means that the crystals are small, the structure is dense, and the texture is good. Brother Yi, you have also seen this stone now, it dried too quickly, and the water stains on it were dried up all of a sudden, which is not a good phenomenon. But of course, not all jadeite wool comes according to this law, there are exceptions, I like Brother Yi This stone is an exception, as Xiaoyu just said, there will be surprises later. Brother Yi, is it time to continue cutting? ”

Yi Yang nodded and agreed without thinking, and said, "Well, cut it." ”

Although he only knew Li Minjin, he could see that the other party could be regarded as a jade expert, and his understanding of jadeite was very profound, and if he had more contact with him in the future, he would naturally be able to learn a lot of relevant knowledge, which was exactly what Yi Yang needed at the moment.

After saying that, he drew a line on the surface of the stone, and asked Li Minjin to continue cutting the stone according to the instructions.

Although they all hope that there will be a surprise situation on the stone of Yiyang, the atmosphere has still not changed, and people cannot feel the thrilling tension of the gambling stone.

Following the cut of the first knife, the second knife quickly cut again.

"Huh?!"

When he saw the situation on the cut surface, Li Minjin let out a surprised sound.

At that moment, Bai Wenchao and Xiaoyu couldn't help but widen their eyes, and their eyes were fixed on that facet in unison.

It can be seen that on the cut surface of the second knife, a touch of green is revealed in a certain part.

And that piece of green is more intense and dazzling.

"Out of the jade!"

Bai Wenchao exclaimed in surprise and said happily: "Brother Yi, congratulations!" Cut out the jade, it seems to be very good! You've made a big bet! ”