Chapter 138: Calving
The backyard of the jade shop is very large, in Wen Shu's opinion, it is more than six or seven times larger than the small courtyard of her house.
As soon as I entered, I saw several men in the courtyard standing or sitting busy.
What told them the most were two big stone scoops, which were full of black coarse sand, and two young men were holding stone pestles to change the coarse sand inside.
A little farther away, two men in their early thirties, cutting against the rocks that stood on the low shelf.
The shelf resembles a square bench, but it is sunken down in the middle and has a fence around it. At this time, there was a basin-sized stone sitting on the low bench, and two middle-aged men were sitting opposite each other, sawing the stone with a strip saw.
A kettle hung from a branch above the stone, and there was a small round hole in the bottom of the kettle, from which wisps of black sand and water were flowing and falling on the stones below.
The strip saw pulled down with the black sand, and the stones were slowly separated.
From time to time, there was a grinding sound in the rooms on both sides, and the doors were closed, so I couldn't see what was going on inside.
The shopkeeper told them to wait where they were, knocked on the door himself, and entered the room on the right-hand side.
After a while, he walked out with a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Master Zhao, I'm tired." The shopkeeper said politely to the man.
The name of Master Zhao nodded, his eyes swept to the stone in Wen Shu's hand, and said kindly: "Is this this one?" Can the little lady bring it to me and show me closer? ”
Wen Shu handed it over indifferently.
Master Zhao took it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, then took a picture of the sun, and then smiled: "Brother Shan has lost his eyes this time, maybe there is really jade here." As he spoke, he beckoned to the two men who were sawing stones, "Stop the work in your hands first, and open this stone first." ”
"Yes." The two of them hurriedly moved the sawing stone aside, and then put Wenshu's stone on it.
The stone was put up, and because the size did not match the low frame, the two of them picked up a number of small stones and put them against the side, until the stone was shaken, and the stone would not move.
Then the two of them poured some water on the stone, twisted some black sand and drew a black line on the middle line of the stone, and then sawed down the line paved with black sand with a hand saw.
"Crunch, crunch" resounded in the courtyard with a piercing grinding sound, and the spectators covered their ears with frowns.
Wenshu is no exception.
The cacophony lasted for about half a cup of tea before it slowly subsided. As the sound subsided, an inch-long hole opened in the surface of the stone.
Seeing this, the spectators all gathered around curiously to see what was going on inside, and the speed of cracking of the stone accelerated after it cracked a hole.
Although there is still a "stab, stab" sound, at least it is not harsh.
Half an hour later, the two men who were pulling the saw and the surrounding spectators exclaimed at the same time: "Ah! There really is jade, white jade! ”
"Come and see the shopkeeper, there is really jade, it is indeed white jade, this little lady is really a god." A guest in a robe exclaimed.
The shopkeeper was talking to Master Zhao on the periphery, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly came over.
The gray stone wall gradually revealed a touch of jade, its color is like mutton fat, if it is not mixed with a little bit of cyan inside, it looks like a good mutton fat white jade.
"Ah, it's not small, you look below, there are more and more places exposed."
"yes, it won't be half there."
"I'm afraid it's true."
The spectators are talking word by word, but Wen Shu, as the person concerned, has no surprise on his face at the moment because he has known about it for a long time, but because of the prompt of the system just now, he is worried.
She didn't know if she was doing it right or wrong.
Time passed slowly, and another half an hour passed.
The stone has been completely cut, and with all the facets exposed, an experienced master can estimate how much jade it contains.
Master Zhao is an expert here, and after his identification, the jade content is indeed as Wen Shu said before, almost half. And the jade quality has been identified by him, and it is not much different from the piece she pointed to in the shop.
There is no such thing as exactly the same jade in this world.
Wen Shu knew about this as early as when Xiaoxing started remote tracing. The reason why she chose that piece of jade was only because the jade quality of that piece of jade was the closest to the one in her hand.
Seeing that all the words she said came true, everyone present, from the spectators to the guys to the shopkeeper, everyone looked at Wen Shu again, and their eyes were full of shock.
The shopkeeper even asked her directly if she had an eye in the sky? And can you help to see the other stones in the courtyard?
If you can clearly explain these stones in the yard, is there any jade? What kind of jade, the size and location of the jade material can save them a lot of labor and time.
In addition, it can also save a lot of materials, so as not to make mistakes in judgment and scrap it with a knife.
Wen Shu naturally couldn't agree, he just said that he guessed, and he was lucky.
But the shopkeeper who has witnessed the "miracle" will not easily believe it, and she is humble, or arrogant and unwilling to look casually.
Just as he wanted to promise some benefits, he heard Wen Shu say: "Now that the stone has been unraveled, it has also confirmed that my previous words are not false, should the shopkeeper keep his promise and buy the jade at the market price." ”
"That's natural, I'm just talking to someone." The shopkeeper was also refreshing, and immediately asked people to take sixty jiaozi.
After Wen Shu checked it, he confirmed that it was correct, thanked him slightly, and was about to leave.
"Little lady, slow down." The shopkeeper hurriedly shouted to her: "It doesn't hurt if the little lady doesn't want to see it today, if she is in a good mood and is willing to help watch one or two, I will be rewarded." ”
This is to show that she will not be allowed to look in vain.
If it was in the past, Wen Shu would not have thought about it or two, but now....
"Let's talk about it." She said politely and turned to leave.
On the way back, she always had an indescribable feeling in her heart.
Although it didn't seem to matter when I made the decision just now, after I really made the decision, I suffered from gains and losses. Xu really responded to the old saying, and lost the preciousness of Fang Zhi.
When the iron box was there, she didn't feel that now that she knew that she couldn't enter it again for a month, her heart was empty again.
Returning home full of worries, Wen Shu locked himself in the room, and suddenly his eyes turned red.
She can't contact Xiaoxing!
No matter how she called, Xiaoxing ignored her.
Did she really do something wrong?
took out the Jiaozi in his arms and looked at the numbers on it, but Wen Shu found that he was not as happy as he imagined.
Then she took out the iron box again, opened it and looked at it without believing in evil, but found that it was really closed!
There is no white light left.
And the visual panel can't be tuned!
Thinking about it, she lay on the table and cried loudly.