In Yashixuan in Tianyi Cultural City, two middle-aged men, one fat and one thin, were chatting and laughing as if no one was around. The oily-faced, pot-bellied one was none other than Mengshi's father, Liu Yaoting, who was playing with the Shoushan stone carvings in the store in his hands, showing a greedy look. The other tall and thin man was Yao Ting's hair Xiao Luo Xiangrong, who was smiling and explaining the stone to Yao Ting on the side. It's not easy to do business these days, although Tianyi Cultural City has been a lot of people in recent years, but Luo Xiangrong, who had made a fortune by relying on Shoushan Stone, still didn't give up, seeing that the other Shoushan Stone stores next to him were withdrawn one by one, he could only rely on the transactions of a few old customers to maintain the daily operation of the store, fortunately, the store under the name of Yaoting was rented, and the store rent has not increased much over the years.

In contrast, Yaoting is much more nourished, except for the occasional inferiority in front of a few brothers who have a successful family, in the eyes of outsiders, he is still very rich, the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and the dozen or so stores are completely enough for his daily expenses. He was still so cynical, and when he saw the Shoushan stone he liked in Yashixuan, he took it without skin and face, and let Xiangrong deduct it from the rent. Xiangrong is also happy, the current Shoushan stone market is sluggish, rather than having a price, it is better to pay the rent of the store and reduce the cost of opening a store.

Yaoting's gaze suddenly stopped on a crystal clear stone carving, and Xiang Rong immediately realized, "Brother, good eyesight, this crystal frozen stone can come from the master's hand!" Bright Thunder's slippery pupils lit up suddenly, "Oh? What do you mean by that? Xiang Rong carefully picked up the stone carving and took a light under the light, "You see, the stone can transmit light, the crystal frozen stone has good transparency, there is no turbidity, and it is as crystal clear as the crystal, so it is named." The key is that the carving of the work is very good, the willows in the distance are lightly blowing, the flat boat is light in the near place, the old man sits idly, the painting is coming, and the skill of Xiuling is thin, reaching this realm, which is very rare! Shihu? Painting? All superb! Bright Thunder's smug look overflowed from the wrinkled folds, "I'll take this!" Xiang Rong wrapped the stone in a large gift box, "Gotcha!" ”

Yao Ting was full of ambition to pace the square steps in the store, and his eyes were full of different forms of Shoushan stones, which were really colorful and extremely researched. After Xiang Rong wrapped the crystal frozen stone, Yao Ting happened to stop in front of a lion dance ornament, and Xiang Rong couldn't help but compliment, "This object is the best!" Why didn't Brother Yaoting bring one to your daughter? The texture of this stone is suitable for girls. Yao Ting's heart was happy when he heard these words, "No, Mengshi's child is intimate, it would be great if she could like it." Yaoting lowered his head to observe carefully, only to see that the peach blossom jelly stone pattern is like a piece of peach petals floating and sinking in the clear stream, slightly transparent, white with red, delicate and gorgeous, like a peach blossom fluttering and falling in March, the shade is appropriate, sparse and dense, staring at it, it seems to be moving. The lion's whole body is white and delicate like clotted fat, and the hydrangea is red and bright like fire, with a reasonable layout and ingenious workmanship. The hollow carving technique of the hydrangea is skillful, and the lion created by the round carving is made with Pu Mao's knife technique. There is a saying: "The spirit stone of the deep mountains, the skillful craftsman has a bell." It has been loved since ancient times, just because it is interesting. ”

With a wave of his sleeves, Yao Ting searched for the lion dance ornaments into his bag. Just about to leave, he was attracted by a pair of Hongtian stone unicorn buttons at the door and couldn't walk, and Xiangrong caught a glimpse in the afterglow, just because the market price of the two stone carvings that Yaoting had just brought just deducted this month's store rent, lest he open his mouth to ask for it again, so he turned his back and pretended not to know. Unexpectedly, Yaoting had no intention of leaving, "This pair of unicorns is from Hongtian Stone?" Xiang Rong replied reluctantly, "Exactly, Tian Shi should belong to Tian Huang as the best, a few days ago there was a piece of Tian Huang Jelly in the store, which is a very psychic and clear spirit stone, with a fine and clear radish pattern, the color is like a broken egg yolk, very rare, such a texture is a tribute in feudal society." It's a pity that I bought a home house by a customer, and now there is only Hongtian stone in the store, but this pair of Hongtian stone is orange peel red, and it is also a rare stone. ”

Yao Ting looked at this pair of Hongtian stone unicorn buttons with a regretful face, judging from his appreciation experience, this sculptor's knife skills are quite profound, the layout is ingenious and reasonable, and the shape is vivid. The most strange thing is that the texture of the unicorn is clearly described, the body is plump, the limbs are rough and powerful, and the expression is lifelike. The ancients called the male unicorn the unicorn, the female called the unicorn, the unicorn is the auspicious god pet, the lord is peaceful, longevity. The side of the chapter is engraved with inscriptions, the lower inscription of Qi is Zhu Wen "playing the wonderful finger of the five strings", and the lower inscription of Lin is Baiwen "Yongzhou Kong's Book", which comes from Zhang Heng's "Returning to the Field" of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The water pattern is dominated by the traditional filigree method, which can be described as "seeing magic in every inch of land", and it is rare to find treasures. Yaoting's mind fluctuated, but thinking that this pair of literary games was not Tian Huang, Yaoting was still a little disappointed, and this was just as Xiang Rong expected.

Xiang Rong comforted Yaoting unhurriedly, "I know that brother, your vision is high, it stands to reason that a comprehensive evaluation of one of the eight grades can be collected, if you can have multiple products, it is a treasure in the world." These eight products are carefully calculated: beautiful products (beautiful); Wonder (wonderful); Wonderful (wonderful); Exceptional (rare); Divine (superb); Rare (hard to see); Strange (weird and flavorful); Superb. (flawless). And this pair of Hongtian stone unicorn buttons is at least a masterpiece (rare), if this ingenious carving with Tian Huang stone, it must be the best! ”

Yaoting narrowed his eyes into a slit, "What's the use of you saying this, didn't you say that Tian Huang in your store has already been sold?" Xiang Rong said mysteriously, "If it's sold, it's sold, if the brother is interested, I can take you to a place to shop." A light lit up in Bright Light's dark eyes, "Is this true?" Xiang Rong replied proudly, "It is true, Qidong Road is the world of raw stones, equivalent to the first-class wholesale market of Shoushan stone, and many stone merchants in the stall circle often go to Qidong Road to purchase. It's just ......" Yaoting suddenly became interested, "Don't ramble, have something to say." "Xiangrong no longer sells Guanzi," this Qidong Road is also called 'ghost market'. The stall only starts at 10 o'clock every Tuesday night and lasts until three or four o'clock in the morning the next day. Yao Tingtian said without fear, "Are you afraid of ghosts?" You might as well take me there, if you don't go into the tiger's den, you will get a tiger? Wait for me to dig a few pieces of Tianhuangshi and come back. ”

That day came and went. Qidong Road was originally a secluded road, and every Tuesday night is very lively, although there is not a single street lamp here, but there are countless small flashlights flashing like fireflies under the night sky, thousands of stalls, tens of thousands of people decorate Qidong Road into a swimming light belt. The hazy night is faintly mysterious, the flashlight is like a pupil of a ghost fire, the figures of the transaction are like ghosts, and the ground on both sides of the street is disorderly placed with pieces of Shoushan stones. Yaoting hated himself at this time for not being born with a pair of fiery eyes, and there were often times when he looked at stones during the day, let alone at night when he couldn't see his fingers. But this is a sense of mystery, such a dark environment, there is an uncertain marketing atmosphere, and this uncertainty brings opportunities to everyone. The ancients have long concluded that the beauty under the moon is the most beautiful, and the softness of the moonlight covers up the ugliness.

Yaoting Taobao's interest was strong, and as he walked, he suddenly wondered, "Xiangrong, you said that the ones sold on Qidong Road are all rough stones, but I have obviously also seen some carved finished products." "Xiang Rong is not surprised, "Some of the treasures sold in the 'ghost market' were stolen from ancient tombs, and some rough stones suspected of theft will also be mixed here. The rest are unprocessed rough stones, some weighing hundreds of pounds, some as small as fingers. Among the people who set up stalls in this stall, most of them are farmers in Shoushan Village, and some of them are overseas Chinese, Shoushan stone has long been strictly forbidden to be mined, and most of the stones that are bought and sold now are the stones that have been left in the early years, as well as the Shoushan stones that have returned from overseas, and even some of them are secretly mined by stone farmers. In Qidong Road, it often happens that you spend a small amount of money to find Shoushan stones worth tens of thousands of yuan, but it also frequently happens when you spend a lot of money to look away, you have to be careful. I have encountered a peer who is not kind to the seller, originally bought the pit head stone, only to go home only to find that it is an inferior stone with wax sealed cracks, which can not be carved at all, and the second time I went to the theory, almost fought with the seller. ”

Yaoting was so shocked that his eyes widened into light bulbs, "How could this happen?" Xiang Rong let out a long sigh, "Isn't it?" This is the coexistence of risks and opportunities! Tian Huangshi generally has these methods, you have to pay attention later. Some Shi Jia faked stone skin or dyed with pigment, some used glue to mix stone powder to smear its surface, and some soaked potion heated at high pressure, and then polished, just like Tianhuang stone tightly wrapped in stone skin. However, this kind of fake stone skin is loose and brittle, the particles are coarse, turbid and impermeable, dry and knotted like a scar, it is difficult to be knifed, and it cannot be carved finely. Yaoting raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, "I didn't expect that the pool of water that Tian Huangshi traded was so deep...... You see, why are there so many people in this booth in front? Brother, you wait for me here, I'll come back when I go and see......"

People surrounded the stalls three layers inside and three layers outside, Yao Ting wanted to see the strange, so he had to drill into the wall of people who couldn't get through, the air was full of the smell of sweat that made people's brains dizzy, Yao Ting couldn't care about these, he was full of eyes at this time, only the faint light from the center of the crowd was left, and the faint light must be the light of the treasure, so there were so many people around, like the stars and the moon, thinking of this, the corners of Yao Ting's mouth showed a greedy smile.

The stall owner suddenly raised a stone as colored as gold in his hand, "Who else wants?" This is Tian Huang! Is there anyone who knows the goods? Whoever offers the highest price will sell it to whomever I want! The crowd was in a hurry, "Me! "Me!" "I want it!" "I'll give 500,000!" "1 million, sell it to me!" Yaoting was scheming, but he didn't mess up, "Boss, you show me the stone, and I'll make a bid!" The stall owner glanced at Yaoting with his dripping eyes, and smiled like a ghost, "No problem, take a good look!" Yaoting carefully recalled the six virtues necessary for Tian Huangshi: fine, knotted, warm, moist, condensed, and greasy. It is said that the yellow color of the field is warm and lovely, the texture is psychic, the texture of the muscle is faintly like silk, the condensation is like a translucent jelly, and the palm of the hand can produce dewdrop-like moisture, such as the desire to drip, and the oil will appear from the inside to the outside after playing with the hand for a while, and under the light translucent, the stone heart is yellowish and red, brilliant and eye-catching.

A few customers next to him were a little impatient, "There is always one who comes first and then comes, you turn the stone over and over again, presumably because you suspect that this is not Tian Huang, since you doubt it, let Tian Huang to me, I still want to buy it!" "Yes, Tian Huang is already scarce, don't join in the fun if you don't buy it!" Yaoting had not yet covered the Tian Huangshi in his hand, and seeing that this big distance was about to come in vain, he had to identify it indiscriminately, and determined that the stone was not a forgery, and there were stone skins and radish patterns, and his heart was secretly beating, "Boss, I'll make a price, but this price can only be known to you!" Yaoting gritted his teeth, shook hands with the stall owner, and the cuffs were tightly pressed together, and after a while, I saw the stall owner's face tremble a few times with excitement, and his eyebrows raised, "This Tian Huang will be sold to you!" Yaoting handed a cash box to the stall owner, took Tian Huangshi and held it in his arms and returned triumphantly. After Yaoting walked away happily, the stall owner took out a wad of red bills from the cash box and handed out a few to each of the "customers" next to him.

Xiangrong Xingye drove Yao Ting back home, and along the way, Yao Ting talked endlessly about the stone transaction, like a discerning master who had robbed a big bargain, both of them were so sleepy that their eyelids trembled, but they were so excited that they didn't feel the slightest sleep. It is said that "gold is easy to obtain, but Tianhuang is hard to find", and the price of this piece of Tianhuang will increase hundreds of times in ten years, and Yaoting will no longer be just a declining boy who lives by renting a store!

As soon as he got home, Yaoting couldn't wait to take out the white tea oil, and Xiang Rong immediately complimented, "Brother, you are really professional, the Tian Huang you found tonight is really worthy of you!" The most ideal oil for the maintenance of Shoushan stone is aged white tea oil. The color of your can of tea oil must have been precipitated for more than a year, and the white and transparent part of the upper layer is clear and not greasy, which is the ideal oil for the maintenance of Shoushan stone. Peanut oil and sesame oil are turbid and floating, which is easy to make the stone yellow and dull. ”

Yaoting proudly placed Tian Huangshi in the center of the living room, "You come to help me oil the stone, tonight is not in vain, I, Liu Yaoting, have finally got a priceless treasure!" Xiang Rong was busy with his fart, and the soft silk cloth had just been wiped a few times, and his face suddenly sank as if he had fallen into a bottomless pit, "This is not Tian Huang!" This is definitely not Tian Huang! Yao Ting chuckled in panic, "There are no traces of forgery on this stone, the stone skin and radish patterns are clearly visible, how can it not be Tian Huang?!" Xiang Rong's face turned pale, "It's true! This is a yellow lychee jelly! Although there is a layer of natural stone skin on the surface and there are no artificial traces, but under careful inspection, you will find that the texture of this lychee jelly is too transparent, and the radish pattern is also thicker, and there is no sense of stability of Tianhuang at all! Yaoting's eyes turned red after hearing this, and he thought that he had staked most of his belongings, so he was so angry that he closed his eyes and fainted on the sofa.

Bright's heart fell from the fluttering clouds to the bottomless abyss, and all illusions were like soap bubbles, shattered before the sun could rise! Because of the wealth effect of Shoushan Stone, some people are happy and some are worried, and the legend of getting rich overnight is staged almost every day in the night of Y City, of course, most of them are shabby stories of returning to poverty overnight.