Yu Xiaocao doesn't know much about jade, after all, in her previous life, she was just a small citizen struggling to live at the bottom, working hard every day for the food and clothing of herself and her younger siblings. Occasionally, I go to the mall and linger for a while at the jewelry counter, but I just give a glimpse of the dazzling and expensive jade and jadeite.

It is tempting to look at the jade stone in your hand that exudes a faint moist light, although it is unpolished, it still blooms its beautiful color. No wonder the price remained high in later generations, and some people still flock to it!

The top-grade mutton fat jade, which was bigger than a basketball, was placed on the table in the private room, and the little mending stone hurriedly jumped on the table, climbed onto the jade and cultivated on his stomach, not willing to delay for a moment. In the eyes of outsiders, this beautiful little milk cat really knows how to pick a place and choose the most expensive place to sleep.

Shopkeeper Zhang was thrilled to watch, for fear that the kitten would rub the jade and damage its value. Actually, he was too worried! If jade is really so fragile, it is estimated that no one will dare to buy it!

Judging from his performance, Yu Xiaocao no longer understood the value of this piece of mutton fat jade, which was stupid. This time, she estimated that the small mending heaven stone had selected all the fine products in this batch of jade. Then in the next month or so, Zhiyuzhai will have no fine jade to sell! Naturally, she won't take away all the jade that came out, after all, this is Zhu Junyang's shop, so she has to leave him a little way to live, right?

"Shopkeeper, I heard that our materials have opened the best mutton fat jade, can you let the old man take a look?" An old but neutral voice passed through the outside of the private room. Shopkeeper Zhang's eyes lit up suddenly, how could this old gentleman give up?

He hurriedly greeted him out of the private room and smiled enthusiastically: "Old Lin, you are here, the small shop is really vibrant!" ”

"A small shop? If you Zhiyuzhai are small shops, then those jade shops in the capital are even less worth mentioning! Quick, please come out with the best mutton fat jade, and let the old man take a look! "Lin Lao is a small man, gray hair, but very ruddy complexion, and energetic.

It turned out that he came for the best mutton fat warm jade, and the shopkeeper Zhang knew it. Lin Lao is the premier jade carving master in Beijing, and he has been retired for many years, and he can easily not go out of the mountain, unless there is material that makes him excited. Lin Lao once came to the store and told him good materials, so he informed him very much. I don't know that well-behaved young man, so I went to ventilate and report the news.

"Old Lin, that piece of material already has the owner!" Shopkeeper Zhang said to the old gentleman apologetically.

Lin Lao glared, blew his beard and said, "The jade has a master, is the carver also set?" After the old man saw it, if he could get into the eyes of the old man, the old man was willing to make an exception to carve jade for him! ”

Shopkeeper Zhang was surprised, you must know that Lin Lao is in the jade carving world, that is a master-level figure, those works in the early years, even if the jade is ordinary, it was speculated to sky-high prices. How many people took the jade material and begged grandpa to tell grandma, wanting Lin Lao to go out of the mountain to help carve it, but he politely refused! Unexpectedly, this old man would come when he heard the wind, and he didn't see the jade, so he made a promise.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime blessing to be able to make your old friend carve automatically. I don't think anyone can say no, right? Shopkeeper Zhang asked Lin Lao to wait, entered the private room by himself, and told the master and Mrs. Fang's mother and daughter the news.

Yu Xiaocao is not familiar with Lin Lao, and Mrs. Fang has heard of the old man's name. As soon as the shopkeeper Zhang said that she didn't even ask for her daughter's opinion, she directly responded. Just kidding, the jade carving, which was originally only worth two hundred taels, would not be able to grab it if it was from Lin Lao's hand, and it would not be able to grab it if it was sold ten times the value or even higher! Fools shouldn't be!

As soon as Lin Lao entered the private room, his eyes were locked on the piece of jade. At this time, the little mending stone happened to be cultivated, and he lazily jumped off the jade. Seeing that Lin Lao's heart was beating for a while, he shouted repeatedly: "How can such a precious jade make a cat so bad?" If you damage a little bit, even if you skin and tear this cat apart, you can't make up for it!! ”

When the little mending stone on the table with a comfortable face and stretching his waist heard this, he immediately exploded, and roared at the stinky old man: The old paper is a mending heaven god stone, which has been cultivated for tens of thousands of years, and is the ancestor of the stone type, how can it not be compared to a broken jade? Blind beep again, this god stone pushed this broken stone off the table and broke it!!

It walked over to the piece of mutton fat jade, one front paw resting on it, and its dark golden pupils slowly emitted anger and threat.

Yu Xiaocao heard its heart, and felt funny and angry for it. Top sheep fat jade is indeed rare, but after all, it is a dead thing. For the sake of a dead thing, it is necessary to deprive a life of the right to live, and she is personally opposed!

Xiaocao stretched out his hand, picked up the cat with its little paws out, gently stroked its erected hair, and said to Lin Lao with a disapproving face: "Old man, what you said is not right!" This stone was selected by me to be unraveled, and the king of Yangjun also agreed to sell it to me, I want to dispose of it without your old man's care. My little rice balls have been raised by my side for five or six years, and my feelings are not as good as a stone? The jade was bumped, and at most part of the value was destroyed. A life, even the humblest of life, has the right to live and deserves to be respected!! What do you think? ”

Seeing this, the shopkeeper Zhang was afraid that Miss Yu would run away from Lin Laoqi, and wanted to come out to play a round, but was glared back by his master. Get! Since Jade is Miss Yu, she can deal with it as she likes, what kind of leisure are she doing?

Lin Lao is not the kind of stubborn old antique, he saw that the jade was safe and sound, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The old man just made an inappropriate analogy, he cherished this piece of jade too much, and blurted it out in a hurry. If the little girl is not happy to listen to it, the old man will take it back! However, the old man has to remind you that this piece of jade can be called the best in the sheep fat jade, and the price has been discussed? ”

"That's right!" Yu Xiaocao turned her eyes to look at Zhu Junyang, who was facing poker on the side, blinked mischievously, and asked, "King Yangjun, how much do you plan to bid for this stone?" ”

"......" Zhu Junyang silently looked at her cute little appearance, was silent for a moment, raised an index finger expressionlessly, and then shook it gently.

"A million taels?" Lin Lao exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly spoke, "The county king thinks twice, this piece of jade is worth a lot of money, one million taels is too low!" ”

"I won't take a tael of silver!" Zhu Junyang stinks with a face, didn't he say that the future master is hers, her own is still hers? They talk about silver between themselves, it's too outlandish, right?

"Uh......" Lin Lao choked on what he wanted to say next, turned his eyes to look at the little girl, and immediately showed a sudden look when he thought of the rumors in Beijing, "It's a pity that this kind of jade is made into jewelry." However, if it is made into auspicious ornaments such as "flowers and the full moon", "flowers before the moon" and "hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren", as a dowry, it should be the first part of the Ming Dynasty!! ”

Dowry? Zhu Junyang's heart pounded. After the New Year, he will definitely go to the Yu family to propose, the most beautiful little girl in his heart, deserves the best things. This piece of top-grade mutton fat warm jade, if you ask Lin Lao to go out of the mountain to carve it by hand and put it in the first place of the dowry, it will definitely be a sensation in the capital! Therefore, he changed his mind, the ownership of the mutton fat jade must be that of the little girl, but the timing of sending it out is different.

Zhu Junyang no longer pretended to be cold, looked at Lin Lao earnestly, and asked, "According to your old opinion, what theme is better for this piece of jade to be carved?" ”

Lin Lao, whose eyes had been focused on the jade, said without thinking: "According to the shape of this piece of jade, it is more appropriate to carve it into 'before the flower and under the moon'." Moreover, the moon before the flower is in line with the reality of the county king, and when you are old, you can watch the jade carving and reminisce about the beauty of your youth, isn't it wonderful? ”

"Good! As Elin Lao said! Lin Lao, in two months, can you complete this jade carving? "Zhu Junyang has already filmed the case, but if it is used as a dowry, the time can be made up!

"What? The king of the county plans to propose in two months? Lin Lao lowered his head and thought for a moment, nodded vigorously, and said, "The old man will take out the hard work of his youth and try to complete it for you in two months!" Promise not to delay your good deeds!! ”

Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes on the side, and just said that the jade was hers, so what she could do with it. After a while, the person who carved, the subject matter that was carved, and the deadline for completion, someone was good at it! Listen to her for everything she says?

"Uh-huh!!" Xiaocao cleared her throat vigorously, reminding her of her presence.

Zhu Junyang's expression was abrupt, he turned around and smiled apologetically at her, and said, "Girl, this piece of jade can't be brought back for the time being." But don't worry, it's yours after all, it's just that the time has been delayed by two months. By the way, girl, what do you think of the artistic conception of 'Under the Moon Before the Flowers'? ”

You've decided, now come and ask this girl, is there any point? Can I slap him in the face in public and make him lose face? Yu Xiaocao pursed her lips and said with interest: "You think it's good, is my opinion important?" ”

"Important!! Of course it's important!! If you don't like it, we can switch to something else...... What do you think of 'Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren'? Zhu Junyang saw that there was no trace of security on her face, and hurriedly turned into twenty-four filial piety dogs, and asked flatteringly.

"Get out!" Give an unmarried girl a jade carving of "Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren", King Yangjun, your brain is pumping, right? Or deliberately scolding! Yu Xiaocao took a breath, suppressed the dirty words in his heart, gave him a blank look, and said, "'Flower before the moon' will be spent before the moon, as long as it is not under the melon field and plum!" ”

Lin Lao was holding dozens of catties of jade, and watched the young man "flirting" with interest, not feeling the weight in his hand at all! With such a good jade, he won't be too tired to come with ten more pieces!

However, the little girl of the Yu family is really an interesting little girl as rumored. The interaction between her and the king of Yangjun was so natural. The communication between them seems to flow from the soul, not bound by the eyes of the world, so pure and unsullied!