The rough stones brought by the caravan are also bought and sold in a somewhat special way. Because the surface of the jade rough has a layer of elegant skin, covering the original appearance of the jade, the buyer has no way to see the quality of the bid, and can only make a small opening on the surface by the seller, according to which the jade quality is inferred.

Even connoisseurs who have been looking at jade for many years are not sure what the quality of the jade in the original stone is. Some look at its unsightly appearance, grinding down layer by layer, but inside is a whole piece of transparent jade, which is priceless. Some of them look great from the open position on the surface, but in fact, the whole stone only has a little bit of emerald color, and the money paid by the buyer is completely lost.

Some people get rich overnight, and some people go bankrupt, so the guests who often come to buy the rough stone are called gambling stones, and the thrilling degree is more serious than gambling.

Li Dan watched it with interest for a few days, and then someone began to talk to him, chatting with him seemingly casually, which stone is good and which stone is not.

But Li Dan was not enthusiastic about his words, and took the style of the nobles in Beijing to the fullest, only shaking a small fan with teeth and bones, and whispering a few words to You'an from time to time. Seeing that Li Dan was quite interested in her, Su Liangqian specially called her to the front, and told her to accompany Li Dan every day, half threatening and half demagogic.

The person who accosted the conversation was still chattering, and in the main hall used to receive buyers, there was a sudden exclamation. The shopkeeper's apprentice had just opened two rough stones, one of which had a gleeful emerald incision and looked very good, while the other was inferior.

Someone whispered that it had been a long time since they had seen such a good rough stone, and if they wanted to do so, they had to start as soon as possible.

The person who talked to Li Dan still seemed to talk to him unintentionally: "If I have money, I will buy the incision in the same color." These sellers have seen a lot, and they have a rough estimate in their hearts, the more they will not be too good inside, the more they will try to open the 'window' better, and trick those who don't understand to buy it at a high price. ”

Li Dan turned around and asked You'an, "What do you think?" After he asked, he put his ear close to You'an's lips, and he didn't know what she said, so he smiled and said, "Then listen to you, it's just a stone, buy it and play with it, what kind of goods it is." ”

Whenever a guest comes in the door, whether they can afford the price or not, someone will present a wooden sign with both hands, and when they fancy which rough stone is ready to bid, they will write the price on it. Li Dan picked up the wooden sign in his hand, wrote a price with a pen, and threw it towards the person in charge of selling the price in the middle of the main hall.

The bidder took a look, then turned the wooden sign over and put it in front of the rough stone, showing the price on it, indicating that Li Dan's bid was higher than their pre-set reserve price, and if no one grabbed a higher price, the deal could be sold.

The whole process of buying and selling, almost without saying a word, is a great test of psychology. If the bid is too low and does not exceed the reserve price set by the store, there will often be a burst of boos among the onlookers, and the bidder will not know the goods and do not know how to do it, and he will feel very shameless. But if the bid is higher than the store's low price and is shown on the spot, the buyer will always wonder if the bid is too high and suffers a dark loss.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Dan's price came out, the crowd of onlookers began to talk about it.

"Not even the window, not to mention the texture inside, buying this piece at such a high price is either stupid, or there is so much money that there is nowhere to spend."

After waiting for a while, no one grabbed the price, and the people from the store came forward, tied the rough stone with red silk, held it in front of Li Dan, and grinded it down layer by layer with the skin, the jade quality inside was quite good, but in the middle of the whole piece of jade, there was always an impurity that ran through both ends, no matter how it was carved, it could not be avoided, and the whole piece of jade was naturally worthless.

When the people who watched the excitement saw it, they became more and more energetic: "How about it, I'll just say it, this piece won't work if you look at it." ”

Li Dan looked as usual, took You'an's shoulder, and said a few more words to her very intimately, and then took the wooden card again, wrote the price and threw it over. This time, the price is for the rough that looks excellent at the incision.

The shopkeeper followed the usual process, waited for a while, and held the rough stone in front of Li Dan again. This time, the store called an experienced master to come and carefully polish it for him. Grinding layer by layer, it is no longer as simple as having impurities, the emerald color in the whole stone is concentrated in the first place to be cut, and the rest of the stone is worthless stubborn stone.

The money paid by Li Dan can almost be regarded as nothing, just like the situation in Luozhou this year.

There was a sigh in the crowd, but the shopkeeper had seen a lot of such things, and just continued to take out new rough stones.

Seeing that Li Dan was still watching, the first person to talk to patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother, it's just a matter of trying this kind of thing once or twice, we are not experts here, and we can't envy the good luck of some people. ”

This may sound like a well-intentioned one, but anyone who listens to it will feel a little contemptuous and sarcastic.

Li Dan shook his head slightly, still just whispering to You'an, and then continued to bid. It wasn't until all the rough stones that the store had prepared that day were sold out that he finally stopped.

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