Chapter 1: The Good Jade Master
"From the eternal sky to the Hanging Spring Hell, there are two sides to this world - what you can see and what you can't see."
- "Notes of the Good Jade Master"
There are 10,000 taels of gold at home, so it is better to condense the cui side.
Anyone who plays with jade, most of them have money and leisure, and Lu Xiaoqi in Qingtong Lane is an exception.
Speaking of which, it was really a lively scene in Qingtong Lane.
Lu Xiaoqi's jade antique shop "Good Jade Family" was originally a serious place to buy and sell jade, but in Lu Xiaoqi's hands, it was squandered so that only an empty shell shop and a pair of craftsmanship remained!
This is something that outsiders like to see, but they are not rich for three generations, who has not had a loser?
What's even more interesting is that every once in a while, young women from this good jade family come and go like a gust of wind, most of them are full of spring breeze, and they rush like a tornado, crying and running out.
Leaving behind him a handsome face with bruised eyes in the window, this Qingtong Lane has an endless aftertaste.
The people of Qingtong Lane, if they can't see this wonder for a week, the diners on the morning tea stall will feel empty in their hearts.
Someone even called the police to say that Lu Xiaoqi was missing.
The first time was the sister-in-law who sold old cloth shoes next door, and called the police to say that she hadn't seen this person for ten days, so the police comrades were tired to find them.
The little policeman who had just come to report was about to cry when he heard that everyone on the phone was about to cry, and he felt that the matter was not small, and he should have lost his son! Hurriedly reported it, and when I saw that everyone was busy, I went into battle by myself, and it was easy to find it through the Tianyan camera!
He was finally spotted.
When the little policeman broke down the door, the guy was sitting in the arms of a beautiful woman and was fed breakfast.
Later, the little policeman learned that it was not his mother who called the police, but the creditor.
After a few times, the little policeman felt that he had figured out this person:
Loser, eats soft rice, scumbag, plays scoundrel, and walks on the bottom line of the law.
Lu Xiaoqi is poor, so poor that all the daily necessities are either borrowed or owed, a lot of debts! Everyone in Qingtong Lane is his creditor!
Why do you want to borrow it?
Young Master Lu has a good tutor, borrowing a toothbrush for 5 yuan, and giving 8 yuan with interest when he is still paid, this habit makes people feel like a spring breeze!
Almost every household has an account specially prepared for him Young Master Lu.
The old accounts were paid off in a few days, and a new one was added, such as the fallen leaves of this Qingtong Lane, layer upon layer, endlessly.
is obviously a native poor bastard, but there are many people behind him who laugh at him and sincerely call him the God of Wealth.
And Lu Xiaoqi himself said that this is called a good relationship.
So the people in this alley, even if they lose their wives, they can't lose Lu Xiaoqi!
At this time, the morning light was faint, the fireworks in the world were rising, Lu Xiaoqi walked lightly, walked through the traffic, and walked towards the deep alleys of the slightly lonely old city in the city. On the way home, he slipped sideways past the breakfast stalls and greeted the stall owners warmly:
"Miss Zhao! Bring me a biscuit today! Add two eggs to me! ”
The old woman who was over half a hundred years old and was called "Miss Zhao" did not raise her head, and scolded in her mouth: "Little red guy! If you owe me more than 200 yuan, if you don't give it to me, you will go to the gate of your house to fill cakes, so that you will not be allowed to open it! ”
Lu Xiaoqi smiled: "Miss Zhao, you can't blame me for this!" Last time, that big beauty came to me, and Zhang Zhang, the rice ball next door to you, stopped her first and asked her to help me pay back more than 100 yuan! If you had gone a few steps faster, the account would have been closed! ”
Miss Zhao raised her head and glared: "Blame me for that?" Every time a woman comes to you, how fast do they chase you, don't you see it? ”
Lu Xiaoqi swallowed his saliva and hurriedly patted his ass: "How can I blame you!" To blame... It's just to blame..."
He pointed to the rice ball next to him: "Blame him!" So many old friends, actually robbed you? I heard that I stepped on your foot that time?? It's just presumptuous! Wolf's heart and dog's lungs! ”
When the old man Zhang heard this, "Whew...!" With a bang, he puffed out his cheeks and held the mallet used to rub the rice balls, and he was about to hit him!
Lu Xiaoqi immediately hid behind Miss Zhao and said with a smile:
"Look how fierce he is... I still like you so much! Miss Zhao, transfer the account... Add two eggs! ”
Lu Xiaoqi's good jade family, the door is quite big, there is a small stone lion squatting on the left and right, the solid wood flower door lined with Dongyang wood carving is very classical and elegant, and the signboard light box at the door reads:
Jade, jade, please jade, and make good connections.
Self-cultivation, self-cultivation, and blessing, and don't take credit!
On the second floor of the Shanyu family, the furnishings are particularly simple.
A large bed with a large box next to the head of the bed, which can be used as a bedside table or a table... Or a stool.
In the corner of the room is a long full-length mirror.
There is a landline telephone hanging on the wall.
Never again.
Lu Xiaoqi sat on the box with a full burp, and the sudden phone ring blew him up again.
"Who?"
"Oh, you said that piece will be sealed immediately? I'm here, come and get it in the afternoon! Well, it's been identified, it's not a white jade, it's a kava stone! Dimes aren't worth it! Make it clear to him that the stone is not valuable, but my appraisal fee cannot be less! ”
"Oh, another piece of old blue water jade? It's not blue water at all, that's ~ a dangerous material! Tell him to take it back and smash the stew soup to replenish calcium! ”
Hanging up the phone impatiently, Lu Xiaoqi threw himself on the bed, remembering the jade ring that he had secretly taken off from the sleeping beauty when he got up this morning, he quickly got up and took out the jade ring.
There are a lot of windows in the Chinese-style room, and there is a lot of light, and the jade ring is emerald green all over, and the color is deep and shallow in the melon skin, which is the flower and blue species in the jade, and there is a different light in the sun.
Lu Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows, "Hmm! With a sigh, he clenched the ring and closed all the curtains in the room.
The room was dark.
The ring was close in front of him, and Lu Xiaoqi couldn't see it.
In the darkness he smacked his lips and whistled softly.
When the whistle sounds, a green light appears!
The force between Lu Xiaoqi's fingers numbled his hand, he simply threw away the ring, let it float in the air, and fled in all directions, but he never escaped from the boxy room.
Lu Xiaoqi put his hands on his sleeves and sighed with disdain:
"Okay, white-eyed wolf, a girl who is moisturized and graceful, put you on your finger and wear it to sleep, and the warm fragrance of nephrite has nourished you for so many years, but it has made you spiritual, and you have eaten up the master! If you're like this, in a few years, I won't be able to eat her! If one less person invites me to dinner, how pitiful am I? ”
The green light fluttered even more recklessly, trying to break through the boundaries and escape.
"Hmm... This tastes! It's still that girl's body fragrance! You ate so much yang energy from her before you ended up in a Chu Yuan, your qualifications are too poor, I'll give you a chance.
I'm raising you, how's that? ”
Out of thin air, a dragon breeze swept in all the green light, and after a while, there was nothing left, and the room was dark again.
The curtains were opened, and the south wind was shining.
Outside the window the sycamore leaves, gently falling a piece, on the old stone street.
In the dressing mirror, the jade-faced young man with a straight nose and eyebrows was crooked by the windowsill, holding the emerald ring, and touched:
"Seven points of color and five points of water, the color is good, wait for your master to pick you up!"
Putting down the ring, watching the trees outside the window and the autumn insects chirping, and the people on the tile line busy, Lu Xiaoqi remembered that he had worked hard day and night in the past two days, and stretched his waist to go back to sleep.
The phone rang in a timely manner, and he stepped forward to take off the receiver, looked at himself in the mirror and said:
"Yes, this is the Shanyu family... Well, it's not expensive,
I am a good jade master, Lu Xiaoqi! ”
Few people know the title of Good Jade Master.
Ancient Kunlun, Wang Shan's family, living in seclusion, good at watching jade, jade spirit, can be ordinary people cannot.
Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, tomb robbers have been rampant, and the ancient jade among the cultural relics and treasures is often accompanied by the awakened jade spirit, appearing all over the world, giving people endless imagination.
In Wang Shan's eyes, every piece of jade is a wordless book of heaven, recording the reckless era he experienced and the life of his master.
But in the eyes of the world, when a certain piece of jade is crowned as a "cultural relic antique" or even a "unique product", it symbolizes astronomical wealth, and people's cherishing feelings for it immediately springs up.
Since the thirties of the last century, Wang Shan's clan has gone out of Kunlun, hidden in the crowd, and began to save Yuling's career.
They are often happy to help collectors repair jade objects, and call themselves "good jade masters".
The sea is not a big dream, and Wang Shan has no way to live forever.
Wang Shan's surname is not Wang, most of them are surnamed Lu or Lu, and Lu Xiaoqi is one of them.
On this day, it rained lightly.
Lu Xiaoqi was bored lying on the counter, drinking borrowed tea, and silently counting the jade he had seen in the past few days, either fake, or stiff, without the jade spirit, it was rare that a few good colors had changed hands several times and were sold at a price, which was very sad.
The appreciation fee that had just arrived, before it was hot, he took it to pay off the debt, seeing that it was already noon, Lu Xiaoqi's stomach growled, and he was worried about whose restaurant was in a good mood today, so he could eat it first.
"It would be nice if there was another big deal!"
Just then, the door creaked open, and two men walked in with a gust of wind.
"Boss Lu!"
Lu Xiaoqi raised his head happily, the people who came were a man and a woman, both of whom were middle-aged and upper-aged.
FAIR-SKINNED, WELL-DRESSED, WITH NO OBVIOUS LOGO AND PROPER MANNERS. The woman looked dignified with her hair coiled and wore a cheongsam with black fragrant cloud gauze, like a noble lady who came out of old Shanghai.
Lu Xiaoqi immediately had a score in his heart: These two people are cultivated players, and when they find me here, they are either appreciating jade or repairing ...... It's a fat sheep!
A big smile immediately spread across his face.
"Both, what can I do to help you, but it doesn't matter!"
He grinned and went to find the teacup, then to the teapot, looked at the few tea leaves, and said with a smile:
"Ah, this tea is not good, please taste the clear water I have here, it is all living water purified by jade!"
The two smiled slightly: "Boss Lu is polite, we are not thirsty!" The surname is He, you can call me Lao He, this is my lover, surnamed Wan. ”
Lu Xiaoqi understood people when he heard it, and he must have inquired about himself, so he simply stopped being hypocritical, sat down again, and waited for them to open up.
He was able to open the store with his bare hands, saying that he had no ability, and others didn't believe it.
A brocade box was placed on the counter, Lu Xiaoqi looked at the box of solid wood carvings antique, faintly fragrant, knew that it was ebony, looked at the degree of pulp, estimated that it was worth at least 3000 steel hammers.
A box is so valuable, and the contents are ......
Lu Xiaoqi smiled, put on white gloves, gently opened the box and looked, and involuntarily shouted: "Yo!" ”
He took a deep breath and felt distressed: "Good thing! It's a pity, it's a pity! ”