137. The Stallion Man Who Suddenly Got an Opportunity

"Stone gambling? Is it the kind of game in novels where you cut a stone to see if there is jade inside?"

Bai Ling had never seen that before, but it was very interesting to think that beautiful jade could be cut out of stone.

"Yes, that's it. My uncle said that there will be three types of gambling stones on site that day. One is semi-gaming, which means the window has been cut open to confirm that there is jade inside, but I don't know how big the jade is and what its quality is. This kind of price is high and is based on performance. There is also one based on weight, which ranges from 11,100 to 200,000 kilograms. There is also the leftover material with poor appearance shipped from this mining, which costs 200 yuan. For one dollar, we can give it to the female companions brought by the guests or the younger members of the family. We can’t afford expensive ones, so we can always play with stones worth two hundred yuan.”

Zhang Zhi knew that the Yan family and the Bai family had opened a braised meat shop that was doing very well. For this reason, the Yan family's breakfast cart had been taken away early, and the Bai family's supermarket had also been sold out early. Now the two families Focusing on the braised food shop, you can make a lot of money, and you are not short of money at all.

In the past, she would never talk to Bai Ling about such a money-burning game, but now that Bai Ling and Yan Chu are in a situation where cutting off a two-hundred-dollar stone doesn't hurt much.

Besides, betting on stones is so exciting. They don’t just play, but just watch others do it. It’s also very interesting.

Studying every day these days is so stressful, and I need to relax.

"Yan Chu——"

Listening to Bai Ling's drawn-out tone, Yan Chu knew that the other party's heart was moved. For people who had never been exposed to stone gambling, they would indeed be curious about this kind of activity. Yan Chu knew that Bai Ling's temperament was definitely not that kind. People who are addicted to this kind of gambling game agreed without hesitation.

The original scheduled trip for the New Year's Day rest day was to go to the city library. As compensation for breaking the contract, Yan Chu put all the carrots in his bowl into Bai Ling's bowl.

In fact, he doesn't really like eating carrots.

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"Is this the place where you gamble on stones?"

Bai Ling held Zhang Zhi's hand and looked at the large, empty room with only people and stones.

The stone gambling place is set up in a factory. Half of the woolen materials are carefully placed on the shelves, and other woolen materials are piled directly on the ground according to the price. They look no different from ordinary stones.

Yan Chu had also been exposed to stone gambling before, but most of it was for social entertainment and he was of a gambling nature. He was not familiar with stone gambling at all. After entering the factory, he had been standing on the left side behind Bai Ling. Position, the two of them didn't express any opinions.

When they arrived, many people had already begun to pick out the stones they liked. It was not a bidding rule. You would pick out the stone you liked. According to the rules of stone betting, others could not pick that stone unless The person who originally picked him automatically chose to give up.

"You are Zhizhi's friends, that is, my juniors. You can choose any of the two hundred stones as a gift from my uncle. If you like other stones, you will get a 20% discount. Don't be polite to my uncle."

Zhang Zhi's uncle is a chubby middle-aged man who looks like Maitreya Buddha. He has curved eyebrows, a big nose and thick lips. His long and round earlobes hang down. He is also twisting a string of Buddhist beads in his hand. He is wearing a Tang suit and looks like a handsome man. The kind of appearance that makes people very approachable.

However, those who engage in the stone gambling industry are all capable, and they will definitely not be as harmless as he appears.

"It's green!"

Just when Bai Ling was about to refuse, there was a sudden exclamation from the place where the stone was cut.

"It looks like we've won the jackpot. Let's go over with my uncle to have a look."

Not long after it started, someone had already cut out green stones, which proved that the quality of this batch of stones was very high. I thought I would definitely make a lot of money today.

Uncle Zhang Zhi touched his beer belly and his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.

The three children curiously followed Uncle Zhang Zhi and squeezed into the crowd. Most of the stone had been cut out.

"Dig it all out."

The owner of this stone is also in a good mood. He spent 200,000 yuan to buy this stone. Judging from the current performance, although the jade quality is not the best, because the bean type is more ice-type, the color and luster are correct, and the jade quality is not the best. The material is large, and if you hire an experienced master, you can buy many pairs of tables and jade pendants. If you calculate it, you can always sell it for six to seven hundred thousand yuan.

"I'll pay you half a million to sell this piece of material to me."

"You don't feel sorry for saying this. I'll pay 550,000 yuan and sell this piece of material to me."

Before all the jade material was dug out, the onlookers’ jewelers had already started bidding.

"I still want to see what this piece of jade will look like after it is cut out. I'm sorry, everyone." The owner of the jade stone bowed his hands to everyone. Anyway, so much jade has been cut out, and it is absolutely impossible to lose money. , he also wanted to take a gamble and see how big this piece of jade was.

"Hey, it's an ice species."

The whole piece of jade is completely cut out of the stone. Near the end, it becomes more transparent, with fewer impurities inside, giving it a faint glass texture.

Ice seeds are much more valuable than bean seeds. The size of the ice jade material is as big as a fist. Just such a large jade is enough to double the jade material.

"I'll pay 800,000."

"one million."

"One million."

The bidders immediately started bidding. Good jade materials are becoming more and more rare now. Many jewelers are bound to get such a large piece of ice jade.

In the end, this piece of jade was auctioned off by a jeweler in Linzhou for one million yuan.

Bai Ling thought that selling a hosta worth 180,000 yuan was already a big deal, but when someone cut a piece of stone and sold it for 1,000,000 yuan, it was nothing short of a big deal.

Originally, she had no intention of buying stones to cut and play with today, but suddenly she had an impulse and followed Zhang Zhi to the pile of stones that cost 200 yuan.

"The two of us bought one piece together, so we won't feel so bad if we lose the money."

Bai Ling is still a prudent girl at heart. Although her family's economic level has skyrocketed and her pocket money has increased from two hundred yuan a month to one thousand yuan a month, she still maintains her previous spending habits.

Buying a stone for two hundred yuan was something Bai Ling had never dreamed of before. But the atmosphere was so contagious, and the temptation of the example of making more than one million yuan just now made her unable to help but be moved. .

She knew that it was more likely that these stones were pure stones. If both of them bought one stone each, they would lose four hundred yuan. It was better to buy them together. Even if they lost money, each of them would lose. One hundred yuan seemed acceptable.

Bai Ling took Yan Chu to discuss this question. From the beginning to the end, she had no intention of taking seriously what Uncle Zhang Zhi just said about cutting two hundred stones at will.

"After all, this is gambling. You can't indulge in it, you know? No matter whether the jade is cut out or not, we will just play it this time."

Bai Ling said this to Yan Chu, but also to herself.

"Bai Ling, come and pick."

Zhang Zhi just came to join in the fun, so he didn't go to the expensive stones, and also rummaged through a pile of ordinary-looking stones worth 200 yuan.

They can't understand anything like hairy hair, and they only rely on the feel of the stone and their eyes.

The experience of spending two hundred yuan to buy a stone was still very magical to Bai Ling. Looking at the pile of stones, she was a little dazzled.

"What do you think of that piece? It's round like a watermelon?"

Bai Ling pointed to a stone and asked Yan Chu.

"No, no, no, the weather is so cold now. It's not the time to eat watermelon. This doesn't mean the right thing." She said to herself again and rejected her suggestion.

"The gourd-shaped one looks good too."

"And that one, it looks like a banana."

Looking at this, I thought it was good, and looking at that, I thought it was wonderful. Bai Ling was a little undecided for a while.

"How about we buy a few more pieces?"

Apart from buying textbooks, Yan Chu didn't have any other expenses with the pocket money given by his parents, so he saved it all. So when Bai Ling couldn't decide which one to buy, Yan Chu suggested it.

"How is this possible?"

Bai Ling glared at Yan Chu seriously: "It's forbidden to indulge in gambling, let's buy one piece, and just this time, you are not allowed to secretly play with these things in the future, you know? Otherwise, I will confiscate your little treasury. ”

Gambling is a very scary thing. Bai Ling feels that Yan Chu's willpower is a bit weak and he must take good care of his small treasury in the future.

Once again, Yan Chu, who was despised by his little girlfriend, touched his nose. It was better for him to remain silent.

"How about just that piece."

After much hesitation, Bai Ling pointed to the watermelon-shaped stone that she had first noticed. Because that stone was the largest in the pile of two hundred yuan, it made people feel that it was worth buying it for two hundred yuan.

After getting Yan Chu's consent, Bai Ling walked through the gap between the stones and planned to pick up the stone. Who knew that this time her hand turned inexplicably and placed it on a slightly square stone next to the watermelon stone? superior.

Bai Ling always felt that something like this had happened before. Even when she bought that hosta, she wasn't going there for it at first.

By some strange coincidence, Bai Ling picked up the stone, thinking that maybe this was the fate between herself and the stone.

"I want this stone."

There was a strange yet familiar voice. Bai Ling looked up and saw a man in a suit and leather shoes pointing at the stone in her hand and talking.

Zhang Zifan did not recognize Yan Chu and his group. To him, they were just passers-by in his life and did not need to be remembered.

Today was the day when his nominal fiancée, Bai Fumei Jiang Qiao, one of the former male protagonist's harem, finally agreed to his invitation to participate in this stone gambling party with him. Zhang Zifan had already decided to show off his talents today.

In the past six months, and with that special ability, he has also picked up a lot of things, but he is not like the male protagonist. Every time he picks up things, they are national treasures. Most of the antiques he picks up are more than ten dozen. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands is not a huge amount of wealth for the Zhang family.

However, he has indeed gained quite a reputation in the antique circle. This time, he was introduced to stone gambling by an old man in the antique circle.

The number of treasure appraisals Zhang Zifan does every day has increased from six or seven times at the beginning to twelve times now. Finding jade from high-quality stones is not a skill. He firmly believes that the real protagonists find treasures from those worthless materials. of.

Therefore, before coming, Zhang Zifan decided to use eight of the twelve treasure opportunities to appraise the pile of jade material worth two hundred yuan. If he could find the precious jade material, he would give it to Jiang on the spot. Qiao, you will definitely be able to make the other person fall in love with you.

What Bai Ling picked up was the one that Zhang Zifan had just appraised, but who would have expected that Bai Ling would hold it before he could get the piece of jade.

Not only was the voice familiar, but the appearance was also familiar.

Bai Ling thought carefully, isn't this the silly second generation who insisted on buying their jade hairpins last time? For some reason, when he saw the other party appear, Bai Ling felt that the stone in his arms was a treasure.