novelhk Chapter 929 Unraveling the Stone
Chapter 929 Unraveling the Stone
When His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw the jadeite raw stone that the shopkeeper showed him, he had to admit that the old man was an honest man.
"I want the biggest one." King Chu pointed to the large bluestone in the backyard storehouse that was as tall as a person, and said casually, "Boss, you can't break your promise, right?"
"Uh..." The shopkeeper was a little hesitant after opening the warehouse, but when Li Kuan opened his mouth, he knew that he might offend someone today: "This young man... please forgive me, the rough stone you are referring to should be the new goods of the boss. The promise I made before did not include this big bluestone."
"Is that so..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded understandingly after hearing this, and then he said, "Then go and call your boss over. I want this big bluestone. No reason. I have liked big things since I was a child."
"Then Your Highness, I want this piece and this one." Hearing this, Feng Jiaojiao pointed to two pieces of jadeite rough stones, each one foot square, next to the large bluestone.
"This young lady has good taste," the shopkeeper saw this and quickly picked out another palm-sized rough stone that had been "opened": "If you don't mind, this stone that has already seen jade can also be included? In addition, the young master wants this large bluestone. I can't make the decision, but don't worry, I will send someone to invite the boss right away, how about it?"
"Old man, you know how to do business." King Chu smiled when he heard this. He appreciated the old man's initiative to give us the "windowed" raw stone as a guarantee: "Okay, you promised to give us these three pieces before. As for the big one, please ask your boss to come over."
"That's great." The shopkeeper smiled and responded, then left the warehouse and began to call for help to help Li Kuan and Feng Jiaojiao cut the stones. Afterwards, he went to the front hall and asked his men to go next door and invite the boss to come to the store.
After all, this is a rare big deal.
While they were waiting for someone, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu and Feng Jiaojiao were not idle either. They watched the men cutting the stones for them.
"Sir, where do we start?" At this time, the shop assistants had already found two sets of kettles and wire saws with mixed jade sand, and they were ready to start as soon as Li Kuan gave the order. In order to save time, they cut two pieces of raw stone at the same time. - By the way, most of the jade sand is quartz sand, garnet sand and natural diamond sand, which are usually mined from rivers and streams.
"Jiaojiao, what do you think?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu looked at Feng Jiaojiao.
"Time is limited, so just cut a small opening at an angle." Feng Jiaojiao actually knew something about stone cutting. It was a real water-grinding job, and even if the opening was just an inch in size, it might take half a day.
"Then let's do as the young lady wishes and open a window at an angle." After the old master in charge of jade cutting said this, he used a small red pen to lightly draw a thin line on the edge of the two jadeite stones, and then called on his companions to start cutting the stones.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was not very interested in this process, but Feng Jiaojiao was fascinated by it.
Seeing this situation, His Royal Highness the King of Chu decided that if he conquered the Kingdom of Pyu in the future, he would give the other party the best jade mine of Pyu.
As time passed, the two raw stones selected by Feng Jiaojiao finally revealed the quality inside after cutting off a small piece of the surface.
"Miss, you really have good taste and good luck!" The stone cutter was a down-to-earth man. After washing the rough stones with clean water, he pointed to one of the rough stones that had a pure sky blue surface after being cut and said, "The water color is sky blue, first-class quality. Although I don't know the quality of the jade inside, just this side can be made into a bracelet, and the leftovers can be used to make some pearl hairpins, earrings, etc. It's also very good. It's worth it, not a loss!"
"How about it, am I good?" Feng Jiaojiao smiled brightly and said to Li Kuan beside her: "Actually, I learned all this from my mother."
"Ah?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was really enlightened. It turned out that the noble lady of the aristocratic family had such broad horizons: "To be my wife... you have to learn this?"
"Don't be so poor!" After spending so much time with Li Kuan, Feng Jiaojiao always forgot that he was the notorious King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty: "These sisters Lian'er can do it too, don't you know?"
"Ah..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded after hearing this, and then said, "It seems that I have to prepare a few more mines."
"What?" Feng Jiaojiao asked curiously, "How many mines?"
"Nothing." His Royal Highness Prince Chu waved his hand and said, "I'm just motivating myself."
"Strange..." Feng Jiaojiao pursed her lips when she heard that, then excitedly turned her gaze to another rough stone that was about to be cut.
Unfortunately, Feng Jiaojiao's luck was not so good this time - although there was green on the cut surface of the jade, it was just a few ripples. However, Feng Jiaojiao was used to it: "Try another side."
"Okay." The stone-cutting master did not hesitate to hear this and immediately called on his men to get ready to continue working.
At this moment, the old shopkeeper who was waiting for the boss in the front hall also invited the owner of this store over.
"Oh, young man, you are lucky." The red-haired merchant had a sharper eye than the old shopkeeper. The moment he entered the backyard, he immediately determined who was the more distinguished person between Li Kuan and Feng Jiaojiao: "I heard that you want to buy the treasure of my store? I wonder if you can do me a favor and let's talk for a moment?"
"What can't be said here?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu knew countless people, and he certainly knew that this Hu merchant was deliberately trying to please him, but this was what annoyed him the most: "Besides, you really have a bad taste - this is my wife-to-be, do I have to avoid her when I buy something?"
"..." As soon as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, Feng Jiaojiao's pretty face turned red again.
The master who was directing his apprentices to continue cutting the stone just chuckled and gave Li Kuan a thumbs up: "Boy, you are much smarter than I was back then."
There are countless loving men and women in this world, but how many of them understand the truth that "in front of others and behind others, you have to give each other more face so that you can save face yourself"?