Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother! -
Chapter 338 - 324 huge increase!
Chapter 338: 324 huge increase!
"Old Master Chen." Yan Yueqing greeted him with a smile, nodding her head, "Thank you for making the trip."
"Not at all, not at all!" Old Master Chen was very excited, "After Miss Yan left this morning, I kept thinking about the cutting technique you instructed, the more I thought about it, the more amazing it seemed!"
"It was just good luck," Yueqing said modestly, "It’s not as good as Old Chen’s skill, who also managed to cut out a complete piece of jade flesh based on his own abilities."
Yueqing remembered that cut crystal clear.
She had a system bug, yet Old Chen, after examining it for a while, still made the same choice she did.
Old Chen’s smile was full of ease: "Ultimately, it’s due to Miss Yan’s sharp eye for selecting stones!"
"The wind is strong outside; let’s go in and talk."
Chen Luo’s stone-cutting factory was quite large; upon entering, the sound of machines operating was continuous and somewhat loud to the ears.
However, each stone-carving master had a smile on their face, seemingly quite enjoying their work.
"As the saying goes, ’When the machines hum, ten thousand taels of gold,’" Old Master Chen explained as they walked, "The masters working here all have at least ten years of experience, and countless pieces of jade have been carved from their hands..."
Pointing ahead, he continued, "Xiao Luo has already moved your stone into that room; let’s go inside."
"Okay."
The room was spacious, and aside from several machines in the center, it was lined with stones of various sizes.
Chen Luo had specifically cleared an area for their stones to avoid mixing them with others.
Old Master Chen picked up a stone with very good features: "Miss Yan, how should we cut this stone?"
Since it was just between themselves, Yueqing no longer held back her skills.
She went over, selected the stones, and grouped together all the units that could be processed: "Old Chen, let’s not cut the stones on the left side, cut those on the right instead."
Old Master Chen somewhat guessed that she was deeply knowledgeable in this field, but he hadn’t expected her to be so confident.
Her calm demeanor seemed to indicate she already knew the internal structure of the stones and was just waiting to cut them out and reveal them to the world.
"Miss Yan..."
Old Master Chen really wanted to ask her outright.
But in their line of work, asking clients for their secrets was a big taboo!
Everyone had their own abilities to rely on, and even if someone truly had the "Perspective Eye," what did it have to do with him?
One should just focus on the stone carving at hand!
Having understood this, he ceased to talk further and nodded with veteran confidence: "Alright."
Yueqing then went to find a pen and began marking each stone: "Start the cut from here; let’s try to extract the jade flesh as soon as possible."
She was concerned about speed and didn’t even fuss over whether the extracted jade was intact.
Her decisiveness stunned Old Master Chen even more!
He respectfully took the stones and began cutting them one by one.
In the Raw Stone Circle, due to the unknown internal structure of the stones, he used to study for a long time before daring to make a second cut after each initial one.
Now, Yueqing had drawn reference lines for cutting, as if she had accurately scanned the internal structure and just needed to extract them quickly.
Old Chen cut swiftly with the water saw, and soon after following her drawn lines, the first piece of jade was extracted.
"Glutinous variety."
"Cut the second piece now."
"Okay." Old Master Chen set the stone on the machine, and after a while, he spoke excitedly: "This stone is good, the inside has vein-like blue Ice Type Piaohua, a very attractive color! The price of the Ice Piaohua has been rising in the past two years, but the quality isn’t always good! Many customers who like Piaohua spend a whole day at the jade market to find a piece with clear colors."
He continued cutting while analyzing the water type and price of the interior.
Yueqing sat beside him, listening intently, like a very studious child.
When cutting the fifth piece, Old Master Chen suddenly stopped his work.
"This shade of red! Could it be..."
Even though there were clear black lines marked on the stone indicating where to cut, when that shade of red emerged, he still slowed down the cutting speed.
A fist-sized stone split open under the water saw, revealing its jade flesh completely intact.
"Ice Type, Red Jade?!" Old Master Chen hurriedly put on lights to examine the inside, "Good! The color is bright and transparent, the jade quality is clean, there’s no sign of a major crack when lit up, and if we can just extract the remaining part, this is simply a top-quality stone!"
Jun Yan came forward, blinking his watery eyes: "Mommy, is this the stone I picked for you?"
"Yes~" Yueqing wrapped her son in a hug, "Yan Bao picked a super beautiful red jade for Mommy."
Old Chen nodded repeatedly: "Such talent in the young! I did not expect someone your age to pick out such a top-quality jade!"
"Top-quality? That means it’s going to be expensive~" Jun Yan chuckled, casting a proud glance towards his father.
He had just seen that most of the stones his dad had chosen were either Oil Green or the Glutinous variety.
Even the few Ice Types were not of good quality.
But the stone he picked had already produced Ice Piaohua and Ice Type Red Jade!
Old Grandpa Chen even used the words "top-quality" to describe the stone he selected!
Hehe~~
He had won!
Lii watched his son’s proud chin tilt upward and couldn’t help but find it amusing.
The kid always positioned himself opposite to his own, why couldn’t they join hands and together cherish his beloved Mommy Yueqing...
Getting jealous, just like how he unexplainedly competed with Su Zihu back then.
Looking back now, it was all amusing.
Just as a new stone was about to be cut, Chen Luo and Du Manchang walked in one after the other.
"Miss Yan, Mr. Jun," Chen Luo greeted briefly and quickly said, "I’ve got some news, the huge rock Gu Xing bid on has been cut."
Yueqing lifted her eyelashes, curious, "How did it go? How much did he lose?"
"At least tens of millions!"
Chen Luo was immersed in the pleasure of Gu Xing losing money, not noticing his face showed a smile he couldn’t suppress, and he completely missed the point—that Miss Yan hadn’t asked if he had earned or lost, but instead directly inquired how much the other party had lost.
Du Manchang had noticed, however, and looked at her in surprise.
Enthusiastically, Chen Luo continued: "He first split four slabs, each at least nearly two meters wide, and the interior was all stone, with a jade content of less than one percent. Even in the parts where jade was found, they were all riddled with major cracks! In theory, that huge rock could produce at least six slabs. Now, with only the last cut to go, the chances of turning things around are too slim!"
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