I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 1016: Rowing Without Oars

Chapter 1016: Chapter 1016: Rowing Without Oars

"You’re going to gamble on jade at the Zhang Family’s turf?" Yu Jingting had only one thought after hearing Suizi’s plan.

His wife rows the boat without oars, relying entirely on the waves.

"The old man has been competing with them for so many years, and just now he’s managed to regain some ground leveraging Jinnan’s influence, and you just have to go and stir up trouble on their turf?"

Suizi made a shushing gesture.

Keep your voice down. Do you want my father-in-law to hear and get a scolding?

"The Zhang Family doesn’t know we exist. When we go there and dress down a bit, who will recognize us?"

That’s true.

The Fourth Master has kept his son and daughter-in-law well hidden; their rivals don’t even know they exist.

"Do you have some insider information?" Yu Jingting asked.

Suizi’s eyes dodged, feigning righteousness, "What insider information could I have? I’m just a simple and plain housewife. I just want to take a look at our competitor’s strength and do some market research."

"So you’re not going to talk straight?" Yu Jingting said as he pretended to take off his pants, "It’s time to teach you a lesson."

Suizi’s face heated up. This shameless man, pah!

"Alright, I’ll stop pretending. Actually, I know there’s a Little Jade King at the Zhang Family’s stall."

In the past, Suizi had used her advantage of rebirth to help her father-in-law overturn the situation with a piece of jadeite raw material, breaking away from the Hu Family.

But in the history of jade gambling, what’s never been lacking are various legends of "Jade Kings."

When Fourth Master mentioned celebrating the old man’s birthday, Suizi recalled one.

"A few years ago, the Zhang Family bought a piece of raw stone for $50,000. According to the current exchange rate, 1:3, that’s 150,000."

The amount of 150,000, in the eighties, was absolutely a huge sum for ordinary people.

But for those in the business of gambling on jade, it can only be considered a bit pricey.

"I remember Dad mentioned it once; the Zhang Family was almost worried to death about it," Yu Jingting also recalled.

What Suizi, in her disguise, had set her sights on was a piece of wood-based material.

Jadeite raw materials from the old wood-based mine were known for their mature quality and good water, but the Zhang Family hesitated to cut the piece they had acquired because it had many cracks.

Even the best jadeite isn’t worth much if it has too many cracks; too many cracks mean that there might not be room for braces, and small objects won’t fetch a high price.

The Zhang Family won this piece of material thanks in part to the old Master Hu.

The Hu Family and the Zhang Family were competing in a public bidding; old Master Hu drove up the price and then pulled out, leaving the Zhang Family, fuming and desperate, to take over the bid.

After securing this piece of material, the Zhang Family didn’t dare to cut it open and just put it on display in their stall as a store treasure, pricing it at 200,000, waiting for someone with deep pockets to buy it.

Old Master Hu treated this as a joke, sometimes, whenever he was in a bad mood, he would take a bunch of his cronies to the stall to loiter around, pointing at the Zhang Family’s raw stone and saying, "Oh, it hasn’t been sold yet?"

He relied on having the numbers not to get beaten up.

"If the old man knew that the stone he ridiculed for not being sold was picked up by you in disguise, his blood pressure would shoot up, right?" Yu Jingting thought about that scene and found it amusing.

Suizi also laughed.

"The old man’s blood pressure would certainly rise, so we’ll prepare the blood pressure medicine in advance. Give him a down then up experience, let his mood take a roller coaster ride."

When Yu Jingting heard her mention the Little Jade King, he had already guessed that the material would definitely increase in value.

But as to how much it would rise, Suizi simply wouldn’t say, only grinning foolishly whenever she brought it up.

That expression told Yu Jingting that there was great potential.

"Wife, your sudden recollection just reminded me of a phrase," Yu Jingting said with a mischievous grin.

Suizi hurriedly raised her hand, stop right there, will you? With his track record, he was highly likely to say something inappropriate.

Ignoring her, Yu Jingting went on, "Don’t you think you’re like a sheep pooping, just popping one out every now and then?"

Suizi rolled her eyes vigorously, See? What did she tell you?

Nothing decent ever comes out of this guy’s mouth!

"How could I have expected I’d get to live again? Who would deliberately memorize all these trivial details? It’s only when something triggers a memory that I remember," Suizi argued.

The events Suizi could recall were significant ones, stored deep in her memory, and only brought to mind when triggered.

"The Zhang Family’s material has been lying around for years, how did you just think of it now?"

"Yesterday, our maiden came over with a dish, asking if Li Bai was someone in our house who sold dishes, because in the poem he wrote, ’Unaware of the moon in his early years, he would call it a white jade plate.’"

When Luoluo heard this, she started to get ideas.

Using a child’s logic, if there weren’t stacks of dishes for sale at home, how would one always compare the moon to a dish?

Suizi patiently explained to her child that the Immortal Poet was just boasting about his wealth in a fancy way, as in ancient times, owning a white jade plate was the epitome of luxury. Cultural people never flaunted their riches so blatantly.

After the explanation, Suizi looked at the dish in Luoluo’s hand adorned with purple flowers, and instantly thought of the Little Jade King.

"You thought of that from this?" Yu Jingting was impressed; his money-loving wife’s thought process was unique.

"Well, it’s a white jade plate, isn’t it? And it’s even got purple on it. The Little Jade King is violet jadeite within the ice variety. My daughter is truly my little lucky star, haha."

Overjoyed and bubbly, Suizi clung to the sock bundle she was about to tuck back, but Yu Jingting caught her little hand.

"You won’t need to bring any jewelry. Just wearing a bracelet is enough."

"Are you suggesting I should process the material right after it’s cut? But don’t good engravers need to be scheduled in advance? Besides, I’m not really keen on processing it."

Suizi felt that the current engraving skills were still lacking compared to those of the future, and while basic designs were fine, anything more elaborate would just waste the material.

"You won’t be needing to process the material you open yourself, there will be some available," Yu Jingting said, winking mysteriously.

Suizi asked, but he wouldn’t tell any more.

The couple each harbored the intention of surprising the other, but deep down, they both had a vague idea of what the other was up to.

Yu Jingting knew that according to Suizi, the Little Jade King’s price would soar. Suizi guessed that if he insisted she didn’t need to bring spare jewelry, it was very likely that the old master would provide some.

Previously, Yu Jingting had made a bet with the old master, and having lost, the elder agreed to let Yu Jingting choose an item at will.

But both husband and wife had only guessed the direction right, not the exact details.

On the day of departure, Wang Cuihua thought of seeing her son and daughter-in-law off. As she opened the door, she saw the scruffy-dressed young couple, with Yu Jingting even shouldering a woven bag.

It was originally a suitcase, but then the two felt that using a suitcase seemed out of place. Wearing such tattered clothes, carrying a red and blue striped woven bag seemed more appropriate.

"What on earth are you two up to?" Wang Cuihua barely recognized them, thinking a thief had broken into the house.

"Your daughter-in-law and I are role-playing," Yu Jingting wiggled his big toe peeking out of his shoe. For the sake of earning some extra money, his wife was truly going all out.

"I did a divination for you two, and it turned out very auspicious, only..." Wang Cuihua looked at the ragged couple and thought to herself, dressed like that, where’s the auspiciousness? Could it be that they’ve struck it rich by collecting scrap?

"Only what?" Suizi asked.

"Well, just be careful about one thing. Encountering gold is inauspicious for you. Jade is associated with the metal element, so stay away from minefields, gambling stone stalls, and jade markets—what happened to Suizi?"

Seeing her daughter-in-law about to faint, Wang Cuihua asked with concern.

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