Siheyuan: The Idiot in Charge

Chapter 228 Gambling on Stones

After Jia Weidong arrived home, he immediately got into the room to see his four little cubs.

The room was filled with the smell of milk.

Lou Xiao'e winked at Jia Weidong, who was holding Dabao: "Master, the little secretary has taken it?"

Qin Huairu was feeding the child on the side, smiling and saying nothing.

"Yeah" Jia Weidong smiled and nodded.

We are an old married couple, so there is no need to hide anything. Anyway, I have a thick skin.

"Master, since Xiaodan has followed you, give her a betrothal gift and register her as a wife as soon as possible."

"There's no rush. I'll wait until I find a good piece of land and build a house."

"build house?"

"Well, Sister Xiao'e, this house will be reserved for our parents to live in from now on. I won't marry Xiao Dan back to this family, right?"

"That's true. It doesn't matter to us. Xiaodan's parents will be embarrassed."

"I have already told Manager Pan that we will acquire a piece of land, build a residence, and keep one house for ourselves to live in. From now on, our children will all have their own house."

"This...if one person had two children, how many houses would that be?" Qin Huairu's scalp went numb after hearing this.

Jia Weidong said very solemnly: "Have children! Just give birth! No matter how many children you have, I, as a father, will earn a house for each child in Hong Kong."

"No, two apartments, one to live in and one to collect rent. As long as they don't lose their money in the future, they will be able to have enough food and clothing."

Qin Huairu: "???"

Qin Huairu reached out and touched Jia Weidong's forehead, and asked cautiously: "Master, are you okay?"

Jia Weidong had a dark look on his face: "Sister-in-law, is my forehead hot?"

"Well, it's not hot, but as a head of household, one child has two apartments, and now he needs eight apartments."

"Sister-in-law, you said it wrong, it's not 8 sets, it's 12 sets."

"Ah, the head of the house, you already have two children outside?"

Qin Huairu asked in surprise, and Lou Xiao'e also cast an inquiring gaze.

Jia Weidong glared at Qin Huairu: "What are you thinking about? Banggan and Xiaodang are not our children?"

"Master, I'm sorry! It was my fault, I..." Qin Huairu shrank his neck and said coquettishly.

Jia Weidong said fiercely: "Remember it first, I will deal with you later!"

"Yeah! The head of the house, teach the eldest sister a hard lesson," Lou Xiao'e said gloatingly on the side.

Lest the world be in chaos.

"What's going on? Sister Xiao'e, do you want to be punished too?"

"Yeah, come on."

"..."

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The next morning.

Canton Road, Yau Ma Tei.

There are more than a dozen jade shops concentrated here.

In the early 50s, a group of jade merchants moved from Guangzhou to Xiangjiang and opened jade shops on Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei.

After Jia Weidong went to the company for a face-to-face meeting, he brought Chu Xiaodan and Chen Shoushan here.

The Peiyuan Pills, Marrow Cleansing Pills and Yanzhuan Pills have been scattered randomly in the space. These are treasures. Jia Weidong plans to customize a batch of jade bottles and store them together.

Longguang Jade Shop.

A shop of more than ten square meters is filled with various jade carvings, jade pendants, jade rings, jade bracelets, jade furnishings, etc.

There are many varieties and a dazzling array of products.

When the shopkeeper saw that Jia Weidong was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had extraordinary aura, and there were followers following behind him, he quickly got up and pushed the waiter aside, greeting him personally: "Young master, please come in."

"Master, the jade jewelry in our store is made of the best..."

"Shopkeeper, I don't want to buy jade jewelry. I want to customize a batch of jade bottles. I wonder if you can take it from here."

"Master, what kind of jade bottle do you want to customize?"

"The jade bottle I want to make is like this. A little thicker than this diameter." Jia Weidong took out a small glass bottle he found.

"Master, we can definitely do it. We have the best jade carving and processing masters in our shop."

"Do your best!"

I wonder, Master, do you use your own materials or materials from our store? "

"My own material?"

"Yes, Master, you can choose to have the stone broken on site in our raw stone warehouse, or you can go to other jade shops to break the stone. We only charge a processing fee for the material that is broken out."

Jia Weidong thought to himself: "Unravel the stone yourself? Isn't this just gambling on stones?"

This shopkeeper is not a good person! This is treating yourself like a dandy, tempting yourself to bet on stones and being taken advantage of!

My thoughts can penetrate mud brick walls, so this rough stone should be able to do the same. Do you want to try it? "

Jia Weidong asked calmly: "Shopkeeper, how do you calculate using your own materials?"

"Master, if you use your own materials, we will charge a processing fee of 80 Hong Kong dollars each."

"What about using materials from your store?"

"I wonder what the young master's requirements are for the materials?"

“Just be transparent”

"Master, for transparent materials, at least glass and ice jade or water foam jade should be used."

"Shopkeeper, just give me your price, I won't be short of money!"

"It costs HKD 800 to make glass jade, HKD 500 to make ice jade, HKD 300 to make glass jade, and HKD 200 to make ice jade."

"Ahem! Eight hundred for one, eight thousand for ten, eighty thousand for one hundred, it's a bit expensive."

"Master, why don't you go and see the original stone? Master, you are a dragon and a phoenix among men, and you will definitely have good luck."

Jia Weidong happily patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder and said like a playboy: "Haha! Shopkeeper, I like what you say. How about we go and take a look at the rough stone?"

The shopkeeper's face has turned into a smile: "Master, please come this way!"

"Master, the rough stones we have here come from the Pagan Lao Pit in Myanmar."

The shopkeeper led the way and introduced, and Jia Weidong and the others followed to a thirty or forty square wooden house behind the store.

The wooden house is filled with stones of various sizes and shapes.

Jia Weidong held his chin with one hand and glanced over quietly.

"??"

You can actually see what's in the stone! There is a piece of jadeite that is completely green, and the quality is as good as the imperial green bracelet passed down from Lou Xiaoe's family.

They say it’s hard for a deity to break an inch of jade, but am I even better than a deity?

It is said that one knife makes you poor and another knife makes you rich.

It’s really not fake at all!

<divclass="contentadv">There are only a few rough stones in this house that contain good things. Who can pick one at once, unless you are extremely lucky, do you think it is a scam?

After a while, Jia Weidong asked calmly: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell these stones?"

"Master, the one here is 10 Hong Kong dollars per catty, and the one here is 20 Hong Kong dollars per catty."

"How much does it cost to buy the Young Master to try?"

"Okay! Master, you can choose whatever you want, and I will give you a 10% discount."

"This piece, this piece, and this piece."

Jia Weidong was choosing at the front, while the shopkeeper called for the waiter to move it in the back.

Jia Weidong chose a dozen pieces in the 10 Hong Kong dollar area, and then selected a dozen pieces in the 20 Hong Kong dollar area.

The shopkeeper saw that Jia Weidong had selected the largest piece in the 20 Hong Kong dollar section, which weighed more than kilograms, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

"Master, 10 Hong Kong dollars per catty is 287 catties, and 20 Hong Kong dollars is 315 catties. The total is 9170. I will give you a 8253% discount of 8200, and you can pay ."

Jia Weidong paid the bill readily.

"Master, let's help you unblock the stone now? Which piece should we untie first?"

"Let's solve these two pieces first." Jia Weidong pointed to two rough stones that can produce ice and glass types.

The stone dissolving machine began to hum, and a harsh sound was heard as the metal and stone rubbed against each other.

The sound of the stone dissolving machine attracted a lot of people, including customers, but also the clerks and owners of nearby stores.

"It's green, it's up, it's up! Master, your eyesight is so good." The shopkeeper gave Jia Weidong a thumbs up and kept flattering him.

After a while, a piece of glass jadeite as big as an adult's fist was pulled out.

Then comes the second piece.

"It's rising, it's rising again" This piece is big enough to process a dozen jade bottles, but it's a pity that it's just ice.

"It's amazing! It's even increased by two yuan."

Two pieces in a row yielded emeralds, and the shopkeeper and a group of melon-eaters couldn't help but marvel at Jia Weidong's luck.

Jia Weidong also pretended to be very happy; "Not bad! Not bad! I am very lucky today and I am getting rich! I am getting rich! Keep going, hahahaha."

"Alas! It collapsed!, Alas! It collapsed!"

However, something shocking happened next. I opened more than a dozen dollars in a row, but there was nothing inside.

"Master, are you still open?" the shopkeeper asked, pointing to the seven or eight rough stones on the ground.

The shopkeeper also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If every piece of this piece yielded jadeite, it would be a big loss.

"Damn it, what luck? Forget it, it won't open, it won't open! Shoushan, find a car to take it back later and put it in the yard to build a rockery." Jia Weidong looked unlucky.

"Whose prodigal son is here, buying a pound of stone for tens of Hong Kong dollars to build a rockery for fun?" Many people in the crowd were muttering secretly.

Jia Weidong's hearing was so good that he secretly laughed in his heart: "Prodigal son, let's see if you lose to me. If you really keep driving, I won't scare you to death!"

Jia Weidong knew very well that there were good things in the remaining rough stones. The worst ones were glass jade, and the best ones were imperial green, and they were quite big.

Unfortunately, the current jadeite is not valuable, and the imperial green cannot be sold for much. Jia Weidong decided to let it go and wait until the price of jadeite skyrocketed in 97.

Of course, Jia Weidong did not do anything wrong and did not sweep away all the jadeite rough stones in the warehouse. He only selected the best ones. The rest were all ice jadeite, and there were two pieces of glass jadeite, but inside The jadeite is very small.

"Shopkeeper, help me process these two pieces of material into jade vases, help me process the scraps into pendants and rings, and help me process 40 jade vases using the glass jade material in your store."

The shopkeeper flipped the abacus: "Master, 40 jade vases cost 12000 Hong Kong dollars. With these two pieces of material, you can process 18 jade vases, 10 pendants, and 5 rings. You will pay 2000 Hong Kong dollars for the processing fee. Total HKD 14000”

Jia Weidong readily agreed, "Okay, let's sign a contract. I'll pay you a deposit of 4000 first, and I'll pay the rest when I come to pick up the goods."

"Okay, Master Jia, feel free!"

As soon as the two parties signed the contract, they also knew each other's name. The shopkeeper's surname was Gao.

"Shopkeeper Gao, I'll pick up the goods in five days." Jia Weidong paid the deposit, took the contract, and stood up to leave.

"Master Jia, please walk slowly."

Shopkeeper Gao kept sending Jia Weidong and the others outside the store.

This is a big customer, earning more than 20,000 yuan in one transaction. You may not be able to meet one in a few years, so you must be good at fawning over him.

"Master, I am the owner of Xinhua Jade Shop. My surname is Huang. Come and have a look in our warehouse. My rough stones must be better than those with higher surnames. You will definitely get a higher price if you buy them."

"Oh? Are you serious? You didn't lie to me?"

"Master, we do business based on integrity. How can we lie to others?"

"Okay, then let's go take a look."

Jia Weidong followed Boss Huang into the rough stone warehouse, randomly selected ten rough stones and then stopped choosing.

Boss Huang also wanted to persuade Jia Weidong to choose a few more pieces: "Master, how many more pieces will you choose?"

"We'll choose later. I have to open two bucks to see. What if you lied to me?"

What made Boss Huang so angry was that even two pieces collapsed. Jia Weidong refused to drive again. After scolding Boss Huang a few times, he called for a human-powered tricycle and left with the remaining eight rough stones. .

But after walking a few steps, he was stopped by a boss named Sun: "Master Jia, I am the boss of Feiyu Jade Shop. My surname is Jiang. Please go and see my rough stones."

Jia Weidong pretended to be helpless: "Oh! I'm really convinced by you. Forget it, I have a kind heart, so I'll just go take care of your family's business."

Jia Weidong went to the rough stone warehouse of Feiyu Jade Stone Shop and selected 10 rough stones. After paying the money, none of them was opened. Just pull it and leave.

It is said that in the entire Xiangjiang, only three companies in Yau Ma Tei have rough stone business, and Jia Weidong looted all the existing good rough stones.

As for whether the three bosses will find abnormalities in the future, Jia Weidong doesn't know.

After all the fuss, it was already noon.

The three of them hired two human-powered tricycles and two rickshaws, and drove straight to the farm with the jadeite.

Chu Xiaodan and Jia Weidong graciously took a rickshaw together, while Chen Shoushan took a separate rickshaw.

"Brother Weidong, are there emeralds among these twenty-some rough stones? And they are worth a lot of money!" Chu Xiaodan bit Jia Weidong's ear and asked, revealing the secret in one word.

Jia Weidong: "???"

"Those bosses all regard you as a prodigal, a fool, hum! They are the real fools!"

"Hahaha! The one who knows me is Sister Xiaodan!" Jia Weidong kissed Chu Xiaodan hard on the face.

"rogue!"

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When he arrived at the farm, Jia Weidong directed the workers to help move all 26 rough stones into an empty office, and then put them all into the space with a wave of his hand.

Even though Jia Weidong looked like a boy who wasted money today, he spent more than 30,000 Hong Kong dollars in one go.

Today's harvest is not small. Among the twenty-six rough stones, three have reached the imperial green level, and they are not small. There is also a rough stone with purple jade inside, and another with yellow jade inside. Jia Weidong doesn't know much about it either. value.

However, after 97, it is conservatively estimated that these more than rough stones are worth a small target.

I originally wanted to customize a batch of jade bottles, but I didn't expect such a harvest.

It’s so cool to think about it!

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