Volume 1 Rebirth - The Eve of High School Chapter 19 What is a Gambler's Stone

  Ma Yuxi gives people a feeling of being quite upright, with a height of around 1.75 meters, and his facial features give people a sense of loyalty and reliability, which is indeed the case.

  Ma Yuxi, although depressed, had seen a lot of the world in his many years of struggling. He had been rich and noble, but also poor and downtrodden, so when he saw Zi Qing sit down at the front, his repressed face still managed to crack a small smile "Miss, is there something I can help you with?"

  "Boss Ma, hello. To be honest with you, I'm interested in gambling on stones, but I don't know where to start. I heard that you're an expert in this field, so I've come to bother you. Please forgive me." Zi Qing said with a smile.

  Jian Ziying's tone was sincere, and he looked young, but his words were frank and elegant. He mentioned gambling on stones again, and Ma Yuxi slightly retracted her disdainful heart. She sighed and smiled bitterly, saying "I'm not even a master! As the saying goes, 'there is no expert in jade and stone.' I used to think I was an expert too! But after experiencing so many ups and downs, I've come to realize that there's always more to learn. However, as for this gambling on stones, it's better not to get involved!"

  "Learning is boundless, Ma Boss is in good spirits, but I think one still needs to have courage and audacity. Has Ma Boss's boldness from his early years been worn off?" Zi Qing smiled.

  "Hmph, aura? You little girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Aura and courage are important, but if you think having them can make a name for yourself in the gambling world, that's a huge mistake! If you want to try, I'll take you there later." Ma Yuxi said nonchalantly.

  "Then thank you, Boss Ma." Zi Qing saw that her goal was achieved and didn't take Ma Yuxi's words to heart, smiling sweetly.

  At noon, Zǐ Qíng followed Mǎ Yù Xǐ to the entrance of a shop at a street corner on Pán Shān Road. Along the way, Mǎ Yù Xǐ roughly explained to ài Zǐ Qíng the origin of gambler's stone and the good and bad of jadeite. Although she didn't fully understand, she had a general idea that the more vibrant green the jadeite was, the better it was. Officially recognized as three categories: first is Emperor Green, also known as Granny Green, pure, bright green color, uniform transparency, high index. Extremely rare.

  The second type is 'commercial grade', with mixed semi-transparent jadeite and greenish-black spots. It's ordinary high-end jadeite.

  The third type is called 'ordinary grade', non-transparent jadeite, generally only used for making low-end jade accessories, which can be found everywhere at street stalls for tens or hundreds of yuan.

  The quality of jade is mainly divided into three points: species, color and water head.

  "Kind" refers to the texture of jade, "color" is the color of straight jade, and "water head" refers to the transparency of jade. If the texture is smooth and fine, the color is thick, and the transparency is high, then it is a good product. On the contrary, it is an inferior product, for example, Ma Yu Xi cut out that piece of dead jade in Myanmar, with poor water head, not transparent, and dry texture.

  Jade varieties are very diverse, with top-grade jade being glassy, followed by icy jade, and then egg-blue jade (which is relatively cloudy glassy jade), oily blue jade, hibiscus jade, bean jade, golden silk jade... The types are extremely varied, and the names used in different places are not uniform.

  "Outwardly, it looks at color, inwardly, it looks at species. The glass species of jadeite is as transparent as glass, with extremely fine quality, dense crystalline particles, and a smooth glassy texture, so it has fluorescence, called 'ying'. The piece of jade I had when I first started my family was the glass species of emerald green, although not comparable to imperial green, but also very rare." Ma Yuxi recalled.

  Entering the store, there were three middle-aged men inside. Two of them were cutting stones on a stone-cutting machine. Ma Yuxi walked straight to another middle-aged man with a round face and a big belly, who was holding a large tobacco pouch and smoking "puff puff". "Boss Sun, here for business?" he said, glancing at the two men cutting stones.

  "Ah, old customer! This is Wang Laoban of Longfengxiang. Come try your luck." Sun Laoban smiled and said to Ma Yuxi, then turned around and introduced him to Wang Laoban: "Wang Laoban, this is Ma Yuxi, Ma Laoban, also a jade master in the past!"

  Mr. Sun emphasized that he was a master of jade in the past, implying that he is no longer a big shot now and not worth befriending. The two of them shook hands as if they hadn't understood each other.

  "Is that so, Old Sun? Miss Ai is my friend and she's very interested in the gambling stones. I brought her here to try her luck." Ma Yuxi said.

  "Alright, Miss Ai is interested in the jade? I just got a new shipment last night, all of them are good stuff from old mines! Miss Ai can take a look, 400 yuan per piece, no bargaining." Mr. Sun smiled and pointed to the large pile of woolen goods stacked on the floor inside the store.

  Old pit stone is better than new pit stone. The surface is smooth and hard, this kind of transparency is good, the hardness is called old pit.

  Coarse and thick skin, visible mineral particles are called Xin Keng, this material has low transparency and hardness.

  Ziying glanced at Ma Yuxi, saw him nod slightly, and then walked over. She was a bit nervous because she didn't know if her ability could really see through the high-tech material that no technology could penetrate. If it really could...

  Her palms were slightly sweaty, and Ziying walked up to the pile of leather skins scattered around, almost all of which were dry and rough. She pretended to carefully examine them, looking left and right, touching here and there. Mr. Sun took one glance and immediately saw that she was a novice - an experienced person would have brought a magnifying glass and flashlight to carefully study the leather, but Ziying didn't bring anything. Either she was too confident in her experience or she was just a rookie. At this age, it's impossible for her to be an expert!

  Ziying picked up a piece of light brown sandalwood, the size of a fist, and pretended to examine it, but in reality, she was concentrating her mind and using her special ability to see through it. Sure enough, within a minute, the scene inside the stone slowly appeared before Ziying's eyes. Although it was just a ball of white jade, she didn't feel discouraged, but instead became extremely excited! This proved that she could enter the world of gambling on stones, and if she wanted to, she could win every time!