Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 212

"This is a piece of jadeite with poor transparency. It's worth about 40 or 50 yuan."

The old man didn't expect that a cheap stone could actually turn into a small piece of jade, but the quality was not very good.

But, if you buy it for ten dollars, you can still make some profit.

"Is gambling on stones so easy?"

Chen Fei scratched his head. He made thirty or forty yuan just by picking up a stone that he liked.

Now it seems to him that this money is too easy to make.

"Ma Zi, you must not have such thoughts. If gambling on stones was easy, there wouldn't be so many examples of people losing their fortunes on gambling on stones from ancient times to the present."

Brother Cao reminded him not to act on impulse and take out all the money in his pocket to buy stones.

It would be fine if I won the bet.

If you miss, it's not a major bleed.

It would be a shame to lose the hard-earned money here.

Lin Shu sold the jade directly and made thirty-five yuan.

After selling the jade, he turned around and saw Chen Fei looking at the pile of stones with shining eyes. He hurriedly explained: "Chen Fei, calm down. I was just lucky just now. Who would have thought that a piece of stone I picked up casually could actually make money."

The reason why Lin Shu chose it was mainly because he thought the stone was cheap.

It costs 100 points to use the system to scan once. Lin Shu is reluctant to open it just for a small stone.

"Sister-in-law, you are lucky. Why don't you choose another stone?" Chen Fei urged her, "While you are lucky now, go and choose another one."

Lin Shu was eager to try, so several people pushed her towards the pile of rocks.

"Sister-in-law, that was just your first try. This time is the main event. Come on, you will be able to pick out a jade worth tens of thousands of dollars later." Chen Fei cheered Lin Shu on the side.

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing out loud. This kid was suitable to be in the atmosphere group.

"Hey, Mazi, gambling on stones won't win just because you say a few words of encouragement. If encouragement worked, then everyone in the country would get rich."

The atmosphere among the group was good, but they didn't expect a sarcastic voice to suddenly interrupt.

A few people looked in the direction of the voice and found a young lesbian and two young gay men.

Lin Shu didn't know the two male comrades, but Lin Shu happened to have some impression of the female comrade.

She lives in the same compound with him, her name seems to be Zhou Yue, and she is Gu Jiu’s admirer.

"Hey! Who was it I thought? It turned out to be Miss Zhou who always liked to follow us around!"

Chen Fei looked at Zhou Xinyue with a slightly ruffian look and a wanton gaze.

When Zhou Xinyue heard Chen Fei mention what happened that year, she looked at Lin Shu beside her with a wary look.

In front of my love rival, I hate it most when others bring up past embarrassing events.

A male comrade following behind Zhou Xinyue stepped forward to block Chen Fei's presumptuous gaze.

He warned: "Pockmarked, if you don't want that eyeball anymore, I don't mind taking it off for you!"

The man who stepped forward to block Chen Fei's view was Zhou Xinyue's brother, Comrade Zhou Xingguo, who was three years older than Zhou Xinyue.

I haven't seen the other Chen Fei either, so I don't know who he is.

Chen Fei was not afraid of being scared. After listening to Zhou Xingguo's words, he just whistled provocatively, "Hey, Brother Zhou is still as arrogant as ever. We all live in this world and breathe the same air. Who is afraid of who?"

"you......"

Zhou Xingguo wanted to say something more stubborn, but Zhou Xinyue grabbed his arm and said, "Brother, he is just a poor guy who likes me but can't get my attention. Why are you angry with him? Don't lower your level."

This time it was Fade Chen who was so angry that his blood boiled. "Zhou Xinyue, do you have any shame? Who told you that I like you? Do you think you are a fairy? How can you like you? I tell you clearly today, even if all the women in the world die, I will not like you!"

Zhou Xinyue suddenly turned to look at Gu Jiu, and pointed at Chen Fei with a smile: "Brother Jiu, he cursed your wife."

Not to mention Chen Fei who was arguing with her, even the others were stunned by her.

What do you mean?

Zhou Xinyue kindly explained: "He cursed all women in the world to die, including your rural wife."

Lin Shu rolled his eyes. Instead of engaging in a war of words here, it would be better to go and pick a few more stones.

Gu Jiu glared at Zhou Xinyue and Chen Fei, then walked around them and caught up with Lin Shu, "Are you really good at reading?"

Lin Shu shook his head: "No."

Gu Jiu immediately said, "If you don't know, then don't know. Just think of it as supporting your brothers."

Chen Fei watched Gu Jiu walk away and nodded at Zhou Xinyue from a distance. It was obvious that he had taken note of what happened today.

[System, after the scanning function is turned on, what is the scanning range? Is it a wide net or precise to a certain object? ]

[Return to the host, within a one-meter range, you can also accurately target a certain target, you can switch at will. ]

It can scan within a one-meter range. Lin Shu glanced at the stones placed in a circle in the middle, which were placed some distance away.

Finally, Lin Shu set his sights on the pile of stones in the middle of the enclosure.

However, that pile of stones has not been put up yet. Could they be goods left behind waiting to be put on the shelves?

"Gu Jiu, can I pick the stones in the middle?"

Gu Jiu glanced at the stones piled in the middle and said, "I'll ask Brother Hou when I see him later."

"Okay, let's take a look at these stones on the table first."

It is not impossible to scan several items placed on the table within a one-meter range at one time.

Lin Shu moved several stones nearby and examined them carefully. In fact, he had already asked the system to help scan them.

[Scanning, please wait. ]

Lin Shu saw a dialog box appear on the screen in his mind.

[Beep, beep, I found a piece of green jade, of medium quality. ]

The system screen displayed several scanned raw stones, one of which was flashing, which obviously indicated that the flashing raw stone was the raw stone with green jade.

medium?

Lin Shu thought about it for a while and then gave up.

The main thing is that she has the system as a cheating tool. If she wants, she can take all the raw stones in the warehouse.

But no matter what you do, you can't do it to the extreme.

Stay on the front line when doing things, and see you in the future.

It would be better to let other people discover this medium-quality green jade.

If she had to choose, she would choose the best quality ones, and the other jades of medium and lower quality would be left as opportunities for others.

"No one likes it?"

Gu Jiu looked at these stones and couldn't see anything special, so he asked Lin Shu again.

Lin Shu shook his head. "Let's go check out the others. If we are lucky enough to find a piece of top-quality mutton-fat jade today, I will definitely make a jade pendant for Dabao and Erbao, and a pair of heirloom jade bracelets for the rest."

Gu Jiu couldn't help laughing: "I hope your dream comes true!"

"Even you think it's impossible for me to pick out good jade material?" Lin Shu looked at him with a half-smile, "If I really pick out the right one later, will you wash Dabao and Erbao's butts for a month?"

"Bet with me?"

"Well, let me ask you whether you want to gamble or not?"

Gu Jiu was silent for a while, observing the natural expression on Lin Shu's face. He thought that he was not setting a trap for him to step into. "Okay, I will risk my life to accompany my wife. I accept it."

Lin Shu glared at him coquettishly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why do I want your life?"

"How about I hand my life over to you tonight and do whatever you want with me?" Gu Jiu leaned close to Lin Shu's ear and whispered, with an ambiguous smile on his face.

Lin Shu pushed away his head that was leaning forward and scanned all the way, as the number of scans increased.

The system's integral is visibly decreasing.

No matter how much I felt sorry for Lin Shu, I pretended not to see it and continued scanning. As long as I scanned a piece of top-quality jade, the points I spent now would be worth it.

"Gu Jiu, this stone is very big. Do you think there is any jade inside?"

Lin Shu hugged an oval stone, looked it over and observed it carefully, unsure whether there was any jade inside.

Just as he was about to use the system to scan, a man next to him squeezed over and snatched the stone from Lin Shu's hand, "I like this rough stone, brother, let's take it over and pay for it to be cut?"

Zhou Xingguo looked at the confused Lin Shu awkwardly. His little sister's behavior was unexpected and no one expected that she would snatch the rough stone that someone else had set their eyes on.

It would be fine if nothing was produced from this raw stone. If something was produced, wouldn’t the two sides have started fighting?

"Zhou Xinyue, what do you mean?"

Zhou Xinyue took advantage of the situation and snatched the stone away. Gu Jiu pushed Zhou Xingguo away and glared at Zhou Xinyue, "Hurry up and return the stone. My wife picked it first."

Zhou Xinyue quickly hugged the raw stone tightly, as if she was afraid that Gu Jiu would snatch the stone back, causing Gu Jiu to choke on a mouthful of blood.

Lin Shu pulled Gu Jiu and pointed at the price tag on the rough stone. "Gu Jiu, forget it. Don't argue with her. Since she likes it, just give it to her. Look at the price. Even if I sell it, I can't pay for the stone."

Gu Jiu looked at Lin Shu with a little doubt, then looked at the price tag and couldn't help but gasp.

Price: 2888 yuan.

What kind of top-grade raw stone is this? It actually costs two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

No, it should be said that he dared to ask for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and was not afraid of being beaten to death if he could not get the jade material.

This is equivalent to the price of a house.

"This broken stone is enough for me to buy a house with a yard. My wife is right. If she likes it, let her buy it. But Zhou Xinyue, can you afford it? Don't pretend to be rich if you can't afford it. That would be embarrassing."

Zhou Xinyue didn't think much when she was grabbing the stone. She just instinctively wanted to snatch Lin Shu's opportunity.

But I didn't expect this broken stone to be worth so much money.

It's not made of gold, but it can be used to dig grams of gold.

When she heard Lin Shu mention the price, the smug smile on her face froze slightly and almost broke.

But in front of a love rival, I will not lose the battle.

The pocket money and New Year’s money over the years added together are not much different.

"Brother, I want to buy this rough stone. I'm still short of 200 yuan. Can you lend it to me?"

"Xinyue, stop messing around!" Zhou Xingguo is not the brainless Zhou Xinyue.

What he knew about gambling on stones was that one cut makes you poor, two cuts make you rich, and three cuts make you wear linen.

If she is not careful, Zhou Xinyue will lose all her money.

"Brother, I'm not kidding. I think this rough stone will produce good jade, otherwise they wouldn't mark it at such a high price. If they dare to mark it at such a high price, it must be a rough stone that can produce jade. Now we have to bet on whether the quality of the jade produced here is good enough."

If the quality inside is good enough, they will become rich overnight.

Zhou Xingguo was not as optimistic as she was. He didn't know much about gambling on stones, but he knew how big the risks were.

In the end, it was a tug-of-war between brother and sister. I don’t know how long Zhou Xinyue had been talking, but Zhou Xingguo finally gave in and was willing to lend her two hundred yuan to pay for the stone.

Not only Lin Shu, but everyone else present thought Zhou Xinyue was crazy.

In the provincial capital, a slightly inferior house would only cost a few hundred to a thousand yuan. But the 2,888 yuan they paid this time could buy a small courtyard in the provincial capital.

Zhou Xinyue really enjoyed the envious and jealous looks from everyone. She automatically ignored those looks of disdain or looking at her as if she was stupid.

Everyone cheered and asked her to cut the stone on the spot.

Zhou Xinyue wanted to show off in front of Lin Shu and Gu Jiu, so she agreed to cut the stone on the spot.

The whole place was shocked.

When they learned that someone had spent 2,888 yuan to buy a piece of raw stone, everyone was looking forward to it, wanting to witness with their own eyes what would come out.

While everyone's attention was focused on Zhou Xinyue's stone cutting, Lin Shu continued to look for top-quality jade materials.

"Why don't you go and see what kind of jade can be produced from the stone you chose?" Gu Jiu asked.

Lin Shu looked back at him and said with a smile: "Only a fool would give up the treasure he likes to someone else. Do you think I am a fool?"

"Hahaha, not like it!" Gu Jiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.

He was looking forward to the exciting expressions on the faces of the Zhou brothers and sisters when it turned out that there was no good jade material.

"That's it. Hurry up and bring those two rough stones over so I can check them."

Lin Shu began to ask Gu Jiu to help with things.

Hard work pays off. After the eighth round of scanning, which means that Lin Shu had 800 points deducted from the system, he finally scanned a piece of good jade.

[Ding ding ding, I found a piece of mutton-fat jade material, of top quality. ]

"Take this piece of jade out, and let's go and pay." Lin Shu pointed at a piece of raw stone and asked Gu Jiu to take it out. The two of them immediately went to pay.

After paying the money, Brother Hou happened to be next to the cashier.

"You picked this one?"

"Well, just pick this one for now."

"Do you want to cut the stone now or go back and do it yourself?" Brother Hou asked again.

Gu Jiu said with a proud smile: "My wife wants to take another look, let's talk about solving the stone later."

"Row!"

Brother Hou made a mark on the raw stone they had paid for and let them continue shopping.

It might take some time to break the stone over there, so Lin Shu sped up the scanning.

This time the system scanned and found another piece of mutton-fat jade in the raw stones piled in the middle.

"Gu Jiu, go ask Brother Hou if we can choose a rough stone from the middle?"

Gu Jiu nodded and went back to find Brother Hou.

Lin Shu took advantage of the time when he came back and climbed in from the table.

When she reached the pile of stones in the middle, Lin Shu began to turn over the raw stones. She wanted to find the raw stone that the system prompted.

By the time Lin Shu found the raw stone, Gu Jiu had already called Brother Hou over.

"Sister-in-law, is this the raw stone you are interested in?" Brother Hou asked.

Lin Shu picked up the stone and placed it on the table, nodding: "Yes, this is it, but it has no price tag yet. How much do you want to pay for it?"

"For Gu Jiu's sake..."

Brother Hou took a look at the stone and began to wonder whether this stone had any material.

Lin Shu quickly stopped him from saying anything more, "Brother Hou, when you are discussing business, don't ask for someone's favor. The price of your rough stone should be what it is worth. Let's talk about it when we meet again."

It was the first time that Brother Hou was interrupted by a woman. He looked at Lin Shu in surprise. She was beautiful and had a pleasant voice, but he let it go that she interrupted him.

Too lazy to care.

"One price, three thousand yuan."

This time it was Lin Shu who raised his eyebrows in surprise.

This is merciless, just treating her like a cattle.

Three thousand yuan is too high.

However, think of the jade material in the raw stone.

Grit your teeth and bear it.