"Brother Feng, why are we back?"

After wandering around the antique city on Hongqi Street for a long time, Xie Xuan found that Qin Feng took him back to Baifo Street where he came yesterday, which made him feel even more and more confused.

"Just follow me, see more and ask less!"

Qin Feng waved his hand, but this time after he entered the antique street, he was different from wandering around yesterday, so he walked directly to a shop that operated jade at the intersection of the street.

The antique shop called "Qi Shizhai" is not small. The main hall has three open shops and a small yard behind it. However, it is the place where the owner entertains friends for tea and chat, but the guests cannot enter.

"Qi Shizhai", as the name suggests, in addition to managing jade, there are also various strange stones of different shapes, ranging from several kilograms to hundreds of kilograms of stones, which have set up a huge stall at the door of the store.

"Hey, kid, are you two coming again?"

Seeing Qin Feng come in, an old man in his sixties stood up and smiled and said, "Come on, come on, see how my material is like? Authentic Hetian jade seed material, such a big piece is rare."

The old man is the boss of "Qi Shizhai". His surname is Ge, and his single name is Jun, but the appearance of the mouse-eyed deer head is a bit incompatible with the name. Even if he is thirty years younger, it has nothing to do with the word "Handsome".

Although he doesn't look very good, Ge Jun is famous in the antique and jade business in Shi City. His store is also an early jade business in Shi City. In comparison, the Nie family is just a rising star in the industry.

After being greeted by Ge Jun, Qin Feng was not polite. He picked up the piece of jade he placed on the chopping board and looked at it. After a while, he spoke, "Old man, this seed material is all white and has a shiny color. The most rare thing is that it is as big as a fist. It is rare and a rare thing."

Yesterday I came to visit Baifo Street. Qin Feng stayed in this shop for more than two hours. He had a great time talking with Mr. Ge. Ge Jun is a mature man, so he did not underestimate him because Qin Feng was young.

"Who did you learn these things from?"

Ge Jun took the Hetian jade seed material from Qin Feng's hand, carefully put it into the cabinet, turned around and said, "Xiao Qin, are you still in school? Are you playing with stones at home?"

"Old man, my family is from Yangzhou. I have learned carving from my elders since I was a child, so I know a little about stones."

Qin Feng smiled and pointed at Xie Xuan, saying, "There is an aunt living in Shi City. Isn't this to see her? I like this thing, so I asked my cousin to take me around."

Qin Feng's expression was very natural when he spoke, and he also had a little Jiangnan accent in his words. Almost all those who do jade business have contact with the factory in Yangzhou, and Ge Jun had heard it long ago.

"The world's carving craftsmanship comes from Yangzhou, no wonder, it turns out that it is the origin of family education..."

Hearing Qin Feng's explanation, Ge Jun was relieved. Yesterday, he was still muttering in his heart, where did such a little man like Qin Feng appear, who is so proficient in jade craftsmanship and quality?

Jade is divided into southern crafts and northern crafts. Each carving has its own characteristics, such as Northern School, Shanghai School, Su School... or grand or ingenious.

In today's market, southern crafts account for 80% of the market, while northern craftsmanship is less than 20%. Yangzhou, as the base camp of southern craftsmanship, has countless famous jade artists.

Although Ge Jun had been dealing with Yushi for most of his life, he might not know all the famous masters of Yangzhou Zhuyu. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out which one was named Qin, so he had to give up.

"Xiao Qin, come here today. Isn't it because I want to chat with the old man again?" Ge Jun took out a tea set from under the cabinet and smiled and said, "You are very particular about drinking tea. The old man makes you a pot of Longjing new tea for this year."

"Old man, stop busy, I'll leave now."

Seeing this, Qin Feng quickly stopped Ge Jun, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Grandpa Ge, you know, I have learned jade carving since I was a child, but this time I came out urgently, and I didn't bring any materials, so I felt a little itchy..."

"Oh? You can already get started with jade carving?"

Hearing Qin Feng's words, Ge Jun immediately understood that his feelings came from here to find the original stone, which made Ge Jun slightly shocked.

Because jade carving is very particular, the earlier the better. When you are young, your hands are unstable and you are easily injured, and you will also be useless for your hands to practice.

In the past, apprentices had to learn painting for at least three years. After having a certain degree of art skills, they would practice with radishes or some softer stones.

Generally speaking, apprentices have to wait until they are eighteen or nineteen years old before they can officially start carving objects with jade. When they get results, they are usually in their thirties and forties.

A child like Qin Feng who looks only sixteen or seventeen years old actually started practicing with jade. Ge Jun has never seen many of them, because no matter how cheap jade is, it is still money.

"Well, Grandpa Ge, I... I didn't use much money. Do you think I can give me a stone?"

Qin Feng took out his right hand from his pocket, took out a handful of one or two yuan, and said embarrassedly: "Grandpa Ge, I only cost twenty yuan, please give me some material?"

"You have to buy materials for twenty yuan?"

Ge Jun smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Xiao Qin, it's not that Grandpa Ge is stingy. I have raw stones here, but a piece costs at least a thousand yuan. You said... can I sell it to you?"

In the business, Ge Jun is like this, and simply purchasing goods from the jade carving factory can no longer meet the market demand. He buys the raw stones in Xinzang and then sends them to the jade factory for processing.

Therefore, Ge Jun's store is not short of raw stones, but even a piece of stone of inferior quality can be sold for ten or eight yuan even if it is carved with a machine. Qin Feng's twenty yuan is not enough to see.

"Grandpa Ge, are those stones that expensive too?"

Qin Feng's eyes turned, he pointed to a pile of stones piled at the door, and said, "Why do I seem to have never seen these jades before? Are they also valuable?"

There were almost seven or eight stones piled up in Qin Feng’s fingers. The stones were thirty or fifty kilograms, and the small ones were only the size of a fist.

However, unlike Hetian jade, the skin of these stones cannot be seen at all. They are black and ugly, and they feel very rough when touched with their hands.

"Hey, if you don't say I've forgotten these materials."

Ge Jun slapped his head, walked out of the counter, and smiled and said, "Xiao Qin, it seems that you only make soft jade at home. This is jadeite raw stone. Among jade, it is jadeite. It was not very marketed before, but it has only flourished in recent years..."

The difference between nephrite and jade is that the hardness of nephrite is generally 6 to 6.5. Many varieties such as white jade (mutton fat jade), green white jade, green jade, jade, jade, ink jade, etc. are classified into nephrite.

Jadeite is above 7. The representative of jadeite is jadeite, which has many colors, including green, lilac, white, pink, brown, red, blue, black, orange and yellow.

In China, the carving history of nephrite can be traced back to eight thousand years ago, and it can be said to be a long history. From ancient times to the present, it has always been a favorite accessories for high-ranking officials and nobles.

Since jadeite was produced in Myanmar, in ancient times, it was only when worshiping the Celestial Empire that it would occasionally offer some to the court, which was not common among the people, so it did not become popular.

But in the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi had a special liking for jade. During her lifetime, she collected the best jade in the world, which also caused a wave of jade. It was the first time that the world learned about jade.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the third lady of the Song family, who later became a fool, was also a man who loved jade. Her taste also caused the price of jade to rise sharply, which was evidently in the Hetian jade to compete with each other.

However, after the liberation, due to inconvenience in mining and transportation, jade disappeared in China and did not appear in the market until the late 1980s. However, its recognition and value are far from comparable to Hetian jade.

However, because the jade is colorful and beautiful, it began to be recognized by consumers in the late 1990s, so Ge ​​Jun also rushed to the southern city to buy some raw stones.

Unlike nephrite purchases, the focus of purchasing jadeite raw stones is on the word "gambling", which is the gambling stones that have been popular in the circle in recent years. Of course, the history of gambling stones is far less than that. It has existed in some cities on the southern border for decades.

Before cutting the jadeite rough stone, neither the buyer nor the seller could determine whether there was jade inside, because the thin layer of stone can isolate any instrument in the world to spy on it.

Therefore, in the jadeite rough market, an extremely special way of buying gambling stones has appeared. Buyers can judge whether there is jade in the rough stone based on their own analysis and bid for it.

Since it is a gambling, there are gains and losses. Some people become millionaires because of this, while others die because of gambling.

Of course, not everyone is so gambled. Some jade merchants specialize in buying gambling jade meat, like Ge Jun.

Ge Jun was not very familiar with gambling stones, so this time he went to the south to buy some jade raw materials. Out of curiosity, he also bought a few pieces of gambling materials and cut them all, which cost only a few hundred yuan in total.

But Boss Ge was really not lucky. He didn't cut any good materials even if he bought seven or eight pieces of jadeite stones. The best piece was green and black, with rough structure and extremely poor light transmission, which is commonly known as the dog shit.

The materials like this are similar to those made of stones. Ge Jun was too lazy to take them to the jade factory for processing, and piled them at the door of the store to find time to throw them away. If Qin Feng hadn't pointed it out, he would have never thought of it.

"Grandpa Ge, jadeite has a lot of hardness, and it is better to practice knife skills..."

Qin Feng gritted his teeth and listened to Ge Jun's introduction to the history of jade. After the old man had a good time, he licked his face and smiled: "Look, just give me those stones? I'll give you all the twenty dollars. Have you seen enough?"

"Hey, it's not like slapping you Grandpa Ge in the face. Just that fertilizer, can I still charge you money?"

Ge Jun laughed intrigued by Qin Feng's appearance, waved his hand and said, "These materials are not valuable. If you want them, take them away. I'm saving you from finding someone to throw them away!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Ge, then... I'm not polite."

Qin Feng was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly ran to the pile of stones and picked it up. However, Ge Jun did not see it. Just as Qin Feng turned around, a sly smile appeared on his face.

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