Zhuang Rui stopped and turned to look at the girl with confusion. Since he had already said that he would not process it for customers, why should he still look at his own raw materials?
"Ah, it's like this. If your materials are good, maybe I can help you ask my grandfather. Most of the high-end jade jewelry in this store were carved by my grandfather himself."
Wu Jia was a little embarrassed by Zhuang Rui's question. She secretly blamed herself for being nosy, so she could only bring her grandfather out to talk about it.
But Wu Jia has made up her mind. Regardless of whether Zhuang Rui's material is good or bad, she will say that the material is average because grandpa has gotten older in recent years, especially in the past two years, and his hands have been shaking so much. In addition to polishing some bracelets, he has
I rarely carve other more delicate objects.
"Oh? This store is owned by your family?"
When Zhuang Rui heard this, he turned around and walked over. This Shitou Zhai was very famous in Pengcheng, but he didn't expect that it was opened by this girl's family.
I remember that when Zhuang Rui was in junior high school, there was a classmate whose family was very rich. He once showed off to the class that his father had invited a Guanyin in Shitou Zhai and sent it to the temple to have the master consecrate it. It can be seen that
Shitou Zhai is famous in Pengcheng.
When Zhuang Rui had nothing to do with Liu Chuan at that time, he came in with a few dollars in his pocket to go shopping. As for the things here, they couldn't afford them. Zhuang Rui chose to come to Shitou Zhai for this layer of memories from back then.
Main reason for inquiry.
"This brand name was created by my grandfather. I just work here..."
Wu Jia didn't know why she answered this man's question. Maybe Zhuang Rui felt very cordial to others, as if he was chatting with a friend, so he said it smoothly.
"Well, your store has been open for many years. I visited it when I was a child, but I couldn't afford the things in it." Zhuang Rui couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the two little guys wandering around in the store with Liu Chuan.
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"Hey, don't you want to process it? Take out the jade materials and let me take a look first..."
Wu Jia was a little confused by Zhuang Rui's words. You and I are not very familiar, so why are you telling me this? Her tone was a bit unkind, and the word "you" when addressing Zhuang Rui also became the word "you".
Zhuang Rui didn't pay attention to the change in the girl's tone. He had just looked at the carvings of several pendants very carefully. The carvings were very fine, and the facial expressions of characters or animals were carved more lifelike. Compared with the ones he wore around his neck.
The carving of the pendant Qin Xuanbing gave him was even better.
Zhuang Rui already had some understanding of the girl's grandfather's craftsmanship by observing these objects, so he reached out and took out the egg-sized piece of imperial green jade material from his pocket, and carefully handed it to Wu Jia.
Wu Jia saw Zhuang Rui's careful look and muttered in a low voice: "What kind of material is it? It's so mysterious."
After taking it in his hand, he first felt his right hand falling sharply. Looking at it carefully, the first thought in Wu Jia's mind was: This thing is a colored plexiglass.
Don't be surprised that girls would have this idea, because now many unscrupulous businessmen use some colored organic glass, resin and other composites to imitate jade jewelry, and these people have already formed a production and sales chain, and some people have come to visit them before.
I did some on-site promotion for Wu Jia.
However, Wu Jia gave up this idea immediately, because after she bought it, she felt that the silk mist-like crystals on the edge of the piece of jadeite material in her hand were a bit tricky, and it did not seem to be pasted with glue, indicating that it was not glued on.
Not an imitation jadeite.
Wu Jia, who was still a little careless at first, became nervous now. Just now she held the jade in her hand and looked at it. Now she quickly took an empty jewelry box from the counter and placed the jade in the hollow of the jewelry box.
Put it on the counter, turn on the strong light needed for customers to select jadeite, take out a magnifying glass, and carefully observe the jadeite.
The more she looked at Wu Jia, the more frightened she became. She had followed her grandfather to watch him carve jade since she was a child. Whether it was jadeite, jadeite, soft jade, mutton-fat jade and other materials, she could almost tell the difference between real and fake jade, and all kinds of top-quality jade.
, she had also seen a lot, but the piece of jade in front of her made her deeply fascinated while shocked.
The nearly transparent jade and the deep sea-like green are as intoxicating as the eyes of a lover. Wu Jia said that he has identified many top-quality jade stones, but compared to the jadeite in front of him, those are all
They are rubbish. One is an emperor and the other is a commoner. There is no comparability at all.
"This...this...this is glass imperial green jade???"
Wu Jia has forgotten her original intention. Even if she thinks about it, she dare not say that the material of this piece of jade is ordinary, and the material of glass imperial green is still ordinary, then these goods in her store should be thrown on the street.
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"Is the material of this jade okay?" Zhuang Rui asked. He could see the change in the girl's attitude before and after, and he meant to make a joke.
"Okay, no, it's very... very good. Sir, please wait. I'll call grandpa right now. Oh... I'm sorry, this piece of jade is too precious. You should keep it yourself."
Wu Jia did not understand Zhuang Rui's humor, but was a little flustered, and her speech became incoherent. Not to mention that she had never seen it before, even her grandfather had only seen a piece of glass and imperial green jade material when he was young.
, but he was still junior at that time and the piece of material was not given to him for carving. Wu Jia knew that his grandfather had always regretted it.
That's why she was so anxious to notify her grandfather. However, after running a few steps towards the telephone in the store, she found that the jadeite was in her hand, so she handed it back to Zhuang with some embarrassment.
Rui.
In fact, Zhuang Rui's knowledge of jade is still somewhat shallow. Although he can estimate the price of this piece of imperial green material, he does not know the status of this piece of jade in the jade circle.
The so-called imperial green glass type represents uniqueness, and the name reveals a kind of domineering attitude of being one-of-a-kind.
Not all green jadeite can be called imperial green. For example, those jadeites whose green color is similar to this one are generally called sun green, high green or full green because the planting water is not high enough for glass.
Only jadeite that is full of green and has no flaws in the glass can be called imperial green. This represents nobility and is the king of all jadeites.
Not to mention ordinary people, even many jewelers rarely see pure imperial green jade in their lives. Objects carved from this material are rare for several years or even ten years. Once they enter the market, they will be sold immediately.
It was bought and kept by someone.
"Sir, please sit down and have a drink of water. What's your last name? How do you address me?"
"My surname is Zhuang, please call me Zhuang Rui..."
When Zhuang Rui saw the girl put down the phone, she ran back excitedly. In the well-air-conditioned store, sweat broke out on the tip of her nose. It was obviously caused by excitement, but Zhuang Rui was also a little dizzy at her words of invitation.
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"Well, please wait a moment, Mr. Zhuang, my grandpa will be here in a moment."
As the actual operator of this jade shop, Wu Jia was already thinking secretly in his heart, whether he could buy some materials from Zhuang Rui. It didn't need much, it was as big as a small fingernail, and he could polish a ring surface.
Consider it the treasure of this store.
"Call me Zhuang Rui, I'm not used to calling you sir..."
Zhuang Rui corrected Wu Jia's call. It wasn't that he was getting close to the girl, it was just that he was referring to the teacher. He was really uncomfortable listening to it. Since he was going to take the postgraduate entrance examination, he had been reading a lot of ancient Chinese recently, and the teacher was the teacher.
I mean, Zhuang Rui has no intention of becoming a teacher.
"Well, my name is Wu Jia, let's get to know each other now."
Wu Jia stretched out her hand to Zhuang Rui while speaking. She was thinking about how to get close to Zhuang Rui. This glass type of imperial green jade is rare. If she can buy just a small amount, it will definitely make Shitou Zhai famous.
of.
Zhuang Rui shook hands with Wu Jia, looked around, and asked: "By the way, Wu Jia, I remember that when I came to your place before, there was a middle-aged man here. Did an elder pass the baton to you?
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It’s not Zhuang Rui’s gossip, it’s mainly the jewelry and antiques industries, which are the easiest to find fault with. Some people buy items back, and if someone feels they’ve lost money at the first glance, they’ll come to them to return the goods. Generally,
In a shop like this, there would always be a mature and serious person sitting in the hall, but Wu Jia didn't look like someone who could handle the situation.
Wu Jia was stunned for a moment after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, with a sad look on her face. After a while, she said softly: "My parents were in a car accident when they were traveling last year. This store is my grandfather's lifelong effort."
, I can’t watch it fall, that’s why I came here.”
Although Wu Jia has been interested in jade since she was a child, she had no idea of inheriting the family business. However, after her parents died in a car accident, her grandfather was severely hit and had no time to manage the store, so she quit her original job.
Back to Shitouzhai.
And Wu Jia's grandfather also experienced the pain of a white-haired person giving away a black-haired person, and his body suddenly collapsed due to his age. Many of the items in the store now were carved by his grandfather's apprentices.
The old man rarely comes to the store now.
Zhuang Rui looked at Wu Jia with tears in his eyes in front of him and didn't know what to do. He didn't expect that when he asked casually, he actually mentioned other people's sad things. The death of a close relative, it would be too pale to use words to comfort him.
, so Zhuang Rui was quite at a loss.
"Xiao Jia, where is the imperial green jade you mentioned? Show it to grandpa..."
Just when Zhuang Rui was feeling a little embarrassed, an old voice came from the door of the store. He turned around and saw an old man with white hair and a melancholy eyebrow walking into the store on crutches.
"Grandpa, please slow down, Jade is here."
Seeing her grandfather come in, Wu Jia quickly wiped her eyes and went up to support the old man. She did not dare to show her longing for her parents in front of her grandfather, because it would make the old man sad for several days.
After sitting down on a chair in front of the counter, the old man wore a pair of reading glasses, then took the jade that Wu Jia handed over and looked at it carefully under the bright light that had been turned on.
Just when the old man picked up the jade, his focused expression made him seem to have suddenly become decades younger. However, Zhuang Rui was close and saw the old man's right hand holding the jade, which made him tremble slightly.
"The color is like the green bamboo in the mountains, and the brightness is like the stream in the stream. There is no flaw at all. What a jade... What a jade. It is a rare jade."
After noticing for a long time, the old man reluctantly put down the jadeite in his hand and even said three good words. He had been playing with jade all his life. This was only the second time he saw the imperial green jadeite made of glass, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"Young man, this piece of jade is yours, right? You're really lucky. An old man like me has never owned such a small amount of imperial green jade in his life."
After the old man put down the jade, he looked at Zhuang Rui. His eyesight and experience were much better than his granddaughter's. When he was observing the jade just now, he rubbed it with his hand a few times. From the polished surface and behind the tentacles,
It felt like the old man knew that this piece of jade had just been extracted from the stone not long ago.
Just looking at Zhuang Rui's clothes, he didn't look like a rich man, so the old man bluntly said that Zhuang Rui was lucky.
Zhuang Rui is very generous in buying cars, houses and investing thousands of dollars, but the habits he has developed since childhood have made him not very interested in so-called brand-name clothes and clothes specially made for successful people.
When he was in Zhonghai, Qin Xuanbing once bought him some high-end clothes, but Zhuang Rui felt awkward wearing them, so now he only wears clothes that cost tens of dollars a piece in ordinary stores, and those shoes are more expensive.
The sneakers were worn back from Shaanxi and were covered with dust.
Zhuang Rui smiled, did not deny what the old man said, and said: "Haha, you are lucky. Old man, do you think how many pendants can be carved from this piece of jade?"
"Pendant? Young man, you want to make it into a pendant? This is a waste of resources."
The old man's expression changed when he heard this. The imperial green jadeite made of glass is the first choice to make bracelets, and then the ring face. Even small items such as earrings are worth a little more than pendants. It does not mean that the imperial green jadeite is made of glass.
It is not good to make pendants out of jadeite, mainly because pendants are worn inside clothes and are mostly used as safety charms, so their value is relatively lower than those exposed jewelry.
"Old man, just sit on the pendant. I have no intention of selling this thing. It is made for family members to wear."
Zhuang Rui's tone was very firm. Although this thing is valuable, Zhuang Rui is not short of money now, and it would be a pity to sell such an unexpected item.
"Young man, let's go inside and talk. Alas, if it had been two years in the morning, I would have carved this thing for you, but now..."
After hearing that Zhuang Rui insisted on making pendants, the old man looked a little lonely. He stood up and asked Zhuang Rui to go to the cubicle inside the store to talk.
