The breakfast we had at Lao Wangtou’s house was boiled yam. This was a wild yam that Lao Wangtou personally dug in the mountains. It was very nutritious. Zhuang Rui and others had never eaten this kind of food. It tasted very good.
The people eating breakfast are not only Zhuang Rui, there are also seven or eight other residents from other places. Several people know Uncle De and greet each other. Anyone who comes to Yuyan Mountain at this time does not need to ask, they are all here.
Buy bloodstone.
"Teacher Ma, you can't pick up all the good stones this year. You have to leave some food for us..."
A middle-aged man in his forties wearing a suit and tie was joking with Uncle De. The title Uncle De was only given by people and disciples who were very close to him. Outside, most people called him Teacher Ma.
After hearing what the man said, Uncle De deliberately made an angry look on his face and said: "Mr. Wang, judging from what you said, you can't even use up the chicken bloodstone produced in your mine, and you still come here to fight with us.
Grab this bowl of rice and eat it..."
"Haha, Teacher Ma, you are joking. I wonder if this is for personal use or to help others look at the goods?"
Mr. Wang changed the topic with a smile and looked at Zhuang Rui and others. He had also seen the conflict yesterday. Anyone who could sneer at the Yan family of Zhonghai probably had a good background.
"I brought my apprentice here for a tour. He opened a store in Panjiayuan, Beijing, and came to buy some materials for the store's seal. Alas, the Changhua bloodstones are getting less and less year by year. In a few more years, I'm afraid there will be no more.
It’s about to become extinct…”
Uncle De was 120% satisfied with Zhuang Rui, his disciple, and immediately introduced Zhuang Rui to Mr. Wang.
"It turns out to be Teacher Zhuang. Why does it look familiar to me? Oh, look at my eyes. If Teacher Ma hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have recognized him..."
After Uncle De introduced Zhuang Rui, Mr. Wang patted his head, held Zhuang Rui's hand, and shook it affectionately.
"Mr. Wang knows me? Did you watch that TV?" Zhuang Rui asked a little strangely. It's really different now that he's on CCTV, but not everyone knows him, at least the one in Yan Kai's company yesterday
The consultant did not recognize Zhuang Rui.
"Hi, Mr. Zhuang, your reputation as the "Emerald King" is very popular. I saw you on CCTV some time ago. I didn't expect to meet you here. You are younger than on TV. No, I will do it at noon.
East……"
Mr. Wang grabbed Zhuang Rui's hand and was unwilling to let go. Fortunately, he was a man, otherwise Qin Xuanbing would be jealous.
"No, no, there's nothing good to eat here. When we go out and get to Lin'an, Teacher Zhuang must give him a favor and let's have a meal together..."
Mr. Wang thought that there was not even a restaurant here, so there was no talk of eating at all, but looking at his attitude, he was really sincere in inviting Zhuang Rui to dinner.
"Easy to say, easy to say, Mr. Wang is too polite..."
Although Zhuang Rui didn't know why this middle-aged man was so polite to him, he held out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man and said a few polite words.
"Are you guys going to the market? I just want to see if the company's stones have been transported down the mountain. Let's go together..."
"Mr. Wang, we have to go to the following stores to check out the goods. Let's meet at the market later..."
Uncle De's words made Mr. Wang a little disappointed. After asking Zhuang Rui for his phone number, he left with a few entourages. Before leaving, he waved to Zhuang Rui repeatedly.
After Zhuang Rui and others had eaten, they followed Lao Wangtou without driving and walked directly along the mountain road to the foot of the mountain. Although the vertical height was only forty or fifty meters, it was really not that close to walk, but it was only a short walk away.
There are beautiful mountains and clear waters on the road, and the chirping of birds can be heard all the time. It feels like a spring outing.
"Uncle De, who is that person?"
As the saying goes, being courteous for nothing is either a traitor or a thief. Zhuang Rui was a little baffled by Mr. Wang's attitude, and now he couldn't help but ask Uncle De.
"That man's name is Wang Xiaoyi. His ancestor opened a gold shop in Zhonghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places. He is very famous. Although it was state-owned after liberation, it gradually developed again after the reform and opening up policy was relaxed. Now it is the largest in East China.
The jewelry company belongs to their family, and they also operate two soapstone mines on Yuyan Mountain..."
Having said this, Uncle De stopped and looked at Zhuang Rui with a half-smile. Zhuang Rui quickly lowered his head and looked at himself. He was wearing the clothes inside out.
"Your boy has done such a big thing in the jade shop. He is in the jewelry business, so of course he will pay attention to you. Haha, he probably also likes the few pieces of material in your hand, right?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment by Uncle De's words, but then he came to his senses. Everyone knew about his bet on jadeite prices in Myanmar. I am afraid that these people knew all about the few rough stones he had won.
That Mr. Wang wanted to have a good relationship with him, I'm afraid he just wanted to buy some good stuff from him.
"Then he might be disappointed..."
Zhuang Rui shook his head. He had no intention of unraveling his materials at all. Even if he untied them, they would be left for Qin Xuanbing's design for the time being and he had no intention of selling them.
Zhuang Rui suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, Uncle De, Mr. Wang has a chicken-blood stone mine himself, why are you here to purchase chicken-blood stone?"
"The output of this chicken-blood stone mine is not large. Most of their companies make chicken-blood stone into ornaments, and the demand is very high. In the domestic Changhua chicken-blood stone market, Wang Xiaoyi's company may account for 60% of the share...
"
After listening to what Uncle De said, Zhuang Rui finally understood that although chicken blood stone is called a seal, the value of it when made into a seal is far less than the market value after being made into an ornament.
Just like the piece of soapstone ornament I saw at the Spring Festival Treasure Appraisal, according to the total estimate of the money at the Kyoto auction, if it were auctioned, it would be worth more than 100 million yuan, but if it was broken down and made into a seal, I'm afraid it would be worth at most only
That’s thirty to fifty million.
While several people were talking, they had already reached the foot of the mountain, and more and more people were getting up early to do farm work. This year's plan is spring, and now is the time to take care of the terraces in the mountains.
Everyone they met on the road greeted Lao Wangtou warmly and invited him to his home to have breakfast. I wonder if it was because of Lao Wangtou's high prestige, or because they wanted to attract Zhuang Rui and others to the house to see the goods?
Although they are also rural areas, the village at the foot of Yuyan Mountain is obviously much richer than the villages Zhuang Rui and the others saw along the way. Almost every family has built a small building and has a hanging hanging at the door.
There is a sign for the farmhouse.
When walking through the village, it was obvious that many people, like Zhuang Rui and others, came from out of town to participate in the Soapstone Fair.
"Er Huzi, I'm not at home..."
Lao Wangtou led Zhuang Rui and his party to the courtyard of a small building, stretched out his hand and pushed open the far door, and then started shouting loudly when he walked into the courtyard. There is no such thing as knocking on the door in the countryside, and sometimes he even holds a bowl.
I can visit other people's houses.
"Woof woof..."
No one came out, but a big yellow dog came out of the house and barked at Zhuang Rui and others.
"Hey, second uncle, I'm at home, at home, get out of here..."
A young man heard the dog barking, kicked the big yellow dog who was loyal to his duty, and led Zhuang Rui and others into the house. There was no need to ask more. When Lao Wangtou, an outsider came to the house, he must be looking at the chicken blood stone.
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"Second uncle, the stones are all there. I've arranged them all, and I'm going to use a cart to pull them up to the market later..."
These days are the most important trading time for chicken blood stone. Chicken blood stone merchants from all over the country will gather here. Therefore, not only the chicken blood stone mine owners will prepare the chicken blood stone materials, but also the villagers at the foot of Yuyan Mountain will also prepare their own chicken blood stone on the mountain last year.
The stones I found were taken to the market to set up a stall.
Lao Wang turned around and said to Zhuang Rui and others: "Teacher Ma, Brother Zhuang, please take a look first. After picking the rest, let the two tigers set up their stalls. This is my nephew.
you are welcome……"
Zhuang Rui laughed when he heard this. Sure enough, the wealth should not go to outsiders. When looking at goods, you must first look at your own family.
Maybe it was because Er Huzi was young and strong. The chicken blood stones in his house were obviously more than those in Lao Wangtou's. In a corner of the yard, they were filled with stones, and they looked pretty good from the outside.
, the blood red color can be seen in some pieces.
Zhuang Rui did a rough check and found that there were sixty or seventy pieces of material in total, the largest weighing seventy or eighty kilograms. He didn't know how Erhuzi moved it down from the mountain.
After confessing to Lao Wangtou, Zhuang Rui and Uncle De took flashlights and walked to the pile of stones to inspect. As for Wei Wei and others, firstly, they couldn't understand it, and secondly, they had no interest in this thing, so they sat down
On the chair Erhuzi brought, we started chatting in the yard.
"This piece, this piece, and this piece, I want these three pieces. Brother Erhu, can you see how much they are worth?"
More than an hour later, Zhuang Rui stopped, sweating profusely. There were three stones placed in front of him, which weighed about thirty or forty kilograms in total. Only one stone was bleeding from the outside, and the other two stones looked like ordinary rocks.
Not much difference.
"Zhuang Rui, are you optimistic about it so quickly?"
Uncle De, who was still observing, turned his face after hearing Zhuang Rui's words. Zhuang Rui looked at the dozens of stones too quickly.
Zhuang Rui took the towel handed by Qin Xuanbing and wiped his sweat, and said: "After a rough look, I think these pieces are good. Uncle De, would you like to take a look first?"
Not to mention, looking at soapstone is really much more tiring than looking at jadeite. The smallest jadeite material is usually as big as a fist, while soapstone comes in different sizes, and some small reddish stones are also placed in the stone area.
But with the example of the seal material yesterday, Zhuang Rui didn't even let go of the stone fragments the size of his thumb today, and used his spiritual energy to inspect them one by one.
