It's hard to be a prodigal

Jiang Zong has a problem, he is too protective of those around him.

Although the relationship with his younger brother was lukewarm in the previous life, he never let go of anyone who spoke harshly to Jiang Heng. In the previous life, Jiang Zong was rich and powerful, and if anyone offended those around him, he would be slapped in the face, and he was appointed to be punished. Jiang Zong's insidious tricks secretly took revenge and took off a layer of skin.

Jiang Zong snorted coldly, sat back in his chair, casually poured the slightly cold tea in the cup, and waved his hand to ask the servant girl Gu Duoer to pour the tea.

While several shopkeepers were hesitating about picking stones, Jiang Zong glanced at the owner of the Lin Family Jade Shop: "Experts don't gamble secretly, Boss Lin, let's open a window and ask for a price. No one in Jinzhou has ever done stone betting business. Who knows how many of your pile of stones are imported from Haochang, you have to show us something real, otherwise who will take advantage of you."

Betting on stones can also be divided into secret betting and open betting. To open a window is to wipe off a piece of material to see what is inside, and then decide whether to bet or not. This is open betting.

As the saying goes, "the increase is not considered to be increased by rubbing, but the increase is considered to be increased by cutting". If the quality of the wiped jade skin is good, the price of the material will increase, but after cutting, some of them will be ruined, but at least the risk is better than being fooled like shopkeeper Sun. Bet less.

Shopkeeper Sun was dissatisfied with being taken advantage of, but he also knew in his heart that he was not an expert at all.

Several knowledgeable shopkeepers responded one after another.

Le Lian frowned, silently looked at Jiang Zong's gradually gloomy eyes, and thought that Lin Jiayu's shop might be in trouble.

But in the past, the young master of the Jiang family was bad or not, but he didn't have so much flirtatiousness. It seems that since the night of the birthday banquet, this person has become a little different, with an inexplicable cunning aura.

A few drops of sweat dripped from Boss Lin's forehead.

Why did Jiang Zong, a prodigal son, suddenly become difficult? From the moment Jiang Zong sat here, he pushed Lin Jiayu shop into the pit of fire with one more word, hateful.

It is also very particular about which venue the jadeite rough comes from. Some venues produce more green jade, but the price is high, and some venues are of poor quality, but the price is low. Boss Lin really wants to take advantage of Jinzhou when the stone gambling business is not booming. Kill a wave of laymen, these materials are mixed with a lot of cheap inferior goods.

But looking at the current situation, if you don't agree to open the window to gamble, this batch of goods will be thrown into your hands. For this batch of goods, the Lin family borrowed a lot of money from the bank, and they can't pay back.

So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and open a few windows, and it became clearer which piece on the table was waste and which piece had a future.

Jiang Zong encouraged Shopkeeper Sun with a smile, and pointed at the folding fan in his hand: "Shopkeeper Sun, I think the rest of these are good, the one in your hand is full of water!"

Shopkeeper Sun didn't dare to be careless, he picked up a stone and beat it, looked left and right against the light, and picked out a piece of white leather. The one with the window was really beautiful in water and green, but it was hard to tell whether the inside was of the same color. hesitate.

At this time, Jiang Zong knocked the melon seeds on his chin, and whispered to Le Lian, "I played with the stone gamblers in the capital for a few days, and I heard that white leather is not easy to ship, even if the small piece with the window is beautiful, It might be full of cotton and cracks inside."

"..." Le Lian didn't know what he wanted to do, so he kept silent, pretending to look at the stone, and stopped talking, but his peripheral vision stayed on Jiang Zong's face for a long time.

Jiang Heng gently pushed his brother, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense, your friend in the capital is just a dandy, how can he understand this!"

Shopkeeper Sun gritted his teeth, not believing in Jiang Zong's evil, with a wave of his hand, he opened this piece of material for 500 taels.

As soon as the stone was opened, I didn't expect that only the one with the window was green, and there was a whole piece of white cotton waste inside.

Shopkeeper Sun stomped his feet in anger.

Jiang Zong spread his hands regretfully: "Look, I told you earlier, I'd rather buy a thread than buy a large piece, open the window to open a large piece of green, most of which are waste."

This gambling stone is also a piece of Jiang Zong's blood loss in his previous life. At first, just looking at the appearance, Jiang Zong was vaguely uncertain, but he remembered it as soon as he opened the window. This color, Jiang Zong will never forget in his life. After spending 1000 taels of silver, he played it. I got a bowl of pounding garlic.

Everyone hesitated even more, no matter how experts dared to bet on this ambiguous material, the reputation of the Lin Family Jade Shop seemed to be collapsing.

Jiang Zong saw that the atmosphere was coming, he flicked his sleeves, pointed to a small piece, and asked Boss Lin: "This one has a window, how much does it cost?"

The material is not bad when the window is opened, Boss Lin made a comparison.

Jiang Zong raised his chin slightly: "Jiang Heng, 1000 taels, take the bank note."

Jiang Heng's eyes were rounded, and he whispered softly: "You didn't see how much Treasurer Sun lost, how dare you play!"

Jiang Zong picked the phoenix eyes slightly: "This money is hot in your hands, spend it quickly, otherwise the second uncle will come to ask for it."

Jiang Heng clutched his pocket to prevent Jiang Zong from taking it.

Boss Lin took the opportunity to come over and whispered in Jiang Zong's ear, "Why don't you deduct the 1000 taels from the Lin family's loan."

Jiang Heng was relieved when he heard it: "Let's do it like this."

Jiang Zong curled up his mouth coldly, and taking advantage of Jiang Heng's inattention, he quickly took out the bank note from his hand and handed it to Boss Lin: "No, I have money. Go, record it on the account, and pay me out." a statement."

Boss Lin had no choice but to do so.

As soon as he got the information, Jiang Zong asked Master Xie Yu to cut the materials.

The asking price for a piece of stone the size of a rouge box is 1000 taels, which is simply a joke.Jiang Heng was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth.

Several shopkeepers stroked their beards and waited to see the joke of the prodigal son.

They have long been accustomed to seeing Jiang Zong's jokes. The young master of the Jiang family has always spent money like water. He can spend a thousand taels in a flower house to buy a young lady to sing a ditty, and spend a lot of time and wine to achieve nothing.

As soon as the stone was opened, it was completely black, like a piece of black coal.

The faces of the shopkeepers present suddenly changed.

Shopkeeper Sun saw someone worse than himself, and laughed at Jiang Zong: "I think this stone is not good enough."

"..." Jiang Heng glanced at the face, and was about to die on the street on the spot.

Only Jiang Zong poured himself a cup of tea with his calm and relaxed look.

Le Lian squinted his eyes for a while, and said, "My eyesight is clumsy, why do I look at Mo Cui?"

Boss Lin was startled, and hurried over to take a look.

He is an old expert who has worked in the jade shop for decades, and his fingers trembled slightly when he picked up the two cut stones.

Jiang Zong lazily took the two halves of the stone, and compared his fingers on the surface: "Two bracelets can be produced. I remember a pair of black jade bracelets can be sold for tens of thousands of taels in Deyunchang, the capital. How can I get this piece of material?" It can also be 6000 two shots."

Jiang Heng came back to life, staring at the piece of black charcoal in Jiang Zong's hand with wide eyes.

"True, true or false?" Jiang Heng asked him blankly.

Jiang Zong raised his phoenix eyes arrogantly, and the look in his eyes changed, showing a relaxed smile: "Really."

Le Lian couldn't help but put Jiang Zong's face again from the corner of his eye.

Jiang Zong put Mo Cui on the table, and enthusiastically chatted with the shopkeepers around about the tips of betting stones, talked about his friends in Deyunchang, the capital, and pointed at the stones on the table.

In fact, he didn't quite understand that this piece of ink green was one of the few good materials he had ever bought, and the reason why he cut it out so quickly was because he wanted to make a big deal.

Jiang Zong raised his hand and rubbed Jiang Heng's chin: "Do you know why you have to gamble with cash?"

He didn't let Boss Lin use the 1000 taels of the stone to pay off the debt, because he was afraid that Boss Lin would renege on the debt. There is no evidence, and the Lin family has enough excuses to renege on their debts.

Jiang Heng whispered: "Understood... this time it's your shitty luck... just accept it when it's good, and don't play anymore!"

"Okay." Jiang Zong snorted, and gave Jiang Heng the remaining bank notes and two pieces of Mo Cui, "Take it."

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help being happy for his brother, but he refused to show it.

Jiang Zong really didn't make another move, but chatted with the guests around him while watching others open the stone. The guests saw that this prodigal son was lucky to open Mo Cui, so what's wrong with him?They followed suit.

Le Lian watched silently, and gradually realized something strange.

Ever since Jiang Zong released Mo Cui, the stone betting guests began to pay attention to Jiang Zong's words, and glanced into Jiang Zong's eyes from time to time, ready to read something from Jiang Zong's eyes.And Jiang Zong deliberately refused to say more, but occasionally stared at a few stones carefully.

People with sharp eyes followed Jiang Zong's gaze to pick stones.

In the end, there are always scraps, cheap jade with average quality, or more cracks and blood loss. Occasionally, someone can get a slightly better quality jade, but they never make a lot of money.

A whole day passed, and the floor of Lin Jiayu was covered with scraps, and there were still a few expensive stones on the table that no one would open.The crowd also gradually dispersed.

Le Lian always felt that there was something wrong with Jiang Zong.

He is trying every means to mislead the people around him to bet on waste with words and eyes.

"It's really hidden." Le Lian licked his lips, and pointed to a fist-sized stone that Jiang Zong had never looked at at the corner of the table. Because it was too small, he didn't pay attention to it when he opened the window. .

The price is 20 taels of silver.

Boss Lin had a very fruitful day, and he didn't care about the 20 taels of small stones. Seeing that Le Lian asked for it, he felt rather shabby, so he opened a receipt and threw it into Le Lian's hands.

Jiang Zong suddenly couldn't sit still anymore, spread his folding fan to hide his face and said, "What good thing can that small stone be, it's not big enough to open a bracelet, 20 taels is not good for doing something."

Le Lian raised his eyelids slightly, and asked Jiang Zong softly, "Do you like it?"

Jiang Zong swallowed, and scolded this little bastard a thousand times in his heart, saying that I spent a long time talking here just to buy these few good ingredients at a lower price.

Jiang Zong snorted softly: "The jade business is quite new. I'll talk to Boss Lin later about buying a stock. If you just use it for fun, you can give me 50 taels for the piece you have."

I don't know why this kid's eyes are so poisonous, so he immediately picked a top-grade glazed variety, this size can make two egg noodles, the carving is better, and the finished product is not difficult to tens of thousands of taels.

In the previous life, this little stone had no relationship with Jiang Zong, and was driven away by his friend in Deyunchang, the capital, and Jiang Zong's intestines were green with regret.

Le Lian looked at Jiang Zong, then looked down at the small stone in his hand, and said with a smile:

"No."

Jiang Zong took a deep breath, don't get angry, there is no one to replace him when he gets sick.

He chuckled, unfolded his folding fan and shook it lightly, crossed his legs and sat in the chair, glanced at Jiang Heng who was not far away with Gu Duo'er to discuss the debt with Boss Lin, and said to Le Lian: "Okay, here's the You and I, let me show you the bottom line. I think the leather in your hand is not bad. There is a good chance that it will be green, but the size is really too small. It can be used as a ring, and you There is no way to find a craftsman, so let me offer 500 taels, and you give me this piece of material."

Holding the small stone in his hand, Le Lian was not at all moved, and declined softly: "Master Zong, your family has a great career, so this small stone should be rewarded to me."

"Damn child." Jiang Zong snorted coldly, pinched Lelian's tender little face, tugged at it, and gritted his teeth and smiled, "Boy, I was careless in my previous life, and I gave you the opportunity to go to the north to practice, you Do you think you can still fight with me based on the age of your unweaned little baby?"

Le Lian looked at him blankly, his left cheek was pinched red, tears were about to overflow from his left eye: "Master Zong...are you joking..."

"Hmph." Jiang Zong dropped Le Lian, got up and took Jiang Heng away, "Xiao Heng, go home."

Jiang Heng was thankful that he didn't spend money in vain today, and he was a little more obedient to Jiang Zong.

Le Lian watched as the two brothers walked home slowly next to each other, clutching the stone in his hand, rubbing the swollen and sore cheeks that were pinched by Jiang Zong.