Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 527: Chapter 524: Sweeping Goods on Gambling Stone Street

Of course, it’s not to say that there is definitively no jadeite beneath the green surface. On the contrary, many times there is jadeite under the green layer. The so-called ”line” and ”patch” are just forms of expression, where ”line” is the thickness and implies uprightness, and the ”patch” is the area and implies flatness.

But those who truly understand gemstone betting won’t rely solely on this one aspect, they also need to make a comprehensive judgment based on the whole stone’s appearance, such as the python band, the texture of the pine flower, the water color, and other factors to draw a final conclusion.

The saying ”Rather buy a line than a patch” is merely a reminder to bettors not to harbor excessive expectations for the thickness of green within the raw material.

The stone just now was like that, in fact, it belonged to the periphery of the jadeite mining area. Although it wasn’t waste material, its origin was still somewhat distant from the jadeite vein, and the jadeite formation process wasn’t perfect, hence the green was only a thin layer.

Therefore, Huo Sining had spotted this issue when she started checking the half-gamble stones, realizing the shop owner’s tricks were very clever. Among this batch of half-gamble raw materials, any pieces with green on the surface had been cut out by him.

Moreover, he apparently knew that beneath those green-surfaced raw materials there would be no more green, so he left these pieces in the half-gamble raw material area to entice those novice bettors who thought they understood but really didn’t, to come and buy.

Obviously, the allure of high-grade jadeite for bettors was simply too great. Despite such an obvious trap, there were still those willing to jump in.

Su Qingqing originally wanted to go in for a look at the excitement, but Huo Sining spoke so seriously, and she was told to stay far away and keep quiet, which dwindled her enthusiasm for the spectacle.

Seeing Bai Yishan and Wu Jun standing around listlessly, Su Qingqing also let go of her desire to watch the action and instead ran over to Wu Jun, asking, ”Hey Big Silly, how about we go visit your hometown after the Ruili Gambling Plate is over?”

Su Qingqing had asked this question many times before, but every time Wu Jun kept his lips sealed, which really frustruated her. She had only learned from Yaya that they were from Yun Province, but as for where exactly their hometown was, even Yaya couldn’t say, hence Su Qingqing could only try to get it out of Wu Jun.

However, whenever Su Qingqing brought up this topic, Wu Jun’s face would darken, and seeing his troubled expression, Su Qingqing suddenly felt at a loss and quickly changed the subject to divert attention.

Huo Sining still mulled over her selection of raw materials, but soon, a sound of surprise came from the backyard, followed by a commotion. Clearly, the middle-aged man had already cut open his stone, and the outcome was as expected.

Indeed, it didn’t take long before the middle-aged man emerged from the backyard, his face etched with defeat, stumbling his way out of the gemstone shop. His friends followed suit and chased after him.

Huo Sining picked out three fully gambled raw materials in the shop, spending a total of one hundred and seventy thousand. The owner made a tidy profit and was naturally overjoyed.

However, if he knew that out of the three raw materials Huo Sining had chosen, two could yield egg-white kind of high-grade jadeite, he would certainly be crying.

Huo Sining was somewhat conflicted; they had forgotten to bring the rented car when they left, and now, without cutting the stones, she simply couldn’t carry so many. She did have a storage ring, but she definitely couldn’t collect these stones into her space in front of so many people.

But she didn’t want to be so noticeable, letting others see her stone gambling. It was better to quietly make a fortune if she found something good. Why let everyone know about it?

The shop owner had been in business for many years and was naturally astute. When it came to reading people, no one was better than them at discerning secrets. Seeing Huo Sining’s hesitation, he immediately diagnosed the problem and promptly called a professional porter from Gambling Stone Street for her.

Only then did Huo Sining realize that buyers who came to Ruili for stone gambling often encountered this awkward problem, where the material they purchased was too heavy for ordinary people to carry back, necessitating the help of porters.

So in Ruili Gambling Stone Street, there were many porters who earned their living by such manual labor, who were also offshoots dependent on the existence of Gambling Stone Street.

Shortly after the call, a porter hurried over, and under the shop owner’s instructions, carried the stones and followed behind Wu Jun toward the warehouse that Huo Sining and her group had rented.

During the last event at Pingzhou Public Plate, Huo Sining had seen Su Jinyuan rent a small private warehouse, so this time, before coming to Ruili, she had Wu Jun help her rent a warehouse to conveniently store the rough jadeite.

To retrieve her parents’ belongings, Huo Sining had paid Xu Lian and Huo Yong five million several months ago, so in fact, she didn’t have much liquid capital left, which was why she had arrived in Ruili a week early.

She planned to take advantage of the time before Ruili’s gambling event started to comb through Ruili Gambling Stone Street, pick out all the decent rough stones, then sell the polished jade after processing them to accumulate more funds, and be ready to participate in bidding during the upcoming Ruili gambling event.

After browsing through another shop across the street and paying for the rough jadeite she had selected, Wu Jun had already returned.

Probably knowing that Huo Sining wouldn’t come back empty-handed today, Wu Jun had taken the porter back to the warehouse with the rough jadeite and then went back to the hotel once more, directly driving out the car they had rented.

Having a car made things much more convenient. Considering practicality, the vehicle they rented was a medium-sized van which was meant for carrying the rough jadeite.

The van only had two rows of seats, enough for four to five people, and a huge cargo area in the back that could hold quite a lot of rough jadeite.

Huo Sining was also quite fast at purchasing rough jadeite. In every store she entered, she picked out materials with lightning speed. In just over two hours, she visited more than a dozen stores and bought a considerable amount of rough jadeite. She even found several overlooked pieces in the stocks of bricks that hadn’t sold for years at some shops.

Outsiders were stunned by the speed at which Huo Sining bought rough jadeite, but Su Qingqing and Bai Yishan were no longer surprised.

In their view, it would be strange for Huo Sining to do things by the book.

Because usually, if that happened, it meant that Huo Sining was not up to some sneaky tricks or plotting against someone; instead, she was likely pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, getting ready to take advantage of someone.