The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 219 Almost cried with anger
Lady Wen'an was filled with rage, but in order to win back Xie Lan and regain her lost face, she could only swallow her anger and order the maid to bring the banknotes and give them to Steward Song.

"Can we start gambling now?"

Xie Lan nodded with a smile, and for the sake of the 2,700 taels of silver, he didn't provoke her.

"Okay, how would you like to bet?"

"You and I each pick a piece of rough stone, and whoever cuts out the best quality jade will win."

There are many criteria for judging winning or losing in gambling on stones, but Princess Wen'an didn't think Xie Lan could beat her, so she naturally didn't say much.

Xie Lan knew that she had cheats, and that County Lady Wen'an could not defeat her, so she did not say much, "Okay, County Lady, go first."

In order to win back the bet, Princess Wen'an chose very carefully this time, squatting in front of a pile of stones until her back and waist ached.

When he turned around inadvertently, he saw Xie Lan sitting comfortably beside him, drinking tea and eating snacks, and he was immediately so angry that his heart ached.

But because there were other people around, he couldn't get angry.

I could only hold my breath and pick for a long time before I finally chose one.

Xie Lan had just finished eating and drinking, and when he saw County Lady Wen'an coming over angrily, he said casually, "Have you chosen, County Lady? Let me see if your choice is good."

The two maids holding the stones glared at Xie Lan, "What are you looking at? You can't defeat our county lady no matter how hard you try!"

"That's right. You think you can look at our county lord's things? Don't you consider your own status? If you break them, can you afford to pay for them?"

The two maids' words were really too much, and the Shouguang County Lady couldn't stand it anymore. "These jade materials are so hard that ordinary swords can hardly cut them. How could they be damaged just by looking at them?

Princess Wen'an, your maid is too arrogant."

The Princess of Wen'an looked proud and said, "There's nothing wrong with what they said. Who can read my stuff?"

"you……"

Seeing that Princess Shouguang was very angry and wanted to argue with Princess Wen'an, Xie Lan stopped her.

"It's not worth getting angry with them. If they don't want me to watch it, then don't watch it. Otherwise, if I lose later, they will blame me for it."

Deng Qinglan saw that the male guests on the other side had already picked up a lot of stones and was worried that all the good materials were gone.

He hurriedly reminded Xie Lan, "Miss Xie, do you want to bet on a stone from the one you just bought or another one?"

The twelve pieces Xie Lan had just selected were all good materials. She wanted to keep them to absorb the spiritual energy inside and did not intend to use them for gambling. "Pick another one."

Shouguang County Lady and the others were a little worried. "Those guests have already picked up a lot of materials. I'm afraid the quality of the remaining ones is not very good. I don't know if we can win this bet."

"Don't worry, I've already picked it out."

"When did you choose it? How come we don't know?" Deng Qinglan and the others looked confused. Xie Lan was clearly eating and drinking just now, so how could he have chosen?
Seeing their confusion, Xie Lan lazily kicked the small stone under the table and said, "Here, this is what I chose."

The Princess of Shouguang County and the others were speechless and were thinking about whether to persuade her to change it.

But Xie Lan had already waved to Manager Song and said, "I want this piece of material. Name your price."

Looking at the stepping stone in her hand, Manager Song frowned so hard that he almost pinched a fly to death.

Why does he seem to have no impression of this material?

After searching his mind for a while, Manager Song still couldn't remember it. He thought it was just an ordinary stone.

But he certainly wasn't stupid enough to say it out loud, but he didn't dare to ask for an exorbitant price either.

"This piece of material is not big, young lady, just give me fifty taels." Manager Song was still a little nervous, fearing that if he offered too high a price, Young Lady Xie would regret it and not want it.

Unexpectedly, she paid him the banknote without saying a word.

Seeing that Xie Lan was so straightforward and gave the banknote without even bargaining, Manager Song suddenly became suspicious.

Could it be that the stone was really a jadeite stone?
Missed it?
He was struggling with this, but when he heard the maid of County Master Wen'an mocking with disdain, he thought he was being too suspicious.

"You want to defeat our county lord with just a stepping stone? It's simply a dream."

"Who says it's not true? It's just a broken stone. If you hit a dog with it, the dog will despise it for being too small.
You think you can cut jade with this? You're not afraid of being laughed at."

The two maids were really annoying. Xie Lan glared at them coldly, "A broken stone like this that even dogs despise is more than enough to defeat you."

The Lady of Wen'an County sneered, "Miss Xie is really sharp-tongued. It's a pity that whether you can increase the value of gambling on stones does not depend on whether you have a sharp tongue, but on whether you have experience and skills in gambling on stones."

"The county lady is wrong. Not only am I good at talking, I'm also better at gambling on stones than you.

If you don’t believe me, just cut the stone and you will know if I am right.”

"Hmph, just cut it open. I don't believe that the ones I carefully selected are not as good as a broken stepping stone like you."

In fact, not only did Princess Wen'an not believe it, but even Deng Qinglan and the others were skeptical in their hearts.

But it was this stepping stone that no one was optimistic about that was actually cut into jadeite, and the quality of the jadeite was pretty good.

As for the piece that belonged to Lady Wen'an County, after being cut open, it looked no different from an ordinary big stone, not to mention any green at all.

Some people even suspected that it was not a raw jadeite stone at all, but a waste stone picked up by Manager Song from the wilderness.

When Shouguang County Lady and the others saw Xie Lan's green jadeite, they all opened their mouths wide and almost doubted their lives.

Just with this stepping stone, jade was actually cut out?

It’s no wonder they were surprised. If Xie Lan hadn’t been able to see the spiritual energy in the stone, she would have thought it was just an ordinary stone.

Because she just saw a hole on the ground and the table could not be placed levelly, so she used it as a foothold.

I didn’t expect to be so lucky. This thing I picked up casually turned out to be jadeite.

Xie Lan guessed that this was probably brought by Manager Song, but somehow it ran to the place where she was resting.

The carefully selected raw stone was not as good as a stepping stone. Princess Wen'an felt that this was a great humiliation for her.

The two maids felt that Xie Lan's jade was like a slap in the face.

Manager Song was so heartbroken that he almost couldn't breathe after selling two such good pieces of stone at such a low price.

But he couldn't say anything. Miss Xie was able to pick up bargains, that was her ability.

Xie Lan took the banknote from Manager Song and waved it towards County Lady Wen'an, "Thank you for your recognition, I will gladly accept this banknote."

Seeing that Princess Wen'an was about to cry, suddenly a noble lady dressed in exquisite palace clothes walked towards them.

"Miss Xie is very lucky. Would you dare to bet with me?"

The girl had an arrogant look on her face and a hint of nobility about her. Xie Lan guessed that she was probably a princess.

Seeing that she was looking at the noble lady, the Princess of Shouguang County hurriedly introduced her, "This is Princess Anyang, Xiao Yunlan, the daughter of Concubine Xue.

She has been learning gambling on stones for about five or six years, and has good experience and skills. "