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Chapter 203 The Astute Businessman
While walking, Mr. Xu continued to introduce to An Xiuer, saying: "These rough stones are all divided into areas. We will write our name or family or business firm on any bid we like, and put the bid in the iron box. When the auction starts, the stewards here will open the iron box and let people clean it up, and place a piece with the same bid, and the highest bidder will get it."

"Well, this is indeed much faster than the auction." An Xiu'er walked and looked at it, but her heart became more and more anxious. She was a little worried about gain and loss, for fear that the rough stone she was looking for would be snatched away by others because of the low price. But I am afraid that the price will be too high.

"The people in this auction house are really shrewd." An Xiu'er couldn't help complaining, but it was just a complaint, she really didn't know anything about this auction.

"There is no one who is not smart in business, it depends on everyone's level." Xu Lao looked very open.

"That's right, as long as you make sure that the rough stone you're looking for has emeralds in it, and you don't get an empty shell at a high price, then you won't lose money." An Xiuer said, and stopped talking about the rules of the auction, anyway. No matter how much she complained about things, she could only abide by them. Besides, apart from strength, Kanshi and others already had an element of luck. This time, she hoped that she would have good luck.

"Then let's start now." Mr. Xu said, and these Kanshi masters separated spontaneously. Behind each Kanshi master, there were probably two or three guards, and An Xiu'er was the object of everyone's protection. .

"Ma'am, you just look at this area here, and we will go to another place. If you have any doubts, just write it down and make it up. We will discuss it together on the last day." Xu Lao said .

"Okay." An Xiu'er nodded and parted ways with everyone.

She took An Tieshi, Chunequin Qiuyu and four other guards to watch in this area, while Qian Lao and Xu Lao took the four guards to go elsewhere.

After the stone masters left, An Tieshi asked in a low voice: "Sister, these stones look the same to me, can you see any emeralds underneath?"

"I can't see it." An Xiu'er laughed a little when she heard the words, shook her head, but walked to a rough stone casually, and said: "We can tell from the surface of this stone, brother, the color and veins of the skin of this rough stone are the same as those of the original stone." Other stones are different."

"There are so many rough stones of different colors, I can't tell." An Tieshi shook his head, but looked at it with great interest.

An Xiu'er then smiled, and told the maid beside her, "Write down this rough stone, zero zero five, to be determined. The base price is 500 taels, and the maximum price can be 1000 taels."

After Chun Equinox heard An Xiuer's words, he quickly wrote down the information written by An Xiuer with a pen. An Tieshi on the side admired An Xiuer very much: "Sister, you figured it out so quickly? It's amazing."

"I'm not too sure, but I'd better write it down first. When I finish looking at this area, I'll focus on it when I have time." An Xiu'er replied.

An Tieshi scratched his head and said, "Sister, you are really smart."

An Xiu'er turned her head and smiled at An Tieshi, she didn't say anything, but continued to check, An Tieshi didn't say anything, just followed behind An Xiu'er, paying attention to the surroundings from time to time, sometimes also looking at the rough stones, But he couldn't see anything.

An Xiu'er looked at it while memorizing it. Her speed was very fast. It took the stone masters around her to look at one rough stone, but she had already looked at two or three. If the speed is too slow, she is worried that she will miss a lot of good rough stones, so the strategy she adopts is to find a needle in a haystack first, and then carefully select among the rough stones she bids.

Seeing that An Xiu'er was working so hard, An Tieshi also searched on the sidelines. He saw a piece of rough stone showing a little greenness, and hurriedly shouted: "Sister, come and see, there is emerald in it."

An Xiu'er looked at the rough stone in front of her and heard An Tieshi's voice, so she walked over and said, "Where is it?"

"Here, look, there is green in the crack, there may be a rough stone in it." An Tieshi pointed to the rough stone in front of him and showed it to An Xiu'er.

An Xiu'er saw that the cracks of this rough stone were very obvious, extending from the surface of the stone skin to the center of the stone, and through these cracks, there was a touch of green in the rough stone, like emerald look.

"How is it?" Seeing An Xiu'er coming to see, An Tieshi asked hastily.

"This rough stone has turned green, but I don't know the quality of the emerald inside it, and I don't know how much emerald there is in it. Maybe there is only a little bit of emerald in this crack. If so, then We lost a lot of money, after all, the base price of this rough stone is 2000 taels."

"Is 2000 taels so expensive? This is simply stealing money." An Tieshi was a little speechless.

"There's no way, it's a matter of one willing to fight and one willing to suffer." An Xiu'er shook her head, and said, "I just looked at it, and the chances of this rough stone is high-grade jadeite are not high, and since it has this crack, it must be There will be a lot of bidders at that time, so we still don’t bid.”

"Okay." An Tieshi saw the emerald in the rough for the first time, but An Xiu'er did not bid, which made him a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. He has a specialization in surgery, and he is not good at weighing stones. Well, if An Xiu'er really bid and won the bid, but there is no jade after cutting the rough stone, then he will definitely feel even more guilty.

Seeing his expression, An Xiu'er said, "Brother, we still have two more days, and you still have a chance to choose rough stones. If you see one and you like it, I will bid for it for you. Down."

"I'm not a child, but I'll accept your wish." An Tieshi nodded, knowing that a few thousand taels of silver was nothing to the Zhang family, so he didn't make any excuses.

Until night fell, everyone was going back to rest, but An Tieshi didn't find the rough stone he liked, and he didn't look at it again. He knew his level, so he should be his own guard honestly, in case he really If you fancy a rough stone, you will fall in love with gambling stones, then you will be in trouble.

During these two hours, An Xiu'er only saw a hundred or so rough stones. She originally thought that her speed was considered fast, but after doing the calculations like this, there were still two days left tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and she couldn't see them at all. Finish all the rough stones here.

She intends to read all the rough stones in the auction house tomorrow, and then choose a suitable bid from the rough stones she recorded the day after tomorrow, and negotiate the price with other Kanshi masters. After counting, the time is not enough. It seems that tomorrow will speed up. She can't read all the rough stones. She still has to carefully look at the rough stones in her area. As for other areas, she has a rough look. There are other Kanshishishi.

After returning to the other garden of the Zhang family, all the stone masters gathered in the flower hall, and each talked about what they saw today. An Xiuer sat at the head and listened quietly.

"The quality of the rough stones this time is much worse than last year's rough stones." A rock master said first, with some complaints in his tone.

"Yeah, I looked all night today, but I couldn't see a few rough stones suitable for bidding." Another Kanshi master echoed.

Everyone nodded, lamenting that the quality of rough stones this year is not as good as last year.

"Old Qian, what is the quality of the rough stone you saw tonight?" Someone asked.

"It's rewarding, but the area I visited, Master Liu also happened to show people there, so I think they will also bid." Qian Lao said.

"Yes, although these rough stones seem to be many, but there are not many emeralds, and there are many more stone masters this year than before. There are too many monks and too few porridge." A stone master sighed.

"Why do you care if there are too many monks?" Mr. Xu couldn't see others shirk and complain, and he scolded: "As long as you manage your respective areas well, you can find rough jadeite. If all you are looking for are broken stones, it is considered a No one is competing with you, and that's what you are!"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, you are right." Mr. Qian said quickly, and the other stone-appreciating masters also admitted their mistakes. Seeing them like this, Mr. Xu softened his tone a little, and said, "Before I started to examine stones, I started to show my timidity." , what does it look like?"

"Yes, we will pay attention to it." Qian Lao echoed.

An Xiu'er felt that Mr. Qian was a bit of a peacemaker, but also a kind old man. Normally, Mr. Xu was a rather arrogant person, and he didn't bother to talk to ordinary people. Even when An Xiuer asked some common-sense questions, Mr. Xu was too lazy to answer. Yes, it was Mr. Qian who was more enthusiastic and willing to answer many questions.

"I don't know how much you have gained, Mr. Xu?" someone asked from below.

"I still want to tell you about the harvest of the old man?" Old Xu was unwilling to answer them.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit stiff, An Xiu'er said softly: "Old Xu, just tell them, so that they can learn from it."

Only then did Mr. Xu snort coldly, "The old man saw several good rough stones today, and it is very likely that there are ice species or even higher-grade jadeite in them."

"Old Xu, you are the best." Everyone echoed him in unison.

But Mr. Xu preached again: "What's the use of you praising me for being great? I don't have ten eyes. I told you a long time ago. When you are in the stone, don't care who is around, just look at yourself without distraction. Stones, wouldn’t the efficiency be improved? It’s more useful to look at the rough stones than flattery!”

Mr. Xu's attitude towards An Xiu'er was relatively gentle during this period, but his tone was not gentle towards these masters who were not as good as him. He was just such a person. Yes, he has always been too lazy to talk to them, and he has never had a good look at the Zhang family's stone-canning masters who are not as good as him.

(End of this chapter)