noffsinger Chapter 120 Jade Thumb Ring
Chapter 120 Jade Thumb Ring
Upon hearing the other party's words, Su Zichen was stunned, and even Zhu Nini was stunned.
Zhu Fengchun shook his head helplessly. This antique street was too murky; he'd just consider it a lesson learned.
"You...you bastards, give me my money back right now!"
"You have a bunch of broken porcelain pieces, and you're trying to extort 10 yuan from us."
"You are utterly shameless!"
Zhu Nini was so angry that her eyes turned red.
"Little beauty, we made things very clear before you bought it."
"Cash on delivery, payment and goods settled, no backing out."
"If you yourselves didn't realize that this porcelain was glued on, whose fault is that?"
The man in front of the stall smiled smugly, looking like he had Zhu Nini completely under his thumb.
The woman beside him looked at Lu Chenyang with a smug expression. "Little brother, didn't you just say they would turn misfortune into good fortune?"
"Come on, let's begin your performance and broaden our horizons."
The woman smiled smugly, waiting to see Lu Chenyang make a fool of himself.
"Honey, I know you wouldn't make things up without reason. What did you mean by what you just said?" Su Zichen had a blind trust in Lu Chenyang.
He felt that since Lu Chenyang said that, there must be a reason for it.
"What do you mean?"
"Your husband probably thinks that if you just buy a bunch of junk, you can find treasure inside."
"I think he's just watched too many TV dramas and he's become obsessed."
The man in front of the stall was laughing so hard he was doubled over.
The vendors nearby also laughed.
Everyone thought that Lu Chenyang was obsessed with reading novels and watching TV dramas.
Does he really think he has a discerning eye and can easily find bargains?
But the next second, their smiles froze on their faces.
Then Lu Chenyang lifted the porcelain base and slammed it to the ground.
Snapped!
The base shattered into several pieces.
Lu Chenyang removed the fragment and found that there was actually a piece of jade inside.
"Holy crap, something actually dropped!"
Seeing that there was indeed something special inside the base, everyone present stared in disbelief.
Inside was a palm-sized piece of jade, but its color was plain and its quality was extremely ordinary.
Zhu Fengchun had also stared wide-eyed at first, but after taking a couple of glances, he couldn't help but shake his head.
This jade is of average quality and contains impurities, so it's not worth much money at all.
The woman in front of the stall laughed gleefully, "Oh, little brother, I thought you were really going to make a fortune."
"So all you found was this?"
"Hehe, although there is jade hidden in the base, the jade is of average color and contains impurities."
"If it can sell for ten or twenty thousand, that's the best it can get."
"However, at least it will allow you to recover some of your losses, so you won't suffer too much damage."
"I wonder who was so bored as to hide something like this in the base."
"I think he's just bored out of his mind."
The people around them burst into laughter.
Zhu Nini couldn't help but frown slightly.
I originally thought that Lu Chenyang could really snag a bargain.
But now it seems that all of this was just wishful thinking.
Lu Chenyang stood quietly in place.
Holding this piece of jade, I could vaguely see a glimmer of light inside through its rough surface.
"Mr. Lu, although we didn't get a big bargain this time."
"But if this piece of jade can be sold for ten or twenty thousand, then it won't be too bad a loss."
"In the antique business, even the most skilled people can make mistakes."
"You don't need to worry about it too much."
Seeing Lu Chenyang standing still, Zhu Fengchun thought he had been hurt and went over to comfort him.
"Misjudged? Not necessarily." Lu Chenyang smiled gently.
Ignoring the jeers and taunts of the crowd, he asked, "Do you have a carving knife I can borrow?"
Soon, someone handed over a carving knife.
"What, you don't think there's something else in here, do you?" the woman in front of the stall said sneer. "I think you're really obsessed."
"Don't jump to conclusions too early, or you'll easily be proven wrong." Lu Chenyang smiled calmly; his intuition had never been wrong.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he gently scraped the surface of the jade with the carving knife.
He shaved very slowly and carefully, as gently as if he were caressing a lover's cheek.
Holy crap!
Just after a jade shard the size of a thumb fell, a scream rang out instantly.
"Jade encased in jade! Judging from the outline, it should be a jade thumb ring inside! And it's made of imperial green jade!"
An old man with bloodshot eyes quickly squeezed in, “The porcelain base contains crude fake jade, and inside the fake jade is real imperial green jade.”
"Leaving aside the value of the jade thumb ring, the craftsmanship alone is quite remarkable."
"Only skilled craftsmen in the ancient court could possess such craftsmanship."
"This jade thumb ring must be a treasure passed down from the imperial palace."
"The owner of the item was worried about it being stolen or switched, so they have been using this method to hide it."
"I always thought that what was recorded in ancient books was a lie."
"But I never expected that this kind of craftsmanship really exists."
"I've learned a lot, I've really learned a lot."
The red-eyed old man became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he even started gesturing wildly.
boom……
Upon hearing the old man's words, the atmosphere at the scene instantly ignited.
"What? There's fake jade hidden inside the base, and real jade inside the fake jade?"
"My goodness, it's something that came from the palace? That must be worth a fortune."
"Old man, look at your eyes, they're bloodshot. Are you seeing things?"
"Outrageous! This is Master Fiery Eyes, the number one appraiser in Zhongyu Province. How could he be mistaken?"
Zhu Fengchun, Zhu Nini, and the others all showed expressions of shock.
They never expected that there were layers upon layers of fake jade, and that there was more to it than met the eye.
The couple in front of the stall twitched at the corners of their mouths, and their expressions turned somewhat unpleasant.
However, I didn't take it too seriously.
After all, it's only the tip of the iceberg; it's not certain whether it's all imperial green inside.
“Young man, take my advice, stop scratching it. I’ll offer 100 million to buy this rough jade.”
"Whether it's good or bad, let's accept our fate and not hold grudges."
"If you keep scraping and find out it's not imperial green inside, then it's all over."
Master Huoyan spoke up to offer advice.
brush brush...
Lu Chenyang seemed not to hear him and continued to gently scrape with his head down.
As the powder slowly fell to the ground, it tugged at everyone's nerves.
The people present wanted Lu Chenyang to finish scraping quickly, but they were also afraid that he would scrape the jade ring inside too fast.
About five or six minutes later, the palm-sized jade stone actually turned into a crystal-clear jade thumb ring.
However, the surface of the jade thumb ring was no longer rough and uneven, and there were no impurities.
On the contrary, this jade thumb ring has a rich, bright, and crystal-clear color, reflecting a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight.
"This quality, this craftsmanship, this jade thumb ring is definitely a royal item!" Master Huoyan trembled with excitement.
Zhu Fengchun was so excited that his eyelids twitched.
In that instant.
Everyone seemed to be under a spell, frozen in place.
The entire street became completely silent.