The Leisure Life Of The Village Doctor - Chapter 183
Chapter 183 – Practice
The host looked a little embarrassed. He smiled and said, “Yes, yes, I was wrong!”
Then he continued, “Then I wish Mr. Wan good luck tonight!”
“Don’t worry. I won’t lose!”
Mr. Wan waved his hand. “Start!”
The stone-cutting machine roared, and the sound was cut off in an instant!
At this time, the tourists who were watching TV held their breaths.
Although it wasn’t their own stone, people still wanted to see if there was really a priceless emerald inside!
A layer of stone skin was quickly peeled off, and the white stuff inside was revealed.
The staff cleaned it up. Then, the photographer pointed the camera at it. A man knowing the ropes immediately exclaimed, “Wow, there’s something inside!”
His shout made everyone’s eyes widen.
At this moment, Mr. Wan snatched the microphone from the host’s hand. “Everyone, did you see that? There’s green inside!”
Yang Guang’s eyes also widened. He vaguely felt that there was a little green under the white, but he couldn’t see it clearly!
He thought to himself, “If only I was beside the stone-cutting machine! I will know what’s inside with only a glimpse!”
“Cut off this for me. Cut off that too!”
Mr. Wan was obviously an expert. He drew a few strokes on the excess parts of King Stone and prepared to cut out the green part.
When the host saw it, he hurriedly said, “Mr. Wan, it’s a waste to cut off stone like this. You’ve already seen the green. Why don’t you let an expert take a look at it and estimate the price? I don’t think it is a wise choice to cut off the excess parts!”
“If I stop now, the valuation won’t be high. It’s only twice the price!”
Mr. Wan glared at him. “What I want is the champion of this year’s Stone Gambling Game. I must surpass that guy whose stone was worth 15 times the price last month!”
“Oh, okay. Then I understand!”
The host showed an expression of dawning comprehension. Then, he said to the master of stone-cutting, “Then please continue!”
The stone was fixed again. The machine was turned on and the stone was cut according to Mr. Wan’s strokes.
The large stone at the corner fell to the ground. Although there was not much jade inside, the tourists still felt that it was wasteful. They thought to themselves, “He is such a nouveau riche. There is more or less some jade on it. I can cut it off and make it into a ring surface. How could he throw it away like that!”
After a quick cut, the stone was only the size of a volleyball. Its entire body was milky white, but when one shone the flashlight on it, a faint green color could be seen.
Holding the stone, Mr. Wan curled his lips and came to the old man. “Expert, estimate the price!”
The old man nodded. He took the jade and carefully looked at the cracks and transparency. Then, he used the flashlight and magnifying glass to check it carefully for a while. He raised his head and said, “It is definitely King Stone. What is inside, if I’m not mistaken, should be Holy Emerald. It is so precious!”
The current valuation of this stone far exceeded the purchase price. Mr. Wan made a great fortune!
Then, the old man looked at Mr. Wan and said, “Congratulations, your stone is worth more than 6,000,000 dollars!”
“That’s great!”
Mr. Wan was beaming with joy. He was extremely happy!
The tourists all had envious looks on their faces. They all felt that Mr. Wan was so lucky to get this stone. 300,000 dollars turned into 6,000,000 dollars in the blink of an eye!
However, even though they were envious, they knew that they didn’t have the audacity that Mr. Wan possessed. They also didn’t have 300,000 dollars to buy that King Stone.
Yang Guang was the same. He thought to himself that stone gambling was definitely a quick way to make money. However, it was a pity that he didn’t have the money to buy the raw stone even though he discovered that there were good things in it!
The host shouted, “The Stone Gambling Game continues. Currently, no customers bought the raw stones. Everyone can choose raw stones from the market. Let me remind you that our stone-cutting is free!”
Hearing that there were no more stones to be cut, the crowd instantly dispersed!
Yang Guang and Qi Yingxue were the same. They continued to wander around.
Coincidentally, just as they reached a stall, the owner and his staff carried out a basket of stones from behind and directly dumped them on the ground!
Hearing the crash, Yang Guang stopped!
Then, he looked at the stones on the ground. They were all round and looked like they had just been fished out from the river. They were still wet.
Then, Yang Guang looked up and asked, “How much are these stones?”
“They are for beginners’ practice. 30 dollars each!” the owner said.
“Young man, buy one. If a white jade was in it, it would be worth ten times the price. Maybe you can’t get the champion tonight, but the runner-up will also get a bonus of 1,000 dollars!” the staff said.
“Really? There is jade in them?” Yang Guang asked.
“It depends on luck!” the staff said with a smile.
“Since they are for practice, the chances of getting jade must be very low. Are you fooling people?” Yang Guang asked.
Qi Yingxue also agreed with this view. She nodded and said, “This is to cater to the tourists’ curiosity. 30 dollars is not much anyway. It is just a test of luck! If you are lucky, you can get the jade.”
“Okay!”
Yang Guang smiled and turned to the owner. “It’s obvious that they were just fished out from the river. Isn’t 30 dollars a little expensive?”
“Although they were fished out from the river, they were not from the river of our place. They were dug out from the river of the old pit and then they were transported here!”
The owner defended himself and then said, “Young man, I see that you are interested. How about this? Tell me your ideal price, and I’ll sell you one!”
“Great! Great!”
Yang Guang looked down at the pile of stones. Then, he said, “I’ll give you 15 dollars at most!”
An unnoticeable joy flashed across the owner’s eyes, “Okay, deal! You can pick any stone you want!”
15 dollars was already a lot. He was bluffing just now because he could see that Yang Guang was a tourist coming from other places, who did not know anything about stone gambling at all!
In the eyes of an expert, these stones were only worth 2 dollars each. If one spent 500 dollars buying a pile of them, perhaps one or two pieces of jade could be found. Then it could be said that he or she broke even.
Businessmen pursued profits. The owner took out these stones with the purpose of bluffing people who did not know about stone gambling to earn money.
Yang Guang smiled and squatted down to rummage through the stones. Then, he picked up an oval-shaped one. “This looks like a goose egg. I’ll take it!”
Qi Yingxue was stunned. “You really want to do stone gambling?”
“15 dollars isn’t much. Just treat it as a game!”
Yang Guang chuckled. Then, he took out 15 dollars from his pocket and handed it to the owner. “So, is it done?”
The owner took the money. “Yes! Since there’s no one at the stone-cutting machine, you can go over and try your luck!”
“Of course, I will try!”
Yang Guang smiled and held Qi Yingxue’s hand. “Let’s go, Yingxue. Let’s see whether I am the lucky one today!”
“When can you grow up?”
Qi Yingxue felt that he was just messing around. Then, she sighed. However, she still followed him to the stone-cutting machine.
The two of them came to the spot. The staff stopped them, telling them to register.. When they heard that Yang Guang spent 15 dollars on the raw stone, the two staff members could not help but look at each other with a meaningful smile!
