Chapter 50: Fifty, against the heavens luck Chapter 50: Fifty, against the heavens luck Song Yan Ning’s lips curled into a light smile. Her grandparents truly doted on her; whatever she wanted, they would agree to. She understood this was because they wanted to make up for the family affection she had lost, and she also knew that their love for her was heartfelt. With them, she truly felt happy.
Lu Hui glanced at Song Yan Ning, “I’ll cut it for you.” He had already cut three pieces, one more wouldn’t make a difference.
“Thank you!” Yang Lisheng nodded in gratitude towards Lu Hui.
Lu Hui waved his hand with a smile, “How do you plan to cut it?” Even though it was a piece of waste stone that wouldn’t yield any green no matter how it was cut, he still needed to ask their opinion since they had bought the stone with their money.
Yang Lisheng turned to Song Yan Ning, “Xiao Ning, how would you like to cut it?” He had bought the stone for Xiao Ning, so it was up to her to decide how to cut it.
Song Yan Ning crouched down and sized up the raw stone for a moment, casually gesturing her hand across it, “Uncle, cut it like this.” Judging by the distribution of Spiritual Energy, the jade inside the raw stone was about the size of an adult’s fist. Where she was gesturing, if cut open, should reveal the jade.
Lu Hui nodded, picked up the stone cutting machine from the ground, and started cutting at the position indicated by Song Yan Ning.
As the hissing sound started, stone chips flew and sparks scattered.
Lu Hui’s assistant helped pour water onto the raw stone to reduce the heat from the friction between the cutting machine and the stone.
After about ten minutes, the raw stone was finally split in two.
“Old sir, do you want to continue cutting?” As Lu Hui spoke, he glanced at the split raw stone and saw a few strands of green on one half, which left him momentarily stunned. Had jade appeared? How could this be possible?!
Recalling his senses, he quickly crouched down and anxiously shouted at his assistant, “Pour water fast!”
“Mr. Lu is so excited, could it be jade has appeared?”
“If even waste stone can produce jade, that luck is truly defying the heavens.”
“Jade has appeared! The quality is very good, it could reach Ice Type level,” Lu Hui shouted excitedly. He hadn’t expected a piece of waste stone to produce jade; it was truly beyond his expectations.
Yang Lisheng was stunned! Jade had appeared? Was he hearing correctly?
“Old sir! Do you want to sell this raw stone?” Lu Hui looked at Yang Lisheng with eager eyes. What his shop needed the most right now was this kind of high-quality jade. Based on his experience, if all the jade in this stone was extracted, it could probably be the size of a fist and could make ten pendants. The leftover scraps could make seven or eight ring faces and three or four pairs of earrings.
“Sell! Of course, we’ll sell!” Before Yang Lisheng could speak, Song Yan Ning had already agreed. To not sell when there was money to be made would be foolish.
Seeing Lu Hui looking at him, Yang Lisheng nodded.
“That’s great!” Lu Hui was very pleased. After inspecting the cut window thoroughly once more, he stood up and looked at Yang Lisheng and Song Yan Ning, “I’ll offer ten million for this raw stone.”
Yang Lisheng was momentarily taken aback, then nodded, “Okay!” He recalled a saying from a friend who gambled on stones: gambling on stones was all about luck, one cut could lead to ruin or to sudden wealth. Today, he had finally experienced what it meant to strike it rich with a single cut.
“A piece of waste stone could earn ten million! My goodness! Why can’t I have such luck?”
“This luck is really defying the heavens!”
“I also want to buy a couple of waste stones and try my luck,” thought quite a few people.
“Grandpa! Did we make money?” Song Yan Ning shook Yang Lisheng’s hand, her face full of joy. Ten million was not a small amount, but still not enough to buy back her grandparents’ courtyard house.
Yang Lisheng smiled and nodded, “Xiao Ning’s luck is really good!”
Song Yan Ning smiled proudly, “Grandpa, why don’t we buy a few more stones and try our luck? Maybe we’ll find more jade.”
Yang Lisheng rolled his eyes speechlessly and lightly tapped her head with a smile, “Do you really think jade is that easy to come by?” Kids are always so fanciful.
Song Yan Ning playfully stuck out her tongue, “Grandpa, let’s buy three more, I’m really feeling lucky today, perhaps there will be more.” She wanted to buy back the courtyard house; she had to have enough funds, plus she hadn’t bought that raw stone she had her eye on, how could she give up just like that.
“There, there! Listen to grandpa,” Yang Lisheng reached out to ruffle Song Yan Ning’s hair but, remembering the dust on his hands, he withdrew.
“Grandpa! Please? Grandpa! Just three more, please?” Song Yan Ning pleaded as she clung to Yang Lisheng’s hand.
Yang Lisheng shook his head helplessly, “I can’t really say no to you, can I? But you have to promise grandpa, whether we find jade this time or not, we’re only buying three stones.”
Song Yan Ning nodded vigorously, “Grandpa is the best! I’m going to pick out the stones now.”
Watching Song Yan Ning bounce away, Yang Lisheng shook his head with a mixed feeling of helplessness and fondness.
“Old sir, do you have a bank card? I’ll transfer the money to you,” Lu Hui walked up to Yang Lisheng and asked.
“Yes!” Yang Lisheng reached into his pocket, took out his bank card, and handed it to Lu Hui.
Song Yan Ning walked out of the shop and saw that the stone selling booths were doing even better, with many people purposely selecting waste stones.
Seeing Song Yan Ning come over, the boss said with a beaming smile, “Little girl, I heard you found jade?” He truly hadn’t expected a piece of waste stone could produce jade; her luck was unmatched. But thanks to her, he had sold a lot of unwanted waste stones.
“Mhm.” Song Yan Ning nodded, “Uncle, can I pick out three more stones?”
“Of course, help yourself,” the boss responded with a laugh. Hearing that Lu Hui paid ten million for the piece of jade she found, he was keen on making a good profit.
“Any stone is fine?” Song Yan Ning looked around, a bit indecisive.
The boss nodded with a grin, “Yes, any stone.” Those raw stones had been picked over when they were transported from Myanmar. Even if they did produce jade, the quality wouldn’t be too high. The kind of jade that Song Yan Ning had just found was really rare. She was just too lucky!
“Well, I want that one, and that one,” Song Yan Ning casually pointed to two stones that had nothing in them, and then looked conflicted at the other raw stones, unsure of how to decide. Of course, she couldn’t pick three that all had jade inside, otherwise even fools would suspect something was up.
“Which one should I choose?” Song Yan Ning looked left and right, then finally turned to the boss as if she just noticed the raw stone he was sitting on, her eyes gleaming as she pointed to it, “Uncle, I want the stone you’re sitting on.”