Chapter 269: The Fault-Finding Guh Siqing (5)
However, these concerns were not for her to worry about at the moment. An Yiqing, along with Zhang Yusheng, leisurely strolled through the selection area. For a while, they indeed found several satisfactory rough jade stones.
After one trip around, the small cart behind Zhang Yusheng was already holding seven pieces of rough jade.
"Brother Yusheng, wait a moment," An Yiqing called out gently as she stood beside a pile of rough jade.
Zhang Yusheng turned his head, only to see the girl squatting on the ground, carefully examining a piece of rough jade. Her graceful poise as her eyes moved over the stone was extremely pleasing to watch.
"Miss, are you interested in this one?" Zhang Yusheng bent down to look at the rough jade in An Yiqing’s hands.
In fact, he was never quite clear about An Yiqing’s standards for selecting rough jade. For instance, this piece that caught her interest—with its prominent stone patterns and mossy traces—would be considered a high-quality rough stone by most people’s judgment, bound to increase in value. But An Yiqing tended to defy conventional wisdom, often discarding such visually appealing rough stones in favor of those that didn’t look as promising, yet somehow managed to rise in value. This had increasingly impressed Zhang Yusheng with An Yiqing’s discernment.
An Yiqing did have her eyes on this particular piece, but she wasn’t particularly satisfied with it. The rough stone contained a Glass-type Imperial Green, but it was only the size of a ping-pong ball, and it was located off-center. If it weren’t carefully crafted, it would undoubtedly be discarded as scrap. The rest of the stone just comprised of sporadic jade fragments that wouldn’t fetch a good price. Based on the market value, the piece of Emperor Green inside could at most sell for twenty million—that would be stretching it.
"Umm, boss, how much for this rough stone?" An Yiqing looked up and asked the merchant sitting nearby.
"Miss, you have a fine eye indeed! This is the piece I’m most satisfied with from this batch of goods!" The rough jade merchant’s comment was sincere, as this stone was destined to increase in value from any angle.
"Boss, name your price. How much?" Zhang Yusheng waved his hand to cut off the merchant’s long-winded praise and asked straightforwardly.