Chapter 1761 Collecting Stamps 2
"Where did it come from? Tell me, where on earth did it come from?"
Feng Qingxue had an exceptional eye; the piece she held was mutton-fat jade, as white as lamb’s fat, with a tightly knit texture that revealed no structure, delicate, smooth, and oily. Even without being handled, it had reached such a level of quality that one could only imagine how extraordinary it would become with more handling.
She loved jade, always had.
Among soft jades, she most favored Hetian Jade, and among hard jades, she preferred jadeite. Although she also appreciated the dazzling beauty of other gemstones, none could compare to these two. In her past life, limited conditions had kept her from encountering any premium pieces.
Lu Jiang understood his wife’s preferences thoroughly, which is why he did his best to collect jade for her. "Hasn’t Huo Beiting always been stationed in the Kunlun Military Region? I asked him to collect some from the natives near the Yulong Kashgar River. It took several years to gather just these two jars of good pieces; there are also some lesser ones in the box that I haven’t taken out. I didn’t dare let a third person know and avoided mailing them. It wasn’t until he returned to the Capital last month for a family visit, with two months of leave, that we met, and he handed them over to me. He said if he couldn’t meet me, he would have personally brought them here."
Feng Qingxue had a particularly deep impression of Huo Beiting, as he was among the first batch of Lu Jiang’s comrades with whom they had contact and had saved their lives with donated grain. For over a decade, their correspondence had never ceased.
The conditions over there were especially harsh, and every year, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue would send food supplies to Huo Beiting, without fail.
"How is Huo Beiting?" Feng Qingxue fondled the smooth jade, remembering Huo Beiting’s marriage ten years ago to a medical corps member. During his marriage and the birth of his children, they had sent many things.