Shenyin Shanhaijing

Chapter 41 Ice Red
With a black backpack on his back, Lu Cheng walked a few steps forward and came to a shop selling nephrite.

Go in and take a look, there are a variety of jade stones inside, some are light yellow, some are pure white, some are slightly green, some are blood-colored, and some are with leather shells. At first glance, they all look like suet white jade, but Lu Although Cheng doesn't play with this thing, he also knows that there are a lot of tricks in it.

He asked, "Boss, can I touch these jade stones?"

The boss is a burly man, and his tone was a bit harsh, and he said, "You can't touch it."

"Can't you just touch it?"

"You can only watch, don't touch! Unless you are ready to buy, you can get started."

"If you don't touch it, how do I know if it's a good product?"

"Little brother, I don't think you are looking to buy jade, so hurry up and leave."

Lu Cheng didn't want to talk nonsense with the other party, so he walked out of the shop.

He saw a jade carving shop next door and walked in.

There was an old craftsman in the store, who was carving jade ornaments. Behind him stood two young men, a man and a woman, staring at him with wide-eyed eyes.

Seeing someone enter the door, the girl standing behind the master came over and said, "Welcome, sir, do you want to buy jade? Or do you want to carve?"

Lu Cheng said: "I have a very small piece of jade, I would like to ask you to pierce it, thread it with a thread, and make it into a pendant."

The girl looked less than 20 years old, with baby fat on her face, and said with a smile: "It's not easy? Take out the jade."

Lu Cheng took out a red jade stone that was two circles larger than a pigeon's egg, and held it in his palm.

The young girl's eyes lit up, she picked up the ruby, her eyes opened wider and wider!
She said to Lu Cheng: "Sir, your piece of jade is very rare, I will ask the master to take a look, just wait a moment."

Lu Cheng nodded, he also wanted to know what material it was.

The young girl walked over and called out: "Master, take a look at this, is it Chicken Blood Jade?"

The old man had gray hair and was wearing reading glasses. Hearing this, he stopped his work, took the red jade from the girl, looked at it intently for a moment, and said, "This is not chicken blood jade. This is the best ice red among southern reds! Full of color and flesh, full of oil, extremely rare!"

While looking at it, he praised: "This is the first time I have seen Nanhong of this grade. This is a treasure! And it is still in the shape of a rough stone. It can be cut in half and carved into different shapes... This one Little brother, you put it here with me, and I will help you carve it carefully and make it into a handicraft, okay?"

Lu Cheng said: "Don't bother the old man, I just want to punch a hole and make it into a pendant."

The old man showed a surprised look, and said: "It's so round, you hang it on your chest, don't you feel uncomfortable? If you cut it in half, the bottom is flat, and it's comfortable to wear, isn't it?"

Lu Cheng smiled slightly: "I just need to cut the eye." He can speed up his practice by wearing this thing, but what if it doesn't work if he cut it open?
The old man seemed a little angry, he glanced at Lu Cheng, and then handed the red jade to the young girl: "Xiao Wan, do as he said."

The girl named "Xiaowan" smiled at Lu Cheng: "You choose a necklace first, should you use a gold chain, a silver chain or an imitation gold necklace? There are three types of gold necklaces: 24K, 18K, and 14K. Silver necklaces have 92.5% There are two kinds of fineness silver and silver gilt..."

Lu Cheng felt a little troubled, and thought: "If I wear a 24K gold necklace and appear in front of the wizard, will I cause trouble?"

He asked, "Is there any unremarkable antique material? The older and less conspicuous the better!"

"I'm sorry, but I don't have the one you want. There are red strings, and elastic strings of various colors, which are used by girls to wear bracelets."

"Then use regular 18K gold." Lu Cheng thought to himself: "Big deal, don't wear this thing when I go to see Wu Huan. If I don't show him, it will be fine? Or I can find another carbon fiber wire, black paint The paint is inconspicuous, and it is replaced with 18K gold when going to another world."

"Sir, wait a moment, it will be fine in a while."

"Miss Xiaowan, what is Nanhong?"

"Nanhong, it is a kind of precious red jade. It was called "Chiqiong" in ancient times. It is bright in color and fine in texture. It first appeared in the Warring States period. The Nanhong agates that come down are all from before the Ming Dynasty. The new mine Nanhong is mainly produced in Daliang Mountain in southern Sichuan, and also in Baoshan, Yunnan. However, Baoshan materials are often fragmented, so there is no gem-grade ore. Produced in LSYZ Zhizhou, Sichuan... Your piece is not like modern new materials..."

Lu Cheng thought to himself: "How could it be Sichuan and Yunnan? The foreign world I went to belongs to the Dongyi tribe, so it should be in the east."

After a short pause, he asked, "Miss Xiaowan, do you have a stone-cleaning machine in your store? I just bought two rough stones, and I don't have time to wait outside. There are so many people outside. If you can open stones here , I can put it here and wait until tomorrow to see the results.”

He saw that the shop was less crowded and clean, the shop was tidy and more formal, so he asked.

Xiaowan replied: "Yes, I have been learning to carve for two years, but I haven't learned fine carving. There is no problem with skin grinding and cutting. This is not our main business, and we rarely do it, so the charge is more expensive than outside."

Lu Cheng asked about the price and thought it was acceptable, so he took out two pieces of raw jade.

Xiaowan wrote a list, expressing that she received the rough stone and cut and processed it on her behalf.

Lu Cheng asked, "What time do you get off work here?"

Xiao Wan said: "Master will get off work in a while. I get off work at 9 o'clock, and Xiao Li has to finish it at 11 o'clock. Your two rough stones are not big, and they can be finished before eight o'clock. I will call you to tell you the result. If Now that the good jade is produced, let’s talk about carving.”

Lu Cheng said, "Thank you for your hard work."

After a while, the ruby ​​eye was completed and an 18K gold chain was put on.

Xiao Wan said again: "Take a look at the inventory in the store, see if there is anything you want to buy."

Lu Cheng looked at the jade carvings on the counter, there were many exquisite finished products, it seemed that the master craftsman was very skilled.

He asked: "I want to buy some nephrite white boards that have been cut."

Xiaowan asked: "You mean nothing card?"

"No matter card is also fine, by the way, I would like to ask, is there a fully automatic jade engraving machine on the market?"

"Yes, there are everything on Taobao. You can buy a multi-functional jade engraving machine, including cutting, blanking, polishing, and polishing, all of which are available! The price is not expensive."

"Really? Then I'll go back and check, thank you."

Lu Cheng walked out of the carving shop, called his mother, and made an appointment where to eat.

　The next 2 chapters will be released together.Otherwise it doesn't feel good to read.

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