Self-cultivation migrant workers

"Uncle Lin, I'm sorry, this involves my passion and secrets, so I can't tell you the specific refining method, please forgive me."

Lin Qingyin seemed to expect that he would not answer this question, so she didn't continue to ask him this question, but changed her mouth and said: "Well, since that's the case, I won't ask, I ask you to come here to talk alone, and Another thing, this thing, I believe you should not refuse."

"Whatever can be done, I will definitely not refuse."

"It's about spirit grass and spirit medicine. There is only one place in Huaguo that still has spirit grass and spirit medicine. Although the number is extremely rare, they can still survive after all. So I also asked the country and Your Excellency Tianji to protect this place vigorously." In the last land of spiritual energy, you can refine such a perfect rejuvenation pill, such as knowing how to increase the survival rate of spiritual herbs and elixir, so my request is, find a chance and you will accompany me to that place to see How is the growth of those spiritual grasses, there are still some areas for improvement."

Ye Feng thought about it for a while, and said: "Okay, Master Lin, I can agree to this request. After going to the capital to complete the relevant procedures, I will accompany you there."

Afterwards, the two of them talked for a long time about the issue of spiritual grasses and elixir, until Ye Feng received a call from Zhao Caiping, the private conversation was over.

When leaving, Su Qing told Ye Feng that if there were no accidents, she was going to leave for the capital tomorrow afternoon, and Ye Feng just had to wait at home.

Leaving the hotel, Ye Feng rushed directly to Mount Everest Street where Zhao Caiping's home is located. In the phone call just now, Zhao Caiping said that he needed help with something urgent and asked him to go there.

After arriving, Ye Feng realized that what Zhao Caiping asked him to do for help was actually not too urgent, it was just a little hasty and a little surprised him.

Zhao Caiping decided to close the jade shop. Seeing that all the existing jades in the shop were sold at the Pearl Jade Exchange Market, she wanted Ye Feng to accompany her there.

Ye Feng felt that it was understandable for Zhao Caiping to do so. He might not be able to take care of this jade shop by himself. It would be better to sell it as soon as possible.

The two went to the jade trading market in Mingzhu City together. This jade trading market located on the outskirts of the city is also the largest underground stone gambling market in Mingzhu.

Ye Feng is relatively familiar with the underground stone gambling market in Mingzhu City, because he and his workers have participated in the later stage construction and decoration of this market. It is because it is seldom known. After all, in Mingzhu City, the stone gambling industry is not well known to the public, and few people participate in it. Although the process of stone gambling also involves money, it is not a simple gambling behavior. Participants are required to have corresponding jade knowledge and make rigorous and meticulous evaluation and judgment.Therefore, the main purpose of betting on stones is to promote jade culture.Ye Feng remembered that the name of this market was Jinshi Pavilion, and the owner of the market was a big jeweler, who opened many large jewelry stores in Mingzhu City.Of course, in addition to this concentrated market, most of the jade jewelry stores in Mingzhu City also have stone gambling projects.

In Mingzhu City and even the whole country, there are mainly three types of people who participate in stone gambling, one is collectors, the other is players, and the other is ordinary consumers.As for the economic situation, the former lives in seclusion and is hard to find in the market, while gamers and ordinary consumers only need a minimum of 3000 yuan to participate in it.

Ye Feng used to fantasize about gambling with a small amount of money with his fellow workers before, but in the end he didn't do that, and his self-control ability is still relatively strong.

Gambling on stones has always been one of the traditional ways of trading jade. The biggest problem is that there is currently no instrument that can see through whether the wool is ordinary stone or "Heshibi". The wool can only be estimated by judging the color and texture of the stone. The value, until the moment of the final cut, everything is just guesswork.There is a saying in the industry that "it is difficult for an immortal to break an inch of jade". Betting on stones depends to a large extent on luck in addition to experience.If the bet goes up, you will earn ten times and a hundred times, and you will become rich overnight; if the bet goes down, you will lose everything.

As far as Ye Feng is concerned, he doesn't know much about betting on stones, but he came here today not to bet on stones, but to help Zhao Caiping deal with and trade her jade stones.However, after coming to this place, Ye Feng became interested. Of course, this interest was not to make a fortune, but to verify the Celestial Eye Technique he had just learned.

The stone gambling market in Jinshige is very standardized, unlike the mixed retail investors at the junction of Yunnan and Myanmar. The bosses of Jinshige are obviously very good at management. Many rough rough stone owners here are mostly old households who have worked here for more than ten or twenty years. Among the stone gambling businesses in the entire north, apart from the capital city at the foot of the emperor, the Jinshi Pavilion in Mingzhu City is considered the largest.

When Ye Feng and Zhao Caiping came to the Golden Stone Pavilion, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, which was the most concentrated and lively time of the day in stone gambling. Ye Feng was not in a hurry to solve the problem and verify the spell, but first looked around Find out what's going on here.

Small bets to ensure stability bet on crystals, big bets to seek wealth and choose emeralds, this is a rule of the stone betting business.

The stone gambling area of ​​Jinshige is divided into two areas, one is the general area for players and ordinary jade lovers or consumers. The stone gambling in this area is organized by the Jinshige store, and the risk is relatively small. Participants must first Fill out the jade subscription form, leave your real information, and then you can participate in the bidding activity of "gambling stones" under the arrangement of the store.After all the bidding is over, the store will cut the rough stone that won the bid on the spot. The winning bidder can handle it by himself, or transfer it after negotiating the price with the store; if the bet loses, the winning bidder can deliver 10% of the bid subscription amount to the store After the handling fee, the store will take back the rough stone and return 90% of the balance at the same time.

The other area is the high-end trading area, for collectors or some big buyers to trade stones for gambling. Stones generally involve a relatively large amount. To some extent, the stone gambling in this area is actually the real stone gambling.

Ye Feng first walked around the ordinary area, and found that most of the stone gambling here is within 10 yuan. Although the amount of each transaction is small, it is better because there are many people involved.

Go down to the second basement of Jinshi Pavilion, which is the ** trading area. The number of sellers in the ** area is more than half that of the ordinary area, but each seller’s storefront is very large, and all of them are reading partitions. In this way, if the sellers bet on stones here, there will be no influence on each other.

Zhao Caiping's jade can be traded in the private trading area. After getting the reserve price, after haggling for more than an hour, Zhao Caiping successfully sold her jade.

After the transaction, Zhao Caiping offered to invite Ye Feng to dinner, but Ye Feng refused. He told Zhao Caiping to go back first. Now that he came here, he wanted to take a look around.

After Zhao Caiping left, Ye Feng casually walked into a stone gambling stall, but saw a scene that surprised him.

I saw a ten-year-old girl kneeling on the floor in the middle of the stall. The girl's figure was a little thin, and she couldn't be called beautiful, but she had a delicate temperament, especially the girl's skin. , is unforgettable.

The girl knelt there straight, tears streaming down her cheeks, and there were wet marks on the ground in front of her, obviously the girl had been kneeling and crying here for a while.

Although Ye Feng found it strange, he didn't want to ask any more questions. Besides the girl, there were three men in the stone gambling stall, two young men in their twenties, and a bald middle-aged man in his forties. Seeing Ye Feng coming in, the bald man rushed over to meet him. Although he thought Ye Feng was dressed in rustic and shabby clothes, his stall hadn't seen any business for a few days, and every customer who came in couldn't be easily let go.

Ye Feng glanced briefly, and wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the bald man.

"Sir, I have just brought in a batch of goods from Myanmar, and no one has seen them yet. Since you are here, you can pick and choose. Maybe you can pick out a treasure. My surname is Wang. May I ask what your surname is? ah?"

"The surname is Ye." Ye Feng replied, and subconsciously glanced at the girl who had been kneeling there and crying.

The bald boss Wang looked back at the girl, raised his hand to greet the two young men, and said, "Tell this girl to get up quickly, haven't you seen our guests? If you want to cry, let him cry, don't affect our business. "Turning back, he smiled at Ye Feng again: "Mr. Ye, don't mind, don't think too much, just look at yourself, don't bother with that girl."

The two young men wanted to stand up the girl, but the girl struggled desperately and refused to get up, and she was so strong that she threw the two young men away, and then turned around to face the girl. Boss Wang knelt down again, bowed his head and kowtowed, clattering, gesticulating with his hands, whining, blood stains on his forehead, and crying more and more.

Ye Feng didn't want to be nosy at first, but for some reason, when he saw the sad and helpless eyes of this girl, his heart suddenly softened, and he finally couldn't help asking: "Boss, what's going on?"

Boss Wang's eyes were cold, he did not answer Ye Feng's words, but winked at the two guys.

With bitter faces, the two young guys lifted the girl up again, dragged her to the door of the stall, and pushed the girl out.

Boss Wang looked at Ye Feng and said with a smile: "Mr. Ye, don't worry about her, she is a crazy girl. She has been coming to my place to make troubles these days, which affects my ability to do business. I really can't bear to treat her like this. Not for the sake of her pity, I have already asked the security guards of Jinshi Pavilion to send her to the Public Security Bureau."

At this time, the girl who was pushed out by the two young men suddenly rushed in like crazy, this time she didn't kowtow in front of Boss Wang, but knelt in front of Ye Feng, and sternly He hugged Ye Feng's leg.

Ye Feng squatted down, trying to help the girl up, but the girl seemed to be nailed to the ground. For a while, Ye Feng couldn't pull her up.

That Boss Wang was obviously angry, and suddenly raised his foot and kicked the girl's chest, but the girl still held Ye Feng's leg tightly, and under the force, her body fell backwards, pulling her Pulling Ye Feng also staggered a bit.

The girl's hair was disheveled, her face was extremely pale, but she still refused to let go of her hands. She looked up at Ye Feng, whimpered, but couldn't say a word.

Boss Wang wanted to kick her again, but was stopped by Ye Feng: "Boss, why did you hit her? What's going on?"

"Mr. Ye, it's none of your business. I'll tell her to let you go. You can go. I won't do business today. It's really bad luck. It's really bad luck for me to be with this dumb family."

Only then did Ye Feng realize that the girl was a mute.

No matter what the reason is, Ye Feng can't accept a man who can fight a dumb girl.

"Mr. Ye, if you don't understand the situation, don't meddle in your own business. This dumb father has always been my regular customer. Stone gambling is a high-risk business. If you win, you will lose. All consequences are at your own risk. Thinking about this, Mr. Ye, you should understand that this girl’s father came to me to gamble on stones some time ago, and fell in love with a piece of jadeite wool. This piece of rough jadeite wool was brought back from Myanmar at a high price. I didn't open the door either, although it's not big, but it's lustful, I reckon it's a high-quality material, so I asked for a high price, and declared that the stone gamblers are willing to admit defeat, and the business is not deceitful. If it's really a good product, I admit compensation If not, the other party has to abide by the rules. This girl's father is also a knowledgeable person, he hesitated for three days around my stone, and finally he gritted his teeth and sold it."

Hearing this, Ye Feng already understood a little bit in his heart, the father of this dumb girl should be a stone betting idiot, and it seems that he lost the stone betting with Boss Wang.

Boss Wang continued: "My asking price for this piece of wool is 60. This girl's father used to be a regular customer here. There are no big bets, but there are many small ones. There are losses and wins, and the losses are equal. Knowing what he did, he fell in love with my stone. I don’t know where he got 60 yuan and bought my jadeite wool. He just bought it, and I have another customer here, who also likes it. The girl's father got the stone first, and the customer also understood the rules of this business, so he could only look at the stone and sigh. Later, the customer asked the girl's father to cut the stone for inspection on the spot, and the girl's father It seemed that he also wanted to show off his vision, so he actually agreed. The first cut was really good, and he was so excited that he asked to make the second cut, only to find a hole in the stone. The rough rough stone was sold at a loss. He had a breakdown at the time, and dared not cut it off after the third knife, but at that time another customer offered to take out 20 yuan to buy this stone that seemed to be at a loss. , he hesitated for a while, and finally sold this seemingly worthless stone to the client at a price of 20. After the transaction, the client asked for a third cut on the spot. Guess what, I The center of the rough stone is beyond everyone's expectations. The color is dark green, evenly distributed, rich and bright, the texture is extremely fine, and the transparency is excellent. The emerald has all the thick, positive, positive, and colors. Laokeng glass species (the best among emeralds)."

Speaking of this, Boss Wang blushed, as if he was also regretting why he bought the most valuable treasure out of this piece of emerald.

"Mr. Ye, you should also know the price of Laokeng glass jadeite. Even if it is not processed, the market value of rough rough stone alone is about 300 million. My rough stone weighs more than ten catties. In this way, the market value At least tens of millions. This girl's father saw the treasure he had given to someone else because of his own misjudgment. At that time, he completely collapsed. I snatched it from my own hands, rushed to my processing table, and smashed this extremely valuable stone with a hammer. Think about it, more than 1000 million things are gone. Can that customer spare him? He can’t afford to pay for it. He used to run a small jade shop. His business was not booming, and he could barely support his family. His wife died early, and there were no other relatives in the family. He lived with such a dumb daughter. However, he became obsessed with gambling stones, and his mentality was not correct. As a result, he not only lost all his money, but also lost it himself. Later I found out that the later client was also a difficult boss, a famous man in Mingzhu City. The big boss and big shot of this girl's father smashed more than 1000 million yuan just like that. How could he be reconciled to finding someone to drag him out and beat him up? Moreover, his relationship is strong enough, and he hasn't vented his anger enough, so he was brought into the prison, we have surveillance video here, and there are witnesses, and he is too poor to afford a lawyer, so he is definitely in prison."

When Boss Wang said this, he took a breather, looked at the dumb girl who was still kneeling on the ground and hugged Ye Feng's leg tightly, and said: "Mr. Ye, you might think I was a little cruel just now, how can you I started beating this girl, to be honest, I sympathized with her at first, after her father was imprisoned, she came to me, but that matter has nothing to do with me, the deal between me and her father is over. It's over. What happened later was completely between her father and that rich family. This girl couldn't speak, and I didn't understand what gestures were made at first. Later, a person who seemed to be a neighbor of hers came and explained , I realized that almost half of the 60 yuan that this girl's father came to me to gamble with stones was borrowed, and the remaining half was mortgaged on his own jade shop."

"This girl came to me because she wanted me to tell her the address of the big family who sent her father to prison. She went to the Public Security Bureau to inquire, but the people in the bureau refused to tell her, saying that she My father's evidence is solid, and the court is about to pronounce the conviction. He also said that it is good that the big family didn't pursue their civil compensation. So she came to ask me, but how would I know, even if I knew, I wouldn't Dare to tell her, what kind of person is he? My father was also crazy, he just refused to leave, he came to me every day and knelt down, which made me unable to do business, and then I couldn't stand it anymore, so I simply took out 30 yuan from the money his father gave me to trade stones Give it to her, let her go back and live a good life, but she refused to take it, and insisted on consuming me. Mr. Ye, you said that this matter should be replaced by you, can you bear it? I am a businessman, she If you come to me and kneel here every day, I will close the door in a short time, so when I saw her like that just now, I couldn't stand it, so I beat her. Like her, it's normal for me to call the police to arrest her, but I don't want to do that. I'd rather beat her so that she doesn't dare to come, and I don't want to make a big fuss and ruin her life."

Boss Wang had a long talk back and forth, and finally let Ye Feng understand the cause and effect of the matter. Looking at the dumb girl now, Ye Feng was more than sympathetic. He suddenly felt that she was very pitiful. After losing his mind and betting wildly on stones, he ruined himself and his daughter's life.

Ye Feng looked at this poor girl curled up at his feet, and felt depressed. What kind of belief and will did this girl have to kneel down here so humiliatingly and abandoning her dignity, just to beg for someone who might never She couldn't even get the information. When the public authority mercilessly rejected her request for information about the big man who put her father in prison, the only choice she had was to beg for some information from Boss Wang. what this way.

Ye Feng squatted down, gently brushed aside the girl's messy hair, looked at this delicate and haggard face, and felt the stubbornness and persistence in her eyes. He knew that at this moment, he might be very scared. It's hard to let go.

"Get up, I will help you." Ye Feng said softly to the girl. (To be continued.)