Jianbao life

Chapter 708 Topaz Crab

A day later, Wang Xiaoxi and Lu Zigang each brought a wooden box.
Wang Xiaoxi presented the box first.The magistrate opened it and saw that there was a variegated jade butterfly hairpin inside.Pure color jade has always been expensive, if the color is mixed, the price will not be high.

It's just that Wang Xiaoxi had a very ingenious idea, and carved the variegated part into a butterfly. In this way, the body of the hairpin is still white as suet, while the butterfly is colorful.What's even more amazing is that the hairpin is carved out of a whole piece of jade, but the butterfly with the head of the hairpin can tremble slightly.

It turned out that Wang Xiaoxi was good at openwork carving, and then carved the butterfly wings with a kun-cut jade knife, so that a piece of hard jade could tremble with the wind after carving.
Seeing Wang Xiaoxi's high skill, the magistrate was secretly surprised, and Lu Zigang presented his box.

The prefect opened it and saw a crab-shaped wine seat carved from sapphire inside.Although the knife work seems to be quite superb, compared with Wang Xiaoxi's butterfly hairpin, it looks mediocre.

As soon as Liu Sizhe said this, Fatty Dong next to him said eagerly: "Then Lu Zigang will lose in this way!"

Liu Sizhe scolded with a smile: "Fatty, don't interrupt, listen to me finish the story..."

Seeing this situation, the magistrate sighed secretly, and was about to make a conclusion, but Lu Zigang, neither humble nor overbearing, stepped forward and saluted, "My lord, most people have no dreams, and most clever people have no work. Jade is a spiritual thing, and it is also true for a villain to make this horizontal seat." Animate."
The magistrate was surprised when he heard the words: "Is there any wonder in this wine seat?"

Lu Zigang said: "My lord, you only need to put a cup of hot wine on it and you will know."

The magistrate was aroused by his curiosity, and immediately asked his servants to boil a pot of wine, sift a glass and put it on the wine stand.

Strange to say, as soon as the wine glass was placed on it, the sapphire crab crawled with its eight claws, and crawled on the table as if alive. After crawling all over the four corners of the table, and returning to the prefect, the wine was warm enough to drink.
When Wang Xiaoxi saw it, his face turned earthy.He never expected that Lu Zigang could have such ingenuity, no matter how finely his butterfly hairpins were carved, they still seemed inextricably crafty.

This time in the competition, Wang Xiaoxi not only lost the qualification to go to the feudal prince's mansion, but also lost the Kun Dao. At that time, he was so anxious that he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the ground...

"What happened later?" Fatty Dong asked again after hearing this.

Liu Sizhe shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "What else can I do, of course I have completed the mission of the vassal king, and then returned with honor!"

Fatty Dong murmured, "Uh, it turns out that Lu Zigang is so good at knives!"

Zhang Yanbin next to him laughed loudly and said, "I said Fatty, I think you are out of your mind, you actually really believe this story!"

Fatty Dong curled his lips and said, "What's the matter? Wu Daozi's paintings will move in the water, so what if the crabs made by Lu Zigang can climb?"

"Wu Daozi's paintings are also legends, okay? In reality, I don't believe you can still see them?" Zhang Yanbin said dumbfounded.

Fatty Dong chuckled: "What you said, if you really haven't seen it, can I say that?"

Hearing what he said, Zhang Yanbin was a little stunned, and after a while, he said with an incredulous expression: "It's true, you're not daydreaming, are you?"

"What do you think?" Fatty Dong asked with a smile.

Zhang Yanbin looked at Fatty Dong in disbelief, then turned to look at Liu Sizhe and Chu Chen, and found that they were all smiling.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yanbin suddenly thought of a possibility, and he asked in shock: "Xiao Chu, the painting of Wu Daozi that the fat man mentioned is probably your collection, right?"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and then said: "Although my painting of Wu Daozi does change when it enters the water, there is still a reason to explain it, but the crab in the story is really ridiculous. How can it be automatic?" Aside from having a fever, can you still leave by yourself? If Lu Zigang can really make that kind of thing, I suspect he is an alien."

Liu Sizhe took over the conversation and said, "Fatty, you're just daydreaming. I would believe it if it said it could heat wine automatically, but this thing is jade, and the joints can't move. Do you really believe in the jade psychic in the story?" , so the one that crabs can climb?"

Fatty Dong thought about it, and felt that he was really stupid. Although Chu Chen's things are magical, there are more or less reasons for them, but jade crabs can move. Except for children, no one would believe that it is so outrageous. things.

At this time, Zhang Yanbin still had a look of disbelief, and asked, "This... Xiao Chu, do you really have Wu Daozi's painting, and that painting will still move when placed in water?"

Fatty Dong smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, can we still lie to you? If you don't believe me, you'll know when you go to the capital someday. Let's take care of the jade crab that Brother Chu bought just now." !"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yanbin quickly said to Chu Chen: "Xiao Chu, when you come back from England, you must call me first!"

When Chu Chen nodded with a smile, Liu Sizhe next to him said with some doubts: "Brother Chen, why does this jade crab look so dirty that it directly covers up the details of the carving? Logically speaking, Lu Zigang is For people in the late Ming Dynasty, under normal circumstances, Tuqin should not be so serious, right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yanbin also leaned forward and said, "And I think the material of this jade crab seems to be made of Huanglong jade. With Lu Zigang's character, he should not use jade of this material." Bar?"

Chu Chen also understands Zhang Yanbin's meaning. It is said that Lu Zigang is not a good jade. It is impossible for him to miss it at a price of more than 40 yuan.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Use a bright flashlight, and you will know what material this crab is made of by looking at it."

Hearing this, Liu Sizhe quickly took out a bright flashlight and pointed it at the crab's belly, and instantly the jade became very transparent, with a warm and dignified, yellow luster like steamed chestnuts radiating from the inside out.

Seeing this situation, Liu Sizhe immediately exclaimed: "It's actually Huang Yu!"

Seeing Liu Sizhe's appearance, Fatty Dong didn't understand, and said, "Brother Liu, you don't have to be so surprised, isn't it just Huang Yu, isn't the Huang Longyu that Brother Zhang said just now also Huang Yu?"

"You kid is just ignorant, can Huang Longyu compare with Huang Yu?" Liu Sizhe said angrily.

Fatty Dong was a little stunned: "Is there anything different? Last time I went shopping with Ningning, I saw a pendant with Huanglongyu on it, but the boss said Huanglongyu was topaz."

Liu Sizhe patted Fatty Dong on the shoulder, laughed and said, "Fatty, when did your IQ become so low, do you believe what the profiteer says?"
Zhang Yanbin also said with a smile: "Huanglong jade is a relatively low-grade jade material. Topaz should be the yellow Qin material in Hetian jade."

Liu Sizhe shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang, you are wrong. Although Huangyu is also Hetian jade, Huangqin material is Huangqin material, which is completely different from Huangyu."

Fatty Dong seemed a little confused when he heard the words: "I'm confused when you say that. What exactly is Huang Yu?"
"Then let me teach you a lesson."

Liu Sizhe explained with a smile: "Topaz is more complicated in comparison, because people don't have a comprehensive understanding of it, and the sayings are not uniform, causing many people to misunderstand. The market is even more mixed. Profits often confuse right and wrong. consumers, causing them economic loss."

"Generally speaking, profiteers like to refer to three kinds of jade as topaz. These three kinds of jade are Huanglongyu, Huangqin and Huangkou. Let's not talk about Huanglongyu. This has nothing to do with Hetian jade. There is no comparison…”

Fatty Dong said quickly: "Don't, Brother Liu, just talk about it, or you will have to be fooled by profiteers next time!"

Liu Sizhe said: "It's too much trouble to talk about this. Huanglongyu is actually yellow wax stone. This kind of jade is formed from the chalcedony of aphanitic quartz and some agates in yellow wax stone. Its hardness is similar to that of jadeite, and it belongs to jadeite. Tianyu is nephrite, and they are not the same thing. As for you want to study yellow wax stone, then go back and find a book."

After listening to Liu Sizhe's explanation, Fatty Dong was speechless: "Huanglong Stone is actually composed of quartz and agate? Isn't this a scam?"

Liu Sizhe chuckled: "How should I put it, the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise sees wisdom. Aren't some merchants always preaching that everyone likes differently?"

Fatty Dong said angrily: "A profiteer is a profiteer! I will return the goods when I go back!"
"Xiao Liu, what is the difference between Huangqin material and Huangkou material, and Huang Yu?" Zhang Yanbin asked from the side.

Liu Sizhe said: "Huangqin material is actually a kind of brown-yellow material in Hetian material. It is actually the same as the sugar jade in mountain material. It is caused by the oxidation of ferric ions near the surface to form ferric ions. Therefore, the color of yellow Qin materials gradually changes from the outside to the inside."

"The yellow mouth material usually refers to the Hetian jade mountain material. The yellow color is blue and yellow, and the luster is soft. The excellent "yellow mouth material" is thick and oily, which can be compared with topaz. In a sense, the yellow mouth material is the best. Close to Topaz."

Liu Sizhe talked eloquently: "Finally, topaz, its color is original, that is to say, its yellow color is formed when jade is produced. Therefore, the surface color of topaz is consistent with the internal color of jade. It is a A special dignified yellow, a tender yellow with a slight yellowish-green tinge. There are also many colors of topaz, the best of which is just like this jade crab, yellow bridle steamed chestnut..."

At the end, he chuckled again and said: "Speaking of which, we usually only need to figure out the difference between Huangqin material and Huangkou material, at most, the difference between Huanglongyu, because the output of topaz is very scarce, even if it is It was also very uncommon in ancient times, and its color just fits the emperor's thinking, so it is so precious."

(End of this chapter)