I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

Out of jade?

The stone-cutting field is not very big, but it is not small either. There are often noisy sounds from cutting stones such as "rope bows" and "weight machines", excited inquiries from stone owners, curious voices from onlookers, and moving stones. The clanging sound and so on. Therefore, speaking loudly will not attract other people's attention.

But the exception is cut jade.

So as soon as Ji Xiang finished speaking, the crowd around him started to boil.

"What? Is it out of jade?"

"Who is it? Who cut out the jade?"

"It seems to be from the side of Old Zhou's weight machine. The sound just came from that direction. I just came from that way, so there is no way I heard it wrong."

"Let's go and take a look."

So in a short time, Ji Xiang was surrounded by people. He was so anxious that he stood on tiptoes and waved to Li Lei outside the crowd, "Master, master, come here quickly. Come here quickly."

"Give way, you all, give way..."

The spectators made room for a seat, and Li Lei squeezed in smoothly.

At this time, the master who cut the stone had already picked up the stone, which was about the size of a fist, but with a gap cut out in the middle, and asked happily: "My guest, do you want to continue cutting?"

Because some customers are worried that they will find only a little bit of jade inside when they cut to the end, resulting in losing all their money. So he would choose to resell the stone after seeing the jade and make a small profit, so he asked this question,

Li Lei picked up the stone and looked at it, then handed it back and said, "Keep cutting."

Their family is in the jade business, so of course it is cost-effective to cut them all out. When the time comes, whether this piece of jade is used to make jade pendants or jewelry, it will be a good choice. It doesn't matter if the cut is not as satisfactory. The stone is worthless, and if you lose it, you lose it.

So he never thought about selling it again.

So the master continued to cut.

It took nearly two hours in total for the old master to completely cut out the piece of jade that Li Lei was interested in.

At this time, the people watching were in high spirits. Not only did no one leave, but more and more people came one after another, and more and more people came.

Some customers who heard that this stall produced good jade brought the stones they wanted to cut, hoping for good luck. Many people also asked Li Lei and Jixiang where they bought the stones. Hearing that it was the Li family's jade shop, he left in a hurry.

In the end, some clerks from other jade shops or jewelry shops even came to ask them if they could sell it, and the price was twenty taels of silver.

"No sale, no sale."

When the third person asked this question, Jixiang said impatiently: "Our eldest young master has to keep it by himself, and our Li family has our own jewelry shop, so we don't have to worry about it."

"It's from the Li family. Is it the same Li family that brought back a half-person tall jade stone a few days ago?"

"It should be that this young master looks very similar to Mr. Li."

"Hey, doesn't that mean that this is the second time this year that Young Master Li has cut out jade? It's true that a hero comes out of a young man. No wonder he refused to sell it for twenty taels of silver. I heard that the piece he brought back before, Someone paid 12,000 taels and didn’t even buy it.”

"That's a lot of money. If I'm right, I'll sell it!"

"I also heard that Mr. Li spent twenty taels of silver to buy that big piece of jade."

"What?! Two, only twenty taels?!"

"Twenty taels become twelve thousand taels!"

"Oh my God, what kind of luck does Mr. Li have? I buy stones and my son cuts jade. If this continues, the Li family will be in trouble..."

Of course, some people lamented the luck of the Li family and Li Lei, while others were indifferent to the jade owner and only stared at the piece of jade, "This piece of jade is really good. It is two fingers long and three fingers wide. It is milky white without a trace of color. This sample It’s a good thing, whether it’s made into a jade pendant or something else, it’s of the highest quality. It’s a pity that it’s too small, otherwise it might be sold for fifty taels or more.”

Li Lei was also observing the piece of jade he got.

Because time was too tight, the master only cut off the outermost layer of stone under his guidance. As for the parts close to the jade, there were still bits and pieces left.

But it didn't stop him from seeing the whole piece of jade clearly.

Just as a bystander said, this piece of jade is two fingers long, three fingers wide, and about two fingers thick. big

You can't make a single item, but you can still carve a Buddha statue or a small jade pendant.

What's rare is that its condition is better than the one Li Lei found in his hometown.

No wonder its fluorescence is brighter.

Could it be that whether there is fluorescence on a stone represents whether there is jade inside, and the size and brightness of the fluorescence represent the size and quality of the jade?

Li Lei touched the jade stone, thoughtfully.

He decided to experiment.

So in the next few days, Li Lei walked around again and selected a few more pieces of jade.

However, in view of the big commotion on the first day, he did not cut all the pieces of jade, but moved most of them home. He planned to install a weight cutting machine at home in the future and find one or two trustworthy people. People cut it. In the end, he only selected one of the dimmest stones with looming fluorescence. As a result, after spending a day, a piece of scrap jade was cut out that was large but had obvious cracks and white flakes, and was of little value, which disappointed the people who were watching.

Of course, he cut more than two stones in those days, but scattered them, including more than 20 large and small stones. This is to prevent people from paying too much attention to themselves and discover his 'opportunity'.

"Big, big young master, do you want to buy more?"

The loyal Jixiang has changed from excitement at the beginning to worry now.

He followed Li Lei step by step, and whispered, "Big young master, there is an old saying, 'One knife makes you poor, one knife makes you rich, and one knife makes you wear linen'. You have bought a lot of stones these days, and your yard is full of them. Don't get addicted."

"If so, I'm afraid the master will use family rules."

The Li family started out as a jade business, and of course they have seen many people like the chubby young man that day, who spent all their money to buy stones but ended up selling their houses and land, or even their children. So they set a family rule that it was okay to spend a few dozen taels or even one or two hundred taels to play a few times, but if you are addicted to it, you will be beaten in the ancestral hall until you wake up.

Of course Li Lei remembered this family rule.

He replied casually: "Although I bought a lot, I bought them from the leftovers at the doorsteps of various families. I spent less than 100 taels in total, right? And I spent the silver my father rewarded me with, not from the public."

This time, Li Lei brought back that big piece of jade, and his father immediately rewarded him with 1,000 taels of silver. So he is now well-off and has no shortage of money.

However, when Jixiang mentioned this, Li Lei thought of something, so he asked: "I remember the day we cut out the jade for the first time, there was a chubby young man, what happened to him later?"

Jixiang suddenly pointed to the back and said: "Young Master, are you talking about him?"

Li Lei turned around and saw someone.

The chubby man who was older than him, now wearing only a single piece of clothing, and his outer robe wrapped around several stones of different sizes, hurried to the stone-cutting field, muttering in a low voice, "This one has it, this one doesn't have it, but that one must have it. I bought five pieces this time, there must be jade. I spent so much money, there must be jade..."

Li Lei: "..."

This is really as that man said, crazy.

It seems that gambling on stones is really harmful to people. Fortunately, he has "chance" with him, otherwise he will end up like this after a long time.

Li Lei secretly alerted.

A few days later, when Li Lei felt that his "chance" had been practiced very well and it was time to find those large and precious jades, he woke up and suddenly found that he could not see.

He was blind! ! ! ! ! !

Li Lei rolled off the bed in panic.

"Jixiang, Jixiang..."

"Jixiang--!!!"

Jixiang hurriedly pushed the door open, ran over to help Li Lei up, and asked worriedly: "Master, I'm here, Master, what's wrong with you?"

Li Lei's eyes widened, and he looked left and right, but it was still dark. His legs suddenly softened, and he staggered and fell again, then climbed up and fell again, fell and climbed up again. Finally, he shouted loudly, "Go get a doctor, go get a doctor immediately, I can't see, I can't see!!!"

"Dad--"

"Go call my dad--"

"Go call my dad quickly!!!!!!"

Li Lei is blind.

This is the ending that Fu Wenyu set for the eighth chapter of "The Legend of the Divine Eye", and it is also the last chapter he gave to Liuzhou Tabloid.

Not giving more is not because he lost trust in the people of Liuzhou Tabloid, but because the first climax of the story has passed, and it is time for a turn. And how to make this turn, we need to observe the reaction of ancient readers to this story.

Now, more than a month has passed since the first chapter was published.

During this long period of time, the story of "True or False Young Master" has been completed in Liuzhou Tabloid. The day of completion has boosted the sales of the story, so there are only a few copies of the extra 600 copies left, and it is estimated that they will all be sold out in one or two months. But whether it is sold out or not has nothing to do with Fu Wenyu, because his part of the money has already been received.

The unexpected surprise is that after the serialization ended, Liuzhou Tabloid also sent the manuscript fee, not much, only six taels of silver, equivalent to two taels a month.

Although it is little, it is also money, and Fu Wenyu is still quite satisfied.

The weather was good that day, and it was also the day when the eighth chapter of "Legend of the Divine Eye" was published, so Fu Wenyu got up early and put on the new cotton-padded clothes made by Zhou for him and went into the city.

It was still the same teahouse. The waiter already knew Fu Wenyu. As soon as he saw him enter the door, he came to greet him with a warm smile on his face, "Sir, please come this way. Can we arrange a seat close to Mr. Feng?"

Fu Wenyu nodded, "Yes, bring another pot of tea and two plates of snacks, and a plate of tea eggs."

The tea eggs in their house are rich in sauce and tea aroma. He orders them every time he comes. Not only does he eat them himself, but he also takes some home when he leaves. Fortunately, their family is in mourning and cannot eat meat, otherwise, according to the number of eggs they eat, their cholesterol will soar sooner or later.

The waiter nodded and bowed, "Okay, I'll bring it to you right away."

At this time, Mr. Feng, the storyteller, has not arrived yet. There is only a person dressed as a woman on the stage, swinging her sleeves and singing opera.

Fu Wenyu is not very interested in this kind of ancient drama, so he looks around.

Then he heard a familiar voice.

"Brother You, why are you so depressed?"

A young man nudged a man in green shirt next to him and joked, "Didn't you like listening to Ru Niang singing the most in the past? You always watched without blinking, why don't you even watch it now?"

"Did Ru Niang make you angry?"

The man in blue shirt called 'Brother You' turned his head and said listlessly: "Nothing, I just didn't sleep well at night. Brother Li, Ru Niang is a decent woman, don't offend her like this."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it if I don't want to." The 'Brother Li' apologized twice, took a sip of tea, and listened to the opera again. While listening, he even beat the rhythm on the table.

Hearing this, Fu Wenyu already remembered who these two people were.

Wasn't it the 'Brother You' who walked into Kaiyuan Bookstore behind him and bought the last set on the day when the hardcover version of "True and False Young Master" went on sale?

As for the other 'Brother Li', he should have been one of the few people at that time, but the impression he left on Fu Wenyu was not as deep as 'Brother You'.

That's really a coincidence.

Just as he was thinking, Fu Wenyu suddenly heard the hesitant voice of 'Brother You', "Brother Li, what do you think of 'Li Cha'?"

"What 'Li Cha'?"

Brother Li looked back blankly, "Is it the new tea in the teahouse?"

Brother You corrected, "It's not tea, I'm talking about Li Lei's brother Li Cha in the story book "Legend of the Divine Eyes". What do you think of him?"

Brother Li finally understood what he meant and said, "You said he's not very good."

Brother You sat up straight and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Brother Li hesitated and said slowly, "His words , it always sounds weird. Anyway, there is no one around me who talks like him, like a woman. He likes to quibble about everything, and likes to get in front of Master Li to say bad things about Li Lei. He is really a piece of shit. "

"For example, the seventh chapter five days ago, Li Lei asked someone to move a few pieces of jade from outside, and found Li Cha peeking at the door of his yard. How can this be a brother?"

"But Brother You, why are you asking this?"

Brother You fell silent, and after a while, he pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Nothing, just asking."

It seems that this person has a story...

Fu Wenyu was thoughtful.