52: Chapter 52: Disdaining to Take Undue Advantage 52: Chapter 52: Disdaining to Take Undue Advantage As soon as Shopkeeper Lin announced that a good jade had been found, some rejoiced while others lamented, since most of the people present had participated in gambling on the recently opened market, those who had placed their bets on Mr.
Lin’s side naturally lost, but those who bet on Wufu’s side…
“Hahaha, I won, I won!” Old Zhang, who had bet on Wufu first, threw up his hands with excitement, jumping and shouting, “The fortune teller said ten years ago that I’d lose nine out of ten bets in my lifetime, but this time I finally won.
Those who lost cast envious glances his way, a ten to one payout, oh what luck.
The bookmaker smiled too, what of a ten to one payout?
There were more bets placed on Mr.
Lin’s side, so he was still the sure winner even after paying out.
Those who, like Old Zhang, had bet on Wufu, all went smilingly to the bookmaker to collect their silver.
Wufu, on the other hand, looked at Shopkeeper Lin and extended her hand.
Shopkeeper Lin felt somewhat embarrassed, holding the jade raw stone in his hand and hesitating to let it go, but under Wufu’s gaze, he finally handed it over, “Well, Miss Wufu, Elder Shen, please make an offer for this raw stone, and our Silver House will buy it.”
The Hundred Treasures Silver Building did not only deal in jewelry, they also commonly purchased jade, and naturally, they couldn’t miss out on such fine seed material.
At these words, Wufu looked at him with an almost amused expression, “But before the stone was cut, Shopkeeper Lin, you said you didn’t want it!”
Shopkeeper Lin’s face turned beet red, but as a longtime shopkeeper, his skin wasn’t just thick, it was nine feet thick.
“I admit, today I was blinded by bias, blinded by ignorance.
Look, jade without carving is just a stone, and this seed material in your hands is just a raw stone.
We have craftsmen…” Shopkeeper Lin said with a smile.
“It’s true that uncarved jade will not become a piece of art.
But who says that in our hands, it’s only a raw stone?” Wufu said, interrupting him with a smile.
The smile froze on Shopkeeper Lin’s face.
“What do you mean, Miss?”
Without explaining, Wufu turned to look at Old Man Shen, who was still dazedly staring at the jade raw stone in her hand.
He had been searching the mountains for a month, sustained many injuries, and even hurt his foot with a rock, which was still swollen.
He had found this stone in a rock pit.
Actually, he was also just trying his luck, without being entirely certain of success, but surprisingly, this stone really produced jadeite, and top quality at that.
After a lifetime of searching, losing a son, he had finally found a piece of fine jade.
Was Heaven compensating him or taking pity on him?
Old Man Shen felt as if a string in his body had suddenly been loosened, and he burst into tears.
“Elder, please take it,” Wufu said as she pushed the raw stone into Old Man Shen’s hands.
Although Old Man Shen had said the stone was hers, Wufu was not one to take advantage.
If nothing of value had been found in the stone, that’d be another matter, but now that it was unequivocally a piece of top quality jadeite, how could she take advantage of an old man?
She was above such gains.
So she returned it to him, to do with as he pleased.
Feeling the weight in his hands, Old Man Shen looked at the vibrant green stone, squatted on the ground with it, and wept bitterly.
Shopkeeper Lin was extremely embarrassed.
Meanwhile, Wufu went to the bookmaker to retrieve her winnings, a whole ten taels of silver, not bad, today’s efforts were not in vain, and she even secured an unexpected fortune.
She carefully placed the silver in her purse, but then she suddenly looked up, zeroing in on a carriage not too far away.
At the front of the carriage, a servant bowed, listening to instructions from within, and before long, he walked away, with the carriage following suit.
Wufu frowned, had she seen it wrong?
Someone had definitely been watching her just now.