But Ye Zhuo thought for a moment, with this outfit, even Ye Yuqi who had been with her day and night couldn't recognize her, let alone Du Haoran who only met her a few times? It was purely her own paranoia, scaring herself. She cursed herself and shifted her attention to Yan Qingchun and Gong Zhimin.

  Gong Zhimin was different from Yan Qingchun, he had read books for over a decade, but he was only a child prodigy, and being a bookkeeper was about the best he could do; there wasn't much hope of him rising to an official position. Moreover, recently he had become infatuated with gambling on stones, so the uncut jade in this hall was far more attractive to him than Du Haoran. At this moment, seeing so many uncut jades in the hall, how could he care about anything else? He lowered his head and began to carefully examine the uncut jades. This move of his fell right into Yang Jianxiu's plans, who hurried over to humbly ask Gong Zhimin for guidance. Yan Qingchun was unable to do anything but also walk over, but what he was thinking in his mind, only heaven knew.

  Gong Zhimin originally only gambled on stones in Nanshan Town, where the original stones were far inferior to those here at Nie's house. At this moment, looking at all the good quality original stones, he was extremely excited and said to Yang Jian: "I've been to every stone gambling shop in Nanshan Town, but it's rare to see such white salt sandstone material, while here, you can see one just by standing around; those with python and pine flowers are not uncommon either. This is indeed a store opened by the Nie family, the quality of the original stones is really good. I should have come here earlier, if I had come here earlier, I wouldn't have lost so much money."

  Thinking of his years' savings being lost, he felt heartbroken and his mouth trembled.

  "It's not too late now, as long as Brother Gong chooses a good raw stone and produces top-quality jade material, he can not only earn back the money he lost before, but also has the possibility of making a fortune." Yang Jianxiu was enthusiastically persuading him, fearing that Gong Zhimin would be afraid to lose money and not dare to gamble.

  "Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your auspicious words." Gong Zhimin had come to Nanyun City this time, scraping together several hundred taels of silver, precisely in order to prepare to make a profit. Now that he saw these rough stones that could produce good jade material, where was his rationality? Even if someone advised him to give up, it would be impossible now; he squatted down again and examined them carefully. Fortunately, he still hadn't forgotten Yan Qingchun, beckoning to him with a wave of his hand: "Lord Yan, come over together and take a look."

  Seeing Du Haoran still busy over there, Yan Qingchun could only sigh and walk to the side of Gong Zhimin and Yang Jianxiu to look at the original stone together.

  "Yang Yuan, Yang Shuo, you two also take a walk and have a look. Learn from them." While following Gong Zhimin to learn, Yang Jianxiu didn't forget to instruct his two subordinates. After finishing speaking, he smiled at Yan Qingchun and Gong Zhimin, explaining, "These two young men are usually very clever, let's let them also learn a bit, who knows if they have some talent in this area."

  Yang Jianxiu said this, himself is old and doesn't have the time and energy to spend all day on this. If he can cultivate a young servant who knows how to gamble with stones, it's like growing a money tree. Anyway, their contracts are in his hands, so he's not afraid they'll get any bad ideas. Yang Jianxiu's move is quite an excellent idea.

  The two of them also let their servants take a walk around. No need to stay by their side anymore.

  Ye Zhuo didn't go far, but stood not far from Gong Zhimin and others. On the one hand, he listened to their conversation, on the other hand, he touched the original stone with his hands, and occasionally squatted down to take a closer look.

  She told Yang Jianxiu that after learning to gamble with Yun Bohan, she ran into a bookstore and found some books to read. The techniques of gambling studied by Gong Zhimin are exactly the same as the theories written in these gambling books. If you want to trick him, you have to find his favorite original stone to start with.

  At this time, she was standing next to a raw stone with a yellow pear flower pattern. After taking a closer look, she stood up and patted it forcefully, letting out a sigh. Then she walked towards the next one. Yang Jianxiu watched silently. When Gong Zhimin and Yan Qingchun saw that stone, they would ask various questions. He had also done some homework during this time, cramming on the theory of gambling stones, so the questions he asked were all to the point, making Gong Zhimin feel more and more that this stone was good. He beckoned Nie Qing over and asked him how much this stone cost.

  "Six hundred taels." Gong Zhimin hesitated when he heard Nie Qing's quote. He had only brought five hundred taels of silver this time, and that was after pawning the only valuable thing in his house and borrowing three hundred taels from his daughter who had married into the Ye family. But now, for just a raw stone, he would have to spend six hundred taels. If he lost this gamble, not only would he lose everything, but he would also be in debt...

  Gong Zhimin gritted his teeth and was about to step down onto another rock.

  "Gong brother, are you going to give this up? If you don't want it, I..." Yang Jianxiu hastily asked. Judging from his expression, if Gong Zhimin didn't plan on taking the stone, he would buy it himself.

  "This piece of rock I was planning to take, but it's just me who wants it, so I'm a bit embarrassed. I was just about to keep you company and have a look." Gong Zhimin hastily said with a smile. The remaining one hundred taels of silver, he believed Yan Qingchun would lend him.

  "Oh, I see?" Yang Jianxu's face fell in disappointment.

  "Zhimin, help me pick one too." Since he's here, Yan Qingchun doesn't plan to leave empty-handed either. Anyway, a few hundred taels of silver is still within his means.

  "I only offer my humble opinion, whether to do it or not is still up to you, Master Yan. Who knows, Master Yan might be lucky and pick out a top-quality jade material? ” Gong Zhimin was unwilling to take responsibility. This was a matter of several hundred taels of silver, if he won the bet, he wouldn't get a single coin; but if he lost, he would be blamed.

  The stone gambling world is also a rule, Yan Qingchun doesn't mind either. With the help of Gong Zhimin and Yang Jianxiu, he also selected an original stone.

  Seeing that both of them had chosen the original stone picked by Ye Zhuo, Yang Jianxiu felt relieved and also found a piece of original stone that Ye Zhuo had tapped to buy. Gong Zhimin whispered to Yan Qingchun, took out the silver ticket and paid for it.

  "Have the three seniors selected a good raw stone?" A clear voice rang out from not far away. Everyone looked up, and it was Du Haoran walking over in this direction.

  "Master Du." Yan Qingchun was overjoyed and hastily walked forward to exchange greetings with Du Haoran.

  "Master Du is a master of gambling on ore, let's take a look at these rough stones we've picked out?" Gong Zhimin was overjoyed to see Du Haoran come over. A master of gambling on mines, gambling on rocks is just a small matter. The rough stones from the Nie family are all graded with the help of Du Haoran. If he lends a hand to take a look, it's hard not to get rich.

  Du Haoran took a look at the three people's purchased raw stones, nodded and said: "The quality is not bad." As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at Ye Zhuo intentionally or unintentionally.

  Ye Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, feeling a sense of foreboding. If earlier at the door Du Haoran glanced at her, she still thought it was an unconscious glance, and Du Haoran couldn't possibly recognize her. But now, this glance of his seemed to hold deep meaning, as if everything she had done was seen through by him.

  How is this possible? He's not a god! Ye Zhuo tried her best to comfort herself and calm down.

  Gong Zhimin was delighted when Du Haoran said it was fine, and he immediately called out to his servant: "Get a cart ready, transport the original stone over, and solve the puzzle on the spot."

  This was also the original agreement, and after buying the raw stone here, it would be opened on the spot. If jade material was extracted and someone offered a suitable price, it would be sold on the spot without being taken back to Nanshan Town. So Yang Jianxiu also asked Yang Yuan and Ye Zhuo to transport the stones over. Yan Qingchun's mind was not on this, so he naturally had no objection and let his servants take them over as well, opening the stone on the spot.

  At this time, others were also de-stoning, with only one de-stoner idle. Gong Zhimin was like a man who had been given chicken blood, and without waiting for the apprentice to take action, he directly rolled up his sleeves and put his own small raw stone on the de-stoner, saying: "De-stone mine first." He then carefully drew lines on his own raw stone.

  "Rumbling..." Shi Fu lifted up the stone.

  With a "hiss" sound, a piece of stone shell was cut off, and a basin of water was poured on it. Gong Zhimin couldn't wait to stretch out his hand to look at the cutting surface, but what made him disappointed was that the cutting surface was white and misty all over, all of which were stones.

  Yang Jianxiu started listening to Du Haoran say that the three stones were good, and his heart was lifted. If Gong Zhimin's gamble didn't pay off, all the thought he had put in would be wasted. Now seeing that this knife hadn't cut out jade material, he let out a sigh of relief, turned his head to glance at Ye Zhuo, with an approving look in his eyes.

  Du Haoran stood by and watched, Yang Jianxiu's glance was all seen in his eyes.

  "Brother Du, have you finished looking at those stones? Let's go back once you're done." Nie Wei Yue, who had been following Du Hao Ran around, was getting a bit impatient. When Yang Jian Xiu introduced Yan Qing Chun and Gong Zhi Min, she also heard it and knew that these were just small officials from the county, and there was no need for Du Hao Ran to show his face to greet them. Moreover, with Du Hao Ran's proud personality, he should have looked down on these corrupt officials. It was unknown what had gotten into him, but he actually came here to watch people gamble with stones.

  "Nie Li, send your daughter back home." Du Haoran shouted, and a man ran over to Nie Wei Yue's side, bowed and said: "Big sister, please."

  Nie Weiyue was stunned for a while before she realized that Du Haoran wanted to drive her away. She stomped her foot and said in a wronged tone, "I won't leave, I don't want to go back."

  Du Haoran didn't look at her from start to finish. At this time, he also ignored her and only watched the stone unsealing master cut open the stone.

  Nie Li saw that his own daughter was unwilling to go back, and Du Gongzi didn't say another word, so he had no choice but to retreat to the side and stand there. After Nie Wei Yue's scolding, she didn't dare speak again.

  "Whoosh......" Another stone shell was sawed open, and Gong Zhimin didn't wait for Master Shi to put down the saw blade before he hastily leaned over. On this cold winter day, he was so tense that sweat broke out on his forehead.

  "Green, green, I see it's turning green. Quick, bring water..." Gong Zhimin was so excited that his voice changed.

  Yang Jianxiu hastily squeezed forward to take a look, and when she saw the cut surface being splashed with water, sure enough, a bright green color appeared, like the tender shoots of spring, which made people's hearts move at first sight.

  "It's turned green, it really has turned green, and it's still such a large patch of green." He took two steps back, muttering to himself, looking rather dispirited.

  Thank you, Guang Han Gong Zhu A, for the two sachets!