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Chapter 662: Chapter 662: Raw Melon Eggs
"If that’s the case, why do these people still come?"
Bai Xiao didn’t understand.
"There’s an old saying, ’To get rich, bet on stones; to go broke, bet on stones.’ The stone betting business is like licking blood from the blade, you either become rich overnight or go begging. It’s perilous and unpredictable, and you have to judge based on the stone’s external features, such as the type of skin, what kind of sand is revealed, whether there is green pine or white python bands, considering a variety of factors to determine if there’s jade inside and the quality of it. Due to the mystique of stone betting, even a veteran can slip up occasionally, and one oversight could lead to complete ruin." 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Shao Ming had been around for a long time, and although he didn’t understand it himself, he spoke as if he were an expert.
Bai Xiao smiled wryly; they really were full of gambling spirit. Although she didn’t understand it fully, she knew that essentially, these were all gamblers.
This was a kind of disguised gambling, but aside from luck, it also hinged on visual acuity and knowledge.
A lot of people had gathered around, from China, from Myanmar, and other countries. The men of Myanmar were tanned like buckwheat, wearing gray clothing and worn sandals, walking with a duck-like gait; they had a bit of earthy homemade spice on their faces, their bodies exuding a sour sweat smell, decorated with tattoos, and their red betel nut-stained teeth made them smell of dry tobacco, which gave them a rather odd scent. The women of Myanmar were even stranger, their fair faces smeared with clumps of "old Myanmar powder," their heads decorated with a few wildflowers; occasionally, they retyed their dresses with hooking motions that attracted men, their movements as graceful as willows swaying in the wind; they looked enchantingly bizarre, their lips blood-red as if they had stolen and eaten a chicken, like seductive fox spirits.
In any case, Bai Xiao couldn’t help but squeeze closer to Shao Ming, unable to stand the smell.
Many people saw that the two of them were not looking at stones but rather observing people, which caused puzzled expressions.
Shao Ming couldn’t take it any longer, especially since the fully armed patrolmen were also occasionally watching them, mainly because the two of them were too conspicuous.
"We’d better pick out a couple of stones just for appearances; we must do it, otherwise we’ll have trouble before you meet the person you’re waiting for," he said.
Shao Ming, of course, knew the rules here.
Bai Xiao nodded, we shall bet then, it’s just picking out two stones.
Each picked one, Bai Xiao didn’t understand at all, the stones here were priced at two hundred per piece, sold by the slab regardless of size. Naturally, Bai Xiao chose the largest one; bigger is better, she thought. After everyone had looked at her as if she were a fool for a long while, Bai Xiao also understood what sitting on pins and needles felt like. It was one thing if one or two people looked down on you, but it was entirely different when everyone regarded you as a fool.
Shao Ming almost died laughing, "Doctor Bai! You’re impressive, this stone at first glance is just a bare rock, even I know that at the very least there should be some green or a python band on a stone to possibly have a chance of containing jade, you just plainly judged by size."
Bai Xiao was embarrassed at that moment; she didn’t know any of this.
She was really just going for size.
It seemed that nobody thought well of her stone.
But clearly, those armed soldiers relaxed a lot more, even with a humorous smile, probably understanding that they were just novices, really green ones at that. This kind of approach was typical of newcomers, totally based on luck and without any technique.
Such people turn up by the thousands every year! Seeing it often enough they just treated it as a joke.
