"Little girl, are you here to be funny?"
Someone mocked her from behind.
Bai Xiao looked at the person, a complete light bulb, and that shiny head could blind someone.
Most importantly, he was fat-faced and had plastered ears, plus being bald, his appearance was as laughable as could be.
"Aren’t the stones here for people to buy? Is there a rule that says you can only buy small ones, not big ones?"
Shao Ming wanted to cover his face in embarrassment, turning ignorance into a personality and still speaking so righteously, probably only the person in front of him could do it.
He really wanted to step back a bit and walk away.
"Alright, little girl still wants to challenge others? Let me show you what stone gambling is, pay attention. That piece, that piece, and this one, yes, open these three for me." Baldy was definitely showing off. The stones others chose were indeed not big, but they appeared more sculptable than the one Bai Xiao had chosen.
When stone cutting was mentioned, everyone gathered around, many loved watching stone gambling, always talking about how a single cut could lead one from rags to riches, or from heaven to hell.
Shao Ming said smilingly to others, "We will also do some stone gambling."
Watching such excitement also broadens the mind; he had heard stories of heaven and hell with just one cut, but experiencing it first-hand was still a first-time, not to say Bai Xiao was excited, even Shao Ming felt his adrenaline rising.
The crowd instantly grew.
The master glanced at the stone, a piece of sand skin with a python belt an inch wide on it, and clusters of pine flowers, he weighed it in his hand, squinting, and asked, "Boss, do we cut or polish?"
"Polish!" The stone was only fist-sized, Baldy, seeming knowledgeable, immediately responded.
The master got excited, impatiently hitting the switch, and the moment the electric grinding wheel touched the stone, it jolted everyone’s heart, a truly unique sensation which got Bai Xiao excited too.
This is stone gambling!
It really is as thrilling and enthralling as the legends suggest.
The crowd gasped—value increased! A bundle of watery green appeared!
The master continued to polish along the python band, revealing a green the length of a matchstick, immediately someone shouted, "A fixed price of twelve!"
Baldy clenched his teeth, "Keep polishing!"
Another three fingers’ width of green appeared, and Baldy couldn’t help but laugh then.
"Two hundred thousand, take it away!"
Baldy shouted, and instantly someone came up and took the stone away, everyone sighed, if the stone would have been cut open it would have shown clearly what was inside, but now it was too late.
"Little girl, did you see? This is what stone gambling is. Your stone is worth nothing."
That stirred up everyone’s emotions; two hundred producing two hundred thousand immediately caught everyone’s attention at the venue, many began buying stones as they all knew if there was one good hit, there might be another, they couldn’t help but get ready for action.
Who’s afraid of dying when there’s money to be made, without taking risks, how could gold fall from the sky! Immediately, from jade merchants to hole diggers, looking as gallant as soldiers heading to battle, all lined up with stones for stone gambling.
"Boss! For the remaining ones, should we continue polishing?" the master cutter asked, Baldy still had two more stones.
However, these two were much bigger, one the size of a soccer ball, and another a rectangular strip. Baldy pondered for a while, the soccer-ball-sized one had a python belt an inch wide, pear skin, and white salt sand, the stone’s turned sand resembling fine salt grains.
"Cut, cut!"
Many were encouraging, Bai Xiao watched with cold eyes; clearly, Baldy felt confident after the recent surge.
"Cut!"
A final decision.