The CEO's Wife Is a Medical Master-Chapter 178: A Perfect Match
When Vera saw the owner looking at her as if she were a sucker, she was a bit speechless. "I’m just browsing," she said.
The owner smiled. "I just got in a new batch of Longevity Stone roughs. Want to pick one out and have it cut? Let me tell you, this batch is really good."
Vera glanced at the pile of completely unappealing stones, speechless. She figured the owner must be bored and was just messing with her.
She casually pointed to a shoddy-looking stone smaller than her palm and said, "Mm, the quality on this one looks great!"
The owner glanced at the dusty gray stone, feeling a bit sheepish. He chuckled and said, "With stones, you can’t judge them by their cover. It’s what’s inside that counts."
Vera thought the owner was unbelievably thick-skinned. Her eyes inadvertently lingered on the stone for a moment longer, and the vibrant red that met her gaze made her pause.
Even if she didn’t know the first thing about the business of stone gambling, she knew that Longevity Stone was an excellent material for making seals. Longevity Stone also went by another name: Chicken Blood Stone. The finest variety was a vibrant, blood-red stone known as Full House Red, also called ’full robe red’.
She wasn’t much of an expert, but she knew that inside that pathetic-looking rock was the highest grade of Longevity Stone: a Full House Red.
Her eyes showed a hint of surprise. ’Is my luck this insane? To randomly pick a stone and have it turn out to be a Full House Red!’
She suppressed her excitement and forced a calm expression. "I’m just afraid this little stone has no looks and nothing inside, either. I need a rock at home to prop up a table leg. Sell it to me for ten yuan for fun!"
The owner frowned. "You’re just talking nonsense, young lady. Have you ever heard of anyone on this street selling a stone for ten yuan? Fifty, and you can take it!"
"Forget it, then!" Vera said with a look of disdain. "If you mess up with one of these things, it’s just a worthless rock. The last time I brought a stone home, my dad nearly chewed my head off. This thing looks even worse than the one I bought last time. Fifteen. Take it or leave it!"
With that, she made a show of turning to leave. Combined with her act as a complete amateur who didn’t know the first thing, and the fact that the owner’s stones were indeed hard to sell, he relented. "Alright, alright, fifteen yuan it is! I’ve never seen a girl haggle like you! Fine, the stone is yours!"
After paying, Vera said to the owner, "Help me cut the stone. I don’t want to lug another huge rock home just to get yelled at by my dad again!"
"Cutting a stone is fifty yuan, minimum!" the owner said bluntly. "That’s the standard price. I can’t go any lower!"
Vera winced. Fifteen yuan for the stone, and fifty to cut it! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
She also wanted to confirm just how accurate her X-ray vision was with these things, so she said to the owner, "Fine, fifty it is."
Because of her words, the owner now looked at her as if she were a spendthrift.
Business was slow at the little shop, so he couldn’t afford to hire a stonecutter. The owner did it himself. After asking Vera for the specific place to cut, he made a careless slice.
Vera grimaced at his casual motion. Luckily, the spot she had indicated was precise. The cut wouldn’t damage the stone’s quality and would instead perfectly expose the vibrant red inside.
The moment the owner saw that flash of vibrant red, he was dumbstruck. "Holy shit! It’s actually a Full House Red!"
Vera saw that the exposed part looked exactly as she had seen it with her X-ray vision, and a weight was lifted from her shoulders. She said nonchalantly, "What’s a Full House Red? The color is like blood. It’s pretty eye-catching and will match the lacquer on my table at home. Can you help me keep cutting?"
