Chapter 460 - 440: Fushoulu and Mutton-fat White Jade

"Then thank you, Godfather. I’ll pay you back later."

Sun Yaotong smiled and said, "No rush."

In truth, he wanted to just gift it to her, but Sun Yaotong knew Yun Jiao wouldn’t accept it.

Yun Jiao looked around but didn’t choose much, only picking one rough Jadeite stone that caught her fancy.

It wasn’t too large, just thirteen kilograms.

Afterward, she mostly accompanied Sun Yaotong and his group, and sometimes Sun Yaotong would ask for her opinion.

Her lips twitched. "Godfather, my judgment really isn’t that accurate. The Naxie’e Jadeite rough I picked yesterday only yielded two good pieces."

"Only?"

Sun Yaotong stared at her in disbelief. "Do you have any idea? With your success rate, someone else could pick ten rough stones, or even more, and might not find a single piece of that quality."

Hearing this, Yun Jiao stroked her chin. ’Come to think of it, my luck really is quite good.’

Instantly, Yun Jiao’s confidence surged.

’Growing up, my luck has never been that bad.’

’Even when things went wrong, like running into human traffickers or enemy agents, I was always able to handle it and even turn the misfortune into a blessing.’

"In that case, I’ll just pick based on my gut feeling. If I end up choosing wrong..."

"Ah, this is a gamble to begin with. If it doesn’t turn out well, I certainly won’t blame you."

Sun Yaotong could afford the loss.

Seeing his sincere expression, Yun Jiao went ahead. When he had selected a few stones but hesitated, not knowing which to choose, she pointed to one based on her intuition.

After the Jade Public Auction ended, Yun Jiao successfully acquired the rough stone she wanted. Sun Yaotong had set his sights on six pieces, two of which were rough stones that had been partially cut open, but he only managed to win the bids for three.

They didn’t cut the stones on-site. They had already made a big scene yesterday; it was better to keep a low profile today.

Sun Yaotong’s family was in the jewelry business, so naturally, they had their own machines and master craftsmen for cutting Jadeite.

Thus, carrying their recent haul, they traveled by truck and by water, finally arriving in Hong Kong City.

Hong Kong City was the Sun Family’s main base of operations.

The economy here was developing rapidly, and with its large foreign population, the jewelry business was also flourishing.

"We’re finally back!"

Back on her home turf, Sun Yaoqin seemed to come alive.

"Jiaojiao, I’ll show you around and we’ll have fun while you’re in Hong Kong City!"

Yun Jiao nodded. "Okay."

"Dad, don’t you forget about our bracelets."

Sun Yaotong replied, "Don’t worry. You’ll not only get your bracelets, I’ll also have a peace buckle made for each of you."

"Hehe, you’re the best, Dad."

The next day, Yun Jiao and Sun Yaoqin went together to watch the stones being cut.

When Sun’s Jewelry Store learned that they had brought back a large piece of extremely high-quality Moss Green Jadeite, everyone there was absolutely ecstatic.

Especially after seeing it with their own eyes.

The three old master craftsmen at the jewelry store were all vying to design jewelry with the Moss Green Jadeite.

"No matter what comes out of the other rough stones, with this Moss Green Jadeite, we can create an entire collection of jewelry and jade carvings. We’ll be miles ahead of the other jewelry stores."

Sun Yaotong was filled with pride and satisfaction, and his standing within Sun’s Jewelry Store rose even higher.

"Let’s cut open the remaining rough stones first."

The rough stones were all carefully brought to the warehouse.

Yun Jiao’s batch of jade stones was also in the warehouse.

"Jiaojiao, should we cut your stones first?"

Yun Jiao said, "I don’t mind."

"Then let’s start with yours."

The stonecutter started up the machine.

The first to be cut was the rough Jadeite stone she had won at the Jade Public Auction.

The cut went quite deep into the stone without revealing any Jadeite, and just as everyone was losing hope, someone suddenly cried out.

"There’s something! There’s something!"

"There’s color, it looks like apple green."

"Cut it from another side."

They all adjusted the orientation of the stone and continued cutting.

"This side is purple."

The machine WHIRRED, and it took a considerable amount of time before the piece of Jadeite was fully revealed.

The stone rind was a bit thick, but that didn’t diminish the beauty of the Jadeite within.

"Three colors! This big chunk in the middle combines apple green, violet, and red... It’s a Fushoulu!"

And it was a glutinous-ice variety, at that.

Although the translucency of a glutinous-ice variety is slightly inferior to that of ice or high-ice varieties, those three rich, vibrant colors more than compensated for it.

Thanks to the auspicious meaning of a Fushoulu, this type of Jadeite was very popular.

Sun Yaotong was ecstatic. "HAHAHA... Jiaojiao, it really is all thanks to your luck."

"It’s a good thing we brought it back here. If we had cut it open back there, who knows how many jealous stares it would’ve attracted."

"Let’s cut her other jades now."

The machine quickly started up again.

The jade stones Yun Jiao had brought from Xinjiang were soft jades, while Jadeite is a type of hard jade.

Soft jade has a warm, oily luster and isn’t as translucent as Jadeite.

Unlike Jadeite, which is completely encased in its stone rind and difficult to assess, soft jade is somewhat easier to identify.

However, finding a piece of top-quality river pebble jade is no easy feat.

A few of the master craftsmen huddled together, murmuring, before finally running over in excitement.

"Young lady, is this piece of jade for sale? It’s an incredibly rare piece of Mutton Fat White Jade!"

Among white jades, the most famous is Mutton Fat White Jade.

It is named for its fine, smooth texture, oily luster, and pure white color.

The piece of jade in the old master’s hands at this moment was a large block of Mutton Fat White Jade.

Yun Jiao shook her head. "Not for sale."

’I like it too.’

The old master was terribly disappointed; he truly adored that piece of jade.

He tried to pester Yun Jiao into selling it to him, but Sun Yaotong stepped in.

"Elder Deng, she isn’t selling. But if she wants it carved and designed, she can come to you."

Hearing this, Elder Deng mulled it over for a few seconds. "That’ll work too."

Elder Deng was a Jade Carver, and his hands always itched to work whenever he saw fine material. This was the reason he had pestered Yun Jiao for the Mutton Fat Jade.

"Jiaojiao, what are your plans for this piece of jade? If you want to have it carved into something, you could ask Elder Deng. If you have any reservations, you can take a look at his previous works."

Elder Deng was quite famous in the industry, but it was obvious that Yun Jiao, being a child, wasn’t part of that world and naturally didn’t know of his reputation.

Yun Jiao nodded. "Then I’ll go take a look tomorrow."

The other pieces of jade were not bad either, and there was even a beautiful piece of Love Jade.

There was also a piece of jade that was both yellow and white.

All of these could be carved into beautiful works of art.

Of the three rough stones Sun Yaotong had won at the Public Auction, one turned out to be a bust.

The remaining two were good, and one of them, a piece of Jadeite that was half green, was a delightful surprise.

And as luck would have it, that was the exact stone Yun Jiao had pointed out.

Now, Sun Yaotong was thoroughly convinced that Yun Jiao was his lucky star.

With these new acquisitions, their Sun’s Jewelry Store was certain to reach a new level of success.