Chapter 553
“Luo Cheng, Lin Ran, Wang Yifeng and Li Xin, I didn’t expect you all to be here!”
Jiang Sanshi came close and looked at the four of them and smiled, especially when he saw that Luo Cheng and Lin Ran and Wang Yifeng seemed to be on good terms, his heart felt even more relieved.
There was no need to say what Luo Cheng represented in Tanjiang City, and for Lin Ran to be so close to him, he, as an uncle, would not have to worry too much.
“Old master it’s been a long time, this time just in time for your big birthday, come let me introduce you to a junior!”
Li Xin laughed, as a back goods merchant, he still had a few face in rich people’s circle.
“Ao? Who is it?”
Jiang Sansi laughed, but his afterglow noticed that Jiang Yi Yi, who was on the side, was giving himself a wink, as if to say, that’s not a good guy, take it easy!
“That’s him, Dai Yin! My good friend!”
Li Xin introduced with a smile.
“O?”
Jiang Sansi smiled and nodded at his words, but did not answer.
Seeing this, Li Xin was busy laughing and said.
“Old master, this friend of mine’s family is in the mineral business, their family is from the surrounding townships of Tanjiang City, in the future maybe you also have the opportunity to cooperate and work together isn’t it!”
“Yes, Uncle Jiang, our family is in the mineral business, and you are a jade family, so there is an origin!”
Dai Yin said, and at the same time, he was ready to go and fetch his own gift for the old man, but before he could take it out, Jiang Sansi was laughing.
“Yes, we should cooperate when we have the chance, but we don’t have any raw stone mines in the mainland, so I’m afraid it will be quite a few years before we can cooperate.”
Jiang Sansi turned his head and looked at Luo Cheng.
“Nephew Luo Cheng, how is brother Luo Ming doing?”
“Thank you, Uncle Jiang, my father is doing well!”
Luo Cheng got up and smiled, courteously, while busily taking out his gift and smiling.
“Old master, this is a gift I prepared especially for you, a piece of primal ore, you have a look at it?”
With that said Luo Cheng opened the box, and at once a piece of raw stone the size of a football appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.
The richer the person is, the more they like jade. The people present were all very discerning, and when they saw the raw stone that Luo Cheng took out, they could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
The grey skin of the stone was a dark green colour, which was not very obvious, but could be seen.
Of course, the outside is not pretty now, but in jade circles, a raw stone with this skin is almost 99% certain to have something inside.
But then again, the reason why a raw stone can be called a gambling stone is because it has the element of gambling, even if this raw stone that Luo Cheng took out, the skin is even better, maybe after cutting it open, it is still just worthless, and that’s the fun of gambling stones, get rich overnight or go bankrupt overnight.
“Ha ha! Good good, I like it a lot!”
Jiang San Si laughed in satisfaction, was he really short of money? Just kidding, naturally he was not short of it, but what the old man liked was the thought, the courtesy of reciprocity.
“Ranzi, I’m very happy that you’ve come this time!”
Jiang Sansi looked at Lin Ran and said with relief. A few days ago he had also received news that Lin Ran had gone missing, but he had never told his children and daughter about this, and today he was able to see Lin Ran, so his hanging heart was put down.
“I’m sorry for your worries, uncle!”
Lin Ran laughed, and as soon as he said this, Dai Yin’s face beside him suddenly turned gloomy.
He could understand Jiang Sanshi’s disregard for him, after all, he was a senior and he was still unknown, but hearing Lin Ran call out to Jiang Sanshi’s uncle made him very unhappy, if Jiang Yi Yi was cheated, then was Jiang Sanshi also cheated?
“Is it hard to say that this guy really has a relationship with the Jiang family? It shouldn’t be, if there were relatives of this strength, this kid wouldn’t have been in such a bad way in the past, right?”
Dai Yin was a little puzzled in his heart, wondering what was fishy about this.
“Uncle, this is the gift I prepared!”
Lin Ran smiled as he got up, while taking out a beautiful wooden box.
“Aiya, you can just come, why did you prepare a gift!”
Jiang Sansi laughed, but since Lin Ran had already prepared it, he didn’t push it away and accepted it right away.
“What is this?”
Looking at the delicate little wooden box, Jiang Sanshi asked with a smile, he still cared a lot about the gift Lin Ran had given him.
“Uncle, just open it and see!”
Lin Ran laughed.
“And you’re still selling a secret!”
Jiang Sanshi laughed and immediately opened the wooden box, and immediately a dark black stone appeared in front of everyone.
The stone was not big, it was just about the size of a large marble, and it was black all over to see nothing special.
“This is?”
Jiang Sansi frowned, vaguely seeming to think of something, but he was not sure.
“Brother Li, what is this thing?”
On the side, Dai Yin frowned and asked.
“I don’t know, I’ve never seen anything like this before either!”
Li Xin frowned similarly, as a backed goods merchant he thought he had seen a lot, but he couldn’t recognise what it was.
“Even you don’t recognise it?”
Dai Yin frowned slightly at his words, but then he was relieved and laughed disdainfully.
“I think this thing must not have much of a name, otherwise how could you not recognise it, Brother Li!”
Said Dai Yin, about to step forward, naturally he did not want to miss such a good opportunity.
“Don’t be impulsive, there are many strange objects in heaven and earth, I wouldn’t dare to say I’ve seen every single one of them!”
Li Xin was busy speaking to discourage him, however Dai Yin sneered.
“Brother Li, you’re too modest, even you haven’t seen it, how could that hick Lin Ran get it, this thing must be rubbish! No, I have to go and expose him, such a good opportunity can’t be missed!”
Saying this, Dai Yin ignored Li Xin’s discouragement and directly took two steps forward laughing aloud.
“Lin Ran, you’re at least Uncle Jiang’s nephew, how can you give such a shabby gift?”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyes immediately looked over, especially Jiang Sansi and Jiang Yi Yi, with a slight chill in their gazes.
“Kid, what are you farting about, hold it back if you have nothing better to do!”
Wang Yifeng slapped the table and stood up directly.
“Fatty!”
Lin Ran patted Wang Yifeng on the shoulder to indicate for him to sit down, then looked at Dai Yin and said blandly.
“How is this gift of mine shabby?”
“Isn’t it shabby? As an outsider, Mr. Luo gave such a large raw stone, but you? Your own nephew gave you such a small one, a nephew who has done this to you is really stingy!”
Dai Yin laughed coldly, while taking out his own gift, a larger sized wooden box.
“Master Jiang, this is my gift, and coincidentally, I know you’ve been in the jade business all your life, so I’m giving you the original stone as well!”
With that, Dai Yin opened the box, followed by a piece of raw stone of even better colour appearing in the eyes of the crowd, and everyone who looked at it could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
“This ….. This original stone, no matter the size and colour, is simply better than the one Luo Cheng gave away!”
“Yes, this must be quite a lot of money!”
“Looks like this guy is rich too!”
“This is wonderful!”
The crowd was talking, which made Luo Cheng’s face look a bit bad, this strike by Dai Yin not only made Lin Ran look bad, but also made him a bit embarra*sed.
This was the effect Dai Yin wanted, and at this moment, seeing the crowd looking at him, he couldn’t say how pleased he was in his heart.
“Ranzi, I’m just an outsider, and the gift I gave was so sincere, and you? What do you call an original stone? I think it’s just a donkey’s dung egg!”
“You!”
Jiang Yi Yi was so angry that she was about to stand up at once, but was stopped by Lin Ran.
Lin Ran looked at Dai Yin without any fluctuation in expression and said blandly.
“What are you trying to prove after all this talk? That you are more sincere than me? I’m just curious, which of your ears heard that this is the original stone I’m giving away?”
“Have I finished with the presentation of my gift? Are you beeping away here?”
Chapter 554
“Oh, is sophistry useful? Is it not the original stone or what? Is it really a donkey’s dung egg?”
Dai Yin laughed.
Jiang Yi Yi, who was on the side, couldn’t help it and broke away from Lin Ran and opened his mouth to scold him.
“Surnamed Dai, do you know how to speak, even if the item you sent is good, do you still not give others the chance to speak? Besides, although our Jiang family has always flattered that all visitors are guests, have you received an invitation? If not, go and stay aside first!”
“You!”
Dai Yin’s face instantly sank at his words, indeed, he didn’t have an invitation at all, strictly speaking he was just a companion brought by Li Xin, and couldn’t compare with a self-invited person like Lin Ran who received a phone invitation.
“Yi Yi, than like this, those who come are guests, don’t hurt the peace!”
Lin Ran opened his mouth and laughed, Jiang Yi Yi was saying this for himself, but this comment would indeed hurt a bit, so he still of stood out to ease the situation, after all, the Jiang family is also considered half of his family, this loss cannot be eaten for nothing.
“Don’t play the good guy here, you don’t admit it, so fine! Come on you tell me what the hell you sent!”
Dai Yin laughed coldly, he couldn’t wait for Lin Ran to hurry up and explain clearly, so that he could stomp this face of his, instead of arguing now that what he had sent was not the original stone.
“Are you that anxious to know?”
Lin Ran smiled and looked at Dai Yin blandly.
“Cut the crap, don’t you dare to say anything? Or are you too embarra*sed to say that the item you gave away is too rubbish?”
Dai Yin sneered, while greeting the surroundings.
“Everyone come and take a look, this is the old man’s own nephew, the gift he gave is really a laughing stock!”
“Interesting, this kid and Lin Ran are afraid they have a grudge!”
“Who says so? If this matter is not handled properly, it’s not enough for him to lose face, the Jiang family will also lose face!”
“It’s going to be a good show!”
A crowd of people laughed and chattered, completely watching the fun.
“Ranzi!”
Wang Yifeng was a bit worried and Luo Cheng came over.
“It’s alright! Don’t worry!”
Lin Ran smiled at the two of them, then patted a worried Jiang Yi Yi and whispered
“Why are you worried too, don’t you believe in your cousin’s strength?”
“Ah?”
Jiang Yi Yi was stunned at his words, and then laughed.
“How could that be, my cousin is the best, I’m sure you’ll be able to punch that B*****d in the face!”
“Haha, watch out then!”
Lin Ran laughed, then got up and swept his gaze over the crowd before saying in one word.
“The item I’m giving away is named the Gold Swallowing Stone!”
“Gold swallowing stone? What is that thing?”
“Yes! Never heard of it!”
“Could it be gold? But such a small piece isn’t worth much!”
The guests murmured at the words, all puzzled and disdainful, and Dai Yin laughed even more as he listened.
“A gold swallowing stone? I thought it was a dung swallowing stone, it’s a laughing stock, a small black stone with no idea of its purpose, and a gold swallowing stone, you really want ……”
“Shut up!”
Dai Yin didn’t finish his sentence before he was interrupted by Jiang Sansi who was on the side, he glared at Dai Yin with a grim face and followed by looking at Lin Ran.
“What’s going on here?”
“I don’t know, could it be that Elder Jiang knows about this gold swallowing stone?”
“No way, what the hell is this thing, I’ve never even heard of it!”
Jiang Sanshi’s attitude immediately caused the surrounding people to talk, they all wanted to know what was wrong with this old man, did he really know about this gold swallowing stone? Or was it really worth something extraordinary?
“Ranzi, you say this is a gold swallowing stone?”
Jiang Sanshi ignored the remarks of the people around him and looked at Lin Ran with a burning gaze, his eyes filled with anticipation and excitement.
“That’s right!”
Lin Ran smiled and nodded his head.
“This is the Gold Swallowing Stone!”
“This ….”
Jiang Sanshi was completely stunned at the words, his eyes rolling round to stare straight at Lin Ran.
“What’s wrong father? Does this gold swallowing stone have any origins?”
On the side, Jiang Linshan asked busily, this was the first time he had seen his father lose his temper like this.
“Yes old man, what exactly is this gold swallowing stone? Tell us all about it!”
“That’s right, tell us about it!”
“Yes, we want to know too!”
The surrounding guests all echoed, being able to make even Jiang Sansi show such an astonished expression, they were naturally very curious as to what this Gold Swallowing Stone really was.
“Humph! I think it’s just a gimmick, what gold swallowing stone, go ahead and swallow a donkey’s dung egg!”
On the other side, Dai Yin said disdainfully, but in his heart he was already drumming, had he really misjudged? Is this gold swallowing stone a treasure? Impossible, even Li Xin had never seen it before, how could it be a treasure?
Dai Yin was thinking in his heart when Jiang Sansi, who was on the side, spoke up.
“Humph! Stupid, what do you know! Something that has never seen the world!”
“You!”
Dai Yin was so angry that his face turned blue, but he didn’t dare to explode, after all, the other party was Jiang San Si, and many of the people present at this moment were coming for him, if he dared to offend the other party, he was afraid that no one would dare to cooperate with him in Temperance City in the future.
“Old man, then tell us what this gold swallowing stone is!”
Dai Yin said in a cold voice with a gloomy face.
“Then you watch!”
Jiang Sanshi was not polite, and immediately took out the Gold Swallowing Stone, followed by both the original stones given by Luo Cheng and Dai Yin, and placed them on the table together.
He placed them cleverly, with the two original stones on one left and one right, while the Gold Swallowing Stone was exactly in the middle.
“Hey hey! Look at what’s going on!”
“Yes, how did the gold swallowing stone move by itself!”
“Is the table uneven!”
“No, this bead didn’t even move when I put it on it!”
Many guests watched with dazzled pockets, and some even tested it themselves, but their beads didn’t move at all, but on the contrary, the gold swallowing stone rolled towards Luo Cheng’s piece of jadeite original stone.
“Bang!”
The gold swallowing stone touched the original jadeite stone, and only then did it come to a stop.
The people around looked even more baffled and immediately urged.
“Old man, don’t sell yourself short, what the hell is going on here!”
“That’s right, how did this gold swallowing stone move on its own?”
“Right, and what exactly is the meaning of these two original stones placed on either side!”
Jiang Sansi swept his gaze over the crowd and finally looked at Dai Yin, sneering.
“What is this gold swallowing stone and why does it move on its own, it’s better to let my own nephew explain, I’m not interested in arguing with a stupid back!”
With that, Jiang Sanshi actually turned his head away from looking at Dai Yin.
“You!”
Dai Yin was so angry that his face turned blue, his fists clenched and clicked as he cursed angrily in his heart.
“You old thing, you still want to undermine me at this time, I’d like to see what that poor B*****d can explain!”
“Say it!”
Dai Yin turned his head to look at Lin Ran, his voice tinged with anger as he said in a low voice.
Lin Ran wasn’t angry either as he swept his gaze over the crowd and opened his mouth to laugh.
“This gold swallowing stone is a stone that grows near gold veins, it is extremely rare to swallow gold ore by nature, besides gold ore he is also interested in some special stones, such as raw emerald stones!”
“Master just used the gold swallowing stone to verify which of the two stones had better contents! And the result is already obvious!”
Saying that, Lin Ran turned his head to look at Dai Yin and smiled blandly.
“As it turns out, the original stone you gave away is no good other than being a bit bigger!”
“And now, do you still think that what I gave away is worse than yours?”
