Ability Exchange System
Chapter 2 Stepping Stones
"Excuse me, is there any scratch music?" Lin Xiao asked as he walked into the shop.
"No, they're all here, which one do you want?"
The owner of the lottery shop casually pointed to the counter. Seeing Lin Xiao's shabby appearance, he actually looked down on him, because this kind of person doesn't have much spending power, but he always fantasizes that two yuan can win the big prize.
"I want to see it first."
Lin Xiao walked to the counter and carefully examined the thousands of scratch-offs stacked inside through the glass.
Using the super power of clairvoyance, he calculated the winning amount of each scratch lottery ticket one by one.
Before he knew it, he ecstatically stood in front of the counter for half an hour.
Several lottery players in the store laughed secretly, they watched Lin Xiao who was engrossed in whispers.
"Hey, look at that idiot."
"I saw it a long time ago, I've been standing there for half an hour."
"It's just a scratch-off lottery, as for this?"
"Hehe, I don't believe that after watching for so long, he finally won a prize of ten or eight yuan. With his bad face, he doesn't look like someone who will win a lottery."
……
The boss said impatiently: "Are you finished? After watching for a long time, do you want to buy it or not?"
"I want the 5th row from left to right, the 64th volume from top to bottom, and the 8th sheet from front to back."
After Lin Xiao finished talking about the coordinates, everyone in the store was dumbfounded. They had never seen anyone buy a lottery ticket like this.
The boss got a little angry on the spot: "You are here to make trouble on purpose, right?"
"Boss, I really like that one. If it's really not good, I'm willing to pay double the price to buy it." Lin Xiao said very sincerely.
"I'm really afraid of you."
The boss spent a few minutes helplessly before picking out the lottery ticket that Lin Xiao wanted, charged double the money, and said viciously, "Go to another house next time."
After Lin Xiao took the lottery ticket, he scratched it open, handed it forward, and said calmly, "I won the lottery, two thousand."
"What?" The boss couldn't believe it. After careful comparison, it turned out that he really won two thousand.
The old lottery players next to him who didn't take Lin Xiao seriously at the beginning were all extremely shocked at this moment, and then they gathered around Lin Xiao one after another, talking flattering and complimenting words, while asking for the secret of buying scratch cards.
Lin Xiao dealt with it very politely. After receiving 2000 yuan in cash from the boss, he turned his head and threw these people aside, and walked out of the lottery shop without looking back.
With the 2000 yuan in his pocket, he went straight to the Golden Dragon Market.
The Golden Dragon Market is a famous gemstone distribution and trading center in Yangcheng, where jadeite betting on stones has become very large-scale.Every day, a large number of rough stones are continuously transported to this international metropolis from the junction of Yunnan and Myanmar hundreds of kilometers away by freight train.
Due to the convenient transportation and developed economy, Yangcheng has gradually surpassed the Yunnan and Burma regions and became the number one stone gambling market in the country.
The Golden Dragon Market is full of cars parked everywhere, many of which are expensive luxury cars. Looking around, there is a surge of people, bustling and bustling.
Especially in the stone gambling area, it is a scene of excitement.
Dozens of large and small original stone stores are lined up, and you can't see the end at a glance.
This not-so-wide street is full of people, including professional gamblers, tourists who come to try something new, buyers who buy low and sell high, and shopkeepers.
The industry of betting on stones is too deep, and Lin Xiao has never been in contact with it, but now that he has the superpower of clairvoyance, he has confidence.
Walking on the street, Lin Xiao activated his perspective ability, and kept scanning the rough stones on the stalls on both sides.
This is much simpler than calculating the winning amount of the scratch-off lottery. After all, there is no jade in the rough stone, and the size of the jade can be known at a glance.
However, the result was disappointing. After looking at thousands of stones, most of them were waste rocks. Not many of them were really worth selling. Even the raw stones with a bit of quality were marked with sky-high prices by the stall owner.
It seems that it is not so easy to pick up the leak.
It is already the last store, and if you go any further, you will be out of the market.
Just when Lin Xiao thought that he had gained nothing from this trip, his gaze was suddenly attracted by a stone used as a table foot in the store.
That piece of rough stone was about the size of a fist, and compared to rough stones that cost dozens or hundreds of catties, it was considered malnourished.
And the appearance is also mediocre, with neither "green moss" nor "vein pattern". If you are not a professional stone player, you may think it is just an ordinary pebble.
This is probably the reason why no one cares about it, and finally even the store uses it as a stepping stone.
However, with Lin Xiao's clairvoyant eyes, he saw a large emerald green under the inconspicuous appearance of this stone!
Excitedly, he squeezed into the crowd in front of the stall, pointed to the stone and asked, "How do you sell this one?"
The people around were stunned for a few seconds, and then burst out laughing. They looked at Lin Xiao like a fool.
"Young man, are you alright? Did you like this stepping stone?"
"Hey, it's not like you mess around with money. Otherwise, if you give me money, I'll help you decide."
These people seem to be "warm-hearted", but they are actually just laughing at Lin Xiao.
Of course, the one who laughed the happiest was the stall owner.There are only bosses who think customers are smart, but there is no boss who thinks customers are stupid.This swarthy, middle-aged man with a simple face suddenly had his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth were about to grin.
He flickered vigorously and said, "Ouch! Brother, you really have good eyesight! Let me tell you, the quality of this stone is very good! It is..."
The stall owner, Balabala, made a lot of nonsense, and Lin Xiao rolled his eyes in his heart. Isn't there so much nonsense just to raise the price?
"How much is it?"
Lin Xiao interrupted him impatiently.
"Twenty dollars."
The stall owner recognized that Lin Xiao was a layman who knew nothing, so he opened his mouth like a lion.
"You're kidding, 5000 yuan, why don't you grab it!"
Lin Xiaoba raised the volume and shouted loudly, although he didn't know the market price of this rough stone, but there must be a lot of room for bargaining, so the momentum must not be lost, once the momentum is weak, the other party will be determined.
"Then how much did you say?"
The attitude of the stall owner was a little soft.
"500 yuan!"
Lin Xiao was also unceremonious, and swung the dragon-slaying knife, chopping off nine-tenths of it in one fell swoop.
"No! No! 500 yuan is too little, at least 2000 yuan will do."
While waving his hands, the stall owner pondered Lin Xiao's expression. The process of bargaining is a game between two parties.In fact, if this stone that no one cares about can be sold for 500 yuan, he has already made a profit, but the businessman is always greedy, and always fantasizes that he can earn more.
"Good! Deal!"
Lin Xiao was too lazy to continue the back-and-forth grind with the stall owner. He didn't care whether it was a loss to buy this stone for 2000 yuan. He only needed to make a huge profit the moment the stone was cut.
The stall owner was overjoyed that this stepping stone could be sold for 2000 yuan, which is simply pie in the sky!
Lin Xiao ordered the stall owner to cut it up on the spot.
"okay!"
The stall owner held his hand in his hands, raised it above his head, and shouted to the surroundings: "Cut stones!"
The stone betting is the most exciting and exciting, and what the audience loves most is the stone opening step.
So it attracted a large number of onlookers on the spot.
"Ah! Who bought such a smelly stone?"
"That idiot over there, he still spent 2000 yuan."
"2000 for this broken stone? I think 200 is too much! He is not a fool, he is obviously a fool!"
"Hehe, this is definitely going to collapse. Will that idiot cry later?"
The crowd talked a lot, and they all looked down on Lin Xiao, thinking that he must have suffered a blood loss this time.
"No, they're all here, which one do you want?"
The owner of the lottery shop casually pointed to the counter. Seeing Lin Xiao's shabby appearance, he actually looked down on him, because this kind of person doesn't have much spending power, but he always fantasizes that two yuan can win the big prize.
"I want to see it first."
Lin Xiao walked to the counter and carefully examined the thousands of scratch-offs stacked inside through the glass.
Using the super power of clairvoyance, he calculated the winning amount of each scratch lottery ticket one by one.
Before he knew it, he ecstatically stood in front of the counter for half an hour.
Several lottery players in the store laughed secretly, they watched Lin Xiao who was engrossed in whispers.
"Hey, look at that idiot."
"I saw it a long time ago, I've been standing there for half an hour."
"It's just a scratch-off lottery, as for this?"
"Hehe, I don't believe that after watching for so long, he finally won a prize of ten or eight yuan. With his bad face, he doesn't look like someone who will win a lottery."
……
The boss said impatiently: "Are you finished? After watching for a long time, do you want to buy it or not?"
"I want the 5th row from left to right, the 64th volume from top to bottom, and the 8th sheet from front to back."
After Lin Xiao finished talking about the coordinates, everyone in the store was dumbfounded. They had never seen anyone buy a lottery ticket like this.
The boss got a little angry on the spot: "You are here to make trouble on purpose, right?"
"Boss, I really like that one. If it's really not good, I'm willing to pay double the price to buy it." Lin Xiao said very sincerely.
"I'm really afraid of you."
The boss spent a few minutes helplessly before picking out the lottery ticket that Lin Xiao wanted, charged double the money, and said viciously, "Go to another house next time."
After Lin Xiao took the lottery ticket, he scratched it open, handed it forward, and said calmly, "I won the lottery, two thousand."
"What?" The boss couldn't believe it. After careful comparison, it turned out that he really won two thousand.
The old lottery players next to him who didn't take Lin Xiao seriously at the beginning were all extremely shocked at this moment, and then they gathered around Lin Xiao one after another, talking flattering and complimenting words, while asking for the secret of buying scratch cards.
Lin Xiao dealt with it very politely. After receiving 2000 yuan in cash from the boss, he turned his head and threw these people aside, and walked out of the lottery shop without looking back.
With the 2000 yuan in his pocket, he went straight to the Golden Dragon Market.
The Golden Dragon Market is a famous gemstone distribution and trading center in Yangcheng, where jadeite betting on stones has become very large-scale.Every day, a large number of rough stones are continuously transported to this international metropolis from the junction of Yunnan and Myanmar hundreds of kilometers away by freight train.
Due to the convenient transportation and developed economy, Yangcheng has gradually surpassed the Yunnan and Burma regions and became the number one stone gambling market in the country.
The Golden Dragon Market is full of cars parked everywhere, many of which are expensive luxury cars. Looking around, there is a surge of people, bustling and bustling.
Especially in the stone gambling area, it is a scene of excitement.
Dozens of large and small original stone stores are lined up, and you can't see the end at a glance.
This not-so-wide street is full of people, including professional gamblers, tourists who come to try something new, buyers who buy low and sell high, and shopkeepers.
The industry of betting on stones is too deep, and Lin Xiao has never been in contact with it, but now that he has the superpower of clairvoyance, he has confidence.
Walking on the street, Lin Xiao activated his perspective ability, and kept scanning the rough stones on the stalls on both sides.
This is much simpler than calculating the winning amount of the scratch-off lottery. After all, there is no jade in the rough stone, and the size of the jade can be known at a glance.
However, the result was disappointing. After looking at thousands of stones, most of them were waste rocks. Not many of them were really worth selling. Even the raw stones with a bit of quality were marked with sky-high prices by the stall owner.
It seems that it is not so easy to pick up the leak.
It is already the last store, and if you go any further, you will be out of the market.
Just when Lin Xiao thought that he had gained nothing from this trip, his gaze was suddenly attracted by a stone used as a table foot in the store.
That piece of rough stone was about the size of a fist, and compared to rough stones that cost dozens or hundreds of catties, it was considered malnourished.
And the appearance is also mediocre, with neither "green moss" nor "vein pattern". If you are not a professional stone player, you may think it is just an ordinary pebble.
This is probably the reason why no one cares about it, and finally even the store uses it as a stepping stone.
However, with Lin Xiao's clairvoyant eyes, he saw a large emerald green under the inconspicuous appearance of this stone!
Excitedly, he squeezed into the crowd in front of the stall, pointed to the stone and asked, "How do you sell this one?"
The people around were stunned for a few seconds, and then burst out laughing. They looked at Lin Xiao like a fool.
"Young man, are you alright? Did you like this stepping stone?"
"Hey, it's not like you mess around with money. Otherwise, if you give me money, I'll help you decide."
These people seem to be "warm-hearted", but they are actually just laughing at Lin Xiao.
Of course, the one who laughed the happiest was the stall owner.There are only bosses who think customers are smart, but there is no boss who thinks customers are stupid.This swarthy, middle-aged man with a simple face suddenly had his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth were about to grin.
He flickered vigorously and said, "Ouch! Brother, you really have good eyesight! Let me tell you, the quality of this stone is very good! It is..."
The stall owner, Balabala, made a lot of nonsense, and Lin Xiao rolled his eyes in his heart. Isn't there so much nonsense just to raise the price?
"How much is it?"
Lin Xiao interrupted him impatiently.
"Twenty dollars."
The stall owner recognized that Lin Xiao was a layman who knew nothing, so he opened his mouth like a lion.
"You're kidding, 5000 yuan, why don't you grab it!"
Lin Xiaoba raised the volume and shouted loudly, although he didn't know the market price of this rough stone, but there must be a lot of room for bargaining, so the momentum must not be lost, once the momentum is weak, the other party will be determined.
"Then how much did you say?"
The attitude of the stall owner was a little soft.
"500 yuan!"
Lin Xiao was also unceremonious, and swung the dragon-slaying knife, chopping off nine-tenths of it in one fell swoop.
"No! No! 500 yuan is too little, at least 2000 yuan will do."
While waving his hands, the stall owner pondered Lin Xiao's expression. The process of bargaining is a game between two parties.In fact, if this stone that no one cares about can be sold for 500 yuan, he has already made a profit, but the businessman is always greedy, and always fantasizes that he can earn more.
"Good! Deal!"
Lin Xiao was too lazy to continue the back-and-forth grind with the stall owner. He didn't care whether it was a loss to buy this stone for 2000 yuan. He only needed to make a huge profit the moment the stone was cut.
The stall owner was overjoyed that this stepping stone could be sold for 2000 yuan, which is simply pie in the sky!
Lin Xiao ordered the stall owner to cut it up on the spot.
"okay!"
The stall owner held his hand in his hands, raised it above his head, and shouted to the surroundings: "Cut stones!"
The stone betting is the most exciting and exciting, and what the audience loves most is the stone opening step.
So it attracted a large number of onlookers on the spot.
"Ah! Who bought such a smelly stone?"
"That idiot over there, he still spent 2000 yuan."
"2000 for this broken stone? I think 200 is too much! He is not a fool, he is obviously a fool!"
"Hehe, this is definitely going to collapse. Will that idiot cry later?"
The crowd talked a lot, and they all looked down on Lin Xiao, thinking that he must have suffered a blood loss this time.
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