Everyone present was stunned. Children are children, easily tricked!
The aunt said anxiously, "Xian'er, don't be fooled! Trust your aunt, don't give him the money."
Others also tried to dissuade her.
However.
Chen Xian smiled and said, "Auntie, I am not being fooled."
"Ah?" The aunt looked at Chen Xian in confusion.
Chen Xian's tender face revealed extraordinary wisdom. She analyzed, "100 yuan is only enough for my dad and me to eat for a few days, and it won't change anything. After the 100 yuan is spent, my dad and I will still live a hard life, and my dad's illness won't be cured."
"But!" Chen Xian looked at Lu Ming and said seriously, "If this uncle can really do what he just said, he can help me earn a lot of money. With money, I can cure my dad's illness. Only in this way can we fundamentally solve our family's livelihood problems! Using only 100 yuan as a bet, the risk is already very small. I am willing to try."
Whoosh—
The entire venue fell silent.
No one expected that a little girl of five or six years old could think so profoundly.
Many adults hadn't considered this much.
Even Lu Ming was extremely surprised. He had never met such a wise little girl.
He bent down and took the 100 yuan from the little girl's hand. This action also accepted Chen Xian's heavy expectations.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Xian'er, uncle will definitely not let you down."
With that, Lu Ming walked towards the raw stone shop and began to carefully select raw stones.
At this moment, Xiao Zhan and Jiang Mengxin also walked over.
Jiang Mengxin coughed and whispered, "I didn't expect you to have such a sense of justice. However, you can't buy good raw stones with this 100 yuan. You can only buy the absolute worst raw stones. How about this, I'll tell Xiao Zhan to help you with his advanced technology, to pick out a slightly decent raw stone from the worst ones?"
She wanted to help Lu Ming.
After all, who wouldn't want to help such a cute little girl like Chen Xian?
Unfortunately, Lu Ming didn't appreciate it.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "No need. Your advanced technology is not reliable at all. I only believe what my eyes see."
"Heh." Jiang Mengxin rolled her eyes at him. "A dog biting a benefactor, ungrateful."
Lu Ming remained silent.
In the following time, Lu Ming's family continued to select from one shop to another.
It was difficult.
It was indeed difficult.
The raw stones that 100 yuan could buy were truly the worst of the worst. Even if some looked of better quality, they would sell for a few hundred yuan at most.
It was of no use at all.
Lu Ming kept sifting through those piles of junk, one, two, three…
He searched for a full half hour.
Finally, he found it.
"This is it!"
Lu Ming excitedly picked up a small raw stone. People around curiously came over, wanting to see what kind of raw stone Lu Ming had found after all his effort.
But when everyone saw the raw stone Lu Ming had chosen, they burst into laughter.
This raw stone was small and ugly, with extremely poor quality!
Jiang Mengxin shook her head repeatedly, "Lu Ming, no matter how inexperienced you are, you can't be this inexperienced. This raw stone is obviously junk. Even selling it for 50 cents would be too expensive."
Xiao Zhan also laughed, "Lu Ming, I understand how you feel, but you can't just give up. To fool the little girl with such junk, you really have no shame."
Lu Ming ignored them.
He said to the boss, "100 yuan. I'll take this raw stone."
The boss looked troubled.
Lu Ming frowned slightly, "What, boss, do you think 100 yuan is too little?"
The boss waved his hands repeatedly, smiling bitterly, "No, it's too much. This raw stone is a defective product. To be honest, I'd feel it's expensive even for 10 yuan, let alone 100 yuan. Considering you're helping others, I'll give it to you for free."
Hearing this, the surrounding people laughed.
Jiang Mengxin shook her head even more, disdainfully saying, "An outsider is an outsider. Stop pretending to be a big shot, you're embarrassing yourself!"
Lu Ming was unfazed.
He forcefully stuffed the 100 yuan into the boss's hand and said seriously, "Give it for free? That won't do. If you find a top-quality raw stone later, you can take it back with a single word. There's no proof. We'll do business with cash on delivery. Once I give you the money, you have no right to take it back, no matter what is found."
The boss looked displeased, "Hey, you little brat, why are you assuming the worst of me? I'm kindly giving it to you for free, and you still suspect me. Fine, I'll take the 100 yuan. It's none of my business."
The crowd looked at Lu Ming with even more contempt.
"Tsk tsk tsk, the boss is being kind, and he's wary of him. What a heartless wretch."
"This 100 yuan is probably thrown into the water."
"Buying a piece of junk for 100 yuan. The little girl is truly pitiful, being swindled by him."
People chattered, but Lu Ming paid no attention.
He picked up the raw stone, scanned the surroundings, and asked, "Where is the stone cutting shop?"
Immediately, someone shouted, "Here, here! I can cut it for you!"
There were too many onlookers, and someone was already eager to cut Lu Ming's junk raw stone to heavily slap his face.
Lu Ming winked at Chen Xian, "Let's go cut the raw stone."
Thus.
A large group of people arrived at the entrance of the raw stone cutting shop.
The boss took Lu Ming's raw stone, washed it with water, and then, in front of everyone, officially began cutting!
Everyone craned their necks to watch.
"What can come out of a broken stone?"
"Let's all watch him make a fool of himself."
"I want to see how this little brat will explain to the little girl when a piece of junk comes out."
Amidst everyone's contempt, the small raw stone was cut open.
It was about the size of an egg. It didn't require much effort to cut; with a simple crack, it was cut open.
Everyone stared at the cut surface of the raw stone.
Just as everyone was preparing to mock Lu Ming thoroughly, something unexpected happened. After the raw stone was cut open, it was not entirely filled with worthless rock as imagined, but… it was a patch of lush green!
"Dark green?"
"My heavens, such authentic green! I haven't seen it in so many years."
An observant raw stone boss immediately recognized the type of raw stone and shouted in surprise, "My heavens, it's an emerald! It's an emerald!!!"
Emerald symbolizes benevolence, confidence, kindness, eternity, luck, and happiness. Wearing it brings lifelong peace.
It is also known as the king of gemstones and one of the four most precious gemstones recognized by the international jewelry world.
The price of a one-carat emerald is about 70,000 RMB!
And the raw stone Lu Ming cut was almost completely filled with emerald inside. A rough estimate suggested it was about 300 grams.
In other words, the basic value of this raw stone was at least 20 million!
An astronomical figure.
An absolute astronomical figure!
One cut leads to poverty, one cut leads to wealth.
Lu Ming, with only 100 yuan, created the immortal legend of "one cut to riches"!!!