When I entered the yard, I saw two men. The men seemed to be very familiar with Ding Yiyi and greeted her naturally. Ding Yiyi recognized that one of the men seemed to have seen it on TV and was a certain cadre.

"Hello, I'm here to pick stones again. If I had known you were coming, we would have waited. The stones picked by Teacher Xia are always surprisingly good." One of the men said while shaking hands with Xia Youxin.

Xia Youxin smiled. She had heard such compliments for more than ten years. She knew how to screen whether the other person was sincere or false, and she also knew what to say to make the other person feel more comfortable.

"Mr. Gong is a master at playing with stones. The jewelry you made last time was of very good quality. I just gave it to your lady."

As expected, the man's expression relaxed even more when he heard this, and he kept laughing heartily, "Designer Xia is so kind."

Ding Yiyi stood quietly next to Xia Youxin. She didn't smile politely at the man until his eyes rested on her.

"Who is this?" The man looked at her. In this place, very few people could come in. After all, no one with status wanted to have strangers watching while they were spending a lot of money.

Xia Youxin turned slightly to expose Ding Yiyi, "Emily."

"Hello." Ding Yiyi had already remembered who the other party was, but he hesitated to pronounce the other party's name. After thinking for a long time, she said in a cryptic way: "I have been following your news a lot recently. It's really nice to see you today.

It’s great.”

The man glanced at her appreciatively, and even reached out and patted her shoulder, "Young man is nice and speaks calmly. Designer Xia, is this your daughter?"

"Where?" Xia Youxin smiled gently. At this moment, a strange sound sounded from all around, like the sound of jade being struck.

Xia Youxin and the man both seemed not to be surprised. The man nodded towards her and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

After the man left, Xia Youxin led Ding Yiyi deeper, and the scene in the yard gradually emerged. The whole yard was divided into two parts, the left and right parts.

The building structures on the left and right are very similar to those of Beijing courtyards, except that the two courtyards are connected by a red stone arch bridge, and under the arch bridge is flowing pond water.

In the pond, golden, white, and red carps swam around scurryingly, and immediately ran away as soon as they heard people's footsteps.

Xia Youxin took Ding Yiyi to the house on the left first. After walking a few steps, she heard another crisp ringing. Ding Yiyi felt that Xia Youxin was speeding up a bit.

There were already five or six people in the room, and these five or six people would be familiar to everyone in various industries. What made Ding Yiyi most curious were the three rows of stones of different sizes placed in the room.

Ding Yiyi knows that this is a very popular stone gambling. These inconspicuous stones are all made of wool. When jadeite is mined, it will have a layer of weathered leather, so many stone gamblers have spawned. Some people have become violent overnight because of stone gambling.

Rich, there are also people who went bankrupt because they spent a lot of money to buy a piece of inferior wool.

She saw many people sitting on the Taishi's chair. Most of them had big bellies and looked full of power. Others were bent over and knocking stones, and using magnifying glasses to observe the texture of the stones.

The surroundings were very quiet, and even people I knew mostly nodded after meeting, for fear of affecting other people's ability to see the stones, and even more afraid of being affected by others' ability to view the stones.
Chapter completed!