Chapter 52: Making Old (Four)

  "Feng Ge, I'm telling you, what's the use of these broken stones? Didn't Old Man Ge say they're not even worth a penny?"

  In the late afternoon, Qin Feng and Xie Xuan walked out of Bai Fo Street, but in the canvas bag held by Xie Xuan, there was an additional piece of more than 20 kilograms of raw jade.

  They had just walked less than 500 meters when Xie Xuan started complaining.

  These two days following Qin Feng, Xie Xuan also understood a thing or two about jade stones. He couldn't figure out why Qin Feng had wasted so many words, and the purpose was actually just this broken stone head. Ge Lao had already explicitly stated that this thing was worthless.

  "Xiao Pang, it's precisely because it's worthless that it can create the greatest benefits."

  Qin Feng heard this and burst out laughing, saying: "We're all broke now, so let's save where we can. You're still being picky about free stuff?"

  When Qin Feng said this, Xie Xuan also fell silent. He too wanted to figure out what Qin Feng had been busy with for the past two days and what his true intention was.

  Xie Xuan put the canvas bag on his back and walked towards Li Tianyuan's house with Qin Feng.

  Li Tianyuan's grandfather was a retired worker from the former Shishi Machinery Factory, living in a bungalow in the old city, not too far from Baifo Street Antique City, about 20 minutes' walk.

  "Xiao Pang, wait for me, I'm going to buy something."

  When they walked to the entrance of a hospital, Qin Feng stopped Xie Xuan and went into a chemical reagent store. After five or six minutes, he came out with a bag in his hand.

  "Brother Feng, what did you buy? Why are they all in bags?" Xie Xuan curiously asked, looking at the transparent plastic bags in Qin Feng's hands.

  "This thing is called chromate solution, wait till I get back and I'll show you some magic tricks."

  Qin Feng slightly pitied and lifted the bag, saying: "Just this little thing, spent over 200 yuan, we're not doing charity here!"

  Xie Xuan's junior high school was just a mess, he didn't even finish it and was caught in the juvenile detention center. Chemistry was a complete mess, where did he understand what chromium salt solution was? He shut his mouth at once, knowing that Qin Feng didn't want to talk about it, asking himself would be useless anyway.

  On the way back, Qin Feng spent more than ten dollars to buy a plate of sandalwood and several engraved knives. This time Xie Xuan didn't ask at all, having followed Qin Feng for two days, he had already learned the four words "look more, say less".

  "Feng Ge, Xuan Zi, you've arrived!"

  When Qin Feng and Xie Xuan arrived at the courtyard of Li Tianyuan's house, Li Tianyuan, who was busy arranging his fist frame inside, hurried out to greet them. He looked around awkwardly and said, "Brother Wind, it's been a few months since I cleaned up here, please wait a moment, I'll move a stool over!"

  After going to Xie Dazhi's company, Li Tianyuan usually lived in the company dormitory. This yard had not been inhabited for half a year, and the weeds in the vegetable garden at the corner of the wall grew almost as high as the surrounding wall.

  "Feng Ge, those few moves you taught me are really useful, I feel like I'm full of energy all over now!"

  After handing the wiped board to Qin Feng, Li Tianyuan's face was full of excited expressions, and he hastily set up those few postures in the courtyard, as if afraid that Qin Feng would not believe him.

  "Hmm? Yuanzi, you actually have some talent for martial arts?" Qin Feng's eyes lit up and he nodded, saying: "Alright, I'll teach you a few more moves later!"

  Although the political lessons in the training school were all sleepy, Li Tianyuan's martial arts practice was really hardworking. He persisted in practicing a horse stance for two years and practiced these basic moves with a sense of gradual progress.

  "Haha, that's great!"

  Li Tianyuan rubbed his hands and burst out laughing, suddenly slapping his forehead and saying: "Feng Ge, in ancient times when people paid their respects to their masters they would kowtow, should I buy a bottle of wine to kowtow to you?"

  "What's the big deal about teaching you a few moves and calling it an apprenticeship?"

  Qin Feng smiled and waved his hand, taking out a 100-yuan bill from his pocket and said: "Farzi, let's just forget about the kowtowing, but we need to buy some wine and also get some braised pork head or something. We're all growing our bodies, can't afford to lose out on ourselves!"

  Wine has the effect of activating blood vessels, Li Tianyuan practiced for a day, Qin Feng and Xie Xuan also walked for a day, drinking a little bit is beneficial, and the rest can be used to wipe away fatigue.

  "Alright, Feng Ge, you and Xiao Pang wait for a moment, I'll be right back!"

  Li Tianyuan didn't hesitate, took the money and ran out, he was immersed in his training all day, didn't even eat lunch, when Qin Feng said that, his stomach suddenly growled.

  After Li Tianyuan went out, Xie Xuan took out the saved money and said with a bitter face: "Feng Ge, we're going to run out of money soon. Actually...we can save some food."

  It's really the poor who start their own families early. Xie Xuan used to be extravagant, but after starting his own family, he realized how difficult it was to only spend and not earn. If they followed Qin Feng's spending habits, their pockets would be cleaner than their faces in just a week.

  "Xiao Pang, this money wasn't saved up, don't worry about it, in a few days we'll have more financial flexibility."

  After hearing Xie Xuan's words, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel a little sentimental. In those years, in order to earn tuition fees for his sister, he almost didn't dare to buy meat once every half year, and his life was much more frugal than Xie Xuan's.

  Now he is still penniless, but with the skills learned from Zai Ye and the heritage in his mind, Qin Feng's mentality has completely changed.

  "By the way, this house of Yuanzi is quite good, why are you two living in that small district?"

  Qin Feng put the things in his hand on the washbasin in the yard, pushed open the door and took a look. It was a small bungalow with three rooms, although it was a bit simple, but the bed and furniture were all complete, much better than Xie Xuan's unfinished house.

  "Yuan Ge stayed here for a few days, but he always had his old friends dragging him out to fight. He thought of what you said and moved the company away. He didn't stay at my place for long either. Alas, this place is uninhabitable!"

  Xie Xuan followed Qin Feng and pushed open the door. He had just taken a few steps into the room when he hastily retreated, his face and head covered in dust due to the excessive amount of dust inside.

  "Let's get started with cleaning up, we'll be staying here for a few days."

  Qin Feng found a rag, fetched a basin of water and called on Xie Xuan to start cleaning. These chores were habitual for them in the detention house. By the time Li Tianyuan returned with food, the room had been wiped clean and the dust on the floor had all been swept away.

  There's a saying that young people don't know the taste of worry, eating and drinking their fill without thinking of home. The three big boys ate this meal until 7 or 8 o'clock before finishing. Li Tianyuan had drunk a bit too much, fell onto the bed and started snoring loudly.

  "Xiao Pang, are you tired?" Qin Feng asked, looking at Xie Xuan who had just thrown out the trash.

  "Not tired, Wind Brother, following you I'm full of energy!"

  Xie Xuan hehe smiled foolishly, to say that this kid is also strange, his father went bankrupt, but following his parents, eating and drinking are absolutely not worried about it, but Xie Xuan likes to live a free life, with a clear conscience.

  Qin Feng nodded and said: "Alright, then go to the neighbor's house to borrow some coal and light up the stove in the kitchen!"

  When Qin Feng was sweeping the floor, he saw that there were still more than a dozen coal balls in the kitchen, but the stove had been extinguished for some time. This coal ball stove was also a technique, and he estimated that Xie Xuan couldn't do it, so he let him go to the neighbor's house to borrow some ignited coal balls.

  Xie Xuan grew a chubby face, smiling and not annoying at all. With his sweet mouth, he soon returned with a piece of coal and rekindled the stove that had been extinguished for who knows how long.

  Qin Feng washed the iron pot full of rust, used sand to grind off the rust, then filled it with water and put it on the stove.

  "Brother Feng, aren't we just full from eating?"

  Seeing Qin Feng's actions, Xie Xuan was somewhat bewildered, and then suddenly enlightened, "Feng Ge, you want to boil water to drink? Yuanzi Ge has already bought beer, no need to boil it."

  "Alright kid, enough eating and drinking, let's get down to business!"

  Qin Feng cursed and went back into the house, took out a hammer, found an old cloth to pad on the ground, and took out the piece of jade rough stone wrapped in canvas bag.

  "Bang!" A loud noise came, and it was Qin Feng swinging the hammer in his hand, heavily smashing it onto the surface of the original stone. A piece of dark brown stone skin instantly fell off from the stone.

  "What...what is this?"

  Xie Xuan stared blankly, knowing Qin Feng had put in a lot of effort for this stone, but why didn't he treasure it now? After following Qin Feng for two days, Xie Xuan felt his IQ dropping sharply and couldn't keep up with Qin Feng's thinking.

  But after just a few minutes, Xie Xuan slowly saw the door, Qin Feng's hands seemed to be very powerful, but one hammer fell, and it was often only the stone skin that fell off. The more than 20-jin stone gradually revealed itself.

  Although it's a crappy material, it can still be compared to jade, and after the stone skin is completely cracked open, the green and black agate material still shows its difference from ordinary stones.

  Jade's specific gravity is slightly larger, after removing the stone skin, there are still over ten catties left, but only two adult fist-sized ones. Holding the stone in his hand, Qin Feng suddenly asked: "Is the water boiling?"

  "Ah, let me take a look!" Xie Xuan hastily got up and ran into the kitchen, seeing the steam rising from the pot. He hurriedly shouted: "Feng Ge, the water has boiled, should we turn off the stove?"

  "Never mind..."

  Qin Feng walked into the kitchen with a stone, looked at the fire on the stove, and furrowed his brow. He glanced around and said, "Xiao Pang, go and dismantle that courtyard door, chop it up for firewood. This fire is too small, the temperature isn't enough."

  "Are you going to chop down the gate of the courtyard? Okay, I'll go!" Xie Xuan was taken aback for a moment, seeing that Qin Feng didn't seem to be joking, he took an axe from the kitchen and went out.

  It's called a courtyard gate, but it's actually just a few pieces of wood put together. A slightly taller person can easily step over it, and even if it's placed at the entrance, it can only prevent gentlemen from entering, not petty people, there's little difference.

  Swinging his axe, Xie Xuan chopped at the door with a series of loud crashes, and in an instant it had been reduced to a pile of firewood.

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