A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

Chapter 270 Shen Shuli obtains a top-grade imperial green jadeite, which is then snatched up by many

Sudden.

Shen Shuli's eyes flickered, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

Because there was an anomaly in her space!

A thought struck her.

I explored the rough stones I had selected.

One of the raw stones caused a slight tremor in the space.

The feeling was similar to the slight vibration that occurs when a piece of jade placed in a space is absorbed by that space.

Shen Shuli never expected that these raw stones outside the space could actually cause the space to react.

If that's the case, then why would she need to learn anything about stone identification to select raw stones?

Why not just use the space directly?

To avoid suspicion, Shen Shuli selected ten rough stones from the mine.

Five of them were waste rocks, two of the other five showed strong spatial reactions, and the other three showed only moderate reactions.

Even so, this probability is already astonishing in this era.

Shen Shuli dared not go too far.

While the others were still selecting raw stones, they asked Qi Yaya for help in making an eye for them, keeping Qi Yaya extremely busy.

Shen Shuli secretly told Su Yunhai and Shen Yuehua about her ability to sense the quality of raw stones through spatial perception.

The couple's eyes lit up when they heard this.

The two secretly handed the rough stones they had chosen to their daughter, asking her to help them assess them.

Shen Shuli responded to everything.

They went through the space one by one, and then looked at their parents with extremely complicated expressions.

"Can I say that there isn't a single useful one?" Shen Shuli bluntly pointed out.

Su Yunhai and Shen Yuehua were initially quite confident, thinking they could at least choose a piece containing jade.

To my surprise, there wasn't even one!

The two were initially quite frustrated, but they quickly rallied and persevered.

Because they have a precious daughter!

You can't lose money no matter what!

The two of them felt more confident and bolder as they began selecting raw stones.

Shen Shuli couldn't suppress the smile on her lips. She took the rough stone she had chosen and asked someone from Qi Yaya's shop to cut it.

She was curious.

In ancient times, without cutting machines, how did they manage to extract jade intact from thick layers of stone?

She found a stone cutter who wasn't having any customers and said, "Master, could you help me cut these raw stones?"

The experienced craftsman nodded at Shen Shuli: "Yes, can you solve all of these?"

"Correct."

Shen Shuli nodded and handed ten stones of different sizes to the master craftsman.

The master craftsman carefully examined each stone one by one, then glanced at Shen Shuli before starting his work.

Shen Shuli sat on the stone bench next to her, where the jade layers had been cut out, and watched the master craftsman's entire operation process with curiosity.

Step 1: Pounding and grinding sand into a paste

This is the preliminary preparation work for jade making.

Workers would use a pestle to crush the stone sand in the mortar into fine pieces, then sift it to classify the fine sand and rinse it with water to remove the mud. This clean sand that was sifted out was called "sand-grinding stone" and was used to grind jade.

Step Two: Opening the Jade

This step is equivalent to modern stone cutting.

In ancient times, without modern cutting machines, people could only use the most primitive tools for cutting.

Workers use a hacksaw to perform friction cutting, and hang a water bottle filled with cutting sand on the jade. The water droplets increase the sharpness of the hacksaw, thus cutting away the outer shell of the raw stone and exposing the jade inside.

Step 3: Material Retrieval

The cut jade needs further processing.

In ancient times, there was a special machine for cutting jade called the jade cutting machine (also known as the water bench). It used a rope as a pull and the user pedaled back and forth to make the round steel blade with wheels rotate back and forth, cutting the jade into squares or strips.

Step 4: Rough grinding into blanks

After the material is extracted, the jade still has sharp edges and needs to go through a grinding process to roughly grind the jade into a rough shape.

Step 5: Fine grinding and shaping

Based on the rough blank, detailed carving is carried out. This step is also completed on a water bench, using round steel knives of different thicknesses.

Step 6: Excavate the hall

The inside of jade is hollowed out to make objects such as vases, snuff bottles, and cups.

This process is also completed on a water bench, where external force is used to screw the fixed steel and copper into the jade, and after drilling a hole, a special tool is used to hollow it out.

The process of carving flowers is equivalent to modern sculpture, where suitable tools are selected based on the design drawings to carve patterns.

Step 7: Polishing

The final step is polishing. In ancient times, tools such as gourd ladles and cowhide were used to polish the jade, giving it a unique luster.

Shen Shuli can complete the stone-cutting process in the third step.

You can stop once you confirm whether there is jade among these rough stones.

If you reach the second step and are worried about the poor quality of the jade and losing money, you can stop the subsequent steps and choose to resell it.

Shen Shuli just solves them casually for fun and wouldn't choose to sell them.

Have the master craftsman throw away the worthless stones and extract all the jade-like stones.

The experienced craftsman cut three pieces in a row, and they were all waste; there wasn't a trace of jade in them.

But the onlookers didn't expect that the fourth one would be shipped!

Although the quality is very average, being the most common type of glutinous rice, the cracks are few and the area is large, so this is already quite lucky.

The fifth piece was of even lower quality than the previous one; it was the worst variety of beans. But for Shen Shuli, it was already a return on investment.

"Young lady, shall we continue cutting?" the master chef asked the young woman with a complicated expression.

"Hmm, fine, let's cut them all up~"

Shen Shuli knew that two of the last five pieces were made of high-quality jade.

She wanted to know for sure the specific connection between the quality of these jade materials and the frequency that caused the spatial tremors.

Shen Shuli will find a way to go to the jade mine later.

If she comes across top-quality jade, she will definitely keep it for herself and won't feed it all to her space.

Therefore, she needs to know clearly the vibration reaction of the space when it encounters top-grade jade raw materials.

The master craftsman then continued cutting the stone.

He did every step very carefully.

The sixth piece revealed a green material!

The surrounding onlookers immediately gasped in surprise.

"My God, this unremarkable raw material actually yielded such a large piece of green jade!"

"This young girl is so lucky! This piece of jade must be worth at least a thousand taels!"

"No way! This piece of jade only has a few cracks on its cut surface; the price will only be higher!"

"Oh no, why wasn't I the one who bought this rough stone? I've lost out big time!"

"Stop arguing! Look, this piece of material is huge!"

The master craftsman was surprised by the high quality of the material; he cut it right on the first cut.

He steadied himself and continued cutting according to Shen Shuli's instructions.

It took half an hour.

Finally, all the material was cut off, with almost no waste.

They pulled out a piece of green material the size of an adult's fist!

Although it's not the finest imperial green, it's still a rare and vibrant green, and there's such a large piece that it's enough to make a complete set of jade pendants!

"Young lady, are you going to sell this piece of jade? I'm willing to pay a high price!"

The exclamations immediately attracted the attention of passersby, and more people gathered around.

Upon seeing this rare piece of jade, people immediately began bidding.

Shen Shuli didn't want to be surrounded by so many people, so she loudly refused, "Sorry, I won't help."

But the enthusiasm of the onlookers was not diminished in the slightest; they all stared intently at the large patch of green that was exposed in Shen Shuli's hand.

"Master, please continue." Shen Shuli calmly looked at the master and told him to continue cutting the stone.

After the master craftsman nodded, he continued processing the remaining few rough stones.

After two more pieces of material were revealed, the onlookers finally felt a little better.

Qi Yaya was analyzing the rough stones that everyone had selected on the mountain when she was suddenly attracted by the exclamations from below the slope.

Everyone vaguely heard someone below shout that a top-grade imperial green jadeite had been unearthed, and they couldn't stay still any longer, so they all went down to see what was going on.

But there were just too many people watching in front of us.

They couldn't squeeze in at all.

But Qi Yaya is the daughter of the owner of this venue, and many people know her.

She asked the crowd to make way for her so she could go in and inquire about the situation.

Qi Yaya never dreamed that the guest who deciphered the top-grade imperial green jade would be Shen Shuli!

Shen Shuli never expected that the best rough stone she had chosen would actually yield imperial green!

She held it in her hands and examined it carefully, actually trying to sense the influence of this top-grade imperial green on the space.

This piece of imperial green is only half the size of the previous piece of spicy green.

However, the spatial tremor was very strong, about ten times stronger than that of the spicy green.

The jadeite material that has been cut open and the uncut raw stone react to space in the same way.

This indicates that the space is not affected by the raw stone; the outer coating of the jade is essentially irrelevant to the space.

"Miss Shen, you've actually found a piece of both fiery green and imperial green! Your luck is incredible!"

Qi Yaya stared in surprise at the two pieces of green fabric in the other person's hand.

"Hehe, lucky me~" Shen Shuli chuckled, feigning ignorance.

"Want to make a move? If you do, I'll have my dad give you the highest price~" Qi Yaya really liked these two pieces of material, and her eyes never left them.

Seeing so many people staring at the two pieces of jade in her hands, Shen Shuli worried that someone was plotting against her behind her back.

After all, they are just outsiders and are likely to be targeted by local forces.

It's better to proactively avoid these dangers.

“Okay, if the price is right, I’ll sell it to you!” Shen Shuli nodded in agreement.

"Don't you need to consult your parents and family?"

Qi Yaya didn't expect her to be so easy to talk to, but she was worried that if she made decisions on her own, she would be harassed by her family.

Shen Shuli thought about it and realized that she definitely had to save face for her family in public, after all, they were the matriarch.

"Oh, then let me ask."

Shen Shuli looked at the crowd that was completely blocked, and she couldn't see her parents at all.

Su Yunhai and his group were stuck on the outermost edge and couldn't squeeze in at all. He quickly shouted loudly, "Daughter, Daddy's here!"

Shen Shuli bounced around a few times and finally saw her father, who was also jumping around in place with his chubby hand raised outside the crowd. She quickly called out to him.

"Excuse me, everyone, please make way so my family member can come in!"

The onlookers were quite agreeable and made way for them.

Su Yunhai quickly led Shen Yuehua and Mu Wanjun to squeeze in, and Xie Chengyuan also followed to see what was going on.

"Dad, I accidentally unearthed two good pieces of material. Should we sell them to Qi Yaya?" Shen Shuli quickly handed the two stones to Su Yunhai.

I imagine my parents have never seen such freshly cut raw materials before, so I wanted to broaden their horizons.

Su Yunhai could understand what his daughter meant.

After all, he had no choice in his daughter's situation.

It seems the daughter meant she wanted to sell it.

He played with the ingredients curiously for a while, then handed them to Shen Yuehua and Mu Wanjun, so they could see what they were doing.