Gu Mei didn't care about the couple that came later, while waiting for the boss, she also observed other jade decorations displayed in the cabinet.

  She usually comes into contact with jade, and nephrite is rarely touched. Nephrite, although a type of jade, was discovered later and was difficult to mine, so it became popular even later. However, by the late Qing dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi loved nephrite and wearing nephrite became a trend.

  In modern history, Soong Mei-ling was also a jade enthusiast, making jade a fashionable symbol for a time. In recent years, people's material standards have improved, and they have gained a new understanding of jade. Wearing jade has gradually become a fashion trend, but due to the increasing scarcity of jade ore and speculation, the price of high-quality jade has skyrocketed, with a staggering increase.

  "Is it really a glass kind?" Suddenly, the couple let out a small exclamation and drilled into Gu Mian's ears.

  "Look at the water head, this transparency, this kind of Buddha pendant would be worth at least tens or hundreds of thousands in a shopping mall. Our store is directly taking goods, so it's a bit cheaper. This is already very cheap, today you are lucky, if you come tomorrow, it may be sold out." The young man said to the couple.

  Gu Mei was attracted by the voices of several people and couldn't help but look up, only to see that the couple's hands were holding a small white jade Buddha pendant, which at first glance had a very sufficient water head and was extremely transparent.

  "How much is this?" The old couple seemed a bit moved.

  "The price tag in our store is 800,000 yuan." The young man replied.

  Gu Mei leaned in to listen, and without a close-up observation of the jadeite before, she didn't have any opinion about this price. If it's really ice-type jadeite and its quality is good, 80,000 yuan won't be expensive at all.

  "80,000... can't you make it cheaper? We were introduced by an acquaintance who said your store's prices are reasonable, that's why we came all the way here. Otherwise, we would have just gone to the mall." The old couple frowned.

  "80,000 is already very cheap. You can go to any shopping mall and see that the price of this quality is not just this much. Besides, I'm just a worker, I didn't set this price, even if it's less, it won't be much less." The young man glanced at the small room where the female boss had entered, then swept his eyes over the customers who hadn't noticed their conversation and lowered his voice: "However, if you want something cheaper, it's not impossible. It's just that the quality will be slightly worse than this one."

  "What kind?" The old couple asked curiously.

  The young man quickly bent down, and somehow pulled out a small box from somewhere, placing it in front of the elderly couple. He said in a low voice: "This is something I brought back privately, with the same supply channel as the store owner's goods. This jade Buddha is almost the same as the one you saw earlier, but the price is much cheaper."

  "How much?" The old couple put the jade Buddha that the young man had secretly taken out into their hands and asked in a low voice.

  "If you want, just make it a lucky number, 8,000 yuan is enough." The young man said in a low voice.

  "8,000? A difference of ten times!" The old couple was shocked, seemingly not daring to believe that the price of these similar quality jade pieces could differ by so much.

  "Keep your voice down!" The young man cautioned, glancing around the hut before continuing, "If my boss finds out I'm doing this, I'll definitely be fired. Among jade, even a slight difference can result in a price difference of tens or hundreds of times. I didn't say that this Buddha is slightly inferior to the previous one? This is a slightly lower grade, so it's cheaper. But ordinary people can't see that kind of difference, if you don't say anything, who will know?"

  "Are you saying this isn't a glass kind?" The older husband of the couple seemed more astute, looking at the young man with suspicion.

  "It's a bit inferior to the glass type, but the quality is still very good." The young man pointed to the jade Buddha and continued: "But you can also compare it, it doesn't look much different. 8,000 yuan is a great value. If this were really a glass-type jadeite, even if it's cheaper, it wouldn't be cheaper than this. Unless it's fake."

  The couple exchanged a glance, feeling that the young man's words seemed to make some sense. It was indeed suspicious how cheap the glass could be; it might be possible if it were of slightly inferior quality, like ice kind or something.

  "Anyway, I'm just asking you guys, whether you want it or not, I only have this one left. Originally, I wanted to keep it for myself, but these past few days have been a bit tight, so I thought about selling it off." The young man sighed and continued: "If you guys want to buy this from me, we can't do it here, we'll have to go outside. If my boss sees us, my rice bowl will definitely be gone for sure."

  "This jade Buddha..."

  ……

  The young man and the elderly couple lowered their voices a few more decibels, as if they wanted to continue discussing something.

  Gu's ears were even sharper now, but at this time she still couldn't hear what they were saying.

  She couldn't help but have some doubts in her mind, from the look of the old couple, they seemed to not understand jade very well, and they believed whatever the young man said. The young man only said that his jade Buddha was a little worse than the one the old couple had seen before, but he didn't say how much worse, what kind of inferiority, or what type of product it was, he just kept emphasizing the price of the thing.

  His words and deeds always gave her an unreal feeling.

  At this time, the boss who went to get the jade buckle from the small room came out and said apologetically to Gu Mian: "I'm really sorry, it seems that thing was put upstairs, can you trouble yourself to wait a little longer?"

  "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Gu Ming nodded.

  "Little Chen, I'll go upstairs for a bit, you keep an eye on things." The female boss said to the young man.

  The young man quickly put away his jade Buddha when the female boss came out and stopped talking to the old couple. When he heard the female boss's order, he just raised his head and responded with a "yes", indicating that he knew.

  After the female boss left, the young man began to talk to the old couple in a low voice again, and also seemed to glance at Gu Mian several times.

  Gu Mei sat for a while, seemingly getting impatient and got up to walk around, scanning the surrounding display cabinets. She walked over to the young man and the elderly couple, pointed at a small watermelon that looked like it was made of ice, and said to the young man: "Can you take this out and let me take a look?"

  "Please wait a moment." The young man glanced at Gu Mian, quickly and quietly said a few words to the old couple, then opened the cabinet according to Gu Mian's intention.

  Just as the young man opened the cabinet to get something, Gu Mian glanced at the middle-aged couple holding a jade Buddha with an air of nonchalance, "I also have one similar to this jade Buddha, unfortunately I lost it carelessly, and I was thinking of buying another one back!"

  The old couple subconsciously tightened their grip on the jade Buddha when they heard Gu Mian's words.

  Gu Mian suddenly felt a bit abrupt and smiled awkwardly at the old couple, before turning to the young man who had already taken out the melon and saying: "Do you still have that jade Buddha in your hand? Can I take a look?"

  Update 2 is here, thanks for the peace charm sent by Hong Miao Chuan, hehe~~~~