Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

"You mean, this jade is not a whole piece, but is made up of several sapphire parts?"

Zheng Xueming seemed unable to accept it.

Although he is not an expert in jade, he has run a treasure appraisal business for many years and has seen many gems.

The jade wall in front of me has soft and full lines, and the patterns are completely natural. It doesn't look like pieces put together.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the venue was a little solemn.

Zhang Zhenqiang walked straight in front of Lin Ran. Zheng Xueming saw his serious expression and was worried that something would happen, so she also wanted to stand up.

But Zhang Fengyu next to him smiled and said it didn't matter.

"You said this is white jade spliced ​​from sapphire. Do you have any evidence?" Zhang Zhenqiang asked, sounding a little annoyed.

"Yes." Lin Ran looked at him calmly and held the jade in front of him: "Look at it from this angle."

I saw him taking out a miniature flashlight and shining it down from above: "Look carefully at the cotton. If it is a piece of pure white jade, the cotton inside should be uniform. And look at these carefully."

Under the illumination of a fluorescent lamp at that angle, I found that there was a patchwork of color difference on the jade. I was not sure at the time.But I would rather believe that it exists than believe that it does not exist, just in case this thing

In jade, there is a substance that looks like cotton, and it comes in three shapes: patches, strips, and ripples, which are called the floc of jade!

The jade tissue affects the penetration of light and produces a cotton-like shape through scattering, which is called cotton in the industry.

"Flocs" are mainly caused by the fact that the gaps and impurities in the jade particles have not been removed and wrapped up, causing light reflection or refraction.

If it is the same piece of jade, the jade has only one material, and the gaps and substances between the jade should be the same.

As for the piece of jade in front of you, if you look closely, the cotton inside appears in various shapes.

Obviously, it is made by splicing!

Lin Ran smiled and said: "If you can achieve this level, I'm afraid it will be difficult for experts to identify it at the auction. However, the jade made of sapphire is actually not valuable."

Just now, Zhang Zhenqiang thought that Lin Ran was just making it up, because the jade in front of him was his work.

During the production process, he carefully handled the color difference of the patchwork, which is absolutely invisible to the naked eye.

Cracks can only be seen under a microscope.

The outer shape could be faked, but the inner structure was ignored by him.

Lin Ran also praised: "Although this jade is an imitation, the counterfeiter's technique is almost perfect, which is really admirable."

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Zhang Fengyu clapped his hands without hesitation. He was not sad because it was an imitation of jade. Instead, he laughed: "As expected of Mr. Lin, you noticed things that are easily overlooked by people in the industry."

Hearing his praise, Zheng Xueming was a little surprised: "Brother Zhang, did you know this was a fake?"

"Not bad." Zhang Fengyu readily admitted this: "To tell you the truth, these two jade sculptures were made by my adopted son Zhang Zhenqiang."

Zhang Zhenqiang changed his cold expression and raised a hand towards Lin Ran.

"You are really amazing. You are the only one besides my master who can see the flaws." It seems that he is not good at smiling, so his expression looks a little weird.

Lin Ran put his hand on it and said, "So it's your work. It's really not easy to achieve this level."

"You have seen through it." Zhang Zhenqiang put away the three cultural relics.

At this time, Zhang Fengyu picked up a bell and shook it, and the servant began to serve the food.

Lin Ran saw four people wearing maid uniforms coming in carrying plates, and looking at Zhang Fengyu's movements, he thought to himself that he had learned the pattern of British farmers.

After all, after people have money, they will pursue some unique life.

Only the border areas allowed him to play like this. In the capital, with such fanfare, a manor-like villa, and a group of servants, it was easy to offend people.

The plates were opened one after another, and they contained some food that you couldn't usually eat!

"Let me introduce to you, we just invited a French chef today, so we will mainly eat French meals today to open your eyes." Zhang Fengyu said proudly.

Zheng Xueming smiled. It was not the first time for him to eat Western food. Chen Cheng also liked Western food very much and would go to his house to have dinner in the past.

So he put a piece of tablecloth on his collar in a decent manner, then picked up the knife and fork and waited for the meal to be served.

After Zhang Zhenqiang put away his things, he sat next to Zhang Fengyu.

The maids placed before each of them a small silver plate containing toasted bread.

On the plate is freshly baked bread, which is attractive in color and exudes the aroma of milk, which greatly increases your appetite.

Zhang Fengyu said: "This is called an appetizer. Come and try it. It is baked with wheat flour."

It's not like Lin Ran hasn't eaten it before, but he thinks it's really luxurious.

There were only three slices of bread on the plate, but it tasted quite good, fluffy and soft.

Then came seafood soup and steak.

Lin Ran was slightly stunned when he saw the steak.

Asked: “Shouldn’t the third dish be served with fish?”

In Lin Ran's impression, French cuisine has thirteen dishes.

Appetizers, vegetable soup, fish...and so on, until the final dessert.

This is a tradition left by France for thousands of years. When Lin Ran went to France to visit, he was invited by the local nobles and was extremely impressed.

"I didn't expect Brother Lin to know much about French food?" Zhang Fengyu felt Lin Ran was more and more amazing, and explained: "Yes, originally the third course should have fish, but my adopted son is allergic to freshwater fish, and there is no sea fish. So I chose the simplified version.”

He laughed. Rich people like to make friends with discerning people!

Lin Ran nodded knowingly, then skillfully picked up the knife and fork and cut the steak.

The other three people all saw Lin Ran's elegant movements with surprise in their eyes.

In this era, very few people have eaten Western food. I was originally worried about how to explain the key points of eating steak to this ordinary child.

Now it seems that Lin Ran is not only familiar with Western food, but also familiar with dining etiquette.

But while eating, he also learned Western etiquette, so he didn't speak during the whole meal, which made Lin Ran feel a little awkward.

The Chinese dining table culture is interesting. You can talk about anything on the table. It feels much better than simply eating.

It took a full hour to finish the twelve dishes, and there was only one or two conversations during this period, which made the atmosphere a bit awkward.

Finally finishing the last dessert, they leaned back in their chairs contentedly.

After wiping his mouth, Zhang Fengyu asked the servant to go down and open another bottle of wine. He also cleared his throat and started a new topic.

"Master Lin, I have something to ask you!"