Chapter 48: Forty-eight, raw stone Chapter 48: Forty-eight, raw stone Seeing Yang Lisheng and Li Meixiang looking at her in astonishment, Song Yan Ning blinked at them.
Yang Lisheng immediately understood Song Yan Ning’s intention, “We don’t need to get a SIM card, we already have our own.”
“This phone can hold two SIM cards, you can get another one, and set one of the numbers as a private number that only close ones know,” Fang Junyu persistently said. Now that they had paid, if he refunded them, they surely wouldn’t accept it. If only he knew they had SIM cards earlier, he should have asked the manager to secretly install a SIM card in the phone.
“No need, and there aren’t any outsiders who call us, thank you for the discount, we’re leaving now,” Yang Lisheng smiled at Fang Junyu as he, along with Song Yan Ning and Li Meixiang, headed towards the exit of the store.
Watching the trio leave, Fang Junyu helplessly shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the mobile phone store across the street, then walked over. He needed to find out what exactly had happened earlier.
“I told you they couldn’t afford the phones, but they still wanted to look at them. What if they dirty the phones and they can’t be sold?”
“Exactly, just look at the clothes they’re wearing. They aren’t the type to buy phones but still dared to enter our store. Truly overestimating themselves.”
“Shh! Stop talking, Young Master Fang has come,” one of the sales assistants spotted Fang Junyu entering and nudged her colleague.
The other sales assistant turned to look at the door and seeing Fang Junyu, quickly put on a warm smile, “Young Master Fang!”
Fang Junyu gave a slight nod and scanned the inside of the store, “Where’s your manager?”
“The manager went to have lunch and hasn’t returned yet,” the sales assistant poured a glass of water and walked over to Fang Junyu, “Young Master Fang, please have some water.”
Fang Junyu gestured with his hand and headed towards the counter.
The two sales assistants exchanged puzzled glances. Usually, Young Master Fang just did a quick round in the store and left. Why did he go behind the counter today?
Fang Junyu walked up to a computer, his slender fingers quickly typing on the keyboard, and the surveillance video from today immediately appeared on the screen.
Seeing Fang Junyu watching the monitor, the expressions of the two sales assistants changed. Normally, no one checked the surveillance, which to them was merely a decoration, allowing them to act without fear. Today, for some unknown reason, Young Master Fang had decided to check the surveillance.
“You two are fired,” Fang Junyu said sternly to the two sales assistants. He had guessed that something must have happened to Yang Lisheng and his party here, and the surveillance confirmed his suspicion.
“Why?” The two sales assistants looked at Fang Junyu, puzzled. Their service attitude was poor, but it wasn’t to the extent of being fired.
“Because you offended the benefactors of the Fang Family,” Fang Junyu snorted. Doctor Yang had saved his grandfather, but his employees had treated them that way. Even if he didn’t fire them, his grandfather would have punished them severely upon finding out.
After getting their SIM cards at the sales hall, Song Yan Ning and her grandparents checked into a small inn.
Walking into the room, Song Yan Ning looked around. The room wasn’t very large, but it was well-equipped, with two 1.2-meter single beds covered in snow-white sheets and pillows that seemed quite comfortable.
Approaching the window, Song Yan Ning looked outside and saw a small street below, lined with stalls and bustling with activity.
She pushed open the window, and just as it was halfway open, she suddenly paused, her eyes lighting up. She sensed a trace of Spiritual Energy in the street below; there was definitely something she needed.
“Grandpa, Grandma, look, there’s a small street below. Let’s go explore it,” Song Yan Ning turned her head and called out to Yang Lisheng and Li Meixiang, who were sorting their luggage.
“Aren’t you tired?” Li Meixiang smiled, taking out Song Yan Ning’s pajamas and placing them aside, “I’ve got your pajamas out. Take a bath and rest for a bit, and we can go down later.”
“I’m not tired, Grandpa, Grandma, let’s go explore!” Song Yan Ning ran to their side and acted coquettishly. She was worried that if she went down too late, the things she wanted would be sold to someone else, and she’d have nowhere to cry.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you while your grandma rests,” Yang Lisheng smiled and mussed Song Yan Ning’s hair.
“Yes!” Song Yan Ning happily held Yang Lisheng’s hand, “Grandpa is so nice!”
“Grandma isn’t nice? Ungrateful child,” Li Meixiang teased, giving Song Yan Ning a sideways glance.
“Grandma is of course nice. Xiao Ning loves Grandma the most. Kiss, muah!” Song Yan Ning blew a kiss to Li Meixiang through the air, “Grandpa, let’s hurry.”
“This child!” Li Meixiang shook her head helplessly yet dotingly, “Come back early!”
“Got it!” Song Yan Ning waved at Li Meixiang and pulled Yang Lisheng’s hand as they walked outside.
The street was crowded and noisy, with vendors calling out their wares, a lively scene indeed.
“Grandpa, let’s go there,”Song Yan Ning pulled Yang Lisheng straight towards her target. She needed to buy the item quickly to be at ease.
“Aren’t you wanting to browse? Why are you walking so fast?” Yang Lisheng looked at Song Yan Ning in surprise, as she didn’t even glance at the small toys, sugar-coated haws, or dough figurines on the stalls.
Following the direction of the Spiritual Energy, Song Yan Ning led Yang Lisheng to a stall that surprisingly sold stones.
Many people surrounded the stall, some spectating and others picking stones.
“Grandpa, can I buy a stone?” Song Yan Ning looked up at Yang Lisheng with a hint of longing in her eyes. She didn’t understand why so many people were interested in stones, but there was Spiritual Energy in several stones at this stall; they weren’t ordinary stones.
“What do you need the stone for? You don’t understand stone gambling,” Yang Lisheng laughed as he tapped Song Yan Ning’s nose. If it were anything else, he would have bought it without a second thought if Xiao Ning wanted it, but stone gambling was something he also didn’t understand, and buying it would be useless. He didn’t believe his luck was so good as to randomly buy a piece of stone and strike jade.
“Stone gambling?” Song Yan Ning looked at Yang Lisheng, not understanding.
“Stone gambling means buying a raw stone to see if jade can be found inside. These stones are the raw stones, mostly transported from Myanmar or Yun City,” Yang Lisheng explained, though he didn’t really understand either, just having heard some things about stone gambling from friends.
Song Yan Ning nodded, seemingly understanding, “Grandpa, let’s buy a stone and try our luck.” She hadn’t reached Foundation Establishment and didn’t possess Divine Sense yet, but she could feel which stones contained Spiritual Energy. It wouldn’t be difficult to find jade. Once the jade was extracted from the stone, she could sell it to buy her grandfather’s house back.