Chen walked over to the exhibit and pointed at a bag of jade fragments and asked, "Boss, are you selling these scraps?"
There would always be some leftover oddments after the raw jadeite (bowlder fiber) had been carved.
These scraps could not be processed anymore. But to throw it away would be such a waste – it was, after all, jade. So, to have someone offer to buy it was a great thing.
"There's twenty kilograms in this bag. I'll give it to you for two hundred," The Boss said hurriedly.
"Alright, I'll take it." Chen did not even waver. After he had paid the man, he told him, "I'll just leave them here with you. I will come and collect it before I leave later."
"That's no problem at all!" The boss, having received the money, smiled from ear to ear.
"Xiaobei, why did you buy these scraps? They are completely useless!" asked a perplexed Lan.
