Chapter 1621 Jade Bride (1/2)
On the smooth surface road at the airport, an electric flatbed car slowly drove down.
On the planks, which were as flat as the ground, was a statue, about the same height as a man, in all shades of green. When the golden sun shone on it, a warm glow washed all over it.
It was a jade carved statue that was almost equal to the size of a human.
The statue was a whole piece of jade that was delicately carved. The whole of it was made of jade of ordinary water source. There was light lavender shining from the head, shoulder, back, hands, feet, and other parts. These were a number of high-value violet jadeite pieces, which were like ornaments or jewelry that added more luster and attractiveness to the statue.
Looking at the glittering jade carving, Sophie was mesmerized. She murmured, ”My God, this is glorious!”
When the flatbed approached her, Sophie's eyes widened and she saw clearly what the statue looked like. It was elegantly smiling and had beautiful eyes, and was carved in detail copying her own figure.
Sophie stared at the statue dumbfounded and was silent for a long time.
Taking her hand in his, Li Du held up a small box on one knee and said, ”Sophie Martin, will you marry me? We can get married soon if you say you do; and if you don't, think it over and you might want to.”
Sophie stared at him blankly, lost for words.
There were laughter and voices coming from next to them, ”Wow, you are blessed!” ”Marry him! Marry him!””Sophie, wake up! Say 'I do', say 'I do'!”
Sophie turned and looked around again. Her parents, Li Duʼs parents, Bell and Magic Hand, and other treasure hunters, Hans and his sister, as well as Cole Winston, Porter, the Ford brothers, and Steve were there. She did not know when they showed up at the airport.
Barbara, who looked more agitated and nervous than her, made a trumpet with her hands and shouted, ”Say yes, Sophie!”
Sophie looked down at Li Du, who was smiling as he kneeled down, and suddenly she laughed too. ”I have thought about it very seriously, Mr. Li Du. It is my honor to be with you for the rest of my life.”
She pulled Li Du up and they embraced, surrounded by applause from the people around.
Li Du wrapped one arm around Sophie and waved with the other hand. Then he felt Sophieʼs body twitching. He looked down and saw her crying in his embrace.
He patted Sophie on the back lightly, sighed and said, ”Donʼt cry now, silly girl. Save your tears, you might need them after marriage.”
Sophie gave him a punch and said, ”How thoughtful of you. The day I waited for was finally here. What took you so long to propose?”
Li Du said, feeling wronged, ”I was waiting to find something special, like this big piece of jade ore, to make a proper proposal.”
After receiving the gift from Tang Chaoyang, he did not want to go to Myanmar at first, but then he thought of a news article he had read.
It was a piece of news about Myanmar producing extremely large emerald jade ore, from more than a few tons to dozens of tons. The texture of the jadeite itself would not be very good, but because of the size, even if it had an ordinary water source, it would still have a great value after being carved into a statue as big as an adult man.
He did some search on the Internet at that time. There was a similar statue in his hometown, which was the Maitreya Buddha jade carving. It was more than two meters high. In the Guangdong and Guangxi province, there was another jade sculpture of the Goddess Guanyin. This was even larger, more than five meters high!
The jade used to make these types of sculpture was naturally not the glass species or the rare dragon jade species. Their main body was a common jade, which was not valuable. The water source was not good, and if it was broken down and made into bracelets, it would probably cost only a few hundred per piece.