Chapter 125: Heard
Li Lunqiao asked his son to accompany Meng Zitao, he went to buy a few big dishes, and Meng Zitao hurriedly asked him not to be so troublesome, just cook a few home-cooked dishes.
Li Lunqiao did not agree, he told Meng Zitao that there was a chef in the village, who used to go out to cook banquets, but now that he is old and doesn't go out to run, he makes some big dishes at home and sells them, which is very popular with some bosses, and he is going there to buy it now, and he will come back in a while.
After speaking, Li Lunqiao went out, and Meng Zitao and Li Wei were not deserted, the reason was that Li Wei was a talker, and when Li Lunqiao was there, he still had some deterrent power, and now as soon as he left, he simply opened the chatterbox, and his mouth never stopped, and he kept asking Meng Zitao about the knowledge in the field of antiques.
Seeing that he seemed to have made up his mind to make a name for himself in the antique industry, Meng Zitao asked Li Wei a key question: "Li Wei, why do you want to get involved in the antique industry? Is it because you like it, or is it simply to make money?"
"This ......" Li Wei scratched his head: "I actually think it's cool to do this." β
Meng Zitao was a little crying and laughing, but it was the first time he heard this answer.
Li Wei smiled: "Don't you think it's a little strange." β
Meng Zitao nodded: "It's really a little strange, and you should only have a little interest in antiques, if you go deeper, it will become a hobby, and you may soon lose interest." β
Li Wei hurriedly waved his hand: "No, it's the first time in my life that I'm so interested in one thing, and I definitely won't give up, and I don't want to be looked down upon by my father anymore." β
Don't look at what Li Wei said, who can say it clearly about this kind of thing, Meng Zitao didn't say much, whether he succeeded or failed in the end is Li Wei's own choice.
I heard Li Wei continue: "Actually, I became interested in antiques when I was in junior high school, at that time, I thought this thing was quite mysterious, and I could make a lot of money, and I wanted to find someone to study, but I was scolded by my father, saying that I was delusional." At that time, I didn't have much ability, so I retreated. β
Meng Zitao smiled and asked, "How did you know that the antique industry would make a lot of money?"
Li Wei looks like he is twenty-two or three, and when he was in junior high school, it must have been at least six or seven years ago, and the antique market at that time was not very prosperous, so Meng Zitao was a little curious about this issue.
Li Wei looked outside, leaned in front of Meng Zitao, and whispered: "Actually, there is a person in our village who robbed tombs, and when I had a good relationship with his son, he told me some things about his father's tomb robbery, and I heard him say that his father dug up such a big bronze tripod was actually sold for millions!"
Li Wei made a comparison, the diameter of the bronze tripod is estimated to be about fifty centimeters, and such a bronze tripod can be sold for millions of prices at that time, which must be extraordinary.
Knowing that another national treasure had been lost, Meng Zitao felt a little uncomfortable, so he asked, "Does he still live in the village now?"
Li Wei said: "If you don't live here, you have made so much money, how can you still live in our place, but it may be that you are afraid that everyone will know that his family made money by robbing tombs, and he didn't move out until three years ago." And his old house is quite new, and he will come back to clean it after a while and stay for two days. β
Meng Zitao pretended to be curious and asked, "Do you know where his family has moved?"
"It's not very clear, when we were in the third year of junior high school, we fell in love with the same girl, and we had a fight, and then the friendship was broken, in retrospect, it was really naΓ―ve at the beginning, and now that girl has gone abroad to study, it is estimated that she will marry a foreigner. Li Wei had a look of memory on his face.
Next, Meng Zitao asked some more details about the family, and Li Wei told the truth, but in the end, he was a little worried: "Teacher Meng, you won't arrest them, right?"
"Of course I'm not going to arrest them myself. Meng Zitao smiled.
"Uh...... If you want to catch it, don't say I said it. Li Wei hurriedly explained: "I'm not afraid of them, but if it spreads, my reputation in the village will not be good." β
Meng Zitao smiled and reassured him: "You can rest assured about this, and there is no conclusive evidence, he will not be arrested, and if he has not done it for a long time, there is basically nothing to do." β
Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly skipped the topic and talked about other things.
After a while, Li Lunqiao and an old man in his seventies entered the house, both holding food boxes in their hands.
"Dad, why did you invite all the four masters. β
Li Wei stepped forward and wanted to take the food box that the old man was carrying, but the old man didn't let him take it, and said with a smile: "I heard that there are distinguished guests here today, I will come over to help you, I hope you don't mind." β
Meng Zitao hurriedly expressed his politeness and introduced himself.
The old man smiled: "I know you, a big expert on TV, I didn't expect you to be younger than on TV, and you are really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves." β
A few polite words, the old man went to cook, originally Li Lunqiao wanted to help, but was pushed out by the old man, he brought all the processed ingredients, and he didn't need help from others, so let everyone eat first.
Originally, Li Lunqiao wanted to pour wine for Meng Zitao, but Meng Zitao pushed it off when he wanted to drive, and just asked for a drink.
Under Li Lunqiao's warm greeting, Meng Zitao tasted the dishes made by the old man, which really lived up to its reputation, and the taste was very outstanding.
In particular, one of the tamales, a small steamed pork, what leaves are there at the bottom, there are peas on the lotus leaves, and there is a row of fat and thin on the peas, fat but not greasy, oily and shiny tamales, eat into the mouth, the taste is particularly sufficient, there is a unique sauce fragrance of spicy taste in the mouth, people can't put down the chopsticks.
A table of delicious food, from time to time there are also the old man's specialty dishes on the table, everyone eats happily.
In the end, the old man fried a vegetarian dish for everyone and prepared to go back.
"Fourth master, what are you going to do, let's go back after eating here!" Li Lunqiao hurriedly got up and persuaded.
The old man waved his hand: "Forget it, next time, I have to go back to stir-fry today." β
Li Lunqiao was a little surprised: "It's all this, and you still want to do it yourself?"
The old man said, "Rong Qiang's son is back, and I must take care of him." Okay, let's not talk about it, I'll go back first, and we'll have a drink together next time. β
Li Lunqiao went to see off the old man, and Meng Zitao asked Li Wei: "What the uncle said just now, is it the family you just mentioned?"
The reason why he asked this was because he was obviously stunned when he saw Li Wei just now.
Li Wei nodded and said: "It's his house, but it stands to reason that he just came back for the Spring Festival, so it stands to reason that he won't come back now, it's really strange!"
Just at this time, Li Lunqiao came back, and Li Wei asked, "Dad, why did Fang Fuxin come back again?"
"My hometown is here, and it's not normal to come back for two days. β
Li Lunqiao first replied to his son, and then said: "However, the meaning of the fourth master's words just now also feels that this matter is quite strange, and Fang Fuxin seems to be injured. β
"What's the use of running back to his hometown if he doesn't go to the hospital when he's injured, it can't be that he caused some trouble. Li Wei said.
"It's not your business to get into trouble or not......
Meng Zitao listened to the conversation between the two, and a vague thought rose in his head, but he couldn't catch it, at this time, his mobile phone rang, and when he picked it up, it turned out to be Qian Siling's phone.
Meng Zitao said to the father and son, and walked to the door with his mobile phone.
"Qian Da anchor, I don't know what to do?"
"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about, it seems that if I call you, there must be something. β
"Since it's okay, then I'll hang up, I still have guests here. β
"Don't, Master Meng, you won, I do have something I want to ask you for help with. β
"It's the show again? Didn't I say it before, so I can only help here. β
"Don't, this time our TV station wants to organize a treasure appreciation activity, and we want to invite you as an expert, the time is tomorrow, please do me a favor." β
Meng Zitao's expression was a little strange: "Your TV station's treasure appreciation activity is really casual enough, call me today, and it will be held tomorrow." β
Qian Siling on the other end of the phone looked very embarrassed: "Brother-in-law, let me tell you the truth, our TV station has already made a plan for this treasure appreciation activity, and we have already invited experts, but I never expected that one of the experts died suddenly due to a car accident, and he couldn't invite a heavyweight expert temporarily, so I can only beg you head-on, if you don't go back tomorrow, come and do a favor!"
"Who are the experts you are talking about?" Meng Zitao was a little curious.
"Zhou Taidong, miscellaneous appraisal expert, have you heard of it?"
This name Meng Zitao had heard before, and this person was somewhat famous in China, but his conduct was somewhat controversial, and some people felt that he had a word and the appraisal results were very authoritative. However, several of the antiques he has identified are controversial, and coupled with his character of treating money as his life, some people think that he is real for money.
Zhou Taidong will definitely not admit this kind of thing, and he also said that as long as there is conclusive evidence, he is willing to compensate for the loss, and the matter will be settled in the end.
Unexpectedly, such a controversial person died in a car accident suddenly, and Meng Zitao somewhat lamented the fragility of life.
"Brother-in-law, for Wanyi's sake, you can help. In the future, my position in the hearts of our director depends on you!"
Meng Zitao laughed: "If I don't go, he will look down on you!"
Qian Siling said: "How could it not, he is the smallest in his heart, last time because I helped you block him, he still has some grudges, maybe one day he will give me small shoes to wear." β
Meng Zitao smiled: "Okay, for your pitiful sake, I promise you." β
"Thank you, thank you, brother-in-law, you're so nice......"
PS: My stomach has not been good, I have no strength, I can only send these today, I don't want to break the change, leave some emergency, say sorry again, as long as the body is better, try to make up for it!