Chapter 5: Birthday incense
The old man celebrates his 70th birthday today, dressed brightly and festively, and sits at the guest of honor with a joyful smile on his face.
"Young Master Qiao Wei of the Qiao family is here to congratulate the old man on his birthday!"
With a shout from the host, a young man walked out of the crowd and stepped forward with a gift box in both hands.
"I wish the old man a long life than Nanshan, and happiness like the East China Sea!" After Qiao Wei bowed slightly, he said aloud, and then opened the gift box again.
The blue and white porcelain vase that was extremely popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties!
Blue and white porcelain was the royal porcelain in the palace during the Qing Dynasty. This kind of thing is born noble, this vase in front of me looks like the Kangxi period, it is a high-end thing at a glance, although it is not used by the palace, but because it is extremely well preserved, I am afraid it is worth hundreds of thousands!
This is so face-saving! As soon as it came up, it was hundreds of thousands of birthday gifts!
The old man likes to collect antiques, and almost everyone in the Mu family knows about this.
Seeing such a rare piece of blue and white porcelain at this moment, the old man couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and nodded in response: "Young Master Qiao Wei, don't be polite, the Qiao family and our Mu family have been friends for generations, so you don't have to spend so much money next time." ”
With this gift. After the gift, it looks bland.
Until the host took the microphone and shouted: "Young Master Li Mingjie of the Li family came to congratulate the old man on his birthday!" ”
For a while, everyone's attention was raised again...... Almost everyone in the Mu family knows that Li Mingjie wants to marry Mu Qingxin. The only difficulty is Liu Jing who stands in the way of them.
And just recently, the Li family even threatened that as long as Mu Qingxin and Liu Jing divorced, Li Mingjie would immediately hold an engagement banquet with her.
Because of this relationship, everyone is naturally the most interested in the gift given by Li Mingjie.
Especially Mu Qingxin, when he heard Li Mingjie's three words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he subconsciously looked over there.
After all, before today, I was still busy with liquidated damages. But today, after Li Mingjie said that he came forward to help solve the problem, Lanling Group suddenly changed its tune and said that it didn't care about this matter......
And Mr. Lan's secretary also said that because the man ......
With just this sentence, Mu Qingxin had to guess, could it be Li Mingjie who helped him?
If that's the case, then this Li Mingjie is really ...... For the sake of a married person, it can be regarded as painstaking.
Mu Qingxin thought so, and was a little curious about the gift given by Li Mingjie.
Li Mingjie held a box, and after fiddling with his bangs, he walked to the center and bowed to the old man.
"Old man Mu, Mingjie wishes you a year and a year!" Li Mingjie grinned, showing an extremely warm and gentle smile, and then, like the people who worshiped his birthday before, held the gift box with both hands and handed it forward as if offering a treasure.
No one cared what he said, and everyone's eyes were attracted ...... the box in his hand.
This box is not big, but it is green all over, and it is made of very high-grade jade!
It's too extravagant! A gift box, it turned out to be jade!
Li Mingjie said a lot of congratulatory messages, and finally got to the point, as if showing off, and looked around for a week. Then slowly open the box......
"...... Uproar"
With a series of exclamations,
I saw that in the jade box, there was a crystal clear Ruyi placed upright! It looks like glass, and from a distance, it looks like there is a streamer inside.
"Isn't it? Young Master Mingjie specially came to pay homage to the old man's birthday, but he just sent a piece of glass Ruyi? ”
"You know the...... This is not ordinary glass, in my opinion, this is probably the best Ruyi carved from the ice jade of the old pit! ”
"Old pit jade? This thing should be worth a lot of money, right? ”
"Good, good, good!" The old man laughed and said three good words in a row: "Young Master Mingjie is too polite, sit down quickly......"
The crowd applauded. I have to say that this gift is indeed very heartfelt.
The birthday gift is wishful, which means good luck. Coupled with such a large piece of Laokeng Ice Seed Jade, it makes this gift even more valuable.
Everyone was amazed at the care and expense of this gift, but Liu Jing saw the clue at a glance.
This Li Mingjie is quite willing to spend money chasing his wife, and it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a high-quality imitation. But the piece of Ruyi that is being sent now looks fake...... It's not worth the money!
couldn't hold back for a while, Liu Jing burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" At this time, Li Mingjie instantly turned his face and glared at Liu Jing angrily.
For a while, all eyes looked at Liu Jing.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't hold back." Liu Jing covered his mouth and said with a chuckle: "Your wishful thinking is really ...... It's too fake. ”
"You...... You fart! Li Mingjie blushed and shouted out.
Of course, Li Mingjie knew that this ice seed Ruyi was fake. But in the Mu family, who has ever touched such a large piece of ice jade? Naturally, I can't tell the truth from the fake.
But now that Liu Jing has broken it, how can Li Mingjie still be calm?
After calming down, Li Mingjie glared at Liu Jing angrily and snorted coldly: "I want to see what other human words can come out of your dog's mouth today...... Liu Jing, you make it clear for me! Why do you say that my piece of ice jade is fake? ”
"Jadeite is produced in Burma, and has been regarded as the best jade since ancient times, the purer the texture, the more free of impurities, the more valuable it is......" Liu Jing spoke in a loud voice, but it happened to be heard by everyone. He continued calmly: "And the Laokeng jadeite, because it has been soaked in the riverbed for a longer period and has a warmer texture, is favored by jade collectors. ”
"And this piece of ice jade of yours looks crystal clear, without any impurities...... But it's this jadeite without the slightest impurity that betrays you...... It is impossible to have such a large piece of ice jade in the world! ”
After saying this, Li Mingjie's face changed.
The Mu family is just a second-rate family, how many people in the whole clan have seen the real ice jade? He thought that he would be able to scare everyone by taking out such a large piece of ice jade.
But I didn't expect to let Liu Jing, who came in from outside, see the clues.
For a while, Li Mingjie's face became a little difficult to look at......
"Liu Jing, shut up for me!" Out of the desire for Li Mingjie to help his company, Mu Qingxin still has a good impression of Li Mingjie. At this moment, when she heard that Liu Jing was targeting Li Mingjie again, she couldn't sit still, and said with a cold face.
Seeing that even Mu Qing's heart was towards him, Li Mingjie immediately calmed down a lot, and sneered: "You wretched, the king of soft rice...... What do you know about jade ruyi? I don't care about you, I want to see what gift you give to the old man in a while! ”
In fact, Li Mingjie had already secretly seen the broken box in Liu Jing's hand. I can't even afford to buy a slightly better box for gifts, and the gifts inside the box are so cheap that you can already imagine how cheap they are!
Li Mingjie's aggressive move immediately made the people around him coax. One by one, they all have the attitude of watching a good show, and they keep instigating.
"Liu Jing, let's go up your gift first, so that the old man will be happy today."
"Yes, Liu Jing, you joined our Mu family, although you didn't do anything...... But you've saved some money in the past few years, right? Wouldn't you buy a tattered one for the old man? ”
"Come, let's open our eyes, and our Mu family's son-in-law will come up with something good."
When the words fell, the people around them laughed even more.
Mu Qingxin's face was extremely bad. Some angry.
I told Liu Jing a long time ago to prepare a little gift. But he just didn't prepare well! Well, now everyone's watching the joke!
"Forget it, let's stop looking."
Liu Jing waved his hand, and he had already seen through the faces of this group of people. No matter how high-end and wishful the gift is, they will laugh at it. So to avoid these troubles, just don't look at it.
"Don't!" Li Mingjie suddenly rushed over: "Today, Old Man Mu celebrates his birthday, and everyone has seen all the gifts, so it's up to you!" You still don't show the gift and save the scene? ”
Saying that, Li Mingjie was even more polite, snatched the wooden box from Liu Jing's hand, and opened the box directly as if offering a treasure.
"What kind of mystery gift have you prepared? Let's see. ”
At this moment, the whole villa was silent!
Everyone stared at Liu Jing's gift and swallowed a mouthful of saliva!
When the box was fully opened, the people around them stretched their necks like giraffes, trying to look into the deep box, as if they wanted to see through the box full of age.
"Haha......"
I don't know who it was, but I couldn't help laughing first, and then the audience burst into laughter!
"I'm laughing to death...... I've heard of giving antique jewelry on birthdays, but it's the first time I've heard of giving incense to others......"
"This! What is a bad gift to give? just sent a handful of incense, is this a hint that the old man's time is running out, is it time to incense him? ”
Li Mingjie laughed the most rampantly, holding his stomach and leaning back and forth, while pointing at Liu Jing and saying, "Liu Jing, do you think that Old Man Mu is dead, you can inherit the Mu family?" As long as you are a son-in-law, you can't inherit the Mu family for 10,000 years, right? ”
After Li Mingjie said this, the spearhead was all pointed at Liu Jing.
Even the old man was angry, and even his old hands were trembling with anger!
"Liu Jing!" The old man suddenly stood up from the guest of honor and shouted angrily: "You have been in my Mu family for three years, although my Mu family said that I didn't give you a good look on weekdays, but I didn't persecute you, are you so vicious?" Curse my old man with incense? ”
"Old man, you misunderstood." Liu Jing hurriedly explained.
You know, the incense in this box is not simple...... In the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a few ordinary incense sticks. But if you know how to incense, it is a priceless treasure!
But among the old man and all the people present, it was obvious that none of them knew how to smoke incense.
The old man didn't give Liu Jing a chance to explain at all, and before he could finish speaking, the crutches in his hand slammed into the ground and shouted, "Someone!" Throw this incense out to me......"
"And Liu Jing...... Today, I will announce that he and my Mu family's granddaughter, Mu Qingxin, are divorced! Get him out of here now! ”
Seeing that a few people from the Mu family who didn't treat Liu Jing very well on weekdays were forced over, Liu Jing didn't need them to take the initiative to catch up with him.
With a snort, he stood up and walked out.
"I have my own feet to walk! Don't bother you! Since everyone here doesn't want to see me, then I'm not here to be an eyesore. But remember...... I leave the Mu family today, don't beg me to come back tomorrow! ”