Chapter 180: The Legendary Pearl of the Night
Feel free to do it......
Was it too bad luck or did he simply not know what money was?
Old Man Yun couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.
Uncle Yun Xiao and Uncle Yun Xiao glanced at each other, their eyes were full of anger, today they were supposed to be in charge of celebrating the old man's birthday, but all the glorious side was dragged away by the nephew who looked down on him the most, how could they not hold their breath in their hearts?
Uncle Yun Mingyang stood up slightly, raised his wine glass and bowed, and said, "Dad, today is your birthday, I wish you a blessed life in the East China Sea!"
With the eldest uncle's wine, the second uncle, Yun Mingzhong, also raised his goblet, but looking at the red wine, he still felt a little pain in his heart.
After that, everyone raised their glasses together, even Yun Ling took a shallow sip, and tasted it there to feel the unique charm of the world's wine king.
"Dad, I know you always like antiques, I specially prepared a gift for you, and you have to come to appreciate it!" Yun Mingyang took out a square box from behind him, carefully opened it, took out the contents of it, and handed it to the old man.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is a blue and white porcelain from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, this texture and texture are absolutely genuine, there must be no two million that can't be taken, right?
The eldest has already finished the sample, and the second Yun Mingzhong naturally can't be left behind, he glanced at his wife, took out the paper tube from behind him, took out the scroll inside, and also handed it to the old lady Yun, "Father, I'm afraid that only you can be qualified to give this gift!"
"Oh, I'm even more interested when you say that!" Old Man Yun smiled, and even the frown on his face stretched out a lot.
Taking the scroll, the old man slowly opened the scroll on his lap, and when the first line of words fell into his eyes, his hand trembled slightly, and when the scroll was fully unfolded, the old man's eyes were already excited and about to burst into tears.
"It's ...... Book Sage Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface"!"
Seeing that the old man was so excited that his hands trembled a little, the people at the table were also surprised.
Especially the boss Yun Mingyang, he knew that the old man loved calligraphy, especially for the calligraphy saint Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface" yearning for the extreme, and the penmanship was mostly imitating the sages, which can be said to be extremely respectful, he didn't expect his second brother to be able to come up with such a treasure, obviously a little unbelievable.
Although the eldest aunt doesn't understand the elegant things of calligraphy and painting, she can't help but muttered in her heart when she saw the old man and her husband so shocked, and couldn't understand what charm this simple word had that made the old man, who had always been as stable as Mount Tai, so moved.
Yun Mingzhong looked at everyone's expressions, and couldn't help but smile a little proudly, he had a look of admiration for himself.
However, his smile came to an abrupt halt with a lazy voice.
"It's just a fake, the authenticity of the "Lanting Collection Preface" has already entered the Zhaoling Tomb with Tang Taizong Li Shimin, presumably this grandfather should be very clear, and this is just a copy of the "Lanting Collection Preface", that is, an imitation of the "Shenlong Ben", but it can be regarded as a second uncle's trouble!"
As for why Yun Xiao knows so much, it is because the second uncle in his previous life gave the old man such a gift, and most of these words of identification were said by the old man himself, and he touched the scene and his feelings, and he remembered it clearly.
"Although it is an imitation, I am afraid that there are no more than five pieces left in the country, it is already a treasure, rarer than my blue and white porcelain, and its value is estimated to be no less than three million!"
When the second aunt heard the praise, she also stood up and said, "What the eldest brother said is reasonable, our family Mingzhong is preparing a birthday gift for the old man, but he is about to run all over the seven eastern provinces, and the whole person is a little emaciated, I am sorry for being distressed, but when I think about preparing a gift for the old man, I am relieved!"
"The second child bothered, I like this gift very much!" Although he knew that it was fake, Old Man Yun was also very happy, after all, even if it was a fake, "Lanting Collection Preface" was not available to everyone.
The eldest uncle and the second uncle finished giving the gifts, seeing that the third child's face was a little embarrassed, the eldest aunt couldn't help but stand up and said sarcastically: "I said the third child, the old man has a birthday, your eldest brother and second brother have prepared congratulatory gifts, even if your family is not as rich as ours, but you won't have nothing to prepare, right?"
Originally, Yun Mingcheng prepared a jar of good wine that had been cellared for thirty years, but looking at this momentum today, it was a bit humiliating to take it out, and Yun Mingcheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, his own stubborn character was somewhat ridiculed in front of money, but the reality is so cruel that it can force people to be incomplete.
"Auntie, who said that my family didn't prepare a birthday gift?" Looking at the aunt's face falling into the well, Yun Xiao was a chill.
The eldest aunt was a little shocked, but she scoffed and asked, "Do you still have that kind of jewel pendant?"
"Of course not!" Yun Xiao smiled indifferently, reached out and took out a small square box from his arms, and handed it over, his face was no longer moved, he believed that his grandfather would be able to recognize this thing.
Old Man Yun was full of anticipation because of Yun Xiao's generous gift before, and he also wanted to know what kind of surprise this grandson could bring him.
The old man opened the box, and before he could identify it, the others on the table began to be suspicious.
"This is a white pearl, but it's too big, it's hard to tell whether it's true or not!" The eldest aunt wore a pearl necklace around her neck, so she still knew something about pearls, and she didn't believe in pearls the size of a ping-pong ball.
"It's really too big, it's unbelievable, I remember the last auction held in Jiangnan Province, it was rumored that there was a sky-high pearl necklace, which sold for fifteen million, but the largest pearl on it was not so big!" Although the second aunt was hearsay, what she said was true.
"So, this pearl can't be fake, right? Yun Xiao, you gave your mother, girlfriend, and little sister such an expensive necklace, and in turn gave your grandfather a fake pearl? You are really filial!" The news was given at short notice, and Yun Chen didn't believe that Yun Xiao's junior would prepare so many gifts.
"Big brother, Chen'er is right, my father and I have also traveled from south to north, I have never seen such a big pearl, it must be fake!" Yun Ming said with a sworn oath, his eyes full of certainty.
"The second brother is right, and even if Yun Xiao takes shit luck and picks up that piece of imperial purple jade, can he still pick up another peerless pearl?" Yun Mingyang sneered, his tone full of doubts.
"Shut up for me!" Old Man Yun Peilin was furious, and the momentum of the head of the family shocked the audience, and in an instant there was silence on the table, everyone did not dare to speak, and their breathing became slow.
Old Man Yun took a few breaths, gradually calmed down, his eyes were full of shock, and he guessed: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the best pearl from the East China Sea, judging from the color and luster, this is definitely genuine!"
"Even if you don't know the goods, you probably know what the price of this pearl is, right?"
"This ......" Yun Mingzhong was stunned, no matter how stupid his brain was, he could estimate that this pearl would be close to 30 million, and it would have no price.
In comparison, his forgery of the "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection" pales in comparison!
His face was extremely embarrassed, just now he was still laughing at Yun Xiao for taking out a fake, and he was slapped in the face within a moment, which really made his old face a little hot.
The old family and the second family who had just participated in the taunting of Yun Xiao all lowered their heads, but at this time, a voice came out, making them raise their heads suddenly.
"The eldest aunt guessed right, this is not a white pearl in the first place!" Yun Xiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands.
When the eldest aunt heard this, she almost jumped up with joy, "What did I say, it's obviously fake!"
The second aunt hurriedly took over the conversation, for fear that this opportunity would be fleeting, "I have the same thing as my sister-in-law's hero, Yun Xiao, it's so wrong for you to fool the old man like this!"
"I didn't expect Cousin Yun Xiao to be honest and be able to take the initiative to admit it, and even if he didn't transfer to a big city to study in high school in vain, he still made a little progress, hahaha!" Yun Chen didn't expect his cousin to be able to admit it, which was really beyond his expectations.
The balance of victory seems to have tipped in favor of the eldest uncle and the second uncle's family, but is this really the case?
"I said it's not a white pearl, he really isn't a white pearl!" Yun Xiao took out the so-called "white pearl" from the box, ignored everyone's disdainful eyes, and shouted, "Waiter, come on!"
"Hmph, pretending to be a ghost, I think he can still talk about breaking the sky?" The uncle clasped his hands to his chest, ready to watch a good show.
"Mr. Yun, what are your orders?" A waiter quickly pushed the door in, Xu is old scar specially explained, the speed was surprisingly fast, as if waiting at the door.
Yun Xiao indifferently ordered: "Close all the curtains in the box!"
"Yes!" the waiter didn't hesitate and immediately complied.
"What are you doing with the curtains? Do you think that when it's dark in the house, your fake can be shoddy? Fool us all?" The second uncle had a villain face, and he was in cahoots with the eldest uncle.
Yun Xiao is not muddy, after so many years of being angry with these two families, his parents are not good at tearing their faces, he has returned from a generation of immortals, where is he afraid of these two snobbish uncles?
"Uncle and Uncle Twice kept saying that what I gave to my grandfather was a fake, I hope you won't be slapped in the face by your own words for a while!"
The eldest uncle and the second uncle said very confidently: "Hmph, as a junior, it's really getting more and more unpleasant, I'll see how you hit me in the face today?"
"Mr. Yun, it's all pulled up!" the waiter bowed and stepped aside.
With a hint of arrogance in his eyes, Yun Xiao walked towards the switch, "This is not a white pearl, how can I be embarrassed to fool around with garbage like a white pearl for grandpa's birthday gift?"
"Smack!" Yun Xiao raised his hand and turned off all the lights.
However, just when everyone was panicking in the dark, a ball shining with green light appeared in front of everyone, like a brilliant star in the night, illuminating everyone's faces.
"It's ...... This is ......" Old Man Yun's voice trembled a little, and he couldn't be more excited, "This is the legendary pearl of the night!"