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C229 Tea

3"Grandma, don't be angry. Don't be so angry." Tao Yanyan walked to the back of the old lady with a meaningful look. As she raised her hand to massage her back, she advised.

Tao Yanyan originally wanted to come with Chu Minghui to humiliate Chu Gengnian and his family, but she did not expect Chu Minghui to do such a thing. It was too shameful.

Tao Yanyan glared at Qin Yuan fiercely. It was all because of this useless person meddling in other people's business. If he had not exposed Chu Minghui, he would not have ended up like this.

Tao Yanyan dragged out her voice and said, "Uncle, Brother Minghui bought this thing from the grave robbers. It was indeed his fault, but I want to take a look. Uncle, what did your family bring to Grandma? "

" This is grandma's 70th birthday, the present can't be too shabby. "

Chu Gengnian was about to speak when Chu Zitan took the lead and said, "Tao Yanyan, then I would like to ask what kind of gift did you guys bring to grandma?"

Speaking of the gift, Tao Yanyan suddenly felt a little proud. She raised her chin and said, "The gift we gave grandma is obviously not ordinary."

As she spoke, Tao Yanyan gave her mother Chu Gengcui a look and said, "Mom, take out the gift for grandma."

Chu Gengcui hurriedly took out a well-packaged box.

After that, she said to the old lady, "Mom, we have been choosing congratulatory gifts for your 70th birthday since a long time ago. You will definitely like the gift we chose today."

Tao Yanyan took the well-packaged box from her mother and handed it to the old lady. "Grandma, can you guess what is inside?"

The old lady's anger dissipated a little. She looked at the beautifully packaged box and said, "What is this? It is so mysterious that I can't guess it."

Tao Yanyan said with a smile, "Grandma, didn't you always like to collect famous people's calligraphy and paintings? The gift we gave you today is your favorite painter's hand-drawn painting. "

When she heard this, the old lady immediately became interested.

When this old lady was young, she was also an elegant character and liked famous calligraphy and paintings. When she was young, she had even learned how to draw from a master. Unfortunately, her talent was not high. Later on, she gave up, but the habit of collecting famous people's calligraphy and paintings had never changed.

The old lady's favorite ancient painter was Tang Bohu.

"Grandma, look." Tao Yanyan said as she reached out her hand to open the beautifully packaged box. Inside, there was a curled-up calligraphy and painting.

After the calligraphy painting was opened, the old lady's eyes immediately lit up.

"This... Isn't this Tang Yin's' Picture of the Apricot Grass Hut '?"

Tang Bohu's calligraphy and paintings were the majority, but the old lady's favorite was this' Apricot Cabbage Portrait '. It looked like a field, and the old lady couldn't help but think of her hometown.

"That's right, grandma. This Apricot Grass Hut Painting is the real work of Tang Bohu. Mom and I spent a lot of effort to get this authentic work, and you know it too. Currently, many of Tang Bohu's paintings on the market are fakes. All of them are highly imitated. It's not easy to get the authentic one. "

The old lady immediately waved to the nanny to bring her reading glasses. She put them on and used her hands to feel the painting. Her face revealed a look of admiration and fanaticism.

"I like Tang Bohu's paintings the most. Tang Yin's style is as elegant and unrestrained as his people. Hehe, he is really very cool and unrestrained." The old lady admired the painting as she commented on her own evaluation.

"Since it's Tang Bohu's authentic work, then the price must be extraordinary."

"Hey, Mom, as long as it's something you like, we'll get it for you even if we have to sell the pot and iron." Chu Gengcui said.

"That's right, grandma. As long as you are happy, we are willing to spend as much money as you want."

The old lady suddenly became happy again. The unhappiness brought by Chu Minghui just now immediately disappeared.

"Good. Yanyan is still filial to me. She is really my good granddaughter." The old lady smiled from ear to ear.

Hearing the praise of the old lady, Tao Yanyan became even more pleased with herself. She raised her chin and said to Chu Gengnian, "Uncle, take out the gifts you prepared for grandma as well. Of course, the gifts you give grandma are definitely not as valuable as my gifts, but it doesn't matter. They are all hearts, grandma will not mind. But I have to remind you, after all, it is grandma's 70th birthday. A gift can't be too shabby. If you buy anything at a stall... If you give it to grandma, it will be disrespectful to grandma. "

Chu Gengnian suddenly stood there without moving, because the gift he was going to give to the old lady was also Tang Bohu's Picture of the Apricot Grass Hut.

But he never thought that his sister's family would give the old lady a picture of Tang Bohu's Picture of the Apricot Cabbage. And she even said that their painting was the real one. Then, was the painting of the Apricot Cabbage in his room fake?

Therefore, Chu Gengnian hesitated a little.

Tao Yanyan dragged out her voice and said, "What's wrong, Uncle? Your congratulatory gift can't really be taken out, right?"

Qin Yuan walked over and said to his father-in-law, "Dad, take out the picture of the apricot cottage that you gave to Grandma."

Tao Yanyan and her family were stunned when they heard this.

"What? Your gift is also the map of Tang Bohu's apricot cottage?"

Qin Yuan smiled and nodded. "What a coincidence. We have two gifts for grandma. One of them is also the map of Tang Bohu's apricot cottage."

Tao Yanyan suddenly sneered, "Are you kidding me? How can you use a fake map of the apricot cottage to fool grandma?"

"Fake? How do you know that this one is fake?" Qin Yuan was still smiling.

"Of course it's fake, because the real picture of the apricot cottage is with me. That one of yours must be fake."

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true. Maybe that one of yours is fake." Qin Yuan said.

"You are talking nonsense. How can this one of ours be fake?"

Chu Gengnian gently pulled Qin Yuan's arm and whispered, "Yuan, why are there two paintings? Could our painting be... "

"Don't worry dad, I promise you with my life that this one of ours is definitely real." Yes, Qin Yuan said.

This painting was bought by him and Wei Ziqing at the auction last time. It was from Chu Zijing's second aunt's family. Didn't they take this painting to show off in front of Chu Gengnian? That painting was fake and had been exposed by Qin Yuan. Qin Yuan knew that his father-in-law liked Tang Bohu's painting very much. It just so happened that someone was auctioning this painting at the auction that day. Qin Yuan had used his spiritual eye to look at it. This painting was definitely Tang Bohu's real work. After the auction, he had also gotten someone to appraise it. It was indeed Tang Bohu's authentic work.

That was why he didn't hesitate to take a picture of this painting, and then gave it to his father-in-law.

But he did not expect that Tao Yanyan would also make a painting of Tang Bohu today. Then this painting of hers was definitely fake.

Either Tao Yanyan did not understand and was tricked, or she deliberately made a fake painting to fool the old lady.

Qin Yuan took the painting from his father-in-law and handed it to the old lady. He said, "Grandma, this is my father's gift to you. He liked Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting as much as you did, and we bought this painting from the auction. It's definitely authentic. "

The old lady was stunned. "What? Boss, your congratulatory gift is also Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting? And it's also an apricot thatched cottage painting. This... This Tang Bohu can only have one authentic painting. Now that both of you have given this painting to me, which... which one is the real one? Which one is the fake one?"

Although the old lady had always liked to collect famous calligraphy and paintings, she did not personally have the ability to determine whether the calligraphy and painting were real or fake. Thus, she was momentarily unable to distinguish which one was real and which one was fake.

Tao Yanyan said, "Grandma, is there a need to ask? The painting that we sent is obviously real. What they sent was the real one."

Chu Zitan said, "Tao Yanyan, what right do you have to say that your painting is real and that we are fake?"

" We... We bought this from an old collector and spent a high price to buy it. This collector has been collecting this painting for decades. How can it be fake? " Tao Yanyan said.

"Then this one of ours can't be fake." Chu Zitan opposed with equal harshness.

Qin Yuan waved his hand and motioned for them to stop quarreling.

"Whether it is true or not, can't we just get someone to verify it?" Qin Yuan was full of confidence, because he guaranteed that his apricot cottage drawing was absolutely true.

Qin Yuan turned his gaze to the old lady. "Grandma, since you always like to collect calligraphy and paintings, then you must know the person who appraised the calligraphy and paintings."

The old lady said, "Of course I know him. The person I know is a famous appraiser in the province and even the whole country."

The old lady made a phone call as she spoke. Not long after, someone knocked on the door. When she opened the door, she saw an old man.

This old man's name was Li Yuwen. He was the appraiser that the old lady mentioned. In the past, he was also famous in the entire world of appraisers, but he retired later.

With just a phone call from the old lady, Li Yuwen rushed over as fast as he could. It could be seen that the relationship between the two was not shallow.

In fact, this Li Yuwen had received a favor from the old lady in the past. That was why the old lady called him so quickly.

"Elder Li, can you help me appraise which one of these two paintings of Tang Bohu is real?" The old lady obviously didn't want to waste any time. She said to Li Yuwen directly.

Li Yuwen didn't say much. He walked to the front of the two paintings and looked at them carefully. A master like him could tell whether they were real or fake with just a few glances.

He picked up one of the paintings and said, "This painting is the real one, and the other one is a high imitation."

The painting he was holding was the one Chu Gengnian had given him.

After hearing his words, Tao Yanyan immediately cried out.

"How is this possible? Our painting is the real one. Do you know how to appraise the calligraphy and painting?"

"How dare you! Yanyan, why are you talking to Elder Lee? Are you even a little polite?" The old lady scolded.

"Elder Li is an expert in appraising calligraphy and paintings. How could he be wrong?" The old lady spoke again. Her face was livid with anger. It was obvious that the painting her granddaughter had given her was fake.

Chu Zitan said, "I say, Eldest Aunt, what is your family doing? It was fine if they did not have the money to give their grandmother gifts. Anyway, they were a family and would not fuss about it. But you used a fake calligraphy and painting to fool your grandmother. This is your fault. "

Chu Gengcui's face turned red. She was so ashamed that she wished she could find a hole to hide in.

Tao Yanyan was also at a loss. She kept muttering, "How is this possible? How is this possible? Our painting is the real one."

" Enough. " The old lady interrupted Tao Yanyan and stood up with her crutch. She said angrily, "With Elder Li around, it is clear at a glance whether it is true or not. Yanyan. Grandma really did not expect that this child has already reached the extent of falsifying things."

"No grandma, I..."

"Mom, don't be angry. Listen to our explanation. We really didn't do it on purpose..."

"Alright, there's nothing to explain. I think you guys colluded with Minghui to anger me, right?"

Chu Minghui's matter had already made the old lady angry. Now that she had a fake painting, the old lady became even angrier.

Chu Gengcui's family also did not know how to explain. They immediately lowered their heads and did not speak.

Qin Yuan shook his head, then took a step forward and said, "Grandma, that painting just now was given to you by my father. Actually, Zi Jing and I also prepared a gift for you."

The old lady was slightly stunned. She did not expect that everyone would prepare two congratulatory gifts, but she did not have much hope. After all, what kind of proper congratulatory gift could this useless son-in-law of the boss's family bring?

Tao Yanyan said, "You are a useless person. What can you buy for grandma?"

Qin Yuan said, "Even if it is not decent, it is still better than you making a lie to fool the old lady."

"You..."

Qin Yuan raised the box in his hand.

"Grandma, this is the birthday gift that Zi Jing and I prepared for you."

The old lady glanced at the box and asked, "What is this? It can't be like Yanyan and Minghui, making some fake things that are not presentable to the public to fool me, right?"

"Of course not. Won't you know when you open it and take a look?" Qin Yuan put the box on the coffee table as he spoke.

The old lady waved her hand and called the nanny over. She quickly opened the box and saw a box of tea inside.

Furthermore, it was very ordinary tea leaves. They could be bought in any tea shop or small supermarket.

Seeing that it was tea, Tao Yanyan seemed to have caught something on Qin Yuan's handle and immediately shouted.

"Hey hey, I thought you were going to give Grandma some valuable gift. It turns out that it is only tea leaves. What kind of crappy thing is this? You can buy it from any small shop on the road. It is only a few dozen dollars."

Chu Gengcui also snorted and said, "It is fine if you want to give the tea leaves to the old lady. At least buy some good ones. You can also take out this kind of cheap goods. Who is our old lady? She is the helmsman of the entire Chu Family. She usually drinks in a red robe. Are you trying to humiliate our old lady by setting up this kind of street stall? "

"That's right. This is clearly an insult to my grandmother." Tao Yanyan echoed.

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