At seven o'clock in the evening, the birthday banquet officially started.
After accepting the congratulations from all the guests, Mr. Su sat on the throne of the birthday star and formally accepted the tributes from his descendants.
There were many guests sitting or standing on both sides below to pay homage.
According to the order of seniority and kinship, after the second generation of the Su family took turns to come forward to pay tribute, it was finally the turn of the third generation of the Su family.
Su Qingyu is the eldest granddaughter, so she is the first of the third generation to come forward to congratulate her.
Under the attention of everyone, Su Qingyu gently held Zhong Yu's arm and stepped forward on the red carpet together. The golden boy and beautiful girl were very eye-catching.
Two male waiters and one female waiter followed behind. The female waiter held a delicate gift box in her hands, while the two male waiters struggled to carry a wooden gift box over half a meter high.
Mr. Su is eighty years old, but his hair is only gray, his face is rosy, his energy is strong, and his body is strong. As expected, he can still be in charge of the Su family for more than ten years.
He kept a smile on his face and calmly accepted the congratulations from Su Qingyu and his "husband-in-law" Zhong Yu.
After the congratulatory speech, it was time to give the gift.
Su Qingyu's birthday gift was a piece of antique jade Ruyi, which was worth a lot of money, more than ten million, but compared to previous gifts from the second generation of the Su family, it was not outstanding and unusual.
This was followed by Zhong Yu's gift.
Under the curious eyes of everyone, Zhong Yu personally removed the cover of the wooden box, revealing the true appearance of the thousand-year-old ancient bronze tripod about half a meter high.
"This ancient cauldron is great!" Sitting next to Mr. Su, Mrs. Su couldn't help praising the moment she saw the ancient bronze cauldron.
Mr. Su nodded slightly and showed a satisfied smile.
The tripod has a great symbolic meaning.
The Su family has been prosperous for many years, and now it is the peak period of the Su family's power and wealth. An ancient tripod not only symbolizes power, but also represents the destiny of the guarding family.
At this moment, a discordant voice sounded: "Hey, I saw this thousand-year-old bronze tripod at a stall in Yuhu Antique Street. It seems to only sell for 500,000."
All eyes were focused on the reputation. Zhang Yongan couldn't help but tense up and sweat on his forehead. People standing next to him subconsciously took a step away from him.
Of course he knew that it was inappropriate to speak out at this time. Even if what he told was the truth, he might incur Mr. Su's displeasure.
However, Su Qingpeng forced him to speak out, and he had to speak out.
The whole place was silent for a moment, and then countless whispers broke out, with everyone whispering and pointing.
Su Shuangxi and Zhao Feixue's expressions changed greatly, and they were about to step forward to help Zhong Yu smooth things over, but were immediately stopped by Mr. Su's stern eyes.
Mrs. Su spoke first: "Young man, are you sure you have seen this cauldron?"
Zhang Yongan's back was covered in cold sweat and his calves were trembling. He quickly glanced at Su Qingpeng. Su Qingpeng was watching his nose and nose and ignored him at all.
However, he had no way out, so he had no choice but to stand up and say, "It looks familiar, but I'm not entirely sure."
"Then you go up and take a closer look." Mrs. Su said, "Whether it is true or not, just say it out loud."
Under the spotlight, Zhang Yongan trembled and walked to the thousand-year-old ancient bronze tripod, pretending to watch.
Zhong Yu and Su Qingyu looked at each other and saw a smile hidden in each other's eyes.
Zhong Yu simply walked to Su Qingyu and whispered, "Watch my performance later."
He carefully read the information about the members of the Su family and knew Zhang Yongan.
Therefore, I guessed that Zhang Yongan was probably instigated by Su Qingyu's second uncle and his family.
"Don't mess around." Su Qingyu whispered quickly.
Zhong Yu: "Don't worry."
At this time, Zhang Yongan had "carefully" watched the ancient bronze tripod.
He faced Mr. Su and Mrs. Su and said: "This bronze tripod is exactly the one sold at the Yuhu Antique Street stall. Many people have seen it because the stall owner has not sold it for a long time. The stall owner said that it is a thousand years old. Ancient bronze tripod..."
He deliberately emphasized the word "thousand years".
Sure enough, the whispers suddenly became louder and the whole place became a little noisy.
"A thousand-year-old bronze tripod costing half a million, this is a big joke."
"Even a fool knows it's fake."
"It turned out to be a fake. It's a pity that it has such a good meaning."
"Haha, what a good meaning."
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All kinds of rhythmic criticisms sounded, and even Mr. Su's face gradually darkened.
In addition to being anxious, Su Shuangxi and his wife looked ugly.
They regretted not personally checking Su Qingyu and Zhong Yu's birthday gifts.
If Zhang Yongan dared to say it in public, it was basically true. It was impossible to frame Zhong Yu out of thin air on such an occasion.
"Zhong Yu, what do you have to say?" Mrs. Su asked coldly.
Zhong Yu said: "Grandma, I did find this bronze tripod at Yuhu Antique Street. As for whether it is the one Zhang Yongan has seen, I am not sure."
This sounds like quibbling.
Sure enough, Zhang Yongan, who was overly nervous, immediately retorted subconsciously: "The tripod you have is that one! I saw you buy it with my own eyes!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yongan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing. When he was about to say something else to get through, Zhong Yu had already caught the thread.
"Oh -, it turns out you were there that night!" Zhong Yu said immediately, "Since you thought there was something wrong and you recognized me, why didn't you come up and tell me? When it comes to our relationship, you should call me cousin-in-law or cousin-in-law. Cousin-in-law, right?"
This is very heartbreaking.
The focus of everyone's discussion immediately changed and turned into internal strife among members of the Su family, and the content was even more exciting.
Zhang Yongan suddenly sweated like a waterfall, his mind went blank, he opened his mouth "I, me, me" and was speechless. He couldn't explain it at all.
The eyes of Mr. Su and Mrs. Su both became dangerous.
Buying fake goods may be a matter of eyesight, but what Zhang Yongan did was clearly a matter of character, and it also exposed the family's internal strife to guests from all walks of life.
Being "executed" in public, Zhang Yongan was confused and subconsciously turned to Su Qingpeng for help.
Su Qingpeng pretended not to see it and scolded Zhang Yongan for being stupid.
It's just that no matter how hard Su Qingpeng pretends that it has nothing to do with him, everyone present, especially Mr. Su and Mrs. Su, can clearly see it.
At this time, Zhang Yongan's parents, Su Qingpeng's third aunt and his wife, came out and apologized to Mr. Su and Mrs. Su: "Mr. and Mrs. Su, we failed to teach our son well. We will teach him a lesson when we go back. He is still a child. immature."
"Back off." Mrs. Su said indifferently.
In her heart, Zhang Yongan's family has been kicked out of the Su family.
Zhang Yongan's parents bowed and thanked him again and again, and dragged the stunned Zhang Yongan away from the spotlight.
Zhong Yu was satisfied when things got better, and he knew that he could not make things worse, otherwise what was reasonable would become unreasonable.
He faced Mr. Su and Mrs. Su and said loudly: "Grandpa, grandma, I did spend 100,000 yuan on this thousand-year-old bronze tripod from Yuhu Antique Street, but it is genuine. After I bought it back, It has been specially appraised by authoritative experts.”
"This is the appraisal certificate from an authoritative expert." Zhong Yu took out the appraisal certificate and went up to present it to Mr. Su.
