After lunch, Li Mo drove to the Qin family compound. On his last birthday, Mr. Qin asked Sirui to bring his last two bottles of old wine to his grandfather. Now there are thirty bottles in the car, so he also gave some to his old man.
The rest will be divided among the masters, masters, and professors during the Chinese New Year. They are all noble people in my life and have given me a lot of help.
It was already eight-thirty in the evening when the car arrived at the Qin family compound. Mr. Qin was lying on a chair listening to a Northwest poll, humming along from time to time.
Mrs. Shi is wearing a pair of reading glasses and reading a book. Sitting on the sofa playing with his mobile phone was Qin Yali's son, and the three of them were doing their own things.
"Mr. Qin, is your voice out of tune?" Li Mo walked into the living room carrying a box of old wine with a smile. He put the wine on the coffee table. "This tune from the northwest is hurting your throat."
"Hahaha, you are the only one who dares to say that I am not up to par with my tune. What kind of treasure do I bring with me? Why do I come here so late at night?"
Mr. Qin was lying on the chair without getting up. He pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit anywhere you want."
"I was worried about meeting your old comrades in broad daylight. There are fewer and fewer things here. It took a lot of effort to get some."
Mr. Qin immediately sat up, walked to the coffee table, tore off the transparent cover and opened it, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He took out a bottle and looked carefully at the yellowed label and seal. He immediately laughed again and said, "Fortunately, you are so thoughtful. Some old guys came over for tea in the afternoon. If such a treasure were touched by them, , it’s strange that you’re not impatient.”
"Although it is not produced by a famous factory, fortunately it is old enough to make up for the flaws. I opened a bottle at my grandpa's house in the evening. The wine really looked like a fine wine. I took a sip and had endless aftertaste. The most important thing is , you won’t get dizzy if you drink two more small glasses. Mr. Qin, please keep these six bottles of wine, I may not be able to collect such a long vintage next time.”
"You don't have to tell me, I'll put them in the collection."
Mrs. Qin brought a bottle of mineral water to Li Mo and said with a smile: "Xiao Mo, you can't let his mouth be naughty."
"Don't worry, Grandma Qin. I still have some at home. If you finish drinking it, I will send a few more bottles over."
"Old lady, why are you so worried? Xiao Mo is no one else, he is filial, and I can't let him down." Mr. Qin was in a good mood. He saw that his grandson was still sitting there concentrating. He was playing with his phone, not even willing to say hello, and couldn't help but start to get angry again.
"Is the selection of the site for the reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace going smoothly?"
"It is already being planned and is expected to be started next month. Fortunately, this site selection does not involve residential sites or farmland. It just demolishes and reorganizes an industrial park that was almost abandoned. In this way, the reconstruction work Not only does it save a lot of time, it also saves a lot of investment in infrastructure.”
Li Mo took a sip of water and continued: "Because there are sufficient funds, as long as the construction starts smoothly, the progress will be very fast. It can be said that one small thing will be done every day and one big thing will be done every week. There will be no problem in opening the first phase of the project to the outside world by the end of next year. By then, Gu Yun The Xuan Yuanmingyuan Pavilion is located in it."
"If done well, this project will benefit the present generation and will have long-term success."
"Xiao Mo is here." Qin Yali walked in with her bag at this time. She drank a glass of room temperature water in one gulp, "I'm exhausted today."
"Yali, have you had dinner?"
Mrs. Qin asked distressedly.
"I've eaten." Seeing that her son was indifferent, Qin Yali walked to him and kicked him and said angrily, "Go back to the room and play."
"Why are you so angry at me? Seriously."
"You..." Qin Yali was yelled at by her son, and she almost couldn't help but reach out and beat him.
"I don't discipline him well at ordinary times, but now he looks like he's going to rebel." Mr. Qin was very angry. In the Qin family, apart from the second child and his wife, even the only grandson looked angry.
"Okay, haven't they two been busy all the time?" Mrs. Qin was still protecting her daughter.
Mr. Qin snorted softly, sat on the sofa and asked, "What did the people from Wandao say?"
"They won't let it go easily. After all, they are the five treasures of the Bay Island Museum. We also negotiated with the person in charge of the museum there many times and finally reached a preliminary intention. There are two ways to solve this matter. First, We and the Bay Island Museum each have one person competing in a duel, and the winner can get the five rare treasures. Secondly, the things can be taken out of the museum, but they must pay a certain price."
Mr. Qin said with an unhappy expression: "What price do they want?"
"An unacceptable amount of money."
"Hmph, it's true that people's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants."
Li Mo didn't understand what they were talking about when he heard this, but it was related to the Bay Island Museum, so he continued to listen seriously.
"We can't make a decision right now, how to choose." Qin Yali sighed softly when she said this.
"Can't we let Xiao Mo go out to fight?"
"Dad, according to the news we got, there is an amazing treasure appraiser from the Bay Island Museum. He became famous in his twenties and is now in his forties. The antiques he has appraised have never been sold in the past ten years. A missed move, a mistake.”
Qin Yali did not continue, but her meaning was obvious. Although Li Mo is also a good treasure appraiser, his rise is too short, and he is too young. Compared with that kind of treasure appraiser with twenty years of experience, no one can predict the success or failure. Letting Li Mo fight is actually putting him on the fire. It's okay if he wins, but if he loses, the price paid will be too high, and the impact will be particularly bad.
From the bottom of her heart, she wanted to protect Li Mo well.
Mr. Qin began to think deeply, and he also thought of the subtleties.
"Aunt Qin, can you tell me what happened?"
"This is not a confidential matter, it's like this." Qin Yali told the cause and effect of the matter one by one, and then Li Mo understood what was going on.
Speaking of which, it is still a problem left by the older generation. When that group of people fled to Wan Dao, they took away many rare treasures from the mainland. The most precious of them are the ten unique treasures that are now regarded as the treasures of Wan Dao Museum. national treasure.
However, five of them were awarded to five generals that year. After entering into peaceful development, as the five generals passed away, the five peerless treasures came into the hands of one person and were then passed on to future generations.
That descendant then placed five peerless treasures on display in the Bay Island Museum, where they remain until now. A few years ago, the man suddenly fell seriously ill and was saved by luck. He still remembered the instructions of his ancestors before leaving, to return the five rare treasures in his hands to the mainland.
There are only ten treasures in the Bay Island Museum. It would be ridiculous if five items were suddenly missing, so the people there tried every means to stop them. It's just that the things don't belong to the museum. They don't want to think of ways to prevent the five unique treasures from leaving the island.
But the person who wants to return the national treasure has been in poor health, and he doesn't know how long he can hold on, so his most urgent wish is to see his ancestor's last wish come true before he closes his eyes.
This negotiation has been dragging on for two full years. Seeing that the matter is getting worse and worse, and it is about to be impossible to cover up, the Bay Island Museum proposed two options.
Or fight.
Or pay.
