Chapter 307 Distinguish between true and false
: The west wind and the north wind are raging, and the haze is relatively serious, which is not suitable for outdoor sports. Roberto did not go out to see the scenery and play, and spent most of the day teaching Oscar Chinese and explaining ancient and modern Chinese culture.
Although Oscar has a flexible mind, because the Chinese language is broad and profound, an ordinary word can have N pronunciations and can have N meanings. The so-called drawing inferences from one example is not applicable at all, and it is difficult to learn. Fortunately, the results are quite good, as long as you don't Conversations involving too profound topics can be basically understood.
In the morning, Roberto gave Oscar a class first, then went to do indoor exercises, had lunch at noon, rested in the guest room and watched the news in the afternoon, and took a nap after watching the lunch news.
Oscar didn't have to attend Chinese class at noon and was playing with his computer. Milo was also playing on the computer when he heard his phone ringing. He picked it up and saw a message. He couldn't help but smile and opened his eyes. He turned off the computer neatly and went back to his room to change clothes.
After tidying himself up, Milo told old housekeeper Enzo that his child was nearby. He would go take a walk with the child and he would call back if anything happened.
Enzo, the old butler, nodded with a smile, meaning one thing: go quickly, don't keep the little girl waiting.
Oscar looked at Brother Milo pitifully: "Brother Milo, can you take me with you?" "
No, your Chinese is too poor. Stay in the hotel and learn Chinese conscientiously. When you can speak Chinese as fluently as English, you have Plenty of opportunities to walk, eat, and travel with the cute little girl."
"I..." Oscar curled his lips. How many years and months will it take until he can speak Chinese as fluently as English?
Milo would not relent just because Oscar had a pitiful look in his eyes. He would abandon the poor child who wanted to be his follower and leave in a carefree manner.
He took the elevator downstairs from the guest room and walked out of the hotel. The handsome young man ran straight across the street and looked around somewhere. He found his child under the eaves outside a store. The cute little Lele had a baby hanging on one shoulder. Backpack, carrying a foam box, eating barbecue skewers.
The little Lolita wore a light purple coat, no scarf, no dust mask. Her exposed face was pink and tender, with bright and black eyes, like an elf.
Finding the cute little loli, Milo's light blue eyes overflowed with a gentle smile and he quickly walked over.
After an unpleasant incident occurred in the swimming pool, Le Yun stopped learning to swim in the middle. She went to the locker room to change clothes, retrieved her valuables and left. She walked to the place where the handsome Milo lived and went shopping.
She didn't eat anything at noon, so she bought some kebabs on the way to fill her stomach. Just halfway through eating, she saw handsome guy Milo running over, smiling and waving his little arms: "Handsome Milo, I'm here! You are handsome again. "
The handsome guy is slender and tall, with fair skin and handsome face, black hair and blue eyes. He wears a royal blue knee-length trench coat and a white scarf. He is elegant and noble, mysterious and cold, and he is more stylish than a celebrity.
The smile in Milo's blue eyes couldn't be contained, and it overflowed all over his face. He quickly ran to the pink and cute little girl, took off the white scarf from his neck and tied it around the little one's neck: "Why don't you come out in such a cold day?" If you wear a scarf, you won't be afraid of frostbite."
"I don't feel cold." Le Yun was extremely sad. Why did everyone always say that she was under-dressed when they first saw her? She didn't feel cold, so she didn't want to wrap herself up like a cotton baby.
Milo couldn't help but wrap the scarf in a circle to cover the little Lolita's white and tender neck. He also used to help her style her hair as an excuse to touch her little head and raised the corners of her mouth happily: "It's better even if you don't feel cold." Wear something, defense is the most important."
Well, Le Yun accepted the sermon and raised the skewers higher: "Miro, do you want two skewers? A handsome guy who doesn't like skewers is not a good man." "Of course
. Ah." Milo was in a high mood. He took a bunch of spicy skewers and took one bite. He talked while eating: "Lele, when did you come here? Did you have lunch?"
He didn't help the little guy with his backpack. Lele said that her backpack is as important as the small bags carried by beauties. It contains her personal belongings and some essential gadgets for medical students.
"I came to the central area at the invitation of a friend to do something. After finishing my work, my friend had something to do, so I played by myself. I went to a swimming pool for a while and missed lunch time, so I decided to have snacks as my main meal."
"Naughty kid, how can you not eat dinner when you are growing? Let's go eat. I know there is a small restaurant nearby. It tastes very good." Milo shook his head. Little Lele was already short and always had
three If you don't eat enough, you won't be able to keep up with nutrition, and you won't be able to grow taller.
Le Yun was not hungry, and would rather eat all kinds of snacks than go out to eat. But, well, handsome guy Milo's words, "You won't grow taller if you don't eat," pierced into her heart every minute, and she went to eat unwillingly.
The handsome guy chose a small restaurant with a northern local flavor. There were few people in the afternoon, it was relatively quiet, and the food was served quickly.
Milo was extremely proud of having successfully brought the little Lolita into a restaurant for dinner. Little Lele's Achilles' heel was her height, and she was sure to hit her right where she was. The feeling of poking someone's Achilles' heel was also quite good.
He had lunch, and to avoid embarrassment to little Lele Loli, he ate with him. Leyun was not polite, so she just chopped it quickly and finished half of the dish by herself. She left some for snacks, so she didn't go crazy. Stuff something inside.
After coaxing the little Lolita kid to eat, Milo didn't have any objections to the rest. The two of them walked around to eat, and then the handsome guy sneaked into a big shopping mall and brought back a lot of snacks, plus a furry dog. A fluffy, fat, long-eared rogue rabbit toy.
"Aw, Milo, I'm not a three-year-old child anymore." Holding a snow-white long-eared rabbit with a three-petal smile on its arms and a carrot, Le Yun really wanted to roll to the ground in protest. Why does Luo always like to buy stuffed toys for her? She is not a little princess who loves to cry and can be coaxed with toys to make her happy. She is a tomboy who only likes to shake her fists, and cute plush toys do not match her.
"Hmm, I know that little Lele is not three years old, but thirteen years old and one more year old. What does it matter? Little Lele can just hold the toy as a hand warmer." She looks so cute like an
elf. The little Loli looks cute holding a big rabbit, Milo smiles warmly, and Little Lele looks the most beautiful and adorable holding a toy. Let her be an advertising model selling toys, which can inspire everyone's princess dream. , and fell in love with plush toys.
Le Yun's protest was ineffective and she could only hug a big rabbit as a hand warmer. For this reason, she didn't talk to the handsome Milo for about five minutes and just ate snacks.
Little Lele showed a childish look, and Milo smiled brightly. He handed the delicious food to her hand and asked her to take the snacks to calm her anger. He felt that when the little Loli bit the food hard, she must be biting him to vent her anger.
When the two of them were having a good time shopping, Roberto woke up from a nap in the hotel. Oscar immediately complained: "Father, Brother Milo forgot his friends when he saw sex. He abandoned his wife and son and left us happily to find his friends." Come on, you idiots don't want us."
Roberto stroked his forehead: "Oscar, your idioms about forgetting friends after sex, abandoning wives and children, and being desperate are useless. Go look up the dictionary yourself and see the explanation. Enzo "Have Milo's children been here?"
"I obviously used it correctly." Oscar wanted to cry, but he clearly expressed it perfectly.
Enzo, the old butler, could hardly hold back his laughter and reported to the old gentleman: "Sir, Master Milo's friend did not come to the hotel. Master Milo received a message saying that the Oriental girl was nearby. He went to take a walk with his friend. Just now Not long ago, I called back and said that I would come back with my children to have dinner with my husband in the evening."
"Really?" Roberto was extremely happy, with a cheerful smile on his always serious face: "Enzo, inform the hotel steward to bring the menu. Bring it here, let's study the dinner dishes carefully, and we can't be rude to the beautiful and lovely oriental girl." "
Yes, sir, I will inform the hotel's personal butler." Enzo happily agreed and immediately called the hotel to inform the distinguished guest. Dedicated butler for room arrangement.
The hotel's personal butler received the call, and at the guest's request, he quickly brought the menu to the VIP room and accompanied the guest to select dishes. For example, certain dishes in the Manchu-Han banquet required reservation in advance and could not be made at that time, so the guests were entertained at short notice. Needs to be discussed.
Oscar also joined in to contribute his opinion. The four of them made thousands of choices and worked for more than an hour before deciding on the menu. The hotel's personal butler took the order and arranged the private rooms.
Le Yun didn't know that accepting the handsome guy Milo's invitation to have dinner together made Roberto prepare in advance in a big way. She and the handsome guy walked around a few times and went to Panjiayuan to play.
It was too cold, so there were not as many vendors setting up stalls in Panjiayuan as there were in autumn. Since it was the weekend, it was not deserted.
This time, Leyun simply wanted to gain experience, not to look for something with aura, so she did not go to the greenhouse stall, but to a store that specializes in antique boutiques and old furniture stores.
Milo didn't want to buy anything. He just wanted to go shopping with his little friend. The little girl was very interested in old furniture and visited one house after another. She was very interested.
The little Loli didn't buy anything, she just admired it. Even if she had something she liked, she couldn't move it. They were all large furniture such as tables, chairs or chaise longues.
After visiting more than a dozen old furniture stores, I felt tired and turned to the antique store area.
After visiting several shops, she walked into an antique shop. Le Yun looked around and found an interesting thing - a jade Buddha sitting on a lotus platform.
The white jade Buddha sitting on the lotus platform is the Tathagata Buddha weighing flowers and smiling. It is only ten centimeters tall. The lotus platform is about the size of a palm. It is exquisitely shaped and lifelike. It is priced at 12.99 million.
The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a Tang suit jacket, which fits the image of an old antique shop very well. He is always polite to customers, and he is not surprised by the arrival of a foreign friend.
When the petite girl asked to have a look at the Jade Buddha, he took a second look, put on his gloves, carefully opened the glass cabinet, took out the Jade Buddha, and placed it on the table covered with red velvet for guests to appreciate antiques. , calm down, take a step back, and ask the guests to appreciate it.
One of the rules of antique shops is that you cannot pick up antiques with your hands. In that case, if one party misses, the person responsible cannot be identified.
After the waiter stepped away a little, Le Yun picked up the Jade Buddha and picked up a small flashlight to look at it. From the top of the Jade Buddha's head to the lotus platform, she looked at it front and back, and then turned it over to look at the base of the lotus platform.
After reading it several times, Le Yun smiled and said, "This is not true. It is worth thirty thousand at most." "
Little girl, this is a mutton-fat jade Buddha. It has been professionally appraised." The waiter did not directly say that the young guest was lying. State the facts seriously.
Milo stood next to the little Loli kid, and he just had one thing in mind, no matter what she said, he believed it.
"My words may be hard to accept, but facts are facts. What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true." Le Yun looked at the door curtain behind the shop calmly and calmly expressed her opinion: "Professional appraisal When extracting the sample, you scraped a little bit of jade powder from the base and did the test, right? If you are not sure, you can ask your boss, I think he should know the identification process very well." The young guest spoke clearly, and the clerk looked at him strangely
. Little guest, how did she know the boss was in the store? The corner of his eyes slanted towards the door curtain leading to the inner room, hesitating and uncertain. Just as he hesitated, the bead-woven door curtain was lifted, and with a clanking sound of crisp handicrafts, an old man in a blue Tang suit, about sixty years old, lifted the curtain. And out.
The waiter hurriedly ran over to greet him. The old man waved his hand and walked towards the counter. The gentle tapping sound of his leather shoes on the floor was slow and rhythmic.
Walking to the counter, Mr. Ji looked at the two customers again. Just now he could only see the general outline. When he took a closer look, one was a foreigner and the other was an Oriental. The girl with an Oriental face was as white and tender as jade, and her skin was smoother than mutton-fat jade. .
The little girl was holding a stuffed animal, and her appearance was incompatible with the confidence with which she spoke.
"Little girl, this Jade Buddha just came back from the appraisal center yesterday. You said it is not authentic. Do you have any evidence?" The
old man's voice was light and had a touch of pressure, which was the result of being immersed in the antique world for many years. Develop an aura of majesty and authority possessed by a highly respected person in the profession.
"This jade Buddha, starting from this position, the thin layer on the bottom is real mutton-fat jade, and the top is connected to it." Le Yun said confidently, turning the bottom over and pointing it out to the old man. On a certain day, One scratch after another: "The raw material for carving the Jade Buddha is not jade. The surface is coated with a layer of gum resin mixed with jade powder. To verify whether it is authentic, just wash it with a certain kind of water." Jingde ten years of
practice The next year, for the first time, I heard someone say that gum resin was used to fake mutton-fat jade. The calm face of ten thousand years was almost broken. Isn't the little girl afraid of blowing up the world when she talks nonsense?
"Little girl, you will have to bear the consequences for speaking nonsense." Ji Lao's eyes were deep and sharp. The little girl's eyes were watery and lively. People with such eyes did not look like the masters of nonsense. But, look He looks too young and lacks a convincing first impression.
"If I tell the truth and it cannot be verified as genuine, I will buy it and publicly apologize to your store. If I verify that it is fake, the old gentleman only needs to sell it to me. What is the price? I will only pay 10,000 ."
"Okay, I'm going to believe you. You two, follow me to the back." Mr. Ji was silent for about ten seconds, made up his mind, picked up the jade Buddha that the little girl put down after appreciating it, and invited the guests to come in. An important place that cannot be entered.
Yingde was shocked, the boss actually believed it?
Le Yun showed no signs of timidity, and walked into the passage that led to the inside with her head held high. Milo also kept his expression calm and followed the little Loli's steps calmly.
There is a small storage room behind the curtain, and there is a staircase leading to the second floor. Ji Lao led the two guests up the stairs to the second floor.
The second floor is as wide as the store on the first floor. The huge place is filled with various shelves, storing all kinds of antiques, including pottery, jade, and bronze objects.
A small office was separated by glass on one side of the wall, with a set of tables and chairs in the middle of the hall, a set of Eight Immortals tables for office use, and a cabinet filled with various identification tools.
Ji Lao led the two guests into the studio and sat down. He picked up an empty box of the Jade Buddha and placed it on the table. He poured a glass of boiled water for the two guests.
Milo helped the little Lolita hold the big rabbit. His gentlemanly demeanor and nobility oozed from his bones. Even if he drank a glass of boiled water, he was still so elegant. It was more elegant than drinking jade paste and jade liquid. He looked like a noble in every move. style.
Le Yun was not a nobleman, nor was she a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. She did not drink boiled water. She put the bag on her shoulder on her knees and took out a pack of pills and a pack of medicinal materials. She took out a pill and a handful of medicinal materials. Soak in your own drinking cup.
The little girl opened the package to take the medicine, and a fragrance wafted out, making Milo's blue eyes shine. It smelled so good! Can it be eaten?
The aroma was elegant, and Ji Lao's eyes changed slightly. The pills in the little girl's hands didn't look like ordinary things.
After sealing the package, Le Yun moved some of the water cups in front of the shop owner: "Old sir, please put these two things in the electric kettle and boil them for a while, and then soak the jade Buddha in water. An unexpected picture will appear. These medicines It is non-toxic and can even be said to be a good detoxification medicine. It will not cause damage to jade, copper and iron. If you don’t worry, you can try something while the water is boiling." Ji Lao nodded and picked up the cup
. Go to the side and pour the water and medicine into the electric kettle for making tea, then take it to the water dispenser, add water, and put it on the base to turn on the electricity to boil the water.
The little girl's water cup was filled with medicine and could no longer be used. He poured the little guest another cup of boiled water and waited patiently.
Le Yun was not nervous at all. She took her hand warmer, the big-eared rogue rabbit, from the handsome guy's arms, drank a few sips of boiled water, and waited for the water in the electric kettle to boil with a smile.
When the electric kettle is heating, the pills slowly melt, and the aroma is elegant and becomes more and more fragrant. The smell is refreshing and refreshing, and the spiritual platform is clear and bright, as if you have just taken a bath, and your whole body is clear.
When the water boils, the fragrance fills the first floor.
Ji Lao's surprise intensified, but he remained calm. After a while, when he heard the little girl say "That's enough," he went to unplug the power supply himself and poured water into a bowl filled with tea. Place a heat-insulating mat on the Eight Immortals table and place the bowl head on the table.
In order to test whether the potion was really harmless to the antiques, he picked up a piece of jade of low purity and put it into the bowl. The jade had no reaction. He took it out with tweezers and observed it. There were no cracks under a magnifying glass.
After completing the preliminary test, Mr. Ji took out the Jade Buddha and slowly put it into the potion. He stood at the table and observed. The Jade Buddha sank into the potion and was fine at first. After about a minute, the water seeped into the jade. Strings of white bubbles emerged from the Buddha's mutton-fat white meat, and the bubbles became more and more numerous. The water surface seemed to be boiling, making a thin gurgling sound.
Ji Lao's face became increasingly gloomy, his eyebrows tightened, and bubbles appeared on the jade Buddha, which meant there was something wrong!
(End of chapter)