Chapter 608: As long as the emperor puts it on the table
"Uncle, five taels of silver, I'll buy it!" Little Tangbao said in a tender voice, "Don't worry, I will never disgrace the artistic value of this root carving. I will definitely make the most of it!"
She just didn't believe that after giving it to the emperor, he wouldn't put it on the table for a few days!
The emperor wants to live a long life!
As long as the emperor puts it in front of the table, the price of the root carving will definitely rise!
"My benefactor is still so kind." Old Man Tian sighed, "I know that my benefactor has good intentions and is deliberately trying to comfort me. I have already received great kindness from my benefactor and cannot covet his money anymore."
"Those things may be valuable in the old man's heart, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are not as valuable as a few pounds of pork."
"The old man knows this!"
"The old man still says the same thing. If you like these things, feel free to take them all away!"
Little Tangbao naturally wouldn't ask for other people's things for free.
"If uncle doesn't accept money, I don't want anything." Little Tangbao shook his head.
Old Man Tian looked at Old Man Su and Old Third Su.
Xiao Tangbao’s decision is naturally the decision of Old Man Su and Old Third Su.
They will definitely not ask for things from others for free.
Su Laosan looked at Old Man Tian and began to show off his business eloquence.
"Uncle Tian, my sister is right. If you don't want to pay for these things, we don't want any of them." Su Lao San said affirmatively.
Old Man Tian looked embarrassed, "This..."
"Uncle Tian, please listen to me first." Su Lao San waved his hand and said, "You just said that these things can't be sold at a low price. I agree very much!"
If you had sold it at a low price, I would have nothing to do with it now.
"If we sell these things too cheaply, we'll be undermining their true value!" Su Laosan said with a righteous expression, "You don't know, old man, that overseas, these things are called Eastern art by those blond-haired, blue-eyed people. They praise them endlessly and admire them with all their might..."
At the end of his speech, Su Laosan praised everything.
The more Old Man Tian listened, the wider his eyes became.
His son Mu Tou also had a shocked expression.
"Those weird-looking people, do they really say that?" Old Man Tian asked in disbelief.
Suddenly I had a feeling that I had found a soulmate overseas.
"Of course!" Su Lao San said confidently, "I just love these things! I buy them and I can't wait to worship them, burning three sticks of incense every morning and evening!"
Old Man Tian, “…”
A soulmate!
Why is it so far away?
"Dad! Why don't you just stop carving and continue carving!" Mu Tou said excitedly, "Otherwise you'll have to secretly peek into this room through the cracks in the window every day, afraid that I'll see you. In fact, I've seen you countless times."
As Mu Tou was talking, he directly exposed his father's past.
Old Man Tian said, "...You bastard, what are you talking about?"
Old man Tian’s face turned red.
"Dad, I'm not talking nonsense!" Mu Tou said unconvincedly, "One time I got up in the middle of the night and saw you standing here... Yes, right outside this window, staring in the dark as if you could see something. I almost thought you were possessed by a ghost. It was so scary!"
Old Man Tian, “…”
His true colors were exposed again and again by his own son!
Xiao Tangbao watched with a smile, and felt that the relationship between Tian's father and son was very good. It was not at all like what she had originally thought, that an honest farmer had given birth to an unfilial son who ruined the family.
However, seeing the deep affection between Mr. Tian and his son, Xiao Tangbao was very happy for Mr. Tian.
The Su family father and son were naturally embarrassed and kept looking at Old Man Tian's embarrassing appearance.
Su Lao San said, "This brother is right. If you, Mr. Tian, can pick up your carving knife again, it would be a great joy!"
"Not only can we earn more money, but we can also sell more of your works overseas, letting those blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners know about your Tian family's woodcarving skills and that we have a Tian family in the Great Yan Dynasty with superb craftsmanship..."
After hearing what Su Lao San said, Old Man Tian's embarrassment of having his secrets exposed by his son turned into an indescribable complexity.
"Alas!" Old Man Tian sighed and said, "If I hadn't been so obsessed with carving, perhaps my wife..."
Old Man Tian's eyes were red and there was an unspeakable sadness on his face.
Seeing this, Su Laosan felt it difficult to continue persuading him.
After all, this is someone else's sad story.
"Dad, Mom doesn't blame you." Mu Tou pursed his lips and suddenly said, "Mom told me to slowly persuade you when I grow up and help you untie the knot in your heart. If you like it, just continue carving..."
When Mu Tou said this, he lowered his head and his voice became lower.
"It's just that I heard rumors from others, saying that you weren't doing your job properly... that it was because of your negligence that I became an orphan at such an early age..."
"I resented you in my heart, so I never told you, nor did I try to persuade you... Dad, I'm sorry."
Old Man Tian, “…”
Old Man Tian patted his son on the shoulder.
"I don't blame you. It's Dad who is sorry for your mother and you." Old man Tian said with a heavy expression and sad tone.
"Dad..." Mu Tou's eyes turned red.
Little Tangbao witnessed the father and son of the Tian family untied their ties and looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
"No matter what's going on between father and son, just talk it out." Old Man Su consoled him, "Mu Tou is obviously a good kid. Brother Tian will be blessed in his old age to have such a filial son."
After hearing this, Old Man Tian showed a relieved expression on his face.
"Thank you for your kind words, old man." Old Man Tian said, "As for picking up the carving knife again, I will think about it again."
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Tangbao and said with gratitude: "The little benefactor is indeed my old man's benefactor!"
As soon as the little benefactor came today, the rift between father and son was cleared up.
If not, it would be hard to say when the knot between him and his son caused by the death of his daughter-in-law could be resolved.
For this reason alone, he owed his benefactor a favor.
"My dear, the things stored in these rooms are items that have been accumulated by generations of our Tian family. Most of them are made of red sandalwood, huanghuali wood, ebony, agarwood, and golden nanmu wood." Old Man Tian said, "That's why these things have been stored for so many years and are still intact."
Following Old Man Tian's words, Xiao Tangbao finally understood why Old Man Tian didn't sell it at a low price.
This wood alone is worth a lot of silver.
Please forgive her for her poor eyesight and inability to identify wood.
Only after Old Man Tian said this did she understand.
I guess the Tian family must have spent a lot of effort to buy these woods.
"My dear benefactor, I give these things to you willingly." Old Man Tian said, "Please don't refuse. I..."
"Brother Tian!" Old Man Su interrupted Old Man Tian with a smile, saying, "We know what you mean, but we are not outsiders. You know, after we buy these things, we will also sell them, so we can't take them for free!"
"I suggest you just tell me how much you want to sell these things for."
"Anyway, we absolutely cannot disgrace these things! We'll pay them the silver they deserve!"
"Unless you don't want to sell it! If that's the case, we won't force you. Let's go back now."
"Yes, yes! That's it!" Little Tangbao nodded heavily.
Show your determination that you will never ask for it in vain.
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