After they came back from shopping, Ye Zhiqiu was abandoned by Ye Bailu. She stopped calling him "big brother" and started calling him "sister-in-law". She also joined the fight to snatch the child!
It was so rare that she was holding Ye Xiantian's hand. Her two sons were raised by Ye Zhiqiu to be fair and tender, which was quite rare.
However, it was also because Ye Xiantian was not too familiar with them, otherwise he would not be so quiet and well-behaved, and his true identity as a naughty boy would not be exposed.
It became lively in the evening. All the cousins came, and Ye Wubing came back with them. Soon after, his second uncle arrived.
The women were all on the sofa, chatting with Feng Xiaomei, while Ye Zhiqiu and his sons were drinking tea with a group of men at the coffee table. Ye Zuze asked, "Chengyun, I heard from your father that you don't want to work in the family business? What's going on?"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly explained, "Second Uncle, I was able to leave safely with my wife and children thanks to the efforts of one of my grandfather's students. He was the leader of the secret unit I was assigned to last time. This time, he assigned me a job to open a store, so I can't participate in the family business."
Ye Zuze frowned, but soon softened his brow. He nodded and warned, "I know you're a man of integrity, but you still have to go to work! I'll give you some time to deal with this. You can't just slack off like this. A man should put his career first."
Ye Zhiqiu didn't explain. He rummaged through his bag, took out a box, and presented it with both hands, explaining with a smile, "Second uncle, this is a jade ornament I found a while ago. The Pixiu carved on it is very beautiful, so I thought of buying it for you to play with."
Ye Zuze was very happy to hear that it was a gift for him. He took it and opened the box to see that it was a Pixiu carved with mutton-fat white jade. He took it out and played with it.
He smiled and said to Ye Zhiqiu: "It's a very good piece of jade. I understand what you mean, but although this kind of jade is a bit valuable, it can't let you live a carefree life!"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "I'm interested in all kinds of old things. When others smash these things, I spend money to buy them! For example, these jade and jade things, I have thousands of them, and I have secretly exchanged countless yellow croakers of all sizes.
I brought some of it this time to bring some small gifts to everyone. I've hidden most of it in Guangzhou, and since I can go back at any time, I'll slowly bring it here. It's enough for my family to live comfortably for several lifetimes."
Ye Zuze was a little surprised. If it was just a few dozen or a few hundred pieces, he wouldn't have thought that this amount of money would be enough for his nephew and his family to live a carefree life! But if it was a few thousand pieces, that would be a different story!
He sighed and said, "Since you've built up such a fortune on your own, Second Uncle won't advise you. If you want to work in the future, I'll arrange it for you!"
Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, uncle. I have enough money to eat and drink. If I have any interest, I may start my own company!"
When Ye Chengfu heard him talk about thousands of old items, his eyes lit up and he quickly asked Ye Zhiqiu, "Seventh Brother, although Second Brother is the poorest, is he good to you?"
Although I don't know what he is keeping secret, but this second brother is really good to me! At that time, one of his cars was directly given to me to use!
So Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Second brother is naturally very good to me. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly. We are all family, so why should we be polite?"
Ye Chengfu rubbed his hands together and said, "Seventh Brother, you have so many things, so there must be porcelain and other things, right? I want to ask you for a piece of porcelain that I think would appeal to a foreigner. I'd like to give it to him as a gift and see if I can get a promotion! I'm currently working at Kwun Tong Police Station, and my position is neither high nor low. I'm really unhappy with my life, and I'd like to move up a level."
It turned out that they just wanted a piece of porcelain. Ye Zhiqiu smiled and nodded, saying, "Haha, it's a small matter! Just get a piece of Republic of China porcelain imitating the previous dynasty. These foreigners don't know shit, they love colorful ones the most! Second brother, wait, I'll go up and get you one. I brought this thing here specially because I wanted to see if there were many water fish!"
Ye Chengfu said happily: "Thank you, Old Seven!"
Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and walked upstairs. Returning to his room, he released from his space a Republic of China-era enameled bowl with flower and bird patterns, imitating the Qianlong era. This thing was indeed a replica, but it was so realistic that most people would be fooled, let alone foreigners!
After he wrapped it in silk and put it in a box, he took it downstairs.
The box was opened in front of everyone. This thing looked really beautiful and everyone couldn't help but pick it up and look at it.
Even Ye Zuze had to admit after seeing it that he couldn't tell the difference between real and fake! Because he had a real collection, this thing looked the same except for the different patterns. Originally, each porcelain had different cloud patterns, but there was no other difference.
Ye Chengfu said happily, "This thing is good. It looks very valuable. How much should I give you, Old Seven?"
Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and said, "Take it, take it. This is something I bought for ten yuan. Although it's a replica, a replica of this level would be worth hundreds of yuan in China. It's just a small amount of money, so just take it. When I have time to go back to Guangzhou, I can bring back ten or eight more of these things!"
"Hey, then I won't be polite with you! My second brother has the lowest salary at his job and is the poorest person in our family. I really won't be polite with you!"
"What's so special about this? It's really worthless! Oh, and I brought you some souvenirs too. They're all very nice jade charms! They say jade nourishes the soul, and it's a wonderful thing to play with when you have nothing to do."
Ye Zhiqiu began to rummage through his briefcase. There were some small white jade ornaments in it, but none of them were as good as the one made by his second uncle. He had spent twelve thousand yuan to buy that one!
After the jade pieces were distributed, everyone looked at the jade pieces in their hands and liked them very much. Most of them were not carved, and some still had some original skin. This kind of jade can be polished and look very beautiful after playing with it.
The value of these jades cannot be said to be very good now, but after a few decades, they will become much more valuable.
Ye Tianya asked: "Son, the job you mentioned requires you to go there, so I can assign you a driver to make it convenient for you to go to and from get off work!"
Ye Zhiqiu was speechless. It was not like he couldn't drive, so why did he need a driver? Besides, who would actually drive a car to the store if they owned a small shop?
So he shook his head and said, "No, no, just get me a motorcycle! The motorcycle my eldest brother gave me broke down after a few years, and I still prefer to travel on a motorcycle. Besides, my job is to run a small shop. If you ask me to drive a car to work, wouldn't that be crazy?"
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