Grandpa Xiao paused for a moment, and then explained the matter.
The person who came to my door was the owner of the antique shop on the opposite street.
Mr.Zhou.
He is two or three years younger than Grandpa Xiao, but his son is only two years older than Xiao Xiao.
Because I had a son late in life, I doted on my son since he was a child.
Originally everyone understood it.
And after all, he is someone else's son, and most people can't control how other people educate their children.
However, something happened before, which made the neighbors shake their heads and sigh at Mr. Zhou's child.
What a coincidence, that incident was also related to Mu Lao.
...
One day, Mr. Zhou came to Gumuxuan and said he wanted to see if there was anything suitable for his children as a birthday gift.
Mu Lao is an enthusiastic person.
When I heard that Xiao Zhou was going to celebrate his coming of age birthday, he immediately said that as a grandfather, he also wanted to give his child a coming of age birthday gift.
After all, he has seen Xiao Zhou since he was a child.
It’s another important birthday for coming of age.
He always wants to express his feelings through conversation.
He asked Lao Zhou to come back in a few days to get his birthday present.
After thanking Mr. Zhou, he left.
Since Mu Lao wanted to give the child a gift and asked him to come back in a few days, he must have made a wood carving for the child himself.
Needless to say, Mu Lao's wood carving skills are excellent.
What's even more rare is this intention.
Mr. Zhou didn't expect that his original intention when he came out was to choose a gift for the child, but instead he got an extra gift for the child first.
It’s not a bad trip.
Mr. Zhou's eyebrows relaxed.
But his steps were slow and he walked forward.
The wood carving was given by Mu Lao.
Then he still has to find a gift for his son.
…
"What a great thing."
Grandpa Xiao sighed.
He also gave Xiao Zhou a gift for his birthday at that time.
After all, Lao Zhou attaches great importance to his son's adult birthday, and he notifies everyone he knows around him.
Several tables were set up in the hotel to entertain guests.
Everyone gathered together and celebrated.
…
"That's what happened."
Grandpa Xiao shook his head.
…
The gifts everyone gave Xiao Zhou were all good.
Among them, Mulao's wood carvings are the most outstanding.
Not to mention the quality of the wood carving itself, the fact that this wood carving was specially carved by Mr. Mu himself for Xiao Zhou’s coming-of-age birthday almost surpasses all other gifts bought in the store.
This is a sincere intention.
Besides, Mu Lao's carving was not done for a living.
Everyone who saw the wood carving on the scene was full of admiration, and some people quietly speculated how much such a wood carving was worth.
The wood carvings in Gumuxuan are not cheap.
However, no matter how much it is worth, this is a birthday gift.
Unless they really have to, who would sell someone else’s birthday gift?
It is still such a thoughtful gift.
but……
Everyone knows the truth.
Some people just don't know.
Xiao Zhou...actually sold this wood carving.
Not only did he sell it, he also falsely claimed that the wood carving was the work of a Qing Dynasty wood carving master, and charged him a full 500,000 yuan.
…
Xiao Zhou did this secretly.
He's not an idiot either.
Of course I know it won't sound good if I tell you about it.
Although I know...
But why bother with money?
Xiao Zhou used the money to buy a new car.
They told Mr. and Mrs. Zhou that they had picked up a bug in the antique market and made a lot of money.
The uninformed Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were very happy.
I think my son has made great progress and is quite knowledgeable about antiques.
Today is not the same as before. If you don't have a solid knowledge base, it will be difficult to pick up this problem.
…
However, there is no airtight wall in the world.
This matter was still known and was told to Mu Lao.
The old man couldn't believe it.
But the person who came to tell me took out photos that he had secretly taken.
The photo is not very clear.
However, Mu Lao recognized it at a glance as the birthday gift he gave to Xiao Zhou.
He could trace the appearance of the objects he carved out with his eyes closed.
Even blurry images are enough.
The old man looked ugly.
They are all gifts originally. Logically speaking, it is their business how to deal with them.
Even if he is the giver of the gift and even the creator of the wooden sculpture, he has no reason to interfere with other people's behavior.
Therefore, if the whole thing was just Xiao Zhou selling a gift to someone else, then the old man would have no other reaction besides being angry.
That is to say, in the future, for Xiao Zhou and even Mr. Zhou -
Although he didn't know whether Mr. Zhou knew what Xiao Zhou had done...
He will be a little bit dull.
He would not give a gift that was carved and carefully polished by his own hands a second time.
However, after hearing that the visitor said that Xiao Zhou had passed off his wood carvings as the works of Qing Dynasty masters and sold them to others at "sky-high prices", the old man suddenly couldn't sit still.
"Nonsense!"
"Excessive!"
"How could this be……"
The old man's lips trembled with anger.
His work is his work.
It is not the work of a master, nor is it a fake imitation of a master's work.
It is a work that he poured a lot of effort into and carefully created.
Every work is his child.
He hopes more people will appreciate them.
He is not pedantic and has no anachronistic idea that only those who really love wood carving can own his works.
He also needs to eat.
But……
The old man took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling violently.
The current situation is -
His works were used as a tool to defraud others of their money!
The old man felt so angry that he couldn't even speak completely.
He was very angry when he knew that Xiao Zhou had changed hands and sold the gifts he gave to others, but he just felt that his heart had been wasted.
But thinking that the other party was still a newly grown child after all, and was pampered a little too much by Lao Zhou, so he got over it when he got angry.
However, that kid not only ruined his mind, but also wanted to ruin his reputation and his works!
That was the day when the buyer discovered that the wood carving was not the work of a master from the Qing Dynasty, and also learned that the wood carving was made by him...
If this matter is publicized...
How would others view him, and how would they view Gumuxuan?
The old man pushed his wife away and held his hand, "Let's go."
He wants to find Xiao Zhou and get that wood carving back!
…
Things got a little too big.
The person who came to inform Mu Lao told the story again.
When Mu Lao walked to Lao Zhou's antique shop, a lot of people were already following him.
Most of them were neighbors who had attended Xiao Zhou's adult birthday party before.
When they first heard about this, they were a little confused.
what happened?
How could such a good birthday gift come out like this?
Is this little week too much?
Forget it if you want to lie to others, don't let Gumuxuan lose his reputation.
They are the only ones who know the situation, but some people who only hear a few words may think that Gumuxuan is a shop that specializes in making a living by counterfeiting goods.