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Xie Zhonghua's present to the old father was placed inside a long case. After Xie Zhonghua handed it over, two ceremonial girls wearing qipao took it over and opened it on the spot …

Normally, on occasions like this, the gifts given by others would not be opened in public. After all, this sort of scene would only show the owner's lack of self-restraint.

However, there were some differences in the rules of Xie Family … It was said that during the time of the Xie Family Ancestor, he was once a rich merchant's home in the Qing Dynasty.

That is, ask the younger generation of the family to present a gift that you think will move the family head the most. This gift might not be the most expensive one on the market, but it definitely had to satisfy the Patriarch! Every time, the Patriarch would bestow a rank in private to the gifts given by the juniors. If the gifts were similarly able to move the Patriarch's heart, then the one with the lowest value would be the winner.

In fact, this was also to let the children of the family learn to read people's minds through the birthday ceremony. As a wealthy merchant who inherited generations of goods, Xie Family had always had its business spread to the north and south of the country. This was because the ancient communication was transmitted extremely slowly. This required the descendants of the family to have sufficient decisiveness to be able to seize the business opportunities at the right time. So... This segment of the birthday present was equivalent to testing the eyes of the clan disciples.

If you want to take advantage of the business opportunity, you naturally need to understand the real needs of the consumers, and the family head is their own family. If you can't even grasp the preferences of the family head, how can you cater to the needs of others?

Or perhaps it was precisely because Xie Family had always persisted on this seemingly eccentric method of choosing talent that it was able to keep flourishing and flourishing for a long time. Until the new China was established … The ancestral rules had never been broken. Even in these special times, people like them, who were merchants, did not dare to continue doing business. However, they still continued with the tradition of giving birthday presents to their ancestors.

A few decades ago, after the policy had changed, Xie Family which had always retained this tradition took advantage of this moment and quickly became the people who had gotten rich first. Moreover, in these years, it had grown stronger and stronger!

The rules of the birthday present was also being valued more and more by Xie Family. However, in the earlier years, they had always been sneaking around, and most of them had only been people of Xie Family locking themselves up to perform this ceremony, until a few years ago … The influence of Xie Family grew greater and greater. On the birthday of old man Xie Family, more and more important figures also came to attend, and everyone was basically aware of the rules of Xie Family. There were even some people who repeatedly brought up wanting to attend the ceremony. After old man Xie Family thought about it again and again, he finally agreed. From then on, they no longer hid their intentions. As long as one had the qualifications, anyone who participated in the Old Master Xie's birthday banquet could watch on the spot.

The etiquette lady opened the box, and astonishingly, a painting scroll was placed inside. The two ceremonial ladies once again opened the embroidered bag, and then slowly unfurled the scroll in front of the crowd … An ancient watercolor painting instantly appeared.

The painting depicted a valley. A large green ox was leisurely grazing there with two calves. There was also a young shepherd boy about seven or eight years old playing a flute near a stream …

Similar drawings like this one had appeared quite a few times in the history of China. Many famous painters had drawn this kind of picture before, but … This one gave off a refreshing and refined feeling.

However, for those laymen who only used the words "like" and "not like" as their standard, they naturally could not see the beauty in them. It's just that everyone knows that... With Xie Zhonghua's background, the paintings that he could take out were definitely not ordinary. However, the lower corner of the painting was originally where the author should have nominated the painting with his seal. However, the lower corner of the painting should have been where the painting should have been, where the author should have nominated the painting with his seal.

At this time, Old Master Xie, who had been sitting on his teacher's chair the entire time suddenly bowed. He suddenly stood up, pointed at the painting opened by the two ceremonial ladies, and exclaimed, "This … Is this not Lang Shining's real work?

A person who wasn't interested in painting or history still didn't understand what the old tutor was getting so excited about at this moment! This kind of person... There were only a few famous painters who knew about this. For example, Qi Baishi, Tang Bohu, Zheng Banqiao, Xu Beihong, and a few others … If there was any more, he wouldn't know!

Who was Lang Shining? I've never even heard of it! I've heard of it before... It had some aftereffects!

At this time, Xie Zhonghua smiled slightly, and said: "That's right … "This is Lang Shining's real work. I flew to Lendon last month and participated in an underground auction. I finally got this painting for one hundred and fifty million dollars. I think you will like it, father!"

Old Master Xie did not say anything at first, but walked forward with a slight tremble and gently lifted the red silk cloth that was covering the cloth. He then excitedly took out a magnifying glass and carefully examined it for a while, before reluctantly withdrawing his gaze and saying, "I like it … Of course I like it! What was even harder was … This should be the Chinese gem that was lost overseas during the time of the allied armies of the eight countries. If you, China, can buy it back and bring the national treasure home … That was the most important thing! Good... "Kid, you're really not bad!"

Hearing Old Master Xie's sincere praise, Xie Zhonghua didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

He seemed to be in his fifties or even in his sixties. Yet, his father was praising him like a little kid in front of so many people. This was too …

However, no matter how speechless Xie Zhonghua was in his heart, he did not dare to protest to the old man. He could only bow slightly and say: "Thank you for your praise, father's blessings like the East Sea, and your longevity like Nanshan!"

With that, Xie Zhonghua turned and left, and the old man sat back down on his teacher's chair, continuing the birthday present.

With Xie Zhonghua's Pearl Jade in front of him, the birthday presents given by Xie Zhonghua's brothers and sisters seemed rather normal. Basically, they were all items such as jade artifacts, calligraphy and paintings, and also antiques. However, in terms of value, they were definitely far inferior to Lang Shining's < Bull's Map >.

However, there was nothing they could do about it. It wasn't that they didn't want to present a gift that would make the old gramps overjoyed, but … How could a real antique be so easy to find! If it wasn't in the hands of museums, then it was in the hands of some great collectors. This was something that even money couldn't buy.

Looking at the entirety of Old Master Xie's life, it seemed like this old man only had this one hobby left. If he wanted to gain favor with someone else, he wouldn't be able to find a direction at all!

Fortunately, in the current era, birthday presents could only be considered a kind of form. There were very few cases where someone's position in the Xie Family would be affected because of a birthday present!

After all, modern society's electronic communication systems were very developed. There would never be a situation where a supervisor outside the city encountered an important business opportunity and made an irreparable mistake because of a misjudgement! Although the Xie Family still similarly valued the business abilities of their family's disciples, it was far from being as strict as it was in the past!

So... Many of the disciples couldn't find a gift that would satisfy the old tutor, so they decided to just buy one and deal with it!