“Miss Wang, Mr. Su, Miss Dong, please come in quickly.” Seeing Wang Siya coming in, a few middle-aged men and women hurried forward to greet them. They are the sons and daughters of the old man who contracted the land. They seem to know the identity of Wang Siya and they are very polite.
“Miss Wang, Miss Dong, Mr. Su, I am lucky enough to meet you.” Other people who came to participate in the bidding meeting were also quite polite towards them. The business belongs to the business and no matter whether it can be grabbed or not, they cannot offend Wang Family in Beijing.
Some of them are already wondering whether or not to sell the land to Wang Family as a gift. They don’t mind working in vain, as long as Wang Siya is really willing to accept this favor. Of course, there are also some who really want to grab this piece of land.
“Miss Wang, welcome.” Even the gray-haired old man sitting and drinking tea is very polite towards Wang Siya. He is the contractor of this land- Lu Xueliang. Seeing his attitude towards Wang Siya, everyone knows that Wang Siya may have already taken the lead.
“Welcome, please sit down.” Lu Xueliang’s sons and daughters greeted them and poured tea for everyone, and spoke with hospitality. They are different from Lu Xueliang. They want to transfer this land quickly so that they don’t have to worry about this land. Lu Xueliang can also follow them to live in the city with peace of mind.
The old man is older and alone. They are not at ease with him living here, but they are not willing to live here with him.
“Old Mr. Lu, I heard that you like to collect essays and play with walnuts?” A Thin Middle-Aged man said. In addition to his love of Go, Lu Xueliang also likes to collect essays and play with walnuts. This is no secret and everyone here knows this.
“Yes.” Lu Xueliang nodded.
“I don’t know what type the old man likes, tiger head, lion head, official hat, chicken heart?” The Thin Middle-Aged man smiled as he asked.
“Hehe, I have collected all kinds of things, and I like them all.” Lu Xueliang was talking about his interests and he immediately smiled.
“I happened to get an official hat-shaped walnut some time ago. I don’t know how to appreciate it, so I will give it to you.” The Thin Middle-Aged man said before he took out a box and handed it to Lu Xueliang.
“Oh?” Lu Xueliang was not polite and opened it directly. Inside the box, there was a walnut. The protrusions of the walnut are dotted, the two edges are wide and straight, and the points are blunt and round.
The figure of the Walnut is beautiful, much like that of the hat of an official of the Qing Dynasty. It is worth mentioning that this kind of walnut was particularly sought after by the Qing Dynasty Royal Family.
There was a saying that “The official hat is in hand so what more do you want”, and it is because of this implication that it became even more popular.
“Not bad.” Lu Xueliang nodded appreciatively, he apparently liked it and the Thin Middle-Aged man was proud of it, as this gift was indeed the right choice.
“Old Mr. Lu, it happened that I also prepared a Wenwan walnut. See if you like it.” At this moment, the Long-Faced Young Man sitting next to Wang Yan spoke and handed a box to Lu Xueliang. Before that, he looked at Su Jing with hostile eyes for a long time.
Lu Xueliang was still not polite. He took the box and opened it. Inside is a large walnut, with a stable appearance with a convex and flat bottom, it had thick edges and a blunt tip, and a large concave bottom. From the side, it looks exactly like a horseshoe.
Seeing this walnut, Lu Xueliang’s eyes suddenly brightened, bursting out with a bright light, and the skinny Middle-Aged man and other competitors’ complexions changed slightly.
Anyone who knows the industry knows that this walnut is an authentic horseshoe lion head walnut. Although this is not the rarest species of lion heads, this one is too big.
As one of the four famous cores, the lion head walnut is a treasured series in Wenwan Walnuts. It is named after the “Lion Head” because when it is turned upside down, its appearance is very similar to the mane of a stone lion in front of Yamen.
The Lion Head Walnut has a long history. In ancient times, it was enthusiastically sought after by princes and nobles, and now it is a very common category in Wenwan. In history, some literati described the Lion Head like this: “Gentle and moist like a gentleman, honest like a wise man, short and dwarf, and drunk as a gift.”
There are many varieties of Lion Heads. Horseshoe Lion Head is one of them. Generally, the side width of this type of Walnut is more than 4 cm, which is worthy of collection. The side width is 4.5 cm, which is very rare. Now this one is estimated to be 4.5 cm.
“What do you think, old man?” The Long-Faced Young Man caught Lu Xueliang’s eyes and spoke with a smug look on his face.
“Haha, very good, young man, you have a good eye.” Lu Xueliang made no secret of his affection, but the Thin Middle-Aged man was a little depressed. At this moment, the official hat-shaped walnut he sent out was lower than that of other competitors.
Some of them also prepared walnuts, but they were far worse than this Lion Head Walnut, and now they even present them.
“Yan’er, I told you that Old Mr. Lu would like it.” The Long-Faced young man triumphantly whispered to Wang Yan next to him, but Wang Yan didn’t react and she still had a calm expression on her face as she slowly drank hot Tea. This reaction made the Long-Faced youth feel very unfulfilled.
The Long-Faced young man still had a smile on his face, thinking: “Wang Yan came to meet me only to deal with her parents, but she didn’t look at me directly. She probably thought that I was a rich second generation who was lazy. However, I should be able to make her think that I am above Su Jing and she would look at me with admiration. This piece of land is really good, and it’s worth winning. While defeating the opponent, we can also develop the industry.”
What the Long-Faced youth didn’t know was that when his eyes fell into Wang Yan’s eyes. Wang Yan had already guessed that it was not a coincidence that they met Su Jing here at this time and the Long-Faced youth did it deliberately, which made a hint of disgust rose in her heart.
This time, the family did not force her to marry someone else. Although the blind date was arranged by her parents, they did not force her. Wang Yan also went on a blind date with a normal mentality to see if the Long-Faced youth is worthy of dating.
In many ways, the Long-Faced youth was still good, but she didn’t feel love at first sight, so she plans to observe slowly and behave relatively coldly. Unexpectedly, the Long-Faced young man arranged such an encounter with Su Jing, which disappointed her.
However, she didn’t say anything. Maybe she wanted to see if this Long-Faced young man could compete with Su Jing. For some reason, she wanted to watch Su Jing getting defeated once.
“A’Jing, did you prepare Walnuts? I prepared a walnut, but it’s no match for others.” Dong Xun whispered.
“No.” Su Jing shook her head.
“How can you not prepare, I put my hopes on you.” Dong Xun smiled.
“You didn’t say that he likes Walnuts. Besides, I don’t know anything about Walnuts. Where would I get a rare one?” Su Jing smiled and shook his head, but just after he said this, his mind suddenly flashed with some thoughts, “Wait, that’s not right. I do have Walnuts.”
“Really?” Dong Xun and Wang Siya’s eyes lit up.
“Wait a minute, I’ll get it, it’s in the car.” Su Jing ran to the car for just a show. The walnut was in the Storage bag. When he came back, he had a large Walnut in his hand and he showed it to Dong Xun and Wang Siya.
At first, they thought that it could be packed in a box like others, but after seeing the walnuts clearly, their eyes brightened and Lu Xueliang suddenly stood up.
(To be continued ~^~)
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