Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Not Valuable Goods_1
At that moment, Ouyang Yi spoke up.
"Both of your gifts claim to be thousand-year-old ginseng. Our Ouyang Family believes in reciprocating gifts. Therefore, we must verify which is genuine and which is fake."
A woman dressed in a purple cheongsam stepped forward.
This woman was fifty-five years old, but she was exceptionally well-preserved. Whether it was her face or her figure, she looked like a woman in her thirties, a true beauty.
Her name was Pei Chuntao, born into a Traditional Medicine Family. She entered Zhaofeng Palace 23 years ago, and was the Ouyang family’s family doctor.
Pei Chuntao’s medical skills were remarkable, and even Ouyang Yi would respectfully call her Doctor Pei.
As soon as this woman came forward, Qin Feng’s gaze involuntarily fell upon her.
Because he noticed something was amiss.
Ouyang Bingbing noticed Qin Feng’s gaze and pinched him fiercely on the buttocks with her fingertip.
Although Ouyang Bingbing’s action was discreet, it was done in front of a public audience!
After pinching, she threatened him in a whisper as if nothing had happened.
"Keep looking, and I’ll gouge out your eyeballs when we get back!"
Qin Feng was thoroughly bewildered, bewildered for several seconds.
When he came to his senses, he asked, "What’s the story with this woman?"
"She’s Doctor Pei, the family doctor at home. Ever since she joined the family, no one in the Ouyang Family has ever suffered from serious illness."
"Oh."
Qin Feng responded and then fell silent once more.
He quietly watched Pei Chuntao, curious to see how she would perform next.
Pei Chuntao picked up the ginseng brought by Ji Jinpeng. After one glance, she shook her head and said, "This is not thousand-year-old ginseng."
"If it’s not thousand-year-old ginseng, how old is it?" Ji Jinpeng asked.
"Are you sure you want me to say it? The value of a thousand-year-old ginseng is indeed over a hundred million. Don’t you have any idea how much you paid for this ginseng?"
"Doctor Pei, what do you mean by that?"
At Ji Jinpeng’s words, Pei Chuntao flared up.
"You have the nerve to ask me what I mean? When presenting a birthday gift to the elder, just say how much it cost. Sincerity is what matters, not whether the gift is expensive or not.
Running to Zhaofeng Palace and playing this game of passing off inferior goods as good, do you think the people of the Ouyang Family are all blind and ignorant?"
"Doctor Pei, you say my ginseng is not thousand-year-old ginseng and not worth a hundred million. Its authentication certificate is right here, can it still be fake?"
"The certification from the Dragon Nation Ginseng Association can be bought for a few thousand yuan. You can authenticate it as many years old as you want, for whatever price you want it to be?"
"Then go ahead and appraise it, Doctor Pei. How old is my ginseng, and how much is it really worth?"
"Your ginseng was grown in a greenhouse. From planting to harvest, it’s no more than two and a half years old. As for the price, it’s worth at most five thousand."
"Heh!"
Ji Jinpeng let out a cold laugh at Pei Chuntao, then said with defiance.
"Although I’m not a practitioner of Chinese medicine, I’ve seen quite a lot of ginseng. The reason why ginseng is so valuable is because it grows extremely slowly. Can a two-and-a-half-year-old ginseng grow to the size of a small arm?"
"Your ginseng is a fake, to put it in layman’s terms, it’s large ginseng wrapped around small ginseng. If you don’t believe me, I’ll cut it open for you to see."
After saying that, Pei Chuntao asked someone to bring a small knife, and with one cut, she split the ginseng in half.
From the cut surface, it was obvious that what Pei Chuntao said was the truth.
This ginseng was indeed a fake.
"That old bastard Ge Buqun actually dares to play me? I’ll tear down his Lingfang Pavilion right now!"
Just at that moment, Ge Buqun arrived.
Today there was a good show in Zhaofeng Palace, and of course, he had to come and see it.
As soon as he entered, he heard the conversation between Ji Jinpeng and Pei Chuntao.
Who was Pei Chuntao?
She was the person Ouyang Yi trusted the most!
The cunning Ge Buqun quickly picked up the conversation, trying to clear his own name, "Mr. Ji, we should speak with conscience.
That day you came to my Lingfang Pavilion, said you wanted to give a gift worth a billion for just five thousand, and asked if I had any good recommendations. So I recommended this ginseng to you.
I made it clear to you at the time that this ginseng was produced in a greenhouse and was only worth five thousand.
However, I could get you a certificate of appraisal worth a billion, and I could also help you fake the ginseng.
But, this ginseng should only be used to deceive laymen, not to fool the experts.
You took this ginseng to Doctor Pei to scam her, and she saw through it, that was your own doing.
You played with fire and got burned, but now you’re putting the blame on my head, isn’t that a bit unreasonable, Mr. Ji?"
Ge Buqun’s words shocked Ji Jinpeng.
He truly hadn’t expected Ge Buqun to appear at this time and stab him in the back.
"Ge Buqun, you shameless old man, can you not lie through your teeth?"
"In Zhaofeng Palace, in front of Grandpa Ouyang, I certainly dare not tell lies. What I just said is completely true, not a single word of falsehood."
"You old bastard, you swindled fifteen million from me for this ginseng, not five thousand! I will remember this debt and will settle the score with you, Ge Buqun, sooner or later!
Just wait, I will definitely burn your Lingfang Pavilion to the ground!"
Ji Jinpeng was itching with anger, but this was Zhaofeng Palace, the Ouyang Family’s territory; he didn’t dare to act recklessly.
He would settle accounts with Ge Buqun another day.
After today’s episode, it seemed his marriage proposal to Ouyang Bingbing was doomed.
Most importantly, the Ji Family’s patriarch, Ji Wangshan, was not going to visit Ouyang Yi to celebrate his birthday, let alone propose a marriage.
Ji Wangshan and Ouyang Yi had always been dismissive of each other, each too prideful to step through the other’s door.
As for Ji Jinpeng, he was representing the Ji Family today.
The Ji Family and the Ouyang Family were already at odds, so even if Ji Jinpeng used a five-thousand-worth ginseng to pretend it was worth a billion, it wouldn’t affect the fiery relationship between the two families.
"Grandpa Ouyang, I’m sorry! I indeed bragged today, claiming that a gift worth fifteen million was a billion.
But, I really didn’t expect Ge Buqun, that old bastard, to be so wicked! Could he really have passed off five-thousand-worth ginseng as fifteen million?"
"Your sentiment is acknowledged. Whether it is worth fifteen million, a billion, or just five thousand, it doesn’t matter. As long as things are made clear, that’s all that matters," Ouyang Yi said with a smile.
The ginseng I gifted was part of the deception I fell for."
Ji Jinpeng pointed at Qin Feng and coldly said, "And him, he did it on purpose. Intentionally using a street stall good to cheat Grandpa Ouyang, and even daring to claim it was worth a billion?"
Pei Chuntao glanced at the ginseng belonging to Qin Feng, too lazy to even pick it up with her hands, directly shaking her head and saying, "This is indeed not worth much!"
