Chapter 218: Chapter 218: The Qin Family is Here to Propose Marriage_1
"Not a valuable item? Are you sure you’ve seen it clearly, Doctor Pei? Don’t want to end up slapping your own face later because you got it wrong!" Qin Feng reminded with a chuckle.
"What’s there to see about your man-made, mud-covered ginseng? If it’s set up on a street stall, it’s worth at best a few dozen bucks. Even if I paid you a hundred for it, that would be a rip-off!"
"Doctor Pei, are you sure you’ve seen it clearly, you’re sure this is fake ginseng."
Qin Feng picked up the ginseng and started rubbing it with both hands.
The mud on the ginseng immediately turned to dust and scattered on the ground.
In the end, the ginseng was clean, spotlessly so. Qin Feng’s hands were also impeccably clean, not a speck of dust!
Staring at the ginseng in Qin Feng’s hands, Pei Chuntao was taken aback.
She reached out and said to Qin Feng, "Let me have a look, I think I indeed might have made a mistake."
This woman is actually quite something, willing to admit her mistake and correct it.
Qin Feng, bearing no grudges, handed the ginseng over to her.
After feeling it with her hands, Pei Chuntao came to a conclusion.
"This ginseng is about a hundred years old. Even though it’s a bit small and not extremely valuable, it’s still worth a million."
"A hundred years? A million? Are you sure?" Qin Feng pointed at the roots of the ginseng, giving Pei Chuntao a direction to look more closely, as a reminder, "Why don’t you have a closer look then?"
Upon closer inspection, Pei Chuntao noticed that the ginseng roots were actually emitting a faint golden light.
Is this golden light for real?
Pei Chuntao was skeptical, so she moved in closer, staring intently at it.
The more she looked, the more dazzling the golden color became.
Roots giving off a golden sheen could only mean it’s a ginseng of over five hundred years!
"Your ginseng is five hundred years old? Is it a Century-Old Ginseng? It’s a pity that it’s a bit underdeveloped due to its small size, which would significantly reduce its value.
If it were a high-quality Century-Old Ginseng, it would be worth more than fifty million. This one of yours, at most, might fetch thirty million."
"Five hundred years? Are you sure? Why don’t you smell it?" Qin Feng offered another suggestion.
"Smell it? Can your ginseng even have a scent?"
Pei Chuntao brought the ginseng near the tip of her nose and took a gentle sniff.
As she did, a faint fragrance of ginseng penetrated her nostrils, accompanied by a hint of Spiritual Energy.
Ginseng with a fragrance indicates it’s more than eight hundred years old. And if there’s Spiritual Energy, it must be Millennium Ginseng!
Because ginseng doesn’t possess Spiritual Energy unless it’s a thousand years old.
Pei Chuntao was inwardly astounded.
This unprepossessing young man had actually managed to get Millennium Ginseng?
"This indeed is Millennium Ginseng, but the quality of this piece is rather average."
Pei Chuntao hadn’t finished speaking when Qin Feng pinched a root and gave it a gentle tug.
Pff!
The root snapped off, releasing an extraordinary ginseng fragrance that wafted into Pei Chuntao’s nostrils.
Pei Chuntao was astounded once again.
"This Millennium Ginseng is actually of supreme quality? Its value is at least over a hundred million!"
Ouyang Yi didn’t react much to this conclusion.
The moment he saw Qin Feng, he suspected this young man might be the Qin family’s grandson. In fact, he somewhat suspected that Qin Feng might want to use his eightieth birthday celebration as an occasion to announce his return to the Qin Family.
The affairs of the Qin Family had nothing to do with the Ouyang Family.
Therefore, Ouyang Yi chose to quietly watch without offering any comment.
Just then, Qin Feipeng arrived.
Following him was a procession of attendants, carrying several dozen large chests.
"Grandpa Ouyang, I’ve come to offer birthday congratulations. I wish you fortune as vast as the eastern seas and a lifespan as enduring as the southern mountains!"
After speaking, Qin Feipeng gestured grandly, and the attendants opened the chests one by one.
"This is the Eight Treasures Jade Fan, once belonging to Emperor Qianlong, and valued at thirty million."
"This is a Song Dynasty Porcelain Crane, valued at fifty million."
"This is a Tang Dynasty tri-colored ceramic of horses galloping, valued at eighty million."
"This is the Millennium Ganoderma from Kunlun Mountains, valued at one hundred million."
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Qin Feipeng brought a total of 14 gifts, all of them extremely valuable.
Ouyang Yi knew that Qin Feipeng had come not only to offer birthday wishes but also to ask for Bingbing’s hand in marriage.
Therefore, he asked, "You brought so many precious gifts, are they all for my birthday?"
"Grandpa Ouyang, among these 14 gifts, only the exquisite jade-carved longevity mountain has been brought as your birthday present.
The other 13 gifts, with a total value of 14 billion, symbolize a lifetime of commitment.
These gifts are the betrothal offering to the Ouyang Family, as I wish to ask for Bingbing’s hand in marriage."
No sooner had Qin Feipeng finished speaking than Ouyang Yi could respond, Ouyang Bingbing stepped forward.
"Mr. Qin, I appreciate your kindness, but I will not marry you, because I already have a boyfriend.
I will not accept an arranged marriage by my family; I will only marry the man I love. Therefore, bringing a betrothal gift of 14 billion to Zhaofeng Palace is completely meaningless!
We will not accept any of these betrothal gifts; you can take them all back!"
"Ouyang Bingbing, you are so audacious, outright disrespectful, having no regard for your elders! In the Ouyang Family, it has always been the Family Head who decides on marriage matters.
Today is your grandfather’s eightieth birthday, and here you are, speaking out of turn, violating our family’s principles and rules—are you trying to anger him to death?"
A barrage of scolding came from behind; Ouyang Rui had arrived.
Marrying his daughter to Ji Jinpeng might give him pause, but if she could marry into the Qin Family through Qin Feipeng, he was more than willing.
Although the Qin Family was ranked third among the eight great families, its strength was comparable to that of the Ouyang Family.
If Ouyang Bingbing could marry into the Qin Family, it would be a union of two powerful houses.
Moreover, although Qin Feipeng was also a hedonistic young master, his reputation was somewhat better than Ji Jinpeng’s.
Ji Jinpeng frequented nightclubs and would foolishly engage even with women of ill repute.
Qin Feipeng was different; at least the women he associated with were celebrities or TV hosts, not those of low standing.
Ouyang Rui, being a man himself, naturally understood a man’s nature.
He was well aware that no matter whom Ouyang Bingbing married, he couldn’t ensure that her husband wouldn’t be unfaithful.
Ouyang Rui approached Ouyang Yi, knelt with a thud, and heavily kowtowed.
"Dad, your son has been unfilial, angering you over the years. I will bear my own mistakes.
Bingbing is your granddaughter, your favorite one, and you must consider her future carefully!
Feipeng is a good boy, and the Qin Family is a perfect match for our Ouyang Family. If Bingbing could marry him, she would be fortunate.
As Bingbing’s father, I agree to Qin Feipeng’s proposal. You are the Family Head, and you have the final say in the matters of the Ouyang Family.
Therefore, I earnestly request that you accept Qin Feipeng’s proposal and allow Bingbing to marry into the Qin Family.
Our Bingbing is no longer young, and if we keep delaying, it won’t be right!"
