novelraw Chapter 258: Donate
Chapter 258: Donate
Chapter 258 Donation
Xu Youyou stood on the second floor of the castle and looked out through the dilapidated window.
There is no antique cultural relics on this lawn.
To be honest, something that looks a bit valuable on the lawn: it seems to be that abandoned fountain.
In the center of the fountain, there are two copper animal heads that are tightly attached.
Xu Youyou's eyes paused, and when she landed in the center of the fountain, she couldn't help but question.
"Yes, I'm here." said the gentle voice.
When Xu Youyou thought of some possibility, she couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and went deeper and shallower to the fountain in the center of the garden.
Seeing that she seemed to be about to climb into the fountain, Xu Fang hurriedly reached out to support her.
Xu Youyou doesn't like wearing high heels, and has always preferred more comfortable sports shoes. Even though the fountain pool is not shallow, she still easily flips in.
The water in the pool had already dried up, the bottom of the pool was full of dry and hard soil, and even a lot of weeds grew, which looked very desolate.
Xu Youyou walked a few steps and finally looked face to face at the two copper animal heads in the center of the fountain.
One seemed to be a sheep, the other had a pointed and raised mouth, like a chicken.
The Old Summer Palace, the twelve zodiac signs.
The information she just found out that there are three of the twelve zodiac signs that are unknown, namely snake, sheep and chicken.
If these two animal avatars are two-thirds of the missing ones, then she really bought the right home purchase journey.
She remembered that it seemed that the twelve zodiac signs in the Old Summer Palace were part of the fountain at the beginning, and the design principle was to be reported by water. To put it simply, the twelve zodiac signs were actually faucets.
In that catastrophe, those people were like scraping the ground, not only looting all the rare treasures in the Old Summer Palace, but also not letting go of other people's faucets.
Just at this moment, the system jumped out a prompt to complete the task.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the bargaining task independently and obtaining a task reward: a one-time task punishment exemption. 】
After Xu Youyou received the reward, she couldn't help but feel a little troubled. She didn't know how to bring these two treasures back.
She had other doubts in her heart.
The gentle voice seemed to guess what she was thinking, and he took the initiative to say, "My partner is asleep. I don't know when we will wake up. We are all eager to return to our hometown. Can you help us?"
Xu Youyou didn't say anything, but nodded vigorously at the two bronze statues.
"Thank you." The person who spoke was always the head of the sheep among the two bronze statues.
Xu Youyou was actually very curious. These two bronze statues have been in the open-air fountain for so long. Has no one noticed their origin?
That gentle voice quickly answered her doubts.
"This castle has not had any guests for many years, and in the past fifty years, I have not seen any Chinese guest."
Xu Youyou thought to himself that although these two bronze statues of animals were made from the Qianlong period, their actual value was not high, and their symbolic significance was greater than their actual value. "I have figured out how to place you." Xu Youyou said softly.
Hearing this, the red lacquer plate immediately asked, "Is it the best museum? It's not the best museum, so I won't go!"
Xu Youyou couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, you can still be neighbors with your old guys at that time."
While speaking, Xu Youyou's phone rang.
"Hello Miss Xu, my surname is Chen. You can call me Lao Chen. Now you are working in the National Museum's Overseas Cultural Relics Return Exchange Center. You have contacted us before and said there was a Yuan Dynasty grape-patterned lacquer plate. This cultural relic was once the royal property used by Emperor Kublai Khan. I want to donate it to the National Museum for free? Can I confirm it with you again?"
The sound on the other end of the phone sounded like a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He did not feel greasy as a man in his high position at this age. Instead, it made people feel like a scholar working in a university.
When Xu Youyou heard him speak politely, she felt a little more favorable, and gave the other party a positive answer: "Yes, have Mr. Chen ever heard of me?"
Professor Chen on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "Ms. Xu, we have indeed made a back-tuning of you. I know that you have done a lot of antique business and have had several bargains. We are willing to trust your vision."
Xu Youyou was not surprised that they were meditating themselves, but instead admired the other party's attitude of speaking out.
"Professor Chen, there must be a process that should be available. I will fully cooperate with you in donating cultural relics." Xu Youyou said with a smile.
Professor Chen continued: "Ms. Xu, I heard that you are in Germany now, and our cultural relics are back, and there is a special way to allow our staff to assist you in transferring cultural relics back to China."
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Xu Youyou was also a little worried about passing the customs, but she felt relieved when she heard that the other party had a special way.
She looked at the two bronze heads that were now placed in the hotel suite and continued to say to Professor Chen on the other end of the phone: "I found the sheep head and chicken head of the twelve zodiac signs of the Old Summer Palace and prepared to donate them to the National Museum."
Professor Chen on the other end of the phone: "Okay, there are other cultural relics...ah? The twelve zodiac signs!"
Xu Youyou heard the sound of a chair falling to the ground from the other end.
Professor Chen's breathing suddenly became rapid.
She waited for about half a minute before the voice on the opposite side gradually calmed down: "Miss Xu, are they really the twelve zodiac signs?"
Xu Youyou: "You can send experts to conduct identification."
Professor Chen hurriedly said, "Miss Xu, of course I believe in your vision. I will arrange staff to go as soon as possible to assist you in transporting the cultural relics back to China."
After Xu Youyou hung up the phone, she whispered to Yangshou: "The National Museum is near Tiananmen Square. There should be many old friends from your past. I hope you can like it there."
Sheep's tone was still very gentle, and she said, "I once heard people in the castle talk about the capital, mentioned Tiananmen Square, and said that people on that land now have a new life. I really want to see what it is."
Xu Youyou smiled and said, "No one can bully us now, and foreigners will never dare to steal our things again."
"It's so good." Sheep's head sighed softly.
The twelve zodiac signs are of great significance. The next afternoon, a staff member came to meet Xu Youyou. After signing a simple donation agreement, they will bring the cultural relics back to China.
"Ms. Xu, thank you for your trust in us. This donation of cultural relics will be held in China. When will you return to China?" the staff asked politely.
Xu Youyou looked at the system panel and refreshed the new task thirty minutes before the staff arrived, shook her head: "Sorry, I will let my agent attend the donation ceremony. I haven't finished my business in Europe yet."