webnovelfull Chapter 599: Tens of Thousands of Books
Chapter 599: Tens of Thousands of Books
Paigudong hadn't thought of so much at first.
But now after hearing what Dayu said, he began to feel uneasy and unsure.
Kidnapping is a serious crime, and kidnapping someone from a large family is an even more life-threatening act.
Paigudong didn't want to think that he was really being used by others without knowing why.
However, even though he was suspicious, what Dayu said were all groundless talk after all. Without any evidence, Paigudong would not allow Dayu to continue talking about breaking up the partnership.
"Dayu, what you said is just speculation. Maybe Mr. Song has other arrangements that he needs Wei to do."
"This plan was proposed by Mr. Song. Even if he is caught by the police, he is the mastermind. At worst, we can all say that he forced us to do it and we don't know anything else. We can just put the blame on him." Paigudong said.
"That's all I can think of now."
"But don't blame me for not reminding you. It's better to be more careful so that you don't get sold out and end up counting money for others!" Dayu continued.
Inside the villa.
At Shu Wen's invitation, Lu Ye and his friends visited the Shu family's manor-style villa.
It is indeed rare to own such a luxurious villa in a place like Hong Kong where every inch of land is valuable.
Especially when Lu Ye was invited by Shu Wen into Mr. Shu's study, the open space was more than 7 meters high, and the circular walls were all covered with books, which was indeed very shocking.
Lu Ye discovered that there were not only many books here, but many of them were even ancient books. Lu Ye didn't know how much they were worth, but they were definitely priceless old items.
Lu Ye also found a large sand table in a corner of the study.
On the sand table, there are carved maritime trade routes and trade routes of several Southeast Asian countries.
Looking at these, Lu Ye quickly thought of the Shu family's direct business. Presumably, these should be the Shu family's grain trade routes.
In fact, these things are already the Shu family's business secrets. It's just that Shu Wen completely trusts Lu Ye, so she brought him in.
A desk so clean that there were only two landline phones on it.
There is almost nothing in the entire study except books.
"It's so shocking. Many of the books here are probably not available in libraries or museums." Lu Ye sighed.
Shu Wen also said to Lu Ye with great pride: "The books here are accumulated by several generations of our Shu family. So far, we have collected many books."
There are so many books, and among them there are no useless books that are just for show. Each book has great collection value. With such a huge collection of books, Lu Ye feels that some domestic universities are far less numerous and of higher quality than the Shu family!
What is wisdom and what is foundation!
This time, Lu Ye finally had a new understanding of this.
If a family wants to prosper for a long time, it is far from enough to just accumulate wealth.
What is more important than wealth is cultural heritage!
Su Mengyao was in this study, and at this moment she even felt much smaller.
"Shu Wen, have you read all these books?" Su Mengyao asked.
"How is that possible? Even if I read one book a day, the collection here is enough to last for over a hundred years. I've only read less than 1000 books so far."
"But my grandfather read the most. He has read almost 5000 books." Shu Wen said with some pride.
The ancients said that reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles.
This statement is difficult to achieve today.
In the past, ancient people used bamboo slips, and there were not many words on each scroll. It was no problem to read dozens or even hundreds of scrolls a day.
But now, a paper book has at least hundreds of thousands of words, and it is considered good if you can finish reading a book in a day.
Reading 10,000 books would count as 30 years at Alibaba!
Click~
The door of the study opened and Uncle De walked in.
"Miss, the dinner is ready. The master asked me to invite a few distinguished guests to the dining room for dinner."
"Okay, we'll be there right away." Shu Wen responded.
Several people followed Shu Wen to the restaurant.
Mr. Shu was already waiting at the main seat in the restaurant.
Shu Tianqi, who rushed back from the company, also walked out of the wine cellar at this time, holding two bottles of very vintage red wine in his hands.
Seeing Lu Ye and the others, Shu Tianqi also smiled.
"Welcome to visit us. It's been a long time since we last met in Binjiang."
"I just picked out two bottles of 65 Lafite. I'm going to have a couple of drinks later."
"Mr. Shu, I'm sorry to bother you." Lu Ye said modestly.
"Hey... I'm so happy you guys can come, how can I be a bother?"
Shu Tianqi handed the red wine in his hand to the servant beside him and asked him to open the bottle and sober up.
For red wine of this vintage, you must decant it in advance so that the wine can taste better after being exposed to air for a certain period of time.
"Come sit down... Now that you are here, just treat it as your own home. Don't feel restrained." Shu Tianqi greeted Lu Ye and the others.
Shu Wen pulled Su Mengyao to the other side of the table and said to Lu Ye and Su Yunjie, "Hurry up and sit down. Mengyao, please sit opposite me."
There is a huge 10-meter-long dining table with many decorations on it. Even though there are 6 people sitting on it, it still looks empty.
"Xiao Lu, do you have any dietary restrictions?" Mr. Shu asked Luye.
"Grandpa, just follow the host's wishes. We don't have any dietary restrictions." Lu Ye said.
The old man nodded, looked at Uncle De who was waiting beside him, and said softly, "Let them serve the food."
"Okay, sir." Uncle De responded and then waved to the maid at the kitchen door.
Soon, several maids began to serve the dishes.
On the tray, each dish was carefully paired with a set of tableware.
Unlike the large plates of dishes served in Binjiang, the largest plate of each dish served by the Shu family is only the size of a palm.
And they are placed separately in front of each person.
For such a huge dining table, it is obviously more reasonable to adopt this system of separate meals.
Longan and shark's fin soup, gold medal squab, fragrant grouper, lucky roast suckling pig, and roasted soft-boiled abalone...
Soon, one after another, traditional Hong Kong dishes that were colorful, fragrant and delicious were served on the table.
Su Yunjie couldn't control his tongue when he saw so many delicious foods, and his mouth was watering with greed.
At this time, the red wine that Shu Tianqi had asked someone to sober up in advance was also sober.
Several maids serving the meal poured red wine for everyone.
Mr. Shu raised his glass and opened the curtain for today's banquet.
"Welcome a few young friends to be our guests, and make our Shu family proud. Let us, the three of us, first toast you three benefactors with a glass of wine to express our gratitude for saving my granddaughter so many times."
As he spoke, Mr. Shu actually stood up from his chair, raised his wine glass high, and looked at Lu Ye and the others.