Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Listening to the hurried footsteps behind him, the elder brother who made the fire subconsciously turned his head to look.

In order to avoid being suspected, Lin Ran could only rub his hands and pretend to be a passerby. Although he was very afraid that his elder brother would burn the lattice door, he still forced himself to slow down.

"Phew, brother is lighting the fire!"

Lin Ran took a breath of hot air in his hand and started talking. The angry elder brother looked up at Lin Ran who was talking and smiled at him.

"What's wrong, brother!"

In order not to reveal his purpose, Lin Ran continued to speak.

"It's too cold!"

"Okay, let's warm up by the fire!"

The eldest brother's enthusiasm made Lin Ran feel that things were easier to handle. Lin Ran squatted aside and warmed up by the fire with his eldest brother, and glanced at the lattice door inside the firewood pile with his peripheral vision.

"Brother, it's too cold here and I'm too lazy to chop wood. Why don't you sell me some?"

Hearing Lin Ran's words, his expression suddenly became serious. Lin Ran thought he had said something wrong.

"Brother, look what you said! It's just a little firewood, why do you need to sell it? You can just take it!"

The eldest brother patted Lin Ran and replied with a smile. Lin Ran also laughed a few times after he realized what he was doing.

Only then did Lin Ran realize that his eldest brother was a man of temperament and felt that a little firewood would not be enough to talk about money.

But from Lin Ran's point of view, he was really embarrassed, because he bought this door just to make money. He knew the value of this door, and it was really hard for him to let his elder brother give it to him.

"It's better to pay, it's not easy in the cold weather!"

Lin Ran opened the bag of money as he spoke, thinking of giving his eldest brother some money according to the market price.

"You see, my brothers have become strangers. They are just neighbors who don't get some firewood from each other! Let's just make friends!"

Unexpectedly, the eldest brother grabbed Lin Ran's hand and pushed it back, waving his hand and saying.

Lin Ran felt that if he bought this door, he would have made hundreds or even a thousand times more money, but since his eldest brother is so proud, he would feel bad if he didn't compensate him.

"Brother, you can sell it to me at a shabby price, see if it works!"

After saying that, Lin Ran went to get the broken scale that he weighed, but was stopped by his elder brother again.

"No, you already earn nearly a penny more for collecting rags than outside. If word of this spreads, others will say that people in our village are stingy!"

Seeing that his elder brother was already a little angry as he spoke, Lin Ran stopped talking.

This kind of person has a heart-to-heart temperament and won't push back and forth with others. They will do whatever they say.

Lin Ran was very ashamed, but he had no way to tell the truth, because even if Lin Ran told his elder brother his true thoughts at this time, it was one thing whether the other party believed him or not, but more importantly, the relationship had changed.

Lin Ran had a good impression of people like his eldest brother.

When I think about my past life, my family was poor and I was bullied. I had seen enough of all kinds of supercilious looks, and I wore various masks when I went out into society.Later, when I came into contact with the antique shop, I saw the despicability of human nature even more. Even if I had some achievements later, I only received false flattery.

Although Lin Ran was dissatisfied with all this in his previous life, he still had to gain a foothold in this society, so he often had to remain appropriately polite even if he was unhappy.Even if you see through the other person's hypocritical mask, you should still talk and laugh happily.

There are too few honest people like my eldest brother. Maybe there were more in that era. When future generations become obsessed with profit, they will become even more valuable.

"Thank you, big brother. I'll take it back and warm it by the fire."

Since the eldest brother said to make friends, Lin Ran also recognized this friend. No matter what happened next, Lin Ran admired people like his eldest brother very much at this moment.

Now that we are talking about friendship, if we try to be more coy, it will seem a bit artificial.

Lin Ran thanked his elder brother and went out holding some firewood and the door.

Lin Ran loaded the things on the tricycle and rode out of Xiahe Village eagerly.

As soon as he left the village, Lin Ran couldn't wait to stop his three-wheel drive and check the lattice door.

The batter is thick and thick, made in the Ming Dynasty.

Carving fish playing with lotus flowers, the entire pattern is closely integrated with the direction of the wood grain, making it natural.

Lin Ran had seen Kong Mou's works in his previous life, and the execution and artistic conception matched them well.

Lin Ran then concluded without a doubt that this was the fish-playing-lotus-carved lattice door of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Ran recalled his past life. The market price of an ordinary Ming Dynasty lattice door was around 50, but one made by a famous artist might fetch nearly 300 million at auction.

It's a pity that this lattice door is broken and is not well preserved. The price may be discounted, but it is still a valuable item.

Looking at the damaged lattice door, Lin Ran couldn't help but sigh. If people had become aware of cultural relics earlier, there might be more cultural relics preserved in future generations.

Just like this lattice door, if Lin Ran hadn't discovered it today and found a way to stop it, it might have been reduced to ashes.

Some cultural relics are also rarely preserved due to improper preservation, especially paper and wooden relics.

Thinking of this, Lin Ran couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, but Lin Ran soon regained his joy. With this lattice door, he could definitely make a lot of money, and his family's life would be better.

Although others don't know how to protect them, as long as these things are in Lin Ran's hands for a day, Lin Ran will protect them and give them to people who know the goods to keep them and prevent them from gathering dust.

Lin Ran placed the old clothes and newspapers that he had just collected tightly in the corners of the car pocket.

He also used extra firewood to plug the excess parts of the three-wheeled warehouse and fixed it, because after so many years, many parts of the wooden door have become rotten and cannot withstand bumps, friction or impacts.

Lin Ran carefully placed the wooden door and spread a layer of waste paper on top to cover the lattice door.

After all this was done, Lin Ran pedaled the broken three-wheeler again, full of hope.

The cold winter wind was as messy as a razor blade. Lin Ran was driving a creaking three-wheeler on the country road against the wind and frost, but his blood was boiling all over.

What excites him is not the pleasure of picking up leaks, nor the fun of making money, but that his most important people have finally returned to him, and that he finally has the opportunity to make up for all the regrets in his previous life!