Rebirth as an official

As soon as the middle-aged man entered the room, Chen Xingsheng's wife Wang Yiwen immediately greeted him.

"Dad, how are you doing out there? Linjiang city is not big. Let Xingsheng drive you to Xuanhu Lake for fishing in the afternoon."

This middle-aged man is Wang Yiwen’s father, Wang Bohan, a professor in the Department of Archeology, School of Culture and Museum, Peking University.

"I won't go anyway. Fishing isn't much fun. He is also busy with work on weekdays, so I finally let him rest at home during the holidays." Wang Bohan waved his hand.

"Dad, it's okay. If you don't like fishing, we can go to the ancient streets in the afternoon. The antique market there is pretty good. You've always liked it, right?" Chen Xingsheng left the sofa and walked over with a smile.

"Hey, I went there today. It's a pity to say that I happened to see a good thing today, but it was bought by a young man. It's a pity..." Before you could finish your sentence, the middle-aged man saw the living room. Wood carvings placed on the coffee table.

"This is..." Wang Bohan walked over quickly, picked up the wood carving and inspected it carefully, and said excitedly to Chen Xingsheng: "Xingsheng, where did you get this wood carving?"

"Dad, is there something wrong with this thing?" Chen Xingsheng also looked at the wood carving curiously.

"Didn't I say that I saw a good thing today, but a young man took away 300 yuan? This is it. How did it end up in your hands?" Wang Bohan felt a sense of joy at finding something lost.

"Dad, is this thing valuable?"

Chen Xingsheng was shocked. His father-in-law was an expert in antiques.

"Of course, this is the work of Gu Kaizhi, the master of sculpture in the Ming Dynasty. It is rarely seen on the market now. It is currently estimated to sell for at least [-] yuan." Wang Bohan is like a child who got his favorite toy and couldn't put it down.

"This boy actually gave me an antique." Chen Xingsheng was a little dumbfounded. He thought it was an ordinary handicraft, so he accepted it.I didn’t expect it to be an antique worth 2 yuan, so how could I ask for it? Wouldn’t this be considered a bribe?

"Dad, I want to return this thing." Chen Xingsheng said with some embarrassment, looking at his father-in-law who couldn't put it down.

"No, I will give you 1 yuan later, and you give it to that boy. Just think that I bought it. The boy only spent 300 yuan."

Wang Bohan immediately held the wooden sculpture in his arms, as if he would fight anyone who dared to steal my treasure.

Wang Yiwen came over at this time and said with a smile: "Xingsheng, you are too rigid. That Li An bought this thing for 300 yuan, so naturally it is 300 yuan for you. This is his intention, you Now send him back and let the young man find a way to get off the stage. From now on, you can just take care of him as much as possible without violating the principles."

When Chen Xingsheng saw his father-in-law's appearance, he thought that it would not be appropriate for him to give Li An 1 yuan.

My father-in-law said it was worth at least [-] yuan, so I decided to buy it. This was still taking advantage of Li An.

Forget it, just think of it as a handicraft.

Chen Xingsheng nodded helplessly and agreed.

When Wang Bohan saw that Chen Xingsheng agreed, he immediately happily hugged the baby and returned to his room. Before leaving, he said: "Don't disturb me these days. I want to study this baby carefully."

Seeing his father-in-law happy, Chen Xingsheng thought it was worth it. At this time, he felt a little more favorable towards Li An.

However, this incident also reminded Chen Xingsheng that he must pay attention when collecting things in the future, especially this kind of things. If he doesn't do it right, he may fall into the trap set by others.

After Li An left Chen Xingsheng's house and was thinking about where to go next, his cell phone rang.

When he saw that the call was from his girlfriend, he quickly answered the call.

"Lee An, where are you?" As soon as the call came through, his girlfriend started checking.

"I'm on the street." Li An said.

"Hmph, are you going shopping with that little girl while I'm not here?" Zhai Bei said pretending to be angry.

"Oh, dear, God knows, I'm just shopping alone. If you don't believe me, we can video chat on WeChat." Li An blurted out.

"WeChat video???" Zhai Bei said doubtfully.

Li An realized at this time that there is no such thing as WeChat yet, and quickly changed his words: "I will send you a selfie now."

"Photos can also be faked." Zhai Bei said disdainfully.

"My dear wife, how can you believe this?" Li An knew that Zhai Bei was deliberately teasing him, so he acted very cooperatively.

"If you can get to Baiwei Tea House within 15 minutes, I will believe you."

"Ah, you're back to Linjiang." Li An was overjoyed.

Before the Chinese New Year, Li An and Zhai Bei talked on the phone. She said that she was going to celebrate the New Year in the provincial capital and would not necessarily go back to Linjiang. Li An also planned to go to the provincial capital to find her on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year after finishing today.

"You can't get over it." My girlfriend started to act coquettishly.

"Come on, I'm sure I'll come." Li An's heart skipped a beat when he heard Zhai Bei's soft and waxy voice. He immediately hailed a taxi and headed straight to the teahouse.

Baiwei Tea House is located on the most prosperous Jiefang Road in Linjiang City and is built in an antique style.

As soon as you enter the teahouse, you can smell the faint fragrance of tea filling the space, followed by the melodious sound of guzheng.

The interior decoration of the teahouse is simple yet gorgeous, and the tranquility has a touch of Zen. It is indeed a good place to calmly read a book and drink tea.

At this time, Li An naturally had no intention of looking at these carefully designed layouts, and hurriedly walked to a separate tea room on the second floor.

As soon as he entered the room, Li An saw a dignified and generous middle-aged woman sitting there.

Sitting next to him is his girlfriend.

When Zhai Bei saw Li An coming, she quickly got up and walked to him and said, "My mother said she wanted to see you."

Li An also realized at this time, I asked why I chose to have a date in a teahouse. My relationship is that my future mother-in-law wants to see me.

Li An quickly stepped forward and bowed to say hello. "Happy New Year, aunt."

"Xiao Li, right? I heard Zhai Bei tell you many times, please sit down."

Zhai Beibei's mother smiled slightly and showed elegance in every gesture, which is not something ordinary people can have.

Li Anzai recalled it for a long time, but there was almost no information about Zhai Bei's mother in his memory. He only remembered that her name was Ye Yunlan, and she seemed to be from the south.

"Thank you, Auntie." Li An thanked him and sat down opposite Zhai Bei's mother with some restraint.

"Xiao Li, what do you do?" Ye Yunlan picked up the justice cup and poured a cup of tea for Li An.

Li An stood up and took the tea cup respectfully with both hands, and then replied: "I work in the Municipal Party Committee Office, and now I am stationed in Yangdong County as a village cadre."

Li An felt that it would be a loss of face to just talk about a village cadre, so he added the position of municipal party committee office.

"Oh." Ye Yunlan responded softly without much reaction.

"Mom, Li An is now the assistant to the township chief." Zhai Bei felt that her mother was not satisfied, so she quickly added.

"Assistant to the township chief, that's not bad." This time Zhai Bei's mother gave some more responses, but it was very limited. It seemed that she still didn't take Li An's position seriously.

"Auntie, I didn't know you were here, and I wasn't prepared to make you laugh." Li An saw that the atmosphere was quiet, so he opened his mouth to break the silence.

"I came back today also on an impromptu basis." Zhai Bei's mother simply responded.

Li An was sitting here a little depressed at the moment. Zhai Bei's mother called him over, but she didn't seem to be very interested in him and didn't talk much, which made the atmosphere very awkward. .