Rebirth as an official

Fortunately, the place where Li An parked his car and slept was not far from the provincial party committee's family compound, and it only took about 5 minutes by car.

The Provincial Party Committee Family Courtyard is divided into North and South Courtyards. The South Courtyard is located in the provincial capital and the city center. Before liberation, it was the villa area of ​​senior Kuomintang officials. It has beautiful scenery and is quiet in the bustle.

The housing price in this area, even for high-rise residences, is more than [-] yuan, let alone a villa. Those who can live here are senior leaders of the province.

Qiu Yating's family can live here naturally because of Qiu Yating's grandfather, Qiu Guotao, Mr. Qiu.

Mr. Qiu once served as deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and later retired as director of the Provincial People's Congress. He now has considerable influence in the province.

When the car arrived at the entrance of the compound, he informed the security guard at the door where he was going. After the security guard called to verify, he let Li An in.

The area for family members of the Provincial Party Committee is very large, with clean and tidy grounds, green lawns, and unique fountains.

At the front of the family courtyard are rows of widely spaced five-story foreign-style buildings in the style of the Republic of China. Further down are small single-family villas, and Qiu Yating's family is in one of them.

Even though Li An had been the secretary of the municipal party committee, this was his first time coming to Nanyuan, a family member of the provincial party committee. According to the address given by Qiu Yating, he wandered around for a long time before he saw a slim girl standing on the lawn outside a villa. Looking around.

Li An hurriedly drove over and saw that the girl was overjoyed when she saw him, and then she puffed up her cute little mouth and said, "Li An, you are too ink."

Li An quickly got out of the car and apologized to Qiu Yating with his hands clasped together.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road. There's a traffic jam."

"You're lying. It's Chinese New Year, so there's no traffic jam." Qiu Yating gave Li An a big roll of her eyes.

The lie was exposed on the spot, and Li An scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Li An, what you are wearing looks weird, hahaha, you look like a restaurant waiter." Qiu Yating noticed Li An's dress at this time and laughed unscrupulously.

"Haha~ It wasn't you who caused this. My mother insisted on letting me come here fully clothed." Li An twitched the corner of his mouth and said softly.

Qiu Yating covered her mouth and looked up and down, making Li An feel uncomfortable. At this moment, she heard your voice.

"Tingting, why are you letting people stand outside? Come inside quickly."

Li An looked back and saw a middle-aged woman with excellent temperament wearing a cheongsam standing at the door and casting her gaze over.

"I know, Mom." Qiu Yating controlled her smile and said to Li An, "Come in quickly."

Li An hurriedly opened the trunk and took out the gifts prepared by his mother and the mountain goods he brought from Yangdong, and followed Qiu Yating.

When Li An walked to the door of the villa carrying large and small bags, he saw Qiu Yating's mother looking at him with a smile.

Li An quickly bowed slightly and greeted.

"Happy New Year, Auntie"

"Happy New Year, it's cold outside. Come inside quickly." Qiu Yating's mother's eyes showed kindness and kindness.

Only then did Li An clearly see the appearance of Qiu Yating's mother.

She looks very similar to Qiu Yating. Although there are some wrinkles on her face, these wrinkles do not weaken her beauty, but add to her charm, giving Li An a feeling of warmth and spring.

Qiu Yating's mother saw the big and small bags in Li An's hand, and smiled and scolded Qiu Yating: "You, you didn't help Xiao Li get the things, how rude."

Qiu Yating stuck out her tongue to her mother and said, "Don't I give him a chance to show off?"

Qiu Yating's mother was angry and amused when she heard this. She shook her head and called Li An into the house.

After entering the house, there was an entrance hall. After putting on his slippers, Li An placed the gift in his hand next to it.

Qiu Yating's mother saw this and said with a smile: "You kid, just come here and bring anything else. You can't bring it anymore in the future."

Although she said this, her tone and body showed satisfaction.

"Okay, Auntie." Li An nodded somewhat nervously.

"Sit down, I'll ask your uncle to come out." Qiu Yating's mother said and went upstairs.

"Li An, why do I feel that you are so nervous?" Qiu Yating stood nearby and joked.

"What you said, can I not be nervous? This is the first time in my life." Li An replied depressedly.

Li An's words were true. In his previous life, his marriage was arranged by his father. He was already lying flat. He had never been to his wife's house before getting married. After getting married, he used to be indifferent.

Li An sat uneasily on the Chinese-style sofa and looked around at the layout of the living room in order to relieve his tension.

The living room is decorated in Chinese style, and the furniture is mainly made of wood. This room exudes simplicity and solemnity.

What caught Li An's attention the most was the horizontal landscape painting hanging on the wall. It was surrounded by mountains in the clouds and mist, giving people a sense of tranquility and majestic beauty. At a glance, you knew it was either an ordinary painting, or it was from someone who didn't know it. Which everyone's hands.

"Xiao Li, are you also interested in Chinese painting?"

A hearty voice sounded in Li An's ears.

Li An looked back and saw a man wearing a black vest over a Chinese shirt walking down the stairs.

This man is Qiu Yating's father Qiu Quansheng. He looks to be in his fifties, 1.8 meters tall, tall and tall, with a Chinese character face and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looks more like an old and knowledgeable professor. .

Li An quickly stood up and bowed to say hello.

"Happy New Year Uncle."

"Haha, okay, sit down quickly." Qiu Quansheng smiled and nodded, reaching out and pressing down.

After Li An waited for Qiu Quansheng to sit down, he sat down neatly, put his hands on his thighs, and straightened his back.

Li An didn't know why he was so nervous when he saw Qiu Quansheng. He didn't feel this way when he saw Vice Governor Tian Qifeng.

"Xiao Li, you don't have to be so restrained," Qiu Quansheng chuckled and glanced around Li An. From his eyes, he should be very satisfied with Li An's appearance.

"I saw you were looking at that painting just now, and Xiao Li also studied Chinese painting." Qiu Quansheng asked again.

Li An looked at the painting again and said: "It's not about research. I know a little bit. If we read it correctly, this painting should be the handiwork of Master Lin. He uses the brush to capture the breath and the ink to capture the rhyme. The work is It is elegant and elegant, with a mountain and water momentum, and the distant mountains and near peaks are integrated into the landscape."

"It seems that Xiao Li is very knowledgeable about Chinese painting, and Master Lin also knows it." Qiu Quansheng was very satisfied.

Li An looked at the seal with Master Lin's name on it. Although it was carved in small seal script, he had studied calligraphy before and had done some research on small seal script, so he recognized Master Lin's name.

Thinking of calligraphy, Li An remembered his father's instructions yesterday, stood up and took out the simple gift box from the gifts he had just brought.

"Uncle, my dad asked me to bring this to you."

Qiu Quansheng took it and saw that it turned out to be two ingots of ancient Huizhou ink, and he became even more happy.

"I didn't expect that your dad would still remember this hobby of mine. Thank you dad for me."

"As long as uncle likes it."

"Xiao Li, your father and I have known each other for decades. We were classmates when we were in college..." Qiu Quansheng seemed to have opened up a conversation and began to talk about his past with Li Lin.

As Li An listened, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. It turned out that many of his father's classmates served in the core organs of the provincial party committee.

"Your father didn't listen to me back then and had to go back to Linjiang. If he had stayed in the provincial capital, he would have been at least a full-time officer."

Li An also sighed and thought to himself: "Yes, if he were in the provincial capital, his future would not be so bumpy.".