I am doing well in the Siheyuan

"Brother Ye, this cup is definitely a treasure. Although we can't see its use, my father said it is something from the palace."

"Something from the palace? Isn't your father afraid of getting tongue-tied if he says that?"

Ye Ming shook his head, looked closer and examined it carefully, then explained in a serious tone: "This is a rhino horn wine cup. The workmanship is relatively crude and the material is ordinary. Take a look at the pattern carved on it."

Liu Guangtian looked at it carefully and tentatively answered: "It looks like a dog?"

“Yes, it’s a dog.

What kind of patterns are usually carved on things used in the palace? Dragon patterns, how can they just carve a few dogs? This is just a common rhino horn wine cup used for drinking. I have enough enamel cups. I don’t know how old this old thing is. I think it’s dirty to drink with it. Take it away.”

Ye Ming obviously had no intention of acquiring the company. Seeing this, Liu Guangtian became anxious:

"Don't worry about whether it's from the palace or the people. Even if you can't use it to drink, it's nice to put it at home as a decoration. Just give me a price first."

Ye Ming was quite conflicted.

After some inner struggle, he was finally moved by Liu Guangtian's sincerity.

"It's all for your sake. How much is your brother going to pay?"

Liu Guangtian glanced at the cup and began to lose confidence. He asked tentatively, "How about twenty... twenty?"

Seeing Ye Ming turning around and about to leave, he quickly changed his words: "Fifteen, fifteen, Brother Ye, after all, this is also our family heirloom..."

"Ten dollars. If you sell it, I'll buy it. Just consider it a good deed."

Ye Ming did not give Liu Guangtian a chance to continue bargaining and directly quoted his own desired price.

I even acted as if I would never mention it again if you didn't agree.

"Okay, just ten bucks!"

"Wait."

Ye Ming said nothing more. He took out five dollars in change from the house, and then took out the pre-prepared contract and asked Liu Guangtian to sign it.

The transaction was completed and the item changed hands smoothly.

After everyone had left, Ye Ming turned around and walked into the house, closing the door tightly.

"I spent ten yuan to buy a rhinoceros horn cup used by the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty. What a waste of money!"

Ye Ming sighed softly, stroking the rhino horn cup he had just acquired in his hand. He was extremely speechless about the behavior of this family.

"Brother, didn't you just say that the carving on it was of a dog, not something from the palace?"

Xiaoxin was full of doubts.

Although he is still young, he has seen a lot recently with Ye Ming and has some knowledge of antiques.

"That's not a dog, that's Taotie, one of the nine sons of the dragon. This cup must have come from the palace, but somehow it fell into the hands of the Liu family."

Ye Ming gave a brief explanation and knew in his heart that this kind of business was a sure win.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

Xiaoxin pouted and complained, feeling that her brother had been obsessed with buying junk recently.

"Don't worry, I'll get you something to eat."

Ye Ming placed the rhino horn cup carefully into the box and quickly adjusted his mentality.

In the courtyard on the other side,

"How's it going? Did the boy accept the things?"

As soon as Liu Guangtian stepped into the house, Liu Haizhong began to ask anxiously.

"I accepted it and gave him five dollars."

"Only five dollars? That kid paid ten dollars for the broken bowl from Old Zhang's house!"

Liu Haizhong snatched the money from Liu Guangtian's hand and was obviously quite dissatisfied with the price.

He actually had no intention of passing the cup to Liu Guangtian.

It was only out of consideration for the relationship that he reluctantly agreed to sell it.

Although the money is pitifully little, it is better than leaving it useless.

He thought the cup was of little value.

Just as Ye Ming said, the age of the container is unknown and it is too dirty to even hold wine.

Liu Guangtian secretly put the other five dollars in his pocket and looked normal.

After a winter snow, the work in the factory entered its final stage.

In people's spare time, gossip increases.

Groups of workers gathered together to slack off and chat about all sorts of family matters.

The hottest topic among them is who will be the model worker this year.

In the conference room,

Director Yang glanced at his watch.

"Okay, everyone is here.

Everyone should be clear about the content of today's meeting. Yesterday, we asked everyone to go back and nominate a model worker candidate. Have you all decided on a candidate now?"

"Don't worry, Director Yang. We know what's going on."

“That’s good to know. Now please write down your choice of candidate on a piece of paper and submit it anonymously.

Deputy Director Li, could you please give us a count?"

As soon as Director Yang finished speaking, he picked up a pen and paper and wrote down a name.

Soon, leaders of various workshop departments handed in folded notes.

Deputy Director Li brought a blackboard and randomly pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it.

"Ye Ming?"

When he saw the name, Deputy Director Li was stunned for a moment and glanced at Director Yang with interest.

The workshop and department heads in the audience acted as if everything was normal.

"Director Yang, did you not take what I said last time to heart?"

If Ye Ming is selected as the model worker of the steel rolling mill this year, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

Even the security guard, Uncle Zhang, is more qualified than him.

Although Deputy Director Li had his doubts, he couldn't think of anyone else except Director Yang who could vote for Ye Ming, and thought that Director Yang was abusing his privilege.

However, after he wrote Ye Ming's name on the blackboard and pulled out another piece of paper, his face suddenly changed.

"Impossible, why is it still Ye Ming?"

Apart from Director Yang, the canteen director might be a possibility, but this is too blatant.

Li Huaide could only use this excuse to comfort himself temporarily, but Director Yang became restless.

He stood up and opened the remaining notes one by one. The more he read, the more frightened he became.

"This……"

Director Yang opened his mouth slightly and glanced at the calm expressions of the workshop and department heads in the conference room. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely depressing.

It’s unbelievable, how could Ye Ming do this in such a short time?

"Director Yang, please stop confusing us here."

Li Huaide already had a vague answer in his mind, but even he himself could not accept it.

After peeling off the notes one by one, the truth was revealed to everyone without reservation.

Ye Ming's name was clearly written on more than a dozen pieces of paper.

"No need to look anymore, I voted for Sun Fugui." Director Yang broke out in a cold sweat.

In the face of such an incredible voting result, except for him and Li Huaide, the other directors and leaders in the meeting room acted as if nothing had happened.

"Impossible! How could it be him? How could you all choose him? Director Qian, how could Ye Ming have the qualities of a model worker? Not only is he unworthy of being a model worker, he is also involved in beating employees' family members. He should be punished!" Deputy Director Li's emotions were out of control.

The hidden story behind this cannot be fully explained in a few words.

The so-called truth is that the entire leadership of the steel mill was quietly bribed by Ye Ming!

This kid can almost cover the sky with one hand in the factory now!

How could Deputy Director Li sit idly by?