The officialdom of rebirth

Lunch started in a rather awkward atmosphere, Xiang Jin kept scolding Lao Xiang with a cold face, Xiang Jin's mother advised her not to listen.And although Lao Xiang likes to put on a patriarchal appearance on weekdays, he can also order Xiang Jin's mother around at home. If something really happens, Xiang Jin has to make up his mind. This precious daughter can do whatever she wants, and he Basically dare not talk back.And this matter, he did do something wrong, and now he can only smoke by the side and listen to Xiang Jin getting mad.

It's a long story. There is nothing else in Dongshan, but there are many strange stones. Lao Xiang usually has a hobby of collecting strange stones. He and a group of fellow enthusiasts only communicated in a corner of the south gate of the county. After some farmers collect good quality stones in the mountains, they will also take them to the South Gate to sell to enthusiasts, but in the past one or two years, more and more people play with stones, and the South Gate has accumulated almost every day. Hundreds of people spontaneously formed an organized and managed open-air market.Therefore, the County Nanmen Industrial and Commercial Bureau simply encircled a piece of land there and gathered all these people, euphemistically calling it the Dongshan Kistler Market. On the one hand, it could charge some stall fees, and on the other hand, it would not affect the appearance of the county.

However, due to the high booth fees charged by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, the farmers in the villages do not want to pay the money. As for the enthusiasts, they feel that they are only here for exchange, so why should they pay?As a result, there were almost no people in the market, and they all moved outside the market for exchange and sales.

And because Lao Xiang played with stones earlier, his appreciation skills are quite experienced, and he is very prestigious among enthusiasts, so almost every day someone asks him to help him go to the market to find treasures. Lao Xiang also has a little vanity , all requests must come, when helping others to find treasures, I often buy big bags and small bags at home, and gradually have a reputation in the hearts of farmers. Once they have goods in their hands and want to sell them in the county, they will always find them first. Lao Xiang, after going back and forth like this, Lao Xiang has become the middleman between the buyer and the seller. Although he has always regarded himself as a cultural person and disdains to do those vulgar things that make money from commissions, the group of them has been gathering outside the market for a long time to conduct private transactions , suspected to have blocked the industry and commerce bureau's way of making money, it's no wonder they didn't bother him.

Xiang Jin didn't seem to plan to stop after scolding the old Xiang, turned her head and complained to her mother: "Mom, you are really too, dad doesn't stick to the house all day long and soaks in the pile of broken stones, you are not good Tell me about him. If we are not here today, what should I do if my father gets hurt from grabbing stones?" [

"Your father's just this hobby, how can I get him, and he's there to help others, who knows why the Industry and Commerce Bureau came to him?" Xiang Jin's mother defended in a low voice.

"Is he helping people!" Xiang Jin turned to Lao Xiang again angrily, "Dad, it's not that I want to talk about you, you are such a grown-up, and you don't know how to think about it. You spend all day outside the market, what will the people in the market think? What will the people in the industry and commerce bureau think? I think it’s only natural that the industry and commerce bureau will fine you and confiscate your precious stones. Let’s reason. If the living expenses are not enough, you can tell me, don’t get involved in such things with others in the future, do you hear me?”

Old Xiang had a deep prejudice against being an official. Now that Xiang Jin mentioned stone fines or something, the sour smell of a cultural person in his bones came up again. I said that I was helping people identify stones, and I didn’t charge money. Why should those officials fine me and confiscate my stones! Is there no law in this world, and what they officials say is what they say Humph, I still don’t believe it!”

Seeing that his father couldn't turn the corner, Xiang Jin became even more angry, and slapped his chopsticks on the table, "I can't even charge you! If I say no, I won't do it!"

Old Xiang snorted, and stopped talking too much.

"Forget it, Xiao Jin, just don't say a few words, your father has soft ears, and he will go to help when someone says something nice, and he didn't mean it." Xiang Jin's mother twitched at her daughter. Sleeves, persuaded in a low voice.

"No!" Xiang Jin insisted, "Today, I want my father to promise me that I will never get involved in this matter again, or I will throw all his pile of broken stones after dinner! "

Xiang Jin's intimidation seemed to have no effect, and old Xiang snorted with his neck scratched.

In the awkward atmosphere, Chen Yang felt that this meal was too much to eat. After hearing so much before, he was deeply influenced by those dudes in the capital, so he didn't think it was a big deal, but he had just entered their house. It's not easy to interrupt and say more, seeing Xiang Jin talking more and more vigorously, and Lao Xiang sitting there like a dumb gourd, being scolded from beginning to end, he can't see it a bit.

Putting down his chopsticks, he frowned and said to Xiang Jin: "Xiang Jin, you are almost fine. I think uncle is right about this whole thing. Didn't uncle say that the booth fee set by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is too high, and the village people It’s not easy to get some stones into the county to make some money, I think it’s normal for them not to want to go to the market to sell them.”

Xiang Jin didn't expect that Chen Yang would stand up and talk about her, and vaguely put on the appearance of an adjutant, and immediately said angrily: "Chen Yang, you"

"What about me!" Chen Yang interrupted Xiang Jin very bluntly, "I haven't finished talking yet, you should review yourself, there is no one in the world who scolds your parents like you, what happened to Uncle playing with rocks, Throwing stones? Hey, you've grown up!"

After Chen Yang finished his official speech, Xiang Jin was so angry that he wanted to fight back. Unexpectedly, Chen Yang immediately gave her a hard look, and she lost her temper immediately. She snorted like old Xiang, and looked aside.

The old Xiang and his wife were stunned for a moment. They knew this precious daughter very well. She looked very obedient and filial since she was a child, but if something happened to her, she was quite independent. If she made up her mind Absolutely no one will listen to what anyone says. For example, when Xiang Jin became obsessed with singing when she was a child, the two elders tried to obstruct her a lot, but in the end they couldn't hold back this girl, and obediently sent Xiang Jin to the theater troupe to learn opera. .

If what Chen Yang said just now was changed by them, Xiang Jin would have snapped back.But now, this young man made their daughter lose her temper in a few words, really

Originally, Chen Yang stepped forward to help Lao Xiang protect his precious bumps, and the second elder had already doubled his affection for Chen Yang, but now he saw that Chen Yang did not regard himself as an outsider at all, and was in front of everyone at the dinner table. Xiang Jin helped to count Xiang Jin in front of her, and said that she was worried that her daughter was too powerful and too high-sighted to find a partner, but now she brought a young man back without saying hello. He was vague, and what he said made people feel warm in his heart. He went to college and is a cultural person. Now he runs a bookstore to do business, and he is also considered to be walking with his own daughter. Not bad, not bad!

Thinking of this, the two elders were even more happy. Xiang Jin's mother kept adding vegetables to Chen Yang's bowl, and said with a smile on her face, "Xiao Chen, come, come, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." Looking like a noble elder, he stroked his short beard, raised his wine glass and gestured to Chen Yang, "Xiao Chen, this wine is sweet-scented osmanthus alcohol made by myself, how about you try it?"

Chen Yang respected the old man from the bottom of his heart, and immediately raised his glass in a flattered manner, touched Lao Xiang, nodded repeatedly: "Hey, good, good." After taking a sip, he praised, "Well, this wine Fragrant but not astringent, it has the elegance and delicateness of cinnamon seeds, but also the mellowness and fullness of spirits, and it is a rare good wine." At the end, I did not forget to care, "The number seems a bit high, but I am fine, but Uncle You mustn't drink too much."

Chen Yang's words reached Lao Xiang's heart. He just felt that this son-in-law is really sensible, has good wine, and knows how to respect the elders. Our daughter has found the right person. She stroked her beard and laughed, feeling very relieved . [

Xiang Jin bit her chopsticks and looked at this harmonious scene, feeling warm in her heart, but when she accidentally met the smug look in Chen Yang's hand to her, she couldn't help but spit secretly: "Hmph, sycophant!"