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Zhou Chen was helpless: "Mom, is this how I am in your mind? At home, I just want to be diligent, but you don't even give me this opportunity."

Zhou Xin also advised: "Mom, you really don't have to worry about this. Even if they are not diligent, at most you can hire a nanny in the future. Xiaochen is also promising now. Mr. Li's family only has one daughter. If they are together, the conditions will not be bad. Don't think too much."

She works in the workplace and often comes into contact with young people, so she knows very well what most young people are like now and is much more open-minded than Li Congping.

To put it simply, Li Congping values ​​living a good life more. It doesn't matter if you're poor, as long as you're diligent, know how to live, and take care of others.

As for Zhou Xin, she absolutely believes that as long as the family conditions are good enough, many problems can be solved with money. 90% of family conflicts are caused by money.

"Yes, Mom, I know you are doing this for my own good, but I am already your grown-up son and I know what I need and what I don't need."

Zhou Chen also didn't want his mother to worry too much about this matter. He hoped that his mother could be like his father, playing cards every day, going out for fun, and cultivating interests.

But he knew his mother's character better. She would rather mop the floor and do housework at home than go to square dance with others. At most, she would just chat with a few old sisters and talk about family matters...

"Grown up? No matter how old you are, in my eyes, you are still a child."

Li Congping didn't take Zhou Chen's words to heart at all. In her eyes, as long as Zhou Chen was not married, he was just a child. No, even if Zhou Chen was married, he would still be a child in her eyes.

"You have to keep in mind the matter of bringing your girlfriend back, understand?"

"I know, Mom, don't worry."

After having dinner with her mother, Zhou Xin slept for a while and then went back to work. Zhou Chen was also bored, so he found an excuse and left as well.

I went home and continued watching TV series while messaging and chatting with Li Luo.

But before he told Li Luo that he wanted to take her home, Li Luo told him that her parents invited him to visit their home.

Zhou Chen thought about it and agreed. The fact that Li Luo's parents invited him to their home again showed that they had a good impression of him and supported him to continue his relationship with Li Luo, which made him quite happy.

A marriage that is approved and blessed by both parents is a happy marriage.

In the evening, Zhou Chen brought two bottles of good wine and nothing else. This was his second visit, so there was no need to be as grand as the first time, but he still had to be polite, so bringing two bottles of wine was more appropriate.

Just like last time, Li Luo greeted Zhou Chen downstairs and then went upstairs together.

Li Ruiyang and Zhu Xiuqin opened the door and welcomed Zhou Chen with smiles when they saw him.

"Xiao Zhou, you're here, come in and sit down."

"Uncle, aunt, hello."

Li Ruiyang asked Zhou Chen to sit on the sofa, while Zhu Xiuqin went to the kitchen to cook, and Li Luo went over to help.

"I heard from Luo Luo that the financial company you set up in the city has opened for business?" Li Ruiyang asked Zhou Chen with a smile.

Zhou Chen said: "It's not a financial company, it's just a small studio, doing some small investment business by the way. I'm just trying it out, I don't know if it can do business. After all, our city is not even a second-tier city, and I don't know if this business will work."

Li Ruiyang smiled and said, "Whether you can do it or not is another matter. Young people need to be aggressive. Even if you can't do this job, you can always change to another one. Youth is your capital. I am very optimistic about you."

Originally, he learned from Zhou Xin that the Zhou family was an ordinary family, but through the contact during this period and his daughter's narration, he found that Zhou Chen was somewhat unusual, mature and steady, and was no worse than those outstanding young people he had met.

He thought he had a good eye for people and he felt that Zhou Chen would have a bright future, so he agreed with Zhou Chen continuing his relationship with his daughter.

"Thank you for your consideration."

Zhou Chen glanced at the coffee table and was surprised to find a snuff bottle and a rusty incense burner on it.

Zhou Chen's gaze was noticed by Li Ruiyang, who smiled and pointed at the snuff bottle and incense burner on the coffee table.

"This was given to me by a friend when I returned to Jinling yesterday. You are young and may not understand this, but don't underestimate these two things. They are both treasures."

Zhou Chen lowered his head and the corners of his mouth twitched. My future father-in-law, these two are not treasures. Give me a hundred yuan and I can buy several of them.

But he asked, "Uncle, this should be an antique. To be honest, when I was studying in college, I was fascinated by novels about antiques. I even taught myself for two years. Don't be afraid of you laughing at me. I feel pretty good about myself and think I have some taste."

"Ha ha……"

Li Ruiyang laughed out loud, acting like an elder instructing a younger person.

"You are really ignorant and fearless, you have only taught yourself antiques for two years, and you dare to say that you have a good eye. Your uncle Li has been in this business for more than ten years, and I don't dare to say that I have a good eye, but you are bragging about yourself."

Although he said so, in fact, he had no intention of teaching Zhou Chen a lesson. He just thought that Zhou Chen was an amateur, had a short vision, was ignorant, and was full of youthful vigor.

"Since you say you have a good eye, then take a look at this snuff bottle and incense burner and see how good their condition is."

Zhou Chen felt helpless. Was there any need to look at them? He could tell the real thing at a glance. But looking at Li Ruiyang's expression, he was obviously confident that both pieces were authentic. What could he say?

Thinking of this, he really felt a little regretful. He wondered why he had taken a look just now.

"Uncle, this is not good."

"What's wrong with that? Just watch it and tell me what you think. I'll let my uncle guide you."

Since Li Ruiyang said so, what else could Zhou Chen do but agree.

"Uncle, do you have gloves?"

Li Ruiyang looked surprised: "It's quite professional, but we are all family, what kind of gloves do you need? Just pick them up carefully and take a look."

The casual words "family" made Zhou Chen smile. This future father-in-law is quite interesting.

So he didn't hesitate and first picked up the incense burner, pretending to be serious, and looked at it over and over again for several minutes. Then he put it down carefully and picked up another snuff bottle to look at it.

Li Ruiyang did not urge Zhou Chen. He just leaned on the sofa, holding a teacup, and looked at Zhou Chen with a smile.

He didn't think Zhou Chen had any good taste, but he was very happy to see Zhou Chen was interested in this aspect.

Because in their family, including his big family, he couldn't find anyone who liked antiques like him, so he was so happy to see Zhou Chen was interested in antiques.

Even though Zhou Chen was an amateur, he didn't care at all. Instead, he felt that he would feel more accomplished if he could guide Zhou Chen.

Seeing that Zhou Chen had been watching for nearly ten minutes with a frown on his face, he laughed even more happily, because he could see that Zhou Chen was indeed observing carefully, and not just pretending to watch to please him.

"How about it, Xiao Zhou, did you see anything?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 767: Uncle Li was tricked

Zhou Chen saw Li Ruiyang smiling and looking contented, and thought for a moment.

He was sure that Li Ruiyang absolutely regarded these two items as authentic ones, but in fact, these two items were both fake handicrafts and were not very old.

Although the counterfeiters have some skills, they are limited. They can fool beginners, but if they encounter someone who is really knowledgeable and experienced, they will be able to find the problems if they observe carefully.

But Li Ruiyang obviously didn't notice it, which also proves one thing from the side, that Li Ruiyang's level of antique identification can only be described as average, well, average.

If it was a stranger, or someone he was particularly close to, Zhou Chen would definitely tell him directly.

But Li Ruiyang is different. He is the father of Zhou Chen’s girlfriend. Their relationship is not very close, but his status is there and he needs to be respected.

So when he says it, you must pay special attention.

"Uncle, then I'll talk about it. If I'm wrong, please don't take offense."

Li Ruiyang smiled and said, "Go ahead, just say it, let me see what you can do."

Perhaps because he saw that they shared the same hobbies, his satisfaction with Zhou Chen increased even more, but he didn't expect Zhou Chen to say anything at all.

Zhou Chen nodded and picked up the snuff bottle.

"Uncle, I think there is something wrong with this snuff bottle."

"Ok?"

Li Ruiyang, who had a smile on his face, suddenly changed his expression when he heard Zhou Chen's words and stopped smiling.

In the antique business, saying that there is a problem with an item is almost like saying that the item is fake.

Although he didn't think what Zhou Chen said was right, he still felt uncomfortable. After all, this was half-sold and half-given to him by others. He didn't pay for it, but he was doing a favor.

"What's wrong?"

Li Ruiyang approached Zhou Chen, took the snuff bottle from Zhou Chen's hand, and looked at it carefully.

Zhou Chen pointed to a spot on the waist of the snuff bottle and said, "Uncle, look here, isn't the color slightly different from other spots?"

The antique business relies on eyesight and experience. After decades of training under the Zhengyang Sect, Zhou Chen's eyesight has long reached the level of perfection, so he can quickly spot the difference.

Li Ruiyang looked at the place Zhou Chen pointed to, opened his eyes wide, examined it carefully, then compared it with other places, and finally hesitated.

"Is it different? It seems to be a little different."

Li Ruiyang was really not sure. If Zhou Chen hadn't pointed it out, he would have thought they were all the same. But after Zhou Chen pointed it out, he looked at it carefully again and seemed to have really found some differences, but he was still not sure.

Seeing that Li Ruiyang hadn't figured it out yet, Zhou Chen pointed to the position below the bottle mouth.

"Uncle, look here again. Does this line feel a bit broken?"

Li Ruiyang looked again, then picked up the magnifying glass on the table. The next moment, his expression suddenly changed.

What Zhou Chen said was right, there was indeed a little crack, but if Zhou Chen hadn't pointed it out and he had used a magnifying glass to look at it, he wouldn't have been able to see the problem at all.

Without Zhou Chen saying anything, he had already realized that there was probably something really wrong with this snuff bottle.

When he thought that this snuff bottle was given to him by a long-time friend in the same trade, he could no longer remain calm. If the other party gave him a fake, it might be something they had traded in the past.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get furious, but considering that Zhou Chen was still here, he could only calm down.

But soon a question lingered in his mind. He had played with it for so long but still didn't find the problem.

Zhou Chen didn't use a magnifying glass and only had the computer working for a few minutes, so how could he find the problem so quickly?

"Xiao Zhou, do you see anything wrong with this incense burner?"

He still held out a glimmer of hope, that one of the items might be a mistake made by his friend, but if both items had problems, then it could almost be concluded that he had been cheated.

Zhou Chen didn’t know what Li Ruiyang was thinking, but he had no intention of hiding anything from Li Ruiyang.

"There's something wrong with this incense burner. Look here, and here, and here..."

Li Ruiyang looked carefully at the position of Zhou Chen's finger. After a moment, he coughed dryly and said, "Well, Xiao Zhou, it seems that you still have some vision. Good, very good."

Zhou Chen's mouth twitched. "Uncle, can you stop pretending so much? I'm afraid you didn't see any of the three places I pointed out."

However, he could also see that the future old man's eyesight was not even considered a beginner, but he still felt that his level was good, no wonder others would find him.

Those who sell handicrafts can’t be cheated by those who are really skilled, nor can they be cheated by laymen, so most of the people they cheat are people like Li Ruiyang, who are obviously not very skilled but still like others. It’s your fault for being so unskilled.

Li Ruiyang looked at the incense burner in his hand and the snuff bottle on the coffee table, and he couldn't stop the anger rising in his heart.

Next time he goes back to Jinling City, he will definitely break the legs of the guy who dared to cheat him, because he took more than just these two things from that guy.

"Xiao Zhou, I really didn't realize that you really know a lot about antiques. Come, follow me to my study. I have a lot of stuff there. Let me test you to see if you can find the real good stuff among all those things."

"Okay, then I'll give you more advice."

Zhou Chen had already seen through Li Ruiyang's level. The reason why he said this was simply that he wanted him to help take a look at his collection, but he didn't want to lose face.

"Come."

Zhou Chen followed Li Ruiyang into his study. The study was not big, only about ten square meters, but it was well decorated. There were several rows of bookshelves, but only a small part of them were filled with books. The rest of the space was either filled with antiques or was empty.

"Xiao Zhou, look, the items here are all my collections, more than 40 in total, but they were all specially transported from the city after I was transferred here."

Li Ruiyang was about to say that these were all good things, but when he thought of the two fakes just now, his confidence was immediately gone.

"Some of the objects here are real, some are fake. It's time to test your eyesight."

Listening to Li Ruiyang's anxious boasting, Zhou Chen laughed inwardly. It seemed that his future father-in-law had lost all confidence due to the blow.

"Uncle Li, these shouldn't be all of your collections, right?" Zhou Chen didn't look at them immediately, but asked first.

Li Ruiyang nodded and said, "Well, this is only a part of it. I have another part of the collection at home in Jinling City. You can take a look at these first. When I have time to go to Jinling in the future, I will take you to see the good things in my home."

"Uncle Li, I will take it seriously. You must know that I like antiques."

"Haha, you're right. For those of us who like old things, what we like most is to see good things. Xiao Zhou, take a look at the things I have here first."

"Got it."

Zhou Chen started looking from the bookshelf in front of him, and the first thing he looked at was a piece of porcelain.

He looked very slowly, but Li Ruiyang was not in a hurry at all. He first accompanied Zhou Chen for a while, then sat down and watched Zhou Chen appraise the treasure with a smile on his face.

When Zhou Chen picked up the seventh item, Li Luo's voice came from outside the door, saying that the meal was ready and asked them to go out to eat.

After hearing this, Zhou Chen put down the object in his hand and asked Li Ruiyang: "Uncle Li, then let's watch it after dinner?"

Li Ruiyang said, "I saw you looked at a few pieces just now. How about it? Can you tell?"

Zhou Chen did not give a direct answer: "Time is a bit tight, I can't make a judgment, how about I discuss it with you after dinner?"

"Alright."