The old man took one look at the candlestick in her hand, pulled his pipe from his waist, lit it with a match, and took two puffs. "There are all kinds of them, some made of iron, some made of cans and bottles. These candlesticks are all from Hexi Village. I don't know who threw them away, but every household has picked up a lot of them. They haven't been used in the past few years, so they're all sold as junk."
Du Ruo's heart tightened: "Where are all the candlesticks we collected?"
The old man squatted on the ground and took out the cloth bag from his waist, then put more dry tobacco into his pipe: "The purchasing station will deal with it. They will just take it to be refined."
Du Ruo sighed in his heart. What a good thing it was, a candlestick from the Han Dynasty. After thousands of years of wind and rain, it ended up like this.
Du Ruo smiled: "Master, I think this little man is quite good-looking, and it looks quite like the real thing. Will you sell it to me?"
The old man squatted on the ground smoking and said casually: "If you like it, take it. You are dressed neatly and you don't mind it being dirty."
Du Ruo smiled awkwardly and asked, "Uncle, how much do you want for this candlestick?"
The old man said, "What's this thing worth? I charged you one dollar, so just give me one dollar."
The old man had a good impression of Du Ruo. He was dressed fashionably and looked wealthy, but he didn't have the arrogance of rich people. He treated this old rag collector in a friendly manner, so the old man was easy to talk to.
Du Ruo was afraid of complications, so she took out ten yuan and said, "How can that be? Uncle, it's not easy for you either. You don't need to give me the change."
Du Ruo stuffed the money into the old man's hand, took the things and left. The old man shouted from behind: "Hey, you little girl, what's so good about it? Give me back so much money."
Du Ruo didn't look back. He took the candlestick to the farmers' market to buy some fruit, asked for a convenient bag to put the candlestick in, and carried it all the way to the county guesthouse.
She was thinking to herself, she was worried about not having a clear goal, why not go to Hexi Village and take a look. Since so many families could pick up bronze candlesticks, maybe they had picked up other things as well?
As she walked into the lobby of the County Party Committee Guesthouse, a waiter called out to her, "Hey, female comrade, Secretary Li just came. This is the fruit he left for you. He left because you weren't here."
Du Ruo took the plastic bag from the waiter, walked to the door of the room, took out the key, opened the door and went in.
She took out her cell phone from her bag and called Li Anze. The phone rang many times, but no one answered. It seemed that Li Anze did not come home.
Just as Du Ruo was about to sit down, there was a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw a waiter coming in with two or three thermoses in his hands. He put one of them on her table.
The waiter smiled and said to Du Ruo, "There's a hot water room downstairs. If you don't have enough hot water, go get some. It's in the room around the corner from the lobby."
After seeing the waiter off, Du Ruo fell asleep. In her daze, she heard her cell phone ringing. Thinking it was Li Anze, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "I received the fruit. I was just about to call you to thank you, but no one answered. Did you just get off work?"
The man on the phone was breathing heavily. Du Ruo looked at the phone in her hand in confusion. The mobile phone did not have caller ID, so she couldn't figure out who was on the other end of the phone, but she could conclude that it was not Li Anze.
Du Ruo was getting a little impatient. Just as she was about to hang up, Yuan Tingchuan's ethereal voice came from the phone: "Ruoruo..." His voice was lazy and a little frivolous after drinking.
Du Ruo's heart skipped a beat. Yuan Tingchuan was the variable in her life. She admitted that she felt a little nervous unconsciously when facing Yuan Tingchuan.
This is different from facing Ling Yun and Li Anze. These two people were her good friends in her previous life. Whether it is personality, temperament or living habits, Du Ruo is confident in controlling the rhythm, except for Yuan Tingchuan.
Yuan Tingchuan's voice was filled with fatigue and sighs on the phone: "Stay away from Li Anze, or rather, stay away from the Li family. The Li family has lofty ambitions, so don't get too close."
Du Ruo remained silent. Li Anze's eldest brother, Li Anrui, was indeed ambitious. This was also the reason why she and Li Anze had not ended up together. Neither of them had made it clear, but she understood that this was Li Anze's love and care for her.
But she didn't want to discuss this matter with Yuan Tingchuan. She couldn't say it and couldn't explain it clearly.
Yuan Tingchuan on the other end of the phone reached out and pinched his eyebrows. He had been a bit confused recently. Old Zhong had an accident in Myanmar. Although the Zhong family had blocked the news before, this matter could be hidden from others but not from Yuan Tingchuan. It can be said that he was the one who caused Old Zhong's accident.
In recent times, Yuan Tingchuan has been eroding the Zhong family's assets bit by bit, and is making intensive preparations for the final strike.
Yuan Tingchuan was also planning the affairs of the Qu Group. He was really too busy to have time. Even at the busiest time, he only slept three or four hours a day, and even his meals were for work.
Today's banquet was an elder's birthday party, so he had to give him face. While in the car, he took the time to look through the photos sent by the mainland bodyguard.
The moment he saw the photo, Yuan Tingchuan's heart was like the magma in the crater of a volcano, boiling violently.
He knew the man in the photo, Li Anze, the second son of the famous Li family in H City. The two had had tea together before. He couldn't say that he knew him very well, but he knew a lot about him.
Li Anze is not a sentimental person. He is very capable. Beneath his elegant and humble appearance, he is decisive and good at strategy. No one who has worked with him is not afraid of him.
In the photo, the two people walking side by side have a harmonious atmosphere, just like old friends. Their every move reveals tacit understanding and trust. It is hard to believe that these two people have only known each other for less than half a month.
This made Yuan Tingchuan feel extremely frustrated. He had to admit that some people were born with compatible auras.
He was in a bad mood today, and unconsciously he drank a little too much. He couldn't control himself and wanted to hear Du Ruo's voice, but she just didn't say anything. Yuan Tingchuan knew that it was because of his harsh tone last time that made Du Ruo unhappy.
Yuan Tingchuan felt a little regretful. He threw down the phone and tugged at his cufflinks in frustration. His patience seemed to have run out. He pulled hard and the ruby cufflinks flew out, rolling on the smooth floor with a crisp sound.
He reached out and picked up the phone again, his tone full of strong threats: "Don't mess with me! You can't afford the consequences, just be good..."
There was a blank tone on the other end of the line, and the other party decisively hung up. Yuan Tingchuan gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and slammed the phone against the wall...
Du Ruo hung up Yuan Tingchuan's call and thought to himself that he had to speed up. At least he had to be able to protect himself. Who knows when and why the boss will go crazy? Yuan Tingchuan is different from Li Anze. This one is really daring and will give everyone a headache when he goes crazy.
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