Chapter 385 Master-level Wood Carving
"Okay, you, why are you talking about this?" My mother-in-law said to her father-in-law, turned her head to Li Jiayi and said, "Add it! In this way, when your sister comes back, I will tell your sister, and let her go back when she rests."
"Good aunt."
"Come on, have some snacks." My mother-in-law put a plate of snacks in front of him.
"Thank you aunt."
Li Jiayi did not reach out to get the snacks, and for him, he had no interest in this thing.
Even said that the snacks from my elder sister's house were basically sent by him. Even if they were not sent by him, they were brought back by my elder sister from my family. "You child, why are you polite to the whole family?"
This is the difference between identity and status. Seeing that the family in-laws is pretty good, it is really good.
But if Li Jiayi was just an ordinary person, would he still be like this?
Definitely not. Although I will still be so polite, I will definitely not be so enthusiastic.
Similarly, because of Li Jiayi's identity, my elder sister will also be valued in this family.
After staying for about twenty minutes, Li Jiayi left before his elder sister and brother-in-law came back.
There is no choice, because he has to go to his second sister's house. If he waits for his elder sister, he doesn't know how long it will take to wait.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law kept sending Li Jiayi to the bottom of the building, watching him drive away before returning to the building.
My second sister's house is not very far from my eldest sister's house, and it is also a family courtyard.
However, my second sister lives in the family compound of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry. Yes, my second sister’s father-in-law is the department leader.
In terms of the level being half a level higher than Li Jiayi, he is considered to be Li Jiayi's superior.
When entering the door, no one stopped him because he had been here more times.
And also, they are all in the same system. He has been here many times before when his second sister was not married.
When he got downstairs, Li Jia stopped his car and also carried a lot of things upstairs.
The second sister's house lives on the third floor and soon arrived at the door. Li Jiayi went up and knocked on the door.
The door was opened, and it was the second sister who opened the door. "Brother, why are you here?" "What, why don't you let me come if you don't go back?" Li Jiayi said bluntly.
"Oh, add one, come in quickly." The second sister's mother-in-law came out from inside and said quickly when she saw him. "Hello, aunt." "Okay, okay, come in quickly." After saying that, he hurried over and took over the things Li Jiayi carried. "I'm here to add one." When my second brother-in-law heard that it was him, he ran out of it and enthusiastically pulled him in.
The second brother-in-law is Huo Fei. He is 32 years old this year. He also works in the Ministry of Industry and is a deputy department-level cadre.
To be honest, at his age, this level is normal. For those who are like Li Jiayi, there is probably no second one in the entire imperial capital. "Come to Jiayi, come and sit down." The second sister's father-in-law also stood up and stretched out her hand to Li Jiayi and said. "Okay uncle." Shake the second sister's father-in-law's hand and sit down next to her.
Although my second sister's father-in-law is higher than him, she has no airs towards him.
Just kidding, you must know that Li Jiayi is only twenty-nine years old this year! He is already at the department level and has been in this position for two years.
What is this concept?
Working in this position for two years, you may upgrade at any time, and you may even reach his level at the age of thirty.
How could he be rude?
And Li Jiayi has this condition, because Li Jiayi's old superior, who was formerly Director Qiao, is now the second-in-command in the Ministry of Industry!
Although his level is the same as that of Joe, his ranking is much worse.
In fact, there is not much difference between the ministries and the factory. They are both deputy factory directors, but their rankings are also different.
What's more, there are many deputy positions in the ministries and commissions than in the factory. In a factory, there are only three or four deputy directors, but in the ministries and commissions, there are seven or eight deputy positions, at least five or six!
"Why do you have time to come today?"
"Just come and see if you have nothing to do. My second sister hasn't been back for a while. My mother asked today, so..."
Hearing Li Jiayi say this, the in-laws turned around and asked, "What's wrong with you two? I haven't seen you work overtime! Why don't you even have time to go back and see."
"Dad, I..." My second brother-in-law Huo Fei said hurriedly.
Unfortunately, my in-law interrupted him and said, "Shut up, I don't want to listen to your explanation."
"Dad, it's not that Huo Fei, it's because I don't want to go back." The second sister said at this time. "Uh! Why?" asked the in-laws. "It's not because of my mother. Every time I go back, I will talk to me for a long time. I was happy and then I came back."
"Oh, Jialin! The old man is like this. If you don't see me, I'm talking every day, Huo Fei!" said the mother-in-law. "Mom, this is different. I have been in conflict with my mother since I was a child." Hearing my second sister say this, Li Jia curled his lips and said, "Second sister, are you in conflict with your mother? Why don't you say you are too lazy?"
"Stupid brat, what did you say?"
"Uh! It's nothing." Li Jia shook his head quickly.
"Okay, OK, Jialin! No matter what, I'll go back and have time to take a look."
"I know, Dad."
"By the way, add one. I heard that you were going to be transferred to the department some time ago, but what happened?"
"Uncle, I refused."
"Ah! Rejected? Why?"
You should know that once Li Jia was transferred to the ministry, he was at least the deputy director of the General Office!
Although he is the deputy director, he is at the main department because the director of the office is a high-level official.
As a member of the Standing Committee of the Ministry and Commission, although he is the last one, he is more of a deputy who is not a member of the Standing Committee.
For example, although he is also a deputy, he has not been a regular member of the State Council. It is estimated that he will not be able to make further progress until the next adjustment. "Uncle, I don't have the ambition to do this. I'm pretty good at the factory now."
You should know that the opening will be changed soon. After the opening, Li Jiayi will go to apply for a suspension of salary and stay at work.
When in a few years, after the full reform and opening up, he will go through the resignation procedures.
This is also impossible. If he is in politics, he cannot do business, so he can only choose one.
Choose one of two, he will definitely choose to do business! "You! I don't know what you should say. With your conditions, if you keep walking this path, you will go further than me."
To be honest, Li Jiayi did not agree with his words.
It's okay now, because the wool mill needs him, so he is considered a clear stream.
But if one day the wool mill no longer needs him, all kinds of intrigues will come out.
He doesn't like this, which is also the reason why he chooses to do business.
Although there are also intrigues in the shopping mall, compared with that, it is a big witch.
Also, in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies are not worth mentioning.
Li Jiayi has the ability to become bigger and stronger in the business world, but he does not have the ability to work in politics. "Uncle, I know what I am doing."
"Okay!"
He knew very well why the ministries and commissions transferred him over, but it was because of material issues.
But he knew better than anyone else what would happen in the future. He needed him again, that is, it would take three or two years.
After these three or two years, there is no shortage of supplies. Can he still have smooth sailing like he is now? Surely not. After chatting for a while, Li Jiayi left.
He came out to see the two sisters today, but in fact he was just giving them some supplies.
The eldest sister is really busy, and the second sister doesn't want to go home.
On the way home, Li Jiayi was thinking about how to tell his mother.
The truth must not be told! It doesn’t matter to my elder sister. If I let my mother know what my second sister is thinking, I wouldn’t be so angry!
When I got home, my parents had already rested, and only Lin Ling'er was still waiting for him in the living room.
Yes, I have to go to work tomorrow, so my parents must have rested early, so it doesn’t matter to Lin Ling'er, she doesn’t need to go to work anyway.
"Why haven't you rested yet?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Aren't I waiting for you? I can't sleep even if you haven't come back."
Lin Ling'er said that, she came over to help Li Jia take off a coat.
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The weather is already a little cold now, but it is not that cold yet.
It wasn't time to burn the fireplace, but the temperature during the day was only a dozen degrees, and the temperature at night was only five or six degrees. "It's okay, it's not very cold yet. When it's really cold, it will burn the fireplace. It's still warm in the living room!" "Okay, go upstairs to rest." "Yes!" "Yes!" The two of them came upstairs, then went into the bathroom to wash, and then they rested after they finished washing.
No words all night.
After dinner the next morning, Li Jiayi said to Lin Ling'er and drove out.
He had nothing to do today, so he planned to find someone to make a chess game for his grandfather.
Looking for someone to do chess, you definitely can’t do ordinary chess!
Now, Li Jiayi came to a courtyard house.
The last time I made mahjong, I did it here, so the same is true for making chess.
Planted the car, and Li Jiayi went up and knocked on the door. "Here you come."
Soon the door opened and an old man appeared in front of him. "Uncle, do you still remember me?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Oh! It's you! What's going on today?"
"Uncle, I want you to make a chess for me."
"Make chess?"
"Yes."
"Yes, when will you want it?"
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"Don't worry, you can do this slowly, but I want it well, including the chessboard."
"Is it well?" The old man frowned.
"Yes, it is best to use chess to be golden nanmu. If there is really no, mahogany is OK, but I want good mahogany."
Hearing Li Jiayi say this, the old man looked at him and said, "If that's the price, it's not cheap."
"The price is no problem."
"What materials do you want to chessboard?" the old man asked. "The chessboard is at least a mahogany, and it's better if there is golden nanmu." "Come in first!"
Then Li Jiayi followed the old man to the yard.
The yard is not big, this is a small courtyard.
Although the yard is not big, you can't underestimate it.
You should know that in this yard, there are all kinds of precious woods, golden nanmu, yellow rosewood, and mahogany.
If this were in later generations, the wood in the courtyard would probably be worth more than 100 billion yuan.
Unfortunately, these are not worth much now, at least not that valuable.
After half an hour of discussion, I finally agreed that the chess pieces were made of golden nanmu and the chessboard was made of small-leafed red sandalwood, that is, mahogany.
As for the price, even the manual fee is 360 yuan in total.
To be honest, the price is really not low. You should know that he went to the trust store a few days ago to buy a golden nanmu bed, which cost less than 300 yuan.
But this price is also appropriate, you should know that this includes manual fees!
You must know that the old man is a master of carving! And he is also a master of wood carving, otherwise how could there be so much good wood in the courtyard?
For a master, not to mention using such good wood, this craft alone is more than that much money.
Of course, for now, the technology is not very valuable.
Li Jiayi had already thought about it. When he came to play chess, he must order more things from the old man.
Chess is just one of them, it is best to have some carvings of all kinds.
As for wood, of course, it is all about the elderly in the yard.
Anyway, he doesn't want it, and some people come to find the old man to carve things, so they still have to use the wood. Since that's the case, why don't you get cheap?
And he can give more to the elderly. Others bargain when they come here, but he has never.
After paying the money, Li Jiayi left, and there was no opening or anything else. There was no need, this was a gentleman agreement.
Time passes day by day, and December is coming in a blink of an eye, and it is only a dozen days before the college entrance examination.
At this time, Li Jiayi was planning to go back to Lijia Village, and he had already obtained chess two days ago.
A particularly exquisite chess piece, the chess board is a box, and it is the chess board when it is opened.
When he was playing chess, Li Jiayi and the old man ordered a lot of things, enough for the old man to carve it for a year and a half.
Li Jiayi also paid the old man a deposit of 5,000 yuan. Yes, it was the deposit, not the full amount.
After all, he wants a lot of things, so it’s hard to say the price at the moment. He has to wait until the things are picked up before talking about the price.
The reason for this is that he has no standards, it depends entirely on what the old man carved.
It's not like chess, there are only so many chess pieces, and the size is also agreed in advance.
What he wants later can be said to be completely based on the size of the wood, and what the old man wants to carve.
That night, Li Jiayi said to his parents.
When he heard that Li Jia was going back to Lijia Village, Lin Ling'er wanted to go back with her without saying a word.
What is there to say? Of course I agreed. Lin Ling'er must have thought about it too.
And also, after the college entrance examination is over, Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu will also return to the city, so he still needs to make some arrangements.
Early the next morning, Li Jiayi went out to start the car first. It was December!
And the weather is relatively cold this year. Although it has just entered December, the temperature is already below zero, which is still the daytime.
After the car started, Li Jiayi returned to the yard and the two of them took the prepared things outside.
Most of these things were prepared by Li Jiayi, but some of them were prepared by my mother.
(This chapter ends)