His home is in a small town in Zhaocheng, Guangdong Province, only a few hundred kilometers away from Shenzhen City, and it is only a few hours away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yan's father, Li Yuandong, was a traditional silversmith who opened a silver jewelry shop in Gaoyao Town, Zhaocheng.

Strictly speaking, Li Yuandong's craftsmanship and this silver workshop are all handed down by the Li family's ancestors. Li Yuandong's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all well-known silversmiths in the local area.

When Li Yuandong first had Li Yan, he also had the intention of passing on the ancestral craftsmanship to Li Yan and letting him inherit the ancestral business. Unfortunately, the times have developed too fast, and under the impact of the modern jewelry industry, Li Yuandong's proud ancestral craftsmanship and those slightly outdated designs are difficult to attract the interest of today's young people, and business is becoming more and more difficult.

Although Li Yuandong has not given up the idea of letting Li Yanzi inherit his father's business, he himself knows that if he still relies on the craftsmanship passed down from his ancestors, he will not be able to survive in the highly market-oriented, international, technological and personalized modern jewelry industry.

Moreover, the jewelry industry is a money-burning industry, and the price of silver has risen again and again in recent years, directly raising production costs, and Li Yuandong's business is even more difficult.

Although Li Yan himself was full of interest in all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, he never promised Li Yuandong to inherit his inheritance.

Under the superposition of various reasons, it is even more difficult for Li Yuandong to open this mouth to Li Yan.

Li Yan returned to Gao Yao and first went to his father's silver workshop to have a look. sat in the silver workshop for an afternoon and drank a belly of tea with Li Yuandong, but Li Yan almost didn't see a single guest.

This business is so cold that Li Yan also sighed secretly in his heart.

Li Yuandong looked indifferent, and before leaving, he kept asking Li Yan if he had enough money to spend. Li Yan shook his head, but stuffed a bank card into his father's hand.

"What is this?"

Li Yan said: "Money." ”

Li Yuandong's face was surprised and vigilant: "Money? Where did you get the money? ”

Li Yan said: "I bought a lottery ticket and won the prize. ”

Li Yuandong was even more vigilant, with a serious face: "Winning the lottery? How can there be such a lucky thing. Hikoko, you must have taken the wrong path, right? I've taught you since I was a kid that you can't be short-sighted......"

Seeing that his Lao Tzu automatically opened the education mode of serious speech, Li Yan had a headache and some warmth. He didn't speak, just showed the winning tickets to Li Yuandong.

Li Yuandong looked at it several times, looking like he was in a dream: "This ...... Is this really a win? ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "It's like a fake." Dad, if you have time, go and redeem the prize. The business of the silver workshop is not good, if you have working capital, you can make some new jewelry to sell, and the business will definitely improve. ”

He patted Li Yuandong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Just praise me that you are the emperor of jewelry, Dad, don't forget your original ideal, you must strive to become a rich generation, let me be a rich second generation with peace of mind." ”

Li Yuandong was a little embarrassed.

When Li Yan was a child, he admired his father with a good handicraft, and in the process of his silver jewelry, little Li Yan was often fascinated by it, holding his chin and pillowing his hands, he could watch it for an afternoon.

At that time, Li Yan's mother made fun of her husband and told Li Yan: "Your father is a jewelry emperor, as long as you study hard, your father will buy you a golden castle in the future." ”

"Really, Golden Castle! Dad, I got 100 points in the exam, you must buy me a golden castle! At that time, Li Yan's eyes would be full of admiration, and his little face would be red with excitement.

"You study hard, when you grow up, Dad will definitely buy it for you!" Li Yuandong will also show a smug look. An ordinary silversmith and his son, at the same time immersed in a fairytale-like soft and dreamy bliss, though it is so unreal.

But Li Yuandong never knew that in the mind of the young Li Yan, he had always been the "jewelry emperor" with superb skills and omnipotence.

Once a friend exposed the ridiculous lies of the "Jewelry Emperor" in public, ridiculing Li Yuandong as a "silversmith", the young Li Yan scuffled with the little friend without saying a word, and even knocked out a few front teeth.

Li Yuandong would never have imagined that Li Yan had shed blood for such a joke.

Now that Li Yan has grown up, Li Yuandong, who is becoming more and more embarrassed, is more and more ashamed to mention the word "jewelry emperor" in front of his son. So after many years, Li Yan suddenly mentioned the past again, which made Li Yuandong feel a little embarrassed.

Coaxing the child's words turned out to be taken seriously by the child, and the empty check promised more than ten years ago was taken out by the grown up child to try to cash it, Li Yuandong's old face really felt a little unbearable.

Li Yan patted his father on the shoulder and smiled: "Dad, don't be sorry for a joke. A father who can pull his child to adulthood and make him feel happy in childhood is a great father. Besides, you're still young, maybe you still have a chance to become the Emperor of Jewelry? ”

Li Yuandong smiled bitterly: "What about dreaming......"

But when Li Yan himself said this, he was extremely serious.

In the evening, he said goodbye to his father and drove more than ten miles back to a village in Gaoyao Town.

His mother contracted more than a dozen acres of land here and opened a farm. His mother, Wei Xiuwen, was also a local celebrity when she was young, she was beautiful and had a unique ability to grow vegetables, and was affectionately called "Green Vegetable Xi Shi" by the villagers.

From Li Yan's point of view, his father is the "Jewelry Emperor", his mother is the "Green Vegetable Xi Shi", and the emperor takes Xi Shi, which is also a perfect match.

The vegetables grown by Wei Xiuwen are well-known in the township and town, and the business is quite good. But an accident a few years ago made Wei Xiuwen suffer a big loss, and the more than ten acres of crops she planted lost all her money, thus owing hundreds of thousands of foreign debts.

When Li Yan came back this time, he gave his mother another 200,000 yuan and asked her to pay off part of the debt first.

Seeing this sudden huge amount of money, Wei Xiuwen was as surprised as Li Yuandong. Li Yan also used winning the lottery as an excuse to prevaricate the past.

Wei Xiuwen took the money, she really didn't know what to say, and while she felt that her son was becoming more and more like a man, she could only thank God for blessing.

Although Li Yan only went home once in a month, Wei Xiuwen just had a dinner with him in a hurry, and then went back to work in the field. Li Yan couldn't sit still at home, so he went to help.

Since high school, because the pressure on his mother's shoulders is too great, Li Yan has also had to take time out of his busy studies to help out. So when it comes to farm work, he is also a little expert.

It's just that in today's developed biotechnology agriculture and mechanized agriculture, methods like Wei Xiuwen, which mainly rely on labor, are too hard and tiring, and it is difficult to make money.

On the one hand, Wei Xiuwen feels bitter, but on the other hand, she can't do without this land. This is also the unique feeling of their generation, who have paid a lifetime of hard blood and sweat for the land, and at the same time are full of attachment to the land.

Is there anything that can be done to change this?

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