Chapter 1125

It was clear that Shi Suo had prepared for quite a long time to treat Wang An to this meal.

After the couple finished whispering, the sound of a door closing came from the outer room; this was Shi Suo's wife going out to buy wine and food.

After a while, Shi Suo entered the room with a thermos in his left hand and a tea tray in his right.

It had to be said, the tea tray and tea mugs in Shi Suo's house were quite interesting.

Because normally, there should be porcelain tea bowls on a tea tray, but in Shi Suo's house, there were enamel mugs of different sizes.

And on these enamel mugs, various first-place, second-place, excellence awards, and merit awards were printed in paint.

So it was clear that not a single one of these enamel mugs in Shi Suo's house was bought; they were all prizes from Shi Suo participating in competitions or winning merits at work.

Of course, this was enough to show Shi Suo's excellence.

Seeing Shi Suo put the tea tray on the kang, he scanned these enamel mugs one by one, finally picked up a first-class merit enamel mug, rinsed it, and poured Wang An a cup of boiled water.

At the same time, Shi Suo said to Wang An with an apologetic face:

"There's no tea left at home, just make do with some boiled water, hehehe."

As he spoke, Shi Suo smiled awkwardly.

Wang An acted as if he hadn't heard this, didn't pick up the topic, and instead diverted it with a smile:

"You've won quite a few awards, Brother Shi. But why are all your prizes enamel mugs? Is there nothing else?"

Sure enough, Wang An's behavior of not picking up the topic was correct, because by doing so, he directly dispelled Shi Suo's awkwardness.

Hearing this, Shi Suo said with a speechless face:

"It's a damn strange thing, every time I participate in a competition, no matter what place I get, the prize is always a damn enamel mug."

As he spoke, Shi Suo pointed to the largest enamel mug on the tea tray and said:

"This enamel mug was won when I took first place in the bureau's long-distance race a few years ago."

Immediately after, Shi Suo pointed to another slightly smaller enamel mug and said:

"This one was won when I took second place in the push-up competition that year."

Shi Suo listed a whole bunch; anyway, every time he won an award or received a souvenir for merit, Shi Suo could always get a brand-new enamel mug at just the right time.

As for prizes like toothbrushes, soap, and enamel basins, although Shi Suo had won them, the number of times was very few.

After Shi Suo finished, Wang An was stunned for several seconds, but immediately after, Wang An started laughing, laughing until he was bent over, laughing unscrupulously, almost out of breath.

Mainly because winning an award every time was already rare, but winning an enamel mug every time was definitely the rarest of rare things.

After laughing, the two chatted for a while, and Shi Suo's wife returned from outside.

Immediately after, the sound of washing vegetables and cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife came from the outer room.

Chatting between two people is like this; after chatting for a while, the topic runs out, so Shi Suo, as the host, was afraid Wang An would be bored, so he took the initiative to say to Wang An:

"Brother, do you know how to play chess? I reckon this meal will take a while, how about we play a game first?"

It had to be said, because Shi Suo's house had no preparation at all, the meal was indeed a bit slow, and because conditions were limited, there were no biscuits or anything to pad his stomach, and waiting until now had made Wang An hungry.

But since he was already here, he had to endure it no matter how hungry he was!

So hearing Shi Suo say he wanted to play chess was exactly what Wang An wanted. Mainly because the old saying goes, "idle hunger is hard to bear," and playing chess could make time pass faster.

After Shi Suo finished, he heard Wang An say with a smile:

"Then let's play, but I don't really know how to play, Brother Shi, you have to go easy on me."

That was what he said, but in fact, there was nothing Wang An didn't know how to play; poker, mahjong, chess, Go... he knew how to play all of them, and he knew all the different ways to play, and most importantly, he could play them quite well.

Hearing Wang An say this, Shi Suo immediately said with a smile:

"We're brothers, don't worry, I'll definitely go easy on you, hehehe."

After Shi Suo found the chess set, Wang An was shocked by the appearance and material of the pieces.

Because this chess set was actually made of yellow pear wood, and the sides and backs of the pieces were carved with colorful auspicious clouds and four-clawed divine dragons.

From the carvings, it wasn't hard to see that the person who made this chess set was definitely a skilled craftsman.

Mainly because Wang An also knew how to carve, but he believed that with his own skills, he couldn't carve such exquisite and flawless patterns.

Most importantly, this chess set had been around for quite some years; at the very least, it had to be from the early Qing Dynasty, or even the Ming Dynasty.

Which meant this chess set not only had awesome material and awesome carving skills, but it was also a genuine antique.

Subconsciously, Wang An said:

"Brother Shi, you're hiding your light under a bushel; you even have such an awesome chess set?"

Hearing this, Shi Suo was stunned, picked up a piece to look at it, and said with a confused face:

"What's wrong? Is there something special about this chess set? Isn't it just made of wood?"

Wang An clicked his tongue, stared at Shi Suo's eyes for a long time before looking away. Wang An found that Shi Suo seemed to really not understand what was going on with this chess set.

Not answering Shi Suo's question, Wang An asked:

"Has anyone seen this chess set before? Did no one say they wanted to buy it from you?"

Hearing this, Shi Suo said without hesitation:

"Yes, quite a few. But, this chess set was given to me by my grandfather, and they only offered a pittance, so I wouldn't sell it."

Clearly, if the price offered hadn't been too low, Shi Suo would have sold it long ago.

Wang An nodded and said:

"Yeah, you're right not to sell. This chess set will be very valuable in the future; if you sell it now, you'll be slapping your thighs in regret later."

Shi Suo asked while setting up the chess pieces:

"What's going on, brother? Is there something special about this chess set? Can you tell me?"

Wang An didn't hide it and explained the awesome aspects of this chess set.

Hearing this, Shi Suo hurriedly asked:

"Brother, then how much do you think this chess set is worth now?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang An said:

"Right now, it's worth at least half a year of your salary, but it's hard to say for the future."

Hearing this, Shi Suo almost jumped up and said with disbelief:

"Just this wooden chess set is worth over two hundred yuan?"

Wang An smiled calmly:

"So what? It's worth this price. By the way, if you ever want to sell it, come directly to me, don't sell it to anyone else."

Thanks to "Reader 55 is very happy meimeimei*!" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wish you, big brother, a smooth journey, wealth every day!

(End of chapter)