The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

A group of people accompanied Chen Shi, surrounding him with great fanfare. Along the way, they encountered villagers who, upon learning that Chen Shi was going to inspect a school, all joined him.

When they arrived at Qinghe Village Primary School, the workers were carrying out construction. When they saw a group of people arrive, they all looked at Chen Shi and his companions.

The foreman from Donghai Zhencheng Group, accompanied by several workers, approached. He recognized Tian Guangming and greeted him, "Secretary Tian."

Tian Guangming smiled and said, "Manager Huang, let me introduce you." He looked at Chen Shi and said, "This is Director Chen from the Chunyang County Education Bureau. He's from our village. He came back for the Mid-Autumn Festival and came to check on the school's construction."

Having heard of Chen Shi's reputation, Manager Huang quickly stepped forward: "Director Chen, hello, I am Huang Shan, the person in charge of the Qinghe Village Primary School project of Donghai Zhencheng Group."

Chen Shi reached out and shook hands with Huang Shan: "Manager Huang, hello. Could you please tell me about the construction progress of the school?"

"Okay, Director Chen." Huang Shan gave a detailed introduction to the construction progress.

Chen Shi walked into the school and inspected its construction progress. As it got dark, Tian Guangming said, "Director Chen, the village committee slaughtered two sheep to celebrate the festival for the workers. Everything is done now. Come to my house and let's have a couple of drinks together."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Uncle Tian, ​​I had already eaten. It's great that the village committee thought of celebrating the festival with the workers. They are busy building the school and don't have time to go home for the festival. Let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the workers."

Huang Shan replied, "Thank you, Secretary Tian. I'll call the workers over right away."

Chen Shi looked at Jiang Yiqiu beside him: "Yiqiu, let's go together, celebrate the festival with the workers, and then go back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with our parents."

Jiang Yiqiu nodded: "Okay, the workers have worked hard, let's celebrate the holiday with them."

The group arrived at Tian Guangming's house, where Tian Xiaojun was busy. Upon seeing Chen Shi arrive, he quickly came over to greet him: "Director Chen, you're back too."

"I'll come back to spend time with my parents during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday."

Tian Xiaojun called out, "Director Chen, please sit down."

Tian Guangming arranged for Chen Shi and Jiang Yiqiu to sit at the main table, and he accompanied them, along with Huang Shan, Tian Defu, Chen Jianyong, Chen Jianhua, Chen Xing, Tian Xiaojun, and others.

Tian Guangming's wife brought out a large bowl of mutton and placed it on the table, along with some side dishes to go with the drinks.

Tian Guangming shouted, "Eat quickly! We've killed two sheep; we're going to eat the mutton tonight!"

Tian Xiaojun stood up to pour wine for Chen Shi and the others, but Jiang Yiqiu said, "I don't drink."

Tian Xiaojun glanced at Jiang Yiqiu. She was damn beautiful. Being a leader must be lucky with women. He heard she was also the dean of students at No. 1 Middle School. He didn't dare to look at her for long and quickly looked away to pour drinks for the others.

Everyone toasted each other, eating and drinking in a great atmosphere. Chen Shi stood up and toasted the workers and leaders. The workers were very happy and raised their glasses to drink.

Chen Shi ate for more than an hour before leaving.

Back home, Wang Guihua and Chen Yanshi were waiting for them to celebrate the holiday.

The moon is very round tonight. Wang Guihua carried out a table, placed a mooncake, a bowl of edamame, poured a bowl of wine, and kowtowed twice. This is the Mid-Autumn Festival ritual in Qinghe Village, a prayer for a bountiful harvest.

Wang Guihua stood up, took a mooncake and handed it to Jiang Yiqiu: "Xiaoqiu, have a mooncake."

Jiang Yiqiu ate quite a lot tonight. She took the mooncake, symbolically took a bite, and handed it to Chen Shi: "I ate too much tonight, here you go."

Chen Shi took the mooncake and ate it in two bites.

Jiang Yiqiu's phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was his mother, Zhang Qingrong, calling.

"mom"

"It's almost nine o'clock, why aren't you back yet? We're waiting for you to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Okay, I'll be right back."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yiqiu smiled and said, "Uncle and Aunt, I'm going back. My parents are still waiting for me to come home for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Wang Guihua said, "It's so late, I'll go back tomorrow morning."

"It's convenient by car, it only takes a short while to get there."

Chen Shi stood up and saw Jiang Yiqiu into the car: "Visibility is poor at night, drive slowly."

Jiang Yiqiu hummed in agreement, and Wang Guihua called out, "Xiao Qiu, wait a moment."

She went inside, took out the prepared white beans, and put them in the trunk.

"These are white soybeans that we grew ourselves. Take them back and cook them for your parents."

Jiang Yiqiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

"Drive carefully at night," Wang Guihua reminded him.

As Jiang Yiqiu drove away, Chen Jianhua asked, "Is her father Jiang Huazhou, who owns a quarry?"

Chen Jianyong said, "Her father is Jiang Huazhou. Last time Chen Xing moved, her parents came."

"Jiang Huazhou has been running a quarry for many years, so his family is quite wealthy." Chen Jianhua felt that Chen Shi's choice of this girlfriend was better than the last one, as her family was well-off.

When the villagers learned that Chen Shi had returned, they all came to his house to play, making it a lively occasion.

Chen Shi played cards with the villagers until late at night, winning several thousand yuan. He was so tired that he finally went to sleep.

Chen Shi went to sleep, and everyone else left.

Chen Shi didn't get up until after ten o'clock. Chen Xing came over and called him to eat.

When Chen Shi went to his second brother's house for dinner, he brought two boxes of gifts with him. When Wang Xiufen saw Chen Shi bringing gifts, she quickly stood up to greet him.

"Xiao Shi, we're family. Why bring gifts when we come over for dinner? We didn't bring any when we went last night."

"I have a lot of gifts at home, so I brought two boxes over for you." Chen Shi took out two red envelopes and gave them to Xiaomi Le and Xiao Huihui.

Wang Xiufen snatched the red envelopes in her hands: "Mom will keep them safe for you, otherwise you'll lose them. Last time your grandma gave each of you a hundred yuan, and you don't even know where you lost them."

Xiaomi Le exclaimed, "My uncle gave me a red envelope, I'll use it to buy something!"

"What do you want to buy? Mom will buy it for you." Wang Xiufen put the red envelope into her pocket.

When guests come over, Chen Xing cooks, and the table is always full of food.

Chen Xing took out the wine and poured it for Chen Shi and Chen Yanshi. The family ate and chatted together, enjoying a harmonious time.

Chen Shi's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Jiang Yiqiu calling.

Yi Qiu

"Our flight is tonight, we have to go to Yizhou. My parents invited you to our house for dinner, I'm coming to pick you up now."

"I'm eating now, you can come and eat here."

"My parents have already prepared dinner. I'll eat first and then come pick you up. We'll go straight to Yizhou."

"it is good"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yanshi asked, "Xiao Shi, where are you going?"

"Work has been quite busy, so we're taking advantage of the holiday to go on vacation to Sanya."

Xiaomi Le exclaimed, "Uncle, I want to go too!"

Wang Xiufen laughed and said, "Go eat shit. Your uncle is having a romantic getaway, and you're going to be a third wheel."

Xiaomi shouted loudly, "I want to go play with my uncle!"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Xiaole, when you grow up, your uncle will take you to play again."

"I'm big enough now, bigger than Xiaohuihui, can't I go play?"

"When you're as old as your uncle, you can go play."

Xiaomi cried out, "I want to go play!"

Wang Xiufen roared, "If you cry again, I'll teach you a lesson!"

Xiaomi Le was terrified of Wang Xiufen and dared not cry anymore. She looked at Chen Shi with a pitiful expression.

Chen Shi took out 20,000 yuan from his pocket and gave it to Chen Yanshi and Wang Guihua.

Wang Guihua quickly replied, "We have money. You have many social engagements outside and spend a lot of money. Keep it for yourself."

Chen Yanshi replied, "We have money on us, we don't need yours."

Wang Xiufen smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, just take Xiaoshi's money. He's a leader now, he doesn't lack money."

Chen Shi gave his parents money in front of his elder brother and sister-in-law to remind them that they should show their appreciation appropriately and not just take things from their parents.