HPDBC Chapter 70 Buying Big Items in Advance
Chapter 70 Buying Big Items in Advance
Are many people really unaware of this? Not necessarily.
They just love gossip and enjoying seeing others suffer. It satisfies their darker side, and then they just parrot what others say.
When rumors start circulating about them one day, they'll blame everyone else for being idiots and spreading rumors about them. At that point, they won't even consider whether they themselves have done the same thing.
He Yuzhu wasn't afraid of the rumors, and he had no intention of arranging a marriage nearby. Besides, he was already engaged to Liu Yulan, so he wasn't afraid of what people said about him.
Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady thought they could ruin He Yuzhu's marriage, and were even waiting for He Yuzhu to beg them for help when he couldn't find a wife.
Then they can control He Yuzhu and make him a dog for Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady.
Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady had been plotting for years, and were still smugly believing their scheme had succeeded. Now, none of the matchmakers in the neighborhood would even bother to introduce any potential partners to He Yuzhu.
The only time He Yuzhu refused was by himself. Even that time was Yi Zhonghai's scheme; the target was fat and ugly.
Aside from having a formal job, she had no other redeeming qualities. He didn't believe He Yuzhu would agree to marry that factory worker, which was why he arranged for a matchmaker to introduce her to He Yuzhu.
The whole point was to undermine He Yuzhu's confidence and make him realize that if he didn't find a way to improve his reputation, he would only be able to marry a wife like this in the future.
It must be admitted that Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady are not good at anything, but if they want to do bad things, those two old hags are absolutely formidable.
If it were Sha Zhu instead, he might have failed again. In the end, in order to marry a suitable wife, he would actually have to make peace with Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady.
Unfortunately, they were facing He Yuzhu, and their schemes had almost no effect on him.
They probably never imagined that He Yuzhu was already engaged two years in advance.
Let alone delaying He Yuzhu from getting married for several years, they wouldn't even delay him for a few months.
He Yuzhu is also very cunning; no one in the courtyard knows that he is already engaged.
Many people knew that He Yuzhu had a bad reputation in the area and were waiting to see him make a fool of himself.
If you can't find a wife now at twenty, and you still can't find a wife when you're thirty, what good is being an official?
Unless He Yuzhu actively chooses an ugly and fat wife, she will become a laughing stock for them as well.
The only official in the courtyard house could only marry such a woman. The other residents of the courtyard house felt that this was the only way to maintain their sense of balance.
He Yuzhu was like that, and so was Xu Damao, who was the second worst.
Xu Damao had been arranged by his father long ago to find a wealthy woman. His father had been paving the way for him, just waiting for Lou Bancheng's daughter to grow up.
Xu Fugui wasn't worried about Lou Bancheng finding out about his son's bad reputation in the courtyard. Xu Damao's mother helped out at Lou Bancheng's house every day and had already told Tan Yali about the bad atmosphere in the courtyard.
They also said that they deliberately ruined their son's reputation in order to scheme against their own family.
Tan Yali would definitely choose to trust Xu Damao's mother. Besides, Xu Damao hasn't really done anything wrong so far.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, He Yuzhu got up, went downstairs to wash up, and cooked.
He Yushui got up and ran to her older brother's side, grinning as she asked for a red envelope.
He Yuzhu took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to He Yushui. Only after receiving the red envelope from He Yuzhu did she skip and jump to wash up.
He Yuzhu knew that He Yushui didn't care about money; she just wanted to prove that her older brother hadn't forgotten his younger sister.
The red envelope contained a ten-yuan note, also known as a "big black ten" or "big black stone."
The second set of banknotes had denominations of one fen, two fen, five fen, one mao, two mao, five mao, one yuan, three yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan.
Ten thousand yuan in the past is equivalent to one yuan now. One hundred yuan in the past is now one cent.
For example, He Yuzhu's salary used to be terrifying when people heard it was a million yuan, but now it's just a hundred yuan.
A pound of winter-stored vegetables used to cost 200 yuan, but now it's only 2 cents a pound. A large meat bun costs 5 cents and can easily fill an adult's stomach.
He Yuzhu used to sell flour, meat, and fruit, earning 50 million yuan a year. That's equivalent to 5,000 yuan.
Previously, it cost two million to buy a small yellow croaker; now it costs two hundred yuan per small yellow croaker.
This year marks the 55th anniversary of He Yuzhu's birth, and he can continue to sell space-generating resources.
His space lacked any static effect; the only cold storage was a mere 30-square-meter room.
It can only store meat briefly; wheat cannot be stored for more than five years. After five years, the taste and quality will decline.
The optimal storage time is three years, only in this way can the quality and taste be guaranteed. He Yuzhu plans to make a fortune during the three difficult years.
Therefore, it was necessary to store up grain in advance within three years, from 56 to 57 to 58. In reality, there were disaster years for about five or six years before and after that, not just those three years.
Starting in 59, one could acquire a huge fortune within three years.
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and all of the resources produced in the space can still be sold.
In the following years, apart from some seasonal vegetables, fruits, grains and meat, we only imported and did not export.
He Yuzhu even bought a women's bicycle in advance, which made He Yushui extremely happy.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, He Yuzhu and He Yushui set off on two bicycles.
Upon arriving at their master Wang Defa's house, the two first offered New Year's greetings to their master and his wife. Then, He Yushui went into the inner room with his master's wife to have a private conversation.
He Yuzhu stayed with his master, while his second senior brother chatted about the recent changes inside the room.
"Zhu Zi, do you think this money will lose value after we exchange it?"
Master Wang Defa seems to be quite worried about this lately.
"Master, the country is definitely getting better and better. The denominations of our banknotes are too high now. It costs five hundred yuan to buy a steamed bun. It's scary to hear that. I exchanged all my money this morning anyway."
The second brother also said that he was the same; all three of them were chefs and had a lot of savings.
Master Wang Defa spent money to buy this courtyard house.
He probably still has a lot of cash on hand, and He Yuzhu doesn't want to wait until he finds out that the banknotes in his master's hands have become worthless.
That's true. Some people actually resist the urge to exchange 10,000 yuan for 100 yuan.
When the first set of banknotes became invalid, they were dumbfounded.
When Master Wang Defa heard his two disciples say this, he finally decided to exchange the money in his hands.
"Actually, Master, Second Brother, if you have a lot of money, you can ask the bank to open an account for you when you exchange it. The bank is currently offering 8% interest per year, which means 80% interest on a thousand yuan a year."
"Hey, Pillar, tell me more."
Master Wang Defa and his second senior brother did not understand this, or rather, even though someone had publicized it, they did not comprehend it.
He Yuzhu then explained in detail to his master and second senior brother the benefits of bank interest.
Unlike He Yuzhu, they don't know the future, and they can't be allowed to buy antiques or gold.
So it would be a good thing to let the two of them deposit their money in the bank and earn more interest.
Otherwise, keeping it at home is neither safe nor meaningful.
When Master Wang Defa heard He Yuzhu mention the interest rate, he was immediately tempted.
In addition to providing some financial assistance to his two sons over the years, he now has more than five thousand yuan in cash on hand.
At an interest rate of 8%, that's 400 yuan in interest per year, which is quite a lot.
Fengzeyuan's business is also very unstable now, and Wang Defa only plans to retire in the next two years.
With this money, we won't have to live off our savings every year, so it's quite suitable.
The second senior brother also had more than two thousand yuan in his hand. After listening to He Yuzhu's introduction, he planned to deposit it tomorrow.
I wish I had done it at the bank back then. But it's not too late, I won't lose much interest.
He Yuzhu doesn't have much money left, and he's rushing to get the ration coupons issued.
He Yuzhu recently bought a lot of big items, including a bicycle for He Yushui.
I bought a watch for He Yushui and Liu Yulan, but I haven't given them any yet.
Recently, He Yuzhu plans to buy another women's bicycle so that Liu Yulan will have a bicycle, a watch, and a sewing machine when she marries into the family.
I need to buy a radio soon. Radios used to be hard to buy, mainly because enemy agents often used them for nefarious purposes. The neighborhood committee used to conduct regular inspections, but with the large-scale elimination of enemy agents in the last two years, they're not as strict about people buying radios anymore.
Two bicycles cost five hundred yuan, two ladies' Shanghai watches cost three hundred yuan, and a radio cost one hundred and eighty yuan.
The 1,100 yuan that was originally exchanged has quickly dwindled to just over 100 yuan.
Besides this, there's also a 100-foot roll of cloth and 100 catties of cotton in the space. Add to that the monthly cloth ration coupons, and there won't be any worries about not having cloth to make clothes for the next ten years.
He Yuzhu and He Yushui came out of their master's house, and He Yuzhu was already wobbling as he rode his bicycle.
He Yushui chattered on beside her older brother, afraid he might ride headfirst into the ditch.
When the two returned to the courtyard, they found that everyone in the courtyard had a strange look on their faces.
He Yuzhu was drunk and definitely didn't see it, but He Yushui noticed and planned to ask her good friend Li Xiaoman what happened in Zhang Panpan's courtyard later.
He Yuzhu and He Yushui pushed their carts to the central courtyard, where they saw Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui standing there.
"Zhu Zi, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, why have you been out for so long?"
"Yi Zhonghai, are you out of your mind? Why are you bothering me about what I'm doing?"
Yi Zhonghai's lips trembled with anger.
"Zhu Zi, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. As the ancestor of everyone in the compound, everyone should kowtow and pay their respects to the old lady. Why are you deliberately not participating?"
He Yuzhu suddenly woke up with a start. Hehe, I know this plot very well.
"Rain, ride your bike to the neighborhood office and tell them that there are remnants of the Qing Dynasty in our compound. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty would have been over long ago, so how could there still be people who dare to ride on our heads and claim to be our ancestors?"
"You're not allowed to go."
Yi Zhonghai was startled; if the neighborhood committee found out, he was finished.
"Snap"
"ah"
He Yuzhu stepped forward and slapped Yi Zhonghai across the face, then kicked him several meters away.
"Go away quickly, rain."
He Yushui pushed the cart and ran off quickly, while all the birds in the courtyard watched quietly.
This morning, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui forced everyone to kowtow to the deaf old lady.