Just as the news spread outside before.
Zhang Yumin, who was still in her second year of high school, graduated early. Zhang Hongcheng knew that people from the factory's Youth League Office would come to visit soon.
One of him and his sister Zhang Yumin must go to cut in line.
Although his stepmother had always avoided discussing this matter at home, Zhang Hongcheng guessed that his stepmother had probably decided to let Zhang Yumin go long ago, otherwise his name would not have been on the trial work notice.
No matter who goes to the countryside, both brother and sister must be in good health.
A plan to supplement nutrition for the whole family must be put on the agenda immediately.
Zhang Hongcheng returned to his room and immediately used his opportunity to use the old envelope today.
He wrote to Fatty Hu, asking him to find a way to get some local bills, preferably those that were about to expire.
In the early 1970s, most of the indispensable bills had a limited usage period.
Especially meat coupons and oil coupons, some of which have a validity period of only one month.
Fatty Hu has sold several stamps in the past few days.
He contacts end collectors online.
Although middlemen can make large purchases, it will undoubtedly lower the market price.
With money in hand, it was extremely convenient and quick to scan bills and old banknotes online. He only looked for reputable auction houses.
Because Zhang Hongcheng reminded Fatty Hu that although it would be cheaper to buy from collectors, it would also be easy to get things that were "unsure".
If there is any problem, it will be a huge matter on my side.
Fatty Hu has already obtained quite a few of the bills from the city and Taoling County that Zhang Hongcheng specifically requested.
Only the bills that are about to expire are difficult to find. Even if you offer a high price, you can only receive a few.
Of course, this so-called high price is actually only a few hundred yuan. After all, the collection value of this thing is not high.
Zhang Hongcheng had seven near-due bills and more than ten grain and oil coupons that could only be used in the city. Although Zhang Hongcheng asked Fatty Hu not to send the Da Tuanjie for the time being, Fatty Hu would almost always give him one.
He now has saved more than 200 yuan, which was a huge deposit for an ordinary family in 1972.
After graduating, Zhang Yumin has been at home these days organizing her various books and textbooks.
Zhang Hongcheng knew that she was planning to sell these things to the scrap yard so that she could save some pocket money for going to the countryside.
These old books and notebooks are sold to scrap yards at a very low price, only one cent per pound.
The two siblings struggled to carry several bundles of books and papers for more than a mile, but in the end Zhang Yumin only got 21 cents.
Zhang Hongcheng was in no hurry to leave the scrap yard.
He needs to buy some old books.
The story of someone finding money or tickets stuck in old books at a scrap yard is not a recent phenomenon. This kind of story is very popular in the factory area.
As a result, some people who don’t like reading sometimes come to the scrap yard with a few cents to “shop”.
The scrap yard charges one cent per pound for books and newspapers, but the minimum price for selling them is two cents per pound.
As a person from later generations, Zhang Hongcheng has always suspected that such stories were actually released intentionally by people at the scrap yard.
Otherwise, the people at the scrap yard wouldn't keep emphasizing to everyone who comes to buy books that they can only read two pages of each book at most.
Zhang Hongcheng wanted to use this rumor to give a reasonable "origin" to the bills he had.
Of course, he also has a pattern in choosing books, and he looks for books that seem to have been there for a long time.
This is to prevent my stepmother and sister from having to worry about the "owner" of the lost money coming to their house in the future.
Moreover, he dared not touch any books with traditional Chinese characters.
Zhang Yumin knew that Zhang Hongcheng was not a book lover. Seeing her brother choosing several very old books in a row, she guessed Zhang Hongcheng's intention.
At this moment, there were more than just the two siblings in the scrap yard looking for books.
According to the unwritten "rules of the trade", when buying old books at the scrap yard, the weight of the old books and newspapers you bring cannot exceed the weight of the books and newspapers you bring to sell, and cigarettes are a necessity.
Before the two siblings arrived here, there were already five or six people looking for books, so the people at the scrap yard didn't ask them for cigarettes anymore.
Zhang Yumin really wanted to laugh at her brother for wanting to make a fortune from this, saying it was pure fantasy. But after all, she had studied for more than ten years, so instead of mocking him out loud, she picked and chose a few books that she liked to read.
When checking out, the attentive Zhang Hongcheng saw a hidden smile in the eyes of the staff at the scrap yard.
He understood immediately.
Oh my god, these guys must have read all the books...
Zhang Yumin bought two books for two cents.
Zhang Hongcheng took more than ten books, weighing seven or eight kilograms, and spent 1.6 cents.
When the two returned home, Zhang Yumin, who loved cleanliness, immediately went to the bathroom with a towel and a basin.
Zhang Hongcheng took the opportunity when his sister went to wash her face and hands to quickly stuff some of the money he had on him into the pages of these old books.
He even stuffed several pages into the two storybooks Zhang Yumin bought.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Yumin, who was reading a book, suddenly stared blankly.
Because a five-dollar bill fell from the pages of the book.
“Ah~!”
"Silly, what are you yelling for?"
Zhang Hongcheng deliberately took the opportunity to pat Zhang Yumin on the head.
"Are you afraid that others won't hear you?"
Zhang Yumin glared at Zhang Hongcheng, but when she saw Zhang Hongcheng just "find" a picture of the Great Unity from the old book in his hand, she instantly forgot about revenge.
She covered her mouth tightly.
Half an hour later, Zhang Yumin was completely dumbfounded.
I am so lucky today.
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