Chapter 151 Spending Money
Although Gao Ziqiang didn't even know Lin Xiangnan's name, he had seen her go to the antique shop and buy things there.
Even if someone like Lin Xiangnan doesn't know much about the business, he has better vision than him.
"How is it? Is this jade ring real?" Gao Ziqiang said distressedly, "I exchanged thirty kilograms of flour for it."
Lin Xiangnan first took the jade ring and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Aunt Hua.
"It's true. You're doing a good business. Flour from the grain station is 1.7 cents a pound, and thirty pounds is only a little over five dollars. If you take this jade ring to an antique shop, you can sell it for at least fifty dollars."
After listening to Lin Xiangnan's valuation, Aunt Hua nodded secretly. Her visit to the antique shop was not in vain. Lin Xiangnan had a pretty accurate grasp of the market price.
Gao Ziqiang took the jade ring and said, "You only calculated the money for buying food, and you haven't calculated the food coupons. If you count the food coupons I subsidized, it would be at least ten yuan."
"That's increased five times. What else are you not satisfied with?" Lin Xiangnan replied.
"That's not the way it can be calculated. We also have to add in the time and energy I spent traveling to the countryside," Gao Ziqiang continued.
"You are just a street urchin, but you talk as if you have a lot of things to do every day." Lin Xiangnan said speechlessly: "Anyway, no matter what, you will make money in exchange for this thing. In a few years or ten years, you will make more money."
It is only worth fifty now, but it will be fifty and a half million in the future.
After helping with the identification, Lin Xiangnan wanted to leave with the eggs, but Gao Ziqiang stopped him shyly.
"Sister~ Look at this jade ring, do you like it?"
"So you've been complaining for so long just because of this." Lin Xiangnan was not polite and asked, "How much do you want to sell it for?"
Gao Ziqiang didn't argue with Lin Xiangnan to test her bottom price, but directly quoted: "Fifty. How about it?"
Lin Xiangnan thought he wanted to quote a high price, and said strangely: "It's a real price. But why don't you go to the antique shop to sell it, but have to find me?"
"My status is not suitable. My family are all honest people, I dare not let them take risks." Gao Ziqiang asked eagerly: "Sister, will you buy it?"
Everyone knows that gold, silver and jade are valuable.
But the old rich men in the countryside and the former capitalists in the city did not dare to take their possessions to the antique shops to exchange them for money.
Their identities were too sensitive. Life was already hard enough now, and if they were found out, life would be even harder in the future.
Otherwise, Gao Ziqiang would not have been able to exchange thirty kilograms of flour for a jade ring of high quality.
Lin Xiangnan took out a stack of money from his pocket and counted out fifty yuan. "Here, take the fifty yuan and give me the jade ring."
"Sister, if you get such good things in the future, will you accept them?" Gao Ziqiang's eyes were fixed on the money in Lin Xiangnan's hand.
This sister is really rich!
With so much money on you, you don't have to worry about being robbed.
Thinking of robbery, Gao Ziqiang unconsciously touched his chest. The last time he had a fight with Lin Xiangnan, he was beaten up and it took him many days to heal.
With two female bandits like these, why would they be afraid of robbery?
Gao Ziqiang was afraid that Lin Xiangnan would misunderstand him, so he forced himself to take his eyes off the money.
"If you can get the real stuff, I'll buy it." Lin Xiangnan put the money in his pocket and reminded him, "You can keep these things for yourself, so you won't suffer any loss in the future. There's no need to sell them in such a hurry."
"I understand the principle, but I'm short of money." Gao Ziqiang looked worried.
Antiques are in good times, gold is in bad times. Smart people know this truth, but people can't just cling to these things, not eat, and live.
"Okay, come find me when you have new good stuff."
One hand pays the other hand receives the goods.
After getting the things, Lin Xiangnan and Aunt Hua didn't continue wandering around, but went back directly.
On the way back, Lin Xiangnan said enviously: "Those street urchins are freer. It's a little dangerous, but there are not so many restrictions."
She and Aunt Hua were people with decent jobs and decent identities, and they never dared to have too much contact with the landlords and capitalists.
Even if I knew they must have good stuff, I wouldn't dare buy from them.
If someone reveals their identity, they will not be able to escape the search even if they are in the staff quarters.
Aunt Hua said with disdain: "Come on, do you think it's easy to live in hiding? They have no choice. We have food and drink now, and buying some small things is just entertainment. Gao Ziqiang and his friends are struggling for a living."
The profit from doing one job is good, but it is easy to get in.
Aunt Hua cherishes her current life very much and suggested: "Let's buy less of Gao Ziqiang's stuff. Once or twice a month is enough."
Aunt Hua's caution is ingrained in her nature, allowing her to survive safely for so many years.
Lin Xiangnan also listened to the advice and nodded honestly, "I understand."
It's only two years anyway, and the environment will be relaxed after two years.
Today, the two of them bought some things and didn't wander around the streets. When they returned, they were just in time for lunch.
"Mom, I bought some eggs and made some steamed eggs for lunch." Lin Xiangnan said as he entered the door.
Hu Meili rolled her eyes at her and said, "You're trying to shut me up with these things again."
That being said, but now that she had the good stuff, Hu Meili really stopped nagging.
She was bribed by these eggs.
During the meal, Gu Zhenhua told Lin Xiangnan, "A comrade in the regiment had some problems at home, so we each collected some money and tickets for him."
"Yeah. It's my responsibility. How much does it cost?" Lin Xiangnan said, preparing to pay.
"I came back this morning. I took out half a pound of sugar coupons, two industrial coupons, and some grain coupons from the cabinet. There were only five yuan left in the cabinet, which was not enough, so I went to the finance department to advance next month's salary. They gave me fifteen yuan in total."
Lin Xiangnan nodded and said, "It's my duty. You are the battalion commander and your salary is high. I would feel bad if I gave you less."
The two of them were talking peacefully when Hu Meili suddenly asked, "Advance on salary? Xiao Gu actually got an advance on salary?"
Gu Zhenhua earns over a hundred yuan a month! Although Lin Xiangnan is lazy at work, he still gets paid.
As a working couple, they even got to the point where they could get an advance on their wages.
"I remember Xiao Gu had a passbook before she got married!" Hu Meili said. When they got married, all the passbooks were handed over to Lin Xiangnan.
"Yeah." Lin Xiangnan said calmly: "Before marriage is before marriage, now is now."
Anyway, there is no extra money at home now.
Hu Meili asked in shock, "Is this how you manage the household? You have no sense of planning at all. Every month, you either spend your money on food or clothes, or buy those fancy little gadgets of yours. You should at least save some money."
While Hu Meili was scolding Lin Xiangnan, she secretly glanced at Gu Zhenhua's expression.
Now that she, as a mother, has stepped forward to teach him a lesson, Gu Zhenhua probably won’t be able to say anything.
Gu Zhenhua: "Mom, don't talk about Xiaonan. We eat and drink well at home, and we just spend all our monthly salary. We don't have any extra money, and we don't borrow any foreign debt. Isn't this just right? The average person's brain can't spend as much as Xiaonan."