Initially, Liu Yanran contracted the canteen for the sole purpose of making money. After all, her goal was to become the richest person in this era! However, after the incident with Li Dani, Liu Yanran's thinking changed. She began to reflect on the meaning and value of life and realized her responsibilities and mission.
In this era, people lived in hardship and material scarcity, but they had firm beliefs and selfless dedication. As a time traveler, she was able to enjoy the convenience and comfort of modern society, and she understood that it was all due to the sacrifices of these revolutionary martyrs.
At this moment, Liu Yanran deeply understood the meaning of the saying, "There's no such thing as a peaceful life; it's simply someone carrying the burden for you." It's precisely because of countless revolutionary martyrs like Li Dani's father, who sacrificed their lives for the benefit of the country and the people, that we have a future of peace and prosperity.
So, for a moment, Liu Yanran was sublime. Her family was already well off, and she had a cheating tool that allowed her to use her future savings. That money would only be a number in the future, but it was an inestimable fortune in the 1970s. So why didn't she use it to build the motherland? While she couldn't change history, she could at least make the lives of the people in the military zone better.
Moreover, despite the great man's words that men and women are equal and that women hold up half the sky, prejudice against girls still exists in this era. They are still called money-losing goods, and even among military families, many are only willing to send boys to school.
Through observations during this period, Liu Yanran discovered that the male-to-female ratio in the school was about 9:1, and many girls were able to attend school because their grandfathers or parents had sacrificed their lives and the military district funded their enrollment. Even their food expenses were paid by the military district.
There are very few girls who are actually sent here by their families, so Liu Yanran decided to do ideological work on these parents. She is willing to pay for the girls' tuition and can also waive their food expenses. She just hopes to give the girls a stage to perform.
She told her family about her opinion and was very glad to receive their unanimous approval. They all took out their own money to show that they also wanted to do their part. Even Liu Yunfei, who had just started kindergarten, as well as Liu Yunchu and Liu Yunjin, contributed their own New Year's money.
Although soldiers receive subsidies, people nowadays value having many children, so a family always has several children. Now that someone is willing to pay tuition and they can eat at school, they can save on food rations. No one is stupid enough to refuse. In this way, Liu Yanran recruited about 120 girls of school age for the school.
Then, after more than a month of adjustment, the Liu family canteen finally confirmed the spring canteen menu. The main dishes are braised pork with potatoes, braised chicken with taro, deep-fried chicken steak, braised fish, Kung Pao chicken, stewed duck with spring bamboo shoots, pickled fish, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, sweet and sour spare ribs, and braised lion's head.
The small meat dishes include fried meat with celery, fried eggs with toon, shredded pork with green pepper, cabbage residue, scrambled eggs with leeks, stewed eggs with minced meat, minced meat with eggplant, shredded pork with dried tofu, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
The vegetarian dishes include spicy and sour shredded potatoes, stir-fried green beans, stir-fried bean sprouts, loofah and edamame, fish-flavored eggplant, mapo tofu, sweet and sour lotus root, and stir-fried yam with black fungus.
The soups were basically tomato and egg soup, loofah and egg soup, pork rib soup on Mondays, and white fungus and lotus seed soup on Fridays—a way to motivate the kids to go to school! The staple food was rice with sweet potatoes, and a rotation of white flour and two-grain steamed buns. I wouldn't say we were losing money, but we really weren't making much money.
Of course, because the food in the cafeteria is very good, many children sincerely like to go to school.
Liu Yanran finally had a moment of leisure, and she eagerly entered the space. The scene before her amazed her. The once white expanse next to the villa had undergone a miraculous transformation. A pawnshop suddenly appeared before her, a clear sign of the space's evolution.
The pawn shop's architectural style was simple and elegant, complementing the surrounding environment. The door was closed, but through the windows one could see various precious items on display inside. Curious, Liu Yanran approached the pawn shop and gently pushed open the door, a stale smell hitting her face.
The interior was simple and orderly. Behind the counter sat an elderly man with a kind face and gentle eyes. Liu Yanran approached and started talking with him. He told her that she could pawn all kinds of items, including precious treasures and rare medicinal herbs. The value was calculated based on 21st-century currency, but the money she received was the currency of her current era. It was like someone giving her a pillow when she was sleepy!
Liu Yanran's heart was filled with joy. She thought of the dozens of boxes of jewelry and calligraphy and paintings she had collected before. She asked the old man to wait a moment, then went back to the villa to get two calligraphy and paintings and a necklace and ran back.
As a wealthy woman, Liu Yanran had participated in auctions before, but she really couldn't tell whether these things were real or fake. She only knew that they were really beautiful.
Liu Yanran smiled and handed the gift to the old man. The old man took it and carefully admired the calligraphy and necklace. He stroked his beard and looked at Liu Yanran calmly. He said, "Although these are all authentic, they are not very old, so they are not very valuable. If you have similar things in the future, you can exchange them for money."
Liu Yanran, who had received 2.38 million yuan, fell into deep thought. Isn't this valuable? Please, this money is almost filling up the basement of her villa! However, it was because the face value of the money in the 1970s was too small that it took up so much space.
In order not to attract attention, Liu Yanran only deposited 80,000 yuan into her passbook from the 1970s. However, she didn't know that even so, she still became a rich woman in the eyes of bank staff.
With this money, Liu Yanran felt more confident in doing good deeds, but this money had to be made public, so Liu Yanran decided to open a shop. It happened that the county town began to develop and many shops had already been opened. Liu Yanran was wealthy and bought several connected shops. She opened some of them for herself and rented some to others. She also bought a house in the county town. Of course, she told her mother and sisters-in-law that it was rented.
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