Chapter 6: Counting the Original Owner's Property
Lu Changzheng was in a very good mood and sent Su Mo back to the educated youth camp.
"Comrade Su, look, everyone is already waiting for the feast, should we mention our progress?"
Su Mo glared at him.
Lu Changzheng smiled and said, "I will listen to Comrade Su. When Comrade Su says it will be done, it will be done."
Lu Changzheng was in a very good mood. Comrade Su did not object just now. If he worked harder, he should be able to take her down. He could prepare secretly first.
"Comrade Su, go in and lie down for a while. I'll help my mother with some work before work ends. You should also rest for two more days to get yourself well. Don't rush to work, as the autumn harvest is almost over."
Anyone who has done farm work knows how tiring it is. Anyway, he has never liked it since he was a child. After marriage, he will not let her do it, as his allowance is more than enough to support her.
"Go in quickly." Lu Changzheng urged Su Mo to go in and rest.
He had to talk to his mother as soon as possible. It was rare for him to meet someone he liked, and he couldn't let her down. She must have what others have, and she must also have what others don't have.
Lu Changzheng had already begun to think about what to prepare for the wedding.
72 legs and all that, his new house basically had everything, the kangs in the east and west rooms were set up, the kangqin had been made long ago, and he also made a coat closet, kang table, stools and so on.
Lu Changzheng thought about it, and still lacked a dressing table. His wife was obviously a playful person, so he had to prepare this for her, and he had to ask the carpenter to make it as soon as possible...
As for the three big items, he had to ask if the family had prepared the tickets. If not, he had to find a way to get them quickly, and then he would take her to the city to buy them.
And there was also the marriage certificate, which he had to send a telegram to the army and ask the leader to approve it quickly. Forget it, it would be faster to make a phone call, and he would make a call directly when the time came.
Wedding photos have to be taken, not only wedding photos, but also a few photos of his wife alone, and he can take them to the troops and take a look when he wants.
He is only at the deputy battalion level now, and he needs to be at the battalion level to apply for family members to accompany the army. He still has to work hard to let her accompany the army as soon as possible...
Lu Changzheng felt that he was full of energy. After urging Su Mo to go in and rest, he kicked his feet and left in a flash.
Su Mo looked at Lu Changzheng who left in a hurry and was speechless for a while.
Is this the characteristic of people in this era, doing things in a hurry?
Su Mo sighed.
Although I have traveled through the book, I thought about letting myself go for once. But when it really comes to this step, I am still a little hesitant.
How about getting married?
Don't people of this era get married when they fall in love? Since you are already here, why not follow the local customs?
No matter from the perspective of any era, Lu Changzheng is a good marriage candidate. As a deputy battalion-level officer, his allowance must be high. With his own house, he doesn't have to live with his parents-in-law after marriage, and he can separate from his family immediately after marriage, and he doesn't have to worry about conflicts with his sisters-in-law.
Even the only disadvantage of not being at home is an advantage for her.
She has a house and the problem is solved. It really can't be better.
The most important thing is that Lu Changzheng looks really to her taste.
Food, sex and nature are all part of human nature. She is just a normal woman...
Su Mo covered her face, shook her head, and turned back to the educated youth point.
The educated youth point is a row of 5 adobe houses, with the kitchen and dining area in the middle, and it is also the place where people come and entertain guests. The two rooms on the left were for male educated youth, and the two rooms on the right were for female educated youth. There was
also a large vegetable patch at the door, where a lot of vegetables were planted. The toilet was in the corner of the vegetable patch, a thatched house made of straw.
The entire educated youth site and the vegetable patch were surrounded by bamboo fences, with only a courtyard door in the front for entry and exit.
Su Mo relied on her memory to find the room where the original owner lived.
In rural areas of that era, there was rarely a habit of locking doors, and the same was true for the educated youth site. The door was just bolted, not locked.
Su Mo unbolted the door and pushed the door open. The room was very large, with a very long kang inside, and it was estimated that five or six people could sleep on it. There were not many educated youth now, and three educated youth slept in one room, which was quite spacious.
The people who live in Su Mo's room all came down with her. It was the autumn harvest when they came, and they had no time to buy things, so there were no cabinets or anything like that in the room, and the room looked quite empty.
They could only find a piece of wood to put on the ground, and then put their luggage on the wood, and put the frequently used items on the kang.
Su Mo found the original owner's blanket, on which were stacked the clothes she washed a few days ago. It seemed that her two roommates had helped her collect them.
They had just arrived and were not used to the new environment, but they supported and encouraged each other, so they had a good relationship.
The original owner had hurried to go to the countryside, and did not prepare anything, so the blanket was also very simple. There was just a straw mat on the kang, and then a bed sheet on the mat, a thin quilt for summer, similar to the air-conditioning quilts in later generations, and there was not even a pillow.
I don’t know how the original owner, the delicate lady, could bear it.
When the original owner went to the countryside, she brought two suitcases. The two suitcases, one on the kang and the other on the wooden board, one large and one small, both locked.
Although Su Mo had integrated the original owner’s memory and roughly knew what was inside, she still felt that she had to count it herself.
The most important thing was the two huge savings books.
When reading the book, the specific amount was not written in the book, only the huge amount was mentioned.
As for the original owner, the savings book and the house deed were hastily stuffed into her by Su’s father before she went to the countryside. After she stuffed it into the compartment, she disappeared before she could even see the person, so the original owner didn't know how much money it was.
Su Mo was really curious.
Relying on her memory, Su Mo found the keys to the two suitcases in the secret pocket of the suitcase that the original owner had placed on the kang.
Su Mo first opened the big suitcase, took out the two passbooks from the compartment, and suddenly felt a little nervous.
The time to witness history has come, sisters! There
are two passbooks, one looks a little old, it should be made of kraft paper, and the coarse fiber material on the surface is clearly visible. It has the words "Current Savings Passbook" written on it, and there is also a pattern on it, and a line of small words below, but it is a little faded, so she can't see clearly what it is.
One is relatively new, with an orange cover and a quote from a great man on it, and the words "Current Savings Passbook" printed in red below, and "People's Bank of China Haishi Branch" in black font below. The back cover also has a summary of the Communiqué of the 11th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee.
It is very characteristic of this era.
Su Mo opened the new one first. The name on the account was Mo Yurong, the original owner's mother, and there was a bank stamp at the bottom. On the right was a handwritten record, with only three deposits and no expenditures. Each record had a stamp from the accountant and the reviewer. There
were three deposits. One was made in January 1970, with 2,000 yuan deposited at one time; another was made in October 1970, with 500 deposited; and the last was made in June 1971, with 500 yuan deposited as well, for a total of 3,000 yuan. This
should be the money that the original owner's parents had saved over the years. In this era when 100 yuan is a lot of money, this is a huge sum of money.
Su Mo opened the old one again. The owner of the account was Su Zhongli, the original owner's grandfather. There are many handwritten records of deposits and expenditures on the right side, several pages long. Su Mo flipped through them and found that the first deposit was in 1957, which should be the dividends paid to capitalists after the company became a joint venture. The first deposit was more than 20,000 yuan.
In the following years, there were only records of deposits, but in 1960, 1961, and 1962, there were many large expenditures. Su Mo had the original owner's memory and knew that during the three years of natural disasters, the original owner's grandfather had repeatedly used his connections to purchase a lot of food from abroad and donated it to the poor people around.
It was because of the hard work of those three years that Su Zhongli fell ill and passed away in 1963. At that time, many important leaders of Hai City came to Su Zhongli's funeral.
The deposit record goes all the way to 1966. The previous dividends were basically taken by Su Zhongli in those three years. Only the dividends from the following years were saved, but there were still nearly 80,000 yuan.
What does 80,000 yuan mean in this era? I'm afraid it's more than 80 million in later generations.
With this 80,000 yuan as the principal, in that era when money can be picked up everywhere, Yang Suyun can fly even if she is a pig.
Su Mo's fists hardened. She really didn't like Yang Suyun, the heroine.
When Yang Suyun got the passbook, the original owner's uncle hadn't been in trouble yet. She didn't send such a huge passbook back to him, but kept it for herself. Even if she didn't have the contact information of the original owner's uncle, her father knew the original owner's uncle, so he must have it.
It's really a family of Bai Lian from the previous life.
Damn it!
Things are going to get dark from now on!
After looking through the passbook, Su Mo counted the original owner's banknotes. Su
Mo searched the banknotes from the two boxes and counted them. There were a total of 1,035.4 yuan. Oh, I still owed Lu Changzheng 5 yuan, which was 1,030.4 yuan.
In this era, she was considered a rich woman.
The banknotes were a thick stack of all kinds, including overseas Chinese coupons, industrial coupons, grain coupons, meat coupons, oil coupons, vegetable coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons, shoe coupons, cotton coupons, etc. There were even milk powder coupons and watch coupons, but most of them were used exclusively in Haishi, and very few were used nationwide.
In this era where everything required coupons, without coupons, you couldn't spend your money.
Su Mo suddenly felt a little worried. She wanted to buy something but she didn't have a ticket. She could only go to the black market. She didn't know if she could get some tickets here.