Chapter 227 Joining the Gang
Time flies, and soon it is 1982. Jiang Xinbai is 34 years old and Yang Jinsheng is 38 years old. They are both middle-aged people.
At home, Jiang Xinbai was sewing his eldest son's pants, cursing as he sewed: "This brat deserves a beating, and he doesn't know how to take good care of himself. Look at these newly made pants, and they've already got such a big hole after only two days of wearing them. He really deserves to be left bare-butted."
At this time, Jiang Baocheng's voice came from outside the yard, "Xiaobai, Jinsheng, are you home?"
When Jiang Xinbai heard that it was his third brother, he stood up quickly and said, "Third brother, I'm at home, the door is not closed, come in!"
Jiang Baocheng and Jiang Xinlan, who were outside the door, pushed the door open and walked in. "Xiaobai, what have you been busy with at home these days? You haven't even left the house."
Jiang Xinbai looked up and laughed, "Second sister, second brother-in-law, what brings you here today? Why don't you help Yangyang with his lessons?"
Jiang Xinlan waved her hands and sighed, "I understand now. If he can read, he can read it anyway. If he can't read, don't get angry at yourself even if you force him not to read. Just let it go! Fortunately, Xuanxuan is obedient and her grades have always been better than her brother's."
"Yes, my little treasure is the same. You say he is not smart, but he is actually smart, but he just doesn't work hard at studying. Fortunately, the younger one is better than his brother."
Jiang Xinbai himself did not receive much education, but he just wanted his two children to be able to make a living by studying, get into college, and then be assigned a job when they graduate. This was better than anything else.
Jiang Baocheng saw that his two sisters were still chatting, and he couldn't help but get anxious. He quickly waved his hand to interrupt them, "Xiaobai, I came to you today because I have something important to discuss with you. By the way, where is Jinsheng? He's not at home?"
"He went out to buy groceries. Third brother, what's wrong? You look so serious. Just tell me if you have anything to say! I have the final say in my family."
"Ah, he's out. Why don't we wait until he comes back?" Jiang Baocheng was a little hesitant. It would be better to discuss what he wanted to say with his younger sister and her husband.
Jiang Xinbai waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Okay, Third Brother, just go ahead and talk. I'll listen first."
"Hey, Third Brother, stop wasting time. Let me tell you. Xiaobai, Third Brother wants us to exchange the yellow croaker we put with him before for money, and then do business with him. Your brother-in-law and I are also considering it, and we just want to see what you think." Jiang Xinlan couldn't hold it in any longer and said it directly.
"Yellow croaker? Doing business?" Jiang Xinbai looked at her third brother Jiang Baocheng with some curiosity. She had originally wanted to ask her third brother sometime to test his attitude. There were more and more street vendors on the street, so she might as well take some action.
Seeing that his second sister had already said what she wanted to say, Jiang Baocheng continued, "Yes, didn't you store the yellow croakers at my place? Each of you still has 19 yellow croakers left, right?"
"That's right." How could he remember the money wrong? Jiang Xinbai even kept a small notebook to record it, but it was all in the form of drawings, for fear that someone would find it. Of course, only he could understand the drawings.
"I've checked. The current bank's gold price is 45 per gram, so one large yellow croaker costs 14,000 yuan. Don't factor in the handling fee for now. Just calculate how much 19 of them are?" Jiang Baocheng said as he observed the expressions of his two sisters. Of course, he was also very happy when he first calculated. In an instant, he became a millionaire of several thousand yuan.
Jiang Xinbai counted with his fingers, but still couldn't figure it out. He took out a piece of paper and a pen from the table and calculated for a long time before he came up with an answer. "Third brother, I calculated more than 260,000. I guess I calculated it wrong? Hehe, look at me, I calculated it wrong because I was nervous. Let me calculate it again!"
"No need to calculate, this is the number." Jiang Baocheng nodded affirmatively.
"Really? We have so much money now?" Before Jiang Xinbai could say anything, Jiang Xinlan couldn't hold back any longer. She stood up from her chair excitedly and walked around the living room, muttering, "Oh, so much money! I've never seen so much money in my life. How should I spend it? Will I not be able to spend it all when I get old?"
Zhao Yitai, who was standing by, pulled his wife back awkwardly and whispered to comfort her: "Xiaolan, don't get excited. Listen to what Third Brother says. Besides, there will always be a time when you can't spend all the money!"
"What can't be spent?" At this time, Yang Jinsheng walked in from outside.
Jiang Xinbai's eyes lit up, "Jinsheng, you're back just in time. Third brother has something important to tell us, come and listen."
"What's going on? It's so serious."
Jiang Xinbai came to her husband and repeated to him what her third brother had just said, then asked, "Jinsheng, what do you think? Do you want to change the big yellow croaker?"
Yang Jinsheng did not answer his wife's question immediately. He just thought about it for a while, looked at Jiang Baocheng seriously, and asked, "Third brother, you don't want to take the yellow croaker to the bank to exchange it, right?"
Jiang Baocheng nodded and said with a smile: "Jinsheng, you are the one who thinks things through. We can't explain the origin of this yellow croaker clearly, so we definitely can't go to the bank."
"Huh? If I can't go to the bank, then why not go to the black market? What's the price of gold in the black market?" Jiang Xinbai thought that the money he exchanged in the black market was higher than that in the bank, so it was still more cost-effective to exchange in the black market.
Jiang Baocheng nodded and explained: "I was just about to tell you, I found a guy with a good reputation, and he quoted a price of 41 grams..."
"It's only 41 grams, which is lower than the bank price. One stick costs more than 1,500 less. This is not cost-effective and it's still not possible. Besides, the price on the black market was higher than the bank before!" Jiang Xinlan felt so distressed after the calculation and shook her head repeatedly.
Jiang Baocheng looked at his second sister helplessly, "Xiao Lan, you better listen to me first. The past is the past, and the situation is different now. Although this family may not offer the highest price, it is definitely the safest. We feel relieved to sell it to them, after all, our yellow croaker is not obtained from legitimate sources!"
"But, there's fifteen thousand short!" Jiang Xinlan was still a little worried.
Jiang Xinbai figured it out. If he went to the bank to change the money, he might be arrested. Anyway, it was earned for free, so a little less would be fine. As long as it was safe, he thought so and comforted Jiang Xinlan.
"Yes, Xiaobai is right, safety first."
"Hey, third brother, you just said what business you were going to do? Well, do you have any good connections?" Jiang Xinbai knew that his third brother knew a lot of people and naturally had a lot of connections. Maybe this time he could follow his third brother and do something big!
Jiang Baocheng waved for them to come over, then whispered, "I have two good friends. We plan to work together to sell electronic watches and tape recorders in Shenzhen, so we need more capital. Also, Jinsheng, you and Yitai have to come with us."
"Are we going too?" Yang Jinsheng and Zhao Yita couldn't help but take two steps back. Uh, isn't this risk a bit too big?
Jiang Baocheng raised his eyebrows when he saw this, and said in a deep voice: "What? Are you planning to eat the ready-made food? If it weren't for my two sisters, I wouldn't have asked you to join. As for the money, I have it too."
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