Chapter 233: Eating Melon in the Contemporary Literature (Forty-Five)
"Sister, I'm back!"
Gu Si's wife saw Gu Qingcheng's figure from afar and hurried over to meet her.
"Chatting with Auntie Niu from East Third Hutong again!"
Gu Qingcheng wasn't really curious, she just wanted to find a topic to talk about with her younger brother and sister-in-law.
Of course, if Gu Si's wife shared some gossip with her, Gu Qingcheng would not refuse.
Well, people, no matter whether they are men or women, in ancient times or modern times, all love to join in the fun.
Even someone as noble as Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven is not immune.
In fact, for Gu Qingcheng, the 1960s was definitely a magical era.
Whether they are workers or farmers, their material lives may be poor, but their spiritual world is really rich.
In ancient times, workers and farmers were definitely not the superior classes.
But here, they are the masters.
They have unprecedented confidence and dignity.
The whole world is a picture of prosperity and hard work.
Against such a grand backdrop, the common people have a different kind of human touch.
The neighbors in the slum are simple, kind, and yet as shrewd as ordinary people.
Not to mention, this is a world derived from an online novel and its related fan fiction.
Several fan fictions deliberately exaggerate the extreme evil and ignore the complexity of human nature - good and evil, how can they be so absolute? Just like the residents of the tenement, if you look closely, they all have problems of one kind or another.
But are they bad guys?
no!
Not to mention the first uncle Fang Yaozhong who has always been fair and prestigious, even the second uncle Zhu Jinshui who is always complained by the neighbors actually has a "good" side.
Back then, when Gu Qingcheng took Qiao Qiao away from the slum, all the neighbors donated money.
The amount donated by Zhu Jinshui is second only to that of an old man.
Of course, Zhu Jinshui did this for ulterior motives.
First of all, it is a competition with an old man.
Secondly, it is for the sake of his reputation as the "Second Uncle".
But, as I said, judge by the actions, not the heart.
Regardless of the reason, the result is that Gu Qingcheng received Zhu Jinshui's donation, and to some extent, received his help! Zhu Jinshui is a "good person".
But to time-traveling male protagonists like Lu Xinhua and Qiao Weiguo, Zhu Jinshui is the worst of the bunch, stingy and calculating, even fussy about his own son.
Gu Qingcheng was like a newly arrived but somewhat Buddhist civet, eating the melon happily but not very actively! The former second sister-in-law of Gu and the current fourth daughter-in-law of Gu were both her "melon messengers".
"Xiao Ni, I don't know, that Lu Xinhua is really amazing!"
"He can actually make a bicycle. Even though he pieced it together and assembled it himself, it's still a bicycle that can be ridden and can carry things!"
Gu Si's wife's eyes were full of envy, and she excitedly shared the gossip she had just heard with Gu Qingcheng.
"Lü Xinhua?"
This is the male protagonist of Gu Qingcheng's main quest.
However, since Meng Yao awakened, Gu Qingcheng has rarely paid attention to this person.
As for Lu Xinhua, he seemed to have been hit by the "broken heart" and was silent for a while.
I thought this person would just disappear into the crowd, but unexpectedly, he recovered and continued to make trouble.
That’s right, Gu Qingcheng used the word “trouble”.
In Gu Qingcheng's opinion, "assembling" bicycles and developing a "business" out of it is just playing with fire.
"Yes! He was the neighbor of the compound where you lived before."
During the time when Gu Si's wife went to the city, she did not have much contact with the neighbors.
It was gossip from too long ago that she hadn't had the chance to find out.
Therefore, Gu Si's wife did not know that the Lu Xinhua she mentioned was the "rumored" object of her elder sister-in-law.
"I heard that he was a very smart man. When he bought a bicycle and it broke down, he found out that the parts didn't require a ticket when he went to get it repaired."
When Gu Si's wife said this, there was obvious admiration in her expression.
She seemed to be sighing: Wow, look at this young man's brain, how can it be so flexible.
These days, bicycles require tickets, so it is particularly difficult to buy one.
However, bicycle parts do not require tickets. As long as you spend a little money and piece them together, you can actually build a complete bicycle.
"A new bicycle from the department store requires a ticket and costs over a hundred dollars."
"The bicycle assembled by Lu Xinhua only costs 70 or 80 yuan, no ticket required."
"I heard that several people in their compound bought it."
“Neighbors from other tenements and even other alleys were also tempted and paid deposits directly.”
"Tsk tsk, Aunt Niu said that the queue is so long that it will almost last until Labor Day."
"...Xiao Ni, how much money do you think he has to make?"
Gu Qingcheng: ...
It’s definitely a lot of money.
The spare parts don't cost much, and some can be exchanged for old or broken ones at scrap yards.
Lu Xinhua’s biological father, Lu Guofu, is an employee of the machinery factory.
After being injured, I returned home and made money by welding and polishing small things.
All Lu Xinhua needs to do is to buy back the parts and Lu Guofu will help him assemble them, saving even the labor costs.
Calculated in this way, the cost of a car is estimated to be only fifty or sixty yuan.
Lu Xinhua sells the car for seventy or eighty yuan, and can make twenty or thirty yuan from one car!
There are more than ten households in the slum, and even if half of them bought Lu Xinhua's bicycle, there would still be five or six.
This way, the profit is more than one hundred yuan.
Not to mention, Lu Xinhua's "business" has spread to the surrounding courtyards and even the surrounding alleys! This is definitely——
court death!
Gu Qingcheng had just calculated the profits for Lu Xinhua and came to this conclusion without any envy.
Has this guy read too many period novels, or does he think he is the male protagonist and has an invincible aura of the protagonist?
Assembling a bicycle using parts is indeed a novel idea.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But Lu Xinhua is definitely not the only one who came up with this idea.
Gu Qingcheng never underestimates the working people of any era. They can always use their wisdom and technology to create miracles that are unimaginable to the world in their own era.
Yes! Most people of this era are simple and honest.
However, there will never be a shortage of smart people and speculators.
As the time-traveling protagonist, Lu Xinhua thinks he possesses knowledge and insights that transcend this time and space, but he doesn't know that there are many more powerful people among the people.
But they know how to be "low-key" and understand the principle of making a fortune in silence.
Lu Xinhua was too confident and took himself too seriously, but he forgot that this era has special laws and regulations.
For example, speculation.
Haha, if you want to make money by assembling bicycles, you have to do it secretly.
As a result, you made such a big fuss that your "reputation" even spread to Gu Qingcheng's alley!
Isn't this just telling everyone openly - Hey! I made a lot of money! I speculated! Even if the relevant departments haven't discovered it yet, there will be jealous neighbors who will report it.
Yes! The neighbors will be jealous! In the past, Lu Guofu would also make some small things and secretly sell them on the black market.
Sometimes, the materials he used were scraps secretly "picked up" from machinery factories.
There is definitely something wrong with his behavior, I can tell it from every divulgence.
But, whether it was in the slum or the machinery factory, everyone turned a blind eye.
The reason is simple: Lu Guofu is pitiful.
He had a broken leg, and he had a paralyzed father and a sickly wife at home. If he didn't make a living secretly, his family would probably starve to death.
Lu Guofu's small business can be considered self-reliant.
If this is reported, will the Lu family really be forced to death? Even a good old man like Qiao would not do such a stupid thing that would obviously "provoke public anger"! Lu Xinhua's situation is different! He is a formal employee of the machinery factory and has joined the driver class with a lot of "money prospects".
The salary and extra income add up to several dozen dollars every month.
The first young man in the compound to buy a bicycle was also Lv Xinhua! He became the most promising young generation in the compound.
This is already very eye-catching.
It's just that Lu Xinhua relies on his real ability, and he makes extra money by following the rules of the driver class, so no matter how jealous some people are, they can do nothing about it.
Assembling a bicycle is different.
It is so profitable, but the key is that it is also suspected of speculation.
It would be strange if the neighbors were not jealous.
Gu Qingcheng dared to bet that with Lu Xinhua's high-profile behavior, it wouldn't be long before -
A week later, Gu Si's wife, with a little fear, lowered her voice and shared the freshest gossip with Gu Qingcheng:
"That Lu Xinhua was arrested by the patrol team!"
"Oh my god, it turns out that secretly assembling a bicycle is illegal."
"Oh my, I heard that people like him will be sent to a farm..."
Gu Qingcheng raised her eyebrows, not surprised at all.
She is a noble lady from an aristocratic family, the Queen Mother of Heaven under the reign of two saints. When she comes to a strange era, she will first understand the "rules" of this world.
Even if we want to cause trouble, it must be within the scope of the rules.
Lu Xinhua is so good, it would be fine if he just broke the rules, but he actually did it in such a high-profile manner.
Does he really think that he is the male protagonist and can be above the rules?
The evil water hiding in the depths of the sea of consciousness: ...
In fact, the male protagonist just wanted to "prove" to the people around him that he was the most powerful and richest guy.
Meng Yao's awakening had a huge impact on Lu Xinhua.
In the original plot, Lu Xinhua and Meng Yao became a couple.
Meng Yao married Lu Xinhua with the Meng family's property.
Therefore, Lu Xinhua is not short of money at all, so he will not try every means to make money, let alone prove anything.
Being able to marry a wife with skills and a dowry, Lu Xinhua was the first in the compound! Although Meng Yao was PUA, that was only for Lu Xinhua.
Under normal circumstances, Meng Yao still maintains normal IQ and rationality towards other people and things.
Lu Xinhua thought about other ways to make money, but was persuaded by Meng Yao.
In addition, as time went by, a storm came and Lu Xinhua was also frightened.
It's not like he doesn't have a formal job, nor is he short of money. He can even rely on his wife's superb cooking skills to curry favor with his boss...
Lu Xinhua lay dormant until the 1970s, when he started his business again. He eventually transformed Meng's cuisine into Lu's cuisine and became the richest man of his generation.
PS: Thank you for the tip from Shandong Huagu, thank you for the tip from the bookstore, thank you for the monthly tickets, thank you! mua~
(End of this chapter)
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