Sun Xiu quickly asked, "Did you exchange it on the black market?"
Apart from the black market, she really couldn't think of where Li Xu could exchange this thing.
Gold is a hard currency that is easy to store and carry, and it maintains its value.
It has been only more than ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Over the years, people have had money but have been unable to spend it.
This has led to many people having little confidence in the currency.
Therefore, people who have gold in their hands hide it carefully and generally do not trade it with others.
It's not just a precaution, but also because we're afraid of getting into trouble if we get exposed.
In other words, only now, during a disaster period, would someone take out gold and want to exchange it for food.
The transaction takes place naturally on the black market.
Because there are too many people going to the black market, the probability of a successful transaction is naturally greater when there are more people.
Li Xu nodded, and seeing everyone's anxious expressions, he quickly explained, "Don't worry, I exchanged this on the black market the winter before last, and I haven't exchanged it since."
Now everyone's expressions looked much better, but Li Jiakang still didn't quite believe it and asked again, "Really?"
"Of course it's true. I wanted to exchange it for some cotton, but I didn't get any cotton. Instead, I got this. It's just that it's not very useful now, so I put it away. If I hadn't seen the gold bracelet, I really wouldn't have thought of it."
What Li Xu said was true.
He really hadn't remembered that he still had big yellow croaker...
Everyone was speechless for a moment, and then Li Jiakang said angrily, "How could you forget this? Why didn't you say you forgot to eat?"
Li Xu grinned. "You know what? The food I used to buy this thing is almost enough for two meals. If you really can't remember it, I'll just think of it as skipping two meals. It doesn't matter."
These words made Li Jiakang very upset.
But there is nothing to say.
Who made Li Xu have food in his hands, and it didn’t cost much to exchange it for this thing?
Li Ping thought for a moment and then asked, "Xiao Xu, why do you want to make 15 sets of jewelry? You don't need so much, do you?"
"Yes, we have nine brothers and sisters in total. We will give one set to each of our first children, and then give one set to the five of us. The last set will be for our mother."
At this point, Li Xu showed a wicked smile on his face, "Brother, that set I prepared for Xiaohong."
After hearing this, Li Ping couldn't help but look at Hu Guilan and said, "Forget about my family."
Hu Guilan naturally understood what Li Xu meant.
Although she was tempted, she still refused, "Yes, yes, I don't need this thing, and Wen Bo doesn't need it either."
Even Sun Xiu refused, "Xiao Xu, Mom is already so old, what's the point of having that thing? Am I going to wear it around the house every day to show off?"
"Everyone has one, so don't refuse anyone. Besides, just because you can't wear it now doesn't mean you can't wear it in the future. If you really can't, just treat it as a family heirloom." Li Xu waved his hand and continued,
"I can still get two large yellow croakers with the food I eat in a day. How much can we get with the food everyone in our family eats in a day? I think Brother Qiang is right. This thing is really not precious. It can only be considered rare at best."
Having said that, everyone had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Li Jiakang then said with emotion, "Your first child will be very lucky. Unlike our generation, our family had nothing when they were born."
"You talk as if the family had everything they needed when the eldest and the others were born. Among these children, only Xiaoju has enjoyed happiness since she was born."
Hearing Sun Xiu's merciless words, Li Jiakang muttered, "But now they are enjoying themselves."
Sun Xiu rolled his eyes and said, "What does their happiness have to do with you?"
"Of course it matters. Without me, where would they be?"
Everyone: ...
...
More than ten days passed.
During this period, Li Jiakang took the two large yellow croakers given to him by Li Xu to a goldsmith to make jewelry.
Since Li Xu required it to be more refined and the quantity he wanted was relatively large, it would take longer to make.
It has not been completed until now.
What Li Xu didn't expect the most was the cost issue.
This time it only cost sixty yuan, which was a little less than he expected.
This money was also borne by Sun Xiu and his wife.
On May Day, county workers did not parade around the streets as they did last year.
Instead, I took a vacation directly.
It is worth mentioning that the above document was received again on May 2nd.
One of them was to raise the price of photography and photographic materials, and apply this price to all residents, regardless of urban or rural areas; another was to introduce high-priced sugar in county towns and rural areas.
Therefore, the supply and marketing cooperatives need to arrange people to go to the countryside for publicity again.
This time everyone was much more enthusiastic and some were even scrambling to go.
It’s nothing else, it’s just that the three people who were injured before each received a work target.
Li Xu had guessed right before. There were indeed some idiots who had evil ideas about this.
People were injured on the second day of going to the countryside.
In just three days, five people were injured.
This shocked Liu Gang.
He didn't expect that there were so many idiots in the supply and marketing cooperative.
You must know that this time the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperatives did not use the excuse of contributing to the country.
So their injuries were in vain.
Those who were injured were naturally unhappy.
They followed suit and got a group of people to come every day to ask for compensation.
But the leaders will not give in because they are not in the wrong this time.
Even their medical expenses were not reimbursed.
The result is that the two sides quarrel every day.
It was indeed a good show for Li Xu.
This day.
When Li Xu and Liu Gang were chatting in the car, they saw Director Shen Yuan coming over.
After calling the two down, Liu Gang asked, "Director Shen, what do you want to talk to us about?"
Shen Yuan's face was filled with excitement, and he couldn't speak clearly. "Good news, very good news. Your car team has a mission tomorrow to pick up a batch of goods."
Li Xu and the other man looked at each other, both confused.
What's so exciting about this?
So Liu Gang asked, "How can this be considered a good thing?"
Shen Yuan quickly explained, "This is a great thing. Do you know what goods you are pulling? I'm telling you, they are pigs, chickens, ducks, and fish. These are for us to sell. You just need to pay for them. Do you think this is a good thing?"
Upon hearing the news, Li Xu and the others became excited.
"Is this true? Director Shen, you are not lying to us, are you?"
"Why would I lie to you? I just received a notice asking you to go to the city to pick up some goods tomorrow. However, these items are also high-priced commodities, three times the normal price. Of course, this is nothing to you." Then Shen Yuan showed a mysterious expression and spoke in a lower tone.
"The most important thing is that there's a hidden reward here. It says that if our county can complete the increase in quota, one or two high-end restaurants will be opened in our county town."
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