Chapter 031 Too Relaxed

No one knew what Liu Hongmei was thinking. By the time everyone knew the news, she had already packed her things and was heading back to the countryside.

Most people were puzzled by this matter and didn't understand why she made such a choice. Nowadays, everyone is looking forward to moving to the city, not to mention that Liu Hongmei still has a job. But she chose to leave, and not only did she leave, she even wanted to take her children with her.

After the incident, many people came to ask Tang Yuan what she thought, but she always responded by being "remaining silent".

She had no idea and was even unwilling to have anything to do with that family. However, she knew that the little fat boy would definitely not want to stay in the country for too long, and then this family would cause trouble.

The machinery factory seemed like an alternative village. Any news would spread quickly. Within two days, everyone knew the reason why Liu Hongmei went to the countryside.

She went to the countryside because she was afraid that Tang Jianguo had another lover there.

When this news came out, no matter what everyone thought about this matter before, everyone was silent on this matter, and could only secretly sigh that the couple had a really good relationship.

Since the reason was internal and had nothing to do with Tang Yuan, the "outsider", her surroundings gradually became quieter and no one asked her what she thought about Liu Hongmei going to the countryside.

Everyone in the boiler room is more familiar with Tang Yuan, and the topic is still going on.

"Liu Hongmei is really stupid. What is she going to do in the countryside? Tang Jianguo doesn't make money in the countryside. Even if he wants to do something, what can he do? As long as she holds the money, he won't be able to do anything."

"That's right. I think she is possessed by a ghost. She really treasures Tang Jianguo from the bottom of her heart."

"If she hadn't been a treasure, how could she have chosen Tang Jianguo? She was married to Tang Jianguo, a second-married man, as a virgin. She was able to be coerced then, and she can certainly be coerced now."

"Tang Jianguo doesn't know where to go either."

"Who knows? Maybe... it's better to close the door."

As they spoke, everyone smiled in unison. Some people even looked at Tang Yuan subconsciously. Seeing that she was still reading with her head down, they breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Keep your voice down. At least don't say it in front of Xiao Yuan."

"It's okay. Xiaoyuan can't hear. She can't do two things at once. What's the saying? She turns a deaf ear to the outside world. She is very serious when reading. She didn't hear me when I called her before. When she came to her senses, she said she was so engrossed in the book that she didn't hear me. She is still reading now. She definitely can't be distracted and listen to us talking."

"There's more."

"Really, she couldn't hear me when I called her before, but it's better for her to read more books than to listen to us talking more. She's not smart to begin with, so it's normal that she can't be distracted."

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In order to consolidate her character and to avoid not responding when someone talks to her when she is "distracted", Tang Yuan will occasionally pretend not to hear what people around her say when she is in the main role.

But today, she really didn't mean it. When she regained consciousness, everyone was chatting animatedly. When she wanted to speak, she heard something she shouldn't have, so she simply continued to pretend to be deaf.

When everyone started gossiping, she distracted herself again and harvested the newly ripe cotton.

The weather is getting colder, and she needs to make quilts and cotton-padded clothes. She certainly can't wait until the temperature drops drastically. Starting to prepare cotton now will allow her to make a set of cotton-padded clothes before the temperature drops completely.

One set was not enough. She needed to make at least four sets of cotton-padded clothes, including clothes for replacement and her two identities.

However, cotton was hard to come by at that time, and many families were lucky if each person had one set of cotton-padded clothes. She had to make both cotton-padded clothes and a quilt, so she couldn't have that much money.

But she can make cotton-padded clothes of the same color and style, which she can wear comfortably and others won’t notice.

The cotton would not go bad. After the harvest, all the cotton she had recently planted was piled up in the wooden house. Because there were not enough bags, she even found a way to buy some sacks specifically for storing cotton.

After planting the new cotton seeds, she went to the breeding area again and was surprised to see an egg in the corner.

She immediately reached out her hand happily and touched the head of each chicken: "Well done, the remaining two should also work hard and try to lay three eggs for me a day. I will eat one and I can sell two."

Although the egg business doesn't make much money, she never complains about having too much money, so she'll take whatever she can get.

After feeding the baby, she boiled the egg in her hand and left the game space with it.

There was no one at the scrapyard today, so she walked slowly into it. As soon as she reached the door, Shen Wenyu rushed out excitedly: "Why are you here just now? I don't even know where to find you!"

"I'm not late. Didn't we agree to come here once every two weeks?" Tang Yuan was puzzled, and then he thought of something, "Another good thing? Someone is trying to snatch it from me? Sister Shen, why don't you keep it a little more secret?"

"Do you think I don't want to hide? Those things are not in my hands," Shen Wenyu said unhappily. However, although she was angry, she still explained the whole story clearly. "That antique shop has always been selling antiques. The market has been bad in recent years. The antique business is not easy to do. They bought the things but didn't let anyone know. They just said that people with a predestined relationship could buy them. It's not easy for me to go, so it's just right for you to go."

According to Shen Wenyu, the antique shop received a batch of antiques from somewhere. Although it is state-owned, due to the bad economic situation in recent years, many people are unwilling to keep antiques at home, so naturally no one is willing to pay for them.

But I don't know why, they are really in a hurry to ship the goods.

Shen Wenyu had a wide range of sources of information. After asking around among the people who came to the scrap yard, he was able to confirm that the antiques were definitely genuine, but no one was willing to pay for them.

"How much does it cost?" Tang Yuan asked.

Antiques will definitely become more and more valuable in the future. Although you can find them in junkyards, it is difficult to tell whether they are real or fake. However, if you can buy a batch of antiques at a low price now, you will make a lot of money in the future no matter what.

Shen Wenyu stretched out his two hands and lip-synched three words.

One hundred dollars.

Nowadays, people are not very interested in antiques, so not many people are willing to spend a hundred dollars to buy a batch of antiques. This hundred dollars may even be a family's savings after a year or several years of living.

"This is not cheap," Tang Yuan said, looking at Shen Wenyu's slightly excited eyes, and deliberately said, "Sister Shen should pay for it this time. If you don't pay, I will buy it by myself."

In response to her, Shen Wenyu slapped her hard on the shoulder.

Tang Yuan covered his shoulder and sneered: "Sister Shen, your hand is too heavy."

"Who do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who would take advantage of others?" Shen Wenyu glared at her. "Originally, I was going to cooperate with you. We would split the profits 50-50, but you still had to keep the things. It's such a large sum of money, and it's not something I can earn from selling waste paper. How could I be greedy for you? You are judging others by your own standards."

"Yes, yes, I am a mean person," Tang Yuan continued, covering his shoulder. "But Sister Shen, didn't you think it was a bad idea to collect antiques before? Why are you willing to spend fifty yuan to buy one now?"

"You said that antiques are worth money in prosperous times and gold is worth money in troubled times," Shen Wenyu said while looking at her. "I had good grades in school and studied history. From ancient times to the present, except for troubled times, there has never been a time when antiques were worthless. Now is exactly that time. Isn't this our chance to pick up a bargain? I have confirmed that the antiques are all genuine. People don't dare to sell fakes. But if they want a hundred yuan, many people will back off. You go there and we can take over the antiques together."

As she spoke, she took out money directly from her pocket.

A full fifty yuan, indicating that she had decided from the beginning to split it equally with Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan naturally would not refuse such a great opportunity. If it were not for Shen Wenyu, she would not have been able to get such information. Even if she had known the information through other channels, she would not have been able to swallow this batch of antiques. After all, all the money in her pocket added up to only more than seventy yuan.

This more than seventy also includes the forty-five yuan salary for the past three months.

Living in that era, the expenses were indeed not high, but the income was also extremely slow. She sold cloth, some soybeans, and eggs, but the average monthly trading income was only a dozen or twenty yuan.

Daily expenses must also be deducted.

"I'll go back and get the money. I'll come back tomorrow and buy it then." Seventy yuan was not a small amount of money at that time. She usually carried five or ten yuan in her pocket at most. She didn't dare to carry more than that.

If this happened in later times, let alone seventy yuan, even seven hundred or seven thousand yuan would not be a lot of money.

After talking to Shen Wenyu, she left the scrap yard and went to the antique shop to check out the area.

Compared to the bustling supply and marketing cooperative, the antique shop was deserted. Even the door was only slightly open, as if to avoid the sight of everyone passing by.

Through the gaps, one can vaguely see the things displayed in the store, but most of them are gray. I don’t know if it is naturally that way or if it is intentional.

But the fact that the antique shop is still open at this time shows that this shop is indeed legitimate. If it had any problems at all, it would not have been able to survive here for more than ten years.

At that time, many people were good at looking at antiques. Antiques that cost a hundred yuan a batch were not considered particularly valuable, and they might not be too old, but antiques became more valuable as time went by, and would not be overtaken by inflation of a hundred yuan no matter what.

She looked around and then turned back to discuss with Shen Wenyu in detail how to buy this batch of antiques.

The next morning, she took fifty yuan and combined it with Shen Wenyu's fifty yuan. According to the information Shen Wenyu had inquired about, she pushed the door open and entered the antique shop. She then closed the door again, leaving only a crack.

When she told the store owner what she wanted, he was not surprised. He just said, "We've made it clear in advance that we won't owe you anything. If you want to sell it to us again, you definitely can't sell it to us at this price."

"Of course, I came here prepared."

"Okay, wait for me to give it to you."

The shopkeeper got up and went back to the house.

Tang Yuan waited for a while, feeling inexplicably nervous. Apart from in museums, she had never seen or touched real antiques, and had no idea what these antiques looked like.

Just then, the shopkeeper came out with a large basket in his hand.

It was the big basket she carried around when she bought and sold eggs. It couldn't be said to be completely unrelated, but it was exactly the same.

And those antiques are placed in this big basket.

They are not even arranged neatly, but piled together in a mess, like household items, and do not look like antiques at all.

Too loose.