Chapter 084 Still alive

“Is this for me too?”

"Yes, Auntie made it especially for you," Shen Wenyu handed the item to Tang Yuan, looking at her with a gentle gaze, "Aunie asked Auntie Wei to pass it on, and also gave me a copy, thank you for helping to introduce it."

Therefore, the gift will be handed over through Shen Wenyu, which is also a disguised form of gratitude.

"They are really too polite," Tang Yuan knew that he couldn't return the things, so he could only accept them. "The skills of the mother-in-law are really good. The things they made look like they were made by a sewing machine. The quality is very good."

"As long as you are satisfied." Shen Wenyu knew that her mother-in-law and mother-in-law were good at cooking, but she was more or less nervous before getting a positive answer. Now that she got a positive answer, she felt more or less relieved.

"I am very satisfied with Aunt Weng's craftsmanship. Sister Shen and Second Aunt's craftsmanship is also very good," Tang Yuan put today's things into the bag. "Now that the business there has stabilized, Sister Shen and Second Aunt will have jobs for a long time to come."

The most feared thing about the sweater business is summer, as no one wants them when summer comes. But this summer, the decorative business is supporting them, so the two of them are usually not idle.

They have too many ornaments to crochet now, and not all of them can be sold. But when winter comes, the sweaters will have to be put on the shelves again, and the two will need to focus all their energy on the sweaters. Even if they don’t crochet ornaments, the ornaments they have woven now can still be put on the shelves and sold.

"Yes, we all believe it is possible." Shen Wenyu nodded.

After taking the things woven by the two and the patterns embroidered by Aunt Wei, Tang Yuan carried the bag back to his current residence.

As it was early in the morning today, the grandparents and others came here early in the morning. Tang Yuan picked them up specially and then went to the scrap station to get the things. Now when he went back to see, some people who were quick had already made two or three small wallets.

She did not disturb them and went straight into the house.

Then go to Hong Kong from the "temporary residence" in the house.

Occasionally, she would move out of her "temporary residence" temporarily to let them know that she was always outside. Fortunately, the area around here was relatively remote, so she could just find a corner to leave without being noticed.

The time agreed with Zheng Man was later than the one she had agreed to meet. When she showed up with a big bag of small purses, she had already ridden her bicycle around the neighborhood to sell things. Now she only had a few small purses left on her bicycle, which was just enough to take the bag in Tang Yuan's hand.

But today she didn't take the bag immediately. Instead, she whispered to her, "There's a large amount of RMB. The family said they were quite wealthy before coming here. It's up to you if you want it. If you do, it might be over 2,000 RMB."

"So many?" Tang Yuan was surprised.

Two thousand yuan is really a lot of money. You have to know that even with all the money she has been trading back and forth, her RMB savings have never been over two thousand yuan. For someone who came here illegally to have a savings of two thousand yuan, you can see how wealthy she is.

With such a fortune, they sneaked here...

Tang Yuan frowned slightly.

Seeing her like this, Zheng Man whispered, "Two thousand dollars is a lot in the mainland, but not much in Hong Kong. And given the situation in Hong Kong, no one is willing to exchange Hong Kong dollars for RMB, except... So we can lower the price this time, otherwise the money will be just waste paper in their hands."

It is now, but it won’t be in the future.

Tang Yuan thought about it and glanced at Zheng Man, thinking that she didn't know what would happen in the future. At least in the 1980s, two thousand yuan could buy a lot of things.

Even buying a small house is no problem.

However, given the current situation, few people can predict the future environment. No matter how the other party makes the money, she can use the money to hire servants and purchase supplies so that everyone can earn some money, which is better than taking it from others.

"You go and help me change it," Tang Yuan confirmed. "No matter how much money you use, I will still exchange it with you at a ratio of five to one. Let's set a time and meet here at four o'clock in the evening, okay?"

"Actually, you don't need such a high ratio," Zheng Man said a little embarrassedly. "Forget about it before. Now I'm still making money from you, and the amount is not small. I can make a lot with this ratio."

"That being said, this kind of business is rare," Tang Yuan said, "and you are taking risks by going out to help me change it. The greater the risk, the higher the profit. This is what you deserve."

As long as she can get it, she would be willing to do it even if it's ten to one, let alone five to one.

If she didn't have this way, it would be very difficult for her to earn 2,000 yuan, not to mention the hard work involved. She might not even be able to earn it even after working hard for a long time, and there would even be the risk of being caught.

With these two thousand dollars, she can really relax.

After hearing what Tang Yuan said, Zheng Man did not refuse and nodded in agreement: "Then let's meet here at four o'clock in the afternoon."

After saying that, she tied the bag full of small wallets to her bicycle and rode away.

Tang Yuan didn't know how Zheng Man communicated with others during the period, but when she came back here in the afternoon, Zheng Man had been waiting for a while. Although there was still some money in the small purse on the bicycle, she looked very cheerful, obviously having successfully completed the task.

This is indeed the case.

As Tang Yuan approached, Zheng Man took out a small wallet from her inner pocket. This was one of the wallets that Tang Yuan had given her and she was selling.

However, Zheng Man always paid in advance, so no matter how she used her wallet, it had nothing to do with Tang Yuan.

I opened the zipper of my wallet and found a large stack of banknotes inside, which looked like there should be more than two thousand yuan.

Zheng Man opened her mouth, and it was indeed more than two thousand: "The total here is 2,345.57 yuan. The RMB is useless in that person's hand, so he took out all the change. I don't need it either, so I'll give it all to you. Oh, and you only need to give me 10,000 yuan, no more."

Without waiting for Tang Yuan to speak, she continued, "Really, I made a lot of money even at this price. I want to make friends with you so that I can continue to do the small wallet business in the future. This business is more stable than the exchange business."

Zheng Man had a plan in mind. Although exchanging RMB could earn a lot, it was really unstable. Those who were lucky enough could have dozens or even hundreds of RMB in their hands, while most of the people who smuggled in only had a few yuan at most.

This time she encountered such a large sum of money, and she was very lucky at that time. It was also the first time for her to have such great luck. You should know that the RMB she exchanged before only added up to 1,500 to 1,600 yuan, which was less than the amount she received today.

It's different for Xiao Qianbao. She earns less than this job, but more than ordinary people working in Hong Kong. She is already satisfied to have such business.

"Okay, then I won't be polite with you." Tang Yuan took out ten thousand yuan and took the RMB from Zheng Man.

With this money, she can finally relax a little. From time to time, she can sell eggs, bacon, dried fish, etc. to earn some RMB, but she doesn't need to rush to make money.

After thinking about it, she continued to ask Zheng Man to help keep an eye out for anyone carrying RMB.

Zheng Man didn't ask much this time, she just nodded and said, "We ran a long way today, and we didn't sell all the small wallets. We can just take 80 tomorrow. The place we live in is small, so we can't put too many things."

After hearing what Zheng Man said, Tang Yuan guessed that the living conditions of her place were probably similar to the one where he lived when he first came here. He wanted to ask her about renting another house, but she was an adult and should be able to have her own ideas, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The two separated, and Tang Yuan rode his bicycle to a nearby garment factory to buy scraps of cloth.

The shop we visited this time didn't have many rags, just one big bag. She used the excuse of inconvenience in transportation and started to "fake" the goods in the factory. She divided the bag of rags into three bags and even deliberately let more air fill the plastic bags inside.

When she brought them back like this, the security guard naturally thought she was bringing back three large bags of rags.

The scraps of cloth were brought back and spread out one by one for sorting. Some were suitable for making ordinary wallets, some were suitable for making mid-range wallets, and another batch was suitable for embroidery.

She picked out some larger pieces of cloth individually and pieced them together to make complete clothes.

When she was selling tea before, she could make up the accounts and bought a lot of rags, which were piled up in bags in the house on the top of the mountain. But after these days of hard work and her struggle with "false accounting", the accumulated rags are finally less than before.

However, some of them were moved to her newly purchased house.

The room was relatively small, so she simply built a bed frame. Otherwise, if someone came in, there wouldn't even be a bed inside, which was not very suitable.

Apart from the bed, the rest of the space was filled with boxes of finished wallets and bags of sorted rags.

After this move, the things in her play space cabin were finally not so crowded and there was more space to move around.

In the evening, she saw off the people who were making small wallets in the yard outside, carried out a bag of sorted cloth from the house, and placed the cloth bags one by one on the workbench of several people.

When a few people came the next day, they saw the workbench was full again. They heard some business nearby and couldn't help but whisper: "It's great to still have work to do."

No one spoke at first, and after a while someone spoke up: "It's such a good job, I can keep doing it."

"Me too."

At this point, no one said anything, but if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of cutting, and it is obvious that they have already started today's work.

After packing his things, Tang Yuan went out with a bag on his back and headed towards Aunt Cao's house.

After more than half a year of getting along with each other, the two sides have become very trusting of each other. People who are not familiar with them even regard Tang Yuan as a relative of Aunt Cao's family. Regarding this point, neither of them refuted it. After all, the visit of relatives would not attract too much attention.

When we arrived at Tang Yuan, Aunt Cao was playing with the child.

Half a year later, the child who could only babble can now utter a few words from time to time. He is also somewhat familiar with Tang Yuan. When he sees her, he immediately jumps in the wooden walker.

Tang Yuan smiled and walked forward, picking up the child from the car. Seeing the child jumping in her arms, she couldn't help but say, "This child is really strong."

"That's right. No one around here is as strong as this kid. My son and daughter-in-law said it was because he was drinking milk powder. Milk powder is really a good thing," Aunt Cao said cheerfully. "Did you bring milk powder today?"

"I told you I didn't bring any today, and milk powder isn't cheap."

"We are not short of money," Aunt Cao said. "Her parents made money to give her a good life. If they have the conditions, they must live a good life. So what did you bring in your bag? It's bulging."

Since the two had a good relationship, Aunt Cao asked directly.

"I have some scraps of fabric. Please help me find someone to make a shirt for me, Aunt Cao." In the game space, I have to buy different ready-made clothing styles, and it costs more money. It's better to let someone make it directly, but there is another purpose. "Aunt Cao can take a look. They are all white shirt materials. There is a lot of them. I can make one for you."

"At my age, why should I still wear a white shirt?" Aunt Cao said as she took off the bag that Tang Yuan was carrying and opened it to look at the scraps of cloth inside.