Chapter 76 Two Hundred Yuan

"No matter what, I have to thank you. By the way, my name is Zheng Man, Man with the Chinese character for grass," Zheng Man introduced herself. "The reason why I had a conflict with them recently was because I wanted to earn money to support my sister. She was sick and needed medicine, so I took the risk to collect the scraps."

"My name is Wen Jiaqi. Are you still going to collect junk next?" Tang Yuan looked at her.

"Not sure, maybe I'll find another job," Zheng Man said, gently covering her arm, "It's not easy for my sister and I to get here, but I have some fighting skills, and I thought I could handle the danger."

Tang Yuan looked at the loose clothes she was wearing. If you looked closely, you could see traces of tucks inside the clothes.

She thought for a moment and said, "I have something that might be a little dangerous, but not as dangerous as your waste collection. Can you help me?"

"Tell me," Zheng Man said immediately, "Even if you didn't tell me, I would still like to ask you if there is anything you need my help with. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it."

Tang Yuan raised his head and asked: "Did you sneak here?"

Zheng Man pursed her lips and said, "I've found a way to get a certificate so that I can deal with anyone who comes to check on me."

"That's not what I meant. Since you came here illegally, you should know where people like you live," Tang Yuan said, looking around and then at Zheng Man. "I want you to help me run around and exchange Hong Kong dollars for RMB."

"Exchange Hong Kong dollars for RMB?" Zheng Man was surprised. "Are you serious? You can't use RMB in Hong Kong."

"Yes, exchange Hong Kong dollars for RMB. I won't tell you what I want to do with it. I'll take it no matter how much you have," Tang Yuan quoted a high price to Zheng Man. "Go and exchange it. No matter what price you get it at, I can exchange it for Hong Kong dollars at a rate of one to five."

Regardless of what the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the RMB will be in the future, the two places have not yet relaxed their relations. The RMB carried by those who have smuggled in is currently worthless. Many people would be happy to be able to exchange RMB for Hong Kong dollars.

However, in Tangyuan's memory, after the opening, the initial exchange rate between the two places was about 1:3, and she used a ratio of 1:5, which was not low.

Zheng Man frowned: "I've only heard that some people go to great lengths to exchange RMB for HKD, but I've never seen someone like you."

"So I need your help," Tang Yuan looked at Zheng Man, "but you might get into danger."

"This little bit of danger is nothing compared to the local thugs in Hong Kong," Zheng Man said, looking at Tang Yuan, "Are you sure you want it? How much do you want?"

"Yes, I want as many as I can." Tang Yuan nodded.

"Okay, then I'll help you do this. If I can do it, I can also make some money from it," Zheng Man agreed. "We'll meet here again then. Will you still come? It's not easy for me to find you these days."

"Yes, I come here every morning," Tang Yuan gave her a definite answer, "You can just come to see me at this time."

Zheng Man looked at her, nodded to her, turned and left.

Tang Yuan also packed up the things at hand and walked towards his residence.

She didn't have complete trust in Zheng Man, so she looked around for a while before leaving to make sure no one was following her before she quickly walked back.

However, she hoped that Zheng Man could exchange it for RMB. If this step was feasible, it would be much faster than making money by selling things. Although most of the people who smuggled in these days were poor, there were many who carried huge sums of money. She didn't need too much, even just a few hundred yuan would be enough to solve her urgent needs.

The ratio of 1 to 5 is slightly higher, but the most important tea business she has on hand now has a profit of 1 to 40. With this comparison, let alone 1 to 5, even if it is 1 to 10, she can still make a lot of money.

After learning about the gangsters' situation from Zheng Man, Tang Yuan returned to the game space and picked up the gun he had left on the side, planning to put it in his pocket when he went out later.

As the old saying goes, don't be afraid of a thousand, just be prepared for the worst. The situation in Hong Kong is so unstable these days, she must have tools to protect herself.

In the next two days, she still spent her time selling tea and dried salted fish. She didn't make much from the dried salted fish, but as long as she sold ten kilograms, she could at least get half or one-third of the money she spent on tea, which was better than having only income and no expenditure.

But when she saw Zheng Man again on the morning of the third day, she knew that she didn't have to save money like this anymore.

"I looked around and found that many people had some RMB hidden. When they heard that they wanted to exchange it for Hong Kong dollars, they couldn't wait to take out their money. However, most people didn't have much RMB on hand," Zheng Man took out a handkerchief wrapped with banknotes from her pocket, spread it out and showed it to Tang Yuan one by one. "It's all here. A total of 200 yuan. Is it enough?"

"If you have some, you can continue to exchange," Tang Yuan looked at the money in the other person's hand, "You wait here for me, I'll go back to get the money."

"I'll give it to you first," Zheng Man stuffed the banknotes into Tang Yuan's hand, "Take it back, I'll wait for you here."

Tang Yuan looked at her and saw that her eyes were full of trust. He smiled and held her hand tightly: "Okay, then wait for me for a while, I will be back soon."

After saying that, she walked back quickly with her bag. After walking for a while, she looked back and saw Zheng Man still standing there. She nodded and then left completely.

Two hundred RMB for one thousand Hong Kong dollars is a lot of money, so she naturally wouldn't carry it with her.

Back in the game space, she opened the cardboard box containing the Hong Kong dollars and took out a stack of money, exactly one thousand yuan.

After taking the stack, she thought for a while, counted out another two hundred yuan, and returned to the market with the twelve hundred yuan.

Zheng Man was still standing in the same place. She walked over quickly and handed her the money in her hand: "One thousand yuan is for this time, and the extra two hundred yuan is the deposit. You can help me run some more errands. I still need RMB. When I don't need it anymore, I will tell you directly."

"Do you believe me?" Zheng Man looked at her curiously.

"I don't trust you, I trust the profits," Tang Yuan smiled, "You can take the two hundred dollars and run away, but if you cooperate with me, you can make more money. Anyone would choose the latter, right?"

Zheng Man lowered her head, put away the money in her hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, as long as you are not a fool, you will know how to choose. Don't worry, I am definitely not a fool."

After watching Tang Yuan leave, Zheng Man stood there for a long time.

Although she didn't know what the other party wanted the RMB for, this deal was a good deal for her anyway. Not only could she make money, but the risk was also low.

The important thing is that generally no one will come to steal this business.

She did not try to find out the reason behind it. She took the bus to the illegal immigrant gathering area and continued to exchange RMB.

Judging from the shopping situation, the purchasing power of RMB is obviously higher than that of HKD, but the illegal immigrants are already in Hong Kong, and RMB is more useless than the old newspapers at home. When she goes to exchange, almost everyone who hears about it will be eager to take out money.

As for the exchange rate, everyone will just say: "You can pay whatever you are willing to pay."

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Tang Yuan counted the RMB on hand and put the two hundred yuan he had just received into the account. After confirming the amount, he felt more or less relieved.

Before she received the 200 yuan, she only had more than 300 yuan in savings. Although this amount of money was not small, it was only enough for her to buy 1,500 kilograms of tea leaves.

Assuming 200 kilograms of tea are delivered every day, that is only enough for seven days.

Now with the extra 200 yuan, at least we can get through the last tea season and harvest all the tender tea of ​​this year's tea season. After that, the price of purchasing old tea will be cheaper, and it will also be the spring farming season, so the amount of tea sent by the villagers will naturally decrease.

With this money, she was no longer in a hurry to sell salted dried fish. She gradually retracted her expanded sales lines and continued to serve only a few regular customers with whom she had a high level of trust.

This also meant that her sudden expansion of sales did not attract much attention.

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"Little garden, little garden..."

"Huh?" Tang Yuan heard someone calling her and came back to her senses from the game space. She looked up at the person in front of her in confusion.

"Your stepmother is back," the person in front of him was full of excitement. "Do you still remember your stepmother? She is back. She was taken out of your village just now."

Tang Yuan was speechless. No matter what, there was no way she would forget that she had a stepmother.

But after the commotion before the New Year, there was no movement there for a long time. She thought her stepmother would stay in the countryside with Tang Jianguo until the end of the year. Why did she come back now, and so suddenly?

"Oh, what does she know? Xiaoyuan usually doesn't talk," Aunt Qian pulled the person who was talking over and gossiped in a low voice, "What's going on? Tell me, why did she come back so suddenly?"

Aunt Qian asked the same question as Tang Yuan had in mind.

So at this moment she simply didn't say anything and just listened to the gossip.

The gossipmonger could not hold back any longer and immediately explained the whole story.

To put it simply, not long ago, someone saw Liu Hongmei at the gate of the machinery factory, and after some inquiries, they found out that she was about to come back for good.

Originally this was not unusual, but people who saw Liu Hongmei found that her face was a little pale and her overall condition was not good. They thought she might have had a miscarriage. This was a big deal, and the news spread quickly in the machinery factory.

As Tang Yuan was someone who had a close relationship with her, many people wanted to know her reaction, so they sent someone out to pass on the message to her.

Who would have thought that she would have no reaction at all.

Tang Yuan sat behind the stove, listening to the other person standing not far away, chirping at her openly. She had no choice but to put her chin in her hand and pretend to concentrate on the stove, thinking that her stepmother had brought this upon herself.

However, the Tang family is really good at making trouble. When the original owner was at home, they always said that she was a "money-loser" and beat and scolded her. I thought that with the stepmother back and Tang Jianguo, the scumbag father, at home, the treatment should be better. Now it seems that I still underestimated the Tang family's ability to make trouble.

The news spread in the machinery factory for a long time. By the evening, someone finally confirmed through various channels that Liu Hongmei had miscarried. It was even heard that she was clamoring for a divorce from Tang Jianguo at home.

The success brought a lot of discussion to the machinery factory which had been silent for a while.