The country started the anti-illiteracy campaign many years ago. Villagers are not illiterate, but how many farmers like to read things with words?

Just now, no one read the brochure carefully when they got it. Now, after hearing what Xiaohua said, everyone hurriedly flipped through the brochure in their hands.

It would have been fine if I hadn’t turned it over. This time, I really discovered something new!

In order to reflect the changes in Yunnan City, the "Beautiful Yunnan" photography competition has the date marked in each photo, even on the film negatives.

The photo of Li Cuixiang and Feng Shenghui cooking together was taken on June 21, 1983.

The photo of her and Chen Fugui walking out of the hotel hugging each other was taken on June 28, 1983.

The two times are only seven days apart.

This time everyone knew what was going on.

"Li Cuixiang, you are playing two-timing!"

"Feng Shenghui and Huanxi just divorced, and he got married to you right away. We all knew that you two must have been hooking up for a long time, but I didn't expect that you were hooking up with Chen Fugui at the same time as Feng Shenghui."

"How shameless! You dared to come out of the hotel in broad daylight in public like this. I am too embarrassed to tell you what else you did."

…

As the villagers talked, their words became more and more unbearable to hear.

“Bang!”

Feng Shenghui completely forgot the purpose of coming here today. He rushed to Li Cuixiang and slapped her hard in the face.

He was angry and slapped Li Cuixiang hard, knocking her to the ground. Feng Shenghui was still angry, so he bent down, grabbed Li Cuixiang's collar and pulled her up, then slapped her again, each slap harder than the last.

It was common for men to beat their women these days, and the concept of "domestic violence" did not exist at that time.

Even an honest official finds it difficult to settle family affairs. The villagers were just shocked by Feng Shenghui's sudden action and did not intend to intervene. It is not appropriate for outsiders to interfere in other people's family affairs, so everyone wanted to intervene.

Maybe in their eyes, they think Feng Shenghui's anger is understandable. Who would like to see the woman they are dating being with another man at the same time?

Still, Shen Huanxi couldn't bear to watch Feng Shenghui slapping Li Cuixiang one slap after another.

"Feng Shenghui, are you a coward? What's the point of beating a woman? Only incompetent men beat women. You are a useless thing! You are a waste man!"

As Shen Huanxi spoke, he pulled Li Cuixiang over.

Feng Shenghui had beaten her before. It was true that a dog can never change its eating habits. He committed domestic violence once or countless times. Even if he changed his wife, he would not change his bad habits.

She said these words not only to help Li Cuixiang, but also to vent her anger in the past. When she was beaten by Feng Shenghui, she just ran away from home in anger without scolding him.

Feng Shenghui pointed at her nose.

"Shen Huanxi! Who are you? I'm divorcing you, so why do you care about me? Get out of the way, or I'll beat you up too!"

"Come on! If you have the guts, hit me too! Feng Shenghui, only useless men hit women! Are you so anxious to prove that you are useless?"

"you!"

"Comrade Feng, you are not allowed to use violence." Several male colleagues of Shen Huanxi stopped in front of Shen Huanxi.

Li Cuixiang was beaten so hard that she was dizzy but not dazed. She quickly hid behind Shen Huanxi.

With a few burly publicists blocking their way, Feng Shenghui couldn't do anything to Shen Huanxi and Li Cuixiang, and he became even angrier.

He was very concerned about his reputation, otherwise he would not feel ashamed for not having a son. He could not bear the shame of knowing that his woman had cheated on him with another man.

"What are you doing? You can hold Shen Huanxi back, but hand over Li Cuixiang to me, or I'll teach this woman a lesson!"

"Bang!" Feng Shenghui pointed at Li Cuixiang behind Shen Huanxi and cursed. When everyone thought he wanted to hit Li Cuixiang again, he suddenly grabbed a chair nearby, picked it up and smashed it on Chen Fugui's head.

With a "bang", Chen Fugui fell to the ground and immediately lost consciousness.

Shen Huanxi was shocked. Someone was going to die!

She deliberately printed these two photos in the brochure, mainly because she wanted to make a big deal out of the matter and make Director Zhou feel that the Propaganda Department should not keep someone with bad conduct like Chen Fugui, so as to avoid damaging the reputation of the entire Sanbei Command. She never thought that someone would die.

This is quite a commotion.

Feng Shenghui is still the same coward as always. Chen Fugui is big and strong, so he can't beat him, so he is attacking him from behind.

Just now he was busy beating Li Cuixiang, and no one thought that he would suddenly attack Chen Fugui, not even Chen Fugui himself.

He picked up a chair and knocked Chen Fugui to the ground. Not yet satisfied, Feng Shenghui grabbed the chair in his hand and smashed it on Chen Fugui's head again, leaving a hole with each hit.

Director Zhou and his colleagues rushed over to stop them, because if the fighting continued like this, someone would be killed.

The sound of police sirens was heard, and the comrades from the Propaganda Department grabbed Feng Shenghui. Feng Shenghui could not move, and he dared not move even when he heard the sirens.

Li Cuixiang ran away when everyone was not paying attention. Yao Cuihong sat on the ground, crying "What a sin, what a sin" and couldn't get up.

Originally they wanted to embarrass Shen Huanxi, but ended up with such a big scandal in their own family that the police were called in. How can they face their ancestors in the future and hold their heads up in the village?

The villagers were also talking about it.

The first time Shen Huanxi and his team went to the countryside to do publicity, they made a mess of the place.

No one knows who called the police, but when the police arrived, they briefly learned about the situation and took Feng Shenghui away on charges of "fighting" and "assaulting a public official."

After this incident, the propaganda work was temporarily suspended and the comrades from the Propaganda Department returned to the city together.

Shen Huanxi felt very guilty.

When they arrived at the Propaganda Department, Director Zhou went to have a small meeting with his superiors, and she and other colleagues waited in the office.

"I didn't pay attention to the people in the photo..." Shen Huanxi was a "green tea" person, so how could she admit that she did it on purpose.

She just wanted the sacred team of the Three Norths Project workers to eliminate black sheep like Chen Fugui. Now Chen Fugui has been sent to the People's Hospital, and no one knows whether he will really die.

Everyone gathered around her to comfort her.

"It's all right, Comrade Xiao Shen. The ones who are at fault are the ones who did the wrong things. It's Feng Shenghui and Chen Fugui who are not disciplined, and that woman Li Cuixiang..."

"Hey, Xiao Shen, what are you doing to help Li Cuixiang today? When she was cooking for Feng Shenghui, Feng Shenghui and you hadn't divorced yet, right? Feng Shenghui was angry with Chen Fugui, but you weren't annoyed with Li Cuixiang?" Li Shaohua asked.

Before Shen Huanxi could say anything, Director Zhou came back. Everyone stood up hurriedly and saw Director Zhou smiling and looking very happy, which made Shen Huanxi and the others confused.

"Director Zhou, what's going on?" Shen Huanxi asked.

"Comrade Xiao Shen, Comrade Xiao Li! You two did a great job this time!" Director Zhou patted Shen Huanxi and Li Shaohua on the shoulders, making Shen Huanxi and Li Shaohua look at each other in surprise.

"Director Zhou, what do you mean?"

"This time we went to the countryside to promote the campaign and created such a big event. Now the news has spread. Many people are very interested in our brochures and have come to collect them on their own initiative. We no longer have to go from village to village and store to distribute them, which saves us a lot of trouble."

"Really..." Shen Huanxi was a little surprised at first, but then she thought it was reasonable. "By the way, how is Chen Fugui?"

"Xiao Shen, you are so kind. When you were in the village, you protected Li Cuixiang, and now you are still worried about Chen Fugui. He is fine, his life is not in danger, and he is in the hospital. We don't need to worry about him.

He is no longer a member of our Propaganda Department. We do not allow people with bad conduct to exist in the Three Norths Project. And Feng Shenghui was also detained for intentional injury and assault on public officials.

Regardless of their complaints, we are talking about the good news of our Propaganda Department. In short, this time we went to the countryside and achieved great results, so we should all be happy. "

"Yes, I have already learned about the course of events from Director Zhou. Although our publicity this time was so effective due to some disgraceful things, we have already fired Chen Fugui. Allowing ordinary people to spontaneously come and receive brochures and allowing our Three Norths Project to become known to more people is the biggest gain for our Propaganda Department." Director Cao, the head of the command department, walked in.

She looked at Shen Huanxi and Li Shaohua and praised them.

"Director Chen, Director Zhou, I think we should let Comrade Xiao Shen be the leader of our action team from now on, and let her direct the work." Tang Haifan suddenly said.

The other male colleagues also seconded the idea.

"Comrade Xiao Shen had previously declined the offer, but we all agreed that he could handle the task."

"Although Comrade Xiao Shen didn't do it on purpose this time, the fact that he made such a big fuss about it and had such a good publicity effect can be said to be Comrade Xiao Shen's accidental good luck that brought us good luck."

"Luck is also a kind of strength. Comrade Xiao Shen declined before, so Director Zhou had no choice but to choose Chen Fugui. Now we all choose Comrade Xiao Shen.

Shen Huanxi had no choice but to take the position of team leader as he was reluctant to refuse the invitation.

The next step she thought of was to write promotional slogans.

"Nowadays, family planning slogans are everywhere in the streets. Family planning has been carried out so well, and these slogans have played an indispensable role. We can also write some for the Three Norths Project."

After hearing what Shen Huanxi said, Director Cao showed admiration again.

"Okay. Comrade Xiao Shen is worthy of being the team leader we elected together. This is fine. You can come back after get off work to think of a slogan, and come to me to apply for funding when the time comes."

…

When he got home from get off work, the children were still in school. Zhang Guifen had gone to collect rent from the family shop, so Xiao Shanhe was the only one at home.

Shen Huanxi told him everything that happened in the village today.

"Luckily no one was killed. I hate Chen Fugui, but I don't want him to die. Now no one is killed so no one will delve into the matter of the photo. If Chen Fugui was really beaten to death, Shaohua and I would definitely not be able to escape responsibility."

"Yeah." Xiao Shanhe smiled faintly. He was also holding a mortise and tenon mechanism today, but after seeing Shen Huanxi, he did not fiddle with it once from beginning to end. He just listened to her seriously.

"But I'm also wondering why the police from the police station were able to arrive so promptly. It wasn't long after Feng Shenghui beat Li Cuixiang. Even if someone went to report to the police, it would take time, right?"

"Yes, so not long after you left, I reported to the police." Xiao Shanhe said with a smile.

Shen Huanxi was stunned.

"You...you reported it?"

He called the police not long after she left. No wonder the police arrived so quickly.

"Well, I read your brochure and I know what you mean. You told me that Feng Shenghui had beaten you before, and I could guess his character, so I reported it to the police in advance."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Shen Huanxi stomped his feet.

This man can predict the future like a god.

He took a few glances at the sample of the brochure when she came home, so he saw her purpose at that time?

But Shen Huanxi had never told him this.

At this moment, Shen Huanxi felt like a transparent person in front of him, unable to hide any thoughts or ideas.

She suddenly realized that she had just stomped her feet in front of him like a little girl. She was 28 years old and a mother of two children, and she actually! Stomped! Her feet!

Shen Huanxi had a strange feeling in her heart, a feeling she had never experienced in her two marriages in her previous life. It was the feeling of accelerated heartbeat that the man brought to her.

Shen Huanxi looked at Xiao Shanhe. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair and couldn't stand up, she never felt that this man was useless.

Whether it was Feng Shenghui or Su Chaoyang, two healthy men, they were no different from waste in her eyes. However, Xiao Shanhe, who had disabled legs, seemed to her to be as majestic and powerful as a mountain.

Shen Huanxi suddenly felt his face getting hot. Maybe it was because he was obsessed with looks. Even though he saw Xiao Shanhe's face every day, he still found it stunning.

But his charm is far more than just his face.

"School is almost over. I'm going to pick up the kids." Shen Huanxi said and turned to go out, with Xiao Shanhe following behind.

"I'll go with you."

"No, I'm not incapable of doing it myself."

Shen Huanxi said this, but in her heart she was expecting Xiao Shanhe to catch up. When she heard the sound of a wheelchair coming from behind her, she felt much more at ease.

She had lived for two lifetimes, and she had never thought that she would have such petty thoughts. She was really going backwards.

…

Children of this generation go to school nearby, and there are few students who attend school on a part-time basis. Even for elementary school students, few need to be picked up by their parents after school after they reach the third grade.

There are not many students in Taoyuan Experimental Elementary School, and even fewer in kindergarten and lower grades. Correspondingly, there are not many parents who come to pick up and drop off their children.

Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe were waiting outside the school gate. They saw elementary school students coming out in batches. After waiting for a while, they finally saw their four children.

Chang'an was holding Changning, Xiao Yutang was holding Xiao Yuzheng, and the four children walked out together. When they saw the two of them, they started running.

Shen Huanxi was afraid that the child would fall, so he ran over quickly.

The four children all carried their own small school bags. Changning and Xiao Yuzheng were still young, so their small school bags contained their handkerchiefs and nothing else.

Xiao Yutang and Chang'an's schoolbags are bigger and contain their textbooks.

At that time, there were no English classes in elementary schools, only Chinese and mathematics, so there were only textbooks for these two subjects.

Shen Huanxi wanted to help them carry their schoolbags, but the four children were unwilling to do so.

Changan, Changning and Xiaoyu are going to school for the first time. They like school very much and are very excited. How could they be willing to let their parents carry their schoolbags?

Needless to say, Xiao Yutang felt that he had grown up and it was shameful to ask his parents to carry his schoolbag for him, so he refused to let Shen Huanxi help him no matter what.

Changan was happy to share her experiences at school with Shen Huanxi.

"My classmates are so enthusiastic! Mom, when I was in the village, only Sister Xiaohua was willing to make friends with me. Now I have many new friends in school!"

"My deskmate is Li Xinrui, a girl with a round face. Her family sells wine. There are two girls sitting in front of us, and they have a good relationship with me."

"Look, mom, this is the method Li Xinrui taught me to make leaf specimens. I clip the leaves into a book and leave it there for a few days. The leaves will retain their shape and color and become leaf specimens!"

Chang'an chattered away, and took out her textbook from her schoolbag, opening the page where she had clipped the leaf and showing it to Shen Huanxi.

"I want to collect all the leaves in the world and make them into specimens! Oh, Mom, Li Xinrui said that if you clamp the leaves, you can't open them all the time to look at them. If you keep looking at them, the leaves will fade. I'll show them to you in a few days."

"Okay." Shen Huanxi nodded with a smile.

Putting leaves in textbooks to make specimens was also a game she liked to play when she was a child.

Chang'an once said that her dream is to become a botanist when she grows up, so it is normal for her to like collecting leaf specimens.

Seeing Chang'an's excited look, Xiao Yutang snorted in disdain.

"You girls just like this kind of boring stuff. It's boring."

"Brother, what are you saying! You bad brother! This is something I like to make, how can you say it's boring? You are a bad brother, a bad brother!" Chang'an said as he chased after Xiao Yutang.

Xiao Yutang covered his ears and said "It's so noisy" while running. He was slightly taller than Chang'an, but he seemed afraid that Chang'an could not catch up with him, so he deliberately slowed down his pace.

Shen Huanxi felt very pleased when he saw the two quarreling children.

The fact that Chang'an dared to "settle accounts" with Xiao Yutang in this way shows that she is no longer the inferior and cowardly girl who dares not raise her head when speaking or doing things like in her previous life. It also shows that she and Xiao Yutang get along well.

If Xiao Yutang wasn't good to her, how could she dare to chase him like this and call him a bad brother?

Xiao Yutang covered his head and ran back to Shen Huanxi.

"Okay, stop making a fuss. I didn't really say that collecting these leaves is boring. I just want to tell you that you have to find an album to store them. Otherwise, where will you put the specimens? I think collecting stamps is pretty good."

"Yes!" After hearing what Xiao Yutang said, Chang An also thought it was feasible. "Many classmates in our class have stamp albums. I think this little leaf can be put in the stamp album."

"Many students in your class like to collect stamps?" Shen Huanxi asked as if he had heard some good news.

Changan nodded.

"When they introduced themselves, they all said they liked collecting stamps. I saw my deskmate brought a stamp album to school. It was as big as a textbook, with grids inside and a layer of plastic film. I don't like collecting stamps, but I can use the stamp album to collect leaves."

"Tsk, your stamp albums for first graders are only as big as your textbooks? Some of us in second grade have stamp albums as big as half a desk, and they can't even bring them to school. Some collect stamps with their parents, and their stamp albums can take up half a cabinet." Xiao Yutang said with disdain.

Shen Huanxi felt like he almost jumped up with excitement.

Sure enough, the stamp collecting craze is coming, and the stamps she has stockpiled are going to increase in price.

It looks like she can produce some stamps for the time being.

"Chang'an and Changning are upright. Do you like collecting stamps?"

"We don't like it." The four children said in unison.

"I'd better collect leaves." Chang Ning said.

"I might as well exercise when I have time."

“I like drawing.”

"I like it too. I want to design a dress for my mother."

Shen Huanxi was just asking casually. Since the children didn't like them, she would not leave the stamps for them. Except for the monkey stamps, she would sell the others in the near future.

Shen Huanxi didn't have to go to work that afternoon. Everyone in the Propaganda Department went home to think of and write slogans, and she also wrote some.

Early the next morning, she took the notebook with the slogans she had written to work, only to find that everyone had written a lot.

Fortunately, Chen Fugui was fired. There is no bad apple in their team and everyone works seriously.

She had applied for funding from Director Cao before leaving get off work yesterday morning, and Director Cao approved it. In the afternoon, she sent four male comrades, Ding Wenbo, Tang Haifan, Yue Danqing, and Wei Zhongcheng, to buy the necessary supplies.

The most important things are the paint and brushes for writing slogans, followed by ladders that may be used when writing slogans.

When Shen Huanxi arrived at the unit that day, the four male comrades had already bought everything and the items were clearly written down on the account. The entire Propaganda Department sat on three-wheeled bicycles and went to various places in the city, especially in the suburbs, to write slogans.

One of the biggest features of this era is that wherever there is a wall there are all kinds of slogans written on it, and the most common slogans you can see now are family planning slogans.

"It doesn't matter whether you have a boy or a girl, it's better to have just one child."

"Good birth and good upbringing lead to a happy life."

"It's good for parents to have only one child, and the government rewards them for being able to support them in their old age."

…

These are the milder ones, and there are more direct and violent ones:

"It can be led down, it can flow down, but it cannot be born!"

"It is better to let rivers of blood flow than to allow even one child to be reborn!"

"If one person has an extra child, the whole village will be sterilized!"

…

Shen Huanxi looked at these slogans and felt cold sweat running down his back.

In this era, urban appearance control is not so strict, and they are a formal national unit, so their work is more convenient. They can almost just find a blank wall and write.

There were several male comrades in the Propaganda Department who had learned calligraphy and could write regular script with a brush. So the task of writing slogans was given to them. Believe it or not, the slogans were written as neatly as if they were printed.

"Plant trees. We can't become the second Lop Nur!"

“Sand prevention and control is imperative!”

There is also "To get rich, have fewer children and plant more trees", which can promote afforestation and family planning together.

Shen Huanxi watched with her own eyes as the slogans were being written. She knew that even though the northwest was still covered with yellow sand, it was slowly getting closer to green mountains and clear waters.

Because there are so many people who are giving, dedicating, and working hard for the green mountains and clear waters of our motherland all their lives...

After finishing writing today's promotional slogan task, everyone went home together.

Seeing that there was still time, Shen Huanxi went to the post office.

The last time she came to buy stamps, the counter clerk Xiao Yang happened to be there, and when he saw her he quickly called her.

Shen Huanxi bought so many stamps at one time that day that she far exceeded her quarterly sales target in one day. Seeing Shen Huanxi now is like seeing a relative.

"Comrade Xiao Shen, you're here. Are you here to buy stamps today?" Xiao Yang waved at her.

Shen Huanxi walked over.

"Do you still have the Peking Opera Danju, Kuihai Year, Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum and Yangzie tickets I bought last time?"

Xiao Yang shook his head.

"No more. I asked you to buy almost all of them last time you came. How many are left? They were all sold out in the past few days. Look at these ones here. They are all in stock."

Xiao Yang pointed to the samples under the glass on the counter.

Shen Huanxi was happy to see the Great Wall tickets, □□ tickets, Huabiao tickets, Forbidden City tickets...all of which were landmark tickets.

There are also tickets for Mount Hua, Sun Moon Lake, Huangguoshu Waterfall, Dianchi Lake and other scenic spots.

Without exception, these are ordinary stamps issued in unlimited quantities, so there is not much room for price increases.

She wanted to make money by speculating in stamps, but she couldn't do it randomly.

In the 1980s, stamp speculation had formed an industrial chain in major cities, but not everyone who speculated in stamps could make money. This was because some people did not know how to speculate and bought and hoarded all kinds of stamps. Some even went bankrupt and lost all their money.

Shen Huanxi is reborn, so he definitely won’t be that stupid.

"Give me ten of each of these tickets." Shen Huanxi has been spending money lavishly recently. Even if Xiao Shanhe gave her money, she wouldn't have much left.

She will have to come to Xiao Yang to buy stamps in the future, so now it is just a business to help her.

Shen Huanxi didn't buy as much this time as last time, and Xiao Yang was a little disappointed.

However, Shen Huanxi still bought more than others.

Stamp collecting seems to be popular recently. Sometimes I see children buying stamps by themselves, sometimes I see adults buying stamps by themselves, and sometimes parents bring their children to buy stamps. The clerks at the post office also like these people.

In the past, the postal service made money from sending letters and postcards, but now it makes more money from stamp collecting. However, none of the stamp collectors who come to buy stamps buy as many stamps as Shen Huanxi. Xiao Yang is still happy to receive Shen Huanxi.

"Comrade Xiao Shen, I'll go count them for you right now."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. By the way, Xiao Yang, do you know when the special stamps will be issued? If you know, can you tell me?"

"Ah... Comrade Xiao Shen, so you want to buy special stamps. Yes, you bought all special stamps last time. I know that a set of family planning stamps will be issued on September 19th, and they will be sold uniformly across the country on September 19th."

"It's only a few days away." Shen Huanxi was very surprised. "Then when I come over on that day, what time will you open in the morning?"

"Half past seven."

"OK."

After hearing the good news, Shen Huanxi took the stamps that Xiao Yang had packed and went home.

Passing by a newsstand on the way, she bought a newspaper. These days, the main way to get news is through newspapers. There might be some news in the newspapers that could give her some new ideas for making a fortune.

Shen Huanxi flipped through the newspaper and saw the news that special family planning tickets would be issued on September 19.

Zhang Guifen was shocked when she heard that she was planning to sell the stamps she had stockpiled in the next few days.

“Didn’t you say that these stamps will appreciate in value in the future? Why are you selling them now?

Just like this Bai Suzhen ticket, you told me before that this ticket would be worth five or six yuan in a few years, but you just said that it can be sold for seventy or eighty cents now.

In a few years, you can sell the ticket for five or six yuan, why are you selling it for only seven or eight cents now? Isn't this a big loss? "

"Mom, you can't think like that." Shen Huanxi shook her head.

"Think about it, mother. Now this Bai Suzhen ticket can only be sold for 70 or 80 cents, but I bought this ticket for 8 cents, which means I made at least 60 cents per ticket, and 10 tickets would be more than 6 yuan.

I can use this money to buy other stamps and multiply them tenfold. If I do this over and over again, wouldn't it be much more profitable than just keeping them and waiting for them to increase in value?"

"That seems to be the truth."

"What do you mean by 'seemingly'? Mom, let me tell you something specific. I spent more than two hundred dollars to buy these thousands of stamps in my box, right? If I sell them all at ten times the current price, I can get more than two thousand dollars.

If I spend more than 2,000 yuan to buy new stamps and sell them at ten times the price, that would be more than 20,000 yuan. If I spend more than 20,000 yuan to buy stamps and sell them at ten times the price, wouldn’t I have earned more than 200,000 yuan?

It would take me at most a year or two to earn this much. But if I wait for a few years for the price to increase by 70 or 80 times, I can only earn 20,000 yuan after waiting for a few years. Compared to that, 20,000 yuan is not much. "

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Huanxi, don't scare me, don't scare me. More than 200,000 or more than 200,000 are a lot, a lot." Zhang Guifen couldn't accept such a large number and cried out "ouch".

It took Zhang Guifen a long time to digest it.

"No wonder people always said you know how to do business. The rumors are really true."

"How could that be possible? What I did before wasn't really much of a business at all." Shen Huanxi told the truth. Compared to the businesses she did after marrying Su Chaoyang in her previous life, the small businesses she did when she was young in this life were really not worth mentioning.

"Mom, how about I take you with me to resell stamps in the future? You can't just buy stamps randomly because not every stamp will increase in value. Those that can increase in value also have price fluctuations. It's easy to lose money if you resell stamps randomly. I'll take you with me so you won't do that."

"That's not the case with me. I heard someone from the hardware factory talking about buying bonds a few days ago. They said that high risk means high returns. That seems to be the meaning. If the returns on stamps are so high, the risks must be huge. I don't have that idea. That's not the case with me.

I'm not saying that I won't make money just because you can. You should spend the money you earn yourself. We, the Xiao family, don't want anything from you."

"Okay then, if mom doesn't want to do it, then don't do it." Seeing that Zhang Guifen was afraid of risks, Shen Huanxi didn't force her.

The next afternoon, she finished her work at the Publicity Department and left work early.

It hardly rains in the autumn and winter in the northwest, and the weather was especially good today, so there was no need to worry about the stamps getting wet. Shen Huanxi carried her stamps and went to set up a stall in front of Taolin Experimental Primary School.

Children nowadays also like to collect stamps, and selling stamps at the school gate is a good choice.

Shen Huanxi set up her stall before school was over. After school, children came out of the school gate one after another, and parents began to bring their children to her stamp stall to see her.

"Comrade, when did you buy these stamps? The post office doesn't sell them anymore." A male parent in his thirties asked while leading his seven or eight-year-old son.

"I also forgot when I bought it. How can I remember it clearly? Comrade, do you want to buy it?"

"Dad, I want this crocodile stamp. I don't have it yet. My deskmate has crocodile stamps in his stamp album, but I don't have one!" said the little boy, pointing at the crocodile stamp on Shen Huanxi's stall.

"Little boy, this single crocodile is 80 cents, the big crocodile, the small crocodile, and the crocodile eggs are two yuan, and the two-ticket ticket is four yuan." Shen Huanxi was not vague and stated the price directly.

The male parent frowned.

"Comrade, you are selling it too expensively. The face value of a single crocodile is only eight cents, and the big crocodiles, small crocodiles and crocodile eggs are only twenty cents. Why are you selling it so expensively?"

"Comrade, this is a special stamp. It was issued in May this year. Now it's been four months and you can't buy it anywhere. Scarcity makes things valuable. It's priced at this price now and it will appreciate in value in the future. Otherwise, how can we say that stamps can maintain their value and stamp collecting is like saving money?"

"That's true... but it's still a bit expensive. So, if the three of us are stamp collectors, and each of us wants a two-pack of Alligator stamps, that's three copies. Do you think it can be cheaper?"

"A two-ticket ticket is four dollars, and three of them are twelve dollars. I can give you a discount of two dollars. Just take the ten dollars."

"OK."

Men are not as good at bargaining as women. Looking at the clothes worn by the father and son, Shen Huanxi could tell that they were both in good shape.

The male parent did not bargain much with Shen Huanxi. He just bought three Yangzi Alligator stamps and picked out a few that his son wanted. In the end, he put together two big reunion tickets for Shen Huanxi.

Of course, Shen Huanxi doesn't just rip off the rich. Regardless of whether you have money or not, she sells stamps at ten times the face value. If she meets someone who is generous, she will give them a discount. She will never rip people off or favor the poor.

After selling for a while, I found that those with low face prices sold better, while those with high face prices, such as Mu Guiying tickets and Cui Yingying tickets, were more difficult to sell.

Shen Huanxi was not in a hurry. After all, he would not lose money if he kept the stamps before the stamp market collapsed in the 1990s. It was only 1983.

While she was selling stamps here, Xiao Yutang went to the door of Chang'an's class to call Chang'an, and went to the kindergarten together to pick up Changning and Xiao Yuzheng.

When several children were leaving the school together, Xiao Yutang saw Lan Linxiang again.

"Mom! Mom! Mom!" This time, Xiao Yutang was closer to Lan Linxiang and shouted in her direction.

Lan Linxiang's scalp tingled when she heard his voice. She urged Su Qiangwen and Su Qiangwu to get in the car, told them to fasten their seat belts in the back seat, and drove away.

This is the second time that Xiao Yutang was disappointed.

The first time he was not sure whether Lan Linxiang really heard his voice, but this time he was very sure.

Because this time they were not far away, and he saw that Lan Linxiang's movements became very hurried after he started shouting...

At this moment, Xiao Yutang felt abandoned, as if his heart was stabbed hard by a knife.

Several parents with their children passed by the four children and looked at Xiao Yutang with strange eyes.

"Why are you calling your mother? Is your mother really here to pick you up?" a male parent in his forties suddenly said.

Xiao Yutang's face fell.

Shen Huanxi had just finished a business deal when she heard Xiao Yutang's voice. She quickly stood up and waved to the four children.

"Chang'an, Changning, upright! I'm here! Mom is here!"

When the children went out today, they had already made an appointment. Xiao Shanhe had to go out for something, and Zhang Guifen had to go back to her parents' home for something, so they asked Shen Huanxi to pick up the children. The children all knew that they had to look for her at the school gate after school.

Xiao Yutang felt abandoned and lost, and he felt even sadder after hearing what the 40-year-old male parent said.

I don’t know why, but when he heard Shen Huanxi say “Mom is here”, his mood suddenly became better and he even felt a little warm.

"We'll be right over!" Xiao Yutang shouted loudly on purpose, as if he was afraid that the 40-year-old male parent who had just spoken couldn't hear him.

He didn't shout "Mom" this time, but he felt relaxed both physically and mentally.

Shen Huanxi called them over and asked them to wait aside because there were parents with their children choosing stamps.

After selling for a while and seeing that most of the students and their parents had left, Shen Huanxi carried the remaining stamps and took the children home.

When they got to Nanjing Road, Shen Huanxi took out four one-yuan bills and gave one to each child.

"This is your pocket money. Go shopping and buy whatever you want. You can't eat spicy noodles or drink Coke. Got it?"

"Thank you, Mom!" The three little ones took the money.

Xiao Yutang also said "thank you".

Shen Huanxi thinks that children need some pocket money. First, it can slowly cultivate their consumption concept from an early age. Second, it is the 1980s now, and people's lives are getting better and better. Other children have pocket money, so her children should also have it.

In this life, Chang'an and Changning cannot compare to any other children.