Yun Yan was embarrassed after hearing his words and could only smile awkwardly. Oh my god, what a huge mistake.
"Sister, do you want this stamp album? Every stamp in it is collected by me with great effort, and they are very precious." The boy said reluctantly.
Yun Yan could also see that unless there was an emergency, he would not be willing to sell the stamp album that he had collected with great effort.
"What do you want to exchange this stamp album for?" Yun Yan asked.
"Sister, I want to exchange it for some rice. My grandfather is sick and he wants to eat white rice again." The boy said in a crying voice.
"Then how much rice do you want to exchange for?" Yun Yan asked.
"I don't want much, just one pound of rice and thirty pounds of sweet potatoes will be enough," said the boy.
This time, Yun Yan specially put some sweet potatoes and potatoes in the space. Although the quantity is not large, it is still no problem to take out 30 kilograms.
"Give me your home address and I'll send it to you after I prepare the things." Yun Yan returned the stamp album to him and said.
The boy gave her an address, and Yun Yan found a secluded place after leaving the black market. After making sure that no one was around, she entered the space.
This time she planned to take out three kilograms of rice, two kilograms of flour, fifteen kilograms of sweet potatoes and five kilograms of potatoes to exchange with the boy.
Yunyan carried the things in a basket to the place the boy said and knocked on the door.
After a while, the boy came out to open the door, and Yun Yan walked in. The room was very dark, and there were only a few pieces of furniture.
The boy watched her take out the food she brought. He didn't expect Yun Yan to give him two more kilograms of rice and two kilograms of flour.
Although there are ten pounds less sweet potatoes and potatoes, the rice and white flour combined are more valuable than one hundred pounds of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Through their conversation, Yunyan learned that the boy's name was Lu Jiahao, and that he had been living with his grandfather since his parents died. He earned money to buy stamps by picking up coal, and whenever the post office had new stamps for sale, he would rush to buy them.
During the conversation, Yun Yan learned why the "All Mountains and Rivers Are Red" stamp became so valuable. It turned out that after the stamp went on sale, an editor at a map publishing house discovered an issue with the depiction of the map of China on the stamp. The border lines were inaccurate, and the Xisha and Nansha Islands were not depicted.
This involved territorial sovereignty, a very sensitive issue, so the issue was immediately reported to the map publisher. The publisher's leadership called their superiors, immediately drawing the attention of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Subsequently, provincial bureaus were notified that the map on the "All Mountains and Rivers Are Red" stamp was inaccurate and ordered to stop selling the stamp and immediately recall it. Consequently, the stamp was withdrawn after only a few hours of sale.
In the past, Yunyan only saw netizens discussing on the Internet that the "The Whole Country is Red" stamp was very valuable. Now she finally knows why it is valuable.
When Yunyan left with the stamp album, Lu Jiahao looked at it reluctantly. Yunyan understood his feelings and came up with a solution.
"Jiahao, I know you can't bear to part with this stamp album. Let me give you my address, and I'll keep this stamp album for you temporarily. If you can redeem it with ten times the price within ten years, I will return it to its original owner." Yun Yan said softly.
"Really? Sister Yunyan. I can redeem it!" Lu Jiahao said excitedly.
"Of course it's true, but if you haven't come to redeem it after ten years, this stamp album will be mine." Yun Yan said with a smile.
"Okay, don't worry, Sister Yunyan, I will definitely work hard to save money to redeem the stamp album." Lu Jiahao said confidently.
Yun Yan left him the address of the Hongqi Brigade and fifty yuan, and asked him to take his grandfather to the hospital.
Lu Jiahao didn't want her money at first, but Yun Yan told him that the fifty yuan was not included in the conditions for redeeming the stamp album, and he didn't have to pay ten times the amount back. Only then did he feel at ease to accept it.
After staying in Jing City for seven days, Yun Yan saw that the date on the letter of introduction was almost up, so she decided to return to Jing County.
From Beijing to Nan Province, Yun Yan stayed on the train for three days and two nights. It was already midnight when she got off the train, and Yun Yan stayed at the train station all night.
After dawn, she took a bus back to Jing County. When she got off the bus, she happened to meet Uncle Wang driving an ox cart, so she took the ox cart back.
"Yun Zhiqing, you must be very tired from running around for the past month. I think you seem to have lost weight." said an aunt on the ox cart.
"Yes, a little. I've been on the train for almost half a month. It's normal to lose weight because I haven't eaten or slept well." Yun Yan touched her face and said with a smile.
"Yun Zhiqing, is it fun outside?" asked Aunt Zhang.
"It's okay. I took some photos this time. I'll take them out and show them to you." Yun Yan said with a smile, and then took out the photos taken in Beijing from the box.
Several aunts and sisters took the photos and looked at them, asking Yunyan questions from time to time.
"Yun Zhiqing, is this the Forbidden City? Oh my god, it's so huge." Aunt Wang asked while holding the photo.
"Yes, this was taken in the Forbidden City. This is just one of the attractions in the Forbidden City. The real Forbidden City is much more beautiful than the photo." Yun Yan said with a smile.
"It's really beautiful. I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to see what the Forbidden City looks like in person in this lifetime." Aunt Wang said with envy, holding the photo.
"Auntie, life is getting better and better now. You will definitely have opportunities in the future." Yun Yan comforted her.
Along the way, Yunyan and the aunts and sisters were laughing and chatting happily, and even Uncle Wang joined in and said a few words.
After arriving at the Red Flag Brigade, they returned the photos to Yunyan.
After returning home, Yunyan rested at home for two days until the team leader asked the accountant to find her to go to the team office for a meeting.
When Yunyan arrived, she found that the brigade office was crowded with people. After the brigade leaders arrived and Yunyan also came, they started to talk about business.
"We gathered everyone here this time to distribute the workshop dividends for the first half of this year to everyone." The team leader said happily.
When the villagers heard that they could share the money again, they all discussed it happily.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet for a moment. Now let the accountant read out the dividends for the first half of this year to everyone." The team leader said loudly.
When the villagers heard the captain's words, they immediately quieted down.
The accountant cleared his throat, pulled out his account book, and began to read: "From the fifth day of the first lunar month to the eighteenth day of the fourth lunar month, over the three months, the workshop produced a total of 13,600 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli. After deducting costs and the wages of the workshop workers, the profit was 4,080 yuan."
"It's more than 4,000 yuan. The profit is too high." A villager said excitedly.
"I invested 3% of the shares. Please help me calculate how much money I can get?" said another villager.
Finally, the team leader asked all the villagers to line up and come one by one to receive their dividends. The villagers were so happy after receiving their dividends that they couldn't stop smiling and counted the money in their hands over and over again.
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