Sanniu's wife: "Xue, you see how often your aunt makes wrong decisions. We just need to follow her. She must have her own ideas."
"Yes, yes, you kids don't think too much, your aunt won't harm you."
Wang Li was relieved that at least the two sisters did not ask any further questions.
He added, "Prices are unstable now. Even the money we earn from business is a pile of paper bills. Just look at how much trouble it is to push the money out of a cart to buy a piece of meat. We can go to other shops to exchange things or get silver dollars. Do you think it is more cost-effective? If you can't do it, wait for Wangjia to come back and ask him."
"You guys should be careful when you go out next time. I heard there are a lot of thieves on the streets recently, and there are even highway robberies!"
Wang Li has recently kept everyone at home to learn embroidery. There is no shortage of food and drink at home, so it is quite a hassle for several people. But the same cannot be said for the neighbors. They have to go out to earn money every day, and if they don't go out they will go hungry. There is nothing that can be done about it.
Wang Li watched the days of liberation progress day by day. She sold all her shops at a low price and bought three shabby courtyards in a small town in Suzhou.
Several families wanted to live together and wanted Wang Li to have the same household registration as them, but Wang Li didn't dare to do so because she was rich and would inevitably bring them trouble in that era.
One day Wang Li went to the street, preparing to buy some vegetables, and saw that the street was in complete chaos. A steamed bun cost 300,000 yuan. Wang Li thought that if women went out to buy things, they couldn't even buy a box of matches. If you want to take a rickshaw, you have to pay the rickshaw driver a sack of money. The Kuomintang also issued a decree that silver dollars and gold bars were not allowed to be used to buy things. All old currencies were not allowed to be used.
"At this time, I heard someone next to me say, "They are preparing to run away. They exchange our real money for a pile of their paper, which will be difficult to use to wipe their butts in the future. People all know that no one can exchange their real money for a pile of waste paper."
But can you, a little old man, stand it? Someone with connections said that they heard a rumor that if you have gold and silver in your house and don't exchange them, you will be killed without mercy.
When Wang Jia returned home in the evening, Wang Li told him about this. Wang Jia said, "Everyone around here knows that our family must have money from business. You can go and exchange it for food or household items. Otherwise, it will be bad if they check it out. We have a meeting this time, and no one will give in."
All right, "I'll listen to you."
Wang Li thought, fortunately we have the space, so I will just listen to you and set a good example for you. In fact, most of our gold and silver are in the space.
Everything at home was arranged and most of the things were moved to the new home. The house chosen was at the back and there were no neighbors nearby. Wang Li specially bought a thatched house with brick walls and a thatched roof. Wang Li also asked the children to smear some mud on the walls. Anyway, it looked a bit shabby, and she bought a new lock.
I had nothing to do that day, so I wanted to go see how Lu Tianhao was doing, but he was out the other day. He said he went to work at a coffee shop, and their salary was not enough to cover their expenses, so they found a second job as a pianist.
Wang Li met Lu Tianhao one afternoon five days later. Wang Li and her family were preparing to move to the town, and Sanniu asked two of his friends to charter a car.
On the road, they met Lu Tianhao, who was walking very fast in a hurry, and Wang Li called out to him.
"Busy man."
He turned his head, looked at Wang Li and smiled, then walked over and asked, "Where are you going?"
Wang Li smiled and said, "I've moved to a town near Kongshan, Suzhou. Come visit me when you have time."
"Sure, sure. See you later, sister. I'm busy today. Let's talk another day."
After saying hello, he left in a hurry.
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