1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 362 Open a bank account and deposit two buckets of money

Unlike in later times when the streets were filled with gold jewelry stores of various brands, it was almost impossible to find one or two gold jewelry stores on the streets of Yanghai these days.

In addition, Yanghai is not far from Hong Kong Island, so in recent years, wealthy families in the city who have jewelry needs have tended to ask relatives and friends to go to Hong Kong Island to help buy them.

There are several gold jewelry brands in Hong Kong Island, all of which have a history of more than half a century and a wide variety of designs. Although the price is high, each gram exceeds the monthly salary of workers in Yanghai, it at least provides a channel for purchase.

"Brother Hui, will you be returning to Hong Kong Island soon?" Liang Ziqiang asked.

After asking this question, Pang Jiahui could tell what he was thinking.

"Do you want me to bring you some jewelry? What kind, a ring or earrings? Do you want something big?"

"Rings, earrings, and necklaces are the three gold items. If they are too big, it may not be suitable for women. They should be neither too big nor too small."

"Buy it for your wife? It's really delicate and beautiful. A ring should weigh about 3 to 5 grams, and a pair of earrings should weigh 2 or 3 grams. A necklace and pendant should weigh between or grams and or grams. You have to go to a jewelry store to see the specific style before deciding, but it's probably in this range." Pang Jiahui is obviously more knowledgeable about gold jewelry and the like. "The three golds you mentioned together weigh a little over grams, and I estimate it will cost between and yuan."

Branded gold jewelry weighing more than 70 or 80 yuan per gram, with a total price of more than 1,000 yuan for more than 20 grams. This was basically within Liang Ziqiang's expectations.

"As for brands, which one do you want to buy?" Pang Jiahui was happy to help him and introduced him to two brands with a history of fifty or sixty years.

Both brands start with the word "Zhou". After hearing what he said, Liang Ziqiang actually had an impression of them.

Because these two brands were not only popular in the 1980s, but also survived into the future, and they are still well-known gold jewelry brands until the 2020s.

"Both of them are fine. Brother Hui has experience. He can help me choose the style. She should like patterns like flowers and leaves."

"Okay, I'll go into both stores and take a look. After you buy the jewelry, you can take a look at the small words engraved on the jewelry and you'll know which brand it is." Pang Jiahui said, "But I'm staying in Yanghai recently, so I may not go to Hong Kong Island until around New Year's Day. Anyway, I will definitely bring you the things before the New Year!"

Pang Jiahui didn't let him take the money first, saying that he would wait for San Jin to bring it over and then give it to him according to the price marked on it.

After agreeing on this and expressing his gratitude, Liang Ziqiang bought some daily necessities for going out to sea and then walked back to Sham Shui Po.

On the way, a certain scene appeared in his mind from time to time. It was in the previous life, when Chen Xiangbei was already middle-aged.

At that time, Chen Xiangbei followed him to do everything, mixing lime, carrying bricks, and mixing cement at the construction site. She worked hard to earn money with him. Even so, the family was always short of money.

He could not forget the momentary envy that Chen Xiangbei had in his eyes when he occasionally left the construction site at night to go to the nearby supermarket to buy discounted vegetables and saw the brightly dressed women on the street, wearing makeup, earrings and necklaces.

At that time, he felt like a knife was stabbed in his heart, and he secretly decided to save some money and secretly buy her a ring. But money seemed to be competing with him, and he could not save enough no matter how hard he tried.

Several years later, he finally saved enough money for a ring, and he bought her a ring secretly, like a thief.

He held the ring tightly in his palm, hid his hand in his trouser pocket, and ran back to the construction site, but what he heard was the news that she had suddenly fainted on the ground...

I didn't talk about the ring and later returned it because I needed to raise money for her medical treatment.

This is probably why, when they were preparing to get married last year, he immediately thought of saving money to buy her the three golds.

After putting his thoughts aside, he walked back to the big steel ship.

This time when sailing back to the village, he asked Lu Song and Lin Liming to try to drive the boat, and he stood by and watched closely.

Now it was shallow waters and the situation was relatively simple, so he felt it was the right time to train them to drive a ship. It would be best if these five crew members could gradually learn how to drive a large steel ship and accumulate rich practical experience, so that they would not be too short of manpower when he needed it most.

After returning home, Liang Ziqiang should have rested the next day, but he did not lie down at home to sleep. Instead, he took advantage of his free time to go into the city again and go to the bank.

The total amount of money in the house now is more than 34,000 yuan. If it continues to be left at home like this, not only will Chen Xiangbei be worried, but Liang Ziqiang himself will also be unable to sleep.

I didn't dare to delay for a day and rushed to the bank to deposit money. I kept 4,000 yuan for my expenses and 30,000 yuan for my savings. Because the largest denomination in circulation is the Great Unity, and there are only about 3,000 30,000 yuan notes.

This time I specially chose big barrels. There were two barrels, each containing 15,000, and they were almost full.

The bucket was old, and a pile of sweet potatoes was placed on it to disguise it, making him look like a man carrying a bucket into the city to sell winter potatoes.

Even so, his wife was still very worried, fearing that he might get into trouble if he wasn't careful in the city. After thinking it over again, she finally decided to go with him, at least to help him be careful.

But this would be a big problem for Liang Jingcheng. He couldn't take his baby to the city to save money, right? Fortunately, after these days of persistent efforts, Liang Jingcheng began to accept complementary foods such as rice porridge.

Finally, after discussing with his mother, they decided to go to the city for about a morning, and let Liang's mother help take care of little Jingcheng during the half day. If he was hungry, she would feed him complementary food. If he cried, she would carry him for a walk in the village to comfort him.

After everything was arranged, the couple felt a little relieved and went to the beach to sail with buckets on their shoulders.

They were driving a lotus-patterned wooden boat. After arriving in the city and parking the boat in Sham Shui Po, they headed towards the department store.

Chen Xiangbei had been to the county town with him several times, but it was her first time to go to the city together. The city was very different from the county town. There were obviously more high-rise buildings than in the county, the main roads were wider than in the county, and the pedestrians on the street were dressed differently.

There are not many people in the county who dress like Lin Baixian, wearing bell-bottom pants, frog-eye glasses and wavy hair, but they can be seen everywhere in the urban area.

However, the couple now carried the money like a bomb, and Chen Xiangbei had no time to look around the streets. She just followed closely, fearing that some suspicious person would approach the bucket her husband was carrying.

When passing by the department store, Liang Ziqiang raised his head and pointed: "This is the department store. I usually buy the things I bring back from here."

Then he pointed to a place a little further away and said, "See that sign? Yuehai Restaurant. It's the place where I buy important seafood every time I come to the city..."

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, his wife got anxious and pulled him:
"Who has time to look at that now? Just look at the road and get your work done!"

In this way, Chen Xiangbei looked like a bodyguard, and Liang Ziqiang was the horse and donkey pulling the escort carriage, being supervised by her all the way to the destination.

After walking a little further along the road, Chen Xiangbei looked up and saw a savings bank. She asked, "Is this the place?"

Liang Ziqiang shook his head: "We are going to the branch of China Construction Bank, not this savings bank."

The functions of a savings bank are relatively simple, and the main purpose is to provide residents with money deposit and withdrawal services. This is also one of the unique scenes of that year. Institutions similar to "savings banks" are relatively rare in later generations.

After turning a corner and walking forward for a while, I saw a "stone house" with an outer layer covered with gray-white gravel particles. The name of the People's Construction Bank and the words "Qianluo District Branch" were written on the top. The font was a little cursive, and the words "国", "置", and "银" were in traditional Chinese.

The doors are green-painted wooden doors with "Welcome to Save" written on one side and "Dedicated Service" on the other.

Since you have chosen to deposit money in a bank, of course you should choose a branch. At least it will be larger than the "savings office" mentioned above.

Liang Ziqiang didn't know whether he had come at a good time or there weren't many customers on weekdays. Anyway, when he came here in the morning, there were not many residents doing business in the house, only one.

But for this one, he waited for more than 20 minutes. It seems that pure manual operation is relatively slow.

The counter was very high at that time, and the resident was standing outside the counter, with his body just the right height to the counter.

There is no transparent glass separating the staff and the customers, only an iron fence above the counter.

There is a space under the iron fence where passbooks and banknotes can be passed in and out.

More than twenty minutes later, the customer took a deposit slip from under the iron fence, put it away carefully, and walked out.

Finally, it was his turn. Liang Ziqiang and his wife each carried a bucket of "sweet potatoes" and came to the counter...

(End of this chapter)