The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 21: A Trip to the Countryside, Two and a Half Ten Thousand Yuan Households
The sea breeze was salty and fishy, ​​whipping the willow branches so hard that they trembled.

On the mottled red brick wall of the production team, the slogan "Develop agriculture vigorously and achieve great things" was curled up by the sun.

Liu Wangcai rolled up a paper firecracker and leaned against the wall, his eyes pressed on Xu Weidong like a weight.

Xu Weidong felt itchy all over.

"What? Did I drink too much last night and cause my pants to fall off?" He asked Qian Jin in a low voice, fearing that someone hiding in the donkey shed next door might hear it.

Qian Jin said, "No."

"And don't worry, we both have a great reputation in the team. Even if your pants fall off, they can't charge you with hooliganism!"

Xu Weidong whispered, "Why should I be afraid of hooliganism?"

"I'm afraid I'll get drunk and sleep with one of the girls on the team. Then I'll become Liu Youniu, understand?"

Qian Jin suddenly understood.

Liu Wangcai coughed and greeted the two: "Comrade Qian, Comrade Xu, I'm about to say goodbye to you. I really don't want to leave!"

Xu Weidong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and his lively nature immediately returned.

He sang tearfully, "As soon as we saw the Red Army off, they came down the mountain. The autumn rain was lingering, and the autumn wind was cold..."

Qian Jin gave him an elbow.

Xu Weidong rubbed his chest and chuckled, "This song is so fitting for the occasion."

The weather was bad, but Liu Wangcai didn't waste any time.

He arranged for someone to put the two men's bicycles and the supplies they were going to bring back onto the tractor. Finally, he shook hands with Qian Jin and whispered:

"I've just been thinking about it. Can you get some compressed biscuits next time you come?"

"It's going to be cold soon, and it's hard to get food when you're out at sea. If you have some compressed biscuits and hot water, you can have a meal."

Qian Jin nodded.

This is easy to handle.

The tractor starts.

Liu Wangcai suddenly waved his hand to signal them to stop.

Qian Jin looked over and called out, "Uncle, what's wrong?"

Liu Wangcai bent down and picked out a few corn kernels from the gaps in the tracks.

He carefully blew away the loose soil and laughed loudly, "This is the seed Tie Niu left for us. I guarantee we'll have a good harvest next year!"

The words were full of hope.

The tractor rumbled away, and many members behind it waved at them.

The sea breeze swept the tractor's tail smoke up into the sky, waving goodbye to Qian Jin and Xu Weidong.

The Dongfanghong-75 returned to the station safely. Qian Jin and his companion took the bicycles off and pedaled them quickly towards the city.

It was raining when he returned to Taishan Road, but there were crowds of people outside the department store on the corner.

Xu Weidong rushed forward, pushed through the crowd and took a look.

It turned out that the department store had placed a TV outside, and "Red Lantern" was playing on the screen.

Li Yuhe held up a red lantern, which made Xu Weidong feel itchy. "Old Qian, go ahead. I want to watch TV."

Qian Jin was very disappointed by this.

With so many people gathered, he thought the original wife had caught the mistress and had her pants pulled down.

Sanxiao was waiting at the door. Liu Eryi saw him through the window, reaching out and waving his hat: "Uncle Qianjin!"

Qian Jin stopped his bicycle and said, "Dajia, this is your bike. Find a place to park it."

"Third and fourth brothers, help me get my bag—why did you change my generation?"

Liu Sanbing came up and actively picked up the bag, saying with a smile:

"When my dad came back and heard me calling you brother, he beat me up."

"He said that you call him brother and call our captain uncle, and the four of us brothers call you brother because we are of different generations!"

"Still laughing after being beaten?" Qian Jin admired his strong mentality.

Liu Siding also laughed: "He was beaten into a fool."

Liu Sanbing always thundered towards his brother: "Get lost! I'm just happy to see Uncle Qianjin back!"

Qian Jin asked, "Is there anything wrong during the few days I'm not at home?"

Liu Sanbing shook his head: "No, Second Brother followed your instructions and stayed in your room all the time."

"He eats, drinks, and pees in it, and he pees in the bucket for me to pour out. He absolutely, absolutely..."

"No, don't be absolute. He eats and drinks and pees in there, and what about defecating there?" Qian Jin asked.

"No!" said Liu Sanbing.

Qian Jin's expression changed. "Er Yi, are you really that serious? Go to the toilet right now!"

Liu Laoer lifted his anus, grabbed the newspaper that had become as soft as toilet paper, and ran out.

Qian Jin cast a respectful look at his back.

It's ruthless!

So cruel and scary!

Liu Eryi went out by himself. He sent Sanxiao away and quickly took out the golden box to put the supplies he brought back on the shelf one by one.

Let’s start with Yuan Datou.

A slap in the face!
The identification information given by the mall is: Iron silver dollar, the third year of the Republic of China, handicraft - 5 yuan.

Qian Jin was anxious.

Is there any handicraft with this thing?

Or was it actually a counterfeit coin made at the time, and by 27 years, after a hundred years of sedimentation, it was evaluated as a cheap handicraft?
No matter what, the first few silver dollars were all worthless iron products!

Qian Jin took it off the shelves directly.

He has to give it back.

Fortunately, the silver dollars that came later were all genuine, but they were not the rare ones that could be auctioned that I had seen in the news before.

They are all ordinary silver dollars, with prices ranging from one hundred yuan to six hundred yuan.

This is normal. Objects that can be auctioned are rare in the world, even in the 1970s and 1980s.

It's impossible for him to come across such priceless antiques easily.

But he still had a lot of copper coins.

He took a quick look when he registered last night and saw that there were ancient coins from the Tang Dynasty here.

He has seen Kaiyuan Tongbao.

But when I entered the mall, I found out that Kaiyuan Tongbao was not worth much.

Those with poor quality are priced at a few yuan, while those with good quality are priced at only a few dozen yuan.

The copper coins were swept over one by one.

Zhou Yuan Tong Bao, Qian Yuan Tong Bao, Da Ding Tong Bao, Xian Feng Yuan Bao are all worthless...

and many more!

His gaze returned to the Xianfeng Yuanbao:

Xianfeng Yuanbao, Baoyuan privately cast large sample, rare appearance - 3200 yuan.

Qian Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

It was worth it for his hard work in the production team and his staying up late last night, as he finally got a good harvest!

Looking down, there are Chongning Tongbao (narrow characters), Kangxi Tongbao, Xianfeng Chongbao Baoyun, Yongzheng Baoquan large size...

There is no more one thousand yuan!

Life is not easy, Jinjin sighs.

The idea of ​​getting rich overnight by collecting antiques from the public was shattered.

Fortunately, quantitative change can lead to qualitative change, and there are several Tongbao coins whose value is in the hundreds of yuan level. In this way, thousands of copper coins were sold for a total of 20,000 yuan.

At least I'm a millionaire!

Qian Jin comforted himself in this way.

Other items are on the shelves.

No surprises.

The most valuable item is the hand-drawn map of the administrative divisions of urban and rural areas in Haibin City in the early years of the Republic of China.

The mall identified it as a Japanese spy map.

It has historical value and can be sold for two thousand yuan.

The total value of the dozen or so items, including the shell carvings, is only about 3,000 yuan.

The mall's evaluation is that it is a bunch of old groceries.

Qian Jin sighed habitually.

But he encouraged himself again.

It is a miracle nowadays to create two and a half million-yuan households in one trip to the countryside.

What's more, the four little ones have made him a lot of wine labels, cigarette labels and sparklers in the past few days, which are worth a lot of money.

Thinking of this, he became happy.

The huge inventory of wine labels, cigarette labels and sparklers is the basis of his wealth.

He has quite a bit of cash.

But it was a drop in the bucket compared to what he wanted to buy.

He wants to buy gold!
Nowadays, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to obtain gold. Qian Jin found gold bars, gold bracelets and gold jewelry for sale in the mall.

So this is a good way out.

He can buy gold in the mall.

Of course the price is very expensive.

More than 900 yuan per gram!

With his craftsmanship, if he wanted to make a box that could hold a box of instant noodles or ten kilograms of rice, he would probably need one kilogram of gold.

More than nine hundred thousand!
Qian Jin couldn't help but shook his head.

After putting away the material purchase and sales certificate, he went to open the door.

As soon as I opened the door, Liu Eryi was squatting at the door.

Qian Jin laughed: "Why didn't you knock on the door when you came back? What's going on? Did you put up stone lions at the door?"

Liu Eryi was happy too when he saw him happy, and his snow-white teeth were revealed on his dark face.

He said, "Uncle Qianjin, there is something I didn't have time to report to you just now."

"The day before yesterday, an aunt came to see you. She said her name was Luo Huijuan, and she was your friend who went to the countryside. Seeing that you were not at home, she left a letter..."

"Luo Huijuan?!" Qian Jin immediately thought of her identity when he heard the name.

What friend who went to the countryside? It was my girlfriend who used to work on the farm!
This was the name he had seen most often in his predecessor's diary!

When his girlfriend came to see him, Qian Jin felt something was wrong.

Since I traveled through time, I have cut off contact with my previous life's social circle. Is it because my girlfriend couldn't wait for news and came to me?

He asked, "Where's the letter?"

Liu Eryi said, "She left it at the neighborhood committee and asked you to go there in person to get the letter when you come back."

Qian Jin frowned. What was going on?
The four brothers prepared lunch.

He took out the thick diary and focused on looking for information about Luo Huijuan.

Start checking when you go to the countryside.

It was April in 1970 when our predecessor went to the countryside.

It was still chilly in Haibin City at that time, but his father heard that Qiongzhou was very hot and wanted to buy him some cooling supplies.

After going to seven or eight stores, the old man finally bought a hand-woven mat.

Qian Jin looked at the bed board.

The mat is still there, but his father is gone.

Time waits for no one!
(End of this chapter)