The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

Sooner or later I'll be living alone, so I've gradually reduced the amount of cooking I do.

Although He Yu knew that her brother's cooking was delicious, the food she bought would spoil if she didn't eat it.

After quietly finishing his meal, He Yuzhu said:

"You three stay home, I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back!"

Then I rode my bicycle to store things.

After taking the items, they came straight back. The four of them stayed in the courtyard and didn't go out. He Yuzhu continued as before, cultivating while reading medical books to improve his proficiency.

And so, the four of them spent the weekend together.

The next day, He Yuzhu went to school.

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, it was 1955.

He Yuzhu is now a junior in college. In these three years, He Yuzhu has never returned to the courtyard house.

There was no progress with Chen Xueru and Yang Xiaodi either, but the two of them became best friends at some point.

Yang Xiaodi comes to He Yuzhu's place every week, as does Chen Xueru.

As for He Yu, she is now in the first year of junior high school. Under the guidance of He Yuzhu, she successfully skipped a grade.

And he jumped for four years straight.

I successfully skipped primary and upper primary school and entered my current junior high school.

At ten years old, He Yu was the youngest student in junior high school, but she was indeed the one with the best academic performance.

As for He Daqing and Song Ziyu, they had a little sister within three years.

When they had nothing to do, the two would go to He Yuzhu's place under the guise of taking a walk.

Thanks to his relationship with Lou Qingshan, He Daqing was able to re-enter the steel rolling mill and became the head chef and foreman of the canteen.

The salary is 10,000 per month.

This salary is almost as much as Yi Zhonghai's.

Song Ziyu, on the other hand, obtained urban residency after the end of military control in 1953, thanks to He Yuzhu's reminder.

Although they don't have jobs, they all have Beijing residency permits instead of rural residency permits.

Of course, at this time, there was not much difference between rural and urban household registration.

Nobody cared, since the planned economy hadn't been implemented yet.

The economy is still very prosperous. There are still many business activities.

Many wealthy people are still living very well.

That day, He Yuzhu had just ridden his bicycle home when Chen Xueru arrived at his house early. He Yuzhu looked at Chen Xueru and asked her:

"Xueru, why are you here so early today!"

Chen Xueru said to He Yuzhu:

"Brother Zhu, there are two things I want to tell you. People from the neighborhood came to talk to me about the public-private partnership."

I brought this up last year, but no one contacted me until today.

Moreover, the public-private partnership meant handing over the silk shop to the government and giving me only 25% of the annual profit.

Everything else is irrelevant to me. Whether it's purchasing or management, all I can do is design clothing or clean up. The rest is the responsibility of the street-level manager.

"You tell me, isn't this just extortion? How can you do this!"

Upon hearing Chen Xueru's words, He Yuzhu said:

Will you listen to me?

Chen Xueru had long been deeply in love with He Yuzhu, and then nodded:

"Of course I'll listen! Just tell me, I'll even send it to the silk shop!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Since you're listening to me, then agree to the public-private partnership. You don't have to do anything; you can just take 25% of the profits for free."

This is the general trend of the nation, which you cannot stop. If you harm the nation, you will not fare well either.

As you've seen over the years, the government has been extremely unfriendly to those who do business; you're lucky.

"Can't you see what those super-rich people are like now?"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Chen Xueru nodded without hesitation:

"Okay, since Brother Zhu says so, then I have no other ideas and will listen to Brother Zhu."

I'll go to the street office tomorrow, but that Fan Jinyou is so awful, he's always looking at me with those lecherous eyes.

However, he's in charge of this matter; otherwise, I really wouldn't have bothered agreeing to it!

He Yuzhu said:

"Since you took the initiative to request the public-private partnership, go find your local street director!"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Chen Xueru nodded:

"Okay, I understand. Oh, and there's one more thing: it seems the government has introduced a second set of currencies..."

Compared to the previous currency, the exchange rate is 10,000 to 1, which is far too low.

"Will it be like before? I'm worried that this money will become worthless again, just like the gold yuan and legal tender we had before!"

He Yuzhu said:

"The country has been established for so many years, and over these years, countless reactionaries and enemy agents have been killed."

Our country is still very peaceful. Since the government has said so, then we should go and make the change.

By the way, since you have connections, don't exchange these currencies; keep them for me.

If anyone else has one, please leave it for me.

After saying that, he took out a small booklet, which He Yuzhu made himself, containing the coins he had collected.

The items are a horse herding picture for 10,000 yuan, a yurt for 5,000 yuan, Zhan De City for 500 yuan, a camel caravan for 10,000 yuan, a harvester for 50,000 yuan, a horse watering can for 1,000 yuan, a double horse plowing for 1,000 yuan, Paiyun Hall for 100 yuan, and a large sailboat for 100 yuan.

These are the first set of currencies that will be relatively valuable in the future.

Even if you don't use it yourself, you can leave it to your descendants.

Therefore, He Yuzhu focused on collecting these currencies from the beginning, and Chen Xueru, as a businesswoman, should have been able to obtain them more easily.

Looking at these currency samples, Chen Xueru said:

"I have quite a few like these. Do you want some? I know someone at the bank who can help you exchange some later!"

He Yuzhu said:

"If you can exchange them, that would be best. If not, just exchange them with an individual. For the rest, exchange them with the bank for the new version of currency!"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Chen Xueru nodded:

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. I'll go back and take care of this now!"

Just as Chen Xueru was about to leave, she saw He Yuzhu leading a two-year-old child over. Chen Xueru greeted him:

"Uncle He, Aunt Song, Xiao Yuqing!"

He Daqing watched Chen Xueru leave and said to her:

"Are you going back? Aren't you going to stay a little longer?"

Chen Xueru shook her head:

"No, I have something to do, so I'll be going now!"

Upon hearing Chen Xueru's words, He Daqing said:

"Oh, then be careful on the road!"

He Yuzhu saw He Daqing arrive and then asked:

"Dad, Aunt Song, are you here to ask about the new currency as well?"

He Daqing sighed and said:

"Yes, it's only been a few years, and they've already started using a new currency, and this time the exchange rate is 10,000 to 1."

A mere 10,000 yuan can only be exchanged for 1 yuan. That ratio is terrifying. You're a college student, so I've come over to ask for your opinion on this 2.5 exchange rate.

He Yuzhu said:

"Change everything, except for these few items!"

He Yuzhu then took out another set of currency samples, and He Daqing looked at He Yuzhu's currency samples.

Then say:

"Some of these I have, and some I don't!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Keep them all. These are currencies with very small issuance volumes, which are safer than antiques."