A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

Xu Pingan didn't pay much attention to the aftermath of these messy things happening in the courtyard.

If I happen to run into someone, I'll just listen to their side of the story.

He now focuses most of his energy on the field and the space.

I occasionally go fishing.

At Shichahai Beach, Xu Pingan estimated that it was almost time to catch more fish when someone patted him on the shoulder.

"Xiao Xu, it's been so long since I've seen you fishing..."

Xu Ping'an didn't even need to turn around; he knew who it was just by the voice: Shen Weijun.

"Teacher Shen?"

"You seem so surprised to see me?"

Of course they were surprised, considering that their department head, Du Ping, had been arrested several months ago...

Of course, it was Dewey who told Xu Pingan about this.

This Du Ping is quite a big fish...

I heard he's the president of some kind of organization!

Even though capturing Du Ping didn't uncover the real culprit, Du Wei was promoted to deputy director on the spot for this achievement...

His age and experience were already more than sufficient, and now he has made such a great contribution, so his appointment as deputy director is basically what everyone expects.

Having gotten such a great deal, of course I have to treat Xu Pingan to a meal to express my gratitude!

Over time, the two became acquainted.

However, Xu Pingan really didn't expect that Shen Weijun would be completely unharmed.

Judging from Du Ping's enthusiastic manner earlier, it didn't seem like he intended to let Shen Weijun off the hook...

However, since Du Ping has been arrested, those around him must have been thoroughly investigated.

Since Shen Weijun can still appear outside, his identity should be legitimate.

"Of course I'm surprised! I haven't been here for so long, and everyone I've seen these past two days has surprised me!"

"Alright, you haven't been here for months. What have you been up to lately?"

"I attended a literacy class and just received my diploma..."

Shen Weijun nodded, repeatedly expressing his approval.

"Attending literacy classes is good; at least you'll learn to read a few words..."

Shen Weijun tidied up his things and then sat down to start fishing.

"Xiao Xu, are you and Lao Sun free tonight? If not, how about we grab a bite to eat? It's on me."

Xu Pingan was a little confused. Why would someone suddenly decide to spend this money?

Their questioning gaze immediately turned to Sun Changhe.

"I'm fine..."

Sun Changhe laughed.

Xu Pingan made sure that the factory wouldn't be offering any more meals before leaving, and of course, there were no problems.

……

The three of them returned their fish to their respective homes and then headed to meet at the agreed-upon location.

"Oh dear, I really didn't expect that our new director would actually be a spy..."

Shen Weijun was probably holding it in for a long time, and kept venting to Xu Ping'an and the other person. No wonder he insisted on treating them to a meal!

"Our entire department was interrogated... for fear that he might have recruited some of his associates..."

"And then?"

"later……"

Xu Pingan had already heard Dewey tell this story a few months ago.

Last time I heard the story at Donglaishun Restaurant, but this time it's at a small restaurant near Shichahai...

Although the perspectives are different, they are all very similar!

After a few drinks, Shen Weijun became even more talkative.

An address was also mentioned during the conversation: Beigouyan...

Xu Ping'an immediately tensed up. Beigouyan? Could this be where Zhou Heizi and his gang are hiding?

Thinking about it again, Shen Weijun has probably been questioned by Du Wei and the others dozens of times. He must have reported these kinds of things to them before...

Since there's been no follow-up news, it means they definitely went, but didn't find anyone...

How can you expect to find it when they haven't?

What a waste of time...

Besides, he had never even heard of Beigouyan before.

Saying it was the first time I'd heard of it isn't entirely accurate.

Xu Ping'an has an excellent memory; after a little recollection, he can roughly recall what kind of place this is.

It should be near Deshengmen.

When Xu Ping'an went scavenging and picked up discarded city wall bricks, he seemed to have heard of that place somewhere before.

Although he has mental strength to assist him, how can it be as convenient as an official system investigation?

Since the authorities couldn't find him, he decided not to get involved.

After the event, the relationship between the anglers clearly improved.

After all, since ancient times, men have valued having a drinking buddy...

Even if they're unreliable, fair-weather friends are still friends, right?

This matter had very little impact on Xu Ping'an, so he didn't bother to think about it any further!

In the past few months, he had returned to Dongying Village twice on his own, but after learning about the situation, he found that Ma Ergou had hardly come back...

Why do I say "almost"? Because he only came back to visit his parents' graves a few days before Qingming Festival.

However, they just missed each other's time...

Since they weren't meant to be, Xu Ping'an decided not to force it.

He now has another problem: he has too much RMB on hand, what should he do?

As of now, Xu Pingan has a total of 14 small yellow croakers and 4173 US dollars.

The first set of RMB banknotes was worth over 1300 million yuan, of course, this figure was rounded down...

This involves a very troublesome issue, as there are still several months until the end of 52.

Xu Pingan has already bought all the houses, and now he still has so much money left, which is rather surprising...

His monthly salary is 45.5 yuan. When the second set of RMB is issued, if he tries to exchange tens of millions or even 1 million yuan of the first set of RMB for money, it will be like putting himself on the hot seat.

As for the fact that from now on, we'll stop fishing... and we'll stop caring for the livestock in that space...

What's the difference between this and crippling oneself or binding one's own hands?

Life is all about encountering and overcoming difficulties. If you always shrink back from everything, then all your cheat codes are for nothing.

Besides, they quit at the slightest problem...

What's the difference between that and when people encountered too many highway robbers and bandits on the road during the reform and opening up period, they stayed at home and farmed?

What's the difference between this and saying "It's too shameful to show your face online" when the internet was booming?

So now Xu Ping'an has to find a way to gradually convert all the money he has into supplies...

This "supplies" certainly doesn't refer to food; he has plenty of food on hand.

Although the cheat system isn't very powerful and can't help everyone, it's more than enough to protect oneself.

His main goal was to see if there was a way to exchange the money in his hands for gold.

After all, this thing will still be valuable even decades from now!

The gold that could buy three rooms in Beijing in 1952 can still buy three rooms in 2026!

That's the allure of gold!

The only problem is that there are no connections, or rather, no open connections!

In previous years, the head office formulated the "Interim Measures for the Management of Gold and Silver (Draft)," which established the basic plan for the state to implement unified management, unified purchase and distribution of gold and silver.

Simply put, the government buys gold, but does not sell it to individuals...

Furthermore, the private sale of gold is prohibited. If someone is caught buying and selling gold, the gold will be confiscated and the person involved will be treated as a speculator.

The problem is, wherever there's a price difference, there's a market.

If calculated according to market prices, one tael of gold (31.25 grams in the old system) is now equivalent to a small yellow croaker, with a market price of approximately 1100 million yuan.

The official purchase price is 100 million yuan...

The price difference here is more than 10 times.

Therefore, even with such strict controls during this period, the black market still exists.

Of course, Xu Pingan had no intention of taking that risk.

After all, he has been reborn and returned, so besides gold, there are still quite a few things he can exchange for.

Some of these don't even require breaking the law; you can simply exchange them at a trust store...

If all else fails, I can just change my outfit and go to a few more stores, try on a few more...