Chu Xiangqian took out 200 yuan from his pocket and said to Qin Huairu, "These two hundred yuan can be exchanged for four paintings by the same painter yesterday."
Qin Huairu was stunned and asked in surprise, "Is that painting so valuable?"
Chu Xiangqian knew that Li Keran's paintings would indeed be valuable in the future, but the treasures from Li Keran's later years were the ones that could really fetch high prices.
It’s hard to say the current market price of the painting last night.
"Mr. Li studied under Mr. Shiraishi. The current paintings may not be valuable, but they will definitely increase in value in the future. Now that you have encountered it, there is no reason to let it go. Besides, I don't lack the 200 yuan."
Qin Huairu immediately thought of Chu Qianqian's ability to get a wild boar at every turn. He would indeed not be short of money.
And this is only what I heard.
Secretly he didn't know how many wild boars the enemy had sold.
He took the money, swallowed, and said in a reluctant tone, "How about I buy four paintings for 100 yuan first?"
When Chu Xiangqian heard this, he laughed, grabbed Qin Huairu's pretty face and squeezed, "I only want four paintings, and it's up to you to decide how to buy them. I'll give you all the extra money."
Qin Huairu was overjoyed, but he also realized that Chu Xiangqian was determined to win those paintings.
Otherwise, why would you pay 200 yuan for the first time?
This is equivalent to 7 or 8 months’ salary of many people.
But Qin Huairu still has some kindness in her eyes. In her eyes, Chu Xiangqian said that paintings may not be valuable.
It's better to keep more money in your hands.
When something goes wrong, an extra 100 yuan can save a life.
"Then what's the reward if I buy all the paintings from Chen's hands for you?"
Chu Xiangqian immediately guessed that the man should have many paintings by Mr. Li.
But it could also be a painting by someone else, even someone who is not famous now or in the future.
After thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt that as long as he received another painting from Mr. Li, he would have already made a lot of money.
He smiled and said to Qin Huairu, "How about rewarding you for being unable to get out of bed every day?"
Qin Huairu's face turned red, and she gave Chu Qianqian a charming look, "Can't you be more serious and stop thinking about that all day long?"
Chu Qianqian shrugged, "I don't lack money or the ability to make money, and I don't intend to enter officialdom. If I don't want women, I might as well become a monk.
Besides, I don’t know who it was. Yesterday when I was working out, I didn’t want to let go. "
Qin Huairu's face turned redder now, and her heart began to itch. She grabbed Chu's forward arm and twisted it a few times.
"You're going to die, you can say this."
Chu Qianqian pressed Qin Huairu's hand, and then pulled the person into his arms.
Had a hearty morning exercise.
At 8:30 in the morning, Chu Xiangqian felt very comfortable eating millet porridge and steamed buns with sliced meat.
Qin Huairu's face was rosy and tired after morning exercise. He sipped his porridge in small sips and glanced at Chu Qianqian from time to time with a hint of anger or resentment.
Chu Qianqian was a little embarrassed by the look. He had indeed over-exercised just now. He quickly picked up a piece of meat on the table with chopsticks and placed it in Qin Huairu's bowl.
"I'm exhausted and sweating this early in the morning. Eat more meat to replenish your body."
It was okay if he didn't say this, but Qin Huairu became angry when he said it.
But before the words came out, Chu Xiangqian quickly picked up a piece of meat that was half fat and half thin, and put it directly to her mouth.
Qin Huairu could only bite the piece of meat bitterly, and then chewed the piece of meat in his mouth as if biting Chu Qianqian.
Chu Qianqian has always been flexible and flexible, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I'll be more careful next time. If you can't take the car, then go back to your parents' house tomorrow."
Qin Huairu wanted to take a day off, but she couldn't put it off after thinking about it. She could only think about getting on the bus later and stand all the way back to the commune.
When Chu Xiangqian heard that she wanted to stand all the way and take the car back, he smiled awkwardly again, thought for a moment and said, "I'll stew you a bowl of donkey-hide gelatin. That stuff replenishes blood, nourishes energy, and keeps your appearance. It's the most suitable tonic for you women."
Qin Huairu has certainly heard of donkey-hide gelatin, but he has never seen it, let alone eaten it.
As soon as I heard that Chu Xiangqian was making donkey-hide gelatin for him, the dissatisfaction in my heart disappeared immediately.
The two chatted for a while, and Qin Huairu watched with her own eyes as Chu Qianqian took out a box of donkey-hide gelatin, put a piece of it into a casserole and put it on the stove to simmer slowly, and then left the yard with satisfaction.
As for donkey-hide gelatin, I naturally wait until I get back in the afternoon to drink it.
First go to the neighborhood committee to report, then find someone to help with today's work, and then take the car to the commune.
Chu Xiangqian went out and rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.
Jiang Erleng, Zhao Jiaxiaozi and Xu Damao, who didn't even go to school, were waiting at home to go fishing on two bicycles.
After arriving at Houhai, Xu Damao asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Moving forward, didn't you say you were going to fish somewhere far away? Why are you here?"
Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at the boy. It was already midnight now. It would take three or four hours to go back and forth if he went farther. It would be dark soon after fishing.
"Try it first. If you can catch fish here, why do you have to go fishing dozens of kilometers away? Besides, Silly Zhu has to go to work today. If we go so far, wouldn't that be an advantage to that kid?"
Jiang Erleng and the boy from the Zhao family hurriedly agreed. In their hearts, what Chu Xiangqian said was the truth.
When Xu Damao heard that he couldn't take advantage of Silly Zhu, that was a hundred approval.
While packing up fishing rods and other things, he asked again, "By the way, what prey did you catch in the mountains yesterday?"
"Unlucky, plus Da Zhuang and Hong Niu didn't bring them back, so I wandered around and didn't even come across a pheasant or hare."
After hearing this, Xu Damao not only did not laugh at him, but nodded and said, "The last time I went to the countryside to play a movie, I heard that after spring, in villages not far from the mountains, basically all the old and young go into the mountains to find food.
With so many people going into the mountains, the game in the mountains is either caught and eaten, or they have to run deep into the mountains. You've only been in the mountains for a day, so it's normal that you won't encounter any prey. "
Chu Xiangqian thought about it and felt that Xu Damao was right. I heard that during the three-year difficult period, the roots of many trees on the hills were dug out, so that the ecology of many places took many years to slowly recover.
Chu Xiangqian didn't cheat at all this time, but he also asked the Jiang family boy and the Zhao family boy to dig up a lot of earthworms and chop them into pieces to make nests.
Relying on advanced fishing skills, I actually caught six fish weighing one or two kilograms in two hours in the morning.
Xu Damao on the side looked envious.
Just as he was about to ask Chu Qianqian for advice, he saw an old man walking over quietly and squatting next to Chu Qianqian to look at the fish in the iron bucket.
"Young man, do you want to change?"
Chu Qianqian nodded indifferently, "Uncle, look at this."
The old man looked at the bucket carefully for a while and then said, "Look, there should be about 10 kilograms in your bucket. How about I exchange it with you for 6 kilograms of food stamps?"
Chu Qiang knew as soon as he looked at this old man that he definitely had some background. Otherwise, who would be willing to exchange food stamps for fish at the end of the year?
Then I was secretly surprised, have food stamps increased so much?
Looking back, I thought about Xu Damao, "I'll be away for two months. Is this price suitable?"
Xu Damao nodded hurriedly, "I heard a few days ago that in the pigeon market, food stamps have risen to 8 or 9 cents per catty, and white flour has increased to more than a dollar.
Of course, the price of fish has also increased, but if we change it this way, we will not suffer a loss. "
Seeing what Xu Damao said, Chu Xiangqian shouted to Jiang Erlang, the boy from the Zhao family, who was sitting not far away and was responsible for watching the wind.
The two men came over in a hurry, one climbed up the tree and picked off a lot of willow branches, and the other used the willow branches to string up the fish in the bucket and handed them to the old man.
After receiving the 5 kilograms of food stamps, the two boys were so excited.
He presented it to Chu Qianqian as if he were taking credit, and then flattered him and said, "Brother, you are so awesome. If this happens every day, your family will not be short of food at all."
I eat 5 kilograms of white flour in the morning and replace it with stick noodles or millet. It used to be 15 kilograms, but now it’s about 13 kilograms.
Even if we add love for aid, patriotism, and love for the people, there will indeed be no shortage of food.
Half an hour later, at around 12 noon, Chu Qianqian ate two steamed buns with sliced meat and two bowls of millet porridge just after 8 o'clock, so he didn't feel hungry at all.
But the two and a half young men and Xu Damao couldn't.
Hearing Jiang Erleng's stomach growling, Chu Qianqian put down his fishing rod, pointed at the two more 1-pound fish he had just caught, and said, "Take these two fish and go to the nearby public-private partnership." Ask the restaurant if they can exchange it for some wowotou or something."
The two boys were overjoyed and hurriedly skewered the fish on willow branches and ran away.
Xu Damao didn't say much when he saw this, but this man had a sharp eye after all. He took out the red peony bag and said, "Go forward, this is my brother's meal money."
In the past, Chu Xiangqian would definitely accept it, but now, think about it, he has 5 million Hong Kong dollars in cash in his pocket.
There's really no need to worry as much as before.
Of course, the most important thing is that Chu Qianqian already has a foothold on Hong Kong Island, so he doesn't have to worry about having no way out.
The mentality is naturally different.
"Okay, after all, they are just two fishes. I don't have to argue with you like this."
Xu Damao chuckled, simply opened the front door, lit one for Chu Qianqian, and took one himself.
"By the way, besides tiger penis and deer treasure, do you have any supplements for women?"
When Chu Xiangqian heard this, he thought Xu Damao wanted to buy it for Lou Xiao'e.
But then I thought about it, how could this guy be so kind? He was probably trying to replenish the health of some little daughter-in-law or little widow.
But what Chu Xiangqian didn't expect was that Xu Damao had no money himself, so he set his sights on Lou Xiao'e's parents.
The Lou family is indeed not short of money, and even has plenty of it. The dividends from the steel rolling mill alone amount to tens of thousands every year.
But the Lou family are capitalists after all. Judging from the current situation, Lou's father and Lou's mother don't dare to blatantly eat and drink.
After a year and a half, the supplements and other things I had hidden before should have been almost consumed.
Chu Xiangqian wanted to refuse. After all, he now has three women, and the supplements brought from Hong Kong Island cannot be sold for much, so there is no need to cheapen Xu Damao's women outside.
But then I thought about it, donkey-hide gelatin is actually not just donkey gelatin.
Deerskin glue made from sika deer is actually better and more expensive than donkey glue.
There are now 156 sika deer stored in his warehouse, and he can continue to buy 3 deer every day.
First, use the deer skin of a deer to make deer glue in a restaurant in Xinshou Village. If you sell it on Hong Kong Island, it will also be a stable income.
Even if it's troublesome in the future, I can save some and slowly use it to replenish my wife's body.
"Do you want donkey-hide gelatin?"
Xu Damao was overjoyed, "How much does it cost per pound?"
"Are you using donkey-hide gelatin for food?" Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at Xu Damao, "Besides, although donkey hide is not expensive, do you know that boiling donkey-hide gelatin requires 49 barrels of water, which is the same volume as boiling a pot? How can I make a pot of donkey-hide gelatin?
Just this alone, I don’t know how much effort it takes.
Moreover, the processing of donkey skin also requires a lot of energy. If you calculate the labor required, you will know how expensive that thing is.
If you want to sell it by the pound, you might as well go to bed. "
Upon hearing this, Xu Damao became more and more convinced that donkey-hide gelatin was a good thing.
"Then just buy two, that's fine."
Chu nodded forward and silently calculated that over on Hong Kong Island, a box of half a catty of good quality gelatin cost 120 Hong Kong dollars.
If you go to the mainland, the price should be much cheaper.
But then I thought about it, the things exported at this time are often at cost price.
In other words, the selling price on Hong Kong Island, even if you add in the freight and the price difference earned by second-tier vendors, the final price may be almost the same as the selling price on the mainland.
Coupled with the price difference between the Hong Kong dollar and the Chinese dollar, Chu Xiangqian thought for a while and said, "One or two and one dollar of donkey-hide gelatin cost 25 yuan."
"So expensive?" Xu Damao was immediately frightened. With his monthly salary, he could only buy a little more than one yuan.
"Otherwise, why do you think donkey-hide gelatin was exclusively for the royal family in ancient times? Moreover, truly good donkey-hide gelatin only uses donkeys from the town of Achen in Shandong Province."
When Xu Damao heard this, he was immediately deceived.
While nodding secretly, I silently thought about how I could cheat my mother-in-law out of money after buying a piece of donkey-hide gelatin.
"Go forward, give me a box first, and I'll ask my father-in-law if he wants it, okay?"
Only then did Chu Xiangqian realize that Xu Damao was plotting against the Lou family.
But then I thought about it, the Lou family was not short of money anyway, so even if Xu Damao increased the price, it would not be too much.
After all, Lou's mother also knows the market, and she won't let Xu Damao get cheap if it's too expensive.
And you can't eat too much donkey-hide gelatin. If you just focus on one person picking out the wool, you won't make much money at all.
On the contrary, it is a good thing for Lou's mother to replenish her body from time to time at this time.
"Okay, I'll give you a box and a half a catty later. If you think it's OK, you can give me the money. If it's not OK, just give it back to me."
Xu Damao hurriedly thanked Chu Qianqian, trusting him more and more in his heart.
Not long after, Jiang Erleng and the boy from the Zhao family came back with eight steamed buns in their arms.
Chu looked forward and knew that there were two and a half heads on top of this Wowo's head.
8 pieces equals 2 pounds, so it seems that I am not at a disadvantage.
I ate one at random and was about to cut the rest in half and give it to two boys. Unexpectedly, they both only ate one and stopped eating.
The afternoon passed quickly. Chu Qianqian looked at the fifteen or six fish in the iron bucket and couldn't help but secretly feel proud.
He said to Xu Damao, who only caught two fish a day, "It's getting dark, so I'll catch this today."
Xu Damao actually wanted to leave for a long time, but Chu Qianqian would catch one from time to time. If he left at this time, he would have to be scolded by everyone in the hospital if he returned.
Back at the courtyard, Chu Xiangqian didn't go in directly.
Instead, Jiang Erlang and the boy from the Zhao family were waiting in the corner outside the courtyard with iron buckets.
He went into the yard and called out Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong.
As for Xu Damao, he naturally stayed away wherever it was cool.
(End of chapter)
