Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Old Yi...there is really no money left at home. Can you give us fifty yuan to celebrate the New Year..." Qin Huairu said to Yi Zhonghai with a pleading expression.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai sitting at the table without answering, Qin Huairu could only continue: "When Banggeng and Xu Damao make money, we will definitely return all the money to you with interest..."

"We haven't had meat in our house for more than half a month. The Chinese New Year is just a few days away, so there can't be no meat on the table."

"The price of meat in the city has risen to two or three yuan per pound. The little money my mother and I have is not enough to buy meat..."

"I see you've lost weight, Lao Yi. You must want to eat meat..."

"As long as you are willing to take the money, I, Qin Huairu, will take good care of you in the future and ensure that your retirement life will be better than that of Yan Fugui in the front yard and Liu Haizhong in the back yard."

Yi Zhonghai still did not agree immediately.

In his eyes, Qin Huairu's promise was worthless.

If I want Qin Huai to be truly good to me in the future and take good care of me in my old age, I must let her see her value in this family.

Let her know that this family can't survive without her.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "Fifty dollars is too much. I'll give you ten dollars at most."

"Even if prices in Beijing are skyrocketing, ten yuan is enough for you to buy several kilograms of pork, which is definitely enough for a New Year's Eve dinner."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai give in, Qin Huairu's face lit up and she continued to beg him, "Ten dollars is too little."

"We can't just have meat for the New Year. We also need to buy oil, soy sauce, salt, peanuts and sunflower seeds. I also want to buy you a piece of clothing. All these require money..."

"If it doesn't work, you can just take 40 yuan..."

Yi Zhonghai refused again: "No..."

"No matter how much pension money I have, I can't afford to be bullied like this..."

"I can only give you 20 yuan at most, and there will be no more..."

Just when Qin Huairu was about to speak again and wanted to get more money from Yi Zhonghai, Banggeng's voice suddenly came through the door.

"Mom...if you don't ask Dad Yi, I have money..."

Before Qin Huairu could react after hearing Banggeng's voice, the tightly closed door was pushed open from the outside, and then she saw Banggeng, wearing a tweed coat, walking in from outside, looking like he had made a fortune outside.

"Banggeng..." Jia Zhang was the first to react. She stood up from the chair, walked quickly to Banggeng, looked left and right, and shouted excitedly.

"My dear grandson, you are finally back..."

"Do you know how much grandma has missed you during this period..."

"Nizi coat..."

"The same woolen coat as Xu Damao's..."

"I said that if Jia Banggeng and Xu Damao went out to do business, they would definitely make a lot of money. Sure enough, they could even afford a woolen coat worth 70 or 80 yuan..."

"I wonder if anyone in Siheyuan will dare to look down on my Banggeng and our Jia family again in the future."

Qin Huairu recovered from her shock and circled the stick twice before stopping: "I've lost weight..."

"It must be very tiring for you to earn money outside... You have lost a lot of weight... But you have made some progress..."

"You just said I don't need to ask Lao Yi for money..."

"Did you make a lot of money out there? Tell mom now..."

"The neighbors in the yard look down on our Jia family and say that you will have no future. Tomorrow I will slap them in the face." Yi Zhonghai did not say anything, but the stunned expression on his face showed that he was also very shocked by Banggeng's sudden return, especially after seeing the tweed coat Banggeng was wearing, the shock on his face became even stronger.

Before, he always felt that Xu Damao was unreliable, and Banggeng would definitely suffer a great loss if he followed Xu Damao out to make money.

I didn't expect that Banggeng really made a lot of money outside and came back, otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford a tweed coat.

But this expression of shock did not last long and was replaced by regret.

If he had known that Banggeng would become rich by following Xu Damao, he should not have been so arrogant as to refuse Qin Huairu's request for money and let him see that he was making things difficult for Qin Huairu.

When Banggeng becomes completely rich, he will definitely be dissatisfied with me because of what happened tonight, and may even abuse me.

But there is no regret in taking medicine.

Faced with the excited Banggeng, the only thing he could do was to choose silence and reduce his presence in the house as much as possible, so that Banggeng would forget what had just happened in the house and would not bear grudges against him.

Facing the praise from his own mother and grandmother, Bang Geng proudly replied: "Mom..."

"The woolen coat I'm wearing was bought by Uncle Xu..."

"I often go out with him to discuss business. He said that clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. Only when we dress well will others look up to us."

"This set of clothes and shoes cost a total of 136 yuan. I was shocked when I paid the bill."

"But fortunately, I made a lot of money doing foreign trade business with Uncle Xu."

"Our family calculated the shares based on an investment of 1,000 yuan. Uncle Xu gave me 500 yuan. After deducting the more than 100 yuan for clothes and the dozens of yuan I usually spent, there was still 300 yuan left..."

After saying that, he took out thirty big unity banknotes from his pocket and placed them on the table. They looked particularly tempting.

Seeing that Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang were still in shock, Bang Geng continued, "Our family only has a share of 1,000 yuan..."

"Yan Fugui in the front yard had a share of 3,000 yuan, and Uncle Xu gave him a full 1,500 yuan. Yan Fugui was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground. Uncle Xu and I were shocked. We were afraid that the old man would have a heart attack because of being too excited."

"The second uncle in the backyard got a thousand yuan, and our family got the least..."

"mom……"

"Doing foreign trade business with Uncle Damao is definitely a profitable business. The more money you invest, the more you earn..."

"See if we can invest more money next year."

"When the money was distributed to Yan Fugui just now, Yan Fugui did not say a word. He not only returned the 1,500 yuan that Uncle Damao had given him to Uncle Damao, but also invested another 500 yuan from his family, directly increasing his share to 5,000 yuan."

"The second uncle's family in the backyard also increased their share to 3,000 yuan."

"Our share of 1,000 yuan is too little. If we want to make a lot of money, we need to increase our share to at least 3,000 yuan."

"Uncle Damao told me..."

"He will increase the scale next year and strive to double the money we invested in one year."

"If you invest 3,000 yuan, you can earn 3,000 yuan. If you invest 5,000 yuan, you can earn 5,000 yuan..."

"Uncle Damao invested 10,000 yuan this year, and he will get 5,000 yuan during the Chinese New Year. He decided to invest all the 15,000 yuan next year."

If it was just Bang Geng's few words of instigation, Qin Huairu could still remain calm.

But the thirty big unity tickets were placed on the table in front of them, and anyone would be tempted, let alone Qin Huairu who loved money like his life. (End of this chapter)