1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Although Li Lianjie and the others tried to dissuade them along the way, everyone still followed.

"Brother Cheng, calm down! How can you just rob a bank like that? You must be joking with us, right?"

Li Lianjie, carrying a burlap sack, was feeling incredibly apprehensive, her face constantly showing anxiety. When Cheng Xuemin and his group arrived at the head office, she became even more anxious and asked with a miserable expression.

"You've already brought a sack, and you're already here. It's too late to say anything now!" Cheng Xuemin kept joking with Xiao Lizi the whole way, which completely fooled him. However, everyone else knew that he was just joking.

In broad daylight, under the clear blue sky, who would dare to rob a bank so openly?!
If they really were robbing a bank, all of them, as colleagues, would do everything they could to persuade Teacher Cheng to be rational and calm!

Now, everyone is watching Cheng Xuemin tease and play with Xiao Li.

Before Li Lianjie could finish her tearful explanation, Cheng Xuemin revealed that he had taken the burlap sack from the car himself and forced it on her.

Cheng Xuemin continued, "By the way, Little Li, can your most powerful long fist kill someone?"

"Huh? Brother Cheng, you're not serious, are you?" Li Lianjie, who was about to argue, was silenced by this sudden outburst. She shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly, emphasizing, "Brother Cheng, we may be close, but if it's something legal, I, Little Li, will definitely go through fire and water for you, even if it means risking my life!"

"But robbing a bank and then killing people?"

"No way, Brother Cheng! I absolutely refuse to do this illegal thing with you. I can't just stand by and watch you jump into an abyss!"

After saying that, he wanted to find a place to throw away the burlap sack in his hand as soon as possible. This thing was too hot to handle, especially in front of the gate of a big bank.

"Little Li, I always told you that your brotherhood with Brother Cheng is just hypocrisy and a fake act of kindness!"

"Going to great lengths for someone? Forget it! Right now, that's when Brother Cheng needs you, but you keep backing down. What a coward!"

Sun Jiankui, who was standing nearby and egging her on, teased Li Lianjie and said 'sarcastically'.

"What are you saying, you surnamed Sun? Brother Cheng is robbing a bank! Instead of stopping him, you're adding fuel to the fire... It's like you're going to rob a bank with Brother Cheng!" Li Lianjie was called a coward and immediately objected. Whether someone is a coward or not depends on the situation, okay?

This is clearly taking a risk and embarking on a path of no return through illegality. Instead of trying to dissuade him, the man surnamed Sun is stirring up trouble and making a fuss. He is truly not a human being.

"I'm definitely going with Brother Cheng!" Sun Jiankui nodded confidently, then retorted sarcastically to Li Lianjie, "If you're not planning to work with us, what are you doing here?"

"Hey Sun, this is robbing a bank! Aren't you going to stop me and join in?" Li Lianjie was stunned when she heard this, thinking to herself, "Could it really be true?"
It is said that a scholar will die for one who understands him. Has Brother Cheng reached that point with them yet?

"That's right, that's right. Coming along with him means we're definitely with Brother Cheng! We'll do whatever Brother Cheng tells us to do!" Ji Chunhua chimed in, jokingly adding to the commotion.

"Little Li, if you're scared, you can go back now. We'll still be brothers!" Hu Jianqiang added.

"Go back, go back, Little Li. You're still young and have a bright future ahead of you. We really can't drag you down!" Xiong Xinxin was also suppressing a laugh as she waved her hand, telling Li Lianjie to hurry back.

"Look at you, you coward! Give me the burlap sack!" Liu Xiaoli, the "Fairy Mother," became even more domineering, snatching the burlap sack from Li Lianjie's hands and mocking her.

"No way, are you all serious?!" Li Lianjie was stunned and horrified by everyone's mockery, her face filled with utter disbelief!

You heard me right!
This is robbing a bank! Do you guys really dare to rob it together?
"It must be... a joke!" Everyone burst into laughter when they saw that Li Lianjie was really scared.

Sun Jiankui then muttered with disdain, "Look how cowardly you are! You're a disgrace to Brother Cheng. It's a shame that Brother Cheng even let you play the righteous Yang Yuqian!"

"Damn, are you kidding me? I...I really thought you guys were going to rob a bank with Brother Cheng!" Li Lianjie was indeed terrified, with beads of sweat on his forehead, clearly he really took it seriously.

"Give me the burlap sack! Give me the burlap sack!" Li Lianjie suddenly perked up and tried to snatch the burlap sack back from Liu Xiaoli's hand!
"Brother Cheng, what are you doing here? You even brought such a big burlap sack!" Li Lianjie snatched the burlap sack and rummaged through it again, genuinely curious about what he was doing with such a large burlap sack.

"They're definitely here to collect money!"

Cheng Xuemin and his wife Feng Jiayou exchanged a glance and entered the bank without saying a word. Zhu Lin, Liu Xiaoli, and the others followed closely behind, with Ji Chunhua, Sun Jiankui, and others trailing behind.

They were also very curious: how much money would they have to carry back in such a big burlap sack?

Everyone has heard that Cheng Xuemin makes a lot of money as a writer and screenwriter. Feng Jiayou said that they came to collect money today, so they brought a burlap sack to collect the money. How rich are they?

"Put money in? How much money do you want to take out, Brother Cheng?" Upon hearing this, Li Lianjie subconsciously gestured with the burlap sack again. How much money could that hold?!
"Hello comrade, we're here to exchange foreign currency!" Cheng Xuemin greeted as he walked to the foreign exchange exchange window. Feng Jiayou, who was standing next to him, quickly handed over the foreign exchange slip that she had been treasuring for several days, her face beaming with pride.

"Okay, okay, foreign exchange acceptance, right? Please wait a moment, comrade!" The staff member politely took the foreign exchange form handed over by Feng Jiayou, nodding with a smile on his face.

The service at the foreign exchange counter is obviously much more courteous than at other counters, since this is where they mainly deal with foreign guests, and a smile is the most basic courtesy.

The staff member who received the foreign exchange slip first glanced at the amount on the slip, but in that one glance, the smiling face instantly froze.

Did you see it wrong?

The staff were indeed stunned. They quickly rubbed their eyes and looked again, only to be even more shocked and dumbfounded!

You read that right, it's 265,000 US dollars!

More than 260,000 US dollars?
This...this...although this isn't the largest single transaction they've ever handled at their head office, it's the second largest since they started working in this field.

The previous transaction was $300,000, which was handled by another colleague of hers just two months ago.

But to the staff's utter surprise, she also encountered such a huge amount of US dollar foreign exchange acceptance today, and looked at Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou with utter disbelief! "Comrades, it's like this, we came here once before, also for US dollar acceptance, it was 300,000 US dollars, I don't know if you remember!" Seeing that the other party was confused, Cheng Xuemin reminded them.

Before the staff could react to Cheng Xuemin's reminder, Liu Xiaoli, who was leaning in beside him without any regard for propriety, was stunned. Her face was equally incredulous as she asked, "How much? Three hundred thousand? Or in US dollars?"

"What? Three hundred thousand? In US dollars? Brother Cheng, is that true? You actually have that much money, and in US dollars at that?" Li Lianjie exclaimed in surprise when she heard this from behind!

The others were also horrified, all thinking that Cheng Xuemin, this famous writer and screenwriter, was probably very rich, perhaps even several millionaires.

But when I heard it, it was 300,000, and in US dollars!

Holy crap, where did Cheng Xuemin get so much money at such a young age, and in US dollars no less?!
Zhu Lin, who was standing next to Feng Jiayou, was also shocked. That was three hundred thousand US dollars! So Xue Min and his wife were actually so rich?!
But they say you shouldn't flaunt your wealth. What were they thinking? They brought so many people with them to withdraw money. Are they really afraid others won't know how rich they are?
"Oh, I remember! I remember! So the $300,000 from last time was also yours, comrade!" The staff member also realized and exclaimed repeatedly, "I remember, the amount you accepted last time was so large that our bank manager didn't dare to approve it. It was only after the higher-ups personally called our bank manager that we were able to accept it!"

"I remember, I remember! I didn't expect you to be so quick, comrade, and you're taking so much again!"

"Two hundred and sixty thousand! Doesn't that amount to five or six hundred thousand in total?!"

The staff member's seemingly unremarkable words instantly pierced the hearts of Liu Xiaoli, Zhu Lin, Li Lianjie, and everyone else.

Good heavens, what on earth did they hear?

It turns out it wasn't just $300,000. The $300,000 they heard about was the amount they had already withdrawn. Today, the couple came to withdraw another $260,000, so the total came to $500,000 to $600,000!

"Comrade, you have a good memory. So, this time we'll have to involve your bank's president again, right?" Cheng Xuemin asked with a smile.

It will definitely alarm the bank manager again. After all, 260,000 US dollars is no small amount. A window clerk doesn't have the authority to let Cheng Xuemin exchange so much foreign exchange back.

"Of course, of course, comrade, please wait a moment, I'll go and fetch our bank manager!" The staff member immediately got up to fetch their bank manager, but before leaving, they handed the foreign exchange slip back to Feng Jiayou, saying, "Comrade, please keep this foreign exchange slip for now, I'll be right back!"

"Brother Cheng, let me see this, let me see this! Over two hundred thousand US dollars in foreign exchange! My God! No wonder you asked me to bring such a big burlap sack, you really came here to carry money!" Li Lianjie tried to squeeze forward, determined to see what that foreign exchange slip for over two hundred thousand looked like!

"Don't push, don't push! Little Li, you were the biggest coward just now, dawdling in the back. Now you want to squeeze to the front?"

"Get out of here, or I'll beat you up!"

"Come on then, who's afraid of who? Besides, who's the coward? Don't you see who's been helping Brother Cheng, carrying that burlap sack the whole time? If I were really a coward, wouldn't I have thrown the burlap sack away already?"

"Wow, really over two hundred and sixty thousand US dollars? From a music company in New York?" The heads of the women in front were already craning together. Zhu Lin and Liu Xiaoli had already gotten a sneak peek at the foreign exchange slip in Feng Jiayou's hand, their eyes sparkling with envy.

Not long after, the person who received Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou was none other than their bank manager, Mr. Sun.

Having done it once before, Director Sun was quite familiar with the process this time and didn't need to ask his superiors for instructions again. As for whether the foreign exchange receipt was genuine, there was no need to call the Foreign Languages ​​Press to confirm.

Back in the middle of this month, a sum of over 260,000 US dollars was transferred from New York to their head office.

The remittance from the couple was still addressed to the same music company as in August.

Needless to say, it was that pioneer of reform and opening up who earned foreign exchange for the country, making US dollars. So their head office had been waiting for Cheng Xuemin to come and cash the money with the foreign exchange receipt.

So, after some pleasantries, the procedure was much simpler than last time, and it was still done in accordance with the latest rules for foreign exchange acceptance.

According to regulations, Cheng Xuemin can privately exchange 10% of the $265,000 in foreign exchange, which is $26,500 in cash.

Of course, he doesn't need to withdraw it directly. Cheng Xuemin can open a foreign exchange account at the head office and deposit the more than 20,000 US dollars in cash. When he needs it, he can take the deposit slip to withdraw the US dollars directly, without having to take the risk of keeping a large amount of US dollars at home and being targeted by thieves!
Upon hearing about this new policy, Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou were probably thinking of opening a foreign exchange account to deposit their US dollar cash for future use.

In addition, based on the current exchange rate, the remaining 200,000 US dollars were exchanged for 490,000 RMB. After mental calculation, the exchange rate was actually two points higher than last time, breaking the 2% mark!

Of course, these RMB were also deposited in the bank, and not a single penny was withdrawn in cash, because there was no need for it, as Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou's family already had quite a bit of cash.

In particular, the aunt directly handed over the manuscript fee of $60,000 in cash to them, saying that the higher-ups had opened a back door for them, allowing them to complete the transaction in person without even having to pay taxes.

Of course, the tax system was still in its infancy at that time, and there were no tax-paying units at all, because they were all state-owned enterprises, and their profits and losses belonged to the state and had nothing to do with individuals.

However, if we wait another year or two, the pace of reform and opening up will accelerate, and private enterprises will spring up like mushrooms after rain, and relevant policies will definitely follow suit.

"You've deposited it all? Isn't this burlap sack for holding money?" Because they were being served directly at the window, everyone heard that Mr. and Mrs. Cheng Xuemin hadn't actually taken the money out, so they were all puzzled again.

All the money was put back in the bank. So, having Little Li carry the burlap sack was just for show?
"You use your burlap sack to store money?!" Cheng Xuemin retorted to Li Lianjie.

"No, my family isn't as rich as you, Brother Cheng, carrying money in burlap sacks!" Li Lianjie said enviously, then added indignantly, "Whose burlap sacks are we all used to carry rice?"

"That settles it then! I brought this to store rice too!" Cheng Xuemin laughed at Xiao Li again.

"Huh! It's for storing rice too?! Do banks give out rice?" Li Lianjie was confused, but the bank quickly gave him the answer!
Before long, the entire burlap sack was filled with daily ration coupons such as grain coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons, and oil coupons issued by the bank, and everyone was dumbfounded on the spot!

With so many food and meat coupons... how long will it take Brother Cheng and his wife to eat them all?!

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