Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

"Just like the machines in our factory, if there's a blockage or a defect, you can take them out and polish them to clear the blockage... But if a part is completely broken, repairing it won't help!"

"He needs to be replaced!"

Liu Aiguo spoke with absolute certainty!

Director Lou shuddered upon hearing this: "Then... can we exchange it?"

"What a joke!" Liu Aiguo sneered, "I've heard of replacing machine parts... but have you ever heard of replacing human body parts?"

"So, Director Lou, I'm really sorry... I can't cure this either!"

"I……"

Director Lou took a deep breath and frowned.

Then he stood up, walked to the door, closed the office door, and said, "Come here!"

As he spoke, Director Lou pulled a metal box out from under his desk.

At first glance, it looks like a safe.

Then, with great effort, he picked up the box and placed it on the table. When he opened it, it shone with golden light.

gold!

Large yellow croaker!

These were made during the previous dynasty. Each one weighs about 300-400 grams, totaling over 1 jin (500 grams).

In this era, it was also called the large yellow croaker.

However, in Director Lou's box, there were more than twenty large yellow croakers.

"Little Liu... I know you have excellent medical skills... As long as you promise to cure Xu Damao... I can give you everything!"

More than twenty large yellow croakers—even the highest-ranking leader would be shocked to see that.

I don't believe you, Liu Aiguo, can be so easily disregarded.

result……

Liu Aiguo simply chuckled.

bullion?

Indeed...it is very precious.

Especially in this day and age, you might not be able to buy a large yellow croaker even if you have the money. This thing is a treasure to be passed down through generations, so it would be great to leave it to your children and grandchildren.

but!

This only applies to the mainland side.

If you go to Hong Kong, you can easily buy this thing.

And it's incredibly cheap.

In the late 1960s, before the gold price skyrocketed, gold was worth just over two Hong Kong dollars per gram.

The large yellow croaker belonging to Director Lou weighs around 378g, which means that this piece of gold is worth less than a thousand Hong Kong dollars.

Twenty pieces?

Only 140,000 to 150,000.

You can probably buy two houses in Hong Kong.

That's it!

Is Liu Aiguo short of money?

Don't be ridiculous. With the daily output of this system and the old man's operations in Hong Kong, he basically controls the entire grain, oil and vegetable market in Hong Kong now.

This is a sale of every single book.

Basically, over 90% of what we sell is profit.

Can be imagined.

Liu Aiguo's wealth in Hong Kong is growing by millions every day.

It costs over 50 million a month.

This is in US dollars, not Hong Kong dollars!

Someone who makes hundreds of millions of US dollars a year, would they even notice these few dozen gold bars in front of Director Lou?

This is also why Liu Aiguo doesn't sell his agricultural products on a large scale in Beijing.

No need!

If you don't lack the money, why take the risk?

It could potentially implicate your family members.

Now, he has money and a lot of antiques.

There's even an idea to build my own museum in Hong Kong.

Of course, it's just a thought for now!

Unbeknownst to him, Liu Aiguo had already left Director Lou far behind.

"Sorry...I'm leaving!"

Liu Aiguo chuckled, stood up, and left Director Lou's office.

……

Privately, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e approached Liu Aiguo twice more, but Liu Aiguo refused both times.

It's not that he doesn't want to help Xu Damao!

It's too complicated and unnecessary.

Xu Damao doesn't have the right to waste so much of Liu Aiguo's time.

Chinese New Year is just around the corner!

One weekend afternoon, the weather cleared up.

The entire courtyard was filled with a peaceful atmosphere, with everyone chatting about the upcoming New Year.

The steel mill canteen has recently started selling pork, and every employee has bought quite a bit, even Qin Huairu.

Everyone is happy and preparing for a good New Year.

But to everyone's surprise, a loud cry suddenly came from the Intermediate Court.

"Wow……"

The loud crying pierced through the two courtyards.

Everyone in the compound rushed over.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an elderly woman crying.

Liu Aiguo was also puzzled: "Auntie Yi... what's wrong?"

Speaking of Aunt Yi, she's a good person.

Although she doesn't have any children, she lives a relatively peaceful life. Why did she suddenly start crying?

"Yeah... Auntie Yi, why are you crying?"

"what happens?"

"Did Uncle Yi hit you?"

……

In everyone's memory, Aunt Yi had never lost her composure like this before.

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"Who hit you... Get up!"

"Come on, come on..."

"Sit down and let's talk this out!"

"The ground is so cold!"

With everyone working together, they pulled the old lady up from the cold ground and put her in the seat where the three old men usually sat.

Liu Aiguo was filled with curiosity.

Logically speaking, Uncle Yi and Aunt Yi are living a good life, with plenty to eat and drink. Although they don't have children, they shouldn't be crying now for the sake of having children.

Grandpa Yi is a moral exemplar, so it's even more impossible for him to commit domestic violence against Grandma Yi.

It's so weird.

What happened?

"Woooooooooooo..."