Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

Director Lu was also helpless. Who would dare to falsify such a large sum of money? So Zhang Dabiao sent someone to call Mu Wanqing over—to borrow the girl's luck to help him win the lottery!

Everyone was surprised to see who this beautiful woman was and what she was doing there. "She's my girlfriend, Zhang Dabiao's girlfriend. It's perfectly reasonable for her to help me with the lottery, right?"

Sure enough, Mu Wanqing had incredible luck. She won the top prize of 200 yuan in cash, followed by a bicycle (Phoenix brand), a sewing machine (Butterfly brand), a radio, a watch, high-quality white sugar, cigarettes, fine wine, yarn, fabric…

She managed to shake them all, which startled even herself.

Director Lu's face turned green, but since the result was drawn in front of so many staff members, he couldn't back out.

It was just a formality to reward Zhang Dabiao for his contributions to foreign exchange earnings and deposit absorption, so that's the only way.

Finally, Director Zhao also gave some instructions: the nail clipper set had already entered the production process, and Hongxing Daily Necessities Manufacturing Factory would also undertake part of the processing and production of the outer shell. He told him to just wait for the bonus and certificate from the department.

Then, a truck from the ministry transported all the prizes, along with Zhang Dabiao, Mu Wanqing, and the 14 yuan in remittance certificates, back to the courtyard house.

The courtyard house—it's been blown up again.

The news spread that Zhang Dabiao had over 30 yuan in savings and 14 yuan in remittance certificates, and that he had managed to buy a "three turns and one sound" (transfer, renovation, and radio) through a prize-winning savings program.

It couldn't be kept secret any longer, because the neighborhood committee came again with drums and gongs, presenting big red flowers...

Director Lu is still worried. He needs another $900,000 in November. How many remittance certificates will he have to give him?

What should we do?

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Zhang Dabiao asked Mu Wanqing to take some saccharin, rice flour, fresh meat, and a radio back with her. Although they were boyfriend and girlfriend, he had borrowed her luck today, so he wanted to bring back some nice things to "show respect" to Aunt Mu. Mu Wanqing didn't refuse. The radio was for her to use for studying, just to relieve her boredom.

Then, the bicycle they wanted was a women's model, which they gave to Qin Jingru as a reward for helping with the cake-making during this time. Mu Wanqing's bicycle was bought by Aunt Mu, He Yushui's bicycle was bought by Sha Zhu, and Zhang Dabiao already had a company car provided by the factory and a tricycle, so Zhang Dabiao didn't need a new vehicle. So they got one for Qin Jingru instead.

Qin Jingru was overjoyed and practiced driving in the yard for several hours, making Qin Huairu extremely envious.

As for the sewing machine, let's keep it for now. The Jia family had one before, which was bought by Yi Zhonghai when Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu got married. Because of this, the Jia family became incredibly powerful.

Now Zhang Dabiao has provided everything at once.

Zhang Dabiao wore the watch himself. He also had over 400 yuan in cash. Thinking that he still owed He Yushui and Xu Damao 500 yuan each, he decided to use overseas remittance certificates to pay off the debt. Xu Damao and He Yushui were naturally willing to do so.

Zhang Dabiao gave each of them a thousand-yuan remittance voucher, which was equivalent to exchanging one yuan for two yuan worth of remittance vouchers. However, in reality, the black market in the pigeon market was 120-150 yuan for 100 yuan worth of remittance vouchers, so the two of them made a fortune.

Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui came to the door, wanting to exchange some remittance certificates. Actually, he just wanted to take advantage of the situation and then sell them at the pigeon market, where he could make a lot of money.

But Zhang Dabiao told him to get lost!

Zhang Dabiao has no shortage of money or tickets, but if Yan Bugui tries to pull some strings and something goes wrong, that old bastard will definitely sell himself out.

Zhang Dabiao isn't stupid!

In the evening, Tian Baocheng and Liu Guangqi brought back 20 of each of the stainless steel egg beaters, press-type mixers, and lever-type egg beaters that Zhang Dabiao had requested to the yard, as a way to clear out the factory's inventory.

After the handover was completed, each of them exchanged 500 remittance certificates. These were precious items, practically a privilege. Zhang Dabiao, on the other hand, had 14 remittance certificates. What they exchanged was just a drop in the ocean.

Redeem freely!

Because we'll be receiving another $90 next month, and those remittance certificates...

For Zhang Dabiao, it really was just a number.

bother!

Zhang Dabiao's position as the richest man in Nanluoguxiang is now completely secure.

To put it bluntly, if he wanted to, and if the country allowed it, he could buy an entire alley with his money!

The way people treated him was no different from how they treated a big capitalist like Lou Bancheng.

The storm hasn't blown yet. It's common sense that the people don't fight against officials or the rich. If the gap is too big, they don't even dare to think about fighting.

To put it bluntly, 30 yuan is enough to buy the lives of your entire family and even dig up the graves of your ancestors for eighteen generations. As long as you spread the word, other people will be eager to do it!

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The next day, Zhang Dabiao went to Hong Kong again. This time, in addition to the 100 bread pastries made by Qin Jingru, Zhang Dabiao also asked A Xiang to buy 100 breads. Then he went to find Uncle Chen from Agongyan Village and hired two women from the village to help whip the butter and add it to the bread to make butter bread for sale.

By employing more people from his own village, Old Man Chen not only gains face but also feels happy.

The more Zhang Dabiao acted this way, the more he cared about Agongyan Village. Whenever something happened, Old Man Chen would naturally stand up for Zhang Dabiao.

The two women paid him 30 yuan a month, plus Ah Xiang's 50, so Zhang Dabiao's monthly salary was 110 yuan, which wasn't a big deal.

They are all from the same village, so they are united, and it is naturally much easier for them to communicate with the locals than for others.

As for the tributes from the police force and triads, just give them according to the standard; as long as it's not excessive, it doesn't matter.

Zhang Dabiao plans to gradually hand over the management of the tea stall to A Xiang so that he can relax a bit.

Every day, he would take some cakes and pastries, as well as raw materials for making cream, and leave them in the yard. Ah Xiang and two village women would take them in the morning and leave, and then return in the evening to reconcile the accounts with Zhang Dabiao.

Once we've saved up enough Hong Kong dollars, we can source raw materials directly from Shau Kei Wan and produce the goods there, so there's no need for Qin Jingru to work so hard.

As for the skill of making cream, he taught it, it's not a big deal, and Zhang Dabiao only taught the most basic part.

Sales were naturally booming again. Zhang Dabiao had a hand-cranked machine, so the efficiency of making cream was naturally high.

For several consecutive days, the turnover has been over 100 yuan. In a few days, we will break even, and the rest will be pure profit.

On the morning of the third day, Zhang Dabiao put the bread ingredients and other supplies in the yard, waiting for A Xiang to move them away. He then handed over the tea stall directly to A Xiang, which moved A Xiang to tears.

Zhang Dabiao had earned nearly HK$500 in the past few days. He waited at the village house and asked Ah Xiang to help him purchase HK$500 worth of food and deliver it over. The food arrived around nine or ten o'clock in the morning, and Zhang Dabiao immediately started moving and handling it without saying a word.

Back at the courtyard house, we found Qin Mancang still toiling away in the fields. Qin Mancang was going to transport another 300 jin, and I would transport 500 jin myself. The total amount from Qinjiatun this month has reached 1700 jin. Today is October 29th, almost the end of the month, that's about it.

The two men huffed and puffed as they rode their tricycle to Qinjiatun. The clan chief, Qin Dingsong, was overjoyed to see so much grain.

This apprentice was the right choice!

In addition, Zhang Dabiao left Qin Dingsong 600 yuan in remittance certificates for emergencies, such as buying medicine or nutritional supplements.

Mission accomplished, perfect!

Basically, the food problem was no longer a problem for Zhang Dabiao.

In addition, Qin Dingsong also examined Zhang Dabiao's "Hongmen Iron Wire Palm" and confirmed that he had basically mastered it. He then told him to practice more recently, and after he stabilized, he would go to his old friends after the New Year to get Zhang Dabiao a secret manual of movement techniques.

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up!

The next day, October 30th, happened to be a Sunday, the day Zhang Dabiao had arranged with the Zhang brothers.

Early in the morning, Zhang Dabiao and Qin Mancang dragged several wild game they had collected to the city. When they arrived at the courtyard at noon, Qin Mancang left two pheasants for Zhang Dabiao, and the rest had to be handed over to the factory.

Meanwhile, the Zhang brothers, Zhang Maoshan and Zhang Maosheng, had already arrived in Beijing by car around 9 or 10 o'clock.