Chapter 191: Prodigal Things
It was close to Li Jia’s family from their homes, but except for a few people, it was closer to the place where they sold things, while everyone else was a little further away.
But it’s not that far away, because the current imperial capital is not very big.
Guo Detie had to travel a lot more. Originally, Shichahai Cinema was less than one kilometer away from Houhai.
It is at least more than two kilometers from Li Jia's family to Shichahai Cinema. This is good, just enough for this guy to lose weight.
"Fat man, are you okay?" Li Jiayi asked.
"What problem can I have! I just need to walk a few more steps! There is no problem at all."
"Well! One more thing, that is, I will be at home in the future. There is no limit to taking goods twice a day, as long as you can sell them, you can take them as many times as you want."
"Really?"
"Of course"
"Great, in this case, you can make a lot more money in a day!" Someone said excitedly.
"Okay, everyone, let's go back! Tomorrow morning you and Fatty go to identify the door first. Our house is easy to find."
After everyone left, Li Jiayi also Driving a tricycle home.
Similarly, I brought home several more pieces of ice. As for why I still make ice cubes when there is an electric fan, the main reason is that the electric fan blows hot air.
When he got home, he had already had dinner and the family was sitting around the living room blowing the fan.
Even Liao Kai came over and rubbed the fan, which made Li Jiayi speechless. It's just a fan. Is that so?
He knows that the eldest sister probably hasn’t given the fan to Liao Kai yet, because when the eldest sister wants to come and he gets the fan back, he still has to give it to Liao Kai.
"My son is back?"
"He's back!"
After saying that, he looked around the room and asked: "Dad, what are you doing? ”
“Blow the fan!”
“There’s no need for so many people to surround one fan! Isn’t there another one!”
“You kid, turn on one more. Isn’t it a waste of electricity?”
Hearing what his father said, Li Jiayi said helplessly: “Then you can’t stop sleeping and keep blowing here, right?”
“Sleep? Ah! Let’s talk about it while sleeping.”
Li Jia shook his head when he heard this, then turned around and said, "Mom, have you looked at the washing machine? Have you tried it?"
"No, but son, you have to exchange these things with others. ”
“No It’s considered exchanged, it’s considered purchased!”
“Bought? Son, where did you get these tickets?”
If it’s a three-turn ticket, Ye Xin definitely doesn’t agree. I ask this because those tickets are also available to ordinary people.
But tickets for electric fans and washing machines are not easy to get. Even among those who live in the compound, few have washing machines at home.
"Mom, you don't need a ticket to buy these things."
"No ticket?"
"Well! These are imported products I bought and don't need a ticket, but You have to buy it with a beautiful knife."
Li Aimin said at this time: "Son, did you buy these things in a foreign store?"
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Aimin in surprise and asked: "Dad, do you still know about foreign-related stores?"
"Nonsense, who doesn't know about foreign-related stores! They're just not allowed in. , only foreigners and a very small number of people can enter.”
Of course Li Jiayi knows who Li Aimin is talking about!
A privileged person.
“But son, how did you get in? And how can you buy something from there?”
"That's right! Jiayi, how did you get in? The last time I went there, I was kicked out as soon as I came out of the stairs." Liao Kai said.
"Dad, Uncle Liao, it's actually very easy to get in. All you need is a beautiful sword. This does not require privileges."
"Beautiful swords? Where do we common people get beautiful swords?" said After saying this, Li Aimin reacted, looked at Li Jiayi quickly and asked: "Son, you went in because you had a beautiful knife, and then bought these things."
"That's right." Li Jia A little nod.
“Then where did you get the beautiful knife?”
Li Jia spread his hands and said: "You exchanged it with the foreigner."
"What did you exchange for the beautiful knife with the foreigner?"
In exchange for money? , I guess no one will believe it. If it were so easy, there would be no shortage of foreign exchange.
Gringos are very shrewd. If you want to exchange beautiful knives with them, you can only use gold, antiques, or at least silver.
Otherwise, they won’t trade with you at all. This is why the country collects gold.
The country does not allow gold to circulate on the market. If you want to cash in gold, you can only go to a bank to exchange it.
In fact, it is to collect gold and use it to exchange for foreign exchange.
In addition, the country has also opened some antique trust stores, which are specially used to collect antiques. The collected antiques will be kept if they have research value. Some of the antiques with little research value will also be exchanged for foreign exchange.
"Jiayi! You won't exchange for the gadgets I gave you, right? Although those gadgets are not worth much, they are all left by our ancestors!" Liao Kai said.
"Uncle Liao, what are you talking about? How could I exchange those for American knives? I made some juice, the kind with ice, and sold it in the family area of the embassy. No, go Change.”
"Uh!"
Everyone in the family, including Liao Kai, looked at him in surprise when they heard what he said.
Li Aimin asked in surprise: "Such a change?"
"Yes! Otherwise!" "Son, is this considered speculation?" Ye Xin asked quickly .
"Speculation? This is not considered speculation. I didn't buy low and sell high. I just made something myself and exchanged some dollars with the foreigners."
"Is this okay?" Liao Kai asked in surprise. .
"Why not?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Okay! There seems to be no problem."
"Of course there is no problem, and when I exchanged American knives with the gringo, a police patrol passed by and gave me a compliment. The eyes! ”
This Li Jiayi was not talking nonsense. When he was selling juice to gringos, the policemen who passed by on patrol smiled and nodded at him every time.
Otherwise he wouldn’t have dared to sell it for so long! You know, that's the embassy district!
I don’t know how many police officers patrol there every day.
"Is there such a thing?" Li Aimin asked in surprise.
“Of course.”
"Son, here's the beautiful knife you changed! Take it out and let dad see it. Dad has never seen what the beautiful knife looks like!"
"It's gone." Li Jia spread his hands.
“No more?”
“That’s right! All the money spent on buying a washing machine and an electric fan.”
“You brat, you can keep more or less of one. Zhang!" After saying this, he then asked: "Son, how much did it cost to buy these things?"
"One thousand and fifty-seven US dollars."
"Pfft! More...how much?" Li Aimin asked in shock.
Not only Li Aimin, but also Ye Xin and Liao Kai looked at him with shocked eyes.
"One thousand and fifty-seven dollars! What's the matter?"
"Son, you...you prodigal son, one thousand and fifty-seven dollars, do you know how much it is? RMB? ”
"I know! I don't know how I can buy these things."
How could Li Jiayi not know? He knows the exchange rate at this time better than anyone else.
Not only do you know the current exchange rate, but you also know the future exchange rate.
"You're a waste of money! What you buy is equivalent to two or three years' salary of your mother and me! Why don't you keep this money?"
"Why keep it? The longer you keep it, the less valuable it becomes."
"Uh! What do you mean?" Li Aimin asked confused.
“Dad, a U.S. knife looks very valuable now, but in a few years, it will become worthless. Now a U.S. knife can be exchanged for more than two yuan and forty cents, but in a few years, it may not even be worth one yuan. You can’t exchange it for five yuan.”
Of course Li Jiayi was talking about the exchange rate in 1979, but it was only in this year. Starting from 1980, it exceeded one yuan and a half, and then it increased year by year. high.
“Ah! No way!”
“Dad, why not? Just watch, this beautiful sword will depreciate in at least ten years.”
The U.S. dollar began to depreciate in 1970, and the exchange rate for RMB became lower year by year, reaching the lowest in 1979.
"Isn't there still about ten years left?"
"Uh! Okay!"
Although my father kept shouting "Prodigal", the corner of his mouth The smile still shows that he is very happy.
Whether it is a washing machine or an electric fan, they are all new things to him, especially the electric fan. It is so comfortable to have an electric fan on this hot day.
"By the way, I bought four electric fans. Three of them are enough for our family. The remaining one is for Uncle Liao."
"Give it to me?" Liao Kai asked, pointing to himself.
"Yes! I had already planned it when I bought it."
"Oh, plus one! Uncle Liao, thank you so much! I didn't expect you to still think about Uncle Liao."< br>
“What you said, besides, it’s just an electric fan, and it doesn’t cost much!”
Although Li Jiayi said he didn't have much money, Liao Kai knew that this electric fan was definitely not cheap. It was an imported product!
The price of domestic products is much lower, but domestic products require tickets, and you can’t buy them without tickets.
Otherwise, with his family background, he would have bought it long ago.
"Anyway, Uncle Liao wants to thank you. You don't know. In fact, I have wanted to buy it for a long time, but I don't have a ticket."
"Yes! It's also because I didn't get a replacement phone. I just went to exchange the fan tickets with the gringo for American knives.”
Tickets for electric fans are so difficult to get, especially in this season when the demand is even greater.
Don’t say you don’t have it. Even if you have it, people will use it for themselves and won’t sell it at all.
At this moment, Li Jia patted his forehead and said: "Oh, I forgot the ice cubes. Dad, come here and help me move the ice cubes in."
" Not my son, now that there is a fan, why are you still getting ice cubes?" Li Aimin asked confused.
"Dad, the fan blows hot air. If you put a piece of ice behind the fan, the air blowing will be cold."
"Uh, really?"
"Of course, you'll know after you try it for a while."
"Oh! Yes."
With Li Aimin and Liao Kai Help, six chunks of ice were quickly moved into the house.
Suddenly the whole room became much cooler, and I guess I wouldn’t feel hot even without a fan.
Looking at the ice cubes in the tub, Liao Kai asked: "Is this ice edible?"
(End of Chapter)