Chapter 337 Picking up leaks, minimum living expenses
Li Le did not go back at noon, but found a small restaurant outside for a meal.
After eating, Li Le came to Liulichang again to wander around.
If Li Le doesn't take action, it's not because he has no money. Even if he spends one billion today, he still has nine billion in hand.
If he doesn't take action, he hasn't encountered anything that makes his heart move.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Le entered another store, which was a relatively large antique store in Liulichang.
As soon as he came in, Li Le saw an acquaintance, yes, it was Master Liu.
Similarly, Mr. Liu also saw Li Le and nodded to Li Le with a smile.
Li Le trotted over quickly.
"Master Liu, why are you out here in this cold weather?"
Master Liu has a special liking for antiques. Throughout the year, he is either buying antiques or on the way to buy them.
"Come out and take a look if you have nothing to do, but what are you doing here?" Master Liu asked.
Others don't know what's going on with Li Le, but Mr. Liu knows!
He knew that Li Le often bought antiques, and some of them were national treasures or treasures.
To be honest, Mr. Liu is greedy for the antiques in Li Le's hands. He has been playing with antiques for half his life, but he doesn't have as many good things as Li Le.
This made Li Le very helpless.
At the same time, Mr. Liu also knew that there was no way he could compete with Li Le, because Li Le was rich!
Master Liu is also rich, even richer than Li Le, but he does not have as much cash as Li Le.
The money in his hands consists of large and small yellow croakers. It is impossible for him to sell the large and small yellow croakers and then buy antiques.
Of course, this does not count the things Li Le brought back to the real world. If counted, Li Le could beat Liu Ye twenty blocks away.
If nothing else, let's just say that the large and small yellow croakers that Li Lecong got from Ghost and Taite were not comparable to Master Liu.
However, those things that have been brought back to the real world by Li Le are of course not counted as Li Le's wealth in this era.
Li Le now only has 9 billion in cash in hand, as well as food in the cellar and space.
Grain is not valuable now. It is estimated that in a few years, the value of Li Le's grain alone will be more than Liu Ye's wealth.
"I'm here to see if there are any good things! You are the same," Li Le said with a smile.
"Hey! Where did you get this treasure in your hand?" Mr. Liu asked, looking at the ring on Li Le's thumb.
"You're talking about this! I bought it in a store this morning." Li Le took off the ring and handed it to Mr. Liu and said.
Mr. Liu took the wrench, shook his head and said, "Impossible. It is impossible for anyone to sell such a treasure."
Does Mr. Liu still know what is going on here at Liulichang? The boss has kept the good stuff himself.
Like Li Le's thumb ring, once the boss gets it, he will definitely put it away and there is no way he can sell it.
"Master Liu, there's no need for me to lie to you! I really bought this from that jade shop in the morning."
"Uh!" Li Le was stunned for a moment, yes! There was no need for Li Le to lie to him, and it was impossible to lie to her.
"You're so lucky, kid! You can buy such treasures."
Although this jade ring is not big, its value is not low. Let's put it this way, none of the things Li Le bought in the morning is as valuable as this jade ring.
Because this has gone away from the essence of the material, how can a ring ring be worth more than jade Ruyi for the same kind of glass, Imperial Green.
This requires foundation, and the foundation of this jade ring is higher than that of many ancient jades.
"Hehehe, just average, third in the world." Li Lepi said.
"Young man, please put it away!" Mr. Liu shook his head and returned the jade ring to Li Le.
He would not steal Li Le's things, because Mr. Liu is a true gentleman.
A gentleman would not take away someone's love. If it were someone else, he would probably pay for it.
Of course, even if someone buys it, Li Le will not sell it! Just kidding, he plans to keep it for himself! How could it possibly be sold?
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will definitely hide such a good thing."
"That's good."
"By the way, Mr. Liu, you are here. Are there any good things you want to sell here?" Li Le asked.
Mr. Liu shook his head and said, "No, I'm just here to take a look."
"That's it! I thought there was something good to do here!"
Li Le rolled his eyes and asked, "Master Liu, do you have time in the afternoon?"
"what?"
"Help me choose some antiques! Fine antiques, preferably treasures."
"You have so many national treasures in your hands, why do you want high-quality treasures?" Master Liu frowned and asked.
"Alas! Mr. Liu, how can there be so many national treasures! Don't I want to collect more! Fine treasures are also fine!"
Hearing what Li Le said, Mr. Liu nodded and said, "That's right, okay, I'll pick some for you."
Master Liu doesn't like these things, mainly because there is no way to cash them in, but Li Le is different!
These things that Mr. Liu doesn't like, Li Le brings back to the real world, they are all treasures!
At least in the eyes of most collectors, they are rare treasures.
Then Mr. Liu took Li Le to shop and change things in this store.
With Mr. Liu's help, Li Le bought a treasure and four exquisite items in this store.
Li Le took the things and paid the money, and the two of them came out of the store.
Soon we came to another store.
"Master Liu, you go in and take a look first. I'll take the things back and then bring some money over. When I come over later, you happen to be interested and buy them directly."
"Yes! Yes, this saves time." Mr. Liu nodded and said.
After Mr. Liu entered, Li Le left. As for the antiques he just bought, they were all in his satchel.
Finding a place where no one was around, Li Le put away the antiques, then took out some money and put it in his satchel.
After staying outside for about twenty minutes, Li Le went in to find Mr. Liu.
"Li Le, come here." As soon as he came in, Mr. Liu waved to him and shouted.
Li Le quickly walked over and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Liu?"
"Look at this plum vase."
Li Le took a look at it without knowing why. It was just an ordinary plum vase, with a big belly and a small mouth.
"Master Liu, there's nothing special about it?" Li Le said without knowing why.
Mr. Liu patted Li Le on the head and said, "I asked you to read more books, but you don't take it seriously. Although this plum vase looks ordinary, it is a rare treasure."
"Oh! Great, I'll buy that one."
In addition to this plum vase, Mr. Liu also had his eye on three exquisite pieces, which meant that Li Le bought four more.
The price was not expensive, only 35 million for four pieces. It was considered a small leak, and a treasure was sold to Li Le as a fine product.
The main reason is that Mr. Liu has a good sense, which would never be obvious to anyone else.
One afternoon, before leaving, Li Le and Liu Ye bought a total of thirty-seven antiques. There are five treasures and 32 exquisite ones, which makes Li Le very excited. If there are more, Li Le can open an antique shop when he returns to reality.
In fact, it is not bad to open an antique shop. Another thing is that antiques before the Ming Dynasty cannot be auctioned in auction houses.
But if it comes from formal channels, there are no restrictions. For example, if you buy it from an auction house or buy it from an antique store, you can go to the auction house to auction it.
Except for this, it is to open an antique store, which does not have so many restrictions.
As long as you are compliant and legal, no one will care about you.
Originally, Li Le wanted to treat Master Liu to a meal, but Master Liu refused.
Li Le didn't force himself, so he said goodbye to Mr. Liu and went back, and made an appointment to come over again tomorrow.
Of course, this is only if it stops snowing at night. If it snows again at night, then we won’t be able to go tomorrow.
Back home, Zhao Yanran and her two sisters were cooking, Li Daila was lighting a fire in the kitchen, and Ma Feng and the other three were drinking tea in the living room.
These guys are living a very happy life now! There is no need to run out to collect waste every day.
Apart from going out to buy some food in the morning and afternoon, there is nothing else to do.
As for not being able to ride a tricycle out, that’s okay, just carry it back! No need to buy too much at once.
But he had to buy it, but there was no other way. Li Le was worried that he would not have enough food stored when the food stamps were implemented.
Dinner was still very sumptuous. In the morning, Zhao Yanran went to the butcher shop and bought a lot of bones. Then she made big bone soup in the evening.
On a day like this, drinking some bone soup is really comforting, especially if you add more chili peppers.
Although there is very little meat on the big bones, there are a lot of bones! There is not much on one piece, only ten yuan!
You know, I made two large enamel basins!
As for the staple food, of course it is white flour steamed buns. Apart from making some millet porridge in the morning, Li Lejia basically does not eat whole grains.
To be honest, more than 95% of the people in the imperial capital cannot achieve such a life.
Because many families are now reluctant to eat refined grains. Although there is no limit to the supply of grains, it still depends on the family situation!
If you eat whole grains, 50,000 yuan per month is enough for each person’s living expenses, but it’s different if you eat fine grains.
For example, for Fuqiang powder, a person needs almost two kilograms a day. Of course, this is when he is full.
If you don’t want to eat enough, one pound or one and a half pounds is fine. Just consider it one and a half pounds! That’s forty-five pounds a month.
The price of Fuqiang powder is 1,840 per pound, and 82,800 for 45 pounds.
This is just the staple food, you have to eat vegetables! There are also oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.
Even if you eat 30 pounds a month, it will cost more than 50,000 yuan a month, so most people eat whole grains.
Because whole grains are cheap! For example, cornmeal costs only 600 yuan per kilogram. Even if you eat 60 kilograms a month, it only costs more than 30,000 yuan a month.
Therefore, with the living expenses of 50,000 yuan, I can only eat coarse grains.
This is talking about those whose family conditions are not good, but those whose family conditions are good! For example, let’s say there are five people in a family, and two of them work.
In this case, the living expenses can be increased, for example, to 70,000 yuan, which means that the monthly living expenses are reduced by one person's salary.
In this case, I can eat a few meals of refined grains every month and buy some meat. With a living expense of 50,000 yuan, I can only say that I will not go hungry.
At this time, to be honest, even 50,000 yuan for living expenses is already very good, at least I can have enough to eat.
In a few years, after the implementation of food stamps, the monthly living expenses will still not reach the current situation!
The per capita income of many families is less than 50,000, and that’s when the difficulties begin.
And this time is not long, it is after the workers are graded.
Because there will be many workers who cannot reach the minimum level, wages will be reduced.
Now there are only three types: junior workers, intermediate workers and senior workers.
After grading, they go from level one to level eight. Among the current senior workers, few can reach level five or six after grading.
There is no way, the current work level is too general. Apprenticeship lasts for three years, and after three years, you will be an entry-level worker, no matter how skilled you are.
But it won't be the case after being graded. If you don't reach the first-level worker, even after three years, you can only be regarded as a formal worker.
Wages are much lower than they are now, which puts the per capita income of some families below 50,000 yuan.
There is no way around it. With the current three-level salary system of high, middle and low, there are too many people fishing in troubled waters.
What's wrong with your skills being better than mine? You don’t get the same salary as me.
Why do you do more work than me? He also gets the same salary as me.
This is why Li Le doesn't want to work in the factory. Under the current circumstances, it's good to collect scraps.
You don’t have to commute to get off work on time, and you can work whenever you want. If you don’t want to work, you can take a day off, and no one will care about you.
Most importantly, the income is high.
After eating and drinking, several people started playing cards again and didn't go to rest until after nine o'clock.
Of course, Li Le got into bed and played a few canyon games before lying down to sleep.
A night of silence.
The next morning, Li Le got up early. God was so kind and it didn't snow at night, which made Li Le feel much happier.
After eating, Li Le rushed to Liulichang.
A military kettle is slung on the left side, and a military school bag is slung on the right side.
According to the place agreed yesterday, Li Le came to the door of a store.
Li Le came earlier. When he came, the door was not open yet. Likewise, Mr. Liu didn't come either.
Taking advantage of this time, Li Le came out of Liulichang and went to the nearby store to buy some wine.
Feeling that the time was almost up, Li Le went over, and sure enough, the store was already open, and Mr. Liu also came over.
And it seems to have been here for a while.
"Master Liu!" Li Le quickly went up to say hello.
"Yeah!" Mr. Liu nodded.
"How are you, Master Liu? Did you see anything interesting?" Li Le asked.
"No, I just looked at it and found a relatively good one."
"It doesn't matter, there is plenty of time anyway."
Li Le is indeed not in a hurry, and there is no need to be in a hurry. There is still more than an hour before he returns to the real world! Enough for him to buy a lot of antiques.
Half an hour later, the two people came out of the store. Li Le's schoolbag was full, and he was holding three larger items in his hands, buying a total of seven antiques.
It's a pity that these seven antiques are all high-quality, and none of them can reach the level of treasure.
But it doesn't matter, there is only one level difference between high-quality products and treasures.
"Li Le, do you want calligraphy and painting?" After coming outside, Mr. Liu looked at Li Le and asked.
"Yes! And the more, the better."
"Okay, the next store is a shop that specializes in calligraphy and painting. You send the things back first and I'll go over and take a look."
PS: Love is always there across thousands of rivers and mountains, can you give me a monthly pass? Thanks!
(End of this chapter)