Chapter 173: Lost and Found
On January 22, a man claiming to be from the People's Bank of China, accompanied by Zhang Baocheng, found the Hong family. For nothing else, he came to ask Hong Lucheng to receive the money on behalf of Chase Bank of the United States.
On the eve of liberation, Hong Lucheng deposited $10,000 in the US Chase Bank in Peiping.
Later, due to the sudden change in the situation, Chase Bank was first forced to reduce its business in North China in large quantities, and then completely withdrew from the Republic.
At that time, Hong Lucheng happened to be on the way from Hong Kong to the capital, and this money was drowned in the torrent of the times.
But now, as of January 1, 1979, the Republic and the United States have re-established diplomatic relations. The two countries have also begun to cooperate in the economic and cultural fields.
Chase Bank of the United States began to contact the People's Bank of China, wanting to deal with the part of the business and deposits that failed to perform when it withdrew from China.
In fact, Chase didn't have many customers left over from that year. All of them together are only about a hundred. There may be less than 60 people still alive. The amount to be returned is only 230,000 yuan.
And to be honest, the reason for this move is probably that Chase Bank wants to undertake the financial business of the Republic as soon as possible, and wants to show its integrity and contact the People's Bank of China as soon as possible.
However, the Republic was accustomed to interpreting foreign-related incidents from a political perspective.
As soon as the People's Bank of China reported the matter, the authorities naturally treated the matter as a major matter representing the friendship between the two peoples.
So he quickly issued instructions, "special affairs, full cooperation".
The results were surprisingly efficient as a result of a collaborative search by all parties. In just a few days, Hong Lucheng's whereabouts were found.
In this way, early the next morning, Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlinkou ran together.
Things went quite smoothly, and that afternoon Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan came back from work. The old couple told them that they had exchanged the money in their accounts for deposit receipts and got them in their hands.
Wang Yunlin said diligently, "The procedure is very simple, and Chase Bank of the United States only requires the customer to leave a fingerprint and signature that can be crossed. I really didn't expect that even the principal and interest would be returned to us, which was converted into more than 24,000 yuan. ”
Hong Lucheng couldn't help but sigh, "This is the old merchant who really does big business, and the reputation of Chase Bank is still commendable." ”
Yes, no matter what, who would have thought that the money that was lost in the first place would be able to float back by itself?
That's a lot of money that has been lost and recovered!
It's just that Hong Yanwu is in his stomach, but there is still a bit of slander.
Not for anything else. This is because the People's Bank of China forcibly exchanged RMB for RMB at the exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 1.4962 RMB at that time. I didn't even give a single overseas remittance voucher.
In his opinion, this is tantamount to being cheated by the state, and the family has lost a lot of money.
But then he thought about it, and he was content.
Because he's pondered the taste again.
In his previous life, he had never heard his family talk about this, and he thought it was because of his father's death that the family had completely missed out on this money. It's a blessing to get the money back now......
Of course, it's different from Hong Yanwu. The other members of the Hong family, no matter who knew about it, were very excited, only happy.
In their eyes, the family is tantamount to a sudden wealth, which is already an astronomical amount of wealth.
So on the same day, after all the family members returned home, Hong Lucheng and his wife also held a family meeting, including Chen Liquan, and publicly announced their treatment of this wealth.
In front of all the family members, the old couple directly put a stack of passbooks on the table.
They had already discussed that they would divide the money into six parts. They kept two shares, and the rest of the money was divided equally among the children, each with four thousand yuan in their names. And on these flashbooks, the names of each child have been written separately.
In this way, the children of the Hong family were stunned. No one thought that they would personally have such a large amount of money.
Perhaps the respect and filial piety of the children of the Hong family to their parents is deep-rooted, or perhaps the children of the Hong family have suffered for too long.
Hit by such a big pie, in the face of such a huge wealth at their own disposal, their instinctive reaction was not to be overjoyed to take a good look at their passbook, but to be a little afraid and embarrassed. They all said no, and tried their best to refuse.
Boss Hong Yanzheng was the first to speak.
"Dad, Mom, Manli and I eat and live at home, and we haven't helped the family much over the years. Keep the money, we can't take it. Manly, what do you say?"
Okay, his opinions are all finished, and the last sentence remembers to ask his daughter-in-law. What else can Xu Manli say with a child in her arms?
Xu Manli is angry and funny. But she is indeed a virtuous wife who can understand her husband's straight temper, and her traditional moral concept is very strong.
So he didn't embarrass Hong Yanzheng at all, and he obediently agreed.
"I listen to you. ”
And after the eldest brother and sister-in-law gave in, the second Hong Yanwen revealed that the college student was high.
"I'm going to school now, and the school pays me. It's basically enough to buy books and live a living. After graduation, the school will still assign jobs. I don't really need the money. Mom, I think my share will be waived. ”
When Hong Yanru heard this, her two brothers didn't want it, and she was even more panicked and immediately refused.
"I don't want it either. Why do I want so much money as a middle school student! I just want to spend it and I don't know what to buy!"
Well, the family is so afraid of money that no one wants to get involved!
Hong Yanwu watched from the side, and he couldn't laugh or cry. The heart said, this is really known to outsiders, who can believe it!
He couldn't bear it anymore, so he called.
"Don't, it's hard to get rich in our family, why have you all become stupid? What are you pushing? I still don't believe it, you can't spend it if you have money! Think about it for yourself, our family lacks too many things. If nothing else, everyone in our family should have a bicycle, right? In the winter, we can't let my mother and sister-in-law wash clothes by hand. I've wanted to buy a washing machine for our family for a long time......"
Not to mention, there is some truth in what he said. As a result, everyone looked at each other.
In the end, it was Hong Lucheng, the head of the household, who broke down and made a conclusion on this matter.
"What the third said still makes sense. Bicycles and washing machines are useful things, and we have to spend this money. What's more, you are all children of the Hong family, and you have suffered a lot with us. The money allotted to you is yours, and you should live a good life. It's part of our heart as parents. ”
As soon as these words were said, several children of the Hong family felt warm and sour in their hearts, and they no longer objected.
But then, the old man has the following.
"Also, Manli has been hard enough in the past few years. She's supporting your mother. Your sister-in-law didn't spend any effort on your food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so your mother and I decided to give 2,000 yuan of the money we kept to Manli alone. She's only half of you, and you don't have anything to say, do you?"
That's really unexpected. Xu Manli was a little confused.
Her face turned crimson for a moment, but she just glanced at Hong Yanzheng, and she didn't have time to refuse. At this point, Wang Yunlin also spoke.
"Well, Izumiko is the same. Don't forget, when your father was sick, it was Bincheng where Quanzi accompanied the third child. He also left those savings in his family for us to take medicine and cure the disease. Just because of these, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the benefactor of the Hong family. What's more, he's our godson. Since he is a son, he has to have a share. I'm in charge, and Izumi, like Manli, will also take two thousand yuan. Also out of the money we left behind. You're okay, right?"
Well, Chen Liquan was also taken aback at this time. He really didn't expect that even he had a share.
This time, he and Xu Manli were moved, and they both couldn't wait to refuse.
Both said they couldn't ask for it. Hong Yanzheng also helped, saying that it was enough for the two of them to take one copy.
Hong Yanwu couldn't see that he could make any more trouble, so he simply overstepped his responsibilities and agreed directly for Quanzi. And he didn't let Chen Liquan push it anymore.
"Izumiko, since my parents said it, let's leave it at that. If you do this again, you will treat yourself as an outsider. Do you still recognize this godfather and this godmother? You're still not our brother anymore? Besides, didn't we talk about it earlier, and everything is half of one person. Lun Li'er, I still have to make up a thousand for you......"
With such a sentence, Chen Liquan was left with a smile.
"Big brother and sister-in-law, don't let it go. Sister-in-law has worked hard for so many years, and everyone sees it. If you don't take it, we won't be able to do it. What's more, if you don't rush anything else, you can't push it anymore for the sake of my two nephews. I have to say, Mom and Dad are Shengming. Your family will spend a lot of money to support the successors of the two Hong families. You just don't have to do it for yourself, you have to do it for the two children, don't you? You want to let it, who is embarrassed to spend a penny of the family's money, doesn't this make us all anxious to accompany you......"
Hong Yanwu then persuaded Hong Yanzheng and Xu Manli to come.
If you want to say that he has his own reasons for persuading people, it is difficult for people to refute them.
In this way, under his repeated persuasion, the Hong family finally ended all disputes and reached a happy result.
In the end, it was Hong Yanzheng and his wife who took away their passbook of 6,000 yuan, and Wang Yunlin asked them to keep it by themselves.
As for the others, the temporary custody is still in Wang Yunlin's hands. Those excerpts will be officially transferred to power when they get married.
Of course, if anyone has any requirements, they can ask their families, such as people who don't have bicycles to buy a bicycle. For example, Hong Yanru, who doesn't have a watch, wants to buy a watch.
Anyway, from now on, as long as the reasons are justified, the material demands of the children of the Hong family will never go unmet.
And everyone's humble behavior just now made Hong Lucheng sigh with relief.
"It is said that money is everything, but for our family, it is just to maintain material survival. It is said that the mercenary family of the merchant is mercenary, but our Hong family can do not be happy with things and not sad for themselves. That's really good......"
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