In the Spring Festival of 1991, Jia Lei was very happy, because he received a big gift, because of the relationship between the land management implementation regulations, the above to re-register the people's mountain farms, paddy fields, dry land and their own vegetable fields and homesteads, because Jia Lei's contribution to the village is not small, the village allocated 40 acres of mountain farms, 30 acres of paddy fields and 80 dry lands to him from the collective land.

That's a lot!

The total population of Dongning is less than 70,000, of which the border reclamation corps accounts for tens of thousands, which is simply synonymous with vast land and sparsely populated areas.

Jia Lei was in a good mood, and took advantage of the Chinese New Year to give the employees of the Patriotic Army Support Service Agency and Mingzhu City a unit benefit of ten catties of pork and 100 red envelopes, and he spent more than 40,000 yuan at once.

"Hey! Why are there so many people in the Patriotic Army Support Service Agency, they only gave them more than 100,000 yuan in principal at the beginning. Jia Lei looked at the account book of welfare and said.

"It seems that I still have to earn money, otherwise I am afraid that I will not even be able to afford mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jia Lei said with a sigh.

Of course, I can't afford it - the beverage factory and the oral liquid factory will start work during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two factories will have 2,000 workers.

This year, even the price of pork has risen, and it will soon be 3 yuan a catty, so Jia Lei packed his luggage and plunged into Russia to do business.

At the end of the year, Jia Lei now has more than 400,000 US dollars in his hands after selling red wine, chicken and shirts, but unfortunately this money is not enough to buy raw materials for the start of the oral liquid factory and labor money for the two factories!

Jia Lei was very glad that his beverage factory now only sells distilled water and mineral water, which are basically free of money!

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Jia Lei and Su Renfeng returned to the Soviet Union to sell goods after the fifth day of the new year, although the big business like red wine and turkey is temporarily gone, but the wholesale business of selling down jackets and blankets is constantly every day.

It's just a little bad - the ruble is depreciating too fast!

Jia Lei just spent a year in his hometown, and the exchange rate between the ruble and the dollar fell to 1 dollar to 24 rubles in a little more than a month, you must know that at the beginning of January 1991, it was still 1 dollar to 19 rubles, and in 1990, the black market price was still 0.8 rubles to 1 dollar, and the ruble depreciated 30 times in a year!

February 21, 1991

On this day, Jia Lei and Su Renfeng hired villagers from the border trade zone to bring in 200 blankets by hand, and the purchase price of these plush blankets in China was only 20 yuan, and when they arrived in the Soviet Union, they could be sold for about 200 rubles, about 8 US dollars, and when converted into RMB, it was about 40 yuan, and the profit was a little low before it doubled! 200 pieces were sold for 40,000 rubles.

It's a pity that the Soviet ruble has not yet been issued, and the Soviets have no ruble in their hands, so Jia Lei had no choice but to give up the plan to sell at a high price and start making small profits and quick turnover! This trip only earned 20,000 rubles!

"The goods are sold a little late today, the banks are closed, are we going to change the rubles?" asked Su Renfeng.

"Go, when the bank is closed, go to the black market to change!" Jia Lei thought about it and said.

"No, we have a total of 40,000 rubles in our hands, including interest! In the bank, the ratio of 1 ruble: 1.8 US dollars can be exchanged for more than 70,000 US dollars, and if we go to the black market, I am afraid that we can only exchange it for 2,800 US dollars! It is not cost-effective. Su Renfeng said that Jia Lei hesitated when he thought about it.

Natasha and her family will be able to help us get 20,000 rubles a day, and we will give others a rebate of $2,000. Jia Lei said angrily, so most of the time they buy some special industrial products from the Soviet Union and ship them back to China to sell.

"It's good to be able to exchange for dollars, many ordinary people in the Soviet Union can't exchange dollars for rubles at all. Su Renfeng said.

"Of course, they can't exchange dollars, and if everyone can exchange dollars at the bank, then who will go to the black market to exchange foreign currency! Most of those dollars go out through the back door as soon as they arrive at the foreign exchange point, otherwise you say that the Soviet Union has a steady stream of dollars on the black market, where do they come from? Jia Lei said.

"Okay, we're not Soviets, and this has nothing to do with us. Su Renfeng said.

"Let's go to the black market! Let's exchange 20,000 rubles for dollars, and the rest of the rubles will be exchanged for dollars at the foreign exchange point tomorrow. Jia Lei said that anyway, the ruble has been depreciating, and if you have dollars in your hand, you won't lose anything.

"Why don't we change it, and we will leave the money and go around the street tomorrow to buy something and send it back to China to sell! Su Renfeng said.

"Let's go today! This ruble falls every day, and I am afraid that it will fall again when I change it tomorrow!" Jia Lei said holding the cash box, it was already half past six in the evening.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Jia Lei and Su Renfeng had already returned to Natasha's house, and the two of them had been hungry for a day and were now eating Natasha's specialty dish - potato beef stew!

The black market price of beef in the Soviet Union has risen to 80 rubles a catty! Except for businessmen like Su Renfeng, the Soviets who live on wages can no longer afford to eat, because Natasha has just given birth, and her aunt and grandmother carry the beef and eggs bought from China from the domestic border trade zone to Su Renfeng's wholesale shop in the Soviet border trade zone almost every day.

Anyway, with the border citizen card, you can get a tax-free quota of 50 catties a day, so you don't have to use it in vain!

Natasha was watching the evening news of the Soviet Union while holding Soviet Russia, and Su Renfeng was also translating for Jia Lei while watching TV, and Jia Lei himself can now understand some simple Russian sentences.

"From tomorrow, banknotes of 50 and 100 denominations will be invalidated. People can replace such large-denomination banknotes within a stipulated time. However, the bank only accepts the exchange of money from retirees, and each person can only exchange 100 rubles of banknotes. Ordinary personnel can only exchange large denomination notes equivalent to one month's salary in their units. The host of the Moscow TV program announced in a stern tone.

"Why didn't I understand what the Soviet guy said just now? Is he talking about money? I only understand tomorrow...... 50 rubles...... 100 rubles a few words. Jia Lei asked Su Renfeng, but he didn't know why Su Renfeng didn't answer him.

"Second cousin, what's wrong with you? I asked you, why didn't you answer me?" Jia Lei put down his chopsticks and raised his head to ask, but as soon as he looked up, he saw Su Renfeng stunned like a wood carving.

"Second cousin, what's wrong with you? Natasha, come and see my cousin. Jia Lei anxiously turned back to Natasha and said.

Jia Lei didn't know if he didn't look back, and he was startled when he turned around! Natasha was more serious than Su Ren!

Natasha's hands holding the child were loose, and one of her little cousin's legs fell out.

"Child, child, oh my God, what's wrong with you? You don't even want children?" Jia Lei hurriedly ran over and snatched the child from Natasha's hand, and Natasha came back to her senses at this time.

"It's fine if the child is fine...... It's okay...... Woo...... Woo......" Natasha suddenly covered her face and cried as she spoke, and Su Renfeng finally came back to her senses when she heard his wife's cry.

"What should we do?

"What's wrong with you, can you explain it to me!" Jia Lei asked anxiously while hugging his little cousin who was crying in a different place.

"Did you hear the news just now?" asked Su Renfeng dryly.

"I heard it, but I didn't understand it! It seems to have something to do with money, saying fifty roubles, one hundred roubles. Jia Lei said.

"Yes! The news said......" Su Renfeng said with difficulty.

"You wait a while, let me prepare! I'm afraid that I won't be able to stand it later...... after Jia Lei finished speaking, he carefully put his little cousin Su Russia into the cradle, and then found a chair to sit down.

"Let's talk about it now, no matter what I hear, I can stand it and won't be weak!" Jia Lei said confidently.

"The news says that from tomorrow, banknotes of 50 and 100 denominations will be invalid. People can ......" Su Renfeng began to translate the words on TV for Jia Lei.

"Bang!" As soon as Jia Lei heard the first sentence, his body fell back violently, and even the person fell to the ground in the chair.

"No! No, I've only heard of the depreciation of the ruble, but I've never heard of the scrapping of the ruble...... I remember that the old ruble was scrapped in 93......" Jia Lei lay on the ground and whispered with wide eyes.

"Jia Lei, Jia Lei, are you alright......"