No. 1 Middle School is a century-old church school, located in a secluded deep alley, the alley is flanked by tall plane trees, green trees, shade the sky, the iconic Gothic buildings on the campus, the grandeur and solemnity, passing in front of the school gate, all attracted by this strong history and cultural accumulation.

It's a pity that such a tall distance is only less than 500 meters, out of this alley, is the downtown street, vegetable market, commissary, barber shop, small restaurant, lively and noisy, red dust thousands of miles, full of market atmosphere.

Behind the vegetable market is a gray office building with four large green characters written on it, "People's Post." "The façade room on the first floor is the sales department of the stamp company.

There is a big ginkgo tree at the door, it is the golden autumn season at this time, the leaves are golden, beckoning the leaves of the fan character, swaying the autumn spirit, there is often a group of men sitting around the tree, nothing to hold cigarettes, playing poker, and another group of people are setting up chess stalls, playing chess, and there is a circle around to watch the lively masters, gossiping.

One after another, people passed by the door, and a few of the people who helped to entertain themselves would always follow, "What kind of tickets do you want?" Or, "Do you have a ticket for your shot?" ”

Yes, these people are the "stamp dealers." ”

Some of them have internal relations with the post office, and they mix in the stamp market every day, buying low and selling high, earning the difference in price and making profits; Some people communicate with others according to their own vision and hobbies, and each takes what he needs.

During this period of time, every four or five o'clock in the afternoon, stamp dealers can always see a girl who looks like a middle school student carrying a schoolbag, entering and exiting the postal store, with a round face, black eyes, two thick and black braids, and a three-point smile on the corner of people's mouths.

"Hello Uncle Zhang." The girl approached the counter, looked at the colorful stamps in the glass cabinet with a smile, and held a paper bag in her hand, and handed it to Lao Zhang earnestly, "Look, the sugar-fried chestnuts I queued up to buy are still hot, Uncle Zhang should eat them too." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed a large handful and placed it on the counter.

"Yo, Xiaoyu, thank you, thank you. Lao Zhang in the counter hurriedly followed up and peeled a chestnut, which was really sweet. There will be no business, he is so sleepy that he wants to doze off, and it just so happens that this girl can chat with him, "Why haven't you been here for a long time?" ”

"Where's the midterm exam?" Chen Xiaoyu said, "No, I'll come as soon as the exam is over." ”

"Yo, how did you do on the exam?" Lao Zhang's daughter is also in middle school, and when she heard that it was an exam, she couldn't help but ask a few more words.

"Well, it's okay." Chen Xiaoyu inadvertently, but her eyes were staring at those tickets, "By the way, Uncle Zhang, is there still any stock for this year's zodiac tickets I told you last time?" ”

"Oh, well, you wait, I'll go to the warehouse and have a look. A few days ago, it seemed that someone asked for it, so I entered the point. After Lao Zhang finished speaking, he went to the warehouse to find the goods.

Although Chen Xiaoyu said it lightly, her heart was fluttering.

1980 is the Year of the Monkey, the monkey stamp is the first set of zodiac stamps, everyone who knows a little bit about stamp collection, know that this stamp later created an unprecedented legend in the history of stamps.

When Chen Xiaoyu was reborn, it was already the summer of 1980, and he missed the scheduled time for stamp issuance.

Chen family no one philately, so of course there is no "stamp card", although Chen Xiaoyu has this heart, but for the time being can not find a way to get a stamp card, she has to believe that "diligence can make up for the clumsiness", the first thing after class every day is to go to the stamp market.

This is almost every day she has to do her homework, go to the stamp market, understand the market, count the little change in her pocket, hoping to be able to get the most out of it at a lower price.

She knew that this was her investment for herself, and she was reborn in 1980, and what she could earn was Taobao's leakage.

The stamp market, the thrift market, and the antique market are all places that Chen Xiaoyu must go to in his spare time.

The big ones are not nothing, and they are not completely unavailable, but the funds required are large, and it is not easy to do, so she set her eyes on the small stamps, between square inches, and the risk is a little smaller.

Lao Zhang took a few single monkey tickets and a "quadripartite couplet" from the warehouse in the back, "Let's see, is this what you want?" ”

Chen Xiaoyu took it and took a closer look under the light, his hand has been trembling slightly, and sure enough, as a stamp collector expert in the company in his previous life said, the work of Master Huang Yongyu, the monkey is vivid, using engraving printing, and the fur can shine under the light, which is definitely a boutique.

She swallowed a mouthful of spit, nodded vigorously, and said, "Uncle Zhang, I want all of these." ”

"Okay." Lao Zhang helped her pack it while chatting with her, "Xiaoyu, I didn't expect you to be so calm at a young age, I only saw you buy it, but I never saw you sell it." ”

"Uncle Zhang, I just like stamp collecting." Xiaoyu said with a smile, but thought in her heart, I started selling yo stamps in my age, I think there is too much money, burn my fingers, and now I can make a few dollars by selling stamps.

"yes, I can really see it. Like or dislike is not the same, this often comes, there is a middle school student, the family has a good foundation, all day tinkering with some tickets to sell, this is not, I took a large version of this monkey ticket to let me find a buyer for him, you said these 80 tickets, where do I find someone to buy for him? ”

80 shots? A big edition? Monkey ticket? Chen Xiaoyu was so surprised that she opened her mouth.

"So, then, did you buy this big ticket for someone you found?" She stammered. The little heart fluttered and beat faster, almost jumping out of the mouth.

"No, whoever is full has nothing to buy such a big one, and they have to send 80 letters."

"So, can I take a look?" Chen Xiaoyu muttered, she squeezed the small purse she had just taken out, and the sweat in her palms almost made the purse wet.

"In the back, I'll give it to you, but this ticket is not cheap......" Old Master Zhang looked at her from the top of his reading glasses, that means, can you afford to pay the price?

"80 sheets, six yuan and four corners?" Chen Xiaoyu rummaged through his small wallet, counted all the gross bills and coins, and breathed a sigh of relief, there were still seven yuan, "I still have seven yuan, enough." ”

"Seven bucks? Hmm......" Lao Zhang groaned, leaned closer and lowered his voice, "Xiaoyu, you see, this version of the stamp was sold by someone on behalf of me, of course, it is not the price of our post office's normal issuance, otherwise people will not make money, right, I won't hide it from you, the price of this version of the stamp is 9 yuan, I will add a one yuan handling fee, a full ten yuan......"

This is sitting on the ground, and the price has risen by a quarter? Six pieces of four became ten dollars?

"So, do you want it or not?" Lao Zhang asked.

"Yes." Chen Xiaoyu said dryly. Ten dollars? Even if she asks for a hundred or a thousand yuan now, as long as she can get it, she can eat as much as she wants.

Ten dollars? She laughed in her heart, if she hadn't been born again, how could she have known that the ten-yuan stamp had risen to $1.1 million.

She bit her lip and said firmly, "Yes, Uncle Zhang, you help me keep it, and I'll go get the money right away." As she spoke, she poured all the change in her small purse on the counter and counted them one by one, "Uncle Zhang, I'll pay a deposit first, and I'll come later." ”

With that, she turned and left.

Lao Zhang shook his head behind his back, the child is really willful, the difference is four yuan, and it is not a small number.

See how she finds money?