Chapter 8, take stock of the family
After the four of them returned from the Temple of Heaven, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, just in time for dinner
When he left in the morning, he was in a hurry, and Liu Guangqi didn't take a closer look when he passed by the front yard, and now he finally saw the legendary three masters, and he didn't know if the three masters were old men, anyway, Liu Guangqi felt that he was similar to the one who grew up more than ten years later, just like the stupid pillar and his father He Daqing is a type. As for the children of his family, ten-year-old Yan Jiecheng is taking Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekang to set off guns in the courtyard, and the youngest Yan Jiedi is estimated to be still in the belly of the three mothers at this time.
When passing by the middle courtyard, Jia Dongxu just came out of the house with a bowl of dumplings, and saw Liu Guangqi and the four of them, and specially picked up a dumpling and shook it at Liu Guangqi and the four of them.
As everyone knows, his action completely ruined his popularity, and Xu Damao and Xu Changsheng, who originally felt okay with him, also hated him a little for a while.
In the face of Jia Dongxu's provocation, Liu Guangqi ignored him at all, this guy is obviously a half-grown child with no brains, and it is not too simple to clean him up.
After returning to Lao Liu's house in the backyard, Liu's mother had already wrapped the dumplings and was waiting for Liu Guangqi to come back while freezing outside. This dumpling is definitely the best thing Liu Guangqi has ever eaten in the past two days, although the taste may be almost almost, because the seasoning is not so complete, but what is there to say about being able to eat such a bowl of steaming dumplings in 1950, his family is not a big mansion like the Bai family, just an ordinary worker family.
"Why do you still want to eat. Haven't you eaten it?"
Halfway through eating, Liu Guangqi found that Liu Guangtian was actually hiding aside and peeking at himself, secretly swallowing saliva there while watching.
"No, the second brother didn't eat."
didn't wait for Liu Guangtian to speak, Liu Guangfu on the side said it for him.
"What's going on? Mother. Why didn't the second child? ”
Hearing that Liu Guangtian didn't eat, Liu Guangqi hurriedly asked, he is not the Liu Guangqi of the past, the previous Liu Guangqi may be a little selfish, but he won't, the education he received since he was a child is to love his brother, so the relationship between the four of them is very good. He did not allow himself to be fed, but allowed his brother to starve on the sidelines.
"Why do you give him food, the white noodles at home are like this, I ate it today, and I have to wait until the New Year to eat it next time." You don't have to worry about him, just eat it. It's also a waste to feed him. ”
Hearing Liu's mother's words, Liu Guangqi was silent, he knew that Lao Liu and his wife were a little biased by the tradition of the eldest son's pension, but he didn't expect it to be so partial. In order to let the eldest son know that he is good to him, he would rather let one child eat fragrant and spicy food, and let the other son eat bran vegetables, no wonder Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu will become like this in the future, who has no resentment in their hearts.
Not allowed, absolutely not allowed, if Liu Guangqi is reborn in someone else's house, then he can ignore this mess, but since God let him be reborn in the old Liu family, then this situation must be changed, and this brother must not be allowed to go down the old road again. Thinking of this, Liu Guangqi immediately felt a sense of urgency in his heart, he must change the status quo of this family as soon as possible. At this moment, Liu Guangqi is extremely grateful to God for giving him a space, at least relying on this space, he can improve the living conditions of this family in the fastest way.
"Er, you eat, I have something to go out for."
Thinking of this, Liu Guangqi put the dumplings in front of Liu Guangtian and prepared to go out. Seeing the dumplings in front of him, Liu Guangtian's originally depressed little face immediately showed a smile, and he stretched out his hand to grab the dumplings in the bowl.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Mother Liu was immediately anxious when she saw it, and reached out and slapped Liu Guangtian's paws. Liu Guangtian was taken aback, and Liu Guangqi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Liu's mother and said.
"Mom, since this meal is given to me, it is mine, I am the eldest brother, and it is right to take care of the younger brother. You don't have to worry about it. ”
"Okay."
Seeing that Liu Guangqi was so persistent, Liu Guangtian didn't say anything, and at this moment, Liu Guangtian suddenly picked up a dumpling and put it in front of Liu Ma, and said in his slightly childish voice.
"Mom, you can taste it too."
"Mom doesn't eat it, Mom has eaten it."
Mother Liu looked at such a sensible and filial second child, and her heart suddenly had mixed feelings.
"Mom, lie, you didn't eat."
As soon as Mother Liu's words fell, Xiao Guangfu on the side debunked her. Liu Guangqi immediately understood what was going on when he heard it, and he felt a grievance in his heart, so he walked out without saying a word.
After coming to the space, Liu Guangqi rushed to the kitchen without saying a word, pulled out all the edible things in the kitchen, and looked at the food in front of him.
After solving this problem, Liu Guangqi officially began his own process of calculating the family's background, one to count is naturally his three-story small western-style building, the second and third floors don't need to be seen, their brother must not have anything that can be used in this era in the house, the main target of the search is his parents, the first floor where his grandparents live, and the utility room behind the house, which is all used by their family, but they are not willing to throw things away.
"Roar, Goode, Goode"
As the most likely place to turn out useful things, Liu Guangqi quickly found good things in her grandparents' room, a renminbi, this renminbi is not the renminbi used in 2022, but the first set of renminbi issued in 1949, and the second set of renminbi issued in 1955, which should have been collected by the old man in the early years.
"Rich. Got rich"
Looking at the RMB in his hand, Liu Guangqi couldn't help cheering. Liu Guangqi simply counted it, and picked out the second set of renminbi that could not be used, there were more than 208,000 yuan in the first set of this book, including two 50,000 yuan and one 30,000 yuan, and one 5,000 yuan and 1,000 yuan, which were either issued in 1951 or 1953, and now they can't be used at all.
"Damn, it took a lot of effort to find five dollars"
After the conversion was completed, Liu Guangqi couldn't help but curse in his heart.
And this money can not be kept and must be spent immediately, because the start of the Korean War triggered the first inflation after the founding of the People's Republic of China, if this money is not spent as soon as possible, then it will not be long before the money will depreciate and even wipe the buttocks. But anyway, at least there is a good start, especially the second set of renminbi that is full of gold.
With a good start, Liu Guangqi's enthusiasm for searching suddenly rose, doesn't this feel the same as exploring treasures, although it is his own home, there are always some things he doesn't know. Soon Liu Guangqi found a Shanghai brand watch in his grandfather's drawer, but unfortunately he couldn't bring this thing, because the Shanghai Watch Factory was only established in 1955. Looking at this room full of unusable things, Liu Guangqi had a tangle in his heart, but this tangle was quickly left behind, even if he couldn't use it now, he could use it in the future, and he could use it sooner or later.
After searching the old man's room, Liu Guangqi came to his parents' room again, and after searching for a long time, he found some jewelry cash, although he didn't find anything useful, but Liu Guangqi wrote down all the things in the house, and it was always useful.
After reading the small western-style building, Lin Wen came to the utility room at the back of the house, compared to the home, Liu Guangqi felt that the things in this were probably things that he could use in this era.
Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door of the utility room, Liu Guangqi saw a rusty 28 bar, not only the handlebars were crooked, the chain was broken, and even the front wheels didn't know where to go. But the more broken Liu Guangqi is, the happier he is, if this is a new Liu Guangqi, he is still worried about how to take it out, after all, in this era, a bicycle needs a lot of money. Although Lao Liu's salary is a lot, it only rose after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he didn't save any money before. The state of the car in front of me is in line with the economic situation of the old Liu family, and after finding an excuse to take it out, it will cost some money to repair it, and it is also a means of transportation, which is better than walking.
Then Liu Guangqi pulled out a sewing machine in a mess of things, although I don't know if it can be used, but the appearance still looks quite new. These two things, plus the old man's watch, Liu Guangqi can be regarded as three turns in three turns and one ring at this moment. Immediately afterwards, Liu Guangqi found a set of carpenter's things, which was probably used by the old man himself when he was young.
The utility room is not very big, and after a while, Liu Guangqi searched almost it, and just when he was about to leave and go to the reservoir area to search, a few cardboard boxes stacked at the door suddenly fell down, and almost didn't hit him. The dust on the box suddenly flew everywhere, choking Liu Guangqi couldn't help coughing.
"What is this?"
Just when Liu Guangqi was about to throw out these broken boxes, he saw that there was a wooden box pressed under the box, Liu Guangqi opened it and was immediately happy, it was all old gadgets, there were chains to grab, iron frogs or something. At first glance, these things are what Liu Guangqi's father played with when he was a child.
"No wonder there's nothing in the house, it's all here. What is this, come on, three turns and one ring are all together. ”
Putting the toys aside, Liu Guangqi saw a small wooden box in a pile of villain books, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was actually a homemade ore radio.
After finishing this little thing in his house, Liu Guangqi found the spare warehouse key that others had put in his house from the old man's room and walked towards the storage area in a leisurely manner.