Novels Emperor | Novel Siheyuan: Starting at 52, I, He Daqing, will not run away (2024)

"The tavern is not open today?"

He Daqing joked with Pian Ye, looked at the sign"Temporarily Closed" next to it, and could n't help asking. Pian Ye heard it and shook his head and said,"No, old man He has only been gone for a month, and the old He family is left with only a young wife. It is probably a question whether this tavern can continue to operate in the future."

"If it really opens, it will probably have to wait until after the New Year."

"Now there is not even a place to drink, it's really tormenting."

Pian Ye sighed.

The fate of Old Man He's family has not changed.

He Yongqiang ran away with Xu Huizhen's cousin Xu Huizhi, and then Old Man He was so angry that he fell ill and could only rely on Xu Huizhen to take care of him with a big belly.

However, Old Man He did not make it through the winter.

After Xu Huizhen gave birth to a daughter and saw that the old He family had an heir, he died. Afterwards

, Xu Huizhen hastily handled the funeral with the help of the street office and neighbors.

During this period, He Yongqiang never showed up.

And Xu Huizhen, based on the mentality that family disgrace should not be made public, claimed to the outside world that her husband He Yongqiang was hit and killed by a car.

Although everyone had heard some rumors and guessed something, no one had ever pointed it out from beginning to end, but just helped as much as possible.

Old Man He died.

He Yongqiang abandoned his wife and daughter and ran away with someone else.

It's no wonder that Pian Ye doubted whether the tavern could continue to operate.

"I think this tavern will continue to operate. After all, you have met Xu Huizhen, and she is also a person who never gives up. How could she give up old man He's business so easily?"

"I think it won't be long before the tavern opens."

Although He Daqing didn't know the exact time when the tavern would reopen, he had a guess on 927 when he saw that Xu Huizhen had just finished her confinement in the winter of 1955 in the TV series and reopened the tavern.

The winter of a year is not just the second half of the year, but also January and February in the first half of the year.

It is now December of 1954, and there are still a few days until 1955.

So he thinks that the tavern will open in these few days.

After all, it took another three or four months after the tavern opened before the real public-private partnership of the shops in Daqianmen began.

This definitely didn't happen in 1956.

Because in early 1956, the country had already completed a comprehensive public-private partnership. How could Daqianmen wait until May or June of 1956 to carry out the public-private partnership? The higher-ups wouldn't allow it.

"Hey, if I really tell you this, it would be great."

"The tavern is closed. There is no place to drink and chat on weekdays. It is too boring."

"If you really wait until the tavern opens, I will treat you to two taels of wine at least!"

Pian Ye said with a smile, obviously looking forward to the reopening of the tavern.

Hearing this, He Daqing also smiled and said,"You said it yourself, I take it seriously, I'll be waiting for your wine, Pian Ye."

"Of course!" Pian Ye said seriously,"I always keep my word. If I say I will treat you to two liang of wine, I must treat you to two liang of wine. Not a penny less will do.""

""Pian Ye, you are very generous."

He Daqing flattered with a smile, and then talked to Pian Ye for a few more words before riding away.

After he left, the sound of Pian Ye singing could be heard again behind him.

"Look over there!"

"It was a very cold day in the twelfth month of winter. The snow kept falling, and the towers and palaces were turned into silver mountains.……"

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Old Man He's tavern was not far from He Daqing's steamed bun shop, only about 100 to 200 meters away.

After a while, he returned to the steamed bun shop.

In the steamed bun shop, Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu were still busy, one was making steamed buns, and the other was fiddling with the steamer.

Because the channels for purchasing eggs were limited, the tea egg business was sluggish.

So the two had to pick up the job of selling steamed buns again, and started selling steamed buns three times a day, morning, noon and night.

More than a year passed.

Sha Zhu's personality has also improved greatly, and he has become mature and stable.

Especially after Qin Huairu became pregnant, she took the initiative to take on most of the housework at home, and she was more motivated to work.

"Dad, you're back!"

When the young couple saw He Daqing coming back, they hurriedly stood up and greeted him.

"Zhuzi, what's wrong with you? Your wife is already four or five months old, why are you still letting her work in the kitchen? Why don't you help your wife go to the house to rest?"

He Daqing saw Qin Huairu working in the kitchen of the steamed bun shop, and his eyes couldn't help but glared at Sha Zhu. He Daqing was really satisfied with his daughter-in-law. Not only was she sensible and hardworking, she also had a good personality and was very discerning. She also respected He Daqing and Chen Xueru very much. It can only be said that Qin Huairu, who had not turned evil, was really a good woman.

"Dad, don't blame Zhuzi, this is my own request." Qin Huairu heard He Daqing scolding Sha Zhu and hurriedly said,"My daughter-in-law is only four months pregnant now, it's still early for her to give birth, she's not that delicate."

He Daqing shook his head and said,"Okay, you're pregnant now, try to rest more, our family doesn't lack this little money, there's no need to be busy selling buns all day long."

In He Daqing's opinion, selling buns is completely dispensable.

After all, even if the two of them work hard for a whole day, the profit from selling buns is less than 100 yuan, which is just a fraction compared to the huge profits from tea eggs before.

Even now, the tea egg business is affected and it is difficult to purchase eggs. (To read the novel"Bao Shuang", just go to Fulu Novel Network!) They can make a profit of at least 400 to 500 yuan a day, which is much better than other shops in the Daqianmen area.

So he really doesn't care about the profits of several hundred or several hundred yuan from selling buns.

However, He Daqing doesn't think highly of the profits of several dozen yuan from selling buns, but Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu think highly of it.

After all, in this era, the salary of an ordinary first-level worker is just over 20 yuan, and the profit of a bun shop from selling buns in a day can catch up with the salary of an ordinary worker for three or four months.

For Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, this is not a small amount of money.[]

Of course, this is also because the money earned by the steamed buns shop is in the hands of He Daqing, and Sha Zhu and his wife can only get a salary of a hundred yuan a month. If all the money earned by the steamed buns shop were really given to them, they would probably not be like this now.

He Daqing had a brief chat with Sha Zhu and his wife, and then carried the box back to the backyard of the steamed buns shop.

At this time, Chen Xueru was waiting in the backyard.

When she saw He Daqing, she hurriedly came up and asked,"How is it, have you exchanged it all?"

Chen Xueru has always known about the exchange of cash for gold and has participated in it.

However, compared with He Daqing's resoluteness, Chen Xueru was inevitably a little hesitant about this matter, so she still had a lot of cash left in her hands. It was not until the news that the second set of RMB was about to be issued that she really became anxious and wanted to exchange all the cash in her hand for gold.

Unfortunately, it is too late now.

Nowadays, even if you have money, it is difficult to buy gold.

When He Daqing heard Chen Xueru's question, he shook his head and said,"No, Xinbaozhai only sold 30,000 yuan worth of gold, and the price of gold is still very high. They said that they will no longer provide gold exchange services in the short term."

The 100,000 yuan in his hand was not his own, most of it came from Chen Xueru.

This was also the reason why Chen Xueru was anxious.

"What should I do then?"

""I can't just leave all this money to rot in my hands, right?"

Chen Xueru said anxiously when she heard this, and was obviously worried about the large amount of cash in her hands.

It's not that she has no confidence in the release of the second set of RMB.

It's that the depreciation of cash is too fast these days.

Especially during the release of new currency.

Let's take the simplest example.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first set of RMB was issued.

However, when the State Council issued public bonds for the first time in the early 1950s, the RMB depreciated by more than 200 times in less than a year. It was not until the end of 1951 that the value of the RMB really stabilized.

But by that time, compared with the beginning of 1950, the People's The currency has depreciated almost tenfold.

This is also the reason why the maximum denomination of the first set of RMB increased from 5,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan in 1953.

Because the currency depreciated too quickly.

For this reason, the government also launched a value-preserving savings bank business called discounted savings to ensure that the people's property will not be plundered.

Unfortunately, this value-preserving savings business is not for everyone, but mainly for teachers, students, workers, etc., and a person can only save one month's salary and cannot save more.

This has pitted small industrialists and businessmen, who can only watch their wealth shrink dramatically.

If not for this, the four���The gold merchants, ordinary merchants, shop owners, and even ordinary people in the city would not be so panicked after hearing about the re-issue of currency.

They are really scared.

He Daqing looked at Chen Xueru with a sad face, and couldn't help but hold her in his arms and comforted her:"It's okay, we have exchanged a lot of gold in the past two years. Even if there is a certain impact after the new currency is issued, it will not cause serious damage."

"In addition, we can also exchange the money in our hands for materials and goods and store them, or buy some jewelry, jade, antiques and the like. In this way, we can naturally reduce the impact of the issuance of new currency."

He Daqing didn't know whether the issuance of the new currency in 1955 would lead to a large depreciation of the currency.

However, referring to the bill policy suddenly released in 1955, he felt that the situation would not be too optimistic.

If the authorities could really guarantee the smooth issuance of the new currency, they would not implement the bill purchase and unified sales policy.

In addition, He Daqing also dug an underground warehouse in the courtyard behind the steamed bun shop, using the method of ants moving, to store a large amount of rice, flour, food, air-dried bacon, etc.

These things are all stored in a special way, which can ensure that rice, flour, bacon, etc. are preserved for several years without quality problems.

He did this just in case.

What he was afraid of was that he would not be able to go to Hong Kong Island as scheduled, and he needed to prepare for the major disaster three years later.

Even if their family left, they could leave this batch of food to relatives and friends in need to help them survive the disaster year in the near future.

After all, he did not dare to guarantee that his family could really go to Hong Kong Island smoothly, let alone that the people around him were willing to go to Hong Kong Island with him.

Be prepared for everything.

You need to leave yourself a way out..