How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 304: So Many Treasures (Two in One)

"Of course." The military police uncle nodded.

"Also, you are all responsible for the routine repair and maintenance of the house," said Li Le.

"this is necessary."

With such a low rent, it would be unreasonable if we still have to ask others to do the routine repairs and maintenance.

"By the way, you said before that you would rent it to us for 30 years. I want to ask, is the rent you mentioned before this much for the first year, or will it always be the same?"

"Of course it has always been the same. The rent has remained the same for thirty years."

It was the 1950s and it had been rented out for 30 years, right up to the 1980s, when reform and opening up had already begun.

Just enough to take the house back.

As for the rent, the contract was signed in 1950, so even if the second set of RMB comes out in a few years, we still have to pay according to the exchange rate.

Now a room costs 5,000 yuan a month. After the second set of RMB comes out, it will naturally become 50 cents a month.

To be honest, the rent really doesn’t matter. Li Le doesn’t lack this little money. All he needs to do is keep these houses.

"Do you have any other requests?" asked the military and police chief.

"Of course, this contract must not only have the seal of your police station, but also the seal of your superior department."

"No problem?" The military police uncle nodded in agreement.

Li Le said: "In addition, we need to add a clause to the contract, which is that when the contract expires, you must return the house unconditionally and cannot damage the house, otherwise you will have to pay compensation according to the price."

The military police uncle said, "Okay."

Li Le said: "Okay, once I get the contract ready, I'll bring the landlord to see you."

"Ok!"

Li Le looked at the military police uncle and said, "By the way, I found a few houses in other places. I wonder if other police stations need them?"

The military police uncle nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, very much. Tell me the location and I will help you contact them."

"There is a three-entry courtyard in the front door, and another two-entry courtyard in the front door."

The two courtyard houses in Qianmen, the one with three entrances is owned by Li Le.

The second-floor apartment is under the name of Niu Shuanzhui, and is not far from Li Le’s three-floor courtyard.

"Any more?"

Li Le nodded and said, "Yes, a three-story courtyard house in Houhai."

This three-courtyard courtyard house is also under Li Le's name. Li Le now has three properties under his name. In addition to these two three-courtyard courtyard houses, there is also the one-courtyard courtyard house he lives in now.

"There is also a two-entry courtyard house in Guanyuan and a two-entry courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang."

Nanluoguxiang is under the name of Li Daila, and the one in Guanyuan is under the name of Ma Feng.

"Anything else?" the military police uncle asked greedily.

"You already know about Jiaodaokou, that's all for now."

"Okay, Li Le, don't worry, I'll contact you later. When they come, I'll have someone call you."

Li Le nodded and said, "No problem."

For the next two days, Li Le did nothing. Every day he took Zhao Yanran and her sister, as well as a few brothers, to sign contracts with the police station.

From now on, everyone will receive a rent every month. Although it is not much, it is enough to support the family.

You should know that Ma Feng and his family’s two-courtyard house has more than 30 rooms.

The rent is nearly two hundred thousand per month, which is the salary of an apprentice.

You have to know that at that time in the imperial capital, the standard for a poor household was 50,000 yuan per person per month.

Ma Feng and his friends are all alone. Not to mention that they are now collecting waste to make money, even if they do nothing and just lie at home every day, the rent alone is enough for them to live on, and they may even have a lot left over.

After finishing the house, Li Le breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was to store food.

Waiting for the arrival of 1953.

Of course, by buying these houses, Li Le also got a lot of good things, especially furniture.

He also got a lot of antiques, all of which were passed down from Grandpa Tian and his elders. It can be said that each one is of top quality.

That afternoon, Li Le came to Mr. Liu's house with some cooked food and wine.

Without Master Liu, he wouldn't be able to buy so many houses, let alone get so many good furniture and antiques.

"Knock, knock, knock!" Li Le grabbed the door knocker and knocked on the door.

"Here I come." Master Liu's voice came from the yard.

Soon the door opened, and seeing that it was Li Le, Master Liu smiled and said, "You still remember to come now?"

Li Le scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, Master Liu. I've been busy these past few days. I just finished my work today and came here now."

"Yes, you haven't forgotten me." Grandpa Liu patted Li Le on the shoulder and said.

"Look at what you said. I can forget anyone else but you!" Li Le said, scratching his head.

"Okay, stop joking and come in. We won't leave until we're drunk today."

Li Le curled his lips and said, "Master Liu, this is not a decent thing to do. This is your home. You are drunk and you just lie down. I still have to go home!"

Hearing what Li Le said, Master Liu shook his head, looked at Li Le helplessly and said, "I'm talking to you, kid. I just said an idiom! Why are you making a big deal out of it?"

"Yes, yes, it's my fault. I accept the punishment. I'll drink three cups first." Li Le said, patting his chest.

"Come on! I think you want to drink more. It's just a small amount of wine. You will finish it later."

"Hehehe!" Li Le laughed foolishly.

Li Le took out the cooked food and put it on the table. The two of them did not go into the house, but sat at the stone table in the yard and started drinking.

"By the way, Li Le, you got a lot of good stuff this time, right?" Grandpa Liu drank a glass, put the glass down and asked.

"Not bad, I got some nice treasures. If there is anything you like, please tell me and I will bring it to you later!"

Master Liu quickly stopped Li Le and said, "No, you should keep it for yourself!"

Mr. Liu is a very particular person and would never take advantage of others.

Li Le said indifferently: "It's okay, Master Liu, it's not worth much."

"This is not a question of money, but a question of human principles."

Seeing that Master Liu really had no intention of buying it, Li Le could only helplessly say, "Okay then! When I come across a good one in the future, I'll take you to see it."

Master Liu nodded and said, "That's fine."

When Li Le and Liu Ye had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and Li Le could only say goodbye to Liu Ye.

Master Liu did not stop him and let Li Le go back, because Master Liu knew that it was not safe at night.

When Li Le returned home, his family had already eaten, but no one had rested. They were all sitting in the living room chatting.

"Brother Le!"

"Big brother!"

"Yeah!" Li Le nodded and asked, "Why haven't you rested yet?"

"Brother Le, we're worried because you haven't come back yet, so we're waiting for you here." Zhao Yanran said.

"There's nothing to worry about, but since everyone is here, I'll assign you another task."

Hearing what Li Le said, Ma Feng quickly asked: "Brother, what is the mission?"

Li Le turned his head and looked at Zhao Yanran and said, "Give them an extra 10 million each tomorrow."

"Yeah! Got it, Le."

Ma Feng asked again: "Brother, you haven't mentioned any mission yet?"

"Tomorrow when you go out to collect waste, when you come back, you must not only buy food but also some wine."

"Buy some wine?" Everyone looked at Li Le in confusion. There was no shortage of wine at home!
Not to mention that Li Le would buy some wine every now and then, Ma Feng and his friends also often bought wine.

Of course, this is for drinking at home, not the wine that Li Le bought and brought back to reality.

Ma Feng looked at Li Le and said, "Brother, don't we have a lot of wine at home? Why are you buying wine?"

Only at this time did Ma Feng understand why Li Le asked Zhao Yanran to give them 10 million each.

Ten million is not a small amount, four tens of millions is a lot of money.

Li Le said: "The wine I asked you to buy is not the one we usually drink at home."

"Brother, if it's not these wines, then what kind of wine do you want us to buy?"

"Imperial Capital Three Whites, this is what I asked you to buy, and the more the better."

"The Three Whites of the Imperial Capital?" Mao looked at Li Le in surprise, and his gaze was moving lower and lower.

Li Le punched Ma Feng and said, "What are you looking at?"

"Brother, you want this wine..."

The Imperial Capital Three Whites are so famous in the imperial capital, how could Ma Feng and his friends not know this wine?

This is tonic wine! It is a very tonic wine, and they never drink this kind of wine.

That’s right, all of them are single, why would they buy this kind of wine?

"I want this wine to be useful. As for what it's for, don't ask me. The more I buy, the better."

The three whites of the imperial capital will only be produced for a few years.

After the public-private partnership, these three types of wine were no longer produced.

It's not only a management problem, but also a problem of not being able to purchase raw materials.

Because the wine contains traditional Chinese medicine, and many of these medicines are not easy to buy.

Production was discontinued in 1955 and 1956, and resumed only in the 1980s.

Unfortunately, the Didu Sanbai liquor produced in the 1980s could not compare with the previous ones in terms of taste or efficacy.

Just like that, within two years, the three white people of the imperial capital disappeared in the long river of history.

Therefore, the three white bottles of Didu that can be bought in later generations were all produced in the 1980s.

Because the taste and effect are not good, and the price is very cheap.

As for the production processes and technologies, they can only be rated as intangible cultural heritage in later generations and can no longer be produced.

What Li Le wants now is to get more of the three white things from the imperial capital back to reality, and the more the better.

Otherwise, after it is discontinued, you won’t be able to buy it even if you want to.

Niu Shuanzhu nodded and said, "I understand, big brother. Don't worry, I will go to a few more places tomorrow and buy more."

"Well! I don't force you to buy this. Buy as much as you can. It doesn't matter if you can't buy it."

The price of the three whites in the capital is not cheap. Ordinary stores don’t have them at all. Sometimes Li Le can’t even buy them when he goes to buy them.

The price of one bottle of Lotus White or Chrysanthemum White is enough to buy four bottles of Xifeng.

You should know that the most expensive wine now is Xifeng, which is even more expensive than Moutai.

But compared with the three whites of the imperial capital, it is still far behind.

We chatted for a while and then went to wash up and rest.

Silent all night.

After breakfast the next morning, Ma Feng and his friends went out.

Li Le did not go out, but went to the cellar alone to look at the rice that had been put in before.

The cellar was dry and comfortable. Li Le took a look at the rice that had been put there before. It was well preserved.

Li Le was not idle during this period. He collected some food into the space every day.

There are at least twenty tons of rice and flour stored in the space now.

Of course, a lot of raw meat was also stored. Since the space was static anyway, it didn’t matter how long it was kept.

Most of the meat that was stored was pork, with some beef, mutton, and eggs.

There weren't many vegetables stored, but even if they could be purchased with coupons in the future, it would still be easy to get them.

He just needed to save enough to eat during the winter.

There is no way. Vegetables take up too much space. It would be better to store more meat than to store vegetables.

Even if it’s hard to get vegetables in the future, I can buy vegetable coupons! It doesn’t cost much.

After staying in the cellar for about half an hour, Li Le came out.

"Yanran, I'm going out." Li Le shouted.

"Okay, brother Le, be careful on the road."

"understood."

Li Le rode his tricycle to the street. When he passed by a butcher's shop, he saw several slices of fresh pork on the chopping board and rode his tricycle directly over.

"How much is this meat?" Li Le asked.

"Pure meat is 5,200, and bones are 4,500."

Pure meat means it has both fat and lean meat, while meat with bones is sold with the bones intact.

There are also spare ribs in this era, but the spare ribs in this era are not expensive, and the price is not even half of pure meat.

"Then I want the ones with bones. Give me these two!" Li Le said, pointing at the two larger ones.

"You want both?" the butcher asked Li Le while holding the knife.

"Yes, both." Li Le nodded.

"Should I separate them for you?"

Li Le quickly stopped him and said, "No need, just the whole fan will do."

"okay."

In fact, pigs in that era were not big. One hundred and forty or fifty kilograms was considered large, and two hundred kilograms was considered extra large.

The main reason was that there was no feed in that era, and people were reluctant to feed grain, so they basically fed the pigs grass or something like that.

It would be strange if he could grow up.

So the two pieces of pork together weigh only about 110 pounds.

Two pieces of pork only cost a little over 500,000 yuan, which is really cheap.

Li Le paid the money and asked the butcher to help put the food on the tricycle. Li Le then rode away.

Li Le found a deserted place, put the two pieces of pork into the space, and then rode his tricycle to collect junk.

"Collecting junk!"

"Selling broken ones?"

"Are you selling old books and newspapers?"

I wandered around the streets for the whole morning. Today was pretty good. I received a lot of junk. After deducting the cost, I made almost 30,000 yuan.

To be honest, this is already a lot. Don’t forget that it’s only the morning, and there’s still the afternoon!

Even if you only make 10,000 yuan in the afternoon, that would be nearly 40,000 yuan a day, and over 1 million a month.

It can be said that except for those who hold positions, ordinary workers have no way to compare with him. Even the highest-level workers cannot compare with him.

And this is just the money earned from collecting junk. Who says collecting junk has no future? Li Le really doesn't believe it.

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