Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

"What are you doing? You're not allowed in."

Oh my god, it’s that security guard again, wearing a red armband, who stopped Li Youcai and the other two.

Li Youcai finally understood everything. It turned out that the security guard was a person who only cared about clothes and not people.

"Uncle, we are going to the finance office to collect money. We just came up from the first floor." Li Youcai showed the note.

"Oh, that's what happened." The old man pretended to glance at the note and then said, "Why are there so many people going there? One person is enough. It's the one with the sign over there."

"Boss, you go." Li Guanghu said.

"Ah."

Li Youcai nodded, knocked on the door with the note, and then entered the finance office.

It was quite pleasant to get here. The lady inside saw the note, checked the seal, and began to click her abacus a few times.

“林蛙86斤是215块钱，蝲蛄22斤是41块8毛钱，一共是256块8毛，你给我两毛，我给你凑个整257块钱。”

"Yes." Li Youcai quickly took out two cents and put it on the table.

The older sister took a shiny yellow key, walked inside, opened the safe, and took out a stack of banknotes.

Pinch it with your left hand, and swish it with your right thumb and index finger...

The rustling of banknotes...

The two together are like a beautiful piece of music.

It’s a pity that the music was too short. Just as Li Youcai was about to close his eyes and enjoy it, it suddenly stopped.

"257, count it. If it's correct, sign it here."

The counted banknotes were placed in front of Li Youcai, and the finance lady also handed him a notebook and asked Li Youcai to sign.

After playing a song himself and verifying that it was correct, Li Youcai signed his name behind the payee.

"Come back later to collect the money. Don't rush after 3 o'clock, as we will close the box after 3 o'clock."

"Okay, got it."

After taking the money and leaving the finance office, Li Youcai quickly walked towards the stairs.

Completing this first transaction greatly boosted Li Youcai’s confidence.

In the stairwell, seeing Li Youcai coming back, Li Youjie hurriedly asked, "Did you get the money?"

"Well, not a penny less. Let's talk about it after we go out." Putting his arm around Li Youjie's shoulders happily, the two brothers walked outside.

Li Guanghu sat on a cart in front of the aquatic products company, smoking his cigarette and looking inside the gate.

"Dad, I got the money. It's 257 yuan in total. Look." Li Youcai held a stack of big unity banknotes with a few small receipts on it.

It’s a thick stack, and it feels very fulfilling when held in my hand.

This caused a great visual impact on Li Guanghu and Li Youjie, who had rarely seen money.

"Oh my God, so much! It's enough for me to get married!" Li Youjie's eyes widened when he saw the money. He had never seen so much money in his life.

Li Youcai spent 200 yuan to marry Chu Xinyan, which was considered a lot in the village.

With these more than 200 yuan, Li Youjie can marry a pretty good wife.

"Put it away quickly and don't let anyone see it." Li Guanghu was afraid that others would see it, so he told Li Youcai to put it away quickly.

Don't show off your wealth, as it will bring disaster.

Li Youcai put the money away again and said, "Dad, let's go to the glass factory's staff quarters and deliver the frogs we ordered. After that, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cooked food and have a good drink when we get home."

"Why go to the supply and marketing cooperative? After delivering the toad, go straight home." Li Guanghu knocked on the pipe bowl, knocking out all the fireworks inside, and then said, "We have a cart. Let's go home to eat tonight and then go up the mountain."

Seeing the money, Li Guanghu also became excited.

Regardless of whether it was dark or not, he was still thinking about going up the mountain to catch forest frogs.

Never underestimate a person's desire to get rich, even if he is already an old man.

The three of us pulled a cart and went to the glass factory's family compound again.

Only a portion of the people who ordered the forest frogs yesterday showed up to buy them, and quite a few people on the list didn't show up.

However, the remaining frogs and crayfish were sold.

on the way home.

Li Youjie was pulling the cart and felt as if he had endless energy. He wished he could fly home immediately.

Li Youcai and Li Guanghu walked behind.

"Dad, I have an idea."

If it were in the past, Li Guanghu would not bother to listen to Li Youcai's ideas.

But now it’s completely different.

His eldest son gave him too many surprises.

As a father, he has unconsciously changed his opinion of his eldest son.

Including the income from the glass factory, Li Youcai made a net profit of about 400 yuan a day. If Li Guanghu had not participated in the whole process, he would never believe it even if he died.

But the facts were right before his eyes, and he had no choice but to believe it.

Li Guanghu understood that his eldest son had really made it.

"Just tell me what you want to say. I'll do whatever I can to help you."

"Dad, I plan to collect frogs in the village at 5 cents per pound, and then sell them to the aquatic products company." Li Youcai expressed his idea.

"Collect? That's one way to do it."

Li Guanghu tasted it and said, "It's only 5 cents a pound. Isn't that a little too little? It would be terrible if people knew about it."

Li Guanghu had never done business before, and his understanding of business was still at the superficial level of buying and selling.

I simply felt that it was unfair to buy it from the villagers for fifty cents and then sell it for two dollars and fifty cents.

He was also a little worried, afraid that if the villagers knew about it, they would stab them in the back.

It is even possible to steal their business.

"Dad, business is all about ability. I was able to secure the supply channel for the aquatic products company because of myself. Whether or not to accept toads, and at what price, is entirely up to me."

"It's the off-season now, and the villagers, both adults and children, have nothing to do and can't earn a penny. I buy frogs for 5 cents. As long as they are willing to work hard, even if they only catch 5 kilograms of frogs a day, they can still earn yuan, which is more than the wages of workers in the city."

"You do not understand."

Li Guanghu sighed, "The villagers won't think so. They'll just think you're a scoundrel who took their hard-earned money."

Li Youcai understood what his father Li Guanghu meant.

The problem is not the lack of wealth, but the inequality.

It’s okay for everyone to be hungry at ordinary times, but if one person suddenly becomes rich, he will become a thorn in everyone’s side.

It's okay if everyone sells to you for 5 cents, but you shouldn't make any money. If you do make money, others will feel uncomfortable and say that you are taking money from your fellow villagers and are a black-hearted person.

"Dad, I understand what you want to say."

"But I have no choice now. Duoduo needs heart surgery, and I need to make this money as soon as possible. Compared to this matter, it doesn't matter what anyone says."

"Anyway, I've made up my mind. If anyone thinks the price I offer is too low, then they can sell it themselves."

"I signed an exclusive supply agreement with the aquatic products company. Even if others have a lot of frogs, they can't sell them to me. They can either sell the frogs to me or sell them on the street themselves. As long as they are not afraid of getting caught!"

Li Youcai said this actually just to take care of his father Li Guanghu.

According to his own thinking, if you are afraid of being talked about while doing business, then what's the point of doing business?

Take fruit for example.

Apples are sold at 10 yuan per pound on the market. How many of them can be paid more than 3 yuan by fruit merchants from farmers?

How many fruit farmers curse the middlemen while begging others to come and pick the fruit?

why?

Because people don't come to collect them, the fruits will rot after the season is over, and the year's work will be wasted.

Li Youcai is doing the same thing now.

Thinking of his eldest granddaughter, Li Guanghu no longer cared about so much. His son was right. The most important thing now was to earn money for Duoduo's surgery. Nothing else mattered.

"If you've made up your mind, then go ahead and collect them. The mountain will be frozen over in a month at most, and you won't be able to catch them even if you want to."