To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Li Fugui led Li Wenting to the small warehouse behind the kitchen. Li Fugui moved the big jar of sweet noodle sauce and said to Liu Guilan, "Mother, bring a shovel." Liu Guilan hurriedly got a shovel from the door.

Liu Guilan, you and your son, please pack the things. I'll watch over you at the door.

Li Fugui, this is my wife. She hands me the knife when men fight and keeps watch when men hide things. Old woman, hold the hot water bottle tight, don't get cold in this winter.

Li Fugui and Li Wenting started digging, and soon dug out a stone slab. Li Fugui pried the stone slab carefully, and Li Wenting couldn't bear to see his father struggling so hard.

He stretched out his hand and put the stone slab into the storage bag.

Li Fugui, this thing is really good. The father and son walked down the stairs into the cellar.

The cellar contained a great variety of things, all placed on shelves: rolls of gabardine, blue woolen cloth, sesame cloth, large pieces of bacon, and dozens of large jars of wheat.

There were also several large vats of lard, over twenty large tin barrels of soybean oil, several hundred kilograms of cotton, and numerous boxes of various sizes.

Li Fugui touched the box and said, "There are things in it that your grandfather gave me, as well as what our family has earned over the years."

Li Fugui opened two boxes filled with silver dollars. "Here is a silver dollar, keep it. Here is the private money your grandparents secretly gave me, one hundred large yellow croakers, two thousand silver dollars, and here is the dowry your grandmother gave me, keep it all."

These are the 500 large yellow croakers Dad has saved over the years. This box contains the 100 silver ingots your grandfather received when he divided the family property. Each ingot is 50 taels.

The box here contains the dowry jewelry left by your great-grandmother. We don’t have a daughter, so you can take all of them. If you have a daughter in the future, you can give them to your child as a dowry.

These boxes contain copper coins, passed down from our ancestors. When the family was divided, I got four boxes.

Then he opened two camphorwood boxes, which were filled with various kinds of brocade, including brocade, fragrant cloud yarn, soft smoke gauze and other precious fabrics. This was my great-grandmother's dowry.

These rosewood furniture pieces were also left by your great-grandmother. They are all valuable if you put them away.

Li Wenting put them all into the storage bag.

Li Fugui, son, will the grain in that bag grow mold if you put it in there?

Li Wenting, don't worry, I've tried my mother's egg pancakes, and they're still hot when I take them out.

Li Fugui, this is good, this is good. These are furs and food, which are our lifeblood. These gold, silver, treasures, silks and satins cannot satisfy hunger or keep out the cold, and are really not as comfortable as wheat.

Hurry up and collect everything. We will go to the backyard cellar to collect grain. This is the new wheat this year. Dad has kept more than a thousand stones of last year's wheat. He sent the grain store to the grain store. People in the city don't know what is good and what is bad, and they can't tell the difference between stale wheat.

After cleaning the cellar, Li Fugui led his son back to the bedroom. Inside several large boxes were the proceeds from the land sale, and Li Fugui asked his son to put them all away.

The father and son drank some hot water. Liu Guilan heated up some steamed buns in the kitchen, cut a plate of pork head, mashed garlic, and made a pot of egg soup.

The family of three finished their hot meal.

Li Fugui took his son to the backyard cellar to collect grain, and then went back to sleep.

Li Wenting had just fallen asleep for a while when Liu Guilan came over carrying a big bag.

Li Wenting was confused. What was his mother holding him for?

Liu Guilan, my mother’s private property also includes the dowry that your grandmother’s family gave as a gift.

Li Wenting saw a three-layer dressing box, and when he opened it, he found some gold hairpins, gold bracelets, rings, earrings, etc. There were also two jade bracelets with very good water content.

In a small box there were three thousand dollars and twenty large yellow croakers.

Liu Guilan, these are all gifts from my dearest son. Please keep them for me so that I can use them to help you get married in the future.

Li Fugui's network of contacts over the years is not to be underestimated. He has sold some crude tools and farming tools to wealthy people around him.

Li Wenting put away the rest. Li Fugui and his wife were reluctant to throw anything away, as their family was worth millions, not to mention their son's wealthy pocket.

This had to be utilized to the utmost. Liu Guilan was reluctant to sell those old hens that were laying eggs, so she asked Li Wenting to put them away. Liu Guilan thought about raising some chicks when she arrived in the Magic City, so Li Wenting persuaded her to leave thirty chickens.

In Liu Guilan's words, her chickens have eaten a lot of bean cakes, so the eggs they lay are particularly nutritious.

Li Fugui paid the wages to all the farmhands, locked the gate of the yard, and drove the cart to the tribe to reunite with his fellow tribesmen.

The clan leader was also reluctant to leave everything in his hometown. Finally, he closed his eyes, made up his mind, and shouted, "Let's go."

The Li family's dozen or so vehicles set off for the provincial capital, followed by twenty or so soldiers borrowed by Eighth Aunt.

The Li family bought train tickets to Shanghai from the provincial capital, so they could be taken care of if there were more people.

At Lanjing Station, my eldest cousin, who works as the director of finance in the government office, picked up the clan leader and his entourage.

It took the Li family three days and three nights to finally arrive in Shanghai.

Li Fugui and Liu Guilan were almost exhausted. They hadn't eaten or slept well for the past three days, but they finally arrived at their destination.

After arriving in Shanghai, they hailed two rickshaws at the train station and the family of three stayed at the Fuchun Hotel on Parker Road. The room rate was one dollar per day, and the Li family stayed in a large suite with three beds.

The three members of the Li family slept soundly and even had dinner in the room. They spent ten cents to buy two pots of boiling water at the Tiger Stove at the entrance of the alley. Li Wenting took out the dumplings cooked by Liu Guilan at home, and the three of them wolfed down the whole pot of dumplings while they were still steaming.

Li Wenting made a pot of tea, and Liu Guilan complained that hotels in Shanghai were too expensive, and that a day's stay was equivalent to a basket of eggs for her.

Li Fugui also complained that the prices in Shanghai were too high, and he actually charged ten cents for two pots of hot water.

Both husband and wife felt that their life was too expensive. All spending and no income was really frustrating.

Li Wenting, I'm planning to go to the church school recommended by my eldest cousin. There, I can learn English from foreigners. My eldest cousin said you can make money by translating English.

My eldest cousin was able to rise through the government ranks because he was good at English.

Li Fugui is very supportive of his son's decision to study and make money. He believes that educated people can make decent and good money.

Li Fugui has looked for many real estate agents these days and finally found a suitable property in Fuzhao.

The house was located in the British Concession, a 90-square-meter, old Shikumen apartment on the first floor. There were only two families, and the son of the Yu family on the second floor had gotten into a lawsuit, offending the Green Gang, and urgently needed money to settle the matter.

The Yu family asked for 6500 taels of silver, and the Li family bargained down to 5600 taels of silver and the deal was done.

After paying the deed tax and police donation, Li Fugui and his family got the house deed.

Li Fugui groaned in worry. How easy is it for farmers to save money? The prices in such a small place like Shanghai are ridiculously high. With that much money, he could buy over a hundred acres of irrigated land back home.

Li Wenting, don't be angry. Your son has thought of a good job for you.

We made a good purchase on this house. We'll build a door in the back wall and clean it up, and it'll be right at the entrance to the alley. My mom's braised pork is incredible; my grandpa's recipe is always right. It's more expensive in Shanghai, so it's definitely more profitable than back home.

Li Fugui and Liu Guilan felt a little relieved when they saw that the house could be sold.