Chapter 6: Stock Up! Stock Up on Gold! Stock Up on Houses!

Hu Xiaolian was covered in black soot from the bottom of the pot. She was about to scream when Iron Orchid slapped her with the iron pot again.

“Shut up! Don’t disturb the peace!”

Seeing her daughter being beaten, Zhang Cui immediately rushed over. Iron Orchid swung the iron pot, bang bang bang, a few times, and beat her until her eyes were filled with stars. She then dragged Hu Zhuzi, who was trying to escape, back and gave him a beating with the iron pot. Finally, she didn’t forget to give Hu Xiaolian a few more hits in between.

The family was beaten up and scattered, huddled together, not daring to breathe.

Iron Orchid asked Zhang Cui, “Are you still going to curse?”

Zhang Cui, whose face was a pig’s head, quickly shook her head, “No more, no more!”

Iron Orchid glanced at Hu Xiaolian, “Who’s the slut?”

Hu Xiaolian shrank her neck like a quail, “It’s me.”

Iron Orchid looked at Hu Zhuzi, “Do you dare to run away again?”

Hu Zhuzi, with blood all over his head, responded tremblingly, “I dare not…”

If he ran again, he probably wouldn’t have his head anymore. Ugh, what kind of karma did he have to encounter such a devil. Fortunately, his previous little thoughts hadn’t been discovered by her, otherwise his head would have been moved.

Iron Orchid locked the three of them in the utility room again.

“Stay in there quietly, if you yell again, I’ll get a kitchen knife.”

As soon as she said this, Zhang Cui and the others’ faces changed drastically. This woman was really crazy! She dared to kill!

Hearing no more movement outside the door, Hu Xiaolian finally burst into tears.

“Mom, what should we do? I don’t want to be locked up here forever, I’m scared!”

“Don’t be afraid, Mom will figure something out.”

Zhang Cui hugged her daughter and comforted her softly. Although the previous incident was a bit off-putting, she still loved her daughter.

Hu Zhuzi, on the side, spoke weakly, “Wife… my head is bleeding again, can you bandage it for me?”

Zhang Cui glared at him, “I don’t care if you live or die, bandage it yourself!”

She hadn’t forgotten what happened just now, the old man was too disgusting to her.

Hu Xiaolian, “Mom, you should still help Dad, he didn’t mean to.”

Her daughter had pleaded, so Zhang Cui didn’t insist anymore.

Hu Zhuzi grinned, showing his big yellow teeth, “My daughter is still the best to me.”

Hu Xiaolian’s eyes flashed, “Dad, you can’t leave me behind next time.”

Hu Zhuzi chuckled nervously, “Okay… I won’t next time.”

……

She had eaten a hearty and delicious breakfast, and then she had beaten up her enemies. Iron Orchid was in a very good mood. She hummed a little tune as she prepared to clean up the house.

Zhang Cui didn’t like to clean, and Hu Zhuzi and Hu Xiaolian were even worse, the whole house was a mess.

Iron Orchid quickly sorted out all the belongings of Zhang Cui’s family of three, tied them together, and threw them in the corner of the living room. Then she slowly cleaned every part of the house.

While cleaning her parents’ room, she found a small iron box on the bedside table, which contained her parents’ savings.

The largest denomination was 10 yuan, the so-called “Great Unity”, there were 48 of them. There were also other denominations, a few cents, 1 jiao, 2 jiao, 5 jiao, 1 yuan, 2 yuan, 5 yuan, all scattered together, there were about 100 yuan.

These money added up to about 500 yuan. But according to the original owner’s memory, there were at least 600 yuan in the box before, and there were also a few ration coupons.

When Zhang Cui first came, she hid the iron box, claiming that the original owner was too young to manage money.

In just over half a month, the money had decreased by about 100 yuan, and the ration coupons were gone, they were really extravagant.

It wasn’t her own money, so she had no psychological burden.

Iron Orchid snorted coldly.

This money must be spat out by them, and they had to spit it out double!

The Iron family had savings, so naturally they had hidden some. Even rabbits have three burrows, it wasn’t easy to make money in this era.

Iron Orchid climbed under the bed, felt around with her hand, and pulled out a loose stone slab. Underneath was a wooden box!

This place was where the original owner’s mother had told her before she passed away. She had told her that she couldn’t take out the wooden box unless it was absolutely necessary, for fear of being discovered.

Now that Iron Orchid had the space, she naturally had to put the wooden box in the space.

Iron Orchid found a key in a secret compartment on the wall. She used the key to open the lock on the wooden box, and the contents were revealed.

A green-shelled property certificate. (See picture)

A bundle of “Great Unity” bills, she counted them, there were 2700 yuan.

Besides that, there was also a letter.

Iron Orchid didn’t open it for now.

The most urgent thing now was to organize the money, this was her starting capital in this era.

The father’s pension was 1000 yuan, the iron box had 500 yuan, and the wooden box had 2700 yuan. All together, it was about 4200 yuan, she put it all in the wooden box and put it in the living room of the bamboo hut in the space.

Looking at the white bills in front of her, Iron Orchid’s eyes lit up.

A few thousand yuan in the 70s was very valuable! It could even buy a small courtyard, which would be worth tens of millions in the future!

Haha! Awesome!

But it wasn’t enough!

There’s a saying, in the 70s and 80s, gold was everywhere.

Since she had come to this era where she could get rich, she had to make a big move.

Iron Orchid’s goal was clear.

Stock up! Stock up on gold! Stock up on antiques and paintings! Stock up on houses! Not a single one could be missed!!

When she had enough, she would find a beautiful place with mountains and rivers and enjoy her old age.

Thinking of that beautiful scene, Iron Orchid was full of energy.

She moved quickly and soon finished cleaning the house.

After all this busy work, it was already noon. Iron Orchid’s stomach was also grumbling.

She cooked another pot of egg noodles, eating with gusto.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Iron Orchid went to her room to rest.

After taking a nap, Iron Orchid decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. The food at home was almost gone, except for the rice, she had to buy some back, and she would also make a delicious dinner.

When she went out, Iron Orchid met Aunt Ma, her neighbor.

As soon as she saw her, Aunt Ma’s face broke into a kind smile.

“Lanyan, I haven’t seen you go out for many days, where are you going?”

Aunt Ma was gentle, she often came to visit when her parents were alive, and the original owner had a good impression of her.

Iron Orchid, “Aunt Ma, I’m going to the supply and marketing cooperative.”

Aunt Ma, “Oh, it’s just right, I’m also going to buy some soy sauce and salt, let’s go together!”