Chapter 15

On the other side, Sister Liu returned to Tao Zaishan and reported to him about her learning progress during this period.

After understanding the general situation, Tao Zaishan nodded and said, “Okay, you go to the provincial capital. The land has been bought and you can start building.”

“Xiao Zhou told me in the mountains. If there is a greenhouse, you can actually plant it directly in the greenhouse in winter as long as you protect it from light. She also drew a blueprint for me. Find some pottery kilns, install them before the leeks grow up, calculate the cycle, and the effect is quite good.” Sister Liu said.

In addition to learning how to grow leeks, Sister Liu also helped Zhou Pingguo with some work within her ability. The two of them would get together and chat. She mentioned that she was working in the greenhouse, and Tao Zaishan asked her to come over to learn because she had experience in this area.

For the Zhou family, it would be a waste to have an unused room. But if the Red Star Hotel wants to grow chives, it is not necessary to build a house specifically for growing chives. A greenhouse would be more suitable for them.

“First plant it using their method, and then try it in the greenhouse. Her diagram is quite interesting.” Tao Zaishan picked up the diagram and looked at it, thinking that if he could really grow it successfully, he could give Zhou Pingguo another red envelope.

Zhou Pingguo had no idea that her casual suggestion could actually bring her some money in the future. At this moment, she was riding her bike to the town to buy some cigarettes and cakes.

Zhou Sen knew that Zhou Pingguo was going to get a stamp today, so he prepared cigarettes for Zhou Pingguo early in the morning.

Zhou Pingguo took the thing, opened it and took a look at what it was. She was shocked and asked, “Where did you get it?”

“My brother left it behind.” Zhou Sen scratched his head.

“I used to see him take some with him when he went out to do things,” Zhou Sen said. “When you wanted to transfer your household registration, my brother took out quite a lot.”

This is not a rare thing. Zhou Xin is a truck driver. He travels all over the country with a J license plate. He can get some of the popular goods.

“We’re just going to get a stamp, we don’t need such a nice thing.” Zhou Pingguo sighed. Although Zhou Sen was more mature than his peers, he was still a child after all. Zhou Xin was obviously not willing to teach his younger brother these dark things, but he left suddenly, Zhou Erni didn’t quite understand, and knew that he left behind a lot of valuable things, so she told Zhou Sen to lock them up.

“What else is in there?” Zhou Pingguo asked.

Zhou Sen hesitated for a long time and said, “Come in and take a look.”

“Oh.” Zhou Pingguo was a little surprised. This young man actually trusted her so much?

You know, he is the only one who goes into this place, and his younger brothers and sisters are not allowed to enter.

“Come in if you want, why do you have that expression?” Zhou Sen curled his lips speechlessly. He always thought that Zhou Pingguo was going to get married and would not need them, so he was so wary of her.

Ever since Zhou Pingguo said that she wanted to marry a handsome man with eight-pack abs, great talent, and a height of 1.8 meters, Zhou Sen checked his condition and found that only his brother Zhou Xin met the requirements.

Zhou Sen automatically understood that Zhou Pingguo was still obsessed with her brother and would not easily accept other men, nor would she just abandon them and walk away, so he began to let down his guard towards Zhou Pingguo.

Zhou Pingguo: ???

She was just talking nonsense, but this guy took it seriously?

Well, this was a beautiful misunderstanding.

After Zhou Pingguo went in, Zhou Sen turned on the light. The curtains were drawn here all year round because people were afraid that the sun would be too strong and damage things.

After reading it, Zhou Pingguo took a deep breath. Could it be that Zhou Xin was the reincarnation of a hamster spirit? He actually hoarded so many good things.

There are good liquors like Moutai and Wuliangye, and many good cigarettes like Zhonghua and Panda, as well as Chinese patent medicines like Yunnan Baiyao and Pien Tze Huang, and some heavy jades, which are piled in the corner.

“Anything else?” Zhou Pingguo asked.

“I still have more than 20,000 yuan in savings, all in the passbook. By the way, when my aunt passed away, she also left behind a passbook, which has about 5,000 yuan in it.” Since Zhou Sen let Zhou Pingguo in, it proved that he trusted her and was willing to reveal to her how much family assets he had.

“Zhou Sen, have you noticed that things are getting more and more expensive now?” Zhou Pingguo probably still has some impression that in 1988, there was a big inflation. The currency depreciated, causing a frenzy of buying of goods in the market, whether it was firewood, rice, oil, salt or household appliances, as long as people thought that things could maintain their value, they would buy them all home. Now it is 1987, and there is still one year before the price breakthrough comes.

“Yes, pork is more expensive than during the Chinese New Year.” Although Zhou Pingguo is now fully responsible for buying groceries, she is a very meticulous person. As long as there is expenditure or income, she will keep a good account and show it to Zhou Sen regularly.

According to the usual rules, pork prices will increase during the Chinese New Year and then fall again after the New Year. However, this year is different. The price of pork is now more expensive than the New Year pork, and there is no sign of a price reduction.

“With this money, I can be a millionaire now, but if the money keeps depreciating, what will I do next?”

Zhou Sen was silent for a while after hearing what Zhou Pingguo said. “What can I do? I don’t know what to do.”

If it were Zhou Pingguo, she would choose to buy some gold, which is a good way to resist inflation. But the problem is that the current gold trading is not so transparent, and if they spend too much money to buy gold at one time, it will be too conspicuous and attract the attention of outsiders, which is not what Zhou Pingguo wants to see.

She thought for a while and said, “Shall we go buy a house?”

“What?” Zhou Sen was shocked by Zhou Pingguo. Buy a house? When can houses be bought and sold?

“You’ll be in middle school next year, right?” Zhou Pingguo said. “With your level, you’ll definitely have no problem getting into the county. I can start asking around now. Many people in our county have overseas connections and want to go abroad to take advantage of the current trend of going abroad. Although there are people to take them abroad, you have to prepare a lot of money to go abroad. There should be quite a few people who are willing to trade their houses.”

“Try to find a place closer to the No. 1 Middle School in the county. If you like to live in the school, then live there. I’ve also heard that the conditions in the No. 1 Middle School dormitory are very poor. If you don’t want to live in the dormitory, then move out and live on your own. I’ll go deliver the goods, and I can take a break after that.”

“During the summer vacation, your brothers and sisters can also go there. There is a Children’s Palace in the county. See what they are interested in and enroll them in classes!”