Chapter 151: Spending Money

Although Gao Ziqiang didn’t even know Lin Xiangnan’s name, he had seen her visit the antique shop and even buy things there.

Even if Lin Xiangnan didn’t know much about antiques, her eye for them was better than his.

“So, is this jade ring real?” Gao Ziqiang said with a pained expression, “This cost me thirty kilograms of flour.”

Lin Xiangnan first examined the jade ring carefully herself, then handed it to Aunt. Hua.

“It’s real. You got a good deal. Flour at the grain depot costs 0.17 yuan per kilogram, so thirty kilograms is only a little over five yuan. This jade ring, you can take it to the antique shop and sell it for at least fifty yuan.”

After hearing Lin Xiangnan’s appraisal, Aunt Hua nodded silently. It was worth going to the antique shop. Lin Xiangnan was quite accurate about the market price.

Gao Ziqiang took back the jade ring and said, “You only counted the cost of buying the grain, you haven’t counted the grain coupons. If you count the grain coupons I subsidized, it’s at least ten yuan.”

“That’s still a fivefold profit. What else are you dissatisfied with?” Lin Xiangnan replied.0

“You can’t calculate it that way. You have to add the time and effort I spent running to the countryside.” Gao Ziqiang continued to add.

“You’re a street rat, you talk like you’re busy all day long.” Lin Xiangnan said helplessly, “Anyway, no matter how you look at it, you made a profit by exchanging this thing. In a few years or a decade, you’ll make even more.”

It’s only worth fifty now, but in the future, it will be worth fifty thousand or five hundred thousand.

After helping with the appraisal, Lin Xiangnan was about to leave with the eggs, but Gao Ziqiang called out to her with a hesitant voice.

“Sister~ Do you like this jade ring?”

“So all your complaining was for this.” Lin Xiangnan didn’t mince words, “How much do you want to sell it for?”

Gao Ziqiang didn’t try to gauge her bottom price, but instead directly quoted, “Fifty. What do you think?”

Lin Xiangnan thought he was going to ask for a high price, so she said curiously, “That’s a fair price. But why don’t you go sell it at the antique shop, why come to me?”

“My identity isn’t suitable for that. My family are all honest people, I don’t dare let them take risks.” Gao Ziqiang asked with pleading eyes, “Sister, will you buy it?”

Everyone knows that gold, silver, and jade are valuable.

But the old landlords in the countryside, and the former capitalists in the city, those who have these things, dare not take them to the antique shop to exchange for money.

Their identities are too sensitive. Their lives are already difficult now, if they are found out, their future will be even worse.

Otherwise, Gao Ziqiang wouldn’t have been able to exchange a jade ring of good quality for thirty kilograms of flour.

Lin Xiangnan took out a wad of money from her pocket, counted out fifty yuan, “Here, fifty yuan, give me the jade ring.”

“Sister~ If you have any more good stuff like this in the future, will you still buy it?” Gao Ziqiang’s eyes were glued to the money in Lin Xiangnan’s hand.

This sister is so rich!

She carries so much money with her, she’s not afraid of being robbed.

Thinking of robbery, Gao Ziqiang unconsciously touched his chest. The last time he fought with Lin Xiangnan, he got beaten up and it took him many days to recover.

These two female bandits, how could they be afraid of robbery?

Gao Ziqiang was afraid that Lin Xiangnan would misunderstand, so he forced himself to look away from the money.

“If you can get your hands on real stuff, I’ll buy it.” Lin Xiangnan put the money back in her pocket and reminded him, “Keep these things yourself, you won’t lose out in the future, there’s no need to sell them so urgently.”

“I understand, but I need money.” Gao Ziqiang said with a frown.

In prosperous times, antiques are valuable, in times of chaos, gold is valuable. Smart people know this, but they can’t just hold onto these things, not eat, and not live their lives.

“Alright, come find me when you have new good stuff.”

Money exchanged for goods.

With the goods in hand, Lin Xiangnan and Aunt Hua didn’t continue to wander around, but went straight back home.

On the way back, Lin Xiangnan said enviously, “It’s still better to be a street rat like them. It’s dangerous, but there are fewer restrictions.”

She and Aunt Hua are people with proper jobs and proper identities, they dare not have too much contact with those landlords and capitalists.

Even if they knew that they should have good things in their hands, they didn’t dare buy from them.

If someone were to expose it, even if they were in the family compound, they wouldn’t escape the search.

Aunt Hua said disapprovingly, “Forget it, you think it’s easy to live a life of hiding? They have no choice. We have food and drink now, buying little trinkets is just for fun. Gao Ziqiang is struggling for a living.”

The profit from a single deal is good, but it’s easy to get caught.

Aunt. Hua cherishes her current life, she suggested, “We should buy less of Gao Ziqiang’s stuff, once or twice a month is enough.”

Being able to safely pass through all these years, Aunt Hua’s caution is ingrained in her bones.

Lin Xiangnan also listened to her advice and nodded obediently, “I know.”

Anyway, it’s only two years, in two years the environment will be more relaxed.

Today they bought things, they didn’t wander around in the street, when they went back, it was just in time for lunch.

“Mom, I bought some eggs back, let’s steam some eggs for lunch.” Lin Xiangnan said as she entered the door.

Hu Meili rolled her eyes at her, “You’re using these things to shut me up again.”

Although she said that, having good things did indeed make Hu Meili hold back the nagging on her lips.

She was bought by these few eggs.

During the meal, Gu Zhenhua told Lin Xiangnan, “A comrade in the unit’s family had some trouble, so we each contributed some money and tickets to him.”

“Okay. That’s what we should do, how much money do we need?” Lin Xiangnan said, preparing to take out money.

“I came back once this morning. I took half a kilogram of sugar tickets, two industrial tickets, and some grain tickets from the cabinet. There’s only five yuan left in the cabinet, not enough, so I went to the finance department to advance next month’s salary, a total of fifteen yuan.”

Lin Xiangnan nodded and said, “That’s right. You’re the battalion commander, you have a high salary, it would be embarrassing to give less.”

They were talking nicely, Hu Meili suddenly asked, “Advance salary? Gu actually advanced salary?”

Gu Zhenhua earns over a hundred yuan a month! Although Lin Xiangnan slacks off at work, she also has a salary.

A dual-income family, they’re actually down to advancing salary.

“I remember Xiao Gu had a passbook before he got married!” Hu Meili said. When he got married, the passbook was all given to Lin Xiangnan.

“Yeah.” Lin Xiangnan said calmly, “Before marriage is before marriage, now is now.”

Anyway, there’s no extra money at home now.

Hu Meili asked in shock, “That’s how you manage the house? You have no foresight, every month’s money is either spent on food or clothes, or on those fancy little things you buy, you should at least save some.”

Hu Meili scolded Lin Xiangnan while stealing glances at Gu Zhenhua’s face.

Her mother came out to lecture her, Gu Zhenhua shouldn’t have anything to say.

Gu Zhenhua: “Mom, don’t say anything about Xiao Nan. We eat well and drink well at home, every month’s salary is just spent, no extra money, no borrowing, isn’t that good? An ordinary person’s brain can’t even spend at Xiao Nan’s level.