Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

March.

New slogans began to be posted in various shopping malls on the streets.

Not only will money be lost, but prices will become more and more stable.

One dollar of new money is exchanged for ten thousand of old money.

People were queuing up everywhere with their old money to exchange for new money.

He took a thick pile and exchanged it for a few thin ones.

Those directly affected are small stall vendors like Qin Huairu. People come over with old money and ask her to give new money.

But she didn't have it at all.

I can only make an excuse and say: "Can you exchange the old money I changed for new money? It's all the same. You can't exchange ten thousand for one dollar!"

"I come to you to buy things just to exchange money. If you can't exchange it, what else can I buy? Where can I not buy it?"

The customers don't bother her so much, just lift their legs and leave.

Qin Huairu's business was greatly affected.

Seeing that the stall next door was bustling but deserted, I naturally felt unhappy.

"I said Huairu!"

The woman at the next stall reminded: "Why don't you take some time to change the money. This won't work!"

"Exchanging money will take up a whole day of setting up the stall. Our whole family is waiting to eat. How can I walk around here!"

Qin Huairu said melancholy.

"It's not a big deal if you don't set up a stall for a day. Just set it up in this location, and all the regular customers will know about it. At worst, I'll just say no to you when they come."

Qin Huairu hesitated for a moment.

I think so too.

She didn't have any new money with her, so when people came to buy things and couldn't exchange them for money, she just left.

Things still can't be sold.

Thinking of this, she simply closed the stall.

Go home and discuss it with Jia Zhang immediately.

"Now that old money is being exchanged for new money, it won't work if we don't have new money. We have a lot of money to do business. Let's just do this. Let's work separately and exchange all the money we have. I'll go to the bank to change it, and you can go See if anyone outside has changed it. I heard that some people have a higher ratio."

Qin Huairu suggested.

"It seems that the He family is exchanging money. The two of them have the most money in our compound. I heard that outside, ten thousand to one, their family can exchange nine thousand for one dollar."

"real or fake?"

Qin Huairu couldn't understand, isn't this compensation?

What kind of medicine are they selling in the gourd of He family?

"Really. Many neighbors have gone to change. I also said that I will wait for you to come back and discuss it with you. We will change outside. Ten thousand yuan for one dollar is definitely not as suitable as their nine thousand for one dollar. I Look, don't go to the bank, we can give him all the money we have in exchange."

Qin Huairu hesitated for a moment.

She thought for a moment, whether the He family suffered or not had nothing to do with her.

The main thing is that you don't suffer any loss.

Thinking of this, Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I won't be out today anyway. Let's go together."

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hit it off immediately.

When they reached the front yard, the neighbors had already surrounded He Yuzhu's house.

He Daqing maintained the order at the scene and said: "Everyone, please line up and don't be anxious. We also have a lot of new money. First come, first served, until all is finished!"

"Qing Dynasty, if you exchange ten thousand for one piece outside, wouldn't you lose money if you exchange nine thousand for one piece?"

"That's right! Are you giving benefits to us all?"

He Daqing smiled and said: "As a representative of the compound, I should help the neighbors. But I agreed in advance that there are additional conditions for exchanging the nine thousand for one yuan."

"What are the conditions?"

He Daqing said: "You can exchange it with us for nine thousand yuan plus two kilograms of grain, two kilograms of stick noodles, one kilogram of white flour, or one kilogram of rice. If there is no food, didn't you recently issue a voting policy? You can exchange it with us for food stamps of the same value!"

"That's great!"

The neighbors were very happy.

Changing money is a big deal now, and because of the changes in money denominations, prices outside are much more stable.

If you have money, you can buy food.

As for this food stamp?

They also don’t understand what this new policy means.

If you don’t understand, you might as well exchange it for money.

Only when you have money in your hand will you feel at ease.

Thinking like this, everyone came over enthusiastically to sign up and exchange money.

In a short time, the door of He Daqing's house was piled with food.

Everyone left satisfied.

The queue reached Qin Huairu, and there were not many neighbors left.

She observed everyone for a long time and felt that with this change, He Daqing would not be able to make any money without losing money.

On the contrary, I made a lot of money.

So I simply took out all the money I had.

"Uncle He, how much can I exchange for this money?"

"Just follow what I said just now. Exchange nine thousand for one dollar, and exchange the remaining thousand with two kilograms of grain or food stamps with me."

“Our family doesn’t have food stamps.”

Qin Huairu thought for a while and said, "Well, there is still some food at home. You can order some. Let's do the math together."

He Daqing nodded.

I went to Qin Huairu’s house.

Their family's business has really been better than before in recent years.

Both food tanks are full.

It is estimated that there are dozens of kilograms of grain in total, plus the money in Qin Huairu's hand.

A total of two million was exchanged for [-] yuan and three large bags of food.

"The money is yours, I just took the food."

He Daqing smiled and took the food away.

Qin Huairu turned around and said thank you.

Qin Huairu took the money and quickly went to set up the stall without delaying for a minute.

Business is getting better because of the new money.

The woman at the next stall saw that she came back so quickly and changed a lot of new money, and asked curiously: "Where did you change the money from? So fast!"

"Our neighbor next door can exchange [-] yuan for one yuan, and then get him a bag of grain or give him a food stamp. It's much more cost-effective than outside."

"real or fake?"

The woman was also surprised.

"If you don't believe me, just go and have a look."

"Okay, I'll try it later."

After Qin Huairu's publicity, He Daqing and his family's money was basically replaced with old money.

He went home and looked at the old money lying around and fell into deep thought.

He asked He Yuzhu, "Zhuzi, I don't understand. Exchange new money for new money. Everyone is eager to give away the old money. Why do you still take the old money home?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "The point is not the money, but the grain and food stamps. Anyway, you don't care, let's pack the money into categories, and I will just go and get it done. I will definitely not lose money on what I want to do."

He actually had a plan already.

The most fundamental reason for the food stamp system is that the country does not have enough food.

Keeping food is more effective than keeping money.

And in order to respond to the money exchange, the country even gave him a reward when he took so much money to the bank to exchange it, and by the way, he exchanged all the grain for food stamps.

These food stamps are enough to feed their family for several years.

Besides, if the disaster comes, their family will not be suspected if they have more food than others.