Siheyuan: I stand for Xu Damao because he is my brother

While the shopkeeper was weighing the ginseng, he was observing Xu Dacan's expression out of the corner of his eye.

He had encountered a "big cargo" today! But if he didn't handle it properly, it would become a "big disaster".

There is no market price! How much do you think this ginseng is worth?

The shopkeeper tried to get close to Xu Dacan: "Little brother, what's your name?"

Xu Dacan curled his lips and said, "My name is Xu Damao."

The shopkeeper's face was full of smiles: "Da Mao, what a good name!"

After praising him, he continued, "Well, I'm being so bold as to call you Brother Damao. I wonder how you plan to sell this ginseng?"

Xu Dacan doesn't know how to sell it...

Have you all seen "The Grand Mansion Gate"? Mr. Tu from Baicao Hall bought a 2000-year-old wild ginseng like this. How much did he pay? taels of silver!

It was the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the average family's monthly income might be only one tael of silver. This ginseng was enough for an average person to earn for several lifetimes.

Judging from the current monthly salary of 38 yuan for workers at the Red Star Factory, Xu Dacan should have paid him 5 yuan for this ginseng.

Didn’t Lou Xiao’e take the ginseng? Without saying a word, she gave him a watch worth 120 yuan.

But don’t be silly. Spending nearly 8 yuan to buy a ginseng is not acceptable, no matter how good or precious it is.

Even though this ginseng cannot earn me 2000 monthly wages from selling it, 20 a year is still a good amount.

Xu Dacan’s bottom line is 500 yuan. If it’s less than this amount, go play!

The ginseng that he originally wanted to bring to Xu Damao to make wine was 20 years old. He had to make back the cost, right?

But this 100-year-old ginseng costs 20 yuan a year, and this 20-year-old ginseng also costs 20 yuan a year, can they be the same?

Sure enough, when the shopkeeper heard Xu Dacan’s price of 20 yuan a year, he almost fainted with a sharp sound.

He wiped his chest vigorously, and after a while he recovered, he did not even bargain, but said to Xu Dacan with a pale face: "Brother Damao, please wait a moment. This deal is too big. I have to discuss it with the boss."

The boss he mentioned at this time was of course the government.

The old Tong Ren Tang Pharmacy was transformed into a public-private partnership in 54, and in 56 it established a factory management committee, abbreviated as the Gongguan Committee.

Therefore, how much this ginseng can be sold for will ultimately depend on the Industrial Management Committee.

I didn't expect that the wait would last for 2 hours. Xu Dacan had to go to the toilet several times to drink tea.

After returning from his last trip to the toilet, he was a little impatient: "Boss, can we get any definite news? I still have to go buy vegetables and meat later."

The shopkeeper kept wiping his sweat and said firmly: "Buy, buy, Damao, what vegetables and meat do you want to buy? Write it down and I will ask someone to buy it right away!"

This fat guy is really open-minded. He treats Xu Dacan as a distinguished guest.

But this is all nonsense. If you bring in a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, he will definitely treat you as a distinguished guest.

Finally, before Xu Dacan’s last bit of patience was about to run out, the shopkeeper came back.

He was sweating profusely from running, but as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and gave Xu Dacan a bear hug: "Brother Damao, it's done! 2000 yuan, we won't bargain even a penny!"

After all, this thing can save your life at a critical moment. Are you still worried about the buyer?

2000 yuan may be a huge sum of money for an ordinary family.

But to those who really need it, it's just a number.

The shopkeeper was very kind. After the payment and goods were settled, he was worried that it would be unsafe for Xu Dacan to carry such a huge sum of money by himself, so he called a car and personally accompanied Xu Dacan to the People's Bank of China to deposit the money.

Xu Dacan didn’t know that there were banks at that time. He only knew that if he wanted to transfer money, he could only go to the post office.

In the car, the fat shopkeeper gave Xu Dacan a lot of financial knowledge.

For example, currently the savings business of post offices, Bank of Communications, etc. is at a standstill, and only the People's Bank of China is handling savings business.

The other two, Bank of China and China Construction Bank, one is mainly responsible for foreign exchange trade; the other handles national infrastructure grants and does not handle business for individuals.

In addition, you can indeed go to the post office for remittance, but they only provide ordinary remittance services.

Bills of exchange are subject to the internal method and remittance advice envelope regulations.

The fat shopkeeper also gave Xu Dacan a tip in advance, that is, starting from March next year, he could handle wire transfer business at the post office.

What is telegraphic transfer? It is a method of using telegraphic remittance notification to ask the payee to come to the bureau to collect the remittance.

Wire transfer is much faster than ordinary remittance, but additional telegraph fees are required. If there is a postscript (usually with a word limit), an additional postscript fee will be required.

It was only when I arrived at the bank that I realized that I needed a letter of introduction to deposit money, and it had to explain where the money came from.

Fortunately, the fat shopkeeper had taken care of everything in advance, saving Xu Dacan countless troubles.

After coming out of the bank, he finally asked him sincerely: "Now that we are acquainted, may I know your name, brother?"

The fat shopkeeper smiled like a flower: "My surname is Xu, and my given name is Jiang, which is the same as Changjiang."

Xu Jiang? Xu Dacan almost blurted out "WTF!"

When he returned to Tong Ren Tang, Xu Dacan discovered that Xu Jiang's subordinates had actually bought the vegetables and meat for him.

Just as Xu Dacan was about to take out the money, he got anxious and said, "Are you going to hit my face?"

Xu Dacan sneered in his heart with disdain, what level is he, and how dare he call himself my brother?

"You don't want the money, but where is the ticket?" Xu Dacan asked him unhappily.

Xu Jiang almost laughed his head off: "Look at what you said, brother, can I still be short of these few tickets?"

When sending Xu Dacan out, Xu Jiang was still constantly consolidating their relationship with him. His words implied that if he got good things like today in the future, he should not go to other pharmacies but come directly to him.

In addition, if you are short of cloth coupons, meat coupons, coal coupons, or industrial coupons which are the hardest to get in those days, don't be shy, just ask.

Xu Jiang didn't even mention other things like food coupons, oil coupons, etc.

This kid has a huge sum of 2000 yuan. If he still can't get the things listed in the grain, oil, and non-staple food book, he might as well die.

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At noon, as soon as he got home, Lou Xiao'e saw the things he was carrying, and she came over and grabbed his ear angrily: "What are you doing? Seeing that your brother is not at home, you want to show off your power to me, right?"

Xu Dacan was completely confused and couldn't follow her train of thought. What was going on? How did it involve horses?

Lou Xiao'e pointed at these things and said, "Is the money I gave you enough to buy so many things? You must have paid for it yourself. Why? There are only two of us. Who are you buying all these things for?"

Xu Dacan then came to his senses and realized that Xu Jiang had bought too much.