Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Chapter 2239: Chapter 2240: Cousin Is a Capitalist Lady 59

Zhao Yadong knew for sure that Zhang Yu would leave behind a wristwatch, but he didn’t expect her to leave behind two. "Are you sure you want both?"

Zhang Yu nodded repeatedly, "I want both. In the future, if there are more wristwatches like these, I want them all."

Ah? Zhao Yadong couldn’t figure out why Zhang Yu would take two wristwatches. Would there be time to wear them all? She already took a wristwatch before, so why buy more now? Really couldn’t understand.

"You won’t have enough time to wear them all, will you?" Even though he could earn money, since they had a good relationship, he still advised, "You’ll hardly have time to wear them alone."

"There’s definitely not enough time to wear them, or rather, I never even planned to wear them."

Never planned to wear them? "You keeping them as antiques?" If they were antiques, Zhao Yadong could understand somewhat, but these are wristwatches. "Can these even appreciate in value?"

How to explain this? In the future, wealthy people are just going to play with wristwatches. "I just think these wristwatches are really beautiful. Look, do domestic wristwatches have this kind of beauty?"

Zhao Yadong shook his head, "No."

"Right, look, domestic wristwatches aren’t this beautiful. Only a limited number are produced each year. This wristwatch, as you said, was brought back by the owner from studying abroad before liberation. Just think about how many years ago this was."

"Besides the fact that the owner cherished it, it’s also because the product quality is good. If I’m not mistaken, this is purely handmade."

"I think such wristwatches will slowly increase in value later on, after all, it’s only 500 yuan." As long as you take good care of it, it can definitely be exchanged for a lot of money.

Zhao Yadong was really amused by Zhang Yu’s words, "In your eyes, 500 yuan is just ’only’. City workers have salaries, but after a whole year, there aren’t many whose wages exceed 500 yuan."

"Yes, of course, I know, but have you thought about it? A year ago, how much was meat on the black market, and what about now?"

"Of course, money is good, but sometimes money slowly devalues. Everyone’s wages go up, and prices slowly rise too."

"Although money in the bank earns interest, how do you think I should save this money?" Now, saving 500 at the bank is a huge amount, "Even if this time I saved 500 without questions, what about saving again in the future? Won’t anyone start asking questions?"

"If that’s the case, I might as well buy some things to keep. Small items are easy to preserve, look at these two things, how big are they really? Do they amount to 500 yuan?"

"Besides, money is just too conspicuous." Given the choice, Zhang Yu would choose items, "If life improves, these things might become valuable."

"I was also thinking, if possible, could you give me some cash?" Daily expenses still need money, "Then, part of it in antiques, gold, silver, jewelry, and such."

"Alright, I will ask around about this in the future." Zhao Yadong thought for a moment, "Do you think things will get better in future?"

Even though since coming to the Northeast, he has earned more money than back in the hometown, Zhao Yadong still hoped to return, but the hope to go back, sigh.

Seeing those who have been intellectual youth for many years, unless it’s through recommendation to college, or having a job back home to step into, otherwise, no matter how many years spent in the countryside, they could only honestly stay as intellectual youth.

"Clearly, the village doesn’t lack labor. Look, the villagers think we’re here to take their grain. The villagers here are quite understanding, in some places..." As someone who frequently goes out, Zhao Yadong was aware of certain situations, recalling things he heard.

"Forget it, let’s not mention it." Since he couldn’t help with anything, mentioning it wasn’t necessary.

Even though Zhang Yu often stayed in the village, she could still hear bits of information. Apart from sighing, there wasn’t much else she could do. Although being a Task Taker was true, she wasn’t omnipotent either.

"Life will gradually get better."

Zhao Yadong nodded, "We’ll definitely be able to go back, right?"

"Definitely able to go back." Zhang Yu assured, "Although we’re still being mobilized to become intellectual youth, aren’t there those whose files went down, but they themselves didn’t go, just stayed at home? That’s something that was impossible in the past."

Zhang Yu had heard others mention it before, but had never executed it. Now, Zhang Tao heard that some have been operating in such a manner, indicating that some were indeed staying at home now.

Zhao Yadong nodded, "I remember a neighbor back then who got severely ill while in the intellectual youth area, and came back for treatment. If I remember correctly, just a couple of days post-surgery and still not fully recovered, the street office and Youth Corps Office took turns visiting, all to rush him back sooner."

"Because of this, that family argued with the street office and Youth Corps Office. Local neighbors also stood up, causing quite a scene. After all, it was a major procedure. Even so, half a month at home was all he got before leaving, not fully recovered."

Afterwards, he didn’t know how that person was anymore because he too went out to become an intellectual youth.

After giving the items to Zhang Yu, Zhao Yadong also reported the high-priced items he recently acquired, and Zhang Yu took out paper and pen to note them down.

Zhang Hui heard the door close in the next room, opened the door to take a look, not surprisingly seeing Zhao Yadong and Qian Hao leave, and then closed the door thoughtfully.

Zhang Juan lay resting on the kang, noticing Zhang Hui open the door, take a look, and then close it, "What’s up?"

"Nothing much." Glancing at Zhang Juan lying on the kang, Zhang Hui increasingly couldn’t appreciate her. This person was pretty dumb, constantly muttering how much better she was at working than Zhang Yu, saying that her daily earned work points were better than Zhang Yu’s.

Yes, she might earn more work points daily than Zhang Yu, but so what? Is she really better than Zhang Yu?

In her view, it’s not like that at all. Zhang Yu went out to work daily, just to get some work points, enough to let people know that she had an income.

If she guessed correctly, Zhang Yu probably had more substantial remittances from home, which were likely earned from items obtained from the mountains.

Before, her understanding of the Northeast was just about how cold it was, knowing little else. When she first came here, her heart was pretty disheartened, for it was far from the city and even farther from the county. In her mind, it was a particularly isolated and barren place.

Later, she found out that the places she considered boring were full of treasures. Tigers and bears were there, sure, but more so the valuables. Tigers and bears were treasures all over, including wild boars, while wild pheasants and rabbits were even more so, all could be exchanged for money.

Ginseng and lingzhi, everyone knew they were valuable, along with other medicinal materials from traditional Chinese medicine, not to mention mushrooms on the mountains, otherwise why would many villagers trek up the mountains during rest days? It’s all potential cash.

If one was lucky to dig up a ginseng, life would be incredibly enjoyable, especially if it was a twenty-year-old ginseng, it could definitely sell for hundreds, no doubt. Of course, finding a ginseng wasn’t easy, but as long as one was diligent, it was impossible not to earn money.

She used to wonder why Zhang Yu could so readily propose to stop doing laundry or cooking. Probably because the annual earnings she brought in from the mountains far exceeded the money given by the Zhang Family, so she decisively didn’t want that money anymore.

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