Chapter 22 Jia Zhang's Questioning
As soon as he finished speaking, He Yuzhu heard the neighbor next to him sighing softly.
"Eh!

If that is the case,
Then the gold yuan coupons are the same as the "Banknote Collection and Exchange Method" in 46,
I remember that before the liberation of Peking, 5 cents of Lianyin notes could be exchanged for 1 yuan of legal tender.
But as soon as Peking was liberated,

It immediately became 5 yuan of Lianyin notes to exchange for 1 yuan of legal tender, and the legal tender increased by more than 10 times in an instant. "

"Who says it's not?

Our family suffered a great disaster that time..."

Just as they were talking here, a voice from the side interrupted them.

“Silence!
There are some things we just need to know in our hearts.

Don’t you know what to say and what not to say?

You are not afraid of being locked up and beaten, but please do not implicate others."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Thinking of the omnipresent spies, they all looked around cautiously and found that they were all familiar neighbors. They breathed a sigh of relief.

But I don't dare to speak carelessly.

He Yuzhu was thinking about the incident in 46 that they just mentioned.
At the end of 1945,
The old Xia government successively promulgated the "Central Reserve Bank Banknote Exchange Method" and the "Joint Reserve Bank Banknote Exchange Method".
The banknotes were exchanged for the central bank notes at the rate of 1:200.
The legal tender was exchangeable for Union Bank notes at a rate of 1:5.
可是根据各地区批发物价总额比较，其实际比值分别约为1：35和1：0．5，

This predatory way of receiving

The common people in the recovered areas vividly called it "robbery."

After what just happened,
The neighbors lost interest in watching the fun and gradually dispersed.

Not far from the security team, he took a look at the 458 million gold yuan notes in the space.

He Yuzhu said in a low voice,
"Dad, I think this newly issued gold yuan note is a bit unreliable. I'm afraid it's almost the same as the legal currency.

It won't be much different from waste paper in a short time.
Let’s spend all the money in our pockets!”

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, He Daqing, Yi Zhonghai and the others stopped.
After thinking about it, they all nodded in unison.
"Zhuzi, you are right.
I just heard Lao Zhang and the others talking about the exchange of gold yuan coupons.
This thing can be changed at will based on a word from a big shot, it's not very reliable,

Food is still reassuring, so we must prepare early."

“I think so too.
Then let's not rush to take a bath, let's go to the grain store to buy food and spend the money first."

"good,
As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you won't be worried. Let's go buy some food now."

Just do it,

As soon as they made up their minds, He Daqing and his men immediately turned around and headed straight for the nearest grain store.

Passing by the shops along the way,

He Yuzhu felt the depression unique to this era.

Two years after the signing of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation,
As big as machinery, vehicles, gasoline, cement, cotton and other means of production;

As small as cloth, clothing, cigarettes, matches, canned food, wheat, toothpaste and toothbrush, medicine, perfume, lipstick, toilet paper and other daily necessities;
Various commodities of high quality are flooding into the Daxia market.

Daxia's national industry and commerce could hardly survive, and many went bankrupt. All social classes were on the verge of collapse.

What replaced it were bureaucratic capital and comprador forces.

The group came to the grain store.

Looking at the types and prices of food written on the blackboard, He Yuzhu couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
Milijian is indeed a country of industry and agriculture.
Processed foreign rice and flour are not much more expensive than unprocessed local grains.

If Daxia was not so huge and had such a large population, Daxia's local agriculture would have collapsed long ago, much like the later Mo.
of course,

It’s not much better now.

Due to the [8.19 Price Limit Order], the price of food has not changed much and is about the same as the previous few days.
With He Daqing's 20 yuan, he could just buy 1 dan of rice (180 jin).

However, the He family was not so extravagant as to eat white rice and white flour every day.
In addition to leaving a few dollars for emergencies,
Most of what they bought were coarse grains such as corn and sorghum, totaling more than 200 kilograms. As for the money in He Yuzhu's space, of course he couldn't spend it in front of them.
Otherwise it will be exposed!

As soon as the group returned to the courtyard with the food, they saw Jia Zhang quarreling with the neighbors in the alley.

Just listened for a while,

Everyone knows the whole story.
It turned out that some neighbors were gossiping about the rumors that Xu Damao had spread two days ago.

He also said that Jia Zhang was getting her retribution.

Unfortunately, these words were heard by Jia Zhang and her son who were out buying groceries.

So the two sides started arguing.

At this time, a few sharp-eyed neighbors saw that they could not win the argument with Jia Zhang, so they immediately called He Daqing and others.

"Lao He, Lao Yi, you came at the right time.
Please come and judge for us, Zhang Shi is too overbearing.

Let's talk a little bit, what's up?
The residents of Nanluoguxiang are all saying this now, so why can't we say anything when others say it?"

Hearing their words, Jia Zhang also looked over, and then saw Xu Damao in the crowd.
Thinking of what happened a few days ago, I immediately suspected him.

"Xu Damao!

You little bastard, get out here and explain yourself, or I won't let you off today."

Just as Jia Zhang finished speaking,

Xu Fugui, who originally did not intend to get involved in this mess, immediately quit and said angrily,
"What do you mean, Sister Zhang? How did our Damao offend you?

You have to deal with him every other day!"

Hearing Xu Fugui's question, Jia Zhang was immediately furious.

"Where did you offend me?
Xu Fugui, ask your precious son and see what good things he has done."

This is what it says,

But before Xu Fugui could ask, Jia Zhang looked at Xu Damao and began to question him.

"Xu Damao,

Dongxu and I just went out and heard what the neighbors were saying: If it wasn't for me instructing Zhu to deal with you,
Our old Jia would never let Gao Shigui beat him to death.
I've only heard you say this in the past two days. Are you gossiping outside?"

Xu Damao is also a smart man.
I just figured out the reason for the quarrel between Jia and Zhang and I reviewed it carefully.

After thinking about it, I didn't find any loopholes, so I couldn't admit it so easily.

"I did say this, Aunt Zhang.

But you don't even think about why I said that.

The day before yesterday morning, my father kindly asked me to go back to the courtyard to inform you and Jia Dongxu to collect Uncle Jia's body.
But you are fine.

Not only did he curse at me, he also pulled my ears so hard that they almost fell off.

I said this in a hurry.

I had forgotten about it myself afterwards, so how could I possibly talk nonsense about it outside?

So many neighbors saw Zhuzi chasing me that morning, and they also knew what happened. Anyone could have connected the two events.

What makes you say that I was gossiping outside? "

(End of this chapter)