A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 2 The road ahead
"Brother, it's time to eat."

It gets dark quickly in the north, and it's already dark before I know it.

The food was put on the kang, and the four brothers and sisters sat on the unheated kang and ate hot dinner.

Although it is just an ordinary steamed bun with noodles and stir-fried pork with cabbage, it is now a delicacy in the world.

The three little ones all ate with gusto. Cao Zhihua picked up the Erhe noodle steamed bun and took a bite.

The faint smell of corn and the slightest hint of sweetness made me feel it was surprisingly delicious. I picked up my chopsticks, took a bite of cabbage, and ate the steamed buns with great enthusiasm.

"Brother, I miss daddy."

"Brother, I miss my dad too. What will we do in the future? Will we starve?"

"Yes, yes, Sister Yuyu's father is gone. Sister Yuyu often goes around begging for food. It's so pitiful. Will we have to beg for food everywhere in the future?"

"No, I often see Sister Yuyu starving. Sometimes she is so hungry that she can't bear it and keeps crying."

Cao Zhihua saw the 10-year-old San Xiaozhi chattering worriedly while eating, full of fear for the future, so he said
"The eldest brother plans to take over dad's job. From now on, the eldest brother will work to earn money to support the family. I will ensure that you have enough to eat every day and have books to read. The three of you will study hard and grow up healthy. Okay, wash the dishes after eating. , It’s been a tiring day today, let’s go to bed early.”

"Okay, brother"

When the third child heard his brother say that he would have food to eat every day and be full, he stood up and put away the dishes with a bright smile.

Cao Zhihua also got up and went back to his room to lie down on the kang, not wanting to move at all.

Today has been too exciting, and my mind is in a state of confusion. I have no idea what to do in the future, so I need to calm down and think about it carefully.

In his previous life, Cao Zhihua liked to plan everything and then do things with purpose.

Therefore, in this exciting era of the founding of the People's Republic of China, I really have to think deeply about how to plan my future life.

In his previous life, when Cao Zhihua became an adult, the country had been reformed for many years.

At that time, what everyone pursued was that it didn’t matter whether the cat was black or white, as long as it caught mice, it was a good cat. The whole country was focused on developing the economy, and the people were focused on money.

The advantage is that the country's economy has developed significantly in just a few decades and has become the only fully industrialized country in the world with advanced science and technology, advanced information technology, complete infrastructure, and developed national logistics.

The people's material foundation is extremely developed. As long as you have money, you can enjoy food, fruits and items from all over the world at home.

The bad result is that society slowly changes.

Gradually, Cao Zhihua recalled the memory of living in a state-owned building materials factory as a child in his previous life.

I was very happy at that time. In addition to studying, I played every day. My friends and I would either catch a frog and tie a woolen rope to remove the lobster, or we would go fishing in the big river behind the factory. We would also use pocket money or steal from our parents. Money goes to the arcade to play video games.

That was a carefree and happy childhood.

The most profound memory in my childhood is when I was in elementary school and junior high school, when the school arranged a rural double-grab period, I went to the fields to pick cotton.

It was stipulated that you had to pick 20 pounds each time before you could go home. What I hated most at a young age was farm work. It felt so painful and tiring that I was about to collapse. I will remember it for the rest of my life.

In his previous life, Cao Zhihua never suffered much from childhood.

In addition to doing farm work while studying, after graduating from college, my uncle asked me to work in his accessories factory in Guangzhou for a month.

The factory was hot, tiring, and dangerous. After working for a month, I took the money and ran away immediately. I really couldn't stand it.

When I think about myself, I couldn't endure any hardship or suffer any sin in my previous life, and I was always a person who only spoke but never took action.

In this age where we can make enough food and clothing by ourselves, our whole body feels numb instantly, and I don’t know how to live in the future.The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became. He rolled around on the kang, sighed for a while, and then suddenly remembered that he hadn't had time to sort out his family's belongings after he came back.

So I put on my cotton coat, picked up the oil lamp and walked to my parents' room.

He walked to the innermost corner of the fire pit, moved the chair against the wall, and pushed hard on the stone floor in the corner.

There was a wooden box in a half-meter hole. Cao Zhihua moved the box to the ground and opened it.

He picked up the things inside and counted them: two small yellow croakers, three Yuan Datou, 1200 million banknotes, which were the lifetime savings of his parents, and a compensation of 500 million banknotes in his inner pocket, (note: RMB 1 in the first edition = RMB 1 in the second edition. In order to take care of the reading experience of the readers, future money will be reflected in the RMB value of the second edition.) This amount of money was already a huge sum of money at this time.

For 1700 yuan of banknotes, three Yuan Datou can exchange them for 3 yuan each at the bank.

The total of three pieces is 600 yuan. The current price of two small yellow croakers is 20 yuan per gram. One piece can be exchanged for 625 yuan. The total of two pieces is 1250 yuan. The total of all assets is 3550 yuan.

Cao Zhihua put all his belongings into his own space, restored the hole and the armchair, and returned to his room to lie down on the kang.

I had food in my hand, so I didn't panic. I put my consciousness into the space and calculated so much money, and my mood calmed down immediately.

Cao Zhihua lay down and began to calculate in his mind, if he could continue to live peacefully in Sijiu City according to the development of the times.

I took over my father's job and worked in the factory to make screws. I had so much money and such a big house, so there was really no pressure at all.

Waiting until adulthood to take a daughter-in-law and have a bunch of children and live a stable life. This is actually a stable life choice.

But then I remembered that I really couldn't live this kind of life, and I didn't want to think about it.

In my previous life, I was used to the days of light, wine, red and green, and a drunken state of gold and paper.

Suddenly I have to live a life where I go to a factory to screw screws, I don't even dare to eat more meat, I don't even dare to look at girls, it's really hard to live at all.

When I think about it, I feel that this is not a life, this kind of life is suffering, so just pass it.

As the saying goes, when you can't change the environment, you can only blend into the environment.

However, Cao Zhihua's current situation cannot change the environment, and he does not want to integrate into the environment. The options available are actually very narrow, either go to Hong Kong or go abroad.

But abroad, having money is paradise, and having no money is hell, especially in this era where there is not much rule of law. If you don’t have money, you have to work hard from the bottom and compete with countless people to the death.

Even if there is space for Goldfinger, it is very difficult to get ahead. After all, reality is not a novel. If someone can use Wushuang and you can use Invincible, it will be over once and for all.

Therefore, if you want to enjoy life abroad, you must at least earn your first pot of gold while being relatively safe at home.

When he thought of this, Cao Zhihua's thinking suddenly became clear. After leaving the country, the RMB will not be used.

So before going out, all the money must be exchanged for gold or jade, jade, treasures and antiques.

There are still 7 years left before adulthood. Such a long time in China is enough for Cao Zhihua to earn enough for his first pot of gold and go to Hong Kong and Taiwan to develop.As for several main tasks that need to be completed in 7 years,

1. Make good friends with a group of old and young people.

2 Get to know a group of veterans who have been on the battlefield.

3 Make money to exchange for gold, jade and jade

All that's left is to find Lou Bancheng a relaxing position, preferably a job like a warehouse manager.Find a powerful veteran to practice the army's hard qigong or the Eighteen Black Dragon Hands to hone your ability to protect yourself.

His thoughts straightened out and he had a direction for doing things. After a tiring day, Cao Zhihua came up after taking a nap, pulled up the quilt and covered his head before falling asleep.

(End of this chapter)