Yi Zhong Hai’s face stiffened. He was only thinking about getting more lucky money for Jia Dong Xu’s family!
He wanted Jia Dong Xu to remember his favor, but he forgot that Liu Widow also had children, three of them!
“Yi Yi Ya Ya~”
Shen Yuan Chao even deliberately bowed his hands to Yi Zhong Hai!
Xu Fu Gui: “Hey, Old Yi, this child is greeting you. Look, how smart he is, this is way smarter than Bang Geng!
Old Yi, I really envy you. Such a big child is so intelligent. He is greeting you, bowing, that must be a blessing for you, to have a child of your own in the future!
Hurry up, give him some lucky money, otherwise it won’t work!”
Everyone in the courtyard was looking at Yi Zhong Hai. Yi Zhong Hai’s face was stiff. He originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Hui Zhen, but he didn't expect to get himself caught in the middle, with everyone in the courtyard watching!
Because of Sun Xiu Ju’s matter, his reputation has already been affected. If he were to treat Shen Yuan Chao and Bang Geng differently, the courtyard would be buzzing with gossip again!
Yi Zhong Hai forced himself to swallow his pain and took out two thousand yuan: "Here, our little Yuan Chao also has lucky money! Happy New Year!"
Liu Hui Zhen helped Shen Yuan Chao tidy up his diaper, then thanked him: "Thank you, First Uncle, thank you, First Uncle!"
At this time, Shen Yuan Chao turned and looked at the old deaf woman in the backyard. He began to "yi yi ya ya" at the old deaf woman.
The old deaf woman pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to hear!
Shen You Tian was quick-witted and ran over: "Grandmother, my brother is greeting you, saying that he wishes you never die!"
The old deaf woman's face stiffened. People always wish for good fortune during the New Year. Never dying is impossible, but she wanted to live a few more years and eat some delicious food.
At this moment, she couldn't pretend not to hear, but giving lucky money to an abandoned infant who had caused trouble for her several times?
The old deaf woman felt a pang of resentment in her heart, but she was much more calculating than Yi Zhong Hai. She quickly remembered that she had some old stamps at home.
Those things were worthless, especially a few that were from the previous dynasty. She couldn't give them away, but giving them to this little kid would be perfect!
The old deaf woman: “Here, I have lucky money for you. I am getting old and forgetful. I forgot to prepare for Yuan Chao. I’ll go get it!”
The old deaf woman went back to her room and searched for the stamps in the corner!
She returned with her cane.
Shen Yuan Chao marveled, a true ancestor, this small frame, yet so strong, defeating countless millennials!
Even when he was thirty years old in the future, his physique was no match for this old woman!
The old deaf woman walked up to Shen Yuan Chao with the stamps: “I don’t have money, but I have good things. I’ll give them all to Yuan Chao. Yuan Chao, when you grow up, you can write letters to your relatives!”
These words were a bit like rubbing salt on a wound. Who didn’t know that Shen Yuan Chao was an abandoned infant, left at the police station entrance on a freezing winter day?
Maybe his relatives were all dead, and the old woman was still telling him to write them letters.
Yi Zhong Hai: “Hui Zhen, the old woman is getting old. Don’t mind her!”
Liu Hui Zhen didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary, she was actually very happy: “Mind what? Yuan Chao has relatives now. He can write letters to his grandfather, grandmother, and his aunt and uncle!”
Liu Hui Zhen’s husband was gone, but the Shen family was still there, Shen’s relatives were still there.
Liu Hui Zhen’s family was still there, Shen Yuan Chao wouldn't lack relatives.
Jia Zhang Shi winked at Qin Huairu, and Qin Huairu quickly carried Bang Geng forward: "Grandmother, my Bang Geng wishes you good health and longevity!"
In the past, the old deaf woman wouldn't give Qin Huairu lucky money because she didn't like her, but now, she had discussed with Yi Zhong Hai that Sun Xiu Ju wouldn’t serve her.
She asked Qin Huairu to take care of her for a while!
So she had prepared the lucky money long ago, “This is for Bang Geng’s lucky money!”
Everyone was looking at Shen Yuan Chao with sympathy. He didn't get any lucky money, and instead was subtly reprimanded by the old deaf woman.
He also received a bunch of worthless junk paper that couldn’t be eaten!
Oh, this Shen Yuan Chao, even if he grew up in this courtyard, he would probably be disliked. He would most likely be like Liu Hui Zhen, struggling to get a full meal!
Qin Huairu also looked at the stamps with malicious glee!
She had just touched the red envelope the old woman gave her, and the amount was the same as what Yi Zhong Hai gave, two thousand yuan. In one trip, Bang Geng had earned six thousand yuan.
That’s the equivalent of two sets of six yuan!
You know, in this era, rice was only 85 cents a pound. Six yuan was enough for two people in Qin Huairu's family to live for a month!
But what about Shen Yuan Chao?
He got a bunch of useless junk paper!
He’s much worse than her Bang Geng!
Some of the kind-hearted families in the courtyard looked at little Shen Yuan Chao being tricked by the old deaf woman, and felt a bit of sympathy for him.
“Oh, this child is so pitiful!”
“Who said not, abandoned by his own father and mother, his situation in this courtyard is not very good!”
But only Shen Yuan Chao was extremely excited at this moment, because the first stamp in that stack was a "Red Flower One Yuan".
"Red Flower One Yuan" was one of the overprinted denomination stamps issued by the Qing Dynasty National Post in 1897. It was also the first set of stamps issued by the country using overprinted tax stamps.
At the end of 1896, the Qing government officially established the National Post Office. When it was first established, it coincided with the currency reform of "abandoning taels and adopting yuan." The postal service was about to open, but the silver yuan denomination stamps ordered from Japan were still being printed and could not be delivered on time. The postal department had no choice but to use the red flower tax stamps used internally by the customs to overprint and use them as stamps in an emergency.
The original stamps were printed exquisitely and had bright colors. The Red Flower One Yuan stamp only had 50 overprinted because the overprinted font was not satisfactory. Its special printing background and extremely small circulation made it a target of philatelists at home and abroad in the future.
"Red Flower One Yuan" only has 33 extant pieces in the world. The National Philatelic Museum in China only has two.
Later, a European stamp collector acquired it and it was auctioned by Guardian in the spring of 2006 for 2.42 million yuan!
That is over two million yuan in value in the future!
It is one of the most valuable stamps in philately!
Even in this era, there were actually some philatelists who knew about this stamp, and their offers were not low. Shen Yuan Chao didn't know the value of this era, but he estimated that a bicycle should be no problem, right?
He got a great deal!
He got a great deal!
This is worth much more than two thousand yuan!
The old deaf woman gave him a great lucky money! It was worth it!
Don’t think that Bang Geng got six thousand yuan. When the value of this stamp becomes apparent, Shen Yuan Chao will be able to leave Bang Geng in the dust!
More importantly, after this incident, many people in the courtyard still felt that he was bullied by the old deaf woman, which would be of great help to his future reputation!
In this era, reputation and persona were the most important things. Otherwise, Yi Zhong Hai wouldn't have spent so much effort calculating every day!
Everyone thought that Shen Yuan Chao had suffered a great loss!
But no one knew that the old deaf woman had given Shen Yuan Chao a great opportunity!
Liu Hui Zhen took the stamps and carefully opened them. Shen Yuan Chao looked up and saw that the second one was not as precious as the first one, but it still had great collection value.
It was the stamp issued on January 1, 1952, commemorating the success of the land reform, a few cents, not very valuable, but in the future, it will be valuable!
Shen Yuan Chao didn't expect that he was so lucky. He had traveled back in time and started collecting stamps as a baby!
This outrageous luck! This old deaf woman is someone you can rely on!
She directly gave lucky money worth millions in the future!
“Yi Yi Ya Ya~”
Shen Yuan Chao was worried that Liu Hui Zhen didn't want the stamps, so he quickly flapped his hands at Liu Hui Zhen!
Sun Xiu Ju was overjoyed: "Oh, Hui Zhen, this little Yuan Chao is so smart. He likes these stamps!"
Xu Fu Gui exclaimed: “This child is really smart. How could anyone be so cruel as to abandon such a smart child!”
Wang Xiu Lan sighed: “Who said not, but Old Xu, if Liu Hui Zhen really gets a foothold in the courtyard, our house will be in trouble...”
Xu Fu Gui: “Let’s wait and see. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll find another job later and see if I can get an apartment!”
“Yi Yi Ya Ya~”
“Old Xu, what are you talking about? Yuan Chao is asking you for lucky money! You’re a projectionist, you call yourself a cultured person in our courtyard, you can’t give him less than me!”
Yi Zhong Hai had been forced to swallow his pride by Xu Fu Gui, losing two thousand yuan, and immediately retaliated!