Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 30 Two Months

The saying "getting rich quietly" is the most appropriate to describe Lu Shaohua's family. Since they started shipping lychees to Shenzhen, their family's wealth has been growing. However, the money earned from retail sales is not very fast. The fastest is from exporting with Yang Jianlong. A pound of lychees is only four or five yuan when purchased, and only ten yuan when shipped to retail. However, exporting is different. With the word "export", the price is doubled! It only took a week to ship thousands of pounds, otherwise the money earned would be no less than retail!

After two months of retail and export, lychees are coming to the end of their season. It can be said that the lychee variety has withdrawn from the market, while longan has gradually appeared in front of people. For Lu Shaohua's family, lychees are just the beginning. The next ones to come are longan, taro, and other kinds of fruits.

During these two months, Lu Shaohua also secretly calculated for his family. The net profit of lychee retail in these two months, excluding the cost of lathe workers and the wages paid to Chen Guobang and others, was about 20, and the other fruits retail also made about 10. Although the export was only shipped once a week, the money earned was not necessarily less than retail. In two months, a total of 9 shipments were made to Hong Kong, and each time thousands of kilograms were shipped there. In two months, the lychees and other fruits could make about 40, and this 40 was excluding all expenses. In the end, even Lu Shaohua himself was shocked by the money. He didn't expect to make more than 70 in just two months. In the 70s, even 7 was a lot of money, not to mention more than 70.

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Looking at the calendar on the wall, it was already July 1986. Lu Shaohua knew that his uncle was about to go to work at the county government, which also meant that Lu Chang would embark on the path of official career. Of course, their shop would be one less person, but with Chen Guobang's four comrades coming, Lu Shaohua was not worried at all about being too busy. In fact, on the third day after Zhang Haixin and the other four gathered, Lu Shaohua arranged for Fang Jiasheng and Du Xiaofeng to go home to help. There were still three people in Shenzhen, plus Lu Jiahui and Lu Jiacheng, so there was still enough manpower.

"Uncle, are you going back today?" Lu Shaohua asked as he watched Lu Chang collecting clothes.

"Okay, uncle will take the evening bus back." Knowing it was Lu Shaohua, Lu Chang did not look back and answered while packing his clothes.

Lu Shaohua felt a little depressed when he saw Lu Chang didn't even turn his head. He couldn't tell that Lu Chang was going back, so he just wanted to bring up the topic by asking this question. However, Lu Chang didn't even turn his head, so he didn't know what to say next. He didn't say a word and just stood there in a daze.

After a while, Lu Chang did not hear Lu Shaohua speak, nor did he hear the sound of Lu Shaohua leaving. He knew that Lu Shaohua must have something to ask him, so he turned around and asked, "Xiaohua, do you have something to ask your uncle?"

"Haha, you are really wise, my uncle. My little secrets can't be hidden from your sharp eyes." Lu Shaohua flattered him silently.

"Bullshit! If you have something to say, just say it. If not, just go and help." Lu Chang seemed to be unhappy with Lu Shaohua's flattery and said with a serious expression. In fact, when Lu Shaohua flattered him, he was still very happy in his heart, but he just didn't show it.

"Oh! Then I'll tell you!"

"Tell me, when did you become so hesitant?"

"Uncle, I just did some calculations for our family. We have earned about 70 yuan in the past two months. I think we can't just leave this money here. We should put it in the bank. Not only will we get interest, but it will also be safe. What do you think?" Lu Shaohua suggested with a guilty conscience. In fact, he wanted Lu Chang to agree to put the money in the bank to pave the way for his future plans...

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Lu Chang immediately felt that it made sense. It would be better to put the money in the bank instead of leaving it there. That's a good thing for "money to make money". "Well, that's a good idea. Anyway, I don't need the money now, so it's better to put it in the bank."

"Yes, yes!" Lu Shaohua quickly agreed, and then asked: "So, uncle, which bank do you think is better to put it in?"

"Need I ask? Of course it's in the Agricultural Bank of China." Lu Chang answered immediately when Lu Shaohua asked, as if he had a deep impression of the Agricultural Bank of China.

"Agricultural Bank is not an option. The interest rate is too low." Lu Shaohua had a little idea in mind. No one would tell him where to deposit the money. He just didn't want to reveal his purpose so quickly, so he asked Lu Chang where to deposit the money.

"Oh! If the interest rate is too low, then deposit it in the Postal Savings Bank." In Lu Chang's mind, these were the only two banks in the country where he could deposit money, so when Lu Shaohua said that the interest rate at the Agricultural Bank of China was too low, he said without even thinking about it that he would deposit it in the Postal Savings Bank.

"No, the postal savings bank is also very low."

"Then where do you think is a good place to save money?" Lu Shaohua refuted the two places that Lu Chang was familiar with, so he had no choice but to ask Lu Shaohua in return.

Lu Shaohua was waiting for Lu Chang to say this, and he said without even thinking, "Uncle, I heard Mr. Yang say a few days ago that the interest rate in Hong Kong is much higher than in the mainland, so I think it's better to deposit the money there."

"When did you hear that the interest rate over there is high?" Lu Chang was a little unconvinced. He hadn't seen Lu Shaohua and Yang Jianlong interacting in the past few days.

"Oh, it was some time ago." Lu Shaohua was actually lying. He had never heard that interest rates in Hong Kong were higher. He just made a guess based on Hong Kong's current economy.

Lu Chang did not realize that Lu Shaohua was lying. He also felt that the profits in Hong Kong were still relatively high. He thought for a while before speaking: "Okay, you can deposit the money in Hong Kong, but this must be approved by your father. I will tell your father about this when I go home. If he agrees, I will bring the message down then."

"Oh! Well, uncle, you pack up, I'll go help." Lu Shaohua said calmly, but he was actually very happy. He knew his plan had been successful. As long as his uncle agreed, Lu Jiayao would not object. There was a purpose for depositing money in Hong Kong, and this purpose was to deal with "Black Monday" in the future. As long as the money was deposited in Hong Kong and he got the passbook at home, it would be very convenient for him to transfer the money as he wanted.

Of course, if he wanted to transfer the money, he would have to get his family's consent. Transferring the money privately was only done when there was no other choice. That was the worst option. What was the best option? Of course, it was to use the money openly with the family's permission. Now that the money saving issue had been resolved, Lu Shaohua was relieved. Next, he had to find an excuse to get his family's consent to let him go to Hong Kong. As long as he went to Hong Kong, he would have no obstacles in doing anything, and the plan could be officially launched. However, Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry. There was still more than a year until Black Monday, which meant he still had more than a year. "Well, there was still a year left. What should I do in this year?"

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