She opened the door and entered the courtyard, then put down the items in her hands.
Father Song and her mother had not returned. They usually ate lunch at their workplaces, so at noon Yan Jin’er only needed to take care of her own meal.
Having been outside for so long, Yan Jin’er was already very hungry, so lunch was very simple. She just took some flour and eggs, mixed them into a batter, added boiling water and stirred it, put in some seasoning, and added a few stalks of green vegetables.
After finishing lunch, Yan Jin’er excitedly grabbed a knife and the piece of wood and returned to her own room.
After studying it for a while, she discovered that the wood really seemed to be just wood. It was not hollow, and she did not find any mechanism.
She could only try chopping it with a knife. Clang, clang, clang—after a few strikes, Yan Jin’er’s face darkened. She discovered that the wood only had a few shallow marks, while her own hand had gone numb from the shock.
Yan Jin’er could only pick up the wood and run to the tool room. She found an axe in the corner, fixed the wood in place, and hacked at it with full force.
“Crack, crack.” The wood shattered into pieces, revealing something inside—five tightly wrapped objects covered in black cloth. Yan Jin’er quickly cleaned up the scene, hugged the black cloth, and excitedly ran back to her room.
It was time to witness a miracle!
She unwrapped all the black cloths. Her heart was pounding wildly, so excited she felt like jumping. Her eyes shone brightly as she looked at the five small gold bars on the ground, each weighing about half a jin. At this time, the national gold price was fifteen yuan per gram. Her 1,250 grams of gold would be worth 18,750 yuan in cash!
She had become rich!
In this era, when the average monthly salary was only twenty to thirty yuan, she had already become a “ten-thousand-yuan household.”
“Today is really a good day…” Yan Jin’er hummed an off-tune song, excitedly wrapped the gold back to its original form, placed it into her precious small box, locked it, put it at the deepest part of the cabinet, and covered it with clothes.
Yan Jin’er threw herself onto the bed, her cheeks revealing two shallow dimples.
She carefully thought about what else in this era could be used to make money without danger. Even if she just kept it for appreciation in value, it would still be fine.
Houses were not possible; at this time, private real estate transactions were still not allowed. When they could be bought in the future, she could consider buying a few houses and becoming a landlady collecting rent.
“Right, stamps from this era can be collected.” The famous “Whole Country Is Red” stamp was very well known, but that stamp had been issued in 1968 and was gone in less than half a day, so it was impossible to buy now. She could only go to the post office and buy some commemorative stamps to collect.
Once she thought of it, she acted immediately. Yan Jin’er got out of bed again and slowly walked to the post office.
There were not many people in the post office. Aside from the staff, only a few men and women dressed neatly were writing letters at the counters.
Yan Jin’er walked to an empty counter and politely asked, “Hello, comrade, do you have complete sets of stamps for sale?”
The young male comrade inside the counter looked up and saw a bright and beautiful little face speaking to him, and he could not help but blush slightly. His heartbeat quickened a little.
“Yes. We have two sets of commemorative editions, two yuan per set. There are also five sets of regular editions, one yuan per set. How many do you want?”
Yan Jin’er felt a surge of joy. She remembered from her past life that a set of commemorative stamps could sell for over three hundred thousand yuan! Even the regular ones could still be worth tens of thousands!
Today really was a good day!
“Comrade, my family often needs to send letters, so I want to buy more and keep them at home for convenience. I want two sets of commemorative stamps and three sets of regular stamps.”
The male comrade felt a bit confused. If there weren’t enough, she could just buy more when sending letters. Buying so many at once would last a very long time.
The male comrade asked again uncertainly, “Are you really sure you want to buy that many?”
Yan Jin’er nodded seriously and took seven yuan out of her pocket, placing it on the counter. Her moist almond-shaped eyes looked straight at him.
After getting the five sets of stamps, Yan Jin’er was as happy as if she had eaten honey, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.