"Xiao Wan, there are so many good things at the waste recycling stations. Why don’t we go to other cities for a while and specifically look for recycling stations?" Liang Hongmei said excitedly.
"Mom, these things depend on luck, it’s fine as it is. We don’t rely on this to make money. By the way, did you put away those monkey stamps I gave you? Don’t let them get damp."
"Those things are just a few cents each, you see them all over the streets, and yet you treat them like treasures. Can they really be that valuable?" Liang Hongmei glanced at her daughter indulgently, but still wrapped them in plastic as her daughter advised.
"Mom, valuable things are hidden away. The longer they’re stored, the more valuable they become. Aren’t these antiques just hidden treasures? If you don’t care for them, save them for your grandchildren or great-grandchildren; they’ll definitely find them precious." Make sure to store them well, they’ll be worth a lot in the future. A sheet of monkey stamps from 1980 is over a million, that’s enough for a house in the future. She’s given the old lady tens of houses’ worth.
Back then, she remembered the monkey stamps and went from post office to post office, buying dozens of authentic monkey stamps to bring home as a collection.
She also knew about the stocks issued in 1990, where countless people took bundles of 10 yuan or 5 yuan bills to buy subscription certificates. At that time, the securities company counter staff would count the money first before asking which stock to buy. After you mentioned the stock name and submitted a filled-out stock purchase order, the counter would help you place the order. During that time, the stock price might have already risen a lot. Therefore, people would overbid slightly above the current price to buy stocks without having to reorder, naturally pushing stock prices further up. The real stock market boom happened after the Southern Tour Speech: "We must have a stock market; if it’s not good, we can close it." That was when the legend of the stock market broke out, with the market skyrocketing, some increasing by more than hundreds of times.
At that time, Lin Wan was still diligently working for others, thinking those people were out of line, spending money to buy intangible things, all squandering their money.
But later, she regretted it deeply, regretted it a lot. People need to learn to keep up with the times.
The policies introduced from above should be followed; the first batch of people always profits.
She would save money to enter the market in 1990, waiting for the bull market in 1992, and she also planned to buy more houses to appreciate in value.
Lin Wan got two vintage cabinets. The rest were placed in Mom’s yard, and she found the person who used to make the dining tables for their store to help at home with making two sets of wooden sofas and wardrobes for several rooms.
Lin Wan had three bedrooms. The side room was designated as Han Yi’s study, and she happened to have found a set of bookshelves and a desk recently, perfect for that room. The living room had a set of sofas and a long table made, the guest bedroom had a set of wardrobes and desks. Lin Wan didn’t make anything for the master bedroom, as she thought if they did move in the future, her dowry would fit nicely in this room.
In the kitchen, she had a cabinet made, and found a plasterer to help renovate the kitchen, painting it with green oil paint up to waist height, with smooth cement underneath.
She even drew a design herself, asking the plasterer to help brick the kitchen into a modern style. She specifically asked the craftsman to embed the stove directly.
A straight row along one wall, with the carpenter making two hanging cabinets above.
She even left a spot for a propane tank. While she was in the city these past days, she discovered a supplier of propane. If they did move here, she could bring a tank back.
It’s 1981 now, and propane is quickly becoming widespread.
The plasterer knew Lin Wan wanted to repaint the walls, so he introduced two people to her.
Lin Wan took another trip to the building materials market, bought two bags of paint, and had the entire house painted. Inside, Lin Wan didn’t have them paint the green halfway up the walls, only thirty centimeters up, making it look nicer.