Chapter 28: 3 Yuan Notes

In fact, Li Kuiyong's family is not yet very short of money. Since Li Shunfa's death, the state has paid pensions to their family on time, and it is based on the hair of each person. They have a large family, and the pensions are almost enough to maintain the normal expenses of the family.

In addition, Li Kuiyong used to eat Buddha with the little bastards, that is, to take tribute from pickpockets. The pickpockets in the capital call themselves "Buddhas".

But most of the money was put in the little bastard, and Li Kuiyong didn't have much on him. Now that the little bastard is dead, the savings of the previous "Eat Buddha" should not have been spent, so Shen Long wondered if he could find out the money.

Although the family had enough food and drink, they had to go to northern Shaanxi to join the queue. Zhong Yuemin and the others had no food and went to the county town to beg. The place where they wanted to join the queue did not have enough food, so they had to make some preparations in advance. In addition, the small children at home also spent money on reading and studying. They could use charcoal pens on a wood board instead of practicing calligraphy and exercises, but buying textbooks always cost money.

It shouldn't be hard to find a place to hide money. Over the past ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, not many houses have been built in the capital, but the population has doubled. For low-level people like the little bastard and Li Kuyong, there are only a few places to stay. They were easily found by Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang because they had too few hiding places.

After going through several places where Li Kuiyong and the little bastard hid in their minds, Shen Long sorted out a sequence, and walked towards the place where they stayed the night before the little bastard was killed.

It was a small house on the third floor of a simple building not far from here. This kind of building usually has three floors.

This house is owned by Li Kuiyong and a relative of the little bastard. The family is out of town now. There is no one at home. Shen Long easily got in. There was no furniture in the room.

Shen Longzai carefully touched the pockets of every piece of clothing, even the inner lining of the hat. Unfortunately, he only found a few dimes, which added up to only two or three yuan, which was very inconsistent with the little bastard's usual income.

Because he dared to use a knife, the little bastard was one of the most famous among the gangsters in the capital. There were quite a few "Buddhas" who made offerings to him, so it couldn't be the only reason;

He went to look over the corners of the walls, cracks in bricks and other places where money might be hidden, but still found nothing. Shen Long sat on the ground, thinking carefully about the last few days he spent here with the little bastard. During these few days, did the little bastard try to hide money?

Shen Long's eyes glanced over the window inadvertently, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He really found out a suspicious detail. He remembered that night, the little bastard specially opened the window and lay down on the window edge to smoke a cigarette.

Thinking about it now, it seems that this is not the case at all. People like them who are used to living in cramped houses are as delicate as Zhong Yuemin and the others. When they are at home, most people in the house don’t think anything of it. Now there are only the two of them in the house.

Trying to think about it again, Shen Long was convinced that during the few days he stayed in this room, the little bastard had done such a thing of opening the window to smoke, so he immediately got up, opened the window and poked his head out to look around.

found it,

Under Shen Long's careful investigation, he really found the place where the little bastard hid his money. This house was located on the outermost edge of the simple building. There happened to be a water pipe extending from the left side to the ground.

There was a gap between the water pipe and the wall, and a small bag wrapped in oiled paper was sandwiched between the gaps. Shen Long looked around and took out the small bag to make sure no one was paying attention.

Sitting on the ground with the window closed, I opened the small bag and saw a thick pile of banknotes of various kinds. There was a second edition of ten yuan with the pictures of workers and peasants, a third edition of five yuan with steelworkers, one yuan for a female tractor driver, two yuan for Pagoda Mountain, and even a three yuan note with the stone bridge at Longyuankou in Jinggangshan.

Yes, you read that right. In the history of the Republic, there was indeed a wonderful record of three yuan banknotes. This banknote is light green, slightly larger than the current 1 yuan RMB, with three yuan in traditional characters on both ends of the front. There are four characters of "People's Bank of China three yuan" in Chinese, Uighur, Mongolian and Tibetan.

The reason why there is a denomination of "three yuan" is that at the beginning of the founding of the Republic, many places referred to the system of the northern Red Empire. The banknotes used by the Red Empire included three kopeck coins and three ruble banknotes.

Later, because these "three yuan" banknotes were printed by the Red Empire, they stopped being used during the period when the relationship between the two countries was hostile. It has been out of circulation for two years now. I don't know which "Buddha" was lucky enough to encounter out-of-print stuff.

Because of the small number of printings, "three yuan" banknotes have also become popular in the currency collection market in the future. A "three yuan" banknote in good condition can be sold for a high price of 50,000 yuan. Unfortunately, this time it is worn out by the soul and cannot be taken away.

Shen Long thought about it, carefully put away this "three yuan" banknote, slowly counted the remaining money, and finally added up to more than 300 yuan, which is comparable to the annual income of a first-class worker.

At this time, an eight-level salary system was implemented, and the salary of a first-level worker was between 29 and 33 yuan. Although the number was small, the purchasing power was not low. It was not a problem for a first-level worker to support a family of five with a salary of 30 yuan.

Well, it's almost enough time, Shen Long said that the money was collected, and he went out to go back to the hospital.