Chapter Thirty-Two Buying Monkey Tickets

  Qiu Ye stuffed the money into her pocket and pulled her brother out of the bank towards the post office. At this time, her brother grabbed hold of her.

  Qiu Feng suddenly understood, his sister wanted to buy that monkey ticket. His sister must have been cheated by the stamp seller. The monkey ticket didn't even look good, just a paper monkey squatting there, and it cost so much per sheet. If mom found out, she would skin them alive, no, she would skin him alive, his sister would definitely cry and mom would go easy on her, but if he cried like his sister, mom's punishment would be even harsher.

  So in order to avoid getting his butt kicked, he was determined to stop his sister from buying that monkey ticket.

  "Sister, that's too expensive and doesn't look good either, don't buy it. If mom finds out, she'll definitely scold me."

  Qiu Ye didn't expect her brother to stop her, but seeing his bitter melon-like face, she knew he was afraid of getting scolded by their mom. However, she couldn't give up, so she could only deceive her brother.

  "Brother, this is not expensive at all. That uncle just said that a few years ago it was 6 yuan and 40 cents, but now it's risen to 33 yuan. Think about it, if we buy it and sell it again in a few years, won't we make a lot of money? And that uncle even gave us a discount, so it's only 27 yuan and some cents per piece, less than 28 yuan. If we buy it and resell it, we'll make more than 40 yuan! Do you think we should buy it? There won't be another store like this after we leave the village."

  Qiu Feng was a bit puzzled, after listening to his sister's words, buying this ticket would earn him over 40 yuan, and he could make even more in the future, so it should be bought, but somehow it didn't feel right, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

  At the moment when he was deep in thought, Qiu Ye pulled him into the post office and shouted to Li Yanqing: "Uncle, uncle, I'm back. You have to keep your promise, 250 yuan for 9 editions."

  Qiu Ye ran to the counter and stood on tiptoes, looking up at Li Yanqing who was still in a daze inside, thinking to herself, "He's been scared by me, huh? I'm a generous sister now."

  Li Yanqing really didn't expect the two children to come back, he hurriedly opened the door of the counter and let the two children enter the counter, asking: "Did your parents agree with you buying so many at once?"

  Qiu Ye's face didn't turn red, nor did she gasp for air as she lied: "Yeah, Dad said it would go up again, so he let me buy it. Uncle, I brought all the money."

  She took out 4 of the 150 yuan she had just withdrawn from the bank, and then pulled out a large handful of small change from the small cloth bag in her hand and placed it on the table. These were all earned by selling meatballs, all small change, which she had already sorted at home, with the most being one jiao each. She would put nine together, and then use one one-jiao note to hold the nine together, so that a stack was equal to one yuan, making it easy to pick up and count.

  She originally brought it today to deposit into the bank, these small changes have no place to put at home, her small money box has been full for a long time. Now let this uncle handle these small changes.

  Li Yanqing was taken aback by the pile of loose change on the table, which was stacked in front of him, and wondered if he was supposed to count it.

  "Uncle, my mom runs a small business, so our family's money is a bit tight, you won't mind, will you?" Qiu Ye said with an embarrassed expression, looking at Li Yanqing who was still in a daze.

  Li Yanqing subconsciously shook his head, then reflected on it, looking at the little girl with a bad face, and then looking at the table full of coins, resigned to start counting up. Although they were coins, they were still RMB, just a bit more trouble for himself, he would have to take them to the bank across the street to exchange for whole money later.

  Then the two children sat there watching, Li Yanqing counted again and again, counting for half an hour, he finally finished counting all the coins, a total of 140 yuan, plus those eleven 10-yuan bills, exactly 250 yuan.

  Qiu Ye originally had a total of 145 yuan saved up. When she came, she set aside 5 yuan as change for daily use.

  "Alright, that's a total of 250 yuan. Here are the 9 versions of monkey tickets. You'd better keep them safe, little friend, and show them to your parents when you get home." Li Yanqing finished counting the money, checked that it was correct, then took out all his monkey tickets from the cabinet and handed them over to Qiu Ye.

  Qiu Ye looked at the lottery tickets in her hand, this excitement, these lottery tickets by the 21st century, can they be exchanged for tens of millions? She must keep them well and absolutely cannot afford to lose them.

  Li Yanqing was also relieved, finally selling out the monkey tickets that had been accumulated for several years, and he even made a small profit. Tonight, his wife must stir-fry two good dishes for him, and he will drink two cups to celebrate.

  He thought of the few 10-yuan bills that the little girl had just taken back, and suddenly asked: "Little friend, does your dad still want monkey tickets? My friend may have some left. If your dad wants them, I can contact him and bring them back when I go to the provincial city in a few days. However, the price cannot be so cheap, 33 yuan per copy, not one cent less."

  He figured that if the little girl's parents still wanted to buy tickets, he would go to the post office in the provincial city to take a look. His fellow vendors should still have some left, and he could buy them at a low price and then resell them to the little girl's father for a profit of several tens.

  Qiu Ye's eyes lit up again, and she said sweetly: "Uncle, my dad really likes this monkey ticket. He says he'll buy as many as there are."

  Qiu Ye was really excited when he heard that, it's like money falling from the sky, and someone even bought tickets for him, it's really unexpected.

  Li Yanqing goes to the provincial capital's post office every month, so buying monkey stamps is also on the way. He doesn't spend much on transportation costs. Now looking at this little kid saying it so happily, he says: "Okay, next month, Uncle will bring a few back for you."

  "Alright, uncle, what's your surname? My name is Qiu Ye, my father's name is Qiu Yanlin. Can I come back on the 25th of next month? Qiu Ye thought it would be better to know this person's name, in case he wasn't there when she came back, she could ask for him. Besides, since she planned to cooperate with him long-term, she couldn't just keep calling him 'uncle' without a name."

  Li Yanqing thought for a moment, next month 25th is his shift, so he agreed immediately, "Okay, uncle will be waiting for you here that day, my name is Li Yanqing, just find me when you come."

  "Okay, Uncle Li, I'll be off then, see you next month."

  As they were about to leave, Uncle Li kindly gave them a small bundle of newspapers and told her to put the stamps in between, so they wouldn't get dirty or creased. She also asked for a piece of cowhide paper used for wrapping books, wrapped the stamps up and then put them between the newspapers before pulling her brother out of the post office at a quick pace.

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