Chapter 481 The Value of the Three Yuan

The old lady got up at night and saw the person sleeping next to her. She was startled at first, but when she reached out and touched him...

That tender, smooth skin, and that familiar scent—his cloudy eyes suddenly overflowed with a dazzling light.

"Jiu'er, Grandma's little darling, is finally back."

As he spoke, he leaned over Xiao Jiu's collagen-rich face and gave her a big kiss.

Xiao Jiu rolled over, suddenly grabbed her wrinkled hand, and rubbed it against her face happily.

"Grandma, I miss you so much!"

The old lady burst into tears. Which young girl in the village wouldn't look down on them, these old ladies who looked like old women?

Her daughter-in-law is filial and took her to a bathhouse before the New Year. She herself is also very clean, but old age is old age. Not to mention her grandchildren, even her children may not be willing to sleep with her.

But her family didn't mind them and even slept in the middle of their kang (heated brick bed). What a wonderful granddaughter! She's so much more considerate than those brats.

She really did a good job spoiling her little girl!

The old lady didn't know why she was so clear-headed at this moment. She just sat there next to her granddaughter, touching her head and kneading her hands, until drowsiness came over her. Then she lay down next to Xiaojiu, her lips curving upwards as she drifted off to sleep.

Perhaps because she was lying next to her beloved grandmother, Xiao Jiu slept exceptionally well that night, sleeping until around 10 a.m.

When she sat up, rubbing her eyes, she saw her grandmother leaning against the quilt beside her, panting heavily as she twisted a rope.

His face lit up with joy, and he went up and gave the old lady a bear hug, making her laugh so hard her eyes disappeared.

"Hurry up and get dressed, don't get cold." The old lady spoke with difficulty, but her words were concise and to the point, a common symptom after a stroke.

Xiao Jiu obediently changed into the cotton-padded coat that her mother had tailored for her again. It was still red with a floral pattern because she and her grandmother both thought she looked good in red.

Besides the red coat, there was also a newly made pair of red cloth cotton shoes. The old lady kept saying, "Try them on, try them on quickly!"

Xiao Jiu deftly folded the quilt, swept the bed clean, put on her socks, and stepped directly onto the kang (heated brick bed). Her shoes were new and had never been on the ground before.

"Milk, it fits perfectly, just right, not too tight or too loose, and it's so warm!"

"Put these on!" Little Jiu said "Okay," and with her disheveled hair, she sidled up to the old lady. "Grandma, what are you doing!"

“Your mother was afraid I wouldn’t remember you, so she arranged these kinds of activities for me every day to exercise my hands and brain, sometimes twisting rope, sometimes picking beans.”

In short, the old lady spoke haltingly, her breathing heavy, her eyes showing a hint of helplessness but also a great deal of enjoyment.

She enjoys her daughter-in-law's filial piety, so she is happy to listen to her daughter-in-law and do whatever her daughter-in-law asks her to do.

In the end, it won't harm them.

Not only her, but the old man was also assigned tasks: planting flowers, watering plants, and pushing their homemade cart around the yard.

Every little thing shows how filial the children are. Xiao Jiu has watched his parents grow up, how could he not know how good they are to him?

Are you used to life in the city?

Grandma nodded, "Okay, you're all doing well. An, Xiao An comes home every night to massage and wash our feet."

As she spoke, the old lady's eyes reddened, "Your grandfather is so grateful to Xiao An for carrying him around to take a bath!"

"And your older sisters, they carried me on their backs, hugged me, and even pulled me in their carts. Good, Grandma is good, everyone is good."

The old lady, somewhat emotional, pieced together the good things everyone had done for her over the past year into short phrases and told her about them.

They even marveled at how wise it was to have done a good deed back then by taking in the three of them.

Having many daughters makes a family better off, but unfortunately, the Tang couple doesn't understand how good daughters are.

The more Xiao Jiu listened, the more she felt that this was still the same wise old lady she once was.

It was freezing cold outside, the coldest month of the year, and the sky was overcast with no sunshine.

Even on the first day of the Lunar New Year, after the peak time for setting off firecrackers, it's not as lively.

Not to mention, since the famine, the village's conditions have not improved, and fewer people are getting married and having children in recent years.

Especially since their children are all grown up and they have few relatives, Grandma said that her sisters had already come over to wish them a Happy New Year while she was still asleep.

She scratched her head awkwardly, "I can't believe I was sleeping so soundly! Grandma, why didn't you wake me up?"

"Grandma is watching over you. Everyone is being quiet and hasn't disturbed you. Are you hungry? Eat."

As she spoke, Grandma called out "Lingli" to the outside. Mother, with flour still on her hands, shuffled in through the cotton curtain.

"Mother, what's wrong, Mother?"

Seeing Xiao Jiu sitting next to the old lady, he couldn't help but tease her.

"Oh, our little monkey has finally decided to get out of bed?"

Xiao Jiu chuckled twice, and Tao An, hearing the commotion, ran in as well.

"Lazybones, still lying there? There's hot water boiling in the big pot outside. Get up and wash up! You're acting like a madman!"

Xiao Jiu scratched her head. She had just taken a shower at school before coming back, so she was clean!

Urged repeatedly by the deliveryman, Zhai Sanhe, dressed in new clothes, went outside to wash up and was brushing his teeth when he came in.

"Hey, Xiao Jiu's awake!" Xiao Jiu spat out toothpaste foam and called out "brother-in-law" in a slurred voice.

"Good girl," he said, then walked over and handed her a three-yuan note. The moment she saw the note, something flashed through her mind.

The second set of three-yuan coins (please contact us to remove if there is any copyright infringement).

While thanking Zhai Sanhe for the New Year's money, she stared at the money and calculated the time. She was shocked when she finally did.

From March 1955 to May 1964, the three-yuan denomination of the second set of currency circulated for only nine years.

Around April of this year, the central bank began to withdraw the value of this currency. She quickly rinsed her mouth and waited for Zhai Sanhe to come out after talking to his mother in the kitchen.

She excitedly pulled Zhai Sanhe aside and asked, "Brother-in-law, have you heard anything?"

Zhai Sanhe was too tall, and it was uncomfortable for him to look down. Xiao Jiu pulled him to sit down on a stool next to them. "What's going on?"

"That's the value of this three-yuan coin!" Xiao Jiu said quietly by the riverbank, shaking it. "I heard they're going to take them back!"

Upon hearing this, Sanhe immediately laughed and said, "I thought it was something serious. Otherwise, why do you think I gave you a brand new three-yuan note?"

Xiao Jiu's eyes widened as Sanhe continued, "Your eldest sister said that your fifth and sixth sisters wrote back about this matter a long time ago."

Seeing Zhao Lingli come out of the house and then go back into the main room, he said, "You've changed quite a few godparents. Your information is really out of touch!"

He tapped her forehead as he spoke, then took the aspic Zhao Lingli had brought out from the main room and left first.

"Come over for lunch, we can switch between the two places!"

As soon as Zhai Sanhe left, Xiao Jiu quickly ran to the kitchen and saw her parents preparing the dishes for lunch. She casually pinched a fried meatball and put it in her mouth.

"Mom, my brother-in-law just said that you also exchanged a lot of three-yuan bills? When did that happen?"

"Yes, I exchanged a few thousand dollars for new bills, but not this year, it was in the first half of last year. I guess it will be difficult to exchange them this year."