Rebirth in 1980: The Farm Wife Makes a Comeback
Chapter 448: I Own This Store

Chapter 448: Chapter 448: I Own This Store

It’s perfect timing—gold prices fell a few bucks today, similar to the last drop to the bottom. Today, Qin Xiangnuan decided to buy gold. When she left, she unexpectedly ran into an old acquaintance. It was indeed, by chance, the person who greatly appreciated her last time. Initially, everyone was optimistic about Liu Xiaohua, but this person always recommended her. Although in the end, she still didn’t make it into Fenghua, Qin Xiangnuan had a high regard for this person. If she could poach him, that would be great—she’s had such thoughts, as she wasn’t really keen on managing the store herself and needed a store manager to handle the processes.

Zhao Jinmin has been working in Fenghua for a long time, handling operations. However, it seems that he didn’t fare too well; from last time, it could be felt that his manager was still taking advice from someone else.

"Is it you?" Zhao Jinmin clearly recognized Qin Xiangnuan. She still looked fresh and elegant as during her university days, fair-skinned with a gentle smile, comfortable to look at as always. She wore a white short sweater, a short skirt, a pair of black leather shoes, and her hair was slightly tied up, looking fluffy—a semi-curled style that felt very fashionable. The outfit was quite matching.

"Are you here to buy clothes?" Zhao Jinmin felt that the style of the clothes Qin Xiangnuan was wearing was that of Cafe Women’s Clothing.

"No," Qin Xiangnuan smiled, "This is my store, and I designed the clothes. Mr. Zhao, if you want to buy clothes, take a look, I’ll give you a discount," she said, taking out a card from her body and walking over.

"This is our store’s VIP card, which offers a 10% discount."

Zhao Jinmin hurriedly received it, his face filled with complexity.

Qin Xiangnuan glanced at her wristwatch, "I have something else to do, I need to leave first. Mr. Yue, if you need anything, you can contact me. Here’s my personal phone number," she said, handing another business card to Zhao Jinmin.

Zhao Jinmin took it, flipped through the card in his hand, and then put the card into his pocket, looking towards Beijing Film Academy where Qin Xiangmu was, he sighed lightly.

She’s indeed not a commoner.

He took out his camera and secretly took a few photos, feeling somewhat guilty.

And then Qin Xiangnuan went to the gold shop again and bought several tens of thousands of gold bars. She weighed her bag and decided not to leave, her current net worth tied up in these bars. The tens of thousands now could quintuple at least—reaching hundreds of thousands.

"Yup, I’m in the gold shop, afraid of being robbed," Qin Xiangnuan was calling Jian Zhiqing, asking him to pick her up to avoid the risk of getting robbed while walking, though the current societal situation wasn’t running rampant with thieves, it was still wise to be careful.

Soon after, Jian Zhiqing drove over.

Qin Xiangnuan got into the car and showed Jian Zhiqing her haul from today.

"How’s my catch today?"

Jian Zhiqing took out a gold bar and knocked Qin Xiangnuan’s forehead with it, "What made you think of buying gold?"

"Waiting for it to appreciate in value," Qin Xiangnuan took the gold bar from Jian Zhiqing’s hand and put it back into her bag. Now, she was headache about where to keep all these.

"Where should we put this? Should we dig a hole and bury it?" Qin Xiangnuan felt that since the gold wouldn’t rot or grow mould, burying it would be good and space-saving.

"Stop fooling around," Jian Zhiqing was both amused and frustrated as he looked at his watch, "The bank hasn’t opened yet. We’ll take it there to store in a safety deposit box. Pay a bit annually, easy access anytime."

"Yeah," Qin Xiangnuan held her bag tightly, "I didn’t think about that, the bank can store gold bars." Of course, her mention of digging a hole was just jesting. She had also considered buying a safe, but having a safe at home outrightly advertises that there are valuables inside—she indeed felt that no place at home was safe, burying it seemed more sensible realistically.

Jian Zhiqing stopped the car in front of the bank. It was also a good time as there was no parking fee and no one to ticket the car, mainly due to the scarcity of private cars, those who could afford cars in Capital City were few.

They rented a safety deposit box at the bank, where Qin Xiangnuan placed all her purchased gold bars, planning to keep them for ten years and sell them when the gold prices peak.

After locking the safety deposit box, Jian Zhiqing tossed the keys into Qin Xiangnuan’s bag.

"Let’s go, have a meal; grandma isn’t home today, let’s eat out."

Jian Zhiqing took Qin Xiangnuan’s hand, planning to take her out to eat, saving them the need to cook and clean dishes at home.

"Let’s have dumplings," Qin Xiangnuan spotted a dumpling restaurant she liked, favoring their dumplings for being reasonably priced and delicious, with both meat and vegetarian options where the meat wasn’t greasy and the vegetarian very flavorful.

"Alright, let’s go for dumplings then," Jian Zhiqing was indifferent, willing to accompany Qin Xiangnuan with whatever she wanted to eat.

As for the gold bars Qin Xiangnuan bought, he didn’t interfere. Whatever she wanted to buy, he let her buy. Of course, the household was making money quickly now, mainly because Qin Xiangnuan always acted sensibly, and there was reasoning behind everything she did.

After their meal, they visited the internet café. Lately, there had been a crackdown on underage patrons, so some precautions had to be taken. Qin Xiangnuan clutched her bag with a slightly furrowed brow.

"What’s wrong?" Jian Zhiqing stopped the car, "Are you feeling unwell?" He placed his hand on Qin Xiangming’s forehead; it didn’t feel too hot.

"I’m fine," Qin Xiangnuan pulled Jian Zhiqing’s large hand and squeezed his fingers.

"It’s just something I remembered, a bit worrying." She calculated the time—now it’s the spring of the year 2002. The first case of SARS was back in early November 2002.

Since November 2002, when the first cases appeared in mainland China and began spreading widely, it could be divided into two stages: from November 2002 to March 2003, the epidemic mainly affected Yuegang and its surrounding areas; after March 2003, the epidemic spread nationwide, particularly severe in Yangdu.

Back then, all industries started to decline, everyone was concerned for their safety, and no one was in the mood to eat or have fun, especially the situation in Capital City was worrying. Although she knew SARS would pass, the interim year was indeed distressing.

There wasn’t much time left until SARS hit; at that time, people said that Lan Gen could prevent SARS, so Lan Gen was always out of stock, as was 84, also in high demand, and for a period you couldn’t buy them even if you wanted to.