Chapter 28

Residence.

After Su Wen returned, he found that no one was there.

Yixue and Chufei were both gone.

"Grumble!"

His stomach protested, but with his current vitality at only 0.5, he felt weak and powerless, making cooking seem unrealistic.

He looked at the large bag in his room, which contained some local specialties his mother had given him. Some of the items could be eaten directly.

Soon, he found quite a few sausages.

"Dinner will be this." Su Wen was silent, "I'm still considered a rich man, with hundreds of thousands of coins on me, but now I have to eat sausages. What a tragedy. I should have eaten something outside before coming back."

He had only eaten half a sausage when the door opened.

"Su Wen, what are you doing..." Chufei stared at Su Wen in shock.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen someone eat sausages before?" Su Wen said, but then felt something was off about his words.

"Hmph, this is what my elder sister packed for you. Eat it!" Chufei, with a red face, angrily threw over two lunch boxes.

Su Wen quickly caught them, feeling deeply moved.

He opened the lunch boxes and saw one with braised pork ribs and green vegetables, and the other with rice.

"Yixue is really nice."

Su Wen ate his meal, muttering, "This woman would make a good wife."

By 10 PM, his vitality had recovered to 0.8.

In the courtyard, Yixue started practicing her sword skills again.

Su Wen came out and looked at Yixue, saying, "Thank you for bringing me the food."

Yixue didn't turn around, but her voice came, "Chufei and I went out to eat and brought you a portion. No need to thank me specially."

Su Wen didn't respond, but he silently kept this gratitude in his heart.

He went out through the small door.

He went to the bamboo grove again.

Although it was 10 PM, the lights from Jiangning University made the bamboo grove not too dark.

He continued to practice his physical techniques, still focusing on the fifth movement.

An hour later, his vitality had recovered to 1, and he started practicing Tai Chi and the Bone Separation Hand.

By 11:30 PM, he was drenched in sweat and walked back.

Yixue had stopped practicing, and the courtyard was quiet.

Su Wen took a shower and then lay down on the bed.

He took out the bag of diamonds he had recovered that day. When he poured them into his hand, he found there were more than thirty, one of which was particularly dazzling. Among the diamonds, he also found a high-tech locator.

"Sure enough." Su Wen found it amusing.

He crushed the locator with his foot and then went to sleep.

The next morning.

Su Wen carried a large bag to Jubaizhai.

"Where is Mr. Chu? This is the supply I got for Jubaizhai." Su Wen called out.

After saying that, he poured everything onto the ground, and a large number of old coins spread out, totaling more than a thousand, mostly from before the 1990s, which looked quite amusing.

Wu Ma stared at Su Wen in shock, "Did you rob a bank?"

Su Wen stuck out his tongue, "Banks don't have these things."

Wu Ma agreed and picked up a handful of old coins, saying, "These old coins were what I used when I was a child. A one-fen coin could buy a pound of meat back then."

Su Wen thought about it and realized it was true. Twenty years ago, being a ten-thousand-yuan household was a big deal, let alone forty or fifty years ago. From Wu Ma's age, she was probably around sixty.

"Wu Ma, now one fen is enough to buy you hundreds of pounds of meat." Su Wen laughed.

"I know that. A few days ago, Jubaizhai sold a few of these, and the prices shocked me. I really regret not saving some of these old things back then. Now I know how valuable they are." Wu Ma sighed.

Before Su Wen could say more, a light cough came from the door.

"Mr. Chu, you're here?"

Mr. Chu looked at Su Wen and then at the coins on the ground, "Did you collect these?"

His tone clearly showed disbelief!

"Didn't I collect them, did they fall from the sky?" Su Wen was speechless, "Mr. Chu, can you settle the payment for me? There are so many old coins, just pay the market price. What do you think?"

"Are you really willing to part with them?" Mr. Chu smiled at Su Wen.

Usually, such a large quantity of goods would be priced well above the market rate.

"Alright, it doesn't matter if you figured it out. These old coins are indeed mine. Since I said to pay the market price, let's stick to that. In the future, I'll bring you the goods, and you'll pay me. It's clear and straightforward." Su Wen directly explained his thoughts.

Mr. Chu was silent for a moment, "I don't know where you got these old coins, but it doesn't matter. In our line of work, we never ask about the origin of items. In the future, no matter what you bring, I won't question it."

Su Wen smiled, "That's best!"

Of course, it was best. How could he explain the source of the items he recovered?

Although he could make up some excuses, he didn't want to deliberately deceive anyone.

"I'm starting to understand what you mean by cooperation." Mr. Chu sighed.

Su Wen smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Chu, you'll recognize me as a valuable employee."

"You little brat... forget it." Mr. Chu didn't dwell on it, "The future of Jubaizhai largely depends on you. My offer still stands. If you can make Jubaizhai a place everyone wants to join, I'll really give it to you."

Su Wen was taken aback.

"Perhaps one day, Jubaizhai can regain its former glory." Mr. Chu showed a hint of longing.

Behind Mr. Chu, Zhao You and Ma Cheng had arrived. They looked at the pile of old coins with surprise. They knew that if handled well, these old coins could make Jubaizhai stand out.

"Stop staring, count them." Mr. Chu looked at the two behind him, "Settle the payment according to the market price, as Su Wen said."

"Understood, Mr. Chu." Both responded.

As the two hurriedly counted the old coins, Su Wen and Mr. Chu moved to the side.

About an hour later.

Zhao You walked over, "Mr. Chu, we've counted them. There are 1365 old coins in total, and at the market price, it's about 1 million yuan."

Mr. Chu looked at Su Wen, "What do you think?"

Su Wen nodded, which was close to his estimate, "Let's go with 1 million yuan! I'll give you an account later, and you can have the money transferred. There are no other issues. Now we can consider how to handle these old coins."

"Right, that's the key." Mr. Chu slapped his forehead.

"Mr. Chu, I have a good idea." Ma Cheng spoke up, "As far as I know, there are many coin enthusiasts in Jiangning. We can invite them to a coin appreciation event and sell these old coins to them. I believe we can get a good price."

"Not just that, I just looked at the old coins Su Wen brought. Many are from the same year. We can create a coin collection, like a complete set from 1961 or the 1970s." Zhao You added his suggestion.

"Su Wen, what do you think?" Mr. Chu asked.

"Let me think..." Su Wen pondered, "I think both ideas are good. Our main goal is to build a reputation, and this is the fastest way. However, to sell all these old coins immediately, I suggest we create some anticipation, like setting a daily limit on sales. This way, Jubaizhai's popularity can last longer. What do you think?"

Zhao You and Ma Cheng looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Mr. Chu thought for a moment and decided, "Let's do it. Fortunately, my old face still has some influence. I'll have someone send invitations to coin collectors, inviting them to Jubaizhai in two days to appreciate the old coins."

After that, Jubaizhai started to get busy.

Su Wen, on the other hand, had some free time.

After the morning shift ended, he headed to Tang Long's house.

He wasn't there to freeload, but to hand over the bag of diamonds to Tang Long.

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