I'm back in 1990

Chapter 109: Revealing the Truth

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, the days seemed to fly by. On the sixth day, Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan were going back to Qingjiang, and it looked like they would be going back to work soon.

Because their maternal grandmother and aunt had asked them to take too many things back with them, they asked Master Liang to make the trip again and take Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan back.

Huang Xiaochuan originally wanted to go back with them and bring Yu Xiang and Yu Wei back with him, since the car would be empty anyway.

To my surprise, when I called Yu Xiang last night, my suggestion was rejected. The main reason was that the dormitories were not yet open and there was nowhere to stay. Huang Xiaochuan didn't dare to suggest that Yu Xiang stay with him in Wenyuan, since Yu Xiang's personality is somewhat conservative.

Huang Xiaochuan had no choice but to give up. After seeing Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan off, Huang Xiaochuan said goodbye to his grandmother, uncle and aunt the next day, which was the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and then took a car alone to the train station to return to Shanghai.

The first thing I did after returning to Wenyuan was to open the windows for ventilation, as the doors and windows had been closed for a while and the house had a stuffy smell.

That afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan went to Lu Gong, only to find that the stamp market was not yet open. There was a notice posted at the entrance saying that the market would not reopen until February 25, after being closed from February 14.

However, many people also carried large bags and traded directly at the entrance of the stamp market, which was quite lively. They were all excited as they talked about their optimism about the stamp market after it opened, and they were also analyzing and guessing which stamps would have a big price increase.

Well, Huang Xiaochuan had no choice but to ride his bicycle back home after his failed attempt. The main problem was that all his pornographic films were in Engineer Lu's warehouse, which he couldn't access.

On a whim, I went to Huaihai Road to browse the shops, both department stores and secondhand stores, mainly to kill time, otherwise I would be even more bored back in my rented room.

During the Chinese New Year, Huang Xiaochuan had incredible luck. He actually found the treasure he had been dreaming of in a second-hand flea market: a used Leica 6 camera.

After checking and confirming that the camera was intact and could be used normally, Huang Xiaochuan did not hesitate to take out 1600 yuan to buy it.

Huang Xiaochuan was so excited, as if he had received a beloved toy. He immediately went to the department store to buy several rolls of film and took pictures all over the streets and alleys until he had used up all the rolls of film before reluctantly going to the photo developing shop to develop the photos.

Over the next few days, Huang Xiaochuan rode his bicycle around the streets and alleys of Shanghai every day, taking a lot of photos. He captured the everyday life of ordinary people, fashionable men and women, and the century-old Bund with his camera, recording Shanghai in the early 1990s.

On February 25th, Huang Xiaochuan took a taxi and waited at the exit of the bus terminal early in the morning because he needed to pick up Yu Xiang and Yu Wei.

It wasn't until after 6 p.m. that the shuttle bus from Qingjiang slowly came into Huang Xiaochuan's view.

Yu Xiang, sitting in the car, immediately spotted Huang Xiaochuan waiting for her in the cold wind. She quickly rolled down the window and waved to him, "Xiaochuan!"

Upon seeing Yu Xiang, Huang Xiaochuan waved happily. Yu Wei also saw Huang Xiaochuan, but he pursed his lips and put on airs.

He was also trying to adapt to his new identity. Although he still felt a little awkward, his older sister was willing and his parents approved, so he could only endure it.

However, I will never call him brother-in-law. I never thought that Ah Huang could become my brother-in-law. Not calling him brother-in-law is the last bit of stubbornness in my heart. I should at least have a bottom line.

As soon as the siblings came out of the station exit, Huang Xiaochuan quickly stepped forward to take the schoolbag from Yu Xiang and asked with concern, "Are you tired? Let's go have dinner first, and then I'll take you back to school."

Yu Wei was completely ignored by him. Yu Wei was carrying bags and bags of things and was on the verge of tears. "Damn it, all my sister's things are with me. She only has a schoolbag in her hand. Ah Huang, you are so unfair to your sister and mistreat your own brother-in-law."

Huang Xiaochuan did this on purpose. Every time Yu Wei received his call, he would make excuses and even demand a bribe before he would help him find Yu Xiang to answer the phone. The worst part was that he wouldn't even call him "brother-in-law." He couldn't keep indulging such a pretentious brother-in-law. He had to let him cool off first.

Huang Xiaochuan knew how tiring it was to travel by long-distance bus, so he took the siblings to dinner first.

After the food was served, Yu Wei seemed to be extremely hungry. He wolfed down two bowls of rice and almost two-thirds of the dishes.

Huang Xiaochuan had no choice but to order two more dishes. Yu Wei, full and satisfied, rubbed his stomach and groaned contentedly.

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't stand it anymore: "Pay attention to your appearance! You look like a pig, grunting and snorting, it's awful!"

"Is it any of your business? You're acting like a nagging old woman." Yu Wei retorted.

Yu Xiang also felt that her younger brother was not paying attention to his image, and spoke up for Huang Xiaochuan: "Xiaochuan is right about you. Look at your posture, whether you're sitting or standing properly."

Yu Wei felt so wronged. No wonder they were a couple, both of them were targeting him. Oh well, if they don't want me here, I'll go find my Tang Yuan sister, so I won't be bothered by these two.

"I'm full. I'll take the bus back to school myself. Huang, my sister is in your care. You're responsible for taking her back. If you lose a hair on her head, I'll never forgive you." With that, he picked up his luggage and left.

Yu Wei's departure was exactly what Huang Xiaochuan wanted; otherwise, with this eyesore around, it would have been inconvenient for him to say many things.

After sending Yu Xiang back to school, Huang Xiaochuan arranged to pick her up the next afternoon. Tomorrow was the registration day for returning to school, and classes had not yet officially started. Yu Xiang and her classmates would start classes on the last day of February, the 28th.

The next afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan arrived as promised. Today, he wanted to show Yu Xiang what kind of strength her man possessed, and let her know that when he told her, "You are responsible for being beautiful and healing people, while I am responsible for grocery shopping, taking care of the children, and earning money to support the family," it wasn't just empty talk, but something he was truly confident in.

After Huang Xiaochuan brought Yu Xiang to Lu Gong's place, Yu Xiang asked him in surprise, "How did you know I collect stamps?"

Huang Xiaochuan found the question somewhat amusing. "Sister, I brought you here to let you know about your man's wealth. Why are you bringing up stamp collecting? You like stamp collecting? That's easy enough. A complete set is a piece of cake for Huang Xiaochuan now."

Okay! Let's get back to the main topic.

"Sister Xiang, these are my bankbooks. Take a look at them first, and I'll explain them to you in detail later." Huang Xiaochuan took out seven or eight bankbooks from his bag and handed them to Yu Xiang.

Yu Xiang took the bankbook from Huang Xiaochuan with a puzzled look in her eyes, wondering what it meant to bring me to the stamp market to show him a bankbook? And where did he get so many bankbooks?

She opened the passbook and glanced at it. Was her eye playing tricks on her? Yu Xiang rubbed her eyes and looked at it carefully again. So many zeros?

After figuring out the amount on the passbook, Yu Xiang was shocked. If she wasn't mistaken, it was 100,000! Not 1,000 or 10,000, but a 1 followed by five zeros.

Then quickly check the other passbooks. Except for one passbook with 42,000, the other six passbooks all have 100,000 each. That's a total of 742,000.

Keep in mind that Mr. and Mrs. Yu, both working, only earn seven or eight thousand yuan a year. Yet, these eight bankbooks contain a staggering 742,000 yuan! That's equivalent to their income over a hundred years of work—it's truly astonishing.

Yu Xiang's voice trembled with nervousness: "Xiao Chuan, where did this money come from?"

Huang Xiaochuan did not answer Yu Xiang's question. He took Yu Xiang to the warehouse first, showed her the Japanese films and stamps in the warehouse, and said to her, "These things are now worth about three million."

Yu Xiang couldn't believe that a pile of cardboard boxes and stamps could be worth three million. How could that be possible? But the bankbook with seven hundred thousand in it seemed to prove that it might be true.

Seeing that Yu Xiang was still confused and bewildered, Huang Xiaochuan smiled, casually picked up a box of Japanese pornographic films, took Yu Xiang's hand and went to the market. He sold the box of Japanese pornographic films in front of Yu Xiang and got 31,000 yuan in cash.

This is only because the hype has subsided slightly after the Lunar New Year. If you wait until next month to sell it, it should be easy to get 40,000 yuan.

Facts speak louder than words. Yu Xiang was now convinced that the passbooks in her hand were genuine, and that the boxes of stamps in the warehouse were indeed very valuable.

But all of this is too surreal. How did Huang Xiaochuan manage to do it?

Huang Xiaochuan took Yu Xiang to a nearby coffee shop. After they sat down, Huang Xiaochuan told Yu Xiang everything except about his rebirth, even taking out his old pager and placing it on the table.

Yu Xiang never expected that her boyfriend would be such a rich man. He wasn't even twenty yet! He already had millions in assets. Who would believe it?

Huang Xiaochuan, a reborn person, felt that if he couldn't even earn this little bit of money, he might as well buy a block of tofu and kill himself.

It took Yu Xiang a long time to slowly accept this fact. It was too shocking. It was the first time in her life that she had seen so much money. It was all earned by the person next to her. Thinking of this, Yu Xiang couldn't help but pinch her hand again. It felt a little unreal. Was she dreaming? But the pain she felt told her that it was not a dream. It was real.