Chapter 1029 Foreign Exchange Coupon

The next day, Han Li strolled on the street during the day and bought some ready-made food, as well as various seasonings for cooking and many medicinal materials.

After returning home, Han Li held a teacup in his hand, half lying on the sofa, but his mental power was invested in the vast peach garden and began to get busy.

In the evening, He Mi, who had been escaping for more than a day but was eager to have a daughter, came back again to challenge Han Li, and threw herself at him as soon as she entered the door.

The earth fire dragon in the room burned very warmly, which was like a large battlefield for them to fight. There were only two of them in the whole yard, so they could sing and sing high notes as they wanted.

The earth shook, the springs flowed back, and all kinds of situations made He Mi cry heartbreakingly.

Especially after He Mi learned that Han Li might go abroad in a few months, she didn't care too much whether Han Li could be with her when the child was born, because if she was not pregnant, it would be useless to say anything, so she blew the horn of battle again regardless of her physical fatigue.

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Time soon came to the 1980s. Today is the first day of the 1980s, which is the New Year's Day on January 1, and the 14th day of the 11th lunar month.

The Yun sisters and their two sons have lived in the Yun family for seven days. Today, after breakfast, Han Li went to pick up the four of them at the urging of Han's mother and father.

After Han Li arrived at the Yun family, he learned that Yun's mother had recently been transferred to another unit. The unit she wanted to apply for transfer to was the power department mentioned by Han Li.

In Yun's mother's words, the office of the power department was relatively quiet, so she would have more time to help Han Li and his family take care of their two little grandchildren.

As for Yun's father, he was reluctant to give up his current position as the third in command, and everything would have to start all over again after he arrived at the new unit, so he did not make any move on this matter for the time being.

Yun Chengpeng, the eldest brother-in-law, was still the same, but he had recently found a girlfriend. The family situation of the woman was not bad. The family backgrounds of both parties were of the type of being well matched, and even the school they attended was a technical secondary school of being well matched.

Although both of them are still in school, if nothing unexpected happens, they will be able to marry this year.

After the Yun sisters came back with their two children, the whole yard immediately became lively. However, because they had given birth less than 45 days ago, they could only sleep in separate rooms.

However, because the children are now a full month old and no longer as delicate as they were when they were just born, the living standards of the Han family, plus Han Li's help in conditioning the sisters' bodies, so that the two little guys have enough food and drink, so there is no need for too many people to watch over them, even Han's mother, who is particularly concerned about her grandson, has been away for a long time.

After the Han sisters came back on Saturday, they learned that Han Li was going to study abroad. They could not help with other things, but they did not want their brothers to live a tight life abroad.

So the eldest sister Han gathered several people in the family who spoke good English together to discuss it. Finally, she went to the street to find foreigners on Sunday to earn foreign exchange without telling her family.

Although the current unified currency market implemented in China prohibits foreign currency from circulating in China, foreign currency cannot be directly exchanged with domestic currency.

(Except the black market, but at that time, there were not many people who dared to deal with foreign exchange in the black market, and they were all very powerful. If they were caught, they would be punished very severely.)

The Han sisters planned to earn foreign exchange and wait for Han Li to spend it abroad so that it would not be considered a violation of the regulations.

And they had discussed it before going out, and they could not be alone in a group of two, even if two people earned the same amount of money.

If they were seen and criticized during the period, they would take out their student IDs and say that they were using Sundays to find foreign guests for oral practice.

Although this reason is ordinary, it is very tenable, and no one would make it difficult for their love of learning and ambition.

Even if they were seen when they were collecting foreign exchange, they could say that they took it home to collect it, because there was no place to spend this foreign exchange on the market now.

If the other party is the law enforcement department and is very difficult to deal with, then they will hand it over directly. No matter which situation it is, it will not have any impact on them.

Seeing this, some big guys may ask, didn’t they earn foreign exchange coupons at that time?

In fact, foreign exchange coupons were officially issued on April 1, 1980. After entering the country, foreigners had to go to designated banks first and exchange foreign currencies into foreign exchange coupons according to the exchange rate at that time before they could spend freely in the country.

At that time, the denominations of foreign exchange coupons were divided into 7 types: 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao and 1 jiao.

So before that, there were no foreign exchange coupons on the market. There was only one kind of bill for foreign guests and overseas Chinese, and it could only be consumed in Friendship Stores.

It was not until 1979 that the concept of foreign exchange coupons was proposed by the state in order to facilitate foreign tourists, calculate the retention of foreign exchange, prevent evasion and arbitrage, and crack down on foreign exchange black market activities.

In March 1980, relevant management measures were issued. On April 1, 1980, the state officially launched foreign exchange coupons. At that time, foreign exchange coupons were called "tourist currency" by many foreigners.

From that day on, a group of people emerged all over the country who specialized in squatting in high-end hotels, friendship stores, antique streets and other places to wait for foreigners and exchange foreign exchange coupons to make a fortune by earning the difference.

The initial price difference was that one hundred foreign exchange coupons could be exchanged for one hundred and thirty yuan, a full 30% premium. At its highest, one yuan of foreign exchange coupons could be exchanged for five yuan.

Even so, there are too many people who want to go to the Friendship Store and the Foreign-related Store to buy new things. There are imported candies, cigarettes, and foreign wines. Whoever takes out one of them will become the most handsome boy in the crowd.

And there are bicycles, motorcycles, televisions, refrigerators, tape recorders, washing machines and other large items that ordinary people are very rare. As long as you have foreign exchange coupons, you can buy them directly.

Ordinary people will also do the math. They calculate the price of those large household appliances in state-owned stores, as well as the favors they have spent on asking for favors and the price they have paid on the black market to exchange tickets. Foreign exchange coupons don’t seem to be expensive.

In these two situations, the price of foreign exchange coupons has been rising, and it has always been in a situation where there is a price but no market and supply exceeds demand.

This foreign exchange coupon is very tempting for those with good family conditions because they have the ability to consume, and they also hope to have something that others don’t have to raise their taste.

However, after the profit of foreign exchange coupons spread, in this era when the average monthly salary is 40 yuan, the temptation for those employed employees and unemployed youth is quite large.

Go to the street and talk to foreigners for a few words and you can earn a month's salary. This kind of good thing is hard to find.

But if you want to make this money, you must first learn foreign languages, otherwise why would foreigners exchange foreign exchange coupons for you? Therefore, a wave of learning foreign languages ​​has been triggered in major cities across the country.

Some people even memorize a few sentences and dare to go to the street to make money. When they see foreigners, they will greet them and speak English stiffly.

"Exchange money? Exchange foreign exchange coupons?"

However, there are many people who can make a little money on this. There are really few people who make a fortune by doing this, but there are really many people who have been arrested for this.

It was not until 1994 that the issuance of foreign exchange coupons was stopped, and on January 1, 1995, foreign exchange coupons were officially stopped from circulating in the market that this situation ended.

However, from that day on, the Friendship Store also stepped down from the altar and became an ordinary shopping mall where everyone can go shopping.

Han Li didn't know that his family went to earn foreign exchange for him. At this time, he was thinking about what reason to leave home for about 20 days.