Son, do you know Bitcoin?
Yes, the teacher said so, and I also saw it online. It seems to be quite expensive now, more than 300,000 yuan per coin; Oh, by the way, a few days ago, a classmate of mine boasted to me that his father had 0.5 bitcoins. He was going to sell it to pay off the mortgage.
Son, in fact, Bitcoin is a virtual scam. It’s enough for you to know that it exists. Don’t study it too deeply.
I know, Dad, why are you telling me this suddenly?
"Do you know what your dad did 10 years ago?"
"Yes, I know. You and my mom sold scallion pancakes on the street. I think we even opened a shop later on?"
"Yes, at first our cart business was good, so we rented a shop. It was okay at first, but then the real estate boom happened and the rent kept rising. I had to sell 300 cakes a day to make back the rent. Later, I calculated that I was working for the landlord every day, and we couldn't even make back our living expenses, so we stopped doing it. Later, your mom and I continued to pull the cart out to sell fried rice and noodles."
"Dad, Mom, you've worked hard. When I grow up, I'll make money for you."
"My dear son, I believe you will be more successful than me in the future. But I still want to tell you one thing. The day before my store closed down, a young man came to the store and said that he hadn't eaten for a few days, but he had no money. Could he have a piece of bread? I saw that he had just graduated and was probably still looking for a job. His family was not well off. I remembered that I was like this back then, so I made him a few breads and a bowl of porridge. He was big and ate 10 breads in one breath. I guess he felt embarrassed later, so he said that although he had no money, he had a kind of currency on the Internet. 10,000 of that currency could buy a pizza, but it was abroad and might not be exchanged in China at present. He asked me a little embarrassedly if I could transfer 100,000 of that currency to me to pay for the bread. I told him that it was not necessary, and that I would give it to you for free. When you find a job in the future, just come to take care of my business. He was still embarrassed, so he ran to my computer, turned off my QQ Dance, and spent half an hour, fiddling with this and that, and built a wallet for me, and then said that it was transferred to my account. Finally, he said that he was about to leave this city, and his family had introduced him to a stable job as a garbage truck driver. They would see each other again if they were lucky enough.
I stood up, my face stiff, sweat on my forehead, my heart pounding, my head constantly calculating how much 100,000 bitcoins would cost at 300,000 each. 300 million? 3 billion? FUCK 30 billion!!! Dad, you...you mean, you have 100,000 bitcoins?
My dad lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and exhaled slowly before saying, "I remember he said this coin was called Bitcoin, and it was a special coin, and there were 100,000 of them."
Dong, the chopsticks in my hand fell to the ground, and I said in a trembling voice: "Dad, do you know how much 100,000 of them are worth? 3...30 billion, worth more than 30 billion!!! Our family is rich, rich!"
Hey, Xiao Ming, don't be so excited, sit down, sit down, and listen to what dad has to say.
Your father was ignorant at the time. When the young man left, he wrote me a key and told me to keep it safe. I could use it to exchange for 10 pizzas when I went abroad. I thought it was a waste of money. I couldn't make it in China, so why would I go abroad? Later, I took the paper with the key, took a look at it, and threw it into the trash can.
I collapsed on the chair.
My dad continued, "I only started paying attention to this information a few years ago when I saw news about the surge in Bitcoin. Since then, I have been studying it every day and regretting it every night. Oh, my life, how could my hands be so messy at that time? I just threw 30 billion away. Later I remembered that there were my and your mom's QQ Xuanwu account passwords on it. Son, you should think about it. Dad, I have thought about it. Don't tell your mom. For so many years, I didn't dare to tell her. She would definitely scold me to death."
Bang, there was a sound of a wash basin falling to the ground outside. I turned around and saw my mother standing outside the door with her eyes wide open. She said in a trembling voice, "Is the piece of paper you mentioned the one with our Xuanwu account number recorded on it?"
My dad said, "Yeah, there are both of our accounts on it. Playing games will delay the opening of the store, so I threw it away in a huff..."
My mother suddenly lost her balance and said hurriedly, "When I arrived at the store, I accidentally saw the account number paper in the trash can. I picked it up, thinking that I might lose it when I wanted to play later. Then, I remember...I remember putting it in a book."
My dad's face flushed red, he stood up and said loudly: "Think quickly, what book is it and what is its name?"
"It seems to be called Jin something, three characters, it seems to be Jin something plum..."
My dad was stunned, and suddenly said: "Jin Ping Mei, it must be Jin Ping Mei, it's over, it's over, I never touched this book after I finished reading it, but I couldn't find it two years ago."
I blushed and said, "Dad, I think I took that book. My classmates said it was a masterpiece comparable to Dream of the Red Chamber, so I took it and read it. I wanted to study the behavior of feudal society. It seemed like there was a piece of paper inside... Let me think about it. I remember I seemed to have thrown the paper away."
"Don't be impulsive, but at that time I thought the characters on the paper were long and unique, much more unique than those non-mainstream online names, so... Damn, Dad, I remember that you asked me to help you register a blockchain community account, and I used this string of characters as my online name."
At this moment, my dad's phone screen lit up:
CoinWorld News: Dear 32RT09R-EOIJFGL-RUTJ-04EO user, hello, Bitcoin soared to $67,000 this morning, equivalent to RMB 420,000. You will receive 0.00001 BTC from this airdrop. Please go to the official website to claim it. Please pay attention to risk control, do not believe in scammers, do not click on unknown links, and do not believe in pie in the sky...
