On February 15, 1980, two days before Chinese New Year, the country issued Monkey Stamps with a face value of eight fen, releasing only five million of them.
Early in the morning, Qin Xi rode a bike with Li Xianglu, who was bundled up in heavy clothes, and Qin Zhen to several different Post Offices, and they did not stop until they had purchased fifty thousand stamps. They also bought five hundred first day covers of the Monkey Stamp for their collection.
Qin Zhen couldn't comprehend why the two were buying stamps with such fervor, but seeing Li Xianglu's sly expression, he believed these items would definitely become valuable in the future. He might not understand much about his sister-in-law, but he knew very well her obsession with money, so he took out his own savings of one hundred yuan and bought some stamps for Li Xianglu to keep for him.
