Chapter 182: A Symbol of Status

Grandpa Mao's portrait badge is an ornament in this era, and in order to show loyalty, all people wear it.

Bookstores, shops or supply and marketing cooperatives, if they arrive at Grandpa Mao's portrait chapter, they will immediately release "great news".

Everyone will run to tell each other, but they can't say "buy it", but "Please".

Ask someone to help with errands, and the best gift is also to give a photo medal.

Some people wore several pieces as a sign of loyalty, and it is not uncommon to see a dozen or so on the streets, and some wear up to 300 pieces.

The front chest is full, but the chest cannot be hung down, and it can spread to the shoulders and head, but it cannot be pushed down beyond the waistband of the trousers.

A very few people, in order to show their loyalty, pinned the image badge to the flesh of the chest.

At the beginning, the statue was only the size of a fingernail, but later it became bigger and bigger, and it actually became a "big ship" with a diameter of eight centimeters.

It is about the same size as a baked cake, with a portrait of Grandpa Mao at the top, and a ship riding the wind and waves below, with the red sun in the background.

There were also twenty centimeters in diameter, too large to be worn with pins, so they had to be hung around their necks with red ribbons.

Since everyone wears it, of course Ye Lin has to wear it, otherwise people won't say anything about him, because he is a fool, but he has a family.

The statue of Grandpa Mao that the young man handed to Ye Lin was not an ordinary statue medallion, but a jade-inlaid gold medallion.

Jade inlaid with gold, as the name suggests, is the jade inlaid with gold, this statue is not big, only the size of Ye Lin's fingernails, it is a piece of mutton fat white jade as the bottom, gold Grandpa Mao's head.

This is not something that can be bought with money, and it has been heard that there are three types of medallion that are particularly valuable, namely jade-inlaid gold, gold, and silver, and these three medallions are not available outside.

The silver one like Zhang Yelin has seen, and the fat man has one, which is about the same size as this one, and is worn on his chest by the fat man as a treasure.

Jade inlaid gold and gold like Zhang Ye Lin has never seen it, today is the first time I saw it, I didn't expect it to appear in the hands of a little guy, of course, the reason why Ye Lin has not seen it may be because it is too valuable, and no one will wear it.

"Do you see if this is enough?" the young man said to Ye Lin.

Hearing the young man say this, Ye Lin looked at him and asked, "Are you sure you want to give me this discount?"

"Yes, I'm sure, it's my own thing. ”

"Okay, I won't discount it, this one and your old bike will be left, and the new one will be pushed away. ”

This medallion may not be worth one hundred or forty yuan now, but in the future, this medallion will definitely be a sky-high price, not to mention the historical value, the value of this jade inlaid gold will not be low.

And this is made of high-quality mutton fat white jade, which is much more valuable than gold, and this can also be used as a pendant.

"Really?" asked the young man's eyes.

"Really, you push it away. ”

"Uh-huh. The young man nodded again and again, it seemed that this statue of Zhang could not be compared with a bicycle in his eyes.

"I'll change it, I'll change it. ”

At this time, the other three guys also put the bicycle in front of Ye Lin and said to Ye Lin.

"You have this kind of badge too?"

"Yes, and it's bigger than his. A young man took out a red cloth bag and handed it to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin took it and took a look, it was true, this was also a piece of jade inlaid with gold, with a diameter of about 1.5 centimeters, and it was also a high-grade mutton fat white jade as the base, and the head of the golden hairy grandfather, but this made Ye Lin entangled.

Just now, the guy took out a small jade inlaid with gold, plus a seventy percent new permanent bicycle, and replaced it with a phoenix, and this guy is also a seventy percent new permanent bicycle, plus such a big jade inlaid with gold, how can he change it.

Seeing Ye Lin's tangled face, the young man looked nervous, as if he was worried that Ye Lin would not change with him, if he let Ye Lin know that he had this kind of thought, he would slap himself with a big mouth.

In his eyes, this incomparably precious jade inlaid with gold may have no value at all in the eyes of these guys, the only possibility is that these guys still have a lot.

"Well, there's a phoenix in the house, and if you want, go and push one in the house. ”

"Yes, yes. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he put the old bicycle in front of Ye Lin, and then went into the house to push the bicycle.

Seeing this, Ye Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly.

The two guys in the back also changed each to a new bicycle, but they didn't have a jade inlaid gold medallion, only a silver medallion, Ye Lin didn't give them a phoenix, one guy added three silver medallions for a permanent, and the other added two silver medallions for a flying pigeon.

One large and one small two jade inlaid with gold, as well as five silver medallions, plus four permanent seventy percent new bicycles in exchange for Ye Lin's two refurbished phoenixes, one refurbished permanent and one refurbished flying pigeon, this business is worth it, it is simply too worthwhile.

Not only that, with these guys doing live advertising, there will be a lot more people who will change cars here in the future, this is what Ye Lin values, and this is just a hammer deal.

After a few guys left, Ye Lin went to the small restaurant to ask for something to eat, and then he ate, and after eating, Ye Lin made a large enamel jar of tea, lying on the rocking chair and swaying leisurely.

This little life is so comfortable, sometimes Ye Lin thinks that it would be good if he continued to live like this, but he knew that this was just his wishful thinking, because someone would not let him go on like this.

Today is Sunday, there are a lot of people repairing the car, Ye Lin just lay down not much, the car repairers came up, generally a little problem, when they go to work, these people will not come to repair, just wait for the rest to come.

There are also some people who don't have time to repair, so they can only come over to repair when they are resting.

Ye Lin began to get busy, to be honest, Ye Lin didn't like this very much, because it was resting, everyone was waiting next to him, so he could only do it himself.

It's still good when you go to work, everyone puts down the bicycle and leaves, and then comes to push it after work, so that Ye Lin can clean up in the space, not only fast, but also not tired.

Fortunately, Ye Lin only repaired minor problems, and those with major problems asked them to put their bikes here and pick them up when they came back, as for whether Ye Lin had time to repair them, it depended on the situation.

If there are always people, then he will always fix those little problems, and if there is no one in between, then he will push those broken bicycles into the house and fix them in the space.

At two o'clock, a group of people came over on bicycles, and Ye Lin didn't even look at it, so he knew that it was the fat man who came with someone.

"Boss, I'm here. ”

"What to shout. Ye Lin raised his head and waited for him, and then continued to repair the car.

"Boss, are you ready?"

"I said you can't just wait, don't you see I'm busy?"

"Uh, okay, let's wait. ”

Ye Lin sped up, repaired the two bicycles with minor problems in his hand, and let the bicycle owner push them away, then stood up and wiped his hands and said, "I said, why did you come so early?"

Ye Lin and the fat man were talking about the afternoon, although it was also afternoon, but it was too early, he thought that the fat man would come at four o'clock to bring someone over.

"Hey, boss, this one you're wearing is jade-inlaid gold?"

The fat man's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw the small jade inlaid with gold that Ye Lin had just replaced.

"Uh! yes! What's wrong?"

"Damn, boss, you're so good, you can get this thing? The fat man said enviously.

"Is this thing rare?"

"No, boss, you don't know this, it's rare, basically you can't see it outside, my grandfather has a lot of this, last time I asked him, my grandfather not only didn't give it to me, but also beat me, and finally gave me a this. The fat man pointed to the silver medallion on his chest.

"Wouldn't it?" Ye Lin was surprised, he knew that this thing was very precious, but he didn't expect it to be so precious.

"No, boss, I'll tell you, my grandfather will only wear a piece about your size when he goes to a meeting. ”

"Really?"

The fat man's words made Ye Lin even more surprised, he really didn't know this.

"Of course, let me tell you boss, this is a status symbol, do you see those badges they wear?" the fat man gestured to the guys who came with him, including the second general.

"See, isn't it like you? ”

Hearing Ye Lin say this, the fat man shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, you can see clearly, look carefully." ”

The fat man's words made Ye Lin confused, but according to what the fat man said, he carefully looked at their badges, and soon Ye Lin found something different.

Not to mention, if you don't look closely, you really can't see it, although the badge they wear looks similar to the fat one, if you look closely, there is still a little difference, that is, the thickness.

The fat man's portrait chapter, like the five he received in the morning, looked heavier and more atmospheric, and the portrait chapter worn by the second general and those people was thinner.

"It's really different. ”

"Well, they're all imitations, and they're not made of silver, but aluminum or lead at most. ”

"Fatty, don't you say I really haven't found out, it turns out that this thing is still fake?"

"Boss, it's not fake, it's just a statue badge, who can say whether it's true or not, it's just that the materials used are different. ”

Hearing the fat man say this, Ye Lin nodded and said, "That's right, but why do you want to make it exactly the same?

"Boss, you may not know, in fact, it is also particular about bringing this, and it is also a status symbol, so to speak, if you wear a silver medallion to go out, ordinary people will not mess with you. ”

"Really, it's fake?" Ye Lin was a little unconvinced.

Seeing that Ye Lin didn't believe it, the fat man smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, why am I lying to you?" What I said is true. ”

"But the last time we went ice skating in the North Sea, didn't those people still want to block you? Of course that's what you're wearing. Ye Lin pointed to the portrait on the fat man's chest.