"Sister, how are you learning the piano?"

"It's okay, my aunt said I was very talented. ”

"That's good, study hard. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Alright, you guys play, I'll cook. Seeing a pair of sensible children chatting, Li Ran was very happy, said to the two of them, and went to the kitchen to cook.

After lunch, Li Ran took Ye Qi away again, leaving Ye Lin alone at home, and from this afternoon, Ye Lin became a busy person.

But two days later, many children from the nearby compound came over, and there were even some children from the compound, maybe someone tasted the sweetness, and then spread it out.

It seems that the people who just came to change the clips have gained a lot, otherwise it wouldn't be like this, but the biggest harvest is Ye Lin, during this period of time, Ye Lin has received more than 300 pieces of various vase calligraphy and paintings.

But to be honest, this is not what he wants, although these things are very valuable in the future, but after all, it is later, and now these things are in Ye Lin's hands, so it can be said that they are useless at all.

He originally wanted to throw bricks and lead jade, but he didn't expect this result, to put it bluntly, what Ye Lin wants now is money, as for these things, there will be some in the future, but fortunately, there are also some children in the compound who buy them with money.

These children who live in a compound are different from the children who live in a miscellaneous compound, they have money, and they buy clips and rabbits not only for eating, but also for a sense of accomplishment and play.

Now that it's a holiday, these guys probably feel that it's boring to wander around the street every day, and after knowing that others use clips to clip rabbits, they also come over to join in the fun.

It was also these people who brought Ye Lin an income of more than 400 yuan, which Ye Lin did not hand over to Li Ran, because he wanted to use this money as start-up capital.

Less is a little less, but for now, it is almost enough, as for the future, it can only slowly accumulate funds, anyway, Ye Lin has no intention of eating a fat man in one bite.

In the past two days, there have been fewer people who have come to change the clips, and even said that there are no more, it is estimated that they are all there, too, during this period of time, Ye Lin has sold and changed, but more than a thousand clips have gone out.

So Ye Lin stopped the exchange of clips, and then ran out to find the market, saying that it was a market, but it was actually a flea market, which was called the pigeon market in the imperial capital.

To put it bluntly, it is some people who secretly buy and sell, some people who have difficult families, take out cloth tickets, vegetable tickets, and meat tickets that they are reluctant to use, and some people with good family conditions come to buy these things.

There are also farmers in the nearby suburbs, who take some eggs that they are reluctant to eat and sell their own chickens.

Of course, not only these, but also food stamps, oil stamps, industrial vouchers and so on, in this era, basically everything needs a ticket, for example, if you want to buy a bicycle, you can't just have money, you must also have industrial vouchers.

Without industrial vouchers, you can't buy bicycles even if you have money, which is why bicycles are so rare, in fact, there are many people who can still afford bicycles, but because there are no industrial vouchers, you can only watch dry.

Not to mention anything else, let's talk about Ye Lin's family, according to Li Ran's income, there is no problem in buying a bicycle, but Li Ran is just a teacher, and there is no place to get industrial vouchers, so he has not bought a bicycle all these years.

Of course, industrial vouchers are not only to buy bicycles, such as radios, sewing machines, so to speak, even if you buy a watch, you need industrial vouchers, it can be said that the use of industrial vouchers is still very large.

After running for these two days, Ye Lin also has a certain understanding of the pigeon city in the imperial capital, and there are four largest pigeon cities in the imperial capital, which are outside the Desheng Gate, Jianguo Gate, Fucheng Gate and Yongding Gate.

These places, the inside is the city, and the outside is the suburbs, that is, the urban-rural junction that later generations called, which can be said to occupy the geographical location.

In addition to these four places, there are many small pigeon markets in the imperial capital, as for how many, no one knows, because there are too many, any street and alley, it may be a pigeon market.

That night, Ye Lin came back from outside, and as soon as he entered the backyard, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in the yard, the middle-aged man looked in his forties, very imposing, none of this mattered, the important thing was that Ye Lin didn't know him.

Maybe he heard Ye Lin coming back, Li Ran came out of the house and said to Ye Lin: "Son, you are back, someone is looking for you." ”

"Looking for me?" Ye Lin looked at the middle-aged man, needless to say, it was this middle-aged man who was looking for him, because there was no one else here except the middle-aged man.

"Well, looking for you. Li Ran nodded.

"You're Ye Lin, right?" the middle-aged man stood up and asked kindly.

"I am, may I ask if you are ......"

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is, did you receive a painting two days ago?"

Hearing the middle-aged man ask, Ye Lin chuckled in his heart, two days ago, he didn't just accept one painting, but more than a dozen, so he didn't know which one the middle-aged man was talking about, and what was the difference between this painting.

"I don't understand what you mean?"

Ye Lin's words made the middle-aged man pause for a moment, and thought that Ye Lin didn't admit it, so he hurriedly said: "Little comrade, it's like this, that painting is very meaningful to me, I know, no matter how this painting got into your hands, you didn't steal it, you didn't rob it, then this painting is yours, so let's make a price." ”

The middle-aged man was right, Ye Lin didn't steal or rob, he traded it, so no matter how much the transaction amount was, now it is in Ye Lin's hands, and it is Ye Lin's.

This is the same as picking up a leak, even if the painting is worth 10,000 yuan, and Ye Lin bought it for a dollar, then it is equivalent to saying that Ye Lin picked up a big leak, and similarly, if the real value of this painting is only one dollar, and Ye Lin bought it for 10,000 yuan, then he is an eye-catcher.

"Uncle, you misunderstood, that's the case, I like to paint more, so I received several paintings two days ago, so I don't know which one you are talking about. ”

"Uh!" Hearing Ye Lin say this, the middle-aged man paused for a moment, and hurriedly said: "It's the shrimp play picture of Mr. Qi Baishi Qi, which one of the two sides is printed on it." ”

The middle-aged man's words made Ye Lin very entangled, of course Ye Lin knew which one the middle-aged man was talking about, it can be said that it was the favorite one of all the calligraphy and paintings that Ye Lin received during this period of time, not only because this was the painting of Mr. Qi Baishi, but more importantly, there was a seal on it that was now a big man.

"Uncle, that's what you said, but I didn't plan to sell that painting. ”

"Little comrade, that painting is really important to me, so let's do it, I still have a few paintings at home, how about I change them for you. ”

"Son, how did I teach you since I was a child, a gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, since that painting is very important to this comrade, you have to return it to others. Li Ran glared at Ye Lin next to him and said.

Hearing Li Ran say this, the middle-aged man hurriedly said: "No, no, no, no, no, that painting is now from this little comrade, but it is more important to me, I can accept it if I exchange or buy it." ”

Mom has spoken, what else can Ye Lin say, and at the same time, he also knows that Li Ran is doing this for his good, since that painting is so important to middle-aged people, if he doesn't give it, will middle-aged people be unfavorable to him.

There is no backstage in his own house, Li Ran is just an ordinary teacher, and Li Ran said so, even if a middle-aged person is in the way of face, he will not ask for Ye Lin's things in vain.

"Just change the painting, I'll sell it to you. ”

"Yes, you can make a bid. Hearing that Ye Lin was going to sell it to him, the middle-aged man was very excited.

"That's the number. Ye Lin stretched out his index and middle fingers.

"Two hundred is no problem, I'll give you money now. The middle-aged man thought that Ye Lin stretched out two fingers and said that it was two hundred.

Also, Ye Lin is so young, it is estimated that he has not seen two hundred yuan, besides, in this era, two hundred yuan is a lot of money, which is equivalent to half a year's salary of an ordinary worker.

It's a pity that he underestimated Ye Lin, as a reborn person, he still doesn't care about this little money, to put it mildly, how much Ye Lin hasn't seen it, in the next life, a house of tens of millions, Ye Lin didn't say to buy it.

"Nope. Ye Lin shook his head and said, "It's not two hundred." ”

"Uh! How much is that?"

"Two thousand, I won't sell one cent less. ”

To be honest, Ye Lin didn't ask for much for 2,000 yuan, if it weren't for the fear that middle-aged people wouldn't be able to take out so much money, Ye Lin would ask for more, just this painting, plus the seal of the big guy, it would be possible to sell hundreds of millions of dollars in later generations.

"Son, you ......"

Ye Lin's words startled Li Ran next to him, when the middle-aged man said two hundred, Li Ran was already startled, he didn't expect his son to be even more ruthless, and he asked for two thousand at once.

That's two thousand, equivalent to four years' salary, and it's the kind that doesn't eat or drink.

What can 2,000 yuan do in this era? Being able to buy a small courtyard house in their house, although these 2,000 yuan is only equivalent to Li Ran's salary for four years, don't forget, it's because Li Ran's salary is high.

But even so, in addition to the cost of food, their family can save 200 yuan a year is already very good, and most families in the imperial capital can not let their families go hungry all year round, let alone save money.

Ye Lin's family has a small population, only three people, Li Ran earns forty-two yuan a month, many families, two people make money, earn more than seventy yuan a month, and they have to support ten people or more.

Just when Li Ran thought that the middle-aged man would be angry, the middle-aged man nodded and said, "Okay, two thousand is two thousand, but I didn't bring that much, so let's do it, I'll give you two hundred first, you keep the painting for me, and I'll bring the money to get it tomorrow." ”