Chapter 5: I'm really only going to do a little bit
How can a master not be able to shake the apprentice, especially the new apprentice who just came to the door today.
If he is despised, will he still be able to pretend to be his master in the eyes of his apprentices in the future?
Sun Laosan didn't mean to hide his selfishness, and he didn't think that the apprentices of the church could starve the master to death, and in the entire Los Angeles area, the total number of home appliance repair shops was not one thousand but eight hundred, counting the professional repairmen of the manufacturer, the number was even more.
Of course, there is competition, but it is not a big problem to have one or two more stores, and after operating in Chinatown for so many years, there is a group of regular customers to help speak.
What's more, on weekdays, they all pay money to those LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) people, and it is rare to get a full $500 tuition fee from Han Yigun, and it is also appropriate to teach seriously, which is worth more than half a month's income.
If you can't teach, where will the money come from, and where will you have to go back in the end, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble afterwards.
Sun Laosan has been crawling around this neighborhood for more than ten years, knowing what kind of people he can't provoke, full of desire to survive, and living carefully.
After being reminded by Han's father, he didn't tell Han Chudong that it was because he paid enough tuition fees that he got the opportunity to be an apprentice.
Fortunately, he didn't tell him, otherwise Han Chudong would definitely be distressed, after all, he didn't want to come at all, and in the end he spent the money in vain.
I didn't have a chance to say what I had just prepared.
Han Chudong didn't go through his reminder, he directly found out what the problem was, and successfully repaired it.
This made Sun Laosan a little uncomfortable, picking and choosing from a bunch of items that he was not busy with yesterday, and found a radio with a horn problem, because there was no suitable replacement part, it had been shelved in the store for several days.
I was secretly smug in my heart, thinking that I would definitely not be able to fix it this time.
Sun Laosan had a slightly obscene smile on his face, and said: "This radio is silent, it should be simple, you can take it apart and try it, if you don't understand anything, ask me directly." ”
"Okay, third brother, do you have any instructions for repairing household appliances? I want to take it with me to read the book, I really don't know much about these things. ”
Thinking about learning to be free as soon as possible.
Han Chudong understands that if he can't let the father be satisfied, most of the people who will continue to be tortured in the future, and he will come here, so it is better to finish his studies as soon as possible, and then open a store away from home and live a comfortable life alone.
It's too early to leave, just a few steel hammers in your pocket, enough to eat two full meals, no matter how big your dreams are, you can't leave a good home and go to the roaming with a deflated belly.
"There are special books, you go to a second-hand bookstore and look for them, you should be able to buy them. ”
Sun Laosan suddenly felt a little empty, he only came to the United States from Malaysia more than ten years ago, he belongs to the kind of people who have very poor English and it is difficult to survive outside Chinatown, most of the books in Los Angeles are in English, and they can't read at all.
Don't doubt it, even in the future, there will be many Chinese who don't know English living in Chinatown, and there are more in this era, and there is a language barrier, yes, you can learn some English that is often used in daily life, and it is no problem to make do with it.
Generally, Chinese and Chinese speak Chinese, and when they meet other people to speak English, it is simply a small city in a city, Han Chudong's grandfather's English is also very bad, and the second generation of immigrants is much better.
Just met, and was still in the stage of running in with each other, Sun Laosan, who wanted to save face, did not tell the truth, but brought out a set of big truths and told: "But you listen to my advice, the book ...... It's definitely good to take a look, but the most important thing is to learn more and exercise more, and when you reach my level, if something goes wrong, you can have an approximate number in your heart even if you don't have to open it. ”
Han Chudong pondered a little taste, thinking that it was similar to the "space toilet" he developed at the beginning, and he was almost embarrassed by some papers, but in the final analysis, he was still inexperienced.
He replied seriously: "I understand, while reading a book, while exercising." ”
"Well, that's right, you buy some books for yourself first, and don't ask me if you don't understand, and when you encounter a similar bad machine, you'll understand." ”
How did Han Chudong know that Sun Laosan was taking a vaccination, nodded again, and tried to install the battery first, take a Cross mouth screwdriver, and unscrew the screws of the radio.
Sun Laosan, who is self-satisfied, feels that he is a decent master this time, and he is ready to ask himself later.
I moved a washing machine to the door with my own hands, took it apart with the tools to repair it, and was so busy that I forgot to see the new apprentice.
Take out a handful of old dirt, throw it into a bucket and rinse it with water, and replace the belt by the way, tearing off the old one vigorously, so that the repair cost can be higher.
Purchase price, should you change these, anyway, most of the customers don't understand, and they won't casually drop things for him to repair when they meet knowledgeable, this kind of display is clearly a fat sheep sent to the door, don't shout indiscriminately and you won't have a bad reputation.
Not only has it become an unspoken rule in recent years, but also repairing computers and mobile phones in the future, we all know that these repair shop owners make money, how can they make so much money without a way, and some parts that are clearly not broken can be sold to other customers if they are kept.
finally repaired the washing machine, in fact, it was to clean up some accumulated debris, and Sun Laosan remembered Han Chudong at this time.
I thought that laziness is not such a stealing method, why don't you come and ask yourself if you don't know how to fix it, what's going on while sitting in a daze, I washed my hands and dried them, walked into the store and asked: "What are you busy with, I'm a master here, if you don't understand, come and ask me, ask more to learn quickly!"
"It was just repaired, this old radio is old, I first blocked it with a multi-purpose meter, tried the beam conductivity, and hung up the dust with a soft-bristled brush in the area where the problem occurred. The transistor old radio is easy to accumulate dust, its sound quality is not good, the noise is serious, this is a congenital deficiency, unless the inside is replaced, otherwise it is difficult to do. ”
Hearing this, Sun Laosan was stunned, he also knew this, but he couldn't understand how the new apprentice could understand.
I tried the letter and doubt, and sure enough, it sounded, it was like a brick before, and only the sound of electricity remained.
I couldn't help but look at Han Chudong, and sighed that this kid was so lucky, and after using a brush to clean up the dust, he actually got it right, and the frustration was even deeper, and he pretended to pat the apprentice on the shoulder to show encouragement: "It's very good to learn, I also thought it was because of the dust, so I said that it was very easy to clean up, you try this TV again......"
thought that Han Chudong had learned to repair the radio, so Sun Laosan changed to a TV set and wanted to stump him.
I don't know much about these old and antique household appliances, and it always takes some time to find out what the problem is, but if you know what the problem is, the rest is very easy to do.
I didn't ask Sun Laosan, it took me more than half an hour to repair the TV, which is not counting the time spent looking for accessories.
In fact, this TV set has been sentenced to death by Sun Laosan some time ago.
I thought that the CRT assembly burned out, and the small brand of TV could not find a suitable part to replace. So I asked the TV owner to add some money and exchanged it for another second-hand TV from him.
Seeing the ball game on the screen at this time, Sun Laosan was puzzled, and his tone was a little resentful: "Your skills are so good, don't tell me that you have only learned a little, isn't this a pastime for me to play." ”
"Third brother, it's all just luck, I really only have a little bit. Han Chudong smiled dumbly.
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The next four or five days.
Sun Laosan finally discovered that Han Chudong did not understand a lot of things, like a veteran, but also like a novice, which finally made him regain his sense of accomplishment as a master.
It's just that this apprentice learns very quickly, and Han Chudong can master many things after talking about them once, not pretending to understand, but really understanding.
Soon, the TVs and radios connected to this small repair shop were handed over to Han Chudong to repair by hand.
Recently, he also discovered Sun Laosan's abnormality, this thirty-nine-year-old old bachelor usually makes a lot of money, but he is too obscene to laugh, and his personality is as obscene as his smile, and he has not asked for a daughter-in-law until now.
The most common thing to do all day long is to stare at the young daughters-in-law of other people's houses coming and going on the street, smirking, and commenting from time to time, which is a rare fun to pass the boring time, and also pull Han Chudong to watch it together.
It's right to be a master, it's right to be kind, anyway, you don't want money to look at other people's daughters-in-law.
Shortly after the doors opened this morning, a white girl passed by the door of the repair shop.
Sun Laosan was smoking while picking his feet, and when he happened to see her, his eyes were round, and he shouted:
"Xiao Han, come and see! Excellent! Really superb!"
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