Chapter 10 Waste Collection
Collect, collect, collect.
Early the next morning, the three of them had breakfast, and today they had to go to the car shop to buy a tricycle first, and then go to pick up waste, so they had to get up a little early.
"Boss, I'm here again" Li Shiyu took the lead in greeting the shopkeeper.
"Kid, is the car still working? Let me tell you, my car is the best qualityγγγγγγγ β
Li Shiyu interrupted the shopkeeper's gushing boast: "It's been used for a day, it's not bad, why don't you pick up another one, the old rules!"
The boss instantly understood what Li Shiyu meant, and made an OK gesture.
Li's father came over to pay, but Li Shiyu didn't ask for engine oil this time, but asked for 2 locks.
After the three of them left, the boss was still sighing, why his son would play every day, if he had this child who was half sensible, he would have a lot more peace of mind. No, you must discipline and discipline well at night.
Unintentionally, Li Shiyu became someone else's child, adding a reason for another child to be disciplined.
According to yesterday's route, today, Li's father rode to the front, and Li Shiyu walked behind, and soon came to a residential area.
Li's father and Li's mother went straight to the garbage heap.
Li Shiyu continued to ride into the depths of the residential area, riding all the way and shouting: "Collect scrap copper and scrap iron, break skin, break aluminum, break foreign cars, fertilizer bags, plastic sheets, broken cardboard boxes, books, collect old TVs, old refrigerators, and old electrical appliances." β
After shouting, I pressed the bell again, and then shouted after pressing.
Hearing Li Shiyu's shout, someone really asked: "Children, how can I collect a TV here?"
This is the first business to be opened, and it must be done, but it can't be rushed.
Li Shiyu replied unhurriedly: "As long as the quality is good, it is guaranteed to be recycled at a high price." β
This middle-aged woman, after getting rich, the household appliances have been changed for several generations, but the nature of the peasants is still there, and the household appliances that have been replaced are reluctant, and it is useless to put them there, and now I see someone to collect them, and I immediately want to dispose of them.
"It must be good, I still use it, I still lie to you as a child." β
"Okay, I'll ask my dad to go with me, and I can't help if I take it. After Li Shiyu finished speaking, he shouted: "Dad, Dad, come here." β
This is still the entrance of the residential area, and Li's father is not far away, and when he heard Li Shiyu shouting, he immediately walked over with Li's mother.
This is the route that Li's father often takes, and almost all the residents in the vicinity know this good-looking but honest man who picks up waste, but they have never seen Li Shiyu.
The man who picks up scrap is already collecting scrap, which is a novelty for these nouveau riche nouveau riche who have nothing to do, and he also has some old appliances in his own house, which he can sell if the price is right.
The group came to the middle-aged woman's house together, this TV is indeed still in use, RB black and white 17 inches, and it can still play TV programs clearly after being turned on.
"Well, I didn't lie to you," the middle-aged woman said proudly, "This is an imported product that I brought back from Riben ten years ago." β
Li Shiyu patted the TV and said, "Auntie is really amazing, I don't have a TV at home until now, sell me this TV, ten yuan"
"It's only ten yuan, which is too low. β
"It's not low, Auntie, my dad only made so much money by picking up scrap for a day, and you've been on TV for more than ten years, even if the quality of the stupid guy is good, I don't know how long it will last, and I guess I won't be able to watch it for a few days, and I'll lose a lot by then. Li Shiyu pointed to the TV as he spoke: "Look, these buttons are worn off, it's inconvenient to change the channel, and the stupid things are good, but if they are broken, no one will repair them, and I don't know how much it costs to repair them once at the maintenance station?"
The middle-aged woman also made sense when she heard this, but her face was a little unbearable: "Ten yuan is really too low, I might as well keep it for myself?"
As soon as Li Shiyu heard this, he knew that there was hope: "Auntie, you are a person who makes a lot of money, but you don't know the hardships of our people, my parents have to walk at least dozens of miles every day for this ten yuan every day, and their shoes have to wear out several pairs, and now they don't dare to wear shoes, so they can only wear tire soles" He said and pointed to the shoes on Li's father's feet.
Everyone followed Li Shiyu's fingers and looked at Li's father's feet, this is really a black tire, tied with a few ropes cut from inner tubes, it looks simple, so simple that it doesn't look like shoes.
People are sympathetic to the weak, especially when there are many people.
Li Shiyu saw that everyone's emotions were mobilized, and then said, "We will sell this TV at the scrap collection station for only eleven or twelve yuan, dozens of catties, and we will make a lot of money." β
The middle-aged woman burst into tears when she heard this: "Child, you are so bitter, don't say it, even if I give you this TV, you don't need money." β
Li Shiyu resolutely postponed: "Auntie, I know you are a kind person, but I can't accept your things, I'm young and can't develop the habit of getting something for nothing." β
The two of them pushed me and let me, several back and forth, and in the end, Li Shiyu won the victory and successfully handed over the ten yuan to the middle-aged woman.
The onlookers also took out the old TVs, old radios, and other old household appliances that they couldn't use at home, and Li Shiyu gave the price according to the standard, ranging from one or two yuan to more than a dozen yuan, of course, only Li Shiyu himself knew what this standard was, anyway, these people have money, and they don't care about these few cents.
In the morning, I received more than a dozen TVs, as well as a lot of radios, electrical appliances of this era, just these few large items, others like electric stoves for boiling water, just a few tungsten wires are burned with electricity, especially electricity, if you dismantle and sell it, it will be worth a lot of money, and it will be collected for 5 cents, and it is really embarrassing to give 2 or 3 cents, otherwise Li Shiyu will give 2 cents.
Fortunately, the packaging shells of these TVs are generally not lost, otherwise the two tricycles may not be able to fit.
After a morning job today, the three of them pulled these old household appliances to the residence and moved them to the house.
"Let's move one and put it in the living room. Father Li said.
"What to put and what to put is a waste of electricity. "Mother Li is used to saving, and she is reluctant to pay the electricity bill for one dollar or one kilowatt-hour.
Although there is no good TV to watch now, Li Shiyu, who is used to turning on the TV computer when he enters the door, has a TV to add a bit of excitement.
"Mom, put one, you can get it here, I heard that the TV series is good. β
Mother Li was just habitually saving, and when she saw that the two fathers and sons said so, she didn't insist.
I found a 15-inch color TV with the best quality, the terrain here is flat, and you can receive a lot of TV stations without outdoor antennas, but most of them speak Guangdong dialect and not many speak Chinese.
In the afternoon, Li's father and Li's mother couldn't stay idle, and took Li Shiyu out to pick up waste and collect rags, on the way Li's father taught Li's mother to learn tricycles, Li's mother's learning ability is much worse than Li's father, but despite this, Li's mother is still very serious in learning, and strives to learn early.
Li Shiyu knew that this was because his mother felt sorry for him, and hoped that he could learn it as soon as possible, so that he would no longer have to ride a bicycle to pull goods in the future.
This time I took a different route, basically repeating the morning's work, Li's father and mother turned over the garbage heap, Li Shiyu shouted to recycle old household appliances, and when business came to the door, Li Shiyu, who couldn't move the large items, called them to come over to help.
At the end of the afternoon, I received a few large items such as televisions and radios. I also received a few electric fans, but they were all broken, the prices were cheap, and it was just a matter of one piece, but unfortunately Li Shiyu would not repair it, and it would be a scrap material to sell when I took it back.
After more than ten days, Li's mother finally learned the tricycle, but Li Shiyu still couldn't liberate it, because Li Shiyu's family of three is well-known in this area, and everyone is willing to leave the waste to them, of course, because every time Li Shiyu will buy it at the price, although the money is not much, it is only a few cents, a piece, buy a snack for the child, and the popsicle is also good.
So every time I filled up the two tricycles, it was only halfway through the afternoon, and it was too early to go back, and there was nowhere to put it if I didn't go back, so I bought another tricycle.