The first time Li Du came here, Flagpole City was a small city, but that meant the urban area, and if it was within the scope of the whole city, then the area was quite large. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Arizona has a lot of desert areas that are rarely populated, and this is the case in the eastern and southern parts of Flagpole City.

On the way, Li Du observed, the houses here are mainly low-rise bungalows, two- or three-story small buildings, and even some tent settlements, which do not look like developed America, but African tribes.

After Hans stopped the car, Li Du asked, "The thrift market?"

"Yes, you haven't seen it, I'll take you here for a long time. ”

Li Du smiled: "What is there to know about the second-hand market?"

Hans said disdainfully, "Look, as soon as I hear this, I know that you don't know anything about the Arizona thrift market! ”

Li Du is clear about this, which can be seen from the thrift store, and can also be seen from the warehousing and auction industry.

Since before Obama took office, the US economy has been in trouble, and Bush Jr. has repeatedly sent troops to Iraq and the Middle East, not only because he is belligerent and militaristic.

The war was a good way to boost domestic demand, but this time it didn't work much, and the U.S. economy remained stagnant.

In this case, Americans began to perceive that they were getting poorer, so they could buy thrift as much as they could, and in order to get by, how to save money and how to come.

It is in this environment that the trade in the thrift market in the United States has become more prosperous than ever, and the warehousing and auction industry has followed this environment.

"Compared with warehousing auctions, the thrift buying and selling industry has benefited more and benefited more, and Arizona has had a thrift trading lifestyle since ancient times, and this method has become more common in the last two years. ”

"There are two main types of thrift trading, one is thrift market trading, and the other is thrift auction!"

"Among them, there are two kinds of thrift market trading, one is thrift trading, and the other is bartering thrift goods. ”

Li Du was surprised and asked, "Bartering? Does this primitive way of trading still exist in the United States?"

Hans nodded, "Yes, the Amish, the Indian tribes, some of the conservatives, and the Alpine people of the Rocky Mountains, they all like to barter, and many of the remote villages of Arizona also like to barter. ”

Li Du asked, "Which kind of are we going to participate in this time? You're going to handle motorcycles like this, aren't you?"

Hans nodded again and said with a smile: "Yes, you guessed it right, we are going to participate in the thrift auction, and there will be many people who are interested in our motorcycles at that time, and they will definitely sell for a high price." ”

With that, they walked to a small wooden building next to the wasteland.

The wooden building is very simple, and the exterior wall is a layer of wood nailed to the surface of the log, and it is not even painted, revealing the brown and yellow color of the log.

At the doorway, a wooden board hangs on it that reads 'Hessman Thrift Market Office'.

Hans pushed the door open and walked in, and there were a dozen or so people in the room gathered to play cards.

Except for the hall, there are offices inside, with modern décor, heat on the outside, and air conditioning on the inside, and the temperature is suitable.

Seeing the two of them come in, a man with a mustache stood up and asked, "Is there anything wrong, buddy?"

A black young man next to him laughed and said, "Ha, Boss Fu, why did you bastard come to our hillbilly gathering place?"

Hans hugged the black youth and introduced him to Li Du: "Robbie the Black Fang, a guy who is black all over. ”

"Of course, all over black, because I grew up dreaming of going to Hollywood to play the Grim Reaper. The black young man smiled and shook Li Du's hand, "Robbie, you can call me Black Fang, I know you, the treasure picking genius China Li." ”

Blacktooth is a connoisseur at the thrift market and a frequent visitor to the thrift auction house.

After the meeting, Hans said: "We have a batch of motorcycles that we want to sell, three in total, all of them are 600cc beasts, and I think this is a good place to deal with them. ”

Blackfang nodded, "You're right, these beasts are very popular in the countryside because they can run. ”

"Also good repair. Hans added.

Blackfang takes them to an office, where they are received by a white man with glasses.

Hans had a picture of the motorcycle on his phone, and he sent it to the white man and asked, "How about man, do you need anything?"

"All you need to do now is wait until the weekend to collect the money. The white man laughed, "These are the good guys, you assembled them?"

"My buddies and I are of very reliable quality, and you can rest assured that they are very easy to repair even if something goes wrong," Hans said. ”

"It's the favorite of the young people on the farm. "Don't tell me, you dug it out of the warehouse, and now there are so many treasures in the warehouse?"

Hans said, "It's not a treasure to us, man, there are so many real treasures in the warehouse!"

"I'm so excited, I'm going to go to the warehouse for a while. ”

"Welcome, if you need a guide, then you can always come to me, now we are going to the market, Li has not been to this kind of place. ”

Robbie and Hans hugged each other again and sent them out of the building.

Li Du asked, "The auction only takes place on weekends, right?"

Hans said: "If there are usually a lot of goods, it will be carried out on weekdays, but at most it will be carried out on weekends, and every weekend is a big day for the auction of second-hand goods." ”

Further southwest, the town comes alive with a market where the trade in thrift takes place on the main thoroughfare.

Seeing this bazaar, Li Du thought of the annual fair in his hometown.

His family lives in the county seat, and every year on the important days of the New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, some towns under the county will organize large gatherings, which is his favorite place to go when he was a child.

The sun is blazing and the weather is hot, but there is a lot of traffic in the thrift market, and everyone is walking around it with great interest, not caring about the fierce sunshine at all.

The market is very large, and there are many things, old clothes, old furniture such as sofas, display cases, old decorations such as vases, flower pots, porcelain, etc., everything is available.

Walking inside, there are also old small household appliances, all table lamps, kitchen supplies, and further on, some stalls are selling sports equipment, and some are selling old books, discs, and discs.

Li Du took a look, although it is mainly old goods, but old goods are not the same as tattered, the goods are at least 5 into new, some 8 into new, and there are things that have never been used and are still packaged.

The shops along the street also sell thrift goods, including a thrift bridal shop where many young men and women shop.