Chapter 3 Blooming
Lao Wang also spoke on the side, "Okay, don't fight between the two of you, wouldn't it be good to come here more in the future," and said to Xie Bin: "Xiao Xie, I won't sit much today, and I'll come back when I'm free." ”
Xie Bin hurriedly nodded, "It's okay, you're busy." ”
The three old men got up and left, leaving behind four hundred dollars. Speaking of which, Xie Bin still made a little money, after all, these three gadget materials don't cost a lot of money, they just take some time.
Insiders do business, the price of the transaction is so low, after all, everyone is knowledgeable, what thing and what price, the heart is clear, and it is not interesting to deceive people. And Xie Bin is also clinging, after all, these three old men don't seem to be ordinary people, if they can really get their support, Xie Bin may be able to make a small fortune with them.
Besides, if these two old men can buy Xie Bin's gadgets, it is just to see Lao Wang's face, and it may not mean how good Xie Bin's objects are. If Xie Bin is not satisfied and wants to take advantage of these two people, it may make people feel uncomfortable. It is a trivial matter to stop patronizing, if you put on some small shoes for Xie Bin, Xie Bin can't afford it.
The old man surnamed Liu, known as 'Liu Yidao', heard that he was a very skilled figure in that kind of knife skills, and his reputation in the carving industry would not be small, Xie Bin was too late to stammer, how could he be offended? In fact, Xie Bin really wished that these two people could ask for his things for nothing, please ask them for help in the future, and they are not easy to refuse, right? Little people have the way of survival of small people, and Xie Bin can survive in this industry, which naturally has his uniqueness.
The ability to see people and recognize people has almost become Xie Bin's instinct, and what kind of attitude is used for what kind of people, that level is absolutely perfect. In the face of these three old men, Xie Bin put his posture very low, and in fact, Xie Bin couldn't help but lower his posture.
Lao Wang is the president of the Island City Sculpture Association, his identity is transcendent, and the other two must not be ordinary people, but he Xie Bin is just a wanderer who sets up a stall to survive, what status and identity does he have. Speaking of which, they can patronize Xie Bin's stall, and it is really flourishing.
At the end of the day, Xie Binmao's income was 6,300 yuan, which is a very rare time. If the cost is excluded, Xie Bin's net income is almost 5,000 yuan, and these objects only require Xie Bin to work for more than ten days.
Of course, there are profits and losses in business, and it is normal to have no business for a few months, so Xie Bin did not get carried away. At this time, it is the peak tourist season, and it is normal for the income to be higher, but if you wait until winter, the vendors on this antique street are too lazy to stall, and the money they earn is not enough to pay the management fee.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Xie Bin packed up all his things, put them into the tricycle, and waited for the hard-working tricycle to return to his rental house.
Xie Bin lives in the South House, which has three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a workshop. Of course, the so-called workshop is actually a utility room, and all Xie Bin's work is carried out in it.
What is Xie Bin's job? Nature is carving. In the workshop, there are large and small wood and semi-finished products, as well as wood lacquer carving knives and so on.
Unloading the items in the tricycle, Xie Bin changed into loose clothes, stuffed rice, and went to the supermarket not far away to buy a piece of beef and a few potatoes.
When I went back, I saw the landlord walking out with her daughter.
"Big sister, go out?" Xie Bin smiled and said hello.
"Well, Xiao Xie, how is business today?" Xie Bin has lived here for many years, and he is very familiar with the landlord and the people around him, and he also knows Xie Bin's profession.
"It's okay, hehe," Xie Bin naturally won't honestly explain his income, and he is familiar with it, but after all, he is not a relative or anything. In fact, it is just to meet and say hello and find a topic, and the landlord does not necessarily want to inquire about Xie Bin's income.
The landlord's daughter on the side was unhappy, and said with a straight face: "Brother Xie, you should be called Auntie!" ”
Xie Bin smiled, "Wenwen, why didn't you go out to play?" ”
Liu Wenqing, who was just eighteen years old, was the landlord's daughter, and when Xie Bin arrived here, Xiao Liu Wenqing was just nine years old, but in a blink of an eye, she had already become a slim girl. In the past, Liu Wenqing kept drilling into Xie Bin's house and asked Xie Bin to carve two gadgets or something for her. Xie Bin is also willing to tease the little girl, after all, he has no sisters and friends since he was a child, and he is not very gregarious at school.
"Alas, review your homework," Liu Wenqing said with a sad face, pouting lightly.
"Come on, strive to get into a good university, and make your parents happy," Xie Bin said with a smile, originally wanting to touch this girl's head like when he was a child, but looking at her who had obviously become a big girl, Xie Bin still couldn't help but do nothing. It seems that since the little girl went to junior high school, Xie Bin has not seen her very often, after all, Liu Wenqing has to go to school, and Sunday is the day when Xie Bin goes out of the stall. Unconsciously, there was a little more unfamiliar feeling, and Xie Bin sighed slightly in his heart.
Looking at the beef and potatoes that Xie Bin was carrying, the landlord said with a smile: "Xiao Xie, are you going to cook?" Then you should be busy first, Wenwen and I will also go to the supermarket. ”
"Well, go ahead, there aren't too many people here, I'm afraid it's going to be very crowded."
Liu Wenqing put her arm around her mother and turned her head to make a grimace at Xie Bin.
Xie Bin smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and watched the mother and daughter leave one by one, before returning to the kitchen to prepare dinner. I remember that when Xie Bin first came to this city, he didn't bother the landlord to help. At that time, Xie Bin was only seventeen years old, the same size as Liu Wenqing at this time, and Xie Bin had Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together at the landlord's eldest sister's house during the New Year. Xie Bin, who had never felt that kind of warmth, was so moved that he almost cried, feeling that the landlord was like his mother. Well, it's just that the landlord's eldest sister was not yet thirty years old at that time, and she was young, so Xie Bin always called her eldest sister. And after Liu Wenqing grew up, she was reluctant to call Xie Bin "uncle" anymore, but changed to Brother Xie.
In fact, to put it mildly, Xie Bin's age is not too old, just twenty-six years old, for today's urbanites, it is still an age where they can play crazy. Nowadays, people get married relatively late, and it is acceptable to be thirty years old, and the normal one is twenty-seven or eight.
Xie Bin wanted to get married earlier, but no one wanted to marry him. The landlord's eldest sister was also busy trying to introduce a few objects to Xie Bin, but often nothing came of it, after all, Xie Bin's career was really a little out of his hands.
Speaking of which, Xie Bin's income is not low, in a year, no matter whether it is good or bad, the net income is also forty or fifty thousand, which is higher than that of some office workers. In fact, no one wants to marry a second-class trafficker who has no parents. The income from collecting rags is also very high, but is there a girl who is willing to marry a rag?
Xie Bin's dream is to make money, then buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law. These days, it is always easier to marry a wife with a house than without a house. It is not easy to establish a foothold in a big city, and having a house is something that all men and women adrift in the city yearn for.
Xie Bin is dreaming of buying a **10-square-meter house, and then finding a daughter-in-law who can get along with him, and then live a peaceful life. The dream is so simple and yet unattainable.
Dinner is potato stewed beef, usually Xie Bin is not so extravagant, that is, he earned more today, so he got a piece of beef. Since he was a child, eating meat has always been a relatively luxurious thing for Xie Bin, and now although he also has some savings, he wants to keep it to buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law. Ordinary young people, at this age, no matter whether they have a job or not, and how much their salary is, they always have parents to help them build houses, help them marry daughters-in-law, and help them raise children.
And Xie Bin can't go, he has to worry about everything by himself. Different circumstances, different mentalities, and even more different attitudes towards life. How many young people as old as Xie Bin will not go clubbing, do not drink heavily, do not sing, cook their own meals, only drink plain water, do not eat snacks, and work hard to save money to support themselves?
It's not that Xie Bin is boasting, but that's the way it is. Since the age of seventeen, Xie Bin has become an orphan, he has groped for carving by himself, carrying a big bag to set up stalls to sell antiques, and several years of hardships and hardships have long made Xie Bin, a young child, become a little wanderer at the bottom of society. Fortunately, Xie Bin did not fall.
After dinner, Xie Bin turned on the computer, just online, a cartoon avatar began to flash, Xie Bin smiled slightly, it was a girl with the screen name "porphyry~ good".
The girl was just fifteen years old, and she was a netizen Xie Bin met when he first bought a computer. Although the little girl didn't say her name, Xie Bin still learned that her name was Wang Zi from her space messages and photo albums.
Wang Zi's name easily reminds Xie Bin of Ah Zi in Tianlong Babu, the same elf who is eccentric and mischievous. When the little girl was just thirteen years old, she was looking for a boyfriend on the Internet, well, according to her own words, Xie Bin was also one of the candidates. Of course, no matter how much Xie Bin longs for his daughter-in-law, he will not provoke such an underage girl.
The girl Wang Zi is very cute and naughty, but it makes Xie Bin have a faint sense of warmth, and she often likes to listen to the little girl pour bitter water, talk about the teacher, complain about her parents, and so on. After a long time, the two of them slowly became familiar with each other, both knew each other's routines, and would say hello every Sunday night.
"Uncle, how much money did you make today?" Wang Zi's little girl likes to call Uncle Xie Bin, according to her, she is a standard 'uncle control'. Well, although Xie Bin doesn't play online very often, he still knows the meaning of 'uncle control'.
For Wang Zi, Xie Bin has never hidden it, his work, his background, his income, and even sometimes when he is in a bad mood, he will tell the little girl about it. Although the little girl's comfort was very clumsy, it made Xie Bin very useful.
"I earned 6,300 yuan today, barely enough to pay the rent," Xie Bin quickly typed these words on the keyboard. Although Xie Bin has not been playing with the computer for a long time, he has been doing carving all year round, his fingers are very flexible, and his thinking is also very agile, so typing can only be regarded as a piece of cake, although the technique is not very standardized.
"Wow, this is still less, uncle, you are too dissatisfied, I have pocket money for a long time," the little girl Wang Zi came over with a surprised expression. Xie Bin shook his head and smiled bitterly, this is the gap, he has worked hard for so long, and he has been lucky to make so much money, but for others, it is just pocket money for a period of time.
Wang Zi's family background is very good, there is no doubt about it, a few days ago Xie Bin mailed two small objects to the little girl, but the girl actually returned a watch, Tissot's, Xie Bin checked it on the Internet, worth more than 4,000.