Chapter Fifty-Seven: Collecting the Rags
After Li Dan sent the two people away, he didn't go to set up a stall. The main reason is that I just went to the market and saw that there were not many people shopping, probably because today is a Wednesday, not a rest day, so people in the neighborhood are working, and few people are shopping.
Li Dan knows that there is not much to sell at this time, and she just thought of a plan, so she has to investigate the market to see if it is feasible.
Li Dan walked back to the bedroom quickly, put the leftovers away, turned out a sunhat, and then began to walk around in the sun.
Of course, she has a purpose, first of all, to go to the scrap yard on the outskirts of the city.
Li Dan doesn't know how many such scrap collection stations there are in W City, but as far as she knows, this is the largest one and the one that has existed for the longest time.
This acquisition station is personal, and when Li Dan entered, he was received by a middle-aged man in his forties.
"What are you selling, weigh here."
"Uncle, I don't sell anything, I just want to go to you to find out if there are any scrapped tricycles." After Li Dan saw the person, he walked over quickly to talk.
"Tricycles? Yes, there is, but none of them can be used. The man squinted at Li Dan with small eyes.
"It's okay, where is it, can I see if it is first." Yes, as long as there is a frame, buy some parts and install it.
"It's all in the back, go and see for yourself, there's someone behind." The middle-aged man lazily walked back, and then shouted loudly: "Zhaodi, someone looks at the tricycle." ”
Li Dan walked back in the direction he pointed, and as soon as he walked past the house, he saw a middle-aged woman walking towards him, this should be "Zhaodi", and the man in front of him should be a family of two.
The woman didn't say anything, and led Li Dan to the backyard.
This acquisition station covers a large area, a very large yard, a brick house in the middle, the yard is divided into two yards, the front and back yards, the man collects things in the front, and the back is the place where the items are stored.
"It's all here, look at which one you like." The middle-aged woman said.
Li Dan saw several tricycles stacked together.
"How do you sell these?" These can barely be seen to be tricycles, none of them are complete, the body is rusty, very embarrassed, it is estimated that they are all collected as scrap iron.
The middle-aged woman looked at the tricycles piled together, thought for a moment and said, "It's not good, if you want it, you can give twenty yuan." ”
Li Dan nodded secretly, this proprietress is a real person.
"Twenty of them?" This has to be asked, because Li Dan has already seen it, some cars are left, and some are still connected to bicycles, but the wheels are gone.
Don't pick it out yourself, her price is different.
"It's all the same price, you can choose, choose which one, you're telling me." The middle-aged woman was a little impatient, and after speaking, she sat down next to a large pile of sacks. Sort items.
Li Dan was not polite, and after several laps back and forth, he finally found a tricycle with the most complete parts.
Then the two of them worked together to remove all the things that were pressed on it, and then took out Li Danxiangzhong.
Then Li Dan bought three more bicycle wheels at their house, and then the proprietress of the begging family moved all the things with her to a bicycle repair department on the side of the road not too far from the acquisition station.
Fix that wheel directly and install it.
Then Li Dan rode a tricycle, which cost her nearly sixty yuan in total, which was cheaper than buying a new one.
Although this car looks tattered everywhere, it can be put anywhere at ease, and no one cares about it.
Li Danle knocked on a piece of iron sheet hanging on the handlebar, and made a dangdang sound, which spread far away, yes, this is the movement.
That's right, Li Dan's new plan is to close the rags.
Some people may think that the job of collecting rags is too low, and it is a little better than picking up rags, of course, sometimes collecting rags also takes into account picking up rags, but Li Dan knows that the industry of collecting rags is actually very profitable, she doesn't know that the industry is in a recession now, but she wants to try it.
Of course, it's not that Li Dan doesn't want to do some decent work, such as going to the market to sell snacks or something, but through Li Dan's observation of buying and selling these days, no matter which market, there is no shortage of food, whether it is barbecue or spicy hot type.
Of course, Li Dan can also set up a stall, but she is competing with other people's stalls that have already been formed, and even if she wins, she will definitely be excluded. Don't underestimate these people who set up stalls every day, if you don't earn or rob, like she used to find a squat, she can't sell a few pairs of socks a day, and no one is red, but when she occupies a good position in the market, and the stalls are always crowded, those bad words will come, and more than that, some low-quality people will find ways to hurt you.
Li Dan has suffered such a secret loss, so she later gave up the idea of eating, but she was afraid that others would hurt her, so she would put something in the food, and then she would be unable to speak clearly.
Although the work of collecting rags is hard, it is more flexible, and the competition among peers is not serious, anyway, W City is so big, one place is not good, and it is a big deal to change the land.
Li Dan went to buy another scale, and the preparation work was complete. Seeing that the time was still permitting, she immediately entered the role, rode a tricycle into a community, and began to knock on the iron sheet.
Not to mention, her luck was quite good, and after walking a few buildings, she heard a man upstairs shouting, "Collect the rags, this is rags." ”
Li Dan couldn't determine what the person on the floor shouted for a while, so he could only ride the car downstairs to find it again.
"Here's it, third floor."
Li Dan listened to the voice, and then saw an old man's head peeking out on the balcony on the third floor.
"Uncle, what do you want to sell, don't you use me to go up." Li Dan asked with a smile.
"Oh, it's still a little girl, you really don't look like you're wearing this in tatters." The old man said above that people can't see what they look like, but they look young.
Li Dan looked down at his clothes, nothing special, at most they were clean.
"Haha, uncle, what are you going to sell?"
"Some rags, books or something, how much do you charge here?" The old man doesn't stare at people anymore, he can't care about what kind of people collect the rags, what he cares about now is the purchase price.
This Li Dan has already inquired, and the purchase stations of books and other things are collected according to waste paper, three cents per catty, and personal collection of rags generally ranges from one dime to one dime and five cents.
"Uncle, waste paper is one cent and five pounds, and if it is a newspaper, it is two cents and five pounds." Buying station newspapers is four cents a pound.
"Well, it's okay, then you can come up." The old man retracted his head.
Li Danle is happy, this is to sell to himself.
She took the scale and went up, as for the car, just leave it like that, others have to hide when they see it, it's really miserable.
After entering the old man's house, I saw a lot of things piled up on the ground in the small living room. A stack of books and notebooks, a sack of canned and plastic bottles, and a pile of paper shells.
Li Dan was busy weighing them one by one, and the old man was still not at ease, so he stood behind Li Dan and looked at the scales.
Li Dan was not angry, knowing that some people were not very authentic, and often used the scale pole to fool people when collecting rags, but she didn't know this technology yet, and she didn't plan to know it, so she wasn't afraid of people looking at it.
In the end, everything was weighed, a total of sixteen yuan and eight cents, and Li Dan directly gave people seventeen yuan.
The old man was so happy, he praised Li Dan for doing business, and he would sell it to her next time he had something at home.
In the end, there were too many things, but the old man helped Li Dan take down everything and load it onto the tricycle.
In this way, Li Dan's rag-picking career began at this time.