My name is Lu Sheng, the original intention of writing this book is to write down some of the experiences that I have heard and seen, ordinary people will not encounter in their lives, and keep them for when I get old and open them slowly and read them slowly, there is no gorgeous language embellishment, and I will not write too exaggerated, after all, I am not a writer, there are not so many good words in the dictionary, what I write, in addition to the truth, is still true.

The industry of clothing appraisal shop is now little known, and it is also true that the pace of social development is too fast, and modern people want to buy a satisfactory piece of clothing without leaving home, and they can take out their mobile phones to shop online.

Clothing appraisal shop, also known as clothing appraisal shop, is also a kind of pawnshop.

Most of the clothes in the clothing shop are the old clothes worn by the rich and noble, which are glamorous but no longer fashionable, and some of them are broken children who take old clothes to the pawnshop to pawn in order to make a living.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "pawnbroking", and pawnbroking is one of the oldest industries of mankind. Similar to today's bank mortgages, but the only difference is that pawns are also divided into "dead" and "live".

As the name suggests, it's like if you take something and I'll exchange it for you, let's sign a contract, if you don't take the money to redeem it within the agreed time, this thing will be mine, and I can dispose of this object at will, and it has nothing to do with you.

When you die, when you die, you pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, I will issue the invoice, you take the money, and there is no possibility of redemption.

Generally, the people who come to pawn clothes are either bankrupt gentlemen or rich ladies and aunts who are tired of wearing old clothes and sell them to pawnshops at low prices, and there are also many thieves who steal the clothes of rich families to pawn.

These old clothes pawn shops generally sell to the clothing appraisal shop at a higher price, and the clothing appraisal shop carries out simple processing and then takes it out for sale, and the main sales group is of course the poor who can't afford to buy new clothes, who has the money to buy new clothes, who will pick up the old clothes worn by others?

Back then, my family ran such a clothing appraisal shop, and it was also the only one in Longmiao Village.

Because it is the only existence, most of the villagers are poor families who have no money to buy new clothes, and their ancestors have passed down a set of tailoring skills, even if the old clothes cannot be sold, and the people who come to the store to pull rough cloth to make clothes are not old and young, so this clothing appraisal shop has always been doing very good business.

When the shop was passed to the great-grandfather's generation, it was just in time for the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Puyi was driven out of BJ, President Yuan ascended the throne and became emperor, and the warlords of the north and south were fighting.

In short, in that year, there were a few soldiers and a few guns in his hands to dare to be called a grass king, fighting back and forth, it was the common people who suffered, today this marshal entered the city, a burst of plunder, tomorrow the marshal will enter the city again, and the people will suffer again.

It's not that there are no people who dare to come forward to resist, but at this time, resisting is obviously looking for death, no matter how hard the head is, it can't stop the bullet, and the life given by my parents is not used to test whether the bullet is not strong. So whenever the warlord led his troops to sweep up, he really didn't dare to stand up and charge the big one.

Grandfather's name is Lu Baode, he went to the capital to study since he was a child, it is said that his teacher was in the second grade of the official residence in the imperial court, and once followed Zeng Guoquan to crusade against the Taiping Army, and later in various power struggles, he was scheming and wise to protect himself, so he was not purged, but he was not promoted again, and they all said that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and he was no longer promoted, but the power was still there. If it weren't for the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the turmoil of the times, the old man who was worried about the country and the people but had no power to return to heaven would have committed suicide without holding on to a hemp rope, and I would not have been able to use the old man's connections to take a career in office.

As soon as the tree fell and scattered, the teacher died, and my grandfather could no longer stay in BJ City, and it happened that my great-grandfather also heard about the chaos in the capital, and a letter urged my grandfather to hurry home and take care of the clothing shop.

After receiving the letter, my grandfather did not dare to delay for a moment, bought some dry food and pickles, simply packed up and went on the road as if fleeing.

In July, the north was very dry, and the sun was very poisonous, so I went out early in the morning, and after walking for about three or four hours, my grandfather stopped to rest and lay the grass. Extremely thirsty and hungry, he took out dry food and devoured it.

It's not that they don't have the money to hire deputy cars and horses, but they all say that there are a lot of bandits along the road, and they rob the rich people who pass through here, the men are used as meat tickets, and the women are pressed against the village, and the coachmen are not willing to take this road.

Fortunately, I didn't encounter the bandits who robbed the road all the way, and when I was about to reach Fengtianfu, I met a few deserters in tattered clothes, and they saw their grandfather in rags, and repeatedly asked their grandfather if he had anything of value with a gun. These deserters were covered in dust, their faces were black, and their lips were parched by the wind, and they looked more like they were fleeing than their grandfathers.

Although his grandfather read all the books of sages, he was not a pedantic nerd, and when the soldiers approached him, he secretly threw the baggage containing valuable objects into the haystack beside him, and only a few large pieces of bread were left on him.

I didn't ask for anything valuable, but I found a big cake, and this group of soldiers was also very hungry, and they grabbed the cake with bright eyes, and they gnawed it indiscriminately, kicked their grandfather's feet and carried the gun away, and the grandfather sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

One of the young deserters walked slowly at the end while nibbling on the bread he had snatched, and when he saw his grandfather pick up his burden from the haystack and leave not far away, he turned around and secretly followed.

The remaining few grizzled deserters were not surprised when they saw the little deserter gone, and they did not get involved with their relatives, and there were more people who left the team along the way, and there was one less person and one less mouth to divide and eat, and they did not take care of the little deserters who left behind.

Grandfather just took a few steps, felt that there was someone behind him, so he looked back, only to see the little deserter following behind, looking at grandfather with a smile, and grandfather was stared at by the little deserter.

"I saw you take out a burden from the grass, don't be afraid, I won't rob you, there are no bullets in the gun. The little deserter seemed to see his grandfather's mind and couldn't wait to explain.

The little deserter's name is Xiaodouzi, only thirteen years old, under careful questioning, it turns out that Xiaodouzi is a native of Jinping County near Longmiao Village, his parents took Xiaodouzi out of the city to escape when Li Dashuai attacked the city and was dispersed by the crowd, Xiaodouzi was also temporarily arrested because of Li Dashuai's lack of troops, Xiaodouzi heard that his parents were killed by artillery fire on the way to escape, it is estimated that he must be dead, otherwise why would he not come to find himself?

This tattered military uniform is too conspicuous, and my grandfather took out a set of his own clothes to change into Xiaodouzi, although it is too big, but it finally has a personal appearance.

The broken gun with no bullets was thrown away by Xiaodouzi, and he cursed: This broken scrap metal.

I also had a companion all the way, and after returning home, Xiaodouzi stayed in the clothing shop to do chores, for a teenager who had no parents and was displaced, it was impossible to dream of having food and drink and learning a tailor's craft.

My grandfather couldn't learn the tailor's trade, and he didn't want to learn it, so he worked as a shopkeeper in the shop, collecting money and paying out accounts, occasionally going out to collect a few old clothes, getting up early to open and closing at night, and slowly messing around. Although the government is always harsh on miscellaneous taxes, and soldiers always come to fight the autumn wind, they can finally get by.

It stands to reason that my grandfather is already twenty years old, and it is the age when I should get married, but my grandfather is not biased, and there are a lot of people who come to propose marriage, and my grandfather doesn't look at it.

After the death of his great-grandfather, the business of the clothing shop was also weakening, but his grandfather was also happy to be idle, and the neighbors in the street came to buy clothes or make clothes, and as long as they did not lose money, they were like that, and they and Xiaodouzi could stutter as long as they were able to stutter.

On this day, when my grandfather was sitting at the counter looking at the ancient books brought back from SH by the trustee, and the authentic ones were delicious, a big man in plain clothes walked in, and when he opened his mouth, he asked if he would accept the old clothes.

Xiaodouzi looked the visitor up and down, there were two patches on the cloth shoes and clothes, and there were two patches on the pants of the black rough cloth, and it was impossible to take out any valuable clothes at a glance, but he still asked: "Accept, what kind of clothes?" ”

At this time, Xiaodouzi was already nineteen years old, and his voice was no longer as immature as a few years ago, and his tone revealed the shrewdness of an imperceptible businessman. In the past few years, although Xiaodouzi and the Lu family are not related by blood, they are like relatives, especially after the death of their great-grandfather, they are even more commensurate with their grandfather and brothers.

Others say that the Lu family has a good dog.

"Little doll, I didn't bring it, I'll come back in the evening. Dahan seemed to see Xiaodouzi's disdain, and turned around and left after speaking.

Grandfather is not the kind of philistine, and shouted at the back of the big man: "Brother, then I will wait for you to come at night, if you don't come, I won't close!"

It was difficult for Xiaodouzi to understand his grandfather's humility, in his eyes, how could such a person who didn't dress like a rich man have old clothes that he could get his hands on.

My grandfather said, how can rich people come to a poor place like ours?

Longmiao Village is very poor, and years of war have undoubtedly made this village, which has only about 100 households, even more barren. In the past, when I went to the county seat, I had to go in and out of the city gate unimpeded, but now I have to pay money when I enter and leave the city, not to mention the money, and occasionally meet the big head soldiers who look at the city gate and have a bad temper, they will inevitably be exploited and beaten by them.

In the past, when my grandfather went to the pawnshop in the county town to collect clothes, in addition to the cost, there were still two dollars left to chew snacks, but now he didn't dare to go into the city at all, because the money for collecting clothes was not enough for the group of miscellaneous looters.

Business is not as good as one day, maybe one day this business will be done. But it's better to have business than nothing, and a fly is a piece of meat even if it's small, so I comforted Xiaodouzi and myself.

Looking at the loyal little brother who had eaten and lived at home for six or seven years, his grandfather couldn't help but sigh, the situation is so turbulent, if there is no clothing shop, how will the brothers make a living next?

In the blink of an eye, it was dark, it was estimated that it was about eight or nine o'clock, the big man who had come during the day still did not appear, and the little bean was holding the door panel and preparing to close, at this moment, the big man walked in panting, carrying a big burden on his back, looking bulging.

I saw that the big man carefully put the burden on the table where the guests were entertained in the shop, turned around and closed the door of the shop, and then sat down to wipe his sweat and panting.

Xiao Douzi stepped forward to untie the burden, spread it out and couldn't help but light up, although most of the goods handled by the pawnshop for many years were inferior goods, but the experience accumulated over the long period told him that these clothes were not something ordinary people could afford to wear.

I saw that in the baggage was a women's linen coat and two coats made of animal fur, one black and one white. Not to mention these two coats, just looking at the small coat, you can see that the clothes of the owner of the clothes are extraordinary: the pink coarse cloth is finely sewn together with gold threads, the cuffs are also embroidered with chrysanthemums like life left and right, the back to the collar is a phoenix and a phoenix are intertwined with each other, there are some unknown symbols tattooed near the phoenix, the material of the embroidery is naturally gold thread, and the front chest of the clothes are all kinds of bright flowers, a hundred flowers bloom, both charming and refined.

"Big brother, I don't know where your clothes come from?" Grandfather knew that this gorgeous dress should not be owned by the big man, so he asked.

Dahan didn't seem very impatient, waved his hand and said, "If you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, I'll find another place." ”

At this time, my grandfather had already guessed in his heart that these clothes were not coming from the right way, and it stands to reason that this kind of thing cannot be accepted casually, and once the owner finds it, he will have to suffer a lawsuit if he can't do it well.

But this kind of good thing is too rare, not to mention that the business of the shop is so bleak, even if you take it and keep it for yourself, after all, the gold on this dress is real.

Since there is a heart to trade, there is no deal that cannot be negotiated. In the end, these clothes were collected by my grandfather for the price of two oceans, which was almost the same as picking up for nothing, and the value of these gold threads alone was more than a hundred oceans.

Time is always mixed, and a few more years have passed when it is mixed.

Since I got a few clothes, the business in the shop is getting more and more bleak, and a ready-to-wear store has opened across the street, the quality of the clothes is better than my own, and the price of new clothes of one color is also fair, it is said that it was opened by a small RB.

In the past few years, my grandfather has also become a family, but no matter how hard I work, I still don't have a son and a half daughter, and I see that I am about to stand up, and there is still no heir under my knees, and even Liu Sangui, a pig slaughterer on the street, who suffered a thousand knives, gave birth to a big fat boy last year, and my grandfather was anxious in his eyes.

Grandmother also wondered, after marrying the Lu family for five years, she still failed to add an heir to the Lu family, and she was also in a hurry, she didn't eat less of the decoction she should eat, and the home remedies she asked around were not less, no matter if it was useful or not, as long as she heard someone say that it was good, she would try it as a dead horse doctor, and after a few years, her stomach still didn't move.

In the end, both husband and wife were also discouraged, if they don't have children, they don't have children, sometimes they have to have it in their lives, and they don't have to force it in their lives.

This year, I heard people from Shenyang say that the little RB is about to fight with our country, and Emperor Puyi is about to ascend the throne again, as if the base is in Shenyang.

How the country develops has nothing to do with small people like us, and now in this country, the people can't live happily, so what kind of country does it matter?

Good taste is not as good as dumplings, standing is better than upside down, Chinese New Year's Eve, farewell to the old and welcome the new, grandmother said, that Chinese New Year's Eve in 1931, my grandfather ate three plates full of dumplings, I asked her why she remembered so clearly, her old man pouted and said, that year "918", Zhang Shaoshuai, who has always been majestic in the northeast, met the devil and finished the calf, and the RB people all entered the house and returned his mother to watch the play.

The fortunes of the country are declining, Pu Yi became a puppet emperor in the "puppet Manchukuo" with the support of the RB people, and the three northeastern provinces were occupied by the dove.

The Nationalist Government didn't know what to think, and it didn't want to curb the provocations and ambitions of the RB people, but it was busy "suppressing the Communist Party" and preaching the harm of the "C bandits" everywhere, but the people understood that the C bandits did not poison the people like the little RB.

This year, Xiaodouzi got married, and the object was Yuxiu, the daughter of the family in the ready-to-wear shop opposite, and she looked beautiful, but her grandfather always felt that the girl looked fake, fake, and laughed as if she was disguised.

But Xiaodouzi is good to people and girls as if she is fascinated, and I am happy to buy it for a thousand dollars, and it is difficult for others to say anything. Xiaodouzi has no parents when he is a child, and he has followed his grandfather for more than ten years, just like his own family, the eldest brother is like a father, and his grandfather and grandmother have also run this family business as parents.