At about three o'clock in the afternoon, a hunchbacked middle-aged man, while pulling a cart, shouted to the courtyards on both sides of the alley: "It's in tatters!" It's in tatters! Is there anyone who has tatters to sell. ”

"Put away the rags! How much does a glass bottle sell for? When the hunchbacked middle-aged man passed by a courtyard, a middle-aged woman wrapped in an apron in front of her walked out of the yard and shouted to the hunchbacked middle-aged man.

When the hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the middle-aged woman's inquiry, he instinctively stopped and replied with a smile: "Big sister! Glass bottles are a quarter cent, how many glass bottles do you have to sell? ”

When the middle-aged woman learned the price of the glass bottle, her brows furrowed slightly, and she asked the hunchbacked middle-aged man dissatisfiedly: "Collect the tattered!" The recycling price of glass bottles at the purchase station is five cents each, how do you charge four cents here? ”

The hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the middle-aged woman's question, and said to her with a smile: "Big sister! As you just said, the recycling price of our scrap yard is five cents, but you have to send it to the recycling station in person to buy, and we will come to buy it, you must always make us some money! ”

When the middle-aged woman heard the hunchbacked middle-aged man's explanation, she pondered for a while, and bargained with the hunchbacked middle-aged man: "Collect the rags!" If you agree, I'll go back to the house and get you a bottle, and if you don't, I'll take it to the scrap yard to recycle it another day when I'm free. ”

Hearing the recycling price proposed by the middle-aged woman, the hunchbacked middle-aged man thought about it for a while, and said to the middle-aged woman: "Big sister! According to our recycling price, a bottle can only cost four cents, but whoever made me look very eye-catching, just recycle it at the price you just said. ”

When the middle-aged woman heard the hunchback's answer, she nodded with satisfaction, and instructed the hunchbacked middle-aged man: "Collect the rags!" Then you wait here, I'll go back to the house and bring you the empty bottles. ”

It didn't take long for the middle-aged woman to come out of the yard with a dozen glass bottles.

The hunchbacked middle-aged man counted the number of bottles, then took out a stack of gross tickets from his pocket, and said to the middle-aged woman with a smile: "Big sister! You have a total of thirteen bottles here, the first twelve are calculated according to four and a half cents, and the remaining one is not coincidental, I will calculate it according to five cents, a total of five cents and nine cents here, you click a little bit to see, is there anything wrong? ”

The middle-aged woman heard the words of the hunchbacked middle-aged man, took a few gross tickets from the other party's hand, she first calculated the price in her mind, and after making sure that the hunchbacked middle-aged man was right, she took the money from the other party, counted it carefully, and said with satisfaction: "You are still relatively angry, if there are still rags to be recycled in my house in the future, I will definitely look for you!" ”

When the hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the middle-aged woman's words, he put the bottle that the other party had taken out on the cart, and then walked towards the distance while shouting.

"Comrade! Do you collect old furniture? The hunchbacked middle-aged man walked about a short distance when the door of a small courtyard suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man walked out of the small courtyard and asked the hunchbacked middle-aged man.

When the hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the middle-aged man's inquiry, he immediately stopped and replied with a smile: "Comrade! Of course we collect the furniture, but what old furniture do you have to recycle? ”

When the middle-aged man heard the hunchbacked middle-aged man's answer, he immediately introduced himself to the other party: "Comrade! What our family wants to sell is old furniture with some missing corners and legs, but how do you collect this old furniture? ”

The hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the other party's inquiry and introduced with a smile: "Comrade! If the damage to the furniture is not serious, then we can estimate the value of the furniture according to the newness of the furniture, if the damage is serious, then I can only weigh and settle according to the price of waste wood. ”

When the middle-aged man heard the situation introduced by the hunchbacked middle-aged man, he instinctively glanced at both sides of the alley, and said to the hunchbacked middle-aged man: "Comrade! Then come in with me and have a look! ”

The hunchbacked middle-aged man locked the cart and followed the middle-aged man into the small courtyard.

After entering the small courtyard, the hunchbacked middle-aged man looked around curiously, and when he saw the old furniture placed in the courtyard, he asked loudly: "Comrade! Are all the old furniture you mentioned here? ”

"That's right! It's all these old furniture, you see how much it can be sold for? When the middle-aged man heard the hunchbacked middle-aged man's inquiry, he immediately nodded and asked loudly.

When the hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the other party's answer, he circled around the pile of old furniture before he spoke: "Comrade! These old furniture of yours, except for these two chairs, there is still the possibility of repair, and the other Jia family is not much different from rotten wood. ”

"Do you think that's okay? I will charge three cents for each of these two chairs, and I will weigh the rest for you, and each pound will be counted as one and a half cents? ”

When the middle-aged man heard the offer of the hunchbacked middle-aged man, his face suddenly showed a dissatisfied expression, and he asked the hunchbacked middle-aged man: "Collect the tattered!" Although these furniture are in tatters, the wood of these furniture is not ordinary wood, how can you say that it is rotten wood? ”

The hunchbacked middle-aged man heard the middle-aged man's questioning, saw the dissatisfied expression on the other party's face, and explained: "Comrade! If your furniture is in good condition, I can naturally install the quality of the wood to give you an estimate, the problem is that your furniture is already in tatters, I can't pay for these rotten wood to buy back, right? ”

"It's not for sale! I'm not selling these pieces of furniture, so let's go! When the middle-aged man heard the hunchbacked middle-aged man and use rotten wood to describe his furniture, he immediately felt angry, and pushed the hunchbacked middle-aged man dissatisfiedly, and immediately issued an eviction order to the other party.

The hunchbacked middle-aged man was pushed by the other party like this, and almost fell, he saw the middle-aged man's dissatisfied expression, and he was also very dissatisfied and asked: "Comrade! Buying and selling is not benevolent! Even if you don't sell it, you can't push me, right? How so? ”

The middle-aged man heard the hunchbacked middle-aged man's question, and urged the hunchbacked middle-aged man impatiently: "Go!" Walk! Walk! I'm not going to sell you this furniture, you get out of my house quickly. ”

The hunchbacked middle-aged man also showed a dissatisfied expression when he saw the impatient look on the other party's face, and mocked as he walked outside: "Even rotten wood like you, you also want to sell it as complete furniture, I think you don't want to sell it when the wood is completely rotten." ”

"Dead lame! Even if I rot there, I won't sell you these woods, but you still give me as far as I can, and roll as far as I want! The middle-aged man heard the taunt of the hunchbacked middle-aged man, and immediately became angry, he reached out again and pushed the hunchbacked middle-aged man, and a small note fell into the hunchbacked middle-aged man's pocket at this moment, and his mouth was angry and scolded.

(End of chapter)