Chapter 9: The Dilapidated Courtyard

It is not easy to start a business, and in line with the principle of saving everything that can be saved, Yao Yuan originally wanted to go to the trust store to exchange some old goods.

The trust shop is actually a public pawnshop and thrift market, when the founding of the People's Republic of China banned the pawnshop of the old society, and the public came forward to open the trust store, the function is actually similar to the old pawnshop.

When it is inconvenient for ordinary people to have money at hand, they will give things that can be exchanged for two dollars at home to the trust store, so that they can turn around temporarily, and of course, there are also things that are directly placed in the store for consignment.

The trust store not only has those valuable cultural antiques, but also some electrical appliances such as cassette recorders and televisions, as well as various tables, chairs, benches, and daily necessities.

The price of the things in the store is not expensive, and the quality is guaranteed.

Therefore, Yao Yuan has always wanted to go to the trust store to visit, on the one hand, to add some things to his stall, and more importantly, to satisfy his curiosity, or to put it simply, to explore with the kind of speculative heart that wants to make a fortune and pick up leaks.

Now it's ninety-three years, the value of those antiques, calligraphy and painting is still seriously underestimated, the old man Baishi, Zhang Daqian and other calligraphy and painting can still be encountered in the trust store, what mahogany furniture, jade agate are put on the shelves to be sold at a price, by the way, there are also crazy stamps, the gospel of the traverser, in later generations has been fried to a million version of the monkey ticket, I heard that now a quadripartite is only a few dollars, and the price of the full page of the monkey ticket is only a hundred yuan can be obtained.

We're a cook, and we don't understand too many things, such as stocks, lotteries, speculation, and things that don't have a spectrum are best not touched, but like this obvious, low-hanging fruit, that's not to take advantage of nothing.

Rely on selling braised to make a little money, and then use this little money to buy some good things that can appreciate quickly, and this life will be even if you win it!

What luxury cars and villas are at your fingertips.

There is no need to rush to be in a hurry, this so-called, lie down to win!

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But Yao Yuan's idea of visiting the trust store still did not come true, and the next morning, when he finished running and walked around the morning market, he found that he wanted to buy things for his stall, and he didn't need to go to any trust store at all, and all the things that could be used to set up a stall in the night market could be purchased in the morning market.

And the price is still surprisingly cheap.

There is a stalk in later generations, which says that the director of the Jiangnan Leather Shoe Factory ran away with his sister-in-law, and the workers in the factory took the leather shoes to the market and sold them for money, tearfully selling them! A few discounts.

Everyone thinks of this as a joke, but in this day and age, it doesn't seem to be new, and it's quite common.

Of course, it is not that the directors of other factories have also abducted their sisters-in-law, but that many factories have poor efficiency and cannot pay wages, so they simply send the products in the factory to the workers to offset the wages.

The workers had no choice but to take the products to the market and sell them.

What thermoses, basins, sweaters, cans, and even tables, chairs and benches, similar products are simply varied.

The price of the large sea bowls printed on a certain hotel is only two cents a piece, and a stack of ten is tied with straw rope and placed on the ground and no one cares;

A very good little low stool, you can buy two for one dollar, and it is not worth the cost of a bowl of wontons.

It's a little confusing for a while, and today's prices are really incomprehensible.

It didn't cost a dozen yuan in total, so I bought a lot of pots and pans with small benches, and I feel that my stall can be upgraded to a higher level, at least our bowls are enough, no longer need to temporarily run to the public toilet to pick up water and brush dishes, and no matter how many diners come, they can also have a stool to sit.

As for going to the trust store to pick up the leaks, let's go back, the years are still very long, and time flies very slowly, at least when I can take out the whole ticket in my pocket, it is not too late to go.

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The eldest brother who sold the stool personally sent all the bits and pieces that Yao Yuan bought downstairs with a board car, looking at a lot of long-winded things, Yao Yuan had a little headache, it was really inconvenient to live upstairs, although it was only the third floor, but these things had to be moved up and down every day, which was also very troublesome.

was grinding and tidying up things, when I saw Xie Lao'er come out of the hole in the door of the building: "Where did you go early in the morning?" I can't find you if there's something to look for! Hurry up and go home with me, there's something urgent! ”

Yao Yuan's home is in the family courtyard of the Construction Committee, which is a regular six-story red brick building, and the environment is quite quiet under the shade of green trees.

Xie Zhenhua's home is next to the family home of the Construction Committee, and the straight-line distance is no more than 500 meters, but the environment is completely different.

The village in the city is the living environment of Xie Zhenhua's family, with a cluster of low-rise bungalows connected by crooked alleys, and there is no planning at all.

And this piece of bungalows and the old houses in the city are completely incomparable, those old houses have dozens of hundreds of years of history, the construction has a certain regulation, pay attention to, and this piece is completely built by the common people, speaking of the characteristics of one word: chaos!

followed Xie Zhenhua into the dark and deep alley, and came to Xie Zhenhua's door.

Xie Lao Pao'er didn't enter the house, but turned around and opened a courtyard door opposite: "How about you take a look at this place?" ”

The courtyard gate is low, Yao is far less than 1.8 meters tall and needs to bow his head to enter, while Xie Zhenhua has broad shoulders and is fat, and he needs to turn sideways slightly to get into the courtyard gate.

Yao Yuan looked at this small courtyard curiously, there were three north rooms at one end of the courtyard, the doors and windows of the house were intact, but he couldn't hide a dilapidated feeling, and he could vaguely see that there were spider webs on the windows, and it was obvious that no one had lived in them for a long time.

The small room next to the east wall is even more dilapidated, and it feels like it is about to collapse.

After a rough glance at this dilapidated yard, Yao Yuan couldn't help but verify with Old Claw Xie: "Just this dilapidated yard? Are you sure you can use it for us? ”

Xie Lao'er's face was full of pride: "How is it?" Spacious enough, right? Isn't it better to use this as a kitchen than to toss in the small kitchen at your home? ”

It is good to be able to rent a small yard of thirty or forty square meters outside this three-and-a-half-room house, but the price is ......

Yao Yuan didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.

This yard belongs to a colleague of Xie Zhenhua's father, and now the family has moved to a newly built residential building in Xizhimen, and the yard is entrusted to Lao Xie to help take care of it.

After Xie Zhenhua went home last night, he boasted about his father about the feat of setting up a stall to sell stewed boiled with Yao Yuan, and expressed his idea of expanding production.

Daddy's surprising support for his son's entrepreneurial feat, without saying a word, he threw the key to the empty yard opposite to Xie Laopao'er, and just said, just toss it, don't order other people's houses.

This house is really dilapidated enough, it doesn't leak rain if it is not good, the yard is not big, and it is overgrown with wild grass, and it takes a lot of effort to clean it up if you want to live in it, but if it is only used as an operation room, it is very suitable!

Water and electricity are readily available, and with this site, you can practice it immediately as long as you add a gas stove and set up a table.

"But you can't use someone else's for nothing, right? How much do you have to give people some rent? Yao Yuan was still a little worried.

"My old man said, if we really make money, don't use other people's houses for nothing, just go back and give three heads and fifty." Xie Lao Pao'er looked proud.

It seems that his desire to become bigger and stronger has never been broken.

Yao Yuan was also kind: "Okay, you go back and tell the old man, if we really use this house for a long time, we will pay rent to others at fifty yuan every month." ”

"I'm grass! Are you crazy? Fifty? Also every month? What my old man means......" Xie Lao'er's eyes widened when he heard the number given by Yao Yuan.

This hasn't made any money yet, why did Yao Yuan's grandson start to spend lavishly?

Yao Yuan hurriedly explained: "We gave people money, and we can use it to be practical, and it is not easy to find such a suitable place." Besides, fifty yuan is not much, for us, it is a matter of selling more than 20 bowls of stew. ”

In fact, the price of 50 yuan is a very reasonable price, and now no one loves to live in a bungalow, and few private houses can be rented out, and if you rent a house through the public housing management office, the rent of such a house is about 30 yuan per month.

Of course, this is the current price, and if you put it in two years, this price will roll up.

Xie Zhenhua's parents are quite strange, and they unconditionally support their son for not doing his job and setting up a stall on the street.

Dad found a house, and Mom set aside all the ingredients needed today early through the relationship of the unit, and only needed to go to the grocery store at noon to pay for it and get it back.

Yao Yuan and Xie Zhenhua didn't care about anything else, so they cleaned the house first.

And Uncle Wang Hongyu also arrived before lunch, and went to Yao Yuan's house but didn't find anyone, so he took Xiaohuaer to find him.

Seeing this yard that had been cleaned for the first time, Wang Hongyu couldn't stop being happy: "Oh, I'll go!" What's wrong? Are we really going to have a happy practice? ”

Yao Yuan and Xie Lao Pao were busy sweating.

The weather in August is very hot, after the sun comes out, people are still sweating when they don't move, the two of them have been dry gray faces, sweating on their necks, seeing Wang Hongyu in a white shirt, blue pants, and sneakers, don't mention the hatred in my heart.

"Sun thief! Didn't you say you'd come over early in the morning? Why did you arrive at noon?! Xie Lao Pao asked.

Wang Hongyu was confident: "How did I know you were here?" In the morning, Xiaohua'er wanted to practice the piano, so I accompanied her for a while. ”

Wang Hongyu moved out of Xiaohua'er, Yao Yuan's words were blocked, so he had to point at Wang Hongyu with his finger: "Okay, you can play chicken thief!" You're in for a treat at lunch! ”

Xiaohua'er just wanted to help Wang Hongyu say a few words, and when she heard about lunch, she was very clever and closed her mouth.

Xie Zhenhua was full of anger and had nowhere to go, so he straightened his neck and asked: "I can't be cheap for you today, I have to eat Yanji cold noodles at noon!" With ice ballast, big bowls! Spicy beef has to be doubled, and raw beef has to be doubled! ”