Chapter 74: Living beyond one's means
"Brother Le, you are the only one making money at home. We are not just trying to save as much as we can so that you can have a rest."
"Okay, I'm not blaming you, I just want to tell you that I make a lot of money, so I don't need to worry about not having food to eat in the future."
Li Le didn't even know how to tell them. He had said it many times, but these two girls didn't seem to listen at all.
Let’s not talk about how much money he can make in a day. Even if he has no money, he will probably go into the mountains once, and then he will be able to eat for a month or two.
"I know Brother Le, I'm going to stew a pheasant." Zhao Yanran said.
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
Watching the two sisters stew the chicken, Li Le also put down his bowls and chopsticks, preparing to wait for the two sisters to come over and eat together.
As for the food getting cold after a while, what does it matter? Just reheat it, and it will be quick.
Half an hour later, the chicken was almost done. Zhao Yanran and the two sisters came over and brought the food into the kitchen and started to heat it.
After the food was heated and the chicken was stewed, the three of them started eating.
Although the three of us ate a pheasant was a bit short, don't forget that this thing is not rare in Li Le's family. They eat it every day and there is no shortage of food. It is enough.
After eating, Li Le did not go out immediately, but took a rest at home.
Now we have just finished eating. Those who can afford it are taking a lunch break. Those who cannot afford it also go to the factory to work.
If you go out at this time, there will be no one selling anything at all, and if you yell, you will probably be scolded, thinking that you are disturbing someone's lunch break.
It wasn't until after one o'clock that Li Le pushed the tricycle out and headed straight to the south of the city.
"Collect scrap!"
"Sell the rags!"
"Collecting rags, do you want a bottle?" a middle-aged woman asked.
"I want it, Auntie."
The middle-aged woman said: "Come in and pretend!"
"Okay!" Li Le parked the tricycle and went in with the bag.
"It's all here, take a look."
Li Le went over and took a look. They were all glass bottles and could be collected.
Because the quantity was not large, Li Le finished filling it quickly and said to the middle-aged woman: "Auntie, there are thirty-one bottles in total. Four bottles cost one hundred yuan. I'll give you a round, eight hundred."
The middle-aged woman took it and counted it. She saw that the money was correct and said, "Yeah! Just right."
"Auntie, don't you have any other junk to sell?" Li Le asked again when he was about to go out.
"No more." The middle-aged woman shook her head and said.
"Auntie, do you have any bottles or cans, or some shabby plates?"
"Do you also accept the bottles and cans?" the middle-aged woman looked at Li Le in surprise and asked.
Because no one has ever collected these things before!
"I accept it, of course I accept it, but only the old ones, not the new ones."
After hearing what Li Le said, the middle-aged woman thought for a moment and said, "Just wait."
After saying that, he went into the house, and after about five or six minutes, he came out with a pile of plates.
Judging from the number, there were at least thirty or forty, which made Li Le's eyes light up, because the plate looked like an old object.
Of course, not all old objects are valuable, only those with seals and inscriptions are valuable.
Because these are basically fired from official kilns or relatively famous private kilns. As for those that don't have any, they have no value at all.
It is also something from the Qianlong period. It comes from official kilns. Needless to say, the price is definitely very high. There are also some more famous private kilns, and the prices are not low. However, those made in small folk kilns may be worth some money, but they cannot be sold at a high price. They can be used to deceive those who do not know how to do it.
"It's all here, take a look." The middle-aged woman put the plate down and said to Li Le.
"Yeah! Let me take a look."
Li Le picked up a plate and turned it over to take a look. Li Le's eyes lit up because there was a mark on the bottom of the plate.
It's a pity that it is only from the late Qing Dynasty. It is an antique, but its value is not very high.
Next, Li Le looked at a few more, but none of them had the inscription or seal. Li Le put them aside and waited until he had read them all. One of them had the inscription and three had the seal.
In other words, only these four are valuable, and the rest are useless.
"Auntie, I'll take these four plates and give you 10,000 yuan each. What do you think?"
"How many?"
"Ten thousand!"
"Sell! Sell." The middle-aged woman shouted.
Ten thousand yuan is a lot of money. Just these broken dishes, even if you buy new ones, ten thousand yuan can buy a lot of them.
In this day and age, the purchasing power of 10,000 yuan is still acceptable.
"By the way, you just said that bottles and cans are also included, right?" the middle-aged woman asked.
"Yes!"
"Wait!" After saying this, the middle-aged woman entered the room again.
After taking out several more vases, Li Le looked at them again and accepted one. This was a flowerpot from the Yongzheng period.
Li Le accepted it for 20,000 yuan, which made Li Le very happy. Li Le didn't understand antiques, but he knew how to read!
In this era, there are very few counterfeiters, and even if they are counterfeit, they are unlikely to appear in the homes of ordinary people.
In the next few days, no matter where Li Le went to collect waste, he would always ask if there were any bottles and cans for sale.
This has also led to Li Le's income being greatly reduced in the past few days, and sometimes he even loses nothing in a day.
There are just a lot more bottles, cans, plates and bowls in the space.
Feeling that he had collected a lot, after dinner that night, Li Le said something to the two sisters Zhao Yanran and rode a tricycle out.
He was going to visit Uncle Guan's house and let Uncle Guan take a look. If it didn't work, he would stop the acquisition as soon as possible.
When Li Le arrived at Uncle Guan's house, it was completely dark. Li Le went up and knocked on the door, and soon the door opened.
The person who opened the door was Uncle Guan. When he saw Li Le, he was stunned and asked, "Is it you? Why are you here so late?"
"Uncle Guan, I received some things, but I don't understand them, so I want you to help me take a look."
"Oh! A lot?"
"Not many, just a few dozen pieces!"
Hearing what Li Le said, Uncle Guan wanted to say to him: Do you have any misunderstandings about Buduo?
"Bring it in!" Uncle Guan still agreed to look at it for him.
For those who know how to do it, this is not difficult at all. Some things can even be known to be good at a glance.
Li Le pushed the tricycle into the courtyard. When he was almost there, Li Le took out all the things from the space and put them on the tricycle.
After entering the courtyard, Li Le took out two paper bags from the tricycle, handed them to Uncle Guan and said, "This is to honor you, please accept it."
In the paper bag were some pig head meat, which I bought outside, and a pheasant braised at home.
Of course, wine cannot be left out. A bottle of lotus white was prepared by Li Le for Uncle Guan.
(End of chapter)