Chapter 143
143. Picking up leaks at the scrap station
"Mingren, Yizheng, Yirong, follow me out to buy things. Jingjing and Lulu are watching the remaining children at home. Everyone lock the door and don't run around. If you are abducted, you will never see your parents and all of us again in the future," Lin Qingxi said seriously as she looked at the children.
"I understand, my sister-in-law, we are waiting for you at home." The children were all very sensible. They knew that Lin Qingxi was very busy these days, and they had to clean up their homes and buy things for them. Naturally, they didn't dare to make any trouble.
"Okay, then let's go!" Lin Qingxi finished speaking, and went back to her room to get her crossbody bag and took her three children out.
After leaving the alley, Lin Qingxi called two rickshaws, and they took one and set off towards the scrap station. Thinking of what was missing at home, she planned to take the children to the scrap station to pick up the bargain.
When she arrived at the scrap station, Lin Qingxi gave the fare, so she took the children in. There was a small house at the door, and there was an old man in his fifties and an old lady guarding it. There were several small houses inside, each house filled with various wood, books, calligraphy and paintings and other items.
"Uncle, auntie, there are a few furnitures in the house. I want to come here to change some wood and change it to make furniture, and then buy some books to go back to the window?" Lin Qingxi said while grabbing a handful of milk candy and put it on the table.
"Okay, go! Don't worry about things you shouldn't have. Just come here to weigh them after finding good things," the old man looked up and down at Lin Qingxi and said coldly.
"I understand, uncle," Lin Qingxi nodded, indicating that she understood.
After negotiating with the old man, Lin Qingxi took the three of them directly in. Without hesitation, she went directly into the house full of wood and started to choose. I have to say that there are many woods here, such as purple trembling wood, yellow wood and other good woods. There are all kinds of good woods here.
Lin Qingxi resisted the excitement in her heart. She chose a few more intact cabinets, all with glass, but the glass was broken, and she also chose a few short stools and a dressing box. The box looked ordinary, but the weight was very unusual.
Then, Lin Qingxi went to the room next door to place calligraphy and paintings. It was different here. There was dust everywhere. Many books looked a little old, but they were very ragged, some were torn, missing pages, etc.
Lin Qingxi searched through the pile of rags, found several lonely medical books, and found some not very prominent high school textbooks. In addition to these, she also found some newspapers as cover to put them in.
"Let's go! That's all today. Go back first. Be careful when you carry these things," Lin Qingxi got up and rubbed her waist. After squatting for a long time, she felt pain in her back.
"I understand, sister-in-law/teacher," the three of them responded in unison, carried Lin Qingxi's book and newspapers to the heavy counter outside, and then went in and carried the cabinet and things out.
"Uncle, how much do you think?" Lin Qingxi shook her hand, not knowing if these three people could carry the things home later.
"Yeah," the old man responded, went in and took out the weighing, and asked Lin Yizheng and Lin Yirong to build hands and weigh the cabinets one by one.
"Girl, look at these woods for two cents a pound. There are 211 pounds here. You are 210 pounds. You are 5 cents a pound with newspapers and other pounds, and there are 30 pounds, which are 5.7 cents a total of 5.7 cents," the old man looked at Lin Qingxi with his face unchanged. He didn't know if this girl would be willing to spend so much money to buy this pile of rags.
"Okay, uncle, this is six yuan. Do you have a cart here? Is it okay for me to borrow your cart to pay?" Lin Qingxi looked at the pile of things on the ground with a headache, and didn't know if the three children could get it back.
"Yes, the cart is in the yard," the old man nodded and responded. After selling these junk, it would be beneficial to them.
Zhou Mingren did not need Lin Qingxi to speak, so he went to the yard to push the cart over, and then asked Lin Yizheng and Lin Yirong to work together to move the pile of things to the cart. Then the three of them consciously pushed the cart outside without waiting for Lin Qingxi to speak.
"Uncle, then we'll leave first. After using the cart, we'll send it back," Lin Qingxi said, and without waiting for the uncle to reply, she trotted and followed.
"Teacher, you don't need to help. We can do it ourselves. Don't be tired of you." Seeing Lin Qingxi jogging over, looking like she wanted to help, Zhou Mingren quickly spoke, he didn't dare to let his teacher do hard work.
"Yes! Sister-in-law, don't get started, we three can do it," Lin Yizheng and Lin Yirong also quickly followed and said.
"Okay! Then you guys will push it yourself, and I won't participate." Lin Qingxi naturally accepted everything when the children were kind to them. Her children should respect her, so what's the embarrassment?
In this way, Lin Qingxi did not take a rickshaw, but followed the three of them on foot. She returned home an hour later. After arriving at home, Lin Qingxi called the children at home to help unload the things in the yard. As soon as they unloaded the things, Zhou Mingdi came back.
"Okay, everyone rest for a few minutes. Yirong and Yizheng will go and push the cart later. Mingren, you will take your other brothers and sisters to clean these cabinets, clean them up and put them in the yard to dry them. Then you will be watching which room to place these cabinets in."
In fact, Lin Qingxi already had an idea in her mind. There were three glass cabinets, one cabinet and five short stools. The short stools were placed under the eaves and in the kitchen. The three glass cabinets were placed directly in the living room, so the cabinets were naturally placed in the kitchen.
"My sister-in-law, uncle, Yirong and I went to return the cart," Lin Yizheng and Lin Yirong took a break and planned to return the cart. They borrowed the uncle's V cart for so long, and if they didn't pay it back, they would think they were liars.
"Yizheng, go grab the milk candy and put it in your pocket. When you push the cart, you will give it to the uncle. Remember to say a few nice words," Lin Qingxi said loudly to Lin Yizheng.
After hearing what she said, Lin Yizheng also understood what she meant, so he naturally did as he did. In this way, the brothers pushed the cart out.
"Teacher, don't you still have to buy things? Just leave it to us at home. I will take my younger brothers and sisters to clean up these things." Zhou Mingren took a break and planned to clean up the cabinets.
"Xibao, you don't have to go. I'll buy it back. You'll stay at home. I agreed to send bricks in the afternoon. I ordered 20,000 bricks and 30 bags of cement with someone. I only paid a deposit of fifty. I gave it. This is a bill. Remember to pay the final payment to others."
Zhou Mingbai heard Zhou Mingren's words and said, "You have to keep an adult at home at home, and the children are at home. He and Xibao are not at ease when they go out, and they are not in a hurry to buy other things, so Xibao doesn't go."
Chapter completed!