Zhang Junping came out of the shower and washed the clothes he had changed in the yard.
"Boy, haven't you eaten yet? There's still a lot of rice left in the pot!
Eat quickly, the weather will be bad tomorrow!" It was still the same old saying, and it did not change because the old lady revealed her identity.
"Hey! Thank you, Grandma Liu!"
"What a waste of time!" the old lady muttered, and continued to enjoy the cool night with the radio and listen to the show.
After eating, wash out the pots and pans and put them in the cupboard.
Zhang Junping started to work again.
It gets dark late in the summer, it’s almost seven o’clock, and the sun hasn’t gone down yet!
At dawn, Zhang Junping started making folding chairs.
Folding chairs are so popular, so naturally we need to make more.
When repairing furniture at a junkyard, as Station Manager Li said, in the end he only left a few pieces of furniture and a pile of leftover wood from the furniture, with no money at all.
In the next month or so, I will earn money by making folding chairs.
He continued working until it got dark and he couldn't see anymore. Zhang Junping moved into the house and continued working. It wasn't until twelve o'clock that Zhang Junping shook his sore arms and ended the day's work.
It was really not an easy day at the end of the day.
Although my arms are sore from exhaustion, there is one good thing about it, and that is that I sleep well.
I am accustomed to the bustling and noisy life of later generations, but when I suddenly came to the 1980s, an era with a lack of entertainment life, the most difficult thing to endure was probably the night.
In later generations, going to bed at 11 o'clock was considered early, for people who had a very regular schedule. However, in this era, after nine o'clock in the evening, there are basically no pedestrians on the street.
After ten o'clock, basically no lights can be seen in the entire city.
After working all day, Zhang Junping lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep within a few minutes.
The next day, Zhang Junping opened his eyes early.
Zhang Junping's current body is very young and he recovers quickly. He wakes up in the morning full of energy.
That feeling of energy exploding and making holes in your pants is so good!
"Boy, what time did you go to bed last night? You are still young, why are you working so hard?"
"Grandma Liu, you also said that I am still young. If I don't work hard now, when will I work hard?
When you reincarnate, you have already lost. If you don’t work hard while you are young, then this will be the case for the rest of your life!”
"You kid, you have a lot of lies. It's good to be motivated, but you also have to pay attention to your body. If you make your body exaggerate, what's the point of working hard?
I didn’t cook today, so I bought coke rings with bean juice and tea eggs. I bought too much. If you don’t mind, just eat the rest!”
"Grandma Liu, can't you just change your excuse? You don't have to use leftovers every day as an excuse. I'm thick-skinned. Even if you say you gave me alms, I don't care!" Zhang Junping said with a smile while brushing his teeth.
"You brat, please make sure I raise a puppy and I won't leave any leftovers for you!" the old lady scolded with a smile.
"Grandma Liu, what's so good about raising a dog? How about you raise a tiger cub?" Zhang Junping foamed at the mouth and turned to the old lady with a smile.
"Raising tiger cubs?" The old lady was stunned, and then realized that Zhang Junping was born in 1962 and was born in the year of tiger.
He said with a straight face: "You don't feed me, you eat too much, and you don't obey me!"
"You don't have much to eat, so just throw away some leftovers. A puppy can at most relieve your boredom. A tiger can not only relieve your boredom, but when you get older, the tiger can also carry you around!" Zhang Junping said with a playful smile.
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Zhang Junping stayed with the old lady for a while. After eating breakfast, he took the tool box and the six folding chairs made overnight and left the courtyard.
When we arrived at Dashilan, there were already several people waiting there.
Before Zhang Junping could stand firm, the six folding chairs he was carrying were snatched away by several women.
It’s so crazy!
Zhang Junping held a handful of cents and shook his head speechlessly.
"Comrade, why are there so many chairs?
Can’t you do more?”
"Yes! I waited all morning, but I didn't even get a handful!"
"Will you come again tomorrow?"
Those who didn't get the folding chairs didn't give up and surrounded Zhang Junping and asked.
"Sisters and aunts, I also want to do more, but I just can't do more!" Zhang Junping could only explain in a good voice.
"Little comrade, how much does it cost to make a set of furniture with fifty-six legs? I will provide the wood myself!" An aunt even pulled Zhang Junping to ask how much it would cost to make customized furniture.
Zhang Junping was stunned by the aunt's arrogance.
Good guy, you have fifty-six legs when you open your mouth. What kind of family is this?
In this era, even a household worth ten thousand yuan might not be willing to make furniture with fifty-six legs.
Normally, there are thirty-six legs, which is a standard furniture configuration.
The so-called "Thirty-Six Legs" was a common name for a type of furniture style before the 1980s.
Similar to later furniture sets.
The original meaning of "Thirty-Six Legs" furniture refers to a set of furniture with thirty-six legs.
Each piece of furniture has four legs, which means that the popular set of furniture at that time consisted of nine pieces of furniture, usually including a large wardrobe, a chest of five drawers, a bed, a bedside table, a small square table and four benches.
Thirty-six leg furniture is a variant of Shanghai-style furniture that appeared between the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 1980s.
It is a product with the characteristics of the times that emerged in this era of material shortage.
Shanghai-style furniture can be simply understood as furniture produced in Shanghai before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Specifically, it is the Western-style furniture produced in Shanghai and the furniture that combines Chinese and Western styles, which are new-style furniture.
As for the fifty-six legs, furniture such as sofas and coffee tables are added inside.
Not to mention fifty-six legs, even thirty-six legs, in this day and age not everyone is willing to buy one.
If you buy loose furniture, a wardrobe only costs eight or nine yuan, but a set of thirty-six legs costs three to four hundred yuan. Most people are not willing to buy it.
Sure enough, as soon as the aunt said this, several other women surrounding Zhang Junping looked at the somewhat wealthy aunt in surprise.
"There is nothing we can do about it. My eldest son went to be an educated youth and was already in his twenties when he came back. It was so hard to find a partner!
I have suffered a lot in the countryside over the years, so I can't get married and let my children suffer again!" The aunt said as if she was complaining, but there was a touch of pride on her face.
I didn’t want my child to be wronged again after getting married, so I made fifty-six legs.
This is definitely a show off!
"I'm sorry, aunt! I don't have time right now!
I just took over the job of repairing furniture at a junkyard, and I estimate that I will be busy for four to five months! I really can’t spare the time!” Zhang Junping simply refused the aunt’s request.
It takes more than a month to make a set of fifty-six legs. How much can you charge?
It's only about a hundred dollars.
How can you make money by making your own folding chairs?
But the aunt's words reminded Zhang Junping.
On the way to the junkyard, Zhang Junping began to think about his plan.
The more I think about it, the more feasible it becomes!