Not everyone is like the children of Lao Yan's family, who are afraid that if they live close to their parents, they will be plotted against them.
Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu had stayed away from the Siheyuan before because of Liu Haizhong's beating and scolding of them. Now that they saw that the second uncle had built two temporary buildings and took advantage of them, they unanimously chose to move back to the Siheyuan.
The two brothers even got into a fight over the issue of who lived in two temporary buildings and who would take care of Liu Haizhong's pension, causing the second uncle to be accidentally injured.
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After the country's reform and opening up, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but feel restless.
As more and more educated young people came back from the countryside and could not find work arrangements, they had to rely on their own efforts. There began to be more and more small businesses and hawkers, including those who repaired shoes, bicycles, sold various snacks, and sold various handicrafts.
However, even if these people make more money than workers, they are still despised by workers. The society still prefers formal units and public employment. It is obvious that families with girls are not willing to let girls marry small traders.
Before the time comes, Yan Jiecheng can't just give up his job in the steel rolling mill and choose to become a merchant.
When Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li went to Lao Yu's house again, they happened to meet Yu Li's cousin who came to Lao Yu's house.
Although Yu Li's cousin was poorer, he had a good character. After borrowing 50 yuan, he gave Yan Jie a blue and white porcelain vase. The money and food borrowed have been paid back one after another over the years.
I remembered that there were a lot of antiques in my cousin’s village, and since my cousin’s family had many children, young people from rural areas in the suburbs would choose to go to the city to work part-time to make money.
The candidates for cooperation were all available. After discussing with Yu Li's cousin, Yan Jiecheng decided to let his cousin help collect antiques in the countryside. He gave his cousin two hundred yuan. Although his cousin didn't understand it, he still said the same thing, antiques.
Collecting has not yet started. Things are from the Republic of China at the latest, and you can buy them at cabbage prices, so you are not afraid of suffering a loss.
Yan Jiecheng also asked Yu Li's cousin to ask the eldest and second eldest son of the family to come to the city in a few days, and Yan Jiecheng would lead them to make money.
Yan Jiecheng first rented a three-room house in a single courtyard and bought two second-hand tricycles, planning to let his cousin's children help him buy scraps.
Collecting scraps is not the purpose, the main thing is that two people can go around the streets to help collect some antiques.
Yan Jiecheng went to the warehouse that year and after doing it several times, he found that there was no shortage of antiques. However, most of the antiques that were sold as scraps were obtained by chance. The owner did not know the value and collected them to avoid damage.
After cousin Li's two sons Yu Aiguo and Yu Aijun arrived, Yan Jiecheng arranged for two people to ride tricycles to collect enough scraps. If you encounter something that looks like an old item, don't dislike it. Take the inexpensive ones first.
Yan Jiecheng rented a house, provided food, tricycles, and wages for the two of them, all because his cousin was a good character and his children were well educated and they were all honest children.
Every few days, Yan Jiecheng would go to the rented yard and pick out the items that looked like old items purchased by his brothers. The two brothers also followed Yan Jiecheng, who was a dabbler, to learn together.
After the two of them worked for a while, the results were pretty good. The capital has been a capital for hundreds of years, and it has a large stock of antiques. If you deliberately collect them, you can receive some dated things from time to time.
But after a long time, Yan Jiecheng discovered that although the unit price was not high, he charged too much, and the money earned from scrap products was still more than he could make ends meet.
He also had to provide his cousin with money to buy antique furniture in the countryside. Yan Jiecheng had only saved more than 10,000 yuan by relying on the system to sign in and selling fruits for more than ten years.
You can't turn your antiques into cash, you can only find a way to make money.
The most convenient thing for Yan Jiecheng to rely on is to rely on the mountains, the water, and the collection of scraps, which is to choose between refurbished radios and bicycles.
As the technical content of assembling bicycles was too low, buying and selling them was risky. In the end, they chose to refurbish radios so that Yu Aiguo and Yu Aijun could sell them while they were collecting scraps.
Yan Jiecheng bought a multimeter, a soldering iron, tin, spare parts, sandpaper, and paint. Radios have become very common in the city, but there are not enough people who can repair radios. Most of the radios have to be scrapped after they are damaged.
Even if you buy something worth more than 100 yuan, you can't just throw it away even if it's broken. Keep it at home.
After deciding to refurbish the radio, Yu Aiguo was more eloquent and could receive seven or eight radios for five to ten yuan depending on the quality. Yu Aijun, who was more clumsy but was meticulous in his work, could receive four or five radios.
In the evening, the two brothers were responsible for disassembling and renovating the outer casing, and Yan Jiecheng was responsible for repairs. The three of them worked well together, but Yan Jiecheng only went home when he was eating every day, which finally led to Yu Li's questioning.
"Why do you go to collect scraps every day recently? What did you do with your patriotism and patriotism?"
"This is not just about buying antiques. If you make money there, you have to make ends meet. I am refurbishing radios with two people, and I use the money I make from refurbishing radios to supplement my collection."
"How much money have you spent? Are the gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times reliable? And how do you know how to repair radios? I don't know how?" Yu Li said with doubt on her face.
"It doesn't cost much. It must be reliable. Even our dad knows this. I can even repair rolling mills and machine tools, but I can't repair small radios. I can repair ordinary household appliances. I can also repair
I have to let you know everything." Yan Jiecheng said with a smile.
"Do you make money refurbishing radios?"
"How can we not make money if we make money? We charge five to ten yuan and sell them for fifty to sixty yuan. We can make more than a dozen units a day!"
"Here's the money you made, bring it." When Yu Li, who was obsessed with making money, her eyes shone, she stretched out her hand and said.
"I can't give it to you now. The radios aren't selling out that fast. We'll do it first. When there are more radios in the village, I'll find someone to sell them to."
"If no one sells it, I can go and sell the radio after get off work. If it happens to be sold, I can get the money directly."
"What good things are you thinking of? If you don't go home after get off work, what will you do with your children?" Yan Jiecheng said.
"I also want to make more money. Just go home and cook early. Anyway, the children like your cooking more. When the children are older, they can just play by themselves and there are not many other things." Yu Li still doesn't give up.
"If you are really too free, just look for a house and see where there are courtyard houses for sale. We should buy a house!"
"Why do we need to buy our own house and a courtyard house? We have to go outside to use the toilet. It's great to live in the family building in our unit, but it was very difficult for me to move out of the courtyard house." Yu Li was completely unwilling.