Hard times have room

Chapter 94
After separating from Kuang Lili, Kuang Xiaojuan walked for a short distance, then turned around, pointed to the fork in the road and said, "You go this way and see the gate of a small courtyard open with a lot of stuff piled up inside."

"Mmm, I see, thank you." Pauline nodded. After thanking her, she separated from Kuang Xiaojuan and walked forward alone.

It's easy to find. The fifth family is the one. The courtyard door is open, and there are many scraps of copper, rotten iron, books and papers. There is also a pile of tattered furniture not far away. Outside the courtyard, there is a wooden sign that reads It has three big characters "Scrap Station".

Paulin walked in directly and called from the yard, "Uncle Ge, are you at home?"

"I'm here, who is it?" Uncle Ge's old and slightly hoarse voice sounded from the room.

Afterwards, Uncle Ge, wearing navy blue short sleeves and holding a spatula in his hand, walked out of the kitchen.

"It's you, girl, you haven't come here to see my old man for so long, come in and sit, old man, I'm cooking, I'll be ready soon, come in and eat together." Uncle Ge greeted Paulin warmly.

Uncle Ge recognized this girl at a glance. The person who bought the goods he just received from him a month ago also sent him to his home and brought him a dried sea fish. Before leaving, he told people, If there is something good, don't forget him and bring him a copy. He didn't expect that there was no news for more than a month. He thought it was a crime, but he didn't expect it to come again today.

"Uncle Ge, no, I've eaten it." Facing Uncle Ge's warm invitation, Paulin waved her hands and refused.

Now that food is so expensive, how could she be embarrassed to eat from other people's houses? Besides, she and Uncle Ge have only known each other for one day. Now, let her eat at Uncle Ge's house. Paulin can't do it.

There's nothing wrong with being careful.

"Your home is so far away from the school, why don't you bring some cold food from home to school yourself? It's tasteless, how can there be hot food and hot dishes, come in quickly, today my old man cooks a lot, you won't come , I definitely can't finish it." Uncle Ge still waved his hand enthusiastically and greeted.

"Don't, Uncle Ge, how much can you cook alone at home, how can I eat your rations!"

"By the way, were you cooking just now, is that dish out now? It won't stick to the pot!" Paulin said, pointing to the spatula in Uncle Ge's hand.

"Oh, it's broken, my dish." Hearing Paulin's words, Uncle Ge also remembered the dish that was still burning in the pot just now, and hurriedly ran into the kitchen.

Fortunately, the two didn't talk about it for a long time. The dish was just a little burnt. If you wait a while, it will be completely mushy and cannot be eaten.

Seeing that Uncle Ge hurriedly entered the kitchen, Baolin didn't follow up to make trouble. It wasn't her own home, but she had better stay calm and didn't walk around, she just stood at the door of the kitchen and waited for him.

After only a short while, Uncle Ge walked out of the kitchen leisurely with the porridge in one hand and the vegetables in the other.

"Go, go into the main room, and make sugar water for you."

Paulin followed and stopped Uncle Ge who was about to make sugar water. She just sat opposite Uncle Ge and took out a neat pound of dried shrimp wrapped in newspaper.

"Uncle Ge, last time you said that if it's not in the way, let my dad bring you some. I wonder if you want this dried shrimp?"

"As you know, recently, the food in our town has gone up too much. Originally, this dried shrimp was intended to be eaten at home to nourish our body, but now we can't eat it anymore, so we keep this shrimp for ourselves. I was reluctant to eat it, so I thought of taking it out and selling it, and it would be good to exchange a few more kilograms of coarse grains at that time.”

"Let me take a look." Uncle Ge directly took the shrimp, opened the newspaper, took out one, and smelled it. It was indeed a good product, and it was well preserved.

"Yes, this shrimp looks good."

"I can take it, and it's not the price of one piece that I said earlier. Now, as long as you can eat it, the price has risen. The uncle is not wrong. It's just that this shrimp is not a serious grain, and the multiple of the increase cannot be calculated according to the grain."

"Now this shrimp, I can take two pieces, do you think it is? Yes, I will take it, if not, just treat it as if you came to see my old man today, let's catch up and talk."

"Success, of course it can, you have already given the honest price." Uncle Ge gave the honest price, and Paulin would not be ignorant.

Although the food has increased by at least three or five times now, the shrimp is really not as popular as the food now, and it can't increase that much. The two pieces given by Uncle Ge have met Paulin's psychological expectations.

"Okay, refreshing, it seems that I have a good meal tonight." Uncle Ge happily put away the shrimp, took out two one-dollar pieces from his pocket, and handed them over directly. Such an open-minded person.

Pauline was not ambiguous, she took the money directly and paid for it with the other hand, as it should be.

"That uncle, eat slowly, I'll go outside to see what you have taken back."

"Okay, take your time and take a look. If you like it, the uncle will give you a discount."

One yard is one yard, business is still to be done, he is still clear on this point, and he is not old and confused.

When she walked out of the room, the first thing Paulin looked at was the books and papers piled in the corner. There were few books, most of them were torn elementary school textbooks, and some calendars and newspapers.

The first thing Pauline read was the newspapers. Those who were interested in them would take them out and put them aside. These newspapers would help her learn more about the country.

After a few minutes of flipping through the pile of newspapers, Pauline flipped through the whole pile of newspapers, and took out a dozen of them that were not damaged. She was also interested in the contents. After taking them home and reading them, she could paste them on the wall and wrap things up. In short, they were very useful. big.

In the pile of books, Pauline rummaged through, but after she couldn't find anything useful, she gave up. It seemed that the junkyard in the town was still small and had nothing.

At this time, after finishing the meal, Uncle Ge, who had cleaned up the table, also walked to her side: "How is it, girl, do you have anything you like?"

"Yes, these newspapers are not bad. Look, how much do they cost? According to the standard you usually sell." Pauline pointed to a small pile of newspapers on the ground next to her and asked.

"Just these few newspapers, it's not worth anything, just give five cents." Uncle Ge waved his hand and said with a smile.

Although the salary of his junk station is not high, only ten yuan a month, but with his extra money, it is still very good.

What he collects at the scrap price will always be sold at half or twice the price when someone buys it from him.

Whatever the shortcomings of the residents in the town, they would always come to his little broken station to rummage.

In a month, he can earn five or ten yuan from his hands, and the benefits are very good.

(End of this chapter)