The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 62, Ancient Furniture
Compared to the lively sales department here, it is much deserted. There is only one person in the store bargaining with the buyer at the counter. It seems that he is selling things.

Li Weiguo didn't go to bother, just stood by and waited quietly.

The purchase department is mainly responsible for purchases and consignments, and there are quite a few things on the counter.

Like consignment cameras, radios, watches, all kinds of old objects, there are still many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.

These are all consigned by customers here. First set a price with the buyer to sell them. After the trust store charges a certain handling fee, they will put them on the shelves for him. If they can be sold, they can come to checkout.

After about four or five minutes, the customer reached a deal with the purchaser, put the things down, and left with the receipt and money.

"Comrade, do you want to sell directly or consign?" The buyer looked at Li Weiguo who was waiting at the side.

Li Weiguo walked over, handed him a cigarette, and said with a smile: "Hello, comrade, I'm looking for Tong Dahai."

Tong Dahai took the cigarette, looked up at him suspiciously, and said, "I am Tong Dahai, what do you need from me?"

Tong Dahai is more than 40 years old, relatively thin, wearing a pair of glasses, he looks like a shrewd person.

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Hello, Master Tong, my name is Li Weiguo, and I was introduced by Hong An. I like antique furniture. I heard from Hong An that if you have it, come and have a look."

Tong Dahai nodded: "Cheng, since it was introduced by an acquaintance, I'll take you to have a look, and you come with me."

As he said that, he yelled inside, called out a young man, and told him to stare at the purchasing department.

Then, carrying a bunch of keys, he walked out of the counter and led Li Weiguo through the store to the back.

Behind the trust store is a large yard, and the houses surrounding the yard are all warehouses.

Some things that cannot be sold for a while or that are relatively large are placed here, and people who need them can take them to the back to pick them up.

Coming to a large warehouse on the right side of the yard, Tong Dahai took out the key and opened the door, pointed inside: "It's full of furniture, just tell me what you like."

Li Weiguo nodded and walked in.

When I entered the house, I saw that the nearly [-]-square-meter large warehouse was filled with all kinds of furniture.

Tables, chairs, benches, beds, screens, coffee tables, cupboards, standing cabinets, wardrobes, and dressing tables are all available. They look old, but they are basically in good condition.

Li Weiguo walked around the warehouse, almost drooling.

Most of the furniture here is old-fashioned, such as official hat chairs, Eight Immortals tables, imperial concubine couches, moon cave beds, drum stools, and Taishi chairs. The styles are quite complete, and most of them are mahogany furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

For example, there are huanghuali tables, chairs, and cabinets from the Ming Dynasty, rosewood furniture from the Qing Dynasty, and some furniture made from rosewood, ironwood, and rosewood. You have to go back and figure out the specific dynasty and year.

There were so many good things, and Li Weiguo was not polite. He took out the ones he liked first and put them in the yard.

With his ability to carry three hundred catties with one hand without any effort, it is also easy to move these furniture.

After picking for half an hour, when I looked back, the yard was almost full.

One Ming Dynasty moon bed, one set of imperial concubine couch, two Eight Immortals tables, eight benches, three wardrobes, two cupboards, two vertical cabinets, one writing desk, four official hat chairs, six grand master chairs, one Qing Dynasty large round table, Eight drum stools and one coffee table.

These are all Ming Dynasty huanghuali or Qing Dynasty rosewood furniture, all of which are high-quality goods.

Li Weiguo's generosity almost didn't scare Tong Dahai. Buying furniture is like buying vegetables, moving them in piles without blinking an eye.

"Master Tong, that's all for now. You can figure out how much it will cost." Li Weiguo patted the dust on his body and said.

"Okay, I see that you know the goods, and you are picking good things, all of which are yellow pears and rosewood. Wait a moment." After speaking, Tong Dahai went back to get the abacus, paper and pen.

Take an abacus, paper and pen, and calculate the price in the middle of the yard.

"A total of forty pieces of furniture, 480 yuan." After a while, Tong Dahai finished the calculation.

Li Weiguo made an estimate in his mind and found that the average price was around ten yuan a piece, which was really a bargain. In the 21st century, these pieces of furniture would cost hundreds of thousands and upwards, so they were definitely profitable.

Without hesitation, he immediately asked Tong Dahai to issue a ticket.

After paying the money, Li Weiguo collected the receipt, looked around, and whispered to Tong Dahai: "Master Tong, can I have all the furniture here?"

There are at least a hundred pieces of furniture in the warehouse, most of which are ancient furniture, and only a few dozen pieces of new-style furniture. It would be a pity to miss them, so Li Weiguo wanted to see if he could take them all down.

Want all?
Tong Dahai didn't speak, and was silent for a moment.

Finally, he said with a look of embarrassment: "You know these furniture, they are all good things. Generally, they are given priority to internal employees and some leaders who are related. It is a bit difficult for you to finish it all at once."

Li Weiguo thought about it, yes, without paying a price, it is probably impossible to take all of them away.

For the sake of Hong An's face, it is enough for him to pick thirty or forty pieces, how can you take them all for nothing.

Li Weiguo thought for a while and said in a low voice: "In this way, I will give you twenty catties of fat pork as a reward, what do you think?"

Twenty catties of fatty pork?

When Tong Dahai heard this, his eyes lit up.

The way he looked at Li Weiguo was different now.

Most people can't buy fatty pork at meat kiosks, at most they can buy half-fat pork.

In the black market, twenty catties of fat pork cost at least 40 yuan, and even if you have money, you can't buy so much. It is really a lack of supplies.

A person who can take out so much fat pork at one time is quite capable.

Tong Dahai thought about it silently, and finally nodded. The temptation of pork was too great, and he couldn't refuse it at all.

Whoever sells the things in the trust store is not selling, it is considered as selling personal favors.

So he said: "Yes, the porter has to go outside and call for a scooter, and I will calculate the price and issue an invoice for you. If someone asks, you just say that you bought it for the unit."

It's done, Li Weiguo smiled and said: "Okay, you can calculate the quantity and price first." After saying that, he handed him another cigarette.

Tong Dahai nodded, took the cigarette and clamped it to his ear, and took Li Weiguo in to count and calculate.

Although he said he wanted all of them, he still had to pick and choose. It was impossible for Li Weiguo to spend money on new furniture, and it was useless. What he wanted were valuable antique furniture and mahogany furniture.

In the warehouse, Li Weiguo was responsible for picking and moving. If he picked out one item, Tong Dahai would count it as one item.

After working for about an hour, it was finally finished, and more than 80 pieces of ancient furniture were picked out, filling the entire yard.

The remaining dozen pieces of new-style furniture were thrown in the warehouse to let them continue to eat ashes.

"A total of 84 pieces, totaling 1123 yuan." Tong Dahai made his calculations crackling, and quickly calculated the price.

Li Weiguo didn't say anything else, he reached into his trouser pocket and took out a stack of big black ten, counted 112, took three yuan in change, and handed them to Tong Dahai together.

Tong Dahai took the stack of banknotes, put some saliva on his tongue with his fingers, and began to count them. He counted them twice before confirming that they were correct.

Afterwards, they issued more than a dozen receipts and handed them to Li Weiguo together, saying: "There are many scooters waiting for work outside, you can just find someone outside."

"Okay, thank you." Li Weiguo thanked him, put away the receipt, and walked out.

(End of this chapter)