1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 4

I was wandering around a few days ago and ended up at Dabeiyao, a densely populated area of ​​factories in Beijing.

Dabei Kiln. In 1939, the Japanese invaders built a kiln and burned bricks here. There were kiln pits everywhere, so it was named Dabei Kiln.

The commercial center of Beijing in later generations—Guomao CBD
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I happened to have nothing to do today, so I thought I would come here to earn a little money to spend. I could see several hills in the distance, which were all piled up in a mess of industrial waste.

Luo Tao got out of the car, put the car away and stabilized it.

Then he took out a mask from his pocket and put it on. Fortunately, he had stepped on it a few days ago, so he had nothing to think about today. He put on the tattered clothes he had prepared and started working.

Without these preparations, people would really be like rag pickers in this environment.

Thick dust can trigger a man-made sandstorm with just a touch of your feet.

My hair turned gray overnight, to put it mildly, my friend turned into a white bear with just one kick.

Without further ado, let’s do something useful while taking advantage of this beautiful sunny day!

Luo Tao took in his right hand an immortal weapon made of fine black iron called the Two-Tooth Iron Hook.

The magic weapon on the left hand is even more incredible. It is a large sack that can collect the sun and the moon.

Today I have wronged them and can only accept some junk.

Then Luo Tao searched tirelessly and began a different treasure hunting journey.

Luo Tao's principle in this regard is: only pick up the expensive ones, not the good ones.

Aluminum blocks, copper wires, and iron chains are the most valuable items. If you can find money, that's the best.

Haha, I'm thinking too much.

Don’t use any wine bottles, batteries, or toothpaste casings. It’s a waste of time and no money.

If you really lose the face of a reborn person, you won't have the face to see Mr. Jiangdong when you go back.

After picking it up for a while, I saw the goods, which were all small pieces of iron.

Large pieces of iron have been screened in advance by the people responsible for cleaning up the garbage in the factory, but occasionally there will be some leakage.

Luo Tao just searched and searched in such a fairyland for most of the day, and the harvest was good, probably a small half bag of copper, aluminum and iron!

I looked at the sun again and it was almost noon. I would go home and eat first.

On the way back, I found a nearby scrap collection station and disposed of the things.

After riding my bike for a short distance after leaving the scrap station, I found a seemingly clean wall to lean against and secretly counted my money. I made more than ten yuan in a whole morning. Otherwise, everyone would say that I was trading without capital. Just make money but not lose money.

With the money in hand, I rode a donkey and flew back to the depths of Baihua from Yinding Bridge in less than 10 minutes.

As soon as you walk in,

I saw a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length hair, a thin figure and a gentle face.

The dishes are being prepared under the grapevine trellis.

Luo Tao shouted: "Mom, I'm back. What's for lunch?"

When the woman heard the sound, she looked back and was startled.

Pointing his finger at Luo Tao, he said: "You still know how to come back? Where have you been fooling around again? You look like a monkey. Take off your clothes quickly..."

A middle-aged woman named Su Guilan, born in [-], works in Xinhua Printing Factory.

At this time, the man came out of the kitchen with a plate of side dishes and said: "Go and wash up quickly, dinner will be served soon.

You can't see anyone in the sky, and you don't know what you are doing? "

The person who spoke was the owner of this small courtyard, his name was Luo Shaoyi. This name has a lot of origins. It was taken from the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose nickname was Yi Shao.

The late old man Luo Jing loved Wang Xizhi's calligraphy very much due to his family's influence, so he named his son Shaoyi, changing the characters for Calligraphy Saint.

On the one hand, they admire their idols, and on the other hand, they also hope that their children will succeed.

Unsurprisingly, he failed to achieve his goal. The current situation in that era was turbulent, and he was uneasy about studying, so he had to drop out of school and work in his home study. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he joined the Xinhua Printing Factory.

Why didn't he work in his home study? Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, rectification began and the store was nationalized.

When it comes to this, we have to say that Luo Jing is very capable and his life is a bit legendary.

At the age of 14, he started working as a handyman in his family's Lanting Study in Liulichang and learned how to run a study.

In [-], I picked up a big leak in a ghost market. I heard it was a brush washer from Ge kiln in the Song Dynasty.

It changed hands and was sold for 7000 yuan. Anyone else would have spent a lot of money and lived in style.Instead of doing this, he spent 2000 yuan to buy a shop and planned to enter the antique business.

At that time, he thought that this business would make more money than running a study, but unfortunately he did not survive.

If someone picks up the slack and hits great luck, and becomes rich overnight, there will naturally be envious people.

Then someone made a game and cheated him out of more than 3000 yuan.

Since this incident, he never mentioned the antique business again, and rented out the newly purchased shop in an attempt to earn some peace of mind.

Later, he also bought antiques, but his principle was to only buy small ones, not big ones. Size refers to the price.

No matter how good something looks, as long as the asking price is high, don't talk about it.

Because of his good attitude, he did not try to miss out again, and later bought a lot of good things.

The small courtyard in the depths of Baihua was also purchased at that time. When there was no such courtyard, the Luo family lived in the backyard of Lanting Study. At that time, most shops were the structure of a front store and a backyard.

A house and a shop, this is the family property that the old man earned.

Most of the treasures in the east wing were left behind by him.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was restructured and some shops became state-owned.

This period showed his great wisdom and foresight. He was the first person to respond to the state-owned restructuring of Liulichang.

The shop I bought was donated to the country. Since the study was handed down from my ancestors, it was not donated. Instead, it was leased to the government for other businesses, but no rent was required.

In [-], the study room in my previous life was wrangled for nearly two years before it returned to my own family.

When the government saw that he was so actively and enthusiastically supporting the policies of New China, the government naturally welcomed him with both hands. The leaders greatly praised him and even gave him a certificate of encouragement as a sign of encouragement!

Of course, there are conditions, which is to arrange a job for his son Luo Shaoyi that he is qualified for.

The leader was also very attentive and arranged for Luo Shaoyi to work in the printing factory.

Maybe it’s because my family owns a bookstore!This is how the work was arranged.

The Luo family has been connected with the printing factory since then. Luo Shaoyi and Su Guilan met there, and the couple also worked there until their retirement. Luo Tao also worked there for nearly ten years in his previous life.

This decision brought many benefits to the Luo family. The courtyard was not expropriated or arranged for other people to move in.

But later on, a minor disaster was laid.

His father, Luo Shaoyi, is of medium height, with a rather well-proportioned figure. He is not handsome in appearance, but appears to be honest and kind.

He has a good temper, and when it comes to cooking, his cooking is much better than Su Guilan's.

Seeing him like this, you know who cooked the lunch.

He immediately replied: "My dear father, I will be here soon."

After washing and cleaning, he sat down on the horse and began to eat happily without saying a word.

After having a good meal, we started our treasure hunting journey again.

There are still very few people picking up now, and they can still pick up things. Once there are more people, there will be nothing.

If it's serious, you'll have to fight for it.

For this reason, Luo Tao also took a person to accompany him to Dabeiyao to pick up money for several months.

Later, a few Erha became kings of the mountain, and they had to pay filial piety money wherever they wanted to pick them up.

Luo Tao also saw that there were many people there and had no time to play with them, so he stopped going.

However, he also earned 300 yuan in the past six months.

In addition, the remaining salary from before is a small amount of [-], which is enough money for a wealthy person in this era.

He doesn't need to pay all his salary to his family, he just needs to pay five yuan a month for food.

This is also the money Su Guilan needs for his reform. Their combined salary is more than 90 per month. How can they lack Luo Tao's small amount of money.

That said, money still has to be paid, with Ansu Guilan's heart.

From then on, he started wandering around the streets again, mainly to collect some cheap antiques.

Things in cultural relics stores are too expensive now. A rosewood Zen chair costs more than 30 yuan.

Luo Tao also bought it a few times, but later he didn't dare to go there.

The main reason is that you can't help but spend the money in your pocket, and it's better to be humble and develop.

　Thank you very much for the recommendation ticket of Hongdou
　　
　
(End of this chapter)