The reborn peasant girl has space for farming

Chapter 446 Receiving the goods
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Bai Meixi arrived at Grandma Liang's house. The alley was pitch dark with no lights. Televisions were not yet popular in this era and everyone went to bed very early. The alley was silent except for a few cats meowing from the corner. came from inside.

Bai Meixi saw that the lights in Granny Liang's house had been turned off, so she could only move over gently.

"Grandma Liang, are you asleep?" Bai Meixi saw her cart, which was clean without even a piece of paper. She walked to the door of Grandma Liang's house and called out softly. It was still dark just now. The room suddenly lights up.

Granny Liang was reluctant to use electric lights at home, so she lived with a small kerosene lamp at all times. When the orange flame lit up, Granny Liang's shadow was reflected on the window. This old lady's hair bun was very neat. , she was still wearing cotton clothes. It turned out that she hadn't slept, and just to save some kerosene, she kept turning off the lights and waiting for Bai Meixi.

She hurriedly got out of bed, followed by a tall and thin figure who looked like a young boy.

"After waiting for you all night, I thought you wouldn't come." Granny Liang staggered out of the room, with anxiety in her tone. For the first time, she turned on the light in the room, illuminating both rooms. Bright.

"Look quickly, I collected these all today." Granny Liang was very happy after seeing Bai Meixi. She was afraid that Bai Meixi wouldn't come tonight and the things she collected would fall on her hands, so she turned around Call your grandson and ask him to take out all the paper in the house and weigh it.

Granny Liang had taken back a lot of things, and the small room she had just vacated was full of things. A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old was moving things out, and he felt a little embarrassed when he saw Bai Meixi. , keeping his head down.

"This is my grandson Xiaojun. Thanks to him, I was able to get so many things back today. Otherwise, it would be great if I could get back twenty kilograms with my old bones."

Grandma Liang praised her grandson. Xiaojun is 15 years old this year. He is no longer in school and is waiting for the street to arrange work. He usually accompanies Grandma Liang to paste cardboard boxes, but he has an active nature and cannot sit still at home. , every time he couldn't survive, he would go out to play with the children in the yard. This was the most work he had ever done. Pushing hundreds of kilograms of things back from such a distance made him so tired that his clothes got wet.

"Sister, it's fine now. They're all here." Xiaojun moved all the waste paper and books in the house to the yard, and took out a kerosene lamp to illuminate Bai Meixi.

He put everything in categories, including 200 kilograms of old paper with calligraphy, 32 thread-bound books, 125 ordinary books, more than 300 letters, 17 seals and a large box The ink pad costs a total of 16.5 yuan.

Bai Meixi looked through it and found that the things in this old lady's house were indeed the same as those in Grandma Liang's house. It seemed that she came from a scholarly family. There were many historical books inside, and there were also a few books wrapped in yellow brocade, made of The language written by ethnic minorities looks like Manchu, and it should be something left over from the Qing Dynasty.

Most of the books that can be wrapped in yellow brocade are related to the royal family. Whether they are valuable depends on the dynasty. If a book is from the late Qing Dynasty, it will not be worth much, but if it is a book from the Qianlong or Kangxi period, it is a peerless antique, absolutely. It has collection value.

Bai Meixi secretly rejoiced in her heart. Regardless of whether these things are collectible or not, they will be much higher than the current purchase price. She will definitely make some money in the future, which can make up for her regret of not buying Wen 10 stamps.

She was very satisfied with Granny Liang's acquisition of Bai Meixi. She kept praising her and Xiaojun. She wrapped all the books in newspapers to prevent the edges of the books from being worn out by moving them at night.

Xiaojun quickly tied up the books in piles, took out the scale, and asked Bai Meixi to weigh them one by one.He has been working since just now, without stopping for a moment. He doesn't look like a child who can't sit still at all. It seems that the meager income from those cardboard boxes cannot attract Xiaojun, and it is far less interesting than collecting these things.

"No need, I trust you." Bai Meixi took one look and knew that the weight was correct. Granny Liang was doing a business without capital this time. She would never cheat on such a matter and cut off her future source of livelihood.

"Let's weigh it. In business, it's better to have both money and goods." Xiaojun shook his head and insisted on letting Bai Meixi weigh the scale. He inherited his grandfather's talent as a salesman, and his whole person showed a look that was beyond his age. He is mature and very clever.

"Sister, grandpa said that in doing business, one must be honest and honest, and the payment must be made clearly in person to avoid misunderstanding." Xiaojun repeated his grandfather's business experience word by word, with a very solemn expression, as if he had been in the mall for many years. businessman.

Bai Meixi no longer refused and put everything on the scale. Xiaojun took back only a lot more than the number he quoted, which made Bai Meixi feel that he was someone he could cooperate with.

Bai Meixi handed the money to Granny Liang. In addition to the 16.5 yuan she paid in advance, there was also a 1.65% bonus of 18.15 yuan, for a total of [-] yuan.

In just half a day, Granny Liang made another fortune, and she was extremely happy. She put the money in her arms, stood in the yard and kept sighing, regretting that she didn't bring more things back.

"Actually, she still has a lot of things at home. It's a pity that Xiaojun and I were too slow to make the second trip. Otherwise, we could have sold at least 20 yuan more." Granny Liang felt that she had made less money. 20 yuan of scraps The withdrawal was only 2 yuan, which to her meant several days of groceries.

"It's okay, Granny Liang. I've been staying at a relative's house in Puhai for the past two days. I can come back tomorrow night." Bai Meixi gained a lot this time and wanted to buy more so that Granny Liang and Xiaojun could continue their efforts.

Of course Granny Liang immediately agreed to such a good thing. She had many such friends around her and wished Bai Meixi could have stayed in Puhai.

"By the way, she still has some drawings that she wants you to take a look at. See if they are useful." Granny Liang took out a scrapped drawing. It was a Chinese painting of peony, with bright colors and delicate brushstrokes. It's a good painting, but unfortunately it has no signature or seal, so it's hard to tell whose hand it was.

Bai Meixi could not see the value of these drawings, but since Granny Liang took them out separately, the family must not want to sell these drawings as scraps.

"My friend's old man used to paint for people. It is said that when business was good, his paintings cost 1 yuan per square foot. So she wanted to sell them for more money, 1 cents a piece."

Granny Liang relayed what her friend said. She still had many such scrap paintings at home. If Bai Meixi was willing to accept them, she would like to sell them all at once.

(End of this chapter)