The reborn peasant girl has space for farming

Chapter 451 A smart little army

At eight o'clock in the evening, Bai Meixi showed up at Granny Liang's house on time. Xiaojun had already returned. The cart at the door was full of bundled books. It seemed that he had gained a lot today and could sell them for at least 10 yuan.

"Xiaojun, please take a break. You have been busy since just now. You haven't even had dinner." Granny Liang and Xiaojun were sorting things in the house. There were a lot of scrap books and scraps purchased today. Xiaojun will They put them in categories, and every twenty books were bundled into a pile, which looked stylish.

"My sister must sort them out before she comes. I paid 1 cent per catty for these books. If my sister sees so many things mixed together, she must have guessed that I used them at a low price."

In order to earn the difference, Xiaojun only bought the books at the scrap price. At this price, he could not get any good books. Most of the books were stained. Xiaojun was afraid that Bai Meixi would see it, so he tied the books together and thought To muddle through.

"Xiaojun, that girl is a good person. Just tell the truth. Let her choose some usable ones and give us the money. The rest should be given to her according to the price of the scrap. Anyway, we can still make [-]%."

Granny Liang was very torn. She felt sorry for her grandson, but also felt that she had deceived Bai Meixi. She stood there not knowing what to do.

After Bai Meixi heard their conversation, she quickly hid in the space and stood inside to listen to them, so as to avoid embarrassment to Granny Liang and Xiaojun.

"Grandma, I spent less than 5 yuan on these things in total. If I give them to us at 5%, I can earn [-] cents. I can earn just that much after running around for a whole day, which is not as much as making paper boxes at home. These books are a little dirty, but the content is good. You see, I collected these from Professor Wang’s house. He used to be an old scholar in the university, so these things must be good."

Xiaojun calculated the accounts very shrewdly. He placed some antique documents and primary and secondary school textbooks cross-wise. Such a bundle of mixed good and bad books was like useless books to Bai Meixi. Naturally, she couldn't select them one by one. If she wanted to accept them, she would just accept them. Can take it all in.

This method of doing business makes Bai Meixi dumbfounded. However, in this era, materials are already very scarce. To buy ribs, you need to add fat meat or elbows, and mix good-selling things with bad-selling things for sale. It is reasonable for the military association to have such an idea.

Granny Liang stopped talking. They really needed money. If their income tonight was only a few cents, she and Xiaojun really didn't know how they would spend the next half of the year.

Bai Meixi, who was hiding in the space, observed Xiaojun's actions through the window. After he put all his things in order, Bai Meixi walked out of the space and pretended to have just arrived to talk to Granny Liang. greet.

"Po Liang, are you asleep? I'm late for something today." Bai Meixi shouted at the door of the house to prevent Xiaojun and Po Liang from being overwhelmed. The two people immediately stopped what they were doing. , both walked out of the house.

"I didn't sleep, I didn't sleep. Xiaojun just came back." Granny Liang came out to greet Bai Meixi with a smile on her face. Her small room was already filled with all kinds of books, periodicals and newspapers, and there were still some that had no place to put them. They were all piled up in the courtyard. On the trolley inside, Grandma Liang's face immediately lit up with joy when she thought that so many things could be converted into money immediately.

"Sister, I collected these all. Look, they have been sorted according to your requirements." Xiaojun ran out to claim credit as soon as he saw Bai Meixi. He had gained a lot from wandering around Xicheng today. , this cart weighs four to five hundred kilograms.

He put the books, newspapers and letters in piles and waited for Bai Meixi to count them.

"Indeed, you have collected a lot. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort today." Bai Meixi looked through it and felt that the things Xiaojun collected were good. Among them, twelve thread-bound books were a complete set and were well preserved. It was in excellent condition, without a trace of stain, and there was a box inside. It was probably sold to Xiaojun by some prodigal son.The collection value of this kind of book is very high, more valuable than a single thread-bound book. This set of books alone makes Bai Meixi's trip worthwhile.

She carefully put away these thread-bound books and looked through other things. The books Xiaojun took back were less than two-thirds valuable, and the rest were textbooks and books that could only be sold as scrap paper. exercise book.

However, Bai Meixi was very satisfied with getting a set of good books, and she paid Xiaojun the price of a single book without hesitation.

12本线装书2元4角钱，400本普通的书籍8元钱，150个信封7毛5,200斤报纸两元钱，一共13元1角5分，另外还有一成的提成1元3角2分，一共是14.47元。

This was the first time that Xiaojun made money on his own. He looked at the colorful bills and was so happy that he could not open his mouth from ear to ear. These things were charged at 1 cent per catty, and the total cost was less than 1 yuan. Now I received 5 yuan, making a net profit of 14.47 yuan and 9 cents.

This amount of money is equivalent to half a month's salary of an apprentice, and it is a huge sum of money for Xiaojun.

"You continue to collect them tomorrow, and I will come to pick them up in the evening. Especially for this kind of complete set of thread-bound books, I will charge a little more. If they are in good condition, I can add some more money."

Bai Meixi asked Xiaojun to keep working hard tomorrow and try to collect a few sets of thread-bound books. If the number reached more than five sets, she would reward him with an extra yuan.

"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely collect a few more sets for you tomorrow." Xiaojun helped Bai Meixi move these things to her cart and sent her out of the alley before going home.

He very solemnly handed 10 yuan to Granny Liang to help support his family, and the rest was used as his capital to continue collecting scraps.

"Grandma, I will bring back some more good things tomorrow. I know where to get the thread-bound books that my sister wants. Five sets is not a problem." Xiaojun vowed to Granny Liang that he would make her live a good life. In the future, he By making money, they no longer have to glue paper boxes to the streets.

"Grandma believes in you, but you can't let your little friends steal things from home. If I find out, I will beat you to death." Granny Liang felt that the set of thread-bound books was too delicate, and she was afraid that some children would eat them in exchange for candy. It was stolen from home. Even though her family was poor, they would never do such sneaky things.

"Don't worry, grandma, a lonely old man passed away, and the street wanted to take back his previous house, so he sold all the things in the room. Those people didn't finish cleaning up today, so they asked me to pick it up tomorrow."

Xiaojun felt that he had found a way to make money. He was lying on the bed and already thinking about tomorrow's profits. Holding the banknotes in his hand, he became more and more motivated and wanted to collect all the books in Puhai.

(End of this chapter)