Chapter 59 Uncle Ferry's Copper Hookah
But what happened today is indeed something that did not happen in the previous life.
After her cousin Pan Delin went to Dexin Copper Mine to work as a worker in her previous life, Li Yanying married Sun Ronggui and gave birth to a boy the next year.
However, Li Yanying thought that Sun Ronggui was incompetent and could not make a lot of money or live a good life.
Later, I opened a massage parlor in Yudu County to earn some youth money.
The reputation in Yuezhou Village is not very good.
Unexpectedly, I would end up drowning so early in this life.
Pan Dazhang was startled in his heart: Pan Dedong's fate of dying early has changed. Could it be that his bad luck has been transferred to Li Yanying?
Pandelin went back with his parents.
Xu Jingjin picked up a few snakeskin bags and was about to go out, but there was still a popsicle box tied to the back seat of his bicycle.
"Are you going to sell popsicles, or are you going to collect scraps?"
Pan Xiaozhang asked him.
"I also sell popsicles and collect scraps at the same time, okay? These days, the weather is hot, and the sales of popsicles are still good. After I sell the popsicles, I will collect some scraps, or I will collect valuable scraps when I see them."
Xu Jingjin still couldn't bear to part with the two yuan a day he earned from selling popsicles.
When Pan Dazhang pushed his bicycle out, he also took a few snakeskin suits, a few straps, and a scale.
"Brother, where are you going today? Or should I go with you?"
Pan Xiaozhang made this request because he couldn't ride a bicycle yet.
"When you come back in the evening, you can take me to the grain drying field and teach me how to ride a bicycle, okay?"
"I want to go around Hetian Village. Do you want to go?"
Hetian Village is opposite Xiaqi Village, separated by the Yudu River. You need to take a boat from Xiaqi Ferry.
Pan Dazhang considered that if he took him there, it would be troublesome to carry him back if he collected too much scrap.
Although there is no problem with my riding skills, my strength at this time is still relatively weak after all.
"I'll take you to Xia Qi Village, or you can go to Xia Qi Village for a walk. I only visited a few houses in Xia Qi Village that day, and I received duck feathers from four or five ducks, toothpaste skins, and dozens of kilograms of scrap newspapers.
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I also took a big order and made hundreds of dollars.
People in Xiaqi Village generally live a better life than people in other villages, so there should be more valuable scraps.
"There should be a lot of things to collect. Of course, if you don't dare to go, forget it. I'll go there again tomorrow!"
I'll give you a place with plenty of oil and water. If you don't know the real jade, forget it.
"Okay, I'll listen to you and wait while I go find a small basket."
Pan Xiaozhang found a basket, took a short pole, and tied it to the side of the back seat of the bicycle.
Then he climbed into the back seat.
Pan Dazhang passed by Sun Laizi's grocery store on his bicycle and bought some pagoda candies, white toffee candies and rubber bands.
When he walked out of the grocery store, he said angrily: "This hunchbacked guy is so stupid. The price is much more expensive than buying it at Yudu Department Store."
Pan Xiaozhang knew his purpose of buying these things.
He secretly stuffed all the dried bayberries left at home into his pocket.
Arrive at Xiaqi Village.
Pan Dazhang put him down.
"Brother, can you teach me how to shout?"
"Listen, I'll shout a few times for you to hear."
He shouted at the top of his voice.
"Collect broken glass, toothpaste rinds, scrap copper and iron, scrap newspapers and periodicals, old sandals and water boots, duck and chicken feathers, orange peels, almond kernels, country turtles..."
He asked Pan Xiaozhang to try shouting.
Pan Xiaozhang also shouted in a decent manner.
Under a big banyan tree, a little boy with a runny nose ran out, holding four or five toothpaste tubes in his hand.
"I have skin paste, can I exchange it for white toffee?"
Pan Xiaozhang: "Brother, can you give me some white toffee?"
"Okay, buy it with money."
A small business requires careful attention.
Nothing is free, not even from brothers.
Pan Xiaozhang had no choice but to give half of the money to his brother, and he got half of the white toffee he just bought from Sun Tuozi's shop.
Then he made his first business deal with the little boy.
Pan Dazhang rode his bicycle and came to the ferry at Xiaqi Village.
A ferry boat under the willow trees.
An old man in his fifties squatted on the shore and smoked a retro copper hookah.
"Young cub, do you want to make a transition?"
The ferryman glanced at Pan Dazhang and asked.
"Yes, how much does the ferry cost?"
Pan Dazhang sent his father to take the ferry to Mengkou Ferry. He knew that the ferry fee was 10 cents, so it should be the same here.
"One person, one car, a total of twenty cents."
The ferryman put away the hookah.
"Does a bicycle count as a person?" Pan Dazhang looked at his hookah, which was bright yellow and looked like copper.
This thing should be something that rich people would buy in the past.
"Of course. If you lead a cow to transition, I will only charge you a dime?"
Pan Dazhang paid him twenty cents.
The ferryman coughed loudly because he had smoked just now.
It took me a long time to catch my breath.
"Uncle, your hookah is so exquisite!"
Since today is not a market day, there are very few people passing by.
Pan Dazhang helped the bicycle into the cabin and saw the bright hookah, so he praised him.
"I'm going to throw this thing into the river. If it's around, I won't be able to quit smoking even if I want to."
Uncle Ferry started coughing again.
"No, it would be a shame to throw it away. You can sell it to me. I specialize in collecting scraps."
He was thinking quickly: If he was willing to sell this hookah, what price should he pay.
"It turns out that he is a young man who collects scraps. So tell me, how much is this hookah worth?"
He handed over the hookah.
Pan Dazhang weighed it and estimated that it weighed half a catty and was made of copper.
The purchasing price of copper from steel plants is 0.3 yuan/jin. Even if it is sold as scrap copper, this thing is still worth 0.12 yuan.
"I'll give you twenty cents."
He paid a real price.
This kind of copper hookah will be worth at least 200 yuan in the market a few decades later.
But now he can only buy it at scrap copper price.
In fact, most people don't know the difference between brass and copper, and they even think that copper has the same price as iron.
But Pan Dazhang didn't want to do this.
"This hookah is worth twenty cents?" The ferryman was shocked.
You must know that a Yuan Datou Guangyang is only worth one dollar at this time.
"If you want to sell it, I'll pay you 20 cents right away. Keep your word."
Pan Dazhang took out twenty cents from his pocket and prepared to hand it to him.
The ferryman didn't pick it up.
"There is Yuan Datou, will you accept it?" he asked in a low voice.
In fact, the ferry reached the middle of the river at this time, and there were no other passengers. Even if he spoke loudly, no one could hear him.
It may be that the background of Guangyang in his hands is not that upright, so he has developed the habit of being cautious.
"Take it, I'll take 1.2 yuan/piece, I'll take as much as you have."
Pan Dazhang knew: In the late 1970s, some people began to buy silver coins for one yuan each. By the end of the 1980s, the price had risen to ten yuan a piece, and by 1989 or 1990, it was worth 20 yuan a piece.
In the 1990s, the price has risen sharply, to 50 yuan a piece and 100 yuan a piece.
After 2000, silver dollar coins began to be subdivided into rare varieties. One coin may be worth hundreds of thousands or millions.
Chapter completed!