When Yao Yuan first saw the big bathtub, he didn't expect that he would use this thing in the future.

He just glanced inadvertently and thought that this bathtub should be something from the Republic of China. Things from this era are not worth much.

I just don’t know what the wood used to make a bathtub is made of? If it is something like golden nanmu, it can be made from the owner as rags to keep it for appreciation.

He didn't know wood, but only knew that the old furniture in the future had become priceless treasures because of the rare wood, so he thought about it and finished it.

Now, Kang Kang was about to take a bath, and he thought of the wooden bathtub he had seen and its practical value.

This bathtub should have been used by the ladies and wives of wealthy families in the early years, and it was enough for an adult to go in and take a bath inside.

When he arrived at the alley, Yao Yuan got off his bicycle, pushed him forward, looking around and looking for the black painted gate.

He had just glanced at it, but he couldn't remember the specific location.

It was really good. When he walked to the middle of the alley, he really saw the gate, and the gate was still open, and the large wooden bathtub was still there.

He put his bicycle on the courtyard wall next to the gate and walked straight into the gate.

After passing the corridor, there is a courtyard house with three families living in it.

Dividing walls are added in the aisles of the houses on both sides of the courtyard.

It is estimated that in the past, this courtyard was just a yard of this wealthy family, and it also belonged to him around it, because the narrow partition wall was built with red bricks, which was obviously different from the house built with blue bricks.

There is an old lady with small feet sitting under the eaves of the house basking in the sun.

Yao Yuan walked over and greeted the old lady and said, "Auntie, let me ask you something. The wooden basin at the door belongs to yours, right?"

The old lady looked up and looked at him and asked, "Who are you? Why are you asking this?"

Yao Yuan explained, "It's such an aunt. I am a mining machine worker. I have many children at home and they are all very naughty. It's not convenient to take a bath in the bathhouse in winter. I just thought, build a big basin and let them wash it at home. I can't find such a big basin here, but I can't find any one to sell. When I passed by this street, I saw that there was such an item here. I wanted to ask you, do you sell this thing?"

The old lady said, "That thing has been left for more than ten years and cannot be used long ago. You can't buy it back."

Yao Yuan said: "Just just now, when I came in, I also saw the wooden basin. The wood was pretty good, but the two iron hoops in the middle were broken. I bought them and replaced them with two iron hoops. Maybe they can use them?"

The old lady glanced at Yao Yuan and said, "That's it, then you can give it fifty dollars."

Yao Yuan's eyes widened: "What? You want fifty dollars for such a pile of rotten wood? Aren't you cheating people?"

The old lady looked at Yao Yuan's anxious red-white look and smiled, saying slowly: "Do you know the origin of this wooden basin? This was bought by the fourth wife who lived here for twenty yuan and bought from the foreign pastor in the north church in Chengbei. It was an old object. This old object will become more and more valuable!"

Hey, this old lady also knows that the old objects are valuable?

Yao Yuan said to her, "What is the value of the old object? You forgot to destroy the four old ones? You are a remnant of feudal thought and will be criticized!"

The old lady grinned and said, "You, don't fool me. I eat more salt than you eat. This world is about to change, and the peaceful and prosperous era is coming. Antiques in the golden and prosperous eras in troubled times, young man, do you not understand this?"

Hey, this old lady, this is so old that she has become a sting!

Yao Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "That's right, antique. I know what antiques are, aunt? What the things left by our ancestors are called antiques! Didn't you just say that? It was something bought from foreigners. Auntie, what foreigners are foreign goods, can they be considered antiques?"

The old lady looked at Yao Yuan and became a little confused. Yes, foreign things should not be considered antiques.

Yao Yuan saw that the old lady was hesitating and said, "Auntie, you don't understand this. Antiques are the more valuable they are as old as they get. The older you get, the less valuable you are. Think about it, the older you get, the worse the wood is, what is the more valuable you are? If you don't believe it, find a rag to ask, he wants to give you one dollar. Even if I'm right, I don't want this thing."

Seeing that the old lady was about to tell him that he had a letter, he said again, "Well, I really need such a thing. I will give you five dollars. How about you give it to me?"

Yao Yuan was not prepared for this old lady. He began to show his timidity from the first sentence and said that he urgently needed this thing.

The old lady lives so old, what scene hasn't been seen before? Are you willing to pay five dollars if you don't have any value?

The old lady shook her head and said for a long time: "If you want it, you have to get at least twenty yuan. Otherwise, you can leave. I am not short of these three or five yuan. If I put it there, it will be no pity even if it is rotten."

Yao Yuanjian didn't move the old lady, but turned around and said, "Then you can wait for this thing to turn into firewood."

When he walked to the door, the old lady did not stop him.

He had no choice but to stand down by himself, turn around and ask the old lady: "I'll add five or ten yuan to you, how about it?"

The old lady said: "At least fifteen, don't break up!"

Fifteen yuan, it’s almost up to the apprentice’s salary!

Well, in order for the wife to take a hot bath, fifteen is fifteen! Yao Yuan gritted his teeth and spent fifteen dollars to buy the bathtub. He also asked the old lady where there was a hoop bucket?

This hoop is a skillful job, without any skills. If you want to get it back and tinker with it, you can only leak more and more, and in the end it turns into a pile of rotten wood.

The two of them had a business agreement, and the old lady was happy. After chatting with Yao Yuan, Yao Yuan realized that the old lady was from the old city and used to serve the fourth wife who lived in this room.

No wonder this old lady is so cunning. It turns out that she has seen the world.

The old lady, based on her age, observed her words and expressions, earned fifteen yuan in vain. She was happy and told Yao Yuan that there was only such a cooper in the city in Fangjia Hutong. After liberation, everyone used iron barrels, and few used wooden barrels, so the coopers had no business.

If it weren't for the old lady, Yao Yuan would have been a waste after buying this bathtub. He couldn't find a coupe guy, and others wouldn't be able to do it.

Well, this fifteen yuan is not in vain.

But this bathtub is really not small, and the rear rack of the bicycle cannot be put away.

Fortunately, Yao Yuan was riding a big golden deer, and the back seat was wide. He asked the old lady for two long wooden sticks, inserted them into the space in the back seat to tie them to each other, and then placed the large bathtub horizontally on the back seat and the wooden stick, so that he could barely let go.

He tied the bathtub tightly on the car, and he rode his bike to Fangjia Hutong. After a long time, he found the cooper.

The cooper man followed him out and looked at the bathtub next to the bicycle. He had to pay half of it when he opened his mouth.

My God, this re-hook is more expensive than buying one!

Yao Yuan also wanted to bargain, so the man in the bucket told him that the bucket was left outside all day long, and many places were dry and cracked. He needed to see the cracked areas and re-seam the seams before they could be used for a long time. Otherwise, if he stuffed something randomly, he would block it and leak again soon.

He asked Yao Yuan: "Are you planning to let me fool you so that there will be no leakage for the time being, or are you planning to use it for the long term?"

Of course, Yao Yuan planned to use it for the long term.

The coop maker said, "Isn't that all? My time is not enough, and I have to spend a lot of money just by buying materials. It's cheap to ask you for twenty. Maybe my materials cost is too high, and I have to ask you if you want money!"

Now, I'm going to pay a second-level worker's salary to buy and repair.

Yao Yuan asked, "Master, how many days can you finish the repair?"

The cooper man smacked his lips and said, "Re-sand and paint the hoop, for a week?"

Yao Yuan swallowed his mouth. For one week, two aunts at home had to endure resistance to the temper of this aunt at his own home, and he had to be scolded by Aunt Jiang, the old aunt. If he suffered this splint for another week, he would probably not be able to survive!

He discussed with the cooper and added five dollars to him. Three days later, he would come to get it.

The coopers agreed to this five dollars. At most, they would just go to work at night and work for a few more hours.

He swallowed his anger for three days. On the fourth morning, Yao Yuan rode his bicycle to the house of the cooper in the city early in the morning.

When I arrived at that person’s house, the wooden bathtub was placed in the yard.

This time, the wooden bathtub was gone with white skin and had varnish, revealing the original color of the wooden pattern, and a slight ray was emitting under the sun.

Yao Yuan knew that he had bought it. Just look at the dark and shiny color, it was not expensive at all for fifteen yuan!

The cooper man couldn't help laughing when he saw him coming so early. Why is this young man so anxious?

The paint on the bathtub was not completely dry yet, so Yao Yuan had to wait there until it was almost noon, touching the paint and not sticking his hands, before he got the bathtub onto the bicycle, tied it up, and rode the bicycle home with satisfaction.

When he got home, he had just untied the rope tied to the wooden basin in the yard. Kang Kang came from her mother and asked him with a calm face: "What are you doing? Don't you know how to eat? I don't know if my mother doesn't like me for a while, so she always shows me. If you don't come back in the future, you'd say that I won't go over and eat, and I can't starve to death after a meal."

Hearing this tone, Kang Kang must have quarreled with her mother again.

Yao Yuan asked, "Have you quarreled with mom again?"

Kang Kang pouted and said, "My back is so itchy that I can't stand itchy, so I asked Xiaohui to scratch me a few times. My mother came over and asked for dinner. When she saw it, she said that I was the eldest young lady of the landlord's family and had to hire someone to scratch it. I really couldn't get enough to ask Xiaohui to come and help me, and it wasn't intentional! I just argued a few times, and my mother left as soon as she slammed the door. I went over to have dinner, and she asked you where you were? Where did I know where you were? She thought I was angry again, and I had no temper at all!"
Chapter completed!