Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

He is short of money now, and the money he uses to stockpile food is not enough. He also wants to buy a bicycle, so collecting antiques has to come second.

"Brother Wang, I really don't know much about furniture. I just heard that there are old furniture made of mahogany or nanmu in the recycling station. Is it true?"

Wang Ping'an glanced at Zhang Jialiang and grinned.

"Ouch!

You mean that one!

There is indeed one thing, if you are interested, I will take you to have a look."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang. I am indeed interested."

Wang Ping'an took Zhang Jialiang into a small room where the furniture was placed randomly.

The number of mahogany furniture that Zhang Jialiang was looking for was not too many, only about a dozen or so, piled together in a corner. There were three tables, six chairs, two wardrobes, and a bookshelf.

Zhang Jialiang didn't understand anything, but that didn't affect his observation. He just touched it and found that the quality of the furniture was indeed good, but there was a lot of dust and it looked dirty.

He picked up the rag beside him and simply wiped a chair in front of him. The true appearance of the chair was roughly revealed in front of him. The wood of the chair was hard in texture, beautiful in grain, and soft in color, giving people a feeling of simplicity and elegance, immersing people in a deep oriental charm.

As to whether it was true or not, Zhang Jialiang had no idea, but it felt really good.

"How much is this chair, Brother Wang?"

Zhang Jialiang pointed at the chair he was wiping.

"One dollar. These chairs, the two that are not damaged are one dollar and fifty cents. The three that are not damaged are one dollar. The other one has a broken leg, so it's only 1 cents."

When Zhang Jialiang heard this, he was inspired and thought, Damn, how can it be so cheap?

Don’t recycling yards sell furniture based on the degree of damage rather than the wood?

If these chairs were really made of mahogany, even if they were badly damaged, they would be worth a lot of money if the wood was sold. Now he was itching to buy some.

"Brother Wang, what kind of wood are these chairs made of? Are they old items?"

“I can’t guarantee that, we are selling used furniture.

But based on my experience, it is indeed rosewood, some are sandalwood and some are huanghuali.

Who cares about these things now? These antiques are no longer popular. These pieces of wood are neither edible nor drinkable. They are just some old furniture."

Zhang Jialiang thought about it and pointed at the cabinets and tables.

"Brother Wang, how much are those cabinets and tables?"

"The larger, heavier wardrobe is 10 dollars, the smaller, lighter wardrobe is 5 dollars, the larger table is 6 dollars, the two smaller tables are 4 dollars, and the bookshelf is 2 dollars."

Zhang Jialiang was confused again. After all this fuss, is it calculated by weight?

That big wardrobe weighs probably 200 kilograms and it sells for 10 yuan, which is cents per kilogram. It’s really cheap!

No, this is based on the future price. Five cents is still money now.

The total cost of all these furniture is more than 30 yuan, which is a lot of money, almost a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

He didn't have much money now, only about 10 yuan, but he really liked the two chairs worth 1 yuan.

He walked over and wiped them with a rag, and the two chairs appeared before his eyes intact.

These two chairs are full of charm and lasting meaning. They are very large in size, with legs only about 2 cm in size. They look comfortable and generous. There are also embossed Kirin patterns. The Kirin has a dragon head with round eyes, two wide-open beaks, its hair and whiskers condensed into a bundle and rushing forward, and its antennae fluttering, which are very vivid and specific.

The more he looked at the pair of chairs, the more he liked them.

"Brother Wang, I want these two chairs!"

He has too little money now, and he likes all the furniture here. When he has more money, he will definitely come and take them all away.

Buy two chairs first. When you get tired of hunting in the future, you can take them out and sit on the mountain, under the shade of a tree, enjoying the cool breeze and drinking tea. It is quite comfortable.

If this were told to others in that world, who would believe it?

Making a mahogany chair when you are tired from hunting is such a luxury!

"Okay, that's three dollars."

"Okay, I'll go outside and find some iron wire later. Once I've chosen, I'll pay for it."

“Okay, then go and choose the wire first, I don’t know if there is any.

Those iron products are collected and taken to the steel mill every once in a while to be re-refined into steel. If you don’t find it this time, come back and try next time.”

"it is good!"

It was just as Wang Ping'an said. Among a pile of iron products, Zhang Jialiang tried his best but couldn't find many steel wires suitable for making sleeves.

I found a few pieces of steel wire by piecing them together. These wires were of different lengths and thicknesses, so I could use them.

He came to the old man with the steel wires.

"Uncle, how much are these steel wires?"

The old man looked at the wire in his hand.

"Give me thirty cents. It's not much, and it's not worth weighing."

"okay!"

The value of items is really different in different eras. A few pieces of broken steel wire are only thirty cents, while those mahogany furniture are only a few dollars.

But there is no point in complaining. Today's industrial products are indeed expensive. A bicycle costs 160 yuan, which can be exchanged for that pile of mahogany furniture five times.

How can I seek justice for this?

After paying the money, Zhang Jialiang took Gangsier and carried the two chairs out of the recycling station, went to a deserted place, put the two chairs into the storage space, and returned to the courtyard with Gangsier.

I won’t go out this morning and will make wire sleeves at home.

Since I was only in the early stages of learning the technology of making hunting hoops, I was not very proficient in the technique. I worked for a whole morning and used up all the steel wire before I was able to make 10 hoops.

After eating some lunch at noon, he hurried out of the courtyard. This time he did not plan to go too far outside the city. About two or three miles outside the city, he found a secluded place and entered the hunting space.

Following the method of setting traps, he placed 10 wire traps one after another in locations he thought were suitable, adjusted the angles, and nailed them into the ground with wooden sticks.

After setting the trap, he started hunting again. His luck was pretty good today. He caught a rabbit and a pheasant, earning more than two dollars. This slightly comforted his regret after buying two mahogany chairs today.

I spent 6 yuan to buy two chairs today. I was very excited at that time, but I regretted it after I returned to the courtyard.

Impulsive!

I actually spent 3 dollars to buy two chairs. I am too young and I get carried away when I see good things.

Now is not the time to collect these things. It is better to do these things later when you have money. At this stage, stockpiling food and improving living conditions are the serious things to do.

After returning to the courtyard, the fifth sister was cooking and the others were making matchboxes. Zhang Jialiang decided to visit his eldest sister.