Chapter 65

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Translator: Alyssa

Editor: Sei

It is said that the mother is worried about the children, and the old lady is the same as the mother figure.

Xu Nannan took the boiled egg and stuffed it into the bag, making it even more warmer in her heart. Take advantage of the good health of the two elders now, go out and run more. When the two elders need someone to take care of them in the future, it is better to go out as little as possible.

She took the train at night, got boiled eggs, and bought two steamed buns with no food stamps, which was considered to be a good meal.

Filled with a big cup of boiling water and full of food and drink, Xu Nannan laid in the sleeping berth, feeling very comfortable. Looking out the window, she was thinking about the Big City of Shanghai in the 1960s, and realized how she didn’t really know what it was like.

With a ding-dong, there is another news from the Taobao store.

Xu Nannan lifted her spirits, immediately laid down and pretended to sleep, before beginning to check the dialog box.

It’s the person who bought the bronze pot last time.

Xu Nannan was surprised, isn’t he buying fakes and wanting to return them? Looking at it again, it really wasn’t. People asked her to help pay attention to such copperware again.

Regardless of the age, anyway, as long as it is bronze.

This is not difficult. In this era, a lot of bronze wares are sold at home. After all, bronze wares are sold more than books. In this era of food shortage, when there is not enough food, there is nothing to be unhappy about in being able to turn these ‘broken copper and iron’ into food.

Naturally, Xu Nannan would not let go of this long-term business. When she was about to reply to the message, her head suddenly felt light-headed and she immediately responded, “This is no problem. I often collect this kind of antiques. But can you do me a favor? I will help you collect antiques, and you too, will help me collect some things.”

“What?”

“I’m not sure now because It may be inconvenient for me to contact you. But we can make an appointment and contact you once a week.”

Contacting once a week is not an excessive request. The other party agreed without much thought.

Xu Nannan happily gave another embarrassed expression, “Can you register for a Taobao store? I will place an order in your Taobao store for what I need at that time.”

The man on the other side frowned. What’s this requirement?

Xu Nannan sent a begging expression, “My dear friend, I will have another batch of goods soon, and the color is very good. Let’s be friends, can I give you the best one?” The empty check was opened first.

“…”

“Dear friend, please?” Xu Nannan made a pleased request.

The other party seemed to be a little unbearable, and sent an arrogant expression, “Okay~”

Xu Nannan immediately sent a big hug and passed by.

After an appointment seven days later, they contacted again at this time, and the two parties hung up each other. Although Xu Nannan wanted to ask the other party what was going on there, as long as the information related to this aspect could not be sent, it seemed to be restricted by certain laws.

Forget it, it’s useless to know it anyway.

Xu Nannan turned over and was in a very good mood.

Although there are a lot of things in Taobao, you can’t guarantee that you won’t be able to buy the things you need any time. Leaving this thread is an extra layer of protection anyway.

After spending three days on the train, she finally arrived at Shanghai Station.

After leaving the train station, Xu Nannan discovered that she had also been very low-key before.

Look at these Shanghai women. They are either in Denim or knitted cardigans. Some are wearing Bragis on the inside and sweaters and coats on the outside. Some women have their hair permed with small hairpins on them and on their feet, wearing small leather shoes, these people are at the forefront of the times.

Xu Nannan thought about the braids, ponytails, and short hair on the Nanjiang City. Who would dare to perm? Whose young girl’s daughter-in-law has permed her hair? She is pretty, perhaps really pretty, but she can’t lift her head up when people speak behind her back.

Now looking at the blue straight-leg pants and military jacket on her body, they are quite neat in Nanjiang City, but they look a bit dirty in the eyes of others.

Let’s go to the town Mall at once.

Xu Nannan thought heartily.

Not everyone is beautiful, I am ugly, and they are too attractive. We have to follow the trend.

To comfort herself, Xu Nannan hurriedly found the guest house and asked for a private room.

Then she found a blue cardigan, white one-piece dress, And braid her hair.

After changing her outfit, Xu Nannan bought another full-length mirror and looked at it vigorously.

She felt that there was nothing wrong with my whole body. She threw the full-length mirror into Taobao, went out with the bag, walked to the door, and remembered that she has left the door open. She then, turned around and closed the door, looked around Taobao, and finally found an important equipment.

Say goodbye to your own chest, now you look decent.

This is definitely one of the top ten young people who love the party and the country.

It was just noon at this time, so she touched her hungry belly, and didn’t rush to look for antiques at all. She asked someone to inquire about the nearby restaurant and went straight to the best state-owned restaurant nearby.

It is not the same as the state-owned restaurant in the country seat. There are round tables in the lobby, and there are menus on the tables. Apart from having to go to the window to order food, it looks like a restaurant in the future.

Open onion oil noodles, Nanxiang Xiaolong, three fresh wontons, chicken and duck blood soup.

Just looking at the name of the dish above, she drools. In the city town, the best food is braised pork… And the international metropolis surely deserves its reputation. No matter what, they are always at the forefront. Even the food supply is so abundant.

Well, she has to stay here for a few days. And today, she will eat Xiaolong, and tomorrow she will eat onion oil noodles…

It took two national stamps in twos and threes to finally go out to eat and drink.

This trip is the right decision.

Xu Nannan touched her stomach with emotion.

After walking for a while, she felt that her stomach was not supporting her that much. Xu Nannan took out the purchase order and went to some nearby department stores to inquire about parts. As expected, there were none.

Xu Nannan is not in a hurry at all, these things can also be found in Taobao, but there are a few special accessories that don’t seem to be found. However, if you can take a part of it back, it should be considered as a successful business trip.

She looked at her watch. It was already past four in the afternoon.

She found a taxi and went directly to the recycling station.

Compared to the last time I was on a business trip in the capital city of the neighboring province, the recycling station in Greater Shanghai has a dazzling array of things in it. If you don’t make it clear, you won’t believe that it is a waste recycling station.

That kind of beverage plastic bottles, canned bottles, industrial materials, here-I don’t see them. At this time, industrial products are all rare materials, and they are all recycled, and the bad ones can’t be broken before they will be considered for recycling.

At the door stood a middle-aged woman in blue overalls.

Xu Nannan walked in and grabbed a handful of melon seeds. “Sister, I want to find some study books for my younger siblings at home, okay?”

When she heard that she was buying old books, the blue-clothed eldest sister didn’t doubt it. At this time, many of them couldn’t afford new textbooks, so they came here to search for old books. She smiled and nodded, “Go, find it yourself, don’t mess around.” Then she tucked the melon seeds into her pants pocket.

Xu Nannan walked towards a pile of books, and while picking up learning materials for Xu Xiaoman, she stared at other things.

“How is this useless? This is good material, and I can still make things. With the good material, the bed alone cost a lot of money.”

“That’s it for you, but what can we do after receiving it? We can’t even do a stool. It’s not easy to deal with it after turning it over.”

Just now, she heard that there was someone arguing, the blue-clad elder sister at the door was arguing with someone.

The other comrades in there didn’t see anything to take care of, and they were obviously not surprised by this matter.

Xu Nannan glanced back. It was an old aunt wearing an old Denim outfit who was arguing with the blue-clothed eldest sister holding a wooden pole long.

“I said Auntie Joe, it’s not that I won’t help you, this material really can’t be collected. You might as well take the copper and iron at home and sell it, and I can still collect it for you.”

Aunt Qiao, who wore a white-washed Denim clothes, frowned and all her folds came out. “Why don’t you have those things at home, haven’t you handed them in early?”

“Oh, just go and lie to others. When people take the house, you could get the wood off the bed, but wouldn’t you take the other things?”

No one will really hand in all the belongings at home, just turn one eye and close another. After all, no one has done any bad things before, and there is no need to rush to exterminate them.

“How do you sell this material?” Xu Nannan walked over and stared at the material nicely.

If she didn’t read it wrong, the material should be Nanmu Wood.

Xu Nannan had never had the chance to touch any high-end woods before, they were all things hoarded by the rich. However, in order to cultivate some elegant sentiments for herself, she learned the Guzheng and bought a Nanmu Guzheng.

Nanmu Guzheng

The phoebe material is naturally not good, but the price is very expensive. During that time, in order not to suffer a loss, she checked a lot of Nanmu information.

Although the material in front of her looked gray, it felt familiar at first glance. When she approached it, she looked at it and It seems that there is still a faint golden thread.

Aunt Joe took a look at her, “You want this?”

The blue-clothed elder sister said, “What are you going to do when you buy this? No one wants it when the firewood burns.”

“It’s a good ingredient!” Aunt Joe said in dissatisfaction.

“Good ingredients can’t be used as a meal. If it is thicker, the public can do something else.I can’t even make a small bench from this.”

“That’s a good idea,” Xu Nannan nodded. “My grandfather really wants to get some materials and go back to make a bench. It’s a good size.”

This isn’t a lie. When Grandpa Yu really said this, she just listened. Well, she can take it back and make it into a small bench. How much is the golden nanmu small bench worth?

“Auntie, how much is this, I want it.”

Aunt Qiao’s face suddenly burst into a smile, “Five cents, you just take it away.”

“Five cents? You can cut a few kilos of meat. A small bench doesn’t cost this price.”

“It’s good stuff.”

Aunt Qiao said confidently and insisted on this point.

Xu Nannan thinks that five cents is not expensive, but if she doesn’t bargain, she might be considered stupid by others.

“How about three cents?”

“Okay!” Aunt Joe agreed without saying a word.

Xu Nannan didn’t speak.”…”

After paying the money, this material belongs to Xu Nannan. This is the only “baby” I know, although I don’t know how much she is worth.

Putting the nanmu aside, Xu Nannan picked a pile of books and added a pile of ‘broken copper and iron’ and ran to weigh it.

The blue-clothed eldest sister was stunned, obviously she didn’t understand what the little girl was doing with so much waste.

Xu Nannan smiled shyly, “The elderly at home like copper products. I will go back and see if they can be melted into a copper basin or something, this thing is durable.”

The reason is very good and powerful. It’s not reliable at first. The eldest sister in blue didn’t want to ask more. Anyway, the accounts are correct.

There was quite a lot of stuff, and Xu Nannan carried it out with difficulty.

It is not easy to be a cultural relics dealer these days, and to be a coolie.

After checking the time, it was late. Xu Nannan walked to the side of the road and was about to beckon for a service car. But just then, Aunt Qiao suddenly walked over.

“Little comrade, you buy this material for home, not to make a bench.” Aunt Qiao looked into the world with an insightful expression.

Xu Nannan said seriously, “It’s really for a bench.” It just needs to be carved from the top to make a beautiful small bench. This is a good material.

Aunt Qiao doesn’t believe her, “I just saw it, and you picked some old things in it… You take those things back and remove them from the collection, they are of no use. Don’t worry, I know, my old man knows something that has good materials like this one. There is no place to spend money to search for treasures. I was thinking of going to the capital to get some treasures from the Forbidden City.”

This is still a big capitalist. Xu Nannan looked at Aunt Qiao in surprise.

This is a living big capitalist.

Well, in front of smart people, they won’t pretend. Anyway, it’s not an illegal thing, and it’s still not broken. Can you still catch her for this? “Actually, my grandfather also likes this. He teaches and does some research on it.”

My grandfather is in Nanjiang City, you can ask him.

Aunt Qiao looked at the side, and then leaned over, “I won’t tell you much, just in front of the West Street, I’m sweeping the floor in that area. If you have time tomorrow, come to me at noon.”

Xu Nannan moved in her heart, a little uncertain, “Auntie, please be clear.”

“Just the broken copper and rotten iron,” Aunt Qiao glanced at the package near Xu Nannan’s feet, “We have it in our house. It’s good.”

Xu Nannan jumped cautiously.

“If you can really be the master, come to me.” After speaking, she turned around and walked away.

Xu Nannan stood there for three seconds, then quickly turned around, holding her timber calmly to call for the service car. Get in the car, and return to the guest house!

After getting off the service car, the first thing is to find an alley that no one notices and throw things into Taobao.

After finding a restaurant to eat absently, Xu Nannan hurried back to the guest house.

After rinsing casually, lying on the bed, Xu Nannan kept thinking about what the old aunt said just now.

Will I go tomorrow?

Am I going or not?

I’m going.

Going with……

After making a decision, she can finally sleep soundly at night. She woke up in the morning and wore a military green jacket, blue pants and Jiefang shoes.

It makes it easier for her to run.

She got in the service car and arrived at the waste recycling station she went to yesterday. And then, she turned around and turned to West Street.

Without deliberately looking for her, she saw Aunt Joe who was waving a big broom vigorously.

This old aunt looks very motivated.

Xu Nannan waited for her to sweep over before yelling, “Aunt Qiao.”

Aunt Qiao looked back and saw that it was her. She immediately looked at both sides and whispered, “Wait until I finish scanning this.”

Xu Nannan gave in to the side and watched her continue to sweep the floor backwards.

After she had finished seeing the scenery of most of the street, Aunt Qiao came over with sweat.

“Can you be the master?”

“I can be.”

Aunt Qiao carried a big broom and walked through an alley, and saw a courtyard, the kind of three-entry courtyard that I lived in in the past. At this time, the yard was full of clothes, and several children were playing in it. Aunt Qiao didn’t enter the inner courtyard either, so she entered the door on the front side.

“Before, this was the porter’s bed. The women had to live in the innermost courtyard. Now I don’t care about this.”

In the room, a little boy is lying in bed sleeping. He looks very peaceful.

Aunt Joe went over and touched his head.

“He was sick for a few days, and was clamoring for meat yesterday.”

“What about his parents, how come no one takes care of him, just leave him alone?”

“It’s all those who can’t be wronged, so I’ve done it myself.” She said, smiling sarcastically, before she turned around and went into a darkroom inside, and closed the door.

“…”

Xu Nannan didn’t follow up either, but looked at the child. Seeing that his face was a little red, he felt a little fever after touching it.

Just thinking about it, the darkroom door opened wide. Aunt Joe is holding a small wooden box in her hand.

“Look at it, how about this?” Aunt Joe opened the box, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and opened it again, revealing an emerald bracelet.

It’s that Xu Nannan has never studied this thing, and knows it is good material.

“This is what I got when I married back then.” Aunt Qiao was proud of her face.

In the old society, you really have to be a wealthy family to be able to marry with this thing.

Xu Nannan didn’t get started either, she just looked at it carefully. Regardless if it’s true or false, this thing is pretty. And she intuitively felt it was true.

“Aunt Joe, how are you going to make a price for this?”

Aunt Qiao looked at the bracelet and said with a smile, “If it had been in the past, it would have been possible to change to a small foreign style house. But now… I want a hundred yuan.”

Xu Nannan’s salary is now more than 30, and this one hundred yuan is only three months’ salary.

According to the algorithm of the 21st century, her position is at least 4,000 yuan, and her salary for three months is more than 10,000 yuan. It’s worth buying a bracelet made of such a good material!

Just as Xu Nannan was about to nod, Aunt Qiao said again, “Not only money, but also food stamps. Fifty catties of food stamps.”

Xu Nannan hesitated for a moment, “… okay.” Looking at the child lying on the bed, she didn’t make a good bargain.

She paid with one hand and delivered with another. It became her own thing. Xu Nannan took the bracelet and looked carefully. The more she looked at it, the warmer she felt, and her head was full of water.

Putting things away, Xu Nannan is ready to leave. She has to put things away quickly. When she walks to the door uneasily, she suddenly remembered something, “Aunt Qiao, you still don’t want to do this kind of transaction with people casually in the future.”

In any case, the old and the young will live their lives in peace.

Aunt Qiao smiled, “You little girl, you are a rare good person. I have lived for most of my life, but this is not the only thing I can see.”

Picking up the child on the bed, she said, “I have to send the child to the hospital for treatment. If it weren’t for this little ancestor, I wouldn’t be able to sell my wedding dowry.”

Xu Nannan followed her, walked out of the courtyard gate, and then went left and right, moving further and further away.

Back at the guest house, she carefully looked at the bracelet in her hand.

She put it on Taobao, without a price. If this is true, it is really an invaluable treasure. It is estimated that it cannot be sold, and no one will buy such expensive things on Taobao. But even if you don’t sell it, it’s useful to keep it for later. This thing can only add value.

She doesn’t know if there are any other treasures in this Aunt Joe’s house, but even if there are, she is not in a hurry to sell them now. People are not stupid, it is impossible to sell everything cheaply. She even felt that these things were definitely not hidden at home. Otherwise, it won’t be taken out so quickly. It can only be prepared first.

Throwing the jade bracelet into the Taobao shop, Xu Nannan leaned on the bed and squinted, before beginning to enter the Taobao shop to sort out the pile of ‘scraps’ bought yesterday.

For those that can roughly estimate the value, the price is marked, and the price is not marked at all if you can’t estimate it by yourself.

Anyway, there are hundreds of thousands in Taobao stores. This money is enough for now. If you can’t sell it, you won’t suffer a loss if you keep it.

Xu Nannan was thinking, and the dialog box popped up again, “Sure enough, there are new products.”

It was the buyer who agreed to contact once a week.

Xu Nannan’s spirit came immediately and hurriedly replied, “Dear friend, you are quite fast this time.”

“You said there are new products, I have been watching.”

“Then your Taobao store is opened already?”

They lost a link over there. Xu Nannan was embarrassed, “Can’t open the link.”

The other party put on a look of contempt, and came over without a name, ‘Yuelai Inn’.

Xu Nannan immediately clicked on it and found that there were really a few goods and pictures of old books inside. And it’s a textbook…

“Chinese Archaeology”, “General Theory of Archaeology”…Well, this one is still a talent.

Back in her shop, Xu Nannan found that the few bronze wares she had just marked had been bought. And it’s by the same buyer.

“Other quick price tags.”

Xu Nannan said, “You make a price.” Anyway, she is having to contact this person in the future, and she doesn’t mind making a profit. The point is that she can’t guarantee the price of this thing.

It’s true that over there, two copper wine glasses and one copper pot, are worth 20,000 yuan. In addition, she lost a bunch of popular science knowledge on bronzes. Anyway, these few things are not very valuable, but they are helpful for studying folk customs.

Xu Nannan didn’t bargain, and only received fifteen thousand, and the other copper cup was given directly to the other party. “I have some mechanical parts that needs to be customized. I don’t know if it is convenient for you.”

“What mechanical parts?”

Xu Nannan quickly sent the specifications on the purchase order. Even the material requirements have been sent.

After a while, “No problem.”

They made an appointment to contact again tomorrow. Xu Nannan was about to close the Taobao store, when the other party’s dialog box popped up again, “Wait, do you still sell jade in the store?”

“Yes.”

“How to sell?! If I read it right, this should be an emerald. If only you can see the real thing. Is this true?”

“……Yes it is.”

“How are you going to set the price? You can get this quality jade bracelet on Taobao.” This tone seemed a little bit distressed.

Don’t look down on the almighty big Taobao, okay, if I didn’t put the baby in it, how can you find the treasure?

So Xu Nannan sent a message, “I’ll just let it be displayed there for fun, and I’m not going to sell it.”

“…”

After closing the dialog box, Xu Nannan opened her eyes, “I really can’t bear to sell it. Such a good thing is so good to be a heirloom.”

After making a small profit, getting another family heirloom, and finding a helper, Xu Nannan felt refreshed.

Early the next morning, after having a beautiful breakfast, Xu Nannan became busy again. She got to buy Bragis, buy a small leather shoes, and so on, and so forth…

TL Note: That end of chapter 65

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