After finishing the noodles, Comrade Xu went to give Zheng Qing another bowl. When he came out of Zheng Qing's room, it had been raining heavily all morning and it had gradually stopped.
Seeing the rain stop, Xu Tonglin asked: "The rain has stopped, Xiaodao, should we go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables first?"
Comrade Xu walked to the door and looked at the sky outside. He saw that the clouds in the sky were still a bit thick, and he couldn't tell when it would rain again.
"Let's look for a second-hand refrigerator first! If we can find a suitable second-hand refrigerator, then we can buy groceries with confidence every day! Let's go!"
Xu Tonglin: "Oh, okay! You have the final say."
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If you want to buy a new refrigerator, it's easy. Just go to a store that sells refrigerators and pick one.
But if you want to buy a suitable second-hand refrigerator, it is much more difficult and requires some luck.
Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin rode old tricycles and looked for shops selling second-hand electrical appliances along the street. Their main target was shops that repaired electrical appliances.
Based on Comrade Xu's understanding of this industry, he felt that most electrical repair shops would choose cheaper rents and locate their shops in some remote and less prosperous places.
And in this county, in a place like this... in fact, the street paving along the river is the most suitable for this condition.
So, he and Xu Tonglin first went along the river to look for it.
It didn't take long for them to find a family.
Unfortunately, although there were old refrigerators in this electrical appliance repair shop, they were a bit old. Xu Tongdao didn't like it, so he and Xu Tonglin came out of the shop and prepared to continue looking for the next one.
As a result, when I returned to the old tricycle, I saw an old lady guarding the vehicle. There were several waste paper boxes and beer bottles at the old lady's feet.
Seeing them coming, the old lady grinned and asked, "Young man, do you want to collect junk? I have some paper boxes and wine bottles here. What price do you charge for them?"
Xu Tongdao: "..."
Xu Tonglin: "..."
Brothers, you look at me and I look at you, we both don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
This is being treated as junk.
Eighty percent of the time, their old tricycle sent the wrong message to the old lady.
After explaining clearly to the old lady, the two of them continued on their way.
Xu Tonglin sat in the carriage, and Xu Tongdao rode for a while. Xu Tonglin suddenly said: "Xiaodao, we are out anyway, how about we collect some rags along the way? Maybe we can make some money! What do you think?
?”
Comrade Xu turned back speechlessly, "..."
After being silent for a few seconds, Comrade Xu asked, "Then if one day someone mistakenly thinks that we are murderers, should we also kill someone?"
Xu Tonglin was startled, then burst into laughter, and then his voice became louder and louder.
Xu Tongdao curled his lips and was too lazy to say anything more.
…
There were indeed several electrical repair shops on Yanjiang Road. Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin later found three more. When Xu Tongdao successfully found the second repair shop, he suddenly felt no longer in a hurry to buy it.
He decided to shop around, look at the old refrigerators in several repair shops, and then choose the one with the best quality and the best value for money.
He has no intention of buying a new refrigerator.
The biggest reason is that the price is relatively high, and the second reason is that he is just setting up a street vendor now. Even if he buys a refrigerator, he should usually put it in a rental house.
Customers can't see it, so why buy new ones?
A second-hand refrigerator is completely usable.
Even if a new refrigerator is bought and used for a period of time, won't it become old?
Moreover, if you buy a second-hand refrigerator from an electrical appliance repair shop, you can also get a period of warranty service.
This way you don’t have to worry about buying a second-hand one and it will break down and become unusable after a short period of use.
Of course, in the final analysis, the main reason is that he doesn't have much money now. He has little money, so when he spends it, he naturally has to be careful.
When I came out of the fourth electrical appliance repair shop, it was already more than two hours later.
Xu Tongdao still came out of the store empty-handed, but he had already decided to go back to the old display cabinet in the third store he looked at before.
He remembered that when the proprietress of that shop introduced them to them, she said that the old display cabinet was collected from a closed Malatang shop.
Of course, this is not the point!
The point is that Xu Tongdao thinks that display cabinets are more suitable for them to sell barbecue.
Because the fresh-keeping area on the upper level of the display cabinet can store vegetarian dishes that have not been sold out that day, while the freezing area on the lower level can store mutton, chicken wings and other meat dishes.
Generally speaking, it is more practical than pure refrigerators and freezers.
Moreover, the price offered by the landlady for the display cabinet was not expensive, only 500 yuan.
He didn't know exactly how much a brand new display cabinet cost in 1998, but he remembered that in 2000, a new display cabinet cost three to four thousand.
Although the display cabinet with an asking price of 500 is only about 50% new, it is not damaged. As long as the fresh-keeping and freezing areas can work normally, it can perform the same function as a brand-new display cabinet.
"Xiaodao, have you decided which one to buy?"
Coming out of the fourth repair shop, Xu Tonglin saw Xu Tongdao turning around on his tricycle and riding back, and guessed that Xu Tongdao had already decided which one to buy.
"Well, just that display cabinet just now..."
Before Xu Tongdao finished speaking, the glass door of a small hotel on the roadside suddenly made a "bang" sound, as if it was hit hard by something. Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin, who were completely unprepared, were startled. They had not yet reacted.
When I came over, a glass door shattered into countless pieces and fell to the ground.
Pedestrians on the road and many people in nearby shops were startled, and the timid ones even screamed.
Xu Tongdao subconsciously stopped the tricycle and turned to look at the small hotel like Xu Tonglin. As soon as he looked over, he happened to see a shirtless man wearing only a pair of jeans and bare feet, holding his head in his hands, looking embarrassed and hasty.
He rushed out of the hotel door.
When he rushed out, his feet stepped on the shattered glass, making a rattling sound. Comrade Xu's scalp was numb when he saw it, but the man did not stop at all, screaming, holding his head, and trying his best
Rush out of the door.
"Hey, good guy! Is this a movie? So fierce?"
In the carriage, Xu Tonglin laughed out loud and sighed in admiration.
Of course he knew that it was impossible for anyone to make a movie in this small county, but this scene really looked like something from a movie, and it was enjoyable to watch.
Tongdao Xu also found it very interesting. He went out to buy an old refrigerator today and saw such a good show. It was not a loss! It was interesting!
but……
The next moment, he was stunned.
I looked in surprise at another man rushing out right behind the man just now... holding half a red brick in his right hand, with an angry face and charging out menacingly - cousin Ge Liangcai...
What's going on? What's going on? Why is he my cousin?
Comrade Xu couldn't react for a moment.
But it didn't stop him from seeing his cousin Ge Liang just rush out of the gate, and he smashed the half red brick in his hand at the man running in front, and shouted angrily: "What a fool! If you dare to play with my woman, I will kill you."
!!”
Half a red brick drew a non-standard parabola from the air. With a bang, it hit the red heart and hit the man in front of him heavily on his vest. The man stumbled forward, and with a pop, he fell cleanly.
Chew mud.
Comrade Xu's heart sank when he saw this, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.