How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 29: Is it a success to collect junk?
"Gurgle!" At this moment, Li Le's stomach rumbled.

Li Le rubbed his stomach and said, "Forget it, let's get something to eat first and think about it after we finish eating."

He took out a rabbit from the space, cleaned it and stewed it, then Li Le started to knead the dough.

Li Le took out the noodles from a large clay basin and poured most of it into the basin, which was about ten pounds.

The steamed buns made from so much flour should be enough to last for a while, at least until the Chinese New Year.

After all, he doesn't just eat steamed buns.

Soon the dough is ready, put it on the edge of the pot to rise, there is heat on the edge of the pot! It will rise faster.

An hour later, the rabbit meat was ready. Li Le did not serve it out. He was the only one eating it, so he just ate it directly from the pot.

Li Le didn't even take out the staple food. He only ate meat. He was so full after eating a rabbit.

It’s cold now, so the steamed buns should probably be steamed in the evening. Li Le doesn’t care as he’s not in a hurry to eat them.

Of course you need to go out to digest the food if you eat too much.

Coming to the street, Li Le looked around while digesting his food, hoping to come across a way to make money.

"Collecting junk, collecting broken things and selling them!"

A voice came from behind Li Le. Li Le quickly turned around and his eyes lit up.

Isn't this a way to make money? And he won't be classified for this. Li Le was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Li Le quickly went over to stop the middle-aged rag collector and said, "Hello, comrade!"

The middle-aged man stopped his tricycle and asked, "Do you have any junk to sell?"

"No, no, no, no, I don't have any junk to sell. I just want to ask you something." Li Le quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the middle-aged man.

Now when Li Le goes out, the first thing he has to do is to pack a pack of cigarettes. As the saying goes, cigarettes open the door and wine asks for the way. With cigarettes and wine, there is a way out.

You can't live without this thing. Even if you don't smoke, you can't live without it. Here you come in handy.

The middle-aged man was a little angry when he heard that Li Le didn't sell junk, but when he saw the Daqianmen that Li Le handed over, his unhappiness immediately disappeared.

"Little brother, what do you want to ask?" The middle-aged man took the cigarette and even spoke more politely.

We were comrades just now, but we became brothers in an instant. This is the power of smoke.

"Well, I want to know, are you collecting junk for an organization or for an individual?"

Normally, there shouldn't be any state-owned scrap collection stations at this time, but who can be sure there aren't any? It's better to find out for sure.

"Little brother, is that what you are asking?" the middle-aged man looked at Li Le and asked.

"Yes!" Li Le nodded.

"I collect them myself and then sell them to the purchasing station." He thought for a while and then said again.

"I collect it myself!" Li Le then asked, "Is the purchasing station private or public?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, and there is no need to know. I just collect them and sell them. Whether they are public or private has little to do with me."

"Uh!" Li Le was stunned for a moment.

Yes! Whether it is public or private, it seems to make no difference. Public ones will not give you an extra hundred dollars.

"Then why do you get into collecting junk?" Li Le judged from the middle-aged man's accent that he should be a local.

"Well! There's nothing I can do. I can't just go without food and drink without a job! It just so happens that collecting scrap can earn some money to eat, so I do this." Hearing the middle-aged man say this, Li Le thought about it and it made sense. Although there are many factories now, it is easy to find a job.

But it also depends on the situation. It is indeed difficult for middle-aged people to find a job at such an old age without any special skills.

After all, today's factories are all private enterprises. Under the same conditions, they will of course recruit young people.

Because young people learn things quickly, and after they have learned, they can work in the factory for a long time.

For middle-aged people of this age, not only are they slow at learning things, but by the time they have learned something, they are almost at retirement age.

"I see. Then let me ask you again, did you buy this tricycle yourself? Or was it provided by the purchasing station?"

Li Le has some money now, but not much. It is definitely not enough to buy a tricycle, so he wants to ask clearly. If the purchasing station provides it, then the problem will be simple.

"Who provided you with the tricycle? I bought it myself. In order to buy this tricycle, I borrowed money not only from all my relatives, but also from almost all my neighbors." The middle-aged man said with a wry smile and shook his head.

Looking at his expression, Li Le knew that he must have been in great trouble at that time, otherwise he would not have such an expression.

"Is this tricycle very expensive?" Li Le asked, touching the handlebars of the tricycle.

"Of course! More than four million!"

More than four million. Li Le only has more than one million on him now, and he still needs another three million. In addition, after buying the tricycle, he will need money to collect waste!

In other words, Li Le is still short of at least five million yuan.

In this case, Li Le can only sell some pheasants or rabbits, and roe deer can also be sold.

After handing the middle-aged man another cigarette, Li Le went straight to Cuihualou. He wanted to sell some pheasants and rabbits as soon as possible.

At least it should be enough to buy a tricycle.

Arriving at the entrance of Cuihua Building, Li Le said something to the waiter at the door and went back. He wanted to get the pheasants and rabbits that needed to be sold.

Li Le walked back, which of course was not as fast as taking a tricycle, so right after Li Le got home, the owner of Cuihualou came over with a few waiters.

Fortunately, all the things have been taken out, so we just need to ask the waiter to go in and get them out.

This time they were basically all pheasants or hares, except for two silly roe deer, you just had to count them.

"Hey! There's a roe deer?" The shopkeeper saw a waiter carrying out a roe deer and hurried over to take a look and said.

Only then did Li Le realize that this thing was actually a roe deer. He had always thought it was a deer!
"There are two." Li Le nodded.

"This is a good stuff!" The shopkeeper touched it and said to Li Le.

"Good stuff?" Li Le's eyes lit up.

He is short of money now! Of course he is happy to hear that it is a good thing. If it is a good thing, it means it is valuable.

"That's right! Although roe deer is quite oily, the meat tastes good! Customers like it very much, but it's a pity that it's not easy to buy."

Nowadays, many people hunt in rural areas, but they basically hunt on the outskirts. Few dare to go into the deep mountains and forests like Li Le.

And once you go in there you will stay for several days. You know, it is very dangerous in the deep mountains and forests.

Of course, this is talking about ordinary people, but how many people are not ordinary people! It is estimated that there are not many people like Li Le in the entire imperial capital.

"How much do you want per pound?" Li Le asked.

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