How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 74 Living beyond one’s means
"Brother Le, you are the only one who earns money in the family. We are trying to save as much as possible so that you can have a rest."

"Okay, I'm not blaming you. I just want to tell you that I make a lot of money and don't need to worry about not having food to eat in the future."

Li Le didn't know how to tell them. He had said it many times, but the two girls seemed not to listen at all.

Not to mention how much money he could earn in a day, even if he had no money, the worst that could happen was that he could go into the mountains once, and then he would have no problem eating for a month or two.

"I got it, Brother Le. I'll go stew another pheasant." Zhao Yanran said.

"Yeah! Go ahead!"

Watching the two sisters stew the chicken, Li Le put down his bowl and chopsticks, ready to wait for the two sisters to come and eat together.

As for the food getting cold after a while, what does it matter? You can just reheat it, and it happens quickly.

Half an hour later, the chicken was almost cooked. Zhao Yanran and her sister came over and took the food back to the kitchen and started heating it.

After the food was heated and the chicken was stewed, the three of them started eating.

Although a pheasant is a little less for three people, don't forget that this thing is not rare in Li Le's family. They eat it every day and they are not short of food. It is enough.

After dinner, Li Le did not go out immediately, but rested at home for a while.

Now everyone has just finished their meals. Those who have the conditions are taking a lunch break, while those who don’t have the conditions have gone to work in the factories.

If you go out at this time, no one will be selling anything, and if you shout, you will probably be scolded, thinking that you are disturbing people's lunch break.

It was not until after one o'clock that Li Le pushed his tricycle out of the house and headed straight for the south of the city.

"Collecting junk!"

"Selling broken ones!"

"I'm a rag collector. Do you want any bottles?" asked a middle-aged woman.

"Yes, Auntie."

The middle-aged woman said, "Come in and pretend!"

"Okay!" Li Le parked the tricycle and went in carrying the bag.

"It's all here, take a look."

Li Le went over to take a look and saw that they were all glass bottles and could all be collected.

Because the quantity was not large, Li Le finished packing them quickly and said to the middle-aged woman, "Auntie, there are thirty-one bottles in total. Four bottles cost one hundred yuan. I'll make it an even number for you, eight hundred."

The middle-aged woman took it and counted it. The money was correct and she said, "Yeah! Just right."

"Auntie, don't you have any other junk to sell?" Li Le asked again when he was about to go out.

"No more." The middle-aged woman shook her head and said.

"Auntie, do you have any bottles or jars, or some old plates?"

"Do you collect bottles and cans too?" the middle-aged woman asked Li Le in surprise.

Because no one has ever collected these things before!

"Of course I will, but I only take the old ones, not the new ones."

Hearing what Li Le said, the middle-aged woman thought for a moment and said, "You wait."

After saying that, he went into the house, and after about five or six minutes, came out carrying a large pile of plates.

There were at least thirty or forty of them, which made Li Le's eyes light up because the plate looked like an old item.

Of course, not all old items are valuable, only those with seals and inscriptions are valuable.

Because these are basically fired in official kilns or more famous folk kilns. As for those that are not, they have no value at all.

The same thing from the Qianlong period, if it comes from the official kiln, the price is definitely very high, and some more famous folk kilns also have high prices. However, those fired in small folk kilns may be worth some money, but they can't be sold at a high price, so they can be used to deceive those who don't know much.

"It's all here, take a look." The middle-aged woman put down the plate and said to Li Le.

"Yeah! Let me take a look."

Li Le picked up a plate, turned it over and took a look at it. Li Le's eyes lit up because there was an inscription underneath the plate.

It's a pity that it's only from the late Qing Dynasty. It's an antique, but its value won't be too high.

Next, Li Le looked at a few more, but none of them had inscriptions or seals, so Li Le put them aside. After he finished looking at them all, he found one with an inscription and three with seals.

In other words, only these four are valuable, and the rest are useless.

"Auntie, I'll take these four plates and give you 10,000 yuan for each. What do you think?"

"How many?"

"Ten thousand!"

"Sold! Sold." shouted the middle-aged woman.

Ten thousand yuan is a lot of money. Even if you buy new plates like this, you can buy a bunch of them with ten thousand yuan.

In this era, the purchasing power of ten thousand yuan is still acceptable.

"By the way, you just said that you want bottles and jars too, right?" asked the middle-aged woman.

"Yes!"

"Wait!" After saying that, the middle-aged woman went back into the house.

Later, a few more vases were taken out. Li Le looked at them and took one. It was a flowerpot from the Yongzheng period.

Li Le accepted it with 20,000 yuan, which made Li Le very happy. Li Le didn't know much about antiques, but he could read!
In this era, counterfeits are rare, and even if they are, they are unlikely to appear in ordinary people's homes.

In the next few days, no matter where Li Le went to collect waste, he would always ask at the end if there were any bottles and cans for sale.

This also resulted in a significant reduction in Li Le's income in the past few days, and sometimes he even broke even in a day.

There are just a lot more bottles and jars, plates and bowls in the space.

Feeling that he had gained a lot, after dinner that night, Li Le said goodbye to the two sisters Zhao Yanran and rode out on his tricycle.

He wanted to go to Uncle Guan's house and let Uncle Guan take a look. If it didn't work, he should stop the purchase immediately.

When Li Le arrived at Uncle Guan's house, it was already completely dark. Li Le went up and knocked on the door, and soon the door opened.

It was Uncle Guan who opened the door. Seeing Li Le was stunned for a moment, he asked, "Is it you? Why are you here so late?"

"Uncle Guan, I received some things, but I don't understand them, so I want you to help me take a look."

"Oh! A lot?"

"Not many, maybe just a few dozen!"

Hearing what Li Le said, Uncle Guan really wanted to say to him: Do you have any misunderstandings about Buduo?
"Bring it in!" Uncle Guan agreed to help him look at it.

For those who know the business, this is not difficult at all. Some things can be recognized as good at just one glance.

Li Le pushed the tricycle into the yard. When he was almost there, Li Le took out all the things from the space and put them on the tricycle.

After entering the courtyard, Li Le took out two paper bags from the tricycle, handed them to Uncle Guan and said, "This is a gift to you, please accept it."

Inside the paper package were some pig heads, which were bought outside, and a pheasant braised at home.

Of course, wine is also indispensable. A bottle of Lotus White was prepared by Li Le for Uncle Guan.

(End of this chapter)