Star Tycoon

Chapter 10: Continuing to Collect Junk

"We're collecting school uniforms, only for senior high school girls! Twenty yuan a piece! We'll also take books, only those with good handwriting!"

Tian Ersan quickly pedaled his tricycle to the vicinity of Taoxian No. 3 Middle School.

The best is No. 1 Middle School, followed by No. 2 Middle School and another private school.

The students at No. 3 Middle School are mostly ordinary boys and girls who don't attend school and instead work in the market.

Those with money go to private schools, those with good grades go to No. 1 Middle School or the city's top middle school, and those who can't go to No. 2 Middle School are still good options.

Therefore, the success rate of buying old clothes from No. 3 Middle School is higher. Today is the second day after the college entrance examination, and many people are already short of money.

When Tian Ersan rode over on his tricycle, he attracted the attention of many students.

A boy wearing glasses walked over.

"I have two school uniforms, I'll get them for you in a bit!"

Tian Ersan quickly shook his head, "I don't accept men."

Upon hearing this, the boy quickly asked, "Why don't you accept boys' school uniforms?"

Tian Ersan replied, "No means no. We only accept girls' school uniforms!"

There were quite a few girls chatting at the small shops near the school, and soon a girl with a long braid walked over.

Why are you collecting girls' school uniforms?

Tian Ersan noticed that people were watching nearby. The female student was shy, and more importantly, twenty yuan wasn't a lot of money. Some girls wouldn't sell their school uniform for twenty yuan.

"I collect clothes from big companies, but they only accept female school uniforms for acting or as props. They don't accept male school uniforms because they're easy to recognize."

That's definitely a concern, since some anime fans are quite particular about these things.

The girl looked at Tian Ersan suspiciously, "What company?"

Tian Ersan didn't want to waste words with her. "I can't tell you which company it is, otherwise everyone will be stealing my business. You can sell it or not. I have limited funds, so I'll only take twenty pieces."

The girl quickly said, "I have a school uniform, but twenty is too cheap, thirty!"

Girls in small towns love to haggle, and when they grow up, they often have the same calculating and petty personality as those old women.

Tian Ersan casually said, "Thirty is fine, but you have to give me some unused books and practice papers and workbooks that I've done, and stationery is also fine."

The girl asked curiously, "Why do you need this to put away the clothes? Are you putting away the table?"

In this small county, students bring their own desks and chairs, and then move them with them after graduation.

Tian Ersan shook his head and refused.

The girl seemed quite concerned. "I'm Wang Yue from Class 11. Which class are you in? Are you from our school?"

Tian Ersan laughed and said, "I'm an orphan. I didn't finish elementary school for more than two years. My junior high and high school educations are completely blank. Otherwise, I wouldn't be out here collecting scraps."

Looking at Tian Ersan's smile, Wang Yue suddenly felt very guilty.

"Then I'll go get you your clothes, and I'll give you your books too, since you won't get much for selling them as waste paper anyway."

Tian Ersan rode the tricycle directly into the alley, saying, "I'll go with you; it's not safe to leave this tricycle outside."

Wang Yue happily exclaimed, "Great!"

Wang Yue led the way, and soon they entered an alley less than fifty meters from the school, and after turning a couple more times, they entered a courtyard of a self-built building.

There are many signs of habitation in the courtyard, such as clothes drying in the sun, bicycles parked, and a washing machine.

Just as the two were going upstairs, a woman came downstairs.

The woman, in her forties, made way for Wang Yue when she saw her coming up with a young man.

Although curious, we weren't familiar with each other, so we didn't ask any further questions.

Wang Yue explained, "Landlord, this is a junk collector. I'm selling him the waste paper and clothes from my room."

The landlady wasn't surprised to see Wang Yue bring a boy up, but she was shocked when she heard that he was a junk collector.

"A junk collector? How could such a handsome young man be a junk collector?" The landlady felt it must be a joke.

Tian Ersan smiled politely, offering no explanation.

Wang Yue quickly replied, "It's true, he's an orphan who never went to school, which is why he's collecting scrap."

The landlady was even more shocked; it felt like the first time she had ever seen an orphan in real life.

Even in this place where there are left-behind children everywhere, I have hardly ever seen or heard of any orphans.

A healthy and handsome male orphan?
Tian Ersan felt that this woman was the kind of woman whose defenses could be broken down by simply calling her "Mom," but now Tian Ersan had no intention of randomly recognizing someone as his mother.

"It's only a matter of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan short. I can easily get it by doing something. There's no need to stare into this woman's eyes and call her 'Mom' with such deep affection." "Hurry up, I have a lot of things to do today," Tian Ersan urged.

After hearing what Tian Ersan said, Wang Huiying felt even more uncomfortable and quickly asked, "Are you the only one in your family? Don't you have grandparents?"

Tian Ersan said directly, "No, I don't have any grandparents, maternal grandparents, uncles or anything like that. I'm just a scrap collector. Please don't ask me about these things. Wang Yue, are you still selling clothes? If not, I'm leaving."

Wang Yue also felt a little embarrassed and quickly went upstairs, saying, "Selling! Almost there."

The two walked towards the fourth floor. The stairs in these self-built houses are very small, and they have been added to accommodate more tenants.

Wang Huiying felt that the child was truly an orphan and couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"What's your name? You can come eat here if you get hungry in the future."

"No need, I can support myself!"

Tian Ersan was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Wang Huiying felt even worse. "I also have old clothes to sell. I'll find some for you."

"No!" Tian Ersan said directly, "We only accept school uniforms from graduates, nothing else."

Wang Huiying wanted to keep asking, but Tian Ersan was too busy making money to pay attention to her. There were plenty of women who wanted to be his mother.

Tian Ersan rejected this cheap sympathy!
He's handsome, has a nice voice, is an orphan, and looks to be around eighteen or nineteen years old, which makes him quite likely to evoke sympathy from older women.

Wang Yue quickly led Tian Ersan back to the house. After entering the house, a girl came out from the inner room, saw Tian Ersan and Wang Yue, and then went back into the house.

Wang Yue quickly said, "Li Ying, this is a junk collector. If you don't want your school uniform anymore, you can sell it to him. He'll give you twenty yuan a piece!"

Li Ying initially thought Wang Yue had brought her boyfriend back, and wondered how Wang Yue had found such a handsome young man. Upon hearing that he was a scrap collector, she looked at him with suspicion.

"I'm not selling. I don't have many clothes, and I need to save my school uniform for my sister."

Upon hearing this, Tian Ersan said, "Can you help me ask if anyone wants to sell school uniforms? I only want girls' school uniforms, and I can buy them for thirty yuan each."

It's 2013 already, twenty yuan is indeed a bit little.

Upon hearing this, Li Ying quickly said, "Fifty! I'll ask for you on fifty!"

Tian Ersan frowned, feeling that he might not be earning enough by selling those girls' high school uniforms for two hundred yuan a piece.

Seeing that Tian Ersan remained silent, Li Ying quickly conceded, saying, "Forty-five is fine too!"

Wang Yue couldn't stand it anymore. "Thirty-one pieces are fine. If you want to give your lousy school uniform to your sister, then give it to her. It's not like it's anything good."

Li Ying said helplessly, "Fine, thirty it is, I'll sell it to you for thirty."

Wang Yue said to Tian Ersan, "I'll ask my classmates for you. We girls have a group where we buy clothes for 21 yuan each. Surely someone will sell them. Do you only want the clothes and not the pants?"

Pants?!
Tian Ersan quickly said, "Thirty-five sets! I definitely want one! If it's delivered now, I can give it to you for thirty-five, saving me the trouble of making a trip."

Wang Yue readily agreed and took out her phone to contact her classmates.

"I mentioned it in the group chat, and several people said they'd deliver it right away! How much do you charge?"

Tian Ersan said, "Thirty or forty pieces, I guess."

Wang Yue said directly, "I'll add you to our girls' group, and you can talk to them."

Tian Ersan began to inspect the one-bedroom apartment that the two girls were sharing.

"Let's talk about it later. Let's take care of your business first. I've moved the books."

"I'll help you!" Wang Yue quickly took out a school uniform.

Li Ying was fine with nothing to do. Tian Ersan wasn't an old man or an old woman, and Li Ying was willing to help this handsome young man of the same age.

There are many female students living near the school, so ordinary scrap collectors are unwilling to come and collect scrap. Tian Ersan is handsome, eloquent, and offers reasonable prices, making him suitable in every way.

When the girl moved out, she didn't want to take too much stuff. After quickly moving out her books and school uniform, Wang Yue said directly, "Take whatever else you need."

Tian Ersan walked into the room where the two girls lived and looked at where they were sleeping.

Do you still want the bed sheets?

Wang Yue said apologetically, "The sheets are a bit dirty, and I need to take the blanket home. You can have everything else, including the washbasin and foot basin. It's free."

Tian Ersan said, "Then I'll take what I think is necessary. If you want any of those, just let me know."

Li Ying watched from the side and soon noticed that Tian Ersan didn't rummage through the bed, under the bed, or in the cabinets at all. Instead, he collected a lot of unwanted trash as if he were cleaning up garbage.

Tian Ersan quickly collected the girl's bed sheets, schoolbag, socks...

These things were just things they helped tidy up as trash. Wang Yue and Li Ying didn't think they could sell this kind of trash; they just thought he was a kind person who took the initiative to clean the room.

(End of this chapter)