Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0311 Trust Store
"Nan Yi, Nan Yi."
After Liu Zhen went to work, Nan Yi went out for a walk. Unexpectedly, after he had taken a few steps, someone called him.
Looking at the face of the person opposite him, Nan Yi quickly searched his name. He was not his college classmate, nor his high school classmate, nor his junior high school classmate, nor his elementary school classmate... Then he remembered, wasn't this Chen Yicai, the future godfather of the Fairy Sister? The city is really not that big.
"Chen Yicai, old classmate, we haven't seen each other for many years. Where did you make your fortune?"
"How can you make a fortune? You are still in school. What about you? Where are you?"
"As for me, I went down to repair the earth with honor five years ago, and retired with honor last year. Now I have no job and am an unemployed young man."
"Stop it. I heard that you passed the exam in 1977. Seriously, where were you assigned?"
"Unemployed young man, serious."
"Are you going into the sea?" Chen Yicai looked Nan Yi up and down.
"I guess so. I'm making money selling digital watches. I go to the south and buy a digital watch for 5.5 yuan and sell it for 8 yuan. I make 2.5 yuan per watch, so I can make at least 20 to 30 yuan a day."
"That must be more than a thousand a month. Is that really how you earn it?" Chen Yicai's eyes widened .
"It's OK, but the price of the electronic watch has to drop. The good days are coming." Nan Yi sighed and said, "Why aren't you in class at this time?"
"What class? I'm interning at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. I won't talk to you anymore. I have something else to do. Do you have a phone number? Leave it to me."
"Okay." Nan Yi told Chen Yicai the landline number of the old villa, and then the two said goodbye.
Stopping to watch Chen Yicai walk away, Nan Yi muttered, "Nan Yi's grandson has talented classmates too."
Nan Yi remembered that Chen Yicai should be a third-generation postal worker, as both his grandfather and father were in the postal and telecommunications system.
Strolling along, Nan Yi finally arrived at Wu Renpin's house.
"Sister-in-law, Wu Renpin's grandson is not here, let's hurry." Nan Yi started joking when he saw Wu Meifeng pasting matchboxes in the main room.
"Don't joke with your sister-in-law. I'll go pour you some tea." Wu Meifeng said with a smile.
"I'm not thirsty, don't bother me." Nan Yi moved a stool and sat opposite Wu Meifeng to help paste the matchboxes. "How much do you pay for one now?"
"No, the street match factory is in a recession, so it's good to be able to get the money. Did you just come back from outside?"
"Um."
"You came back alone?"
"Sister-in-law, why are you imitating your husband? I'm telling you, stop thinking about my Ruoyin."
"Look at what you said. My Xiaowei is not worthy of Ruoyin?"
"Sister-in-law, let's not talk about this topic. Her parents are not dead yet."
"What do you mean by parents or not? Didn't you raise Ruoyin with all your heart and soul? If you can't make the decision on her marriage, who else can?"
"Free love, free love."
Wu Renpin and his wife are really obsessed with their baby and mention him every time they come.
Fortunately, Wu Meifeng did not pursue the matter further and started talking about Wu Xiaowei.
"Xiaowei's academic performance is not good, and he has become a bad person. I have been called by the teacher twice, and I am almost embarrassed."
"What's wrong?"
It is not acceptable to sue the parents these days. If the teacher wants to meet the parents, it is basically a big deal.
"What else can a boy do? He had a fight with his classmates. The first time, three of them beat him up, and he injured two of them. The teacher called me over, but I didn't complain, so it was considered someone else's fault. But the second time, he called two people to beat up the one he didn't beat up last time. It was also three against one, so this time it was his fault."
"Ha, Xiaowei is very brave."
"He's too naughty. He's not afraid of his dad beating him. Last time, Renpin was so angry that he hung Xiaowei on a tree and beat him, but he still couldn't teach him a lesson. He forgot the pain in three days. I don't know when the teacher will call me next time."
"Haha, as long as you and Renpin are willing, I'll beat him up for you and make sure he behaves well in the future."
"You won't hurt anyone, will you?" Wu Meifeng asked excitedly.
"I don't hit people. Now there are more people being shot at, so I took Xiaowei to the execution ground to watch the shooting. After watching a few times, he will be afraid."
"Forget it, the child is still young and could easily get scared into something bad."
"Look, you're feeling sorry for him again. You don't have to go to the target practice, but you still have to teach him well. Don't let Xiaowei become a playboy."
"Of course they have to be taught. Renpin said that if it really doesn't work, they should be sent to the school for children of officers and soldiers. The supervision there is strict and they won't have the chance to get out and cause trouble."
"That's fine, sister-in-law, don't be too pampered."
"How can I be favored?"
Nan Yi complained in his heart: "You still don't love her, you're almost pampering her to the sky."
Wu Meifeng really dotes on Wu Xiaowei. Maybe she feels that Wu Xiaowei's family conditions were poor and they treated him unfairly in the first two years after he was born. During that time, no matter what Wu Xiaowei wanted to eat, Wu Meifeng would find a way to make it for him.
This is because Wu Xiaowei has never been exposed to more luxurious food, clothing and daily necessities, otherwise, who knows what he would want to eat.
"Sister-in-law, the TV at home hasn't been replaced yet?" Nan Yi glanced at the TV on the TV cabinet and deliberately changed the subject.
"Why change it? This one is pretty good. I bought a three-color plastic sheet and stuck it on the TV. It will become a color TV if it's black and white. It's only 50 cents. Be careful and it can be used for two years."
"My sister-in-law is really good at managing life. But your TV is a little small. You can buy a TV magnifying glass to make the picture look bigger."
"I've seen the thing you're talking about. It's not easy to use and it hurts my eyes. It's a little small now, but I can still see clearly. Recently, both of them have become obsessed with watching Huo Yuanjia. They go to the next door every night. There's a VCR next door, so they can watch the tapes."
“Isn’t it on TV?”
"No, I heard that the Guangdong Provincial TV station aired it, but I don't know when the Beijing TV station will air it."
"It should be soon. I've seen Huo Yuanjia. It's very positive and has a lot of patriotic educational significance. The Imperial TV station should broadcast it."
Last night, Nan Yi did not see the videotape of "Huo Yuanjia" on the shelf where videotapes and records were placed in the old house. He originally thought that Liu Zhen was watching it on TV, but now it seems that she was watching it on a videotape.
I didn't see it on the shelf, I guess it was lent to someone else.
In order to prevent Liu Zhen from being out of touch with the world and to give her more entertainment, movie or TV tapes, newspapers, and magazines, whatever she wanted to watch would be delivered or mailed to her regularly.
"It's good that it's on. I want to see what kind of TV program has obsessed the father and son so much." Wu Meifeng said with a complaining tone, and then said to Nan Yi: "Will you stay here for lunch?"
"Forget it, sister-in-law, don't think about it. I'll treat you to mutton hotpot at noon. The weather is getting cooler, so eat something to warm your stomach."
"How can this be? You are visiting my house, so how can I let you treat me?"
"We are just friends, why do we need to be so particular about this? Will Xiaowei come back for lunch?"
"No, the road is too far. There is a state-owned canteen next to the school, and he eats there all the time."
"Then leave him alone."
Nan Yi stayed at Wu Renpin's house until dinner time. He didn't go to Donglaishun, but just found a restaurant that served mutton hotpot. In order to avoid suspicion, Nan Yi asked the school beauty to sit down and eat with him.
The school beauty is much prettier than Wu Meifeng, and she is younger too. It would be difficult for gossipmongers to turn a blind eye and spread rumors about Nan Yi and Wu Meifeng.
Even if he wanted to pick an angle to take some photos, it wouldn't work because Nan Yi and the school beauty were sitting next to each other. If he only took a photo of Nan Yi and Wu Meifeng and insisted that the two of them were having an affair, it would be very unconvincing.
After finishing their meal, Nan Yi and Wu Meifeng said goodbye to each other at the door of the restaurant, and Nan Yi didn't even think of seeing them off.
After standing at the door of the restaurant for a while, Nan Yi saw that this place was not far from Beixinqiao. There was a trust store in Beixinqiao, which was also the place where he had fought before. He thought about going over to take a look.
The road is not far, so I decided not to drive.
Nan Yi and the school beauty walked side by side, with Shan Pao and Hu Cub following closely behind. It didn't take long before they arrived at the Beixinqiao Trust Store, which is called a commission shop in Beijing dialect.
Trust store, the name sounds like it is related to finance, but it is actually a pawn shop.
This is not accurate either. Pawnshops exploit and oppress ordinary people, but trust shops do not. They serve the ordinary people.
Trust stores are generally divided into two parts - the sales department and the purchasing department.
The sales department is responsible for display and sales, and the acquisition department is responsible for acquisition and consignment. In fact, "trust" means acquisition. After the clerk and the customer negotiate the price, the item is sold directly to the trust store. As for how much the store sells it for, the customer has no right to interfere.
“Commission” is also the price negotiated by both parties at the final sale price, and the store has no right to change it.
Once the item is sold, the store will charge a certain handling fee; if it is not sold, it can be redeemed intact.
There is also an unwritten rule in trust stores. Ordinary customers can search for or buy items in the sales department at will, but if they do not have items to sell or "entrust", they must not wander around or stay in the purchasing department, and they must not "go against the flow" and intercept items that customers want to sell or "entrust" at the door of the purchasing department.
When Nan Yi was dealing in antiques, he had to go through a trust store, and he did it in two steps.
The first step: go to the door of the state-owned antique shop and intercept the seller. This step is only about buying and not selling. My family is short of jars for pickling pickles, so what's wrong with me buying one?
Of course, if someone really wants to deal with Nan Yi, they won't reason with him, so this step is still done secretly, and they will have to run away at the slightest sign of trouble.
The second step: Of course it has to be sold, but not directly to the end buyer. Instead, it is entrusted to a trust store to sell on its behalf. The purchase department is entrusted with the sale, and the goods are put on display in the sales department, where the buyer comes directly to buy them.
This step requires a key person, a person inside the trust store. One of the purposes of Nan Yi's coming here this time is to reminisce with him.
"Old Kan, you don't look like you'll die for a while." Nan Yi rushed into the acquisition department and shouted to someone inside.
