The auntie didn't ask further. Every family had their own difficulties. If they couldn't manage their own family's affairs, how could they have the energy to manage other people's affairs?
"They're all there. Can you weigh them for me?"
The auntie pointed at a pile of waste paper at the door and said. She estimated that it was about eight to ten pounds.
"Alright." He Yusheng nodded and took out a scale from the snakeskin bag. He went over to weigh the waste paper, but his eyes swept across the courtyard to see if he could get anything.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed. He did not find anything good.
"A total of nine catties and three taels." He Yusheng weighed all the waste paper.
"Wait a moment. I still need some old books in the house. I'll sell them to you as well.”The auntie said as she entered the house. After a while, she brought out a pile of old books.
He Yusheng casually flipped open a book to take a look. It was a medical book. Then, he picked another book from the middle. It was still a medical book.
"Auntie, your ancestor was a doctor?" He Yusheng asked curiously.
"My grandfather was a doctor in his generation, but after that, no one studied medicine anymore. These books are useless and take up space at home.”the auntie said.
He Yusheng weighed it for him. It was a total of five and a half catties.
"Auntie, the scrap paper is nine catties and three taels, and the book is five and a half catties. I won't let you suffer a loss. I'll charge you a total of fifteen catties.”He Yusheng said.
"Alright, thank you, young man." the auntie said happily.
"Here's the money." He Yusheng took out fifteen cents and handed it to the auntie.
After tying up the books and waste paper, He Yusheng carried them out to an empty corner and secretly put them in the system space.
He Yusheng planned to find a waste collection station to sell these waste papers. As for those medical books, he planned to keep them for himself to read. There was no harm in learning some medical skills.
" There's junk for sale, there's junk for sale--" He Yusheng started shouting again.
When he passed by the entrance of a small courtyard, He Yusheng's gaze was suddenly attracted by a bowl filled with water. This bowl was placed here, probably for cats and dogs to drink water.
" The bowl has an open mouth, curved walls, and a shallow circle. It is decorated with green glaze inside and outside. The glaze is thick and smooth like grease. The glaze is covered with fine open patterns of different depths. The deep patterns are black, and the light patterns are yellow. It is commonly known as the 'golden wire' pattern.”
He Yusheng looked at it carefully and quickly saw the origin of this bowl. It was a green glazed bowl from the Ge kiln.
In the future, a green glazed bowl from Ge Kiln was auctioned for a high price of more than three million yuan, but now it was used to feed water to kittens and puppies. He Yusheng could only say that his kittens and puppies were too precious.
"Dong Dong-"
He Yusheng knocked on the door and waited at the door.
Soon, the door opened. A middle-aged man opened the door. When he saw He Yusheng's appearance, he thought that He Yusheng was here to collect waste. He said impatiently,"I don't have any junk to sell at home."
"Big Brother, I'm not here to collect junk. I quite like the bowl at your door. I want to ask if you're selling it?”He Yusheng did not care about the other party's attitude and smiled.
The middle-aged man was quite curious as to why He Yusheng wanted to buy his broken bowl, but he did not think too much about it. He asked,"How much are you offering?"
"Give me a price." He Yusheng said.
"One." The middle-aged man demanded an exorbitant price.
"You want a piece of such a broken bowl? Are you trying to rob me?”He Yusheng pretended to be angry and then turned around to leave.
"Wait, the price can be discussed.”The middle-aged man immediately stopped He Yusheng and smiled apologetically.
"Two cents." He Yusheng bargained.
"Two cents is too low. How about eight cents?”the middle-aged man said.
"If it wasn't because I like it, I wouldn't be able to sell this broken bowl of yours for a single cent. The highest price is 40 cents.”He Yusheng said firmly.
"Deal." The middle-aged man nodded.
"Here's your money." He Yusheng took out 40 cents and handed it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man happily put away the money. In his opinion, the 40 cents was completely picked up. That broken bowl was not worth a single cent. Only He Yusheng would foolishly spend 40 cents to buy it.
"The bowl is here. Take it yourself.”The middle-aged man closed the door and went back happily.
He Yusheng carefully put away the bowl. He had used 40 cents to buy something worth millions. It could be said that he had opened a business.
" There's junk for sale, junk for sale!" He Yusheng shouted happily.
For the next few days, He Yusheng didn't return to school. After visiting this village, he went to the next village. At night, he would find a family to stay in and pay a little for the night.
However, other than the Ge kiln green glazed bowl, he didn't have any big gains. He only found a few ordinary old items, and their value couldn't be compared to the Ge kiln green glazed bowl at all.
He returned to school the day before the holiday ended.
When he returned to school, he carried a bag of local specialties to the home of his form teacher, Zhang Wenhui.
"Xiao He, why are you here? Forget it if he came, what was the point of taking things?”Zhang Wenhui was slightly surprised when she saw that it was He Yusheng.
"Teacher, these are all local specialties that I brought from the countryside. They're not anything valuable. Please accept them. I'm here this time to ask you something.”He Yusheng said.
"What is it?" Zhang Wenhui asked.
"I saw you have a piano here last time and wanted to learn from you.”He Yusheng said.
"I thought it was something important.”Zhang Wenhui agreed immediately. She quite admired He Yusheng. He had good grades and was quite accomplished in music.
"Thank you." He Yusheng laughed.
"Wenhui, who's here?" At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice came from the room. Then, a middle-aged man walked out.
"Xiao He, let me introduce you. This is my wife, Zheng Qian, a teacher in our school's history department.”Zhang Wenhui introduced him to He Yusheng.
"Hello, Teacher Zheng." He Yusheng said respectfully.
"Elder Zheng, he's He Yusheng from our class.”Zhang Wenhui said.
"So you're He Yusheng. That day, when you were on stage, my eyesight wasn't good, so I didn't see it clearly. Your song 'My Motherland and I' was very good, and I really liked it.”Zheng Qian said.
"Teacher Zheng, you flatter me. I'm also quite interested in history. I hope to have a chance to discuss it with you.”He Yusheng said humbly.
When Zheng Qian heard this, he deliberately changed the topic to a topic related to history. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but as the conversation went deeper, He Yusheng was still able to express his views and insights. His face revealed a surprised expression.
"You're still so young, but you've already studied history so deeply.”Zheng Qian praised.
"I'm particularly interested in old objects, so I learned from an old man who has done a lot of research in this area for a while.”He Yusheng said.
"Are you interested in transferring to the History Department?”Zheng Qian said.
"History is just my hobby. I still prefer machinery.”He Yusheng shook his head.
"That's a pity." Zheng Qian said regretfully.
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