While Li Nian was washing up, Li Jingjiang imparted some of his experience in traveling and dealing with people. Li Anran naturally listened obediently.
After Li Nian was done with her work, the siblings followed Li Jingjiang out. However, before he left, Li Jingjiang took out two locks and locked the door of his bedroom and kitchen.
"Look, Li's house is locked!"
"Nonsense, how can I not lock the door? If it were me, I would lock it too!”
"That's right, that's right. The Jia family is too outrageous. They're actually so insidious. How can we not be on guard?”
"I say, is what Li An said true?”
"In my opinion, there's no wind coming from a hole!”
"I really didn't expect Master Yi to be such a person.”
"This is very normal. Who asked him to be an orphan? He definitely wants to have a boy and a girl.”
"If you ask me, Qin Huairu is still the best at scheming. With a simple ring, she tricked everyone!”
"Silly Zhu, that kid usually looks like a smart person. Why is he so stupid?”
"It's indeed quite silly. He was tricked from his early thirties to his forties and still couldn't find a wife. Under normal circumstances, his children would have already gone to primary school!”
"If you ask me, he deserves it! The little things were clear, but the big things were confused. Was it so easy to marry a widow?”
"You guys just wait and see. The Li family kid has torn apart this group of people's loincloth. There will definitely be a lot of good shows to watch in the future.”
"I didn't expect the Li family's kid to be so blind when he's angry.”
"Silly Zhu is the best fighter in our courtyard. He was thrown to the ground and spat out blood today.”
"He's probably going to the mountains and the countryside. He's worried that his family will be bullied, so he's deliberately showing off, right?”
"With Li Dapao around, why would it be so troublesome?”
"Speaking of which, I'm really confused. What's going on with Li Dapao?”
"I heard about this from my father. Let me tell you, this Li Dapao…"
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Li Anran didn't know what the people in the quad were talking about their family. Even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
Accompanied by her sister, Li Nian, the two of them took the bus directly to the largest Wangfujing Department Store.
Before leaving, Li Jingjiang packed the money and tickets for the two of them, as well as the 600 yuan he had extorted from the beasts.
With such a large sum of money and to buy things for her own brother, Li Nian was very generous when she went shopping in the department store.
With Li Jingjiang taking care of the cotton-padded clothes, there was naturally no need to buy them. However, he still had to buy sweaters, underwear, underwear, socks, boots, and so on.
Especially the quilts. He bought four beds, and they were all big quilts for two people.
At first, Li Anran felt that it was too wasteful to buy this kind of double, but Li Nian said that if he met a girl who was close to him, wouldn't he be able to use it?
Regarding her sister's thoughts, Li Anran expressed that she was definitely her biological sister. She could only "reluctantly" express that she would listen to the other party.
However, Li Anran didn't just buy things for herself. When she was halfway there, she dragged her sister to the place where bicycles were sold. Then, she took out 158 yuan to buy a Phoenix bicycle, saying that she could only bring the things she bought back with a car.
But in reality, there was a 'nest neck' in the Wangfujing Department Store. To put it bluntly, it was a porter and delivery worker in the future.
These people all had their own tricycle to send customers who needed it home with their goods.
However, Li Anran bought the bicycle for her sister, so no matter what Li Nian said, she couldn't win over her brother.
She knew that this car was bought for her. Although she complained about Li Anran's wasteful spending, her heart was sweeter than honey!
After buying a good car, Li Nian thought that the place her brother went to was too remote and his living conditions must not be good, so she wanted to buy him a watch.
In fact, Li Anran had the same idea. In recent years, it was really troublesome to know the time without a watch.
However, in his opinion, there was no need to buy a new watch, so he dragged his sister to the largest commission shop on Wangfujing Street.
This place was also called a trust shop or a trust bank. To put it bluntly, it was a place for the common people to sell things and consign things.
Li Anran had not spent the past 18 years in vain. She knew the environment and some famous places in Beijing very well.
Wangfujing was in Dongdan, so the two of them pushed their bicycles to the commission shop in Dongdan.
In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a shortage of goods, and almost all purchases required tickets. Take the bicycle that he had just bought as an example. If Li Jingjiang had not gotten a bicycle ticket, and it was a ticket for Phoenix Bike, he would not have been able to buy it even if he had money!
On the other hand, the items in the commission store did not require tickets. People would put their unused items in the commission store to sell. On the one hand, it could supplement their own living expenses, and on the other hand, it also provided an opportunity for others to alleviate the shortage of daily items.
Li Anran had always wanted to buy some old items from the commission shop. In the future, he could take out any one of them and buy a house or even a building. But now that he had a cheat, he really didn't have to rely on this business to make money.
After all, although old items were valuable, they had to be circulated. If it was kept at home, no matter how valuable it was, it would only be a number.
Therefore, Li Anran thought very clearly that he definitely wanted the old item, but he was not in a hurry.
When he came back from the countryside, he would collect some of them. He would only collect the best ones. In the future, he could open a private museum like some people. It was not for money, but purely for collection.
He had to admit that Dongdan's commission store was indeed one of the four largest commission stores. There were many second-hand watches.
The price of these watches varied, and it was basically related to the color. On the contrary, no one cared about the brand.
Li Anran originally only wanted to buy a domestic Shanghai watch, but he did not expect to see a watch that was famous in the future.
"It's actually a pak philippe and a gold pocket watch?”Li Anran was very surprised.
Although he didn't know which model it was, watches of this brand had always been very expensive in the future.
"Little comrade, you have good taste." An old master walked over with a smile." This is an imported pocket watch. The owner was in a hurry for money, so he put it here for sale.”
There were two ways to commission a store to buy and sell items. One was to buy them out at a fixed price, and the other was to help the customer sell them on commission.
If the owner was satisfied with the price set by the shop, he would naturally buy it out. However, if they were not satisfied, they could also choose to sell it on commission.
"Master, how much is this watch?" Li Nian saw that her brother really liked it and quickly asked.
"180 yuan." The old master quoted an unacceptable price.
"So expensive? You can buy a new watch with this price." Li Nian didn't care if it was imported or not. In her opinion, watches were used to tell the time. Even an imported watch with Roman digits and a small dial was not as useful as a Shanghai watch in her opinion.
"You can't say that. You have to have a ticket to buy a watch.”The old master was not angry, and his attitude was rarely kind.
The salespeople in this era were getting more and more powerful. Only an old master like him would have such a good service attitude.
"But a Shanghai watch doesn't cost 180 yuan. It's not that expensive even if you include the watch tickets you bought in Pigeon City.”Li Nian argued.
"But this is an imported watch, and it's a gold watch.”The old master explained with a smile.
"How much is a gram of gold now? How many grams of gold can we use for this money?”Li Nian was not fooled." But my brother really likes this. Can you make it cheaper?”
"Sorry, this is the price set by the owner. I really can't bargain.”The old master shook his head.
"How about this? I'll contact the owner and negotiate with him.”If it weren't for the fact that she could tell that her brother really liked this watch, Li Nian wouldn't have bothered to go through so much trouble.
"Sis, stop bargaining. The owner must be in a hurry to use the money. Otherwise, he wouldn't have set the price so rigidly.”Li Anran tugged at her sister's arm." Didn't you hear what the old master said? This is a gold watch." If he really needed money in the future, he could still sell this watch for money.”
"You, you only know how to spend money!”Li Nian reached out and gently tapped her brother's forehead." Forget it. Since you like it so much, then buy it." But, old master, there won't be any problems with the quality of this watch, right?”
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems.”Seeing that the transaction was successful, the smile on the old master's face grew even wider." The owner has always been very meticulous in using it, and he usually takes good care of it. If he wasn't really short of money, he wouldn't have been willing to sell this watch.”
"If you're still worried, I'll give you a receipt later. If there are any problems later, you can come and find me with the ticket. Even if the shop doesn't recognize it, I will!”
"Old Master, are you familiar with the owner?”Li Anran heard something.
"He is indeed an acquaintance." The old master did not lie and nodded frankly.
Hearing this, Li Anran was relieved. No wonder his attitude was so good. It turned out that he was helping an acquaintance sell things.
As for why the other party didn't help raise some money, or what happened to the owner to even sell the gold watch, Li Anran didn't know and didn't want to know. As long as the watch was fine, it was fine.
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