Chapter 58 Bought a Watch
"Snacks, snacks, lunch boxes——"
Gu Yuehuai was awakened by the attendant's shouting, followed by a strong aroma of rice. However, this aroma blended together with the smell in the carriage, which really made him lose his appetite.
She glanced sideways and saw a flight attendant pushing a dining cart walking down the aisle.
The woman next to Gu Yuehuai leaned over to take a look and asked loudly, "What lunch box?"
"Celery fried pork with rice, one triangle, plus two taels of food coupons!" The attendant said, picking up the aluminum lunch box from the dining car and handing it over, but the woman waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no! I don't want to eat!"
After saying that, he glanced away.
The flight attendant glared at her unhappily and continued pushing the dining cart forward.
Gu Yuehuai took out a date and started eating it. The date had a strong sweet flavor, even more fragrant than rice.
The woman's eyes lit up, and she didn't care that Gu Yuehuai's family was a landlord. She said with a flattering face, "Hey, Ni'er, where did you get these dates? They smell so good. Can you give me one?"
"No." Gu Yuehuai's voice was very calm, and he didn't look embarrassed at all after rejecting someone.
The woman's face turned dark, she gritted her teeth and made a "Pah" sound, then turned around and started muttering to the person sitting on the other side.
Gu Yuehuai didn't care.
Time passed, and at around five in the morning, Zhou Lanshi arrived.
As soon as the train stopped, people got off with their bags, large and small.
Gu Yuehuai touched his bulging pockets to make sure the money and ring were there before he carried the basket off the train.
Zhoulan City.
She had been here in her previous life, but this was her first time in this life.
Gu Yuehuai got on a large bus and rode all the way to Qingliu Street, which is the most lively and prosperous place in Zhoulan City, and the consignment shop is also here.
When she arrived at Qingliu Street, it was just dawn.
Gu Yuehuai turned left and right all the way and finally arrived at the "Qingliu State-owned Consignment Store".
A consignment shop is an industry that buys and sells used items. At that time, goods were scarce and many things were supplied with coupons. In order to subsidize their lives, ordinary people entrusted their unused old items to consignment shops for sale.
Consignment stores greatly alleviated the shortage of supply items and also met the needs of many low-income, undocumented people.
Gu Yuehuai looked up at the familiar consignment shop for a few times, then lowered his eyes and sat down on the steps by the roadside. The consignment shop was not open yet, so he had to wait a little longer.
She hadn't been squatting there for long when people started lining up in front of the consignment shop.
Everyone carried a basket on their back, which was mostly filled with defective items such as pots, pans, and bowls.
Gu Yuehuai also stood up and lined up.
About an hour later, the master from the consignment shop finally arrived.
He opened the door, cleaned it up, and then asked people to come in.
Gu Yuehuai followed the team in, and the master had already begun to assess the value of the goods.
Qingliu State-owned Consignment Store is not very big. It is just a simple storefront with a wooden counter. An elderly master sits behind the counter. The consignors put their items on the counter and the master evaluates and then quotes a price.
The items on consignment are varied, but the prices are generally not high.
Soon it was the turn of the person in front of Gu Yuehuai, a young man. He took out a watch with a lonely look.
Haishi brand watches are the hottest brand nowadays.
The old master put away his casual look, picked up the watch, touched it left and right, and after making sure it was not damaged, he said, "It's well maintained. The price is twenty. What do you think?"
Hearing this, the young man gave a bitter smile. He had spent a hundred dollars to buy this watch, but he didn't expect that he could only sell it for twenty dollars after falling into poverty. But he still had younger siblings at home who were starving for food, so what else could he do if he didn't sell it?
He nodded: "Okay, twenty is twenty."
The old man chuckled, put the watch away, took out twenty yuan and handed it to the young man. When the young man took the money, he said, "You can redeem it within a month. No more after the expiration date."
The young man looked numb and had no reaction.
Redeem? What can I redeem?
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "I don't plan to redeem it, can I get more money?"
The old master's eyebrows moved, and he paused with his watch in his hand, thinking for about ten seconds, and said, "I can give you five more dollars."
The young man was delighted and said in a loud voice, "Okay! Five dollars is five dollars! I won't come back to redeem it again."
The old master nodded and handed him another five dollars.
The young man took the money and left. Gu Yuehuai stepped forward, took out the jade ring from the cloth bag and handed it over: "It's an heirloom in my family."
The old master took a look at it and couldn't help but gasp. He immediately put on his glasses and examined it carefully. He murmured, "This is top-grade jadeite with outstanding water color. It is as transparent as glass and has blue flowers floating on it."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Gu Yuehuai again: "Comrade, do you really want to sell it?"
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Master, how much do you think it's worth?"
Jade was glorious during the Qing Dynasty in Cixi and was highly sought after by celebrities. In the early years of the Republic of China, it was crazily loved and sought after by the general public and was considered a fashion indicator.
It is said that Du Yuesheng, the former tycoon of Haishi, once spent a sky-high price of 40,000 silver dollars to buy a pair of jade bracelets for his wife, which shows the value of jade.
The old master was silent for a while, then gestured a number: "Six hundred."
As soon as the number came out, the people in the queue started to get agitated. They only dared to sell pots, pans, and old clothes. They were lucky to get one or two yuan. Six hundred yuan? I had never heard of it!
Gu Yuehuai did not hesitate for long. She did not have time to go to several stores to compare prices. Besides, she was most familiar with this consignment store, so she nodded in agreement.
The old master smiled, counted out the money and handed it to Gu Yuehuai: "It can be redeemed within one month, but not after the time limit."
Gu Yuehuai nodded, took the money but did not leave. She glanced at the watch placed on the counter. It belonged to the young man just now. She asked, "Can you sell this watch to me?"
She was not pretending to be a good person and was not planning to redeem the watch back to the young man, she just needed a watch.
The time in the Sumeru space cannot be controlled by the sun, and she is often anxious and hurried. She really needs a watch to tell time, but watches are too expensive. One costs at least ninety to one hundred and twenty yuan. It would be nice if she could buy a cheap one from a consignment shop.
"Watch?" The old master was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and happily took out the watch from the counter.
There are more than one watch in the consignment shop, including Haishi brand, Masi brand, Tiechengxi brand, etc., all of which are big brand watches, but the one that looks the best maintained is the Haishi brand watch just sold by the young man.
Gu Yuehuai pointed at the watch: "I want this one, how much is it?"
The old master didn't hesitate and held up three fingers: "Thirty-five."
You can make ten dollars by reselling a watch. It turns out that consignment sales are a profitable business.
Gu Yuehuai nodded, spent thirty-five yuan to buy the watch, and put it on his wrist.
When she left the consignment shop, she had transformed from a poor woman with hundreds of dollars in her pocket.
It is nine o'clock in the morning now. I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. The ring has been sold and the money is in hand. I think I don't need to stay in Zhoulan City at all. I can take the train back today. This letter of introduction wasted.
Gu Yuehuai raised the corner of his lips and turned to leave, but heard an angry curse: "Let her go! You kidnappers!"
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