Chapter 120 Purchasing Scrap Metal (Fourth Update)
On his way home after shopping, Zuo Shan took a detour to a scrap metal recycling station, where there were all kinds of old scavenging tools, scrapped firearms, and various scrap metal parts.
Looking at the mountain of scrap metal, Zuo Shan selected a pile of the cheapest rusty scrap metal and filled an entire sack.
She bought these for her baby, wanting to see if he could absorb them directly.
If that doesn't work, it's okay. She still has two mutated lemon trees at home, and she also has a lot of inedible, highly radioactive lemon slices that can be soaked in water to remove rust.
As long as the rust stains are removed, Xiaobao can absorb them 100%, and there will be absolutely no waste.
While Zuo Shan was busy negotiating prices with the boss, Pan Duole was also busy.
There was no kettle at home, so she picked out a deformed kettle from a pile of scrap metal. The rubber on the handle had melted and stuck to the metal handle.
The bottom of the pot had been burned dry, leaving two black bulges. It was the kind of pot that no one would buy even if it were in a shop.
She also picked out two deformed washbasin stands and two large beds with broken legs, which were knocked askew.
Considering that her older sister's baby, Ah Chen, would be born soon, and the baby couldn't occupy the crib forever, she felt that she should prepare in advance.
As for whether the broken bed and washbasin stand could be repaired, she wasn't sure, but she had to try. If they couldn't be repaired, she could just consider them scrap metal and not lose out.
Scrap metal is sold by weight in kilograms. A kilogram of good quality scrap metal costs 8 yuan, while a kilogram of heavily rusted scrap metal costs only 3.5 yuan. Zuo Shan picked up a sack full of scrap metal, which weighed a total of 825 kilograms!
The items Pandora selected didn't have obvious rust stains, and should have been priced at 8 yuan each. However, considering Zuo Shan had bought so much scrap metal, the shopkeeper generously shrugged it off at 3.5 yuan each.
The total weight was 850 kilograms, and she should have paid 2,975 yuan, but the shopkeeper rounded it down and charged her 2,900 yuan.
Of course, it's still very profitable to sell it this way. If you sell it to a metal processing plant, they'll only give you 3,000 yuan for a ton of heavily rusted scrap metal, and even the good ones will only sell for 6,500 yuan a ton.
By selling these to Zuo Shan, he would earn at least two hundred yuan more. Even if he had to give up a little profit, he wouldn't lose out and could even attract a potential customer. Why not?
Delivery within the city is included. The boss sent a small truck and delivered both the person and the goods directly to my home. He even added me as a contact and said that if I need any more goods in the future, I can just let him know and he will deliver them to me.
After watching the movers unload the goods and leave in the yard, Pan Duole couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister, the bosses in District 48 are all so easy to talk to!"
"Silly girl, there's a lot to learn about buying and selling things. You'll have to study hard and learn slowly in the future so you won't suffer losses," Zuo Shan said with a smile.
“Yes, I know. Those two beds and two washbasin stands would cost over a hundred yuan more if we bought them separately. From now on, let’s not buy things individually, but save up and buy them together. That way, we can definitely get a discount.” Pan Duole nodded hurriedly.
She used to only know that when buying things at the convenience store, you had to buy them at the marked price, but she didn't know that there were so many ways to save money when buying things.
For example, today I went to the supermarket with my sister to buy a heat-insulating garment. The original price of the garment was 2,588 yuan, but I only spent 1,822 yuan to buy it, saving 766 yuan!
Although the price still hurts terribly, saving 766 yuan makes the pain much less.
Thinking of the clothes, Pan Duole immediately grabbed Zuo Shan, wanting to transfer the money to her, but Zuo Shan smiled and said, "Since you came to this family, everything you collect from the outings has gone to the public. I have never paid you. This set of clothes is what you earned through your labor, so you don't need to pay for it."
“But I didn’t sell the things I collected!” Pandora said.
“But Xiao Bao and I both ate it, so I can’t accept the money. For example, the scrap metal I bought for Xiao Bao today is also the result of its labor,” Zuo Shan said.
“What about chestnuts? We didn’t buy him anything, but he always put in the most effort when we went out to collect them,” Pan Duole said after thinking carefully.
Mao Li: It wasn't for nothing that we spoiled this little girl!
“It’s not that I don’t want to buy things for Mao Li, it’s just that I haven’t found anything he needs yet. By the way, Mao Li, besides high-grade energy stones, is there anything else you need?” Zuo Shan asked.
"I haven't found the high-density metal I need yet, and there's no high-grade energy stone either. I'll buy it when I come across it," Mao Li said.
Even if he encountered it, he couldn't afford it. He silently added in his mind that the highest level of superhumans on this planet was at most level ten, which was not even up to the S level in advanced civilizations.
A plane that cannot produce high-level superhumans cannot possibly give birth to truly advanced energy stones.
The chances of repairing his body are slim.
But he is already very satisfied with this, at least he has woken up from his slumber and can live like a normal person every day.
His family members were all quite good. Although their combat strength was low, at least their character was not bad. Even the little girl he had the least faith in had fused with two mutated plants.
If she has the opportunity to awaken her superpowers in the future, her potential for growth will open up, and who can assess what that will be like in the future?
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