The process of buying a tricycle was not smooth, for the simple reason that it was out of stock. Even if you have money and tickets, if there is no stock, where can you buy it?
After a day of fruitless efforts, Zheng Dandan suddenly had an idea and took Sun Cuilan to the scrap yard.
"What are you doing here? It's so dirty everywhere!" Sun Cuilan looked at the scrap station with disdain. Although she was from the countryside, the station had always been clean and decent because Zheng's father used to be a worker.
When scrap yards collect scrap, it's inevitable that it's a bit dirty.
"Taobao!" Zheng Dandan answered cheerfully. She ignored the shabby surroundings and walked over to the old man working there, asking, "Excuse me, are there any broken tricycles here?"
"One of the tricycles is broken. What happened?" The old man looked at Zheng Dandan and asked.
"Can I buy it?" Zheng Dandan asked in surprise. She just wanted to try it and didn't expect that she could actually find it.
"Little girl, why did you buy this? The tricycle can't be ridden anymore, it's broken." The old man kindly told Zheng Dandan.
"Can I take a look?" Zheng Dandan asked, not backing down at all. In her eyes, it didn't matter if it was broken, as long as she could afford to fix it.
"Okay, look, it's right there, take a look." The old man pointed to a place not far away and said to Zheng Dandan.
Zheng Dandan followed the old man's instructions and saw a tricycle.
"What's wrong with this car? Why was it thrown away? Uncle, do you know the specific reason?" Zheng Dandan asked the uncle at the scrap yard as she walked forward.
"The tires are broken, the brakes don't work, and there are dents on the car body. It's not cost-effective to repair it, so it was just sold as scrap metal. You came early, if it were tomorrow, the car would have been dismantled." The old man said after taking a puff of his pipe.
"I really want this car. Can you sell it to me?" Zheng Dandan said to the old man after finishing the inspection.
"Do you really want it?" The old man paused smoking.
"Really!" Zheng Dandan nodded firmly. "Whatever price you offer, if it's right, I'll take it."
"Fifty." The old man rolled his eyes and said to Zheng Dandan.
"Fifty? Why don't you just go and rob it?" Sun Cuilan, who had been quiet until now, couldn't sit still anymore after hearing the old man's offer. She shouted angrily, "This is just a pile of junk, and you still want fifty?"
Zheng Dandan also put away her kind smile and said calmly to the old man, "Uncle, if the price is right, I'll take it, but yours is outrageous, and I don't want to be taken advantage of. Twenty-five, if you can, I'll take it. If not, you can keep it and sell it for scrap metal."
"Twenty-five? Even twenty dollars is too much for me!" Sun Cuilan glared at the old man and said dissatisfiedly.
"Forget it, little girl, how about I sell it to you for thirty yuan? I just want to earn enough money to eat." The old man said with a pitiful expression.
"Twenty-five, you can still make some money. If it doesn't work, we can only try somewhere else." Zheng Dandan insisted. She was not simply bargaining in half, she had thought carefully about this number.
The old man was about to disagree, but when he saw Zheng Dandan really pulling Sun Cuilan away, he quickly stopped them, "Twenty-five is twenty-five, let's just be friends. If you need anything in the future, you can come to the scrap yard and have a look."
"Deal!" Zheng Dandan turned around. "Send it to the repair station and I'll give you another dollar."
"Okay." The old man nodded repeatedly. He had a scrap collection truck. He could put the tricycle on it and send it over. It would only take a few minutes. The repair station and the scrap station were not far away.
"My girl, is it worth spending so much money?" Sun Cuilan asked Zheng Dandan after the old man left.
"Of course, and it's super cost-effective." Zheng Dandan looked confident.
"Then why was this car thrown into the scrap yard?" Sun Cuilan was puzzled.
"It's a great deal for us, but not necessarily for others. Different things have different values in the hands of different people." Zheng Dandan explained, and gave examples to help Sun Cuilan understand better.
"For example, we buy cars for business purposes, and we value their practical value. It doesn't matter how old or good-looking they are. With this car, our sales will at least double. Others, however, care about different things. Some want face and a nice new car, while others want convenience, but repairs aren't cost-effective..."
After hearing this, Sun Cuilan was thoughtful.
As they were talking, they arrived at the repair station, and the old man from the scrap yard was waiting for them.
"It's delivered." The old man looked at Zheng Dandan with a smile.
Zheng Dandan understood, took out twenty-six yuan, and handed it to the old man, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, it's not hard. You can come to me if you need anything in the future." The old man smiled widely after taking the money.
"You guys want to fix this tricycle?"
The repairman looked at the broken tricycle brought from the scrap yard, frowned, and asked Sun Cuilan.
"That's right, the brakes of this car are not working properly, there are dents on the body of the car, and there are no tires. Please fix it." Zheng Dandan nodded and stated the problems with the tricycle.
"It will cost forty dollars to repair so many things. Are you sure you want to repair it?" The maintenance engineer looked at Zheng Dandan suspiciously.
"Sure." Zheng Dandan said, in order to reassure the repairman, she even took out forty yuan to show him.
"Okay, then you guys wait, it will take at least half a day to fix this car." The maintenance master said that it is simple to install tires and repair brakes on the car, but there are too many dents on the car body, which makes it more troublesome to deal with.
"Okay." Zheng Dandan agreed.
"This shabby car actually costs seventy-six!" Sun Cuilan sighed.
"It's much cheaper than buying a new car, and no industrial ticket is required." Zheng Dandan is very optimistic. In fact, it is indeed a good deal. A new car only costs 380 yuan!
"Okay!" An hour later, the maintenance engineer came over and said to Zheng Dandan.
"What is this?" Zheng Dandan, who was inspecting the results, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the tricycle. The tricycle was intact, green, and looked brand new.
"I gave you a layer of paint. Little girl likes beauty, so what does it matter if it's gray?" The maintenance master smiled and showed a kind expression.
"Thank you, I'm very satisfied." Zheng Dandan said, and took out an extra five dollars to give to the repairman.
"This is just like a new car!" Sun Cuilan exclaimed. Seeing the car after repair, she instantly felt it was worth it. As expected of her daughter, she knew to buy a car at the scrap yard. What a bargain!
"We agreed on forty, so it's forty. You can take back the extra money!" Seeing this, the maintenance engineer returned five yuan to Zheng Dandan.
"Keep it for your family. It's my gift." Zheng Dandan insisted. She rarely cared about a few dollars, even tens or hundreds. She argued repeatedly because she didn't want to be taken advantage of.
"What am I talking about?" The maintenance engineer was used to being honest, and was a little at a loss for a moment.
"What's wrong with that? This is what they call good deeds being rewarded." Zheng Dandan smiled and said, "Just think of it as me paying you for the paint job."
After saying that, she sat in the driver's seat of the tricycle and took Sun Cuilan away.
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