HCB Chapter 231 Waste Utilization
Chapter 231 Waste Utilization
Before daybreak, the women of Shenjia Village got up early and set up pots in the backyard of the inn to steam dry food.
However, after getting to know the innkeeper last night, it wasn't that he stopped steaming dry food for them, but that they needed too much dry food, and there were other guests in the inn, so they were really too busy to handle it.
However, the innkeeper bought their kudzu root powder yesterday and sold half of it to Mr. Qian, so he made some money.
Thinking that Shen Zhiqiu and the others could not wander around the city, nor could they stay too long, they had to leave the city gate when it opened.
He sold all the remaining food in the inn, which was needed for this morning, to Shen Zhiqiu and his friends at a low price, still using the same price as before the price increase.
Shen Zhiqiu and the others are already very grateful. Now it is not a question of whether food is expensive or cheap.
They can't buy them even if they have money, but the post station outside the city can sell some to them, and they can stay there.
But the post station outside the city could not sell them so much food, because it would take them a whole day to enter the city. Otherwise, how would the other people who came to the post station eat that day?
When the morning sun rose, Shen Zhiqiu and his group bid farewell to the post station again and walked towards the city gate.
Behind them were many businessmen they had met last night seeing them off, and the innkeeper Wang waved and said: Remember to come back next time you pass by here.
At the city gate, at the south gate yesterday, the gatekeeper named Sun deliberately swapped shifts with others, and only felt relieved after watching them leave with his own eyes.
After all, it was his responsibility to let Shen Zhiqiu and others in.
Shen Zhiqiu clasped his hands together and said, "Goodbye, Sun Tou."
Officer Sun waved his hand and said, "Have a safe journey."
Old Lady Hua is in high spirits because of the good news. She made some money from selling the old things yesterday, and woke up with a smile this morning: "The people here are all good people!"
Shen Youyou chuckled, there are indeed a lot of good people.
The big businessman, Mr. Qian, traveled all over the country. He not only bought ceramics in Huguan County, but also bought grain from other places. Before leaving, he saw the shopkeeper directing the waiter to help load the grain onto their car.
After asking about the situation, I sold some to them at the purchase price.
Shen Youyou felt a little guilty for letting the innkeeper make money from him, but fortunately, the innkeeper was a kind man and sold the kudzu root powder for 500 coins per pound.
Thinking this way, I should be able to earn at least half.
In fact, Shen Youyou was overthinking it. Mr. Qian had no shortage of the money he earned from Pueraria lobata powder. For something as rare as Pueraria lobata powder, he would put it in an exquisite porcelain bottle as a gift.
It will be much more useful at that time than the little money you earn.
Shen Zhiqiu could think of this, but Shen Youyou couldn't. It has nothing to do with intelligence, it's mainly a matter of experience.
And the peddler, Brother Wu, because Shen Youyou woke up early in the morning, he suddenly thought of something and ran to find the waiter.
I asked the waiter to help me find the peddler from yesterday, and bought all the colorful silk threads for weaving.
It was still dark when I called the seller. The seller didn't ask for an exorbitant price and instead gave me a much lower price.
Even Shen Youyou couldn't help but sigh that they had met only good people along the way.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the place where Manager Wang told her yesterday where defective ceramic products were piled up.
Since she just happened to pass by, it would be a shame not to go down and take a look. Besides, she came here specifically.
When Shen Youyou said that there were discarded ceramics ahead, everyone in Shenjia Village was so excited that they walked faster unconsciously.
But when I arrived at my destination and saw the pile of ceramic fragments like a mountain in front of me, I felt a real toothache.
"Oh my! How come all these good things are smashed to pieces?"
"They are all unusable. The ceramic steel is all broken."
Everyone was talking about it.
Shen Youyou didn't care. She lowered her head and looked around, her eyes attracted by a hint of blue. Fragments of blue and white porcelain were scattered on the ground. Although they were covered with mud, the blue and white colors were particularly eye-catching under the sun.
She bent down to pick it up, and there was a group of cranes playing in the water, and there were lotus flowers dotted around, like the bottom of a plate.
"Ahem, Yo Yo! Um, what are you doing picking this up? Let me tell you, this thing was an antique in our past, but it's not an antique now."
Oops, Shen Youyou, who was originally in a good mood, was frightened by his father's mysterious behavior.
Thinking back to what her father said, she was filled with black lines on her forehead: She was not a fool, how could she not know this? Could she really go to ancient times to pick up antiques? Even if she picked up antiques, she couldn't travel back in time!
I was speechless about my father's idea: "I want this to be useful and make some extra money. Let everyone help me pick it up first. It doesn't have to be blue and white porcelain. Other colors are fine. As long as they are brightly colored, the more the better."
After hearing this, Old Lady Hua looked at Shen Youyou with a particularly strange look:
"What are you doing? Are you jealous of your uncles who have nothing to do? They just sold Eucommia bark yesterday and freed up a few cars, and you want to pick this up again? What? It's already so broken? Can you still stick to it?"
Shen Youyou smiled and answered directly: "I can!"
Old Lady Hua rolled her eyes and said, "Even if you use the fish bladder glue made by your uncle, it's useless. No one wants this crap."
Shen Youyou felt that this matter was not easy to explain, and even if she explained it, her grandmother and the others would not understand, so she just lied:
"I'm really useful, and I can really help everyone make money. You can help me pick them up first. When we get settled tonight, I'll tell you how to use them."
Since she has said so much, there is nothing more for others to say. Generally speaking, Shen Youyou will not go back on her words once she has said them so confidently.
Everyone, from old to young, male to female, parked their luggage and began looking for colorful ceramic fragments in the mountain of ceramics.
She also did not forget to greet: "As long as it has colors, it can be with flowers, any flowers are fine, any beasts, fish, insects, flowers, birds, rocks, anything is fine, as long as it has blessings, it is fine."
Old Lady Hua complained: "How many of us do you think can read?"
Shen Youyou choked and suddenly thought of something: "Grandma, I don't know other characters, but you know the character 'Fu' that is used during the Chinese New Year, and the character 'Xi' that is used when getting married?"
Okay, most people recognize these two words. It’s hard to say whether they can be written or not, but they definitely look familiar when they see them.
"Hey, do you want to take a look at this? I don't understand what this is. It's just a blue patch, and it looks like some kind of leaves, with so many densely packed together."
At this time, Erya suddenly spoke up. Shen Youyou ran over happily and took the fragment from Erya's hand.
"What is this painting? It looks like the leaves of a ginkgo tree, but not quite. It seems that not all craftsmen in ancient times were skilled!"
But it doesn’t matter. This may be a different kind of beauty. “Yes, yes. I only want this blue one. No matter what’s painted on it, just keep it. We have a free car anyway.”
At this moment, Sister Taohua also shouted happily: "Yoyo, the one I picked up has lotus flowers and mandarin ducks."