Then privately find someone to sell it to them, things coming out of the recycling center are much cheaper than outside.
A lot of people at the factory do this, just give the leader a bit of a kickback during the reclamation.
Liang Hongmei thought it was a good idea, picked up a roll of grey fabric and put it in the car, Lin Wan took the white one and grabbed a roll.
A roll of fabric can make a dozen pieces of clothing.
Lin Wan took a liking to a fabric with a white base printed with tree leaves and topped with red leaf roots, it felt like chiffon but had some cotton. She planned to take two rolls, she had just grabbed one roll, and as she reached for another, the staff stopped her.
"Hey, hey, you can only take one roll, no more. This one is part of our own bribed portion anyway."
He had stock at home and didn’t need so much. He usually sells it to the collector who comes by, but seeing they wanted it today, he gave it to them since they paid an extra penny anyway.
Lin Wan saw the staff stop her and knew there was some insider information, but didn’t ask further and obediently put it back.
Before weighing, the staff checked carefully and got the weight approved.
"Comrade, the wood totals five hundred forty-eight jin, one penny per jin, you need to pay me five yuan and forty-eight cents. Books are also one penny per jin, twenty-eight jin, you pay me two dimes and eight cents. That box of discs, bottles, and jars, you give me two yuan, those are all good things, unused. This foot warmer weighs four
kilograms, eighty cents. Three batches of fabric, four cents per jin, a total of two thousand six hundred twenty jin, totaling one hundred and four dimes and eight cents." The staff calculated, totaling one hundred thirteen yuan and thirty-six cents. Lin Wan cheerfully paid the money, smiling as she tugged her mom towards the new home.
Everything else was cheap, just the fabric was a bit pricey, but she could make clothes from them. When she sells them, just selling a dozen would earn it back.
Though not much furniture was found, they were all useful and made of good wood.
Lin Wan knew there are three recycling centers in the city.
After they placed everything properly, the mother and daughter didn’t feel tired. They had a simple lunch outside. Then they went to two other places.
Believe it or not, diligence pays off, they truly found two pieces of calligraphy and paintings that were undamaged.
Lin Wan found a nice ink stone and a Yixing clay teapot. Plus, a set of golden-threaded phoebe wood desks and bookcases, very well preserved, just missing a leg. This doesn’t affect much, just find a carpenter to fix it later.
The recycling center staff seemed not to know about these, gave a whole set estimated price rather than weighing, bought it for twenty yuan.
Unexpectedly, when they got home, while Mom was sorting through the three batches of old goods they brought back, she found a wooden box in a cabinet drawer.
The box was exquisite, even locked from the outside, Lin Wan was very excited, went out to find a hammer to smash open the old Chinese lock.
Sure enough, there were goodies inside: besides a jade ring, there was a crescent-shaped pendant with green streaks in its blood-red hue. Besides these, there was also a very decorative item looking similar to a teapot. Lin Wan and Liang Hongmei didn’t know what the item was, but judging by its exquisite appearance, it should be something valuable.
Liang Hongmei laughed and jokingly put the pendant on Lin Wan, saying, "Ha-ha, now our family has heirlooms. This is for you, the ring for my future daughter-in-law, and this teapot-like thing for my grandson when I’m old."
Lin Wan touched the pendant around her neck and laughed at Mom’s words, never expecting Mom to have such a cute side.