Chapter 17: Second-hand Market

After a delicious breakfast, Wang Yuanchao bought 10 scallion pancakes, 10 tea eggs, and 10 fried dough sticks, packed them up and took them away, walked to a deserted place, and put them in the static space.

Then I came to the guesthouse near the train station, took out the letter of introduction, booked a room for 4 days, and started to travel around the entire Star City, which is a big city with a population of millions.

There are two department stores and about twenty supply and marketing cooperatives throughout Star City.

Wang Yuanchao started buying things with the ticket he bought at the black market last night.

For two days, Wang Yuanchao kept going to the supply and marketing cooperatives and two state-owned stores in Xingcheng.

I bought two large iron pots with two handles; two casseroles for making soup; two aluminum pots for boiling water; two iron pots for frying; four large oil cans; four kitchen knives and chopping boards, and two military kettles.

Ten small ceramic jars filled with salt, sugar, MSG, star anise, cinnamon, pepper and other seasonings. As well as daily condiments such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc.

There were also two iron thermos bottles with inner liners, two iron washbasins, two iron buckets, and two iron kettles for boiling water.

I bought 43 pieces of soap, 72 pieces of soap, 20 pieces of toothpaste, 5 toothbrushes, 10 face towels, and 10 bath towels.

I bought 50 kilograms of white sugar, 50 kilograms of brown sugar, 55.6 kilograms of fruit candy, 41 kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy,

10 large bowls, 10 small bowls, and 10 plates, and 6 large bowls for soup. I also bought two spatulas, two chopsticks, a soup spoon, a colander...

I bought 40 kilograms of cotton and 20 kilograms of toilet paper. These are all good.

However, the amount of cloth coupons Wang Yuanchao bought in the province was 149 feet. It took him a lot of effort, a lot of running around, and a lot of talking before he bought 40 feet of black cotton cloth, 40 feet of gray cotton cloth, 40 feet of white cotton cloth, and 29 feet of army green cloth.

Six pairs of Jiefang rubber shoes, three pairs of cotton shoes, and two pairs of leather shoes.

Then Wang Yuanchao came to an alley next to the train station, where there was an old lady who was very good at making clothes, but she didn't make clothes because she was too old, so her daughter-in-law does it now.

The coats, cotton-padded jackets, bras, and cheongsams are all made very well. The cheongsams made by the old lady in the past are even more unique. Not only are they all handmade, but even the flowers and stripes on them are embroidered with thread. However, no one wears cheongsams now.

Wang Yuanchao provided the materials and asked the old lady to customize two five-pound mattresses and a ten-pound quilt.

Three sets of cotton coats and trousers, three sets of gray Zhongshan suits, three sets of black people's suits, and six sets of green imitation green military uniforms.

Six white cotton shirts, six white cotton sweatshirts (similar to T-shirts), and six green sweatshirts.

Due to the tight schedule and heavy workload, Wang Yuanchao only had two and a half days to complete the work. After Wang Yuanchao added 5 yuan, the old lady immediately agreed to do more processing for Wang Yuanchao, ensuring that he could get the goods on the morning of the day he boarded the train.

Wang Yuanchao took the bus and slowly came to the Xingcheng Second-Hand Market.

Seeing the big sign of "Xingcheng Second-Hand Market" with the characteristics of the times, Wang Yuanchao sighed in his heart.

I found it funny in my heart. If the protagonist in the period novels in the online novels of my previous life really wanted to find a bargain, it would rather go to a junk shop than come here to find a bargain.

The second-hand market is also state-owned, and the prices offered here are higher than those at the scrap collection station.

So in this chaotic situation, many things have ended up here.

After entering the gate of the second-hand goods market, I found many large warehouses next to the yard. There were many bottles, jars, cans, copper basins, etc. randomly placed on the floor of the warehouses...

Tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, boxes, antique shelves, a large bed, and a large wardrobe that can take up an entire wall. The antique shelves are filled with vases, small ornaments, small boxes and the like.

Wang Yuanchao came here mainly to buy some furniture to put in the bamboo house. He was about to go to the countryside, and Wang Yuanchao planned to decorate the bamboo house, so when Wang Yuanchao bought iron pots and other items, he bought double the amount.

"Comrade, I want to buy some suitable second-hand chairs. Can you give me some advice?"

"I'm busy. See that warehouse? Go look for it yourself. Once you find it, come here for an estimate. OK?"

Wang Yuanchao gave the staff a wry smile and said:

"Okay, I'll come out when I find it."

After saying that, he walked towards the warehouse where the furniture was placed.

As soon as I entered the warehouse, I found that both sides of the warehouse were filled with various kinds of furniture.

It just seems that most of the furniture is newly made, after all, Xingcheng has been burned down by a fire, and Wang Yuanchao did not expect to find many old items in the mountain of furniture.

Before he could finish his thought, Wang Yuanchao suddenly found a dressing table made of golden nanmu wood that looked very similar to the one in his memory. The patterns painted on this dressing table were extremely complex and exquisite, and were incompatible with modern craftsmanship. However, the mirror on the dressing table should have been replaced, and the entire mirror surface was very modern and clear.

Wang Yuanchao gently scratched the leg of the dressing table, and when he looked again, a golden mark appeared in his eyes.

As soon as Wang Yuanchao entered the warehouse, he got off to a good start. He was very excited and immediately put the dressing table into the bedroom of the space bamboo house.

Then he continued to search in the warehouse, and then he actually found two hand warmers in the furniture warehouse. The hand warmers were made of copper and looked extremely exquisite. At first glance, they were used by young ladies from aristocratic families in the feudal era to warm their hands. He put them into the space without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Yuanchao saw a large European-style bed placed against the wall in the warehouse, with a soft and comfortable mattress on it. It was obviously a mattress made of springs.

This time Wang Yuanchao didn't care whether the bed had been used by someone else. You know, apart from the dry toilets, the thing Wang Yuanchao was most uncomfortable with was the beds of that era.

Although Wang Yuanchao was an ox or a horse in his previous life, the bed he slept on had a latex mattress, which made him feel soft when he slept on it.

The beds of that era were all wooden beds, and only those with better conditions would have a mattress or quilt. Even if there was a mattress or quilt, it was still hard to sleep on, and it was very uncomfortable to sleep on for a long time.

Wang Yuanchao immediately and decisively put the European-style bed into the bedroom of the space bamboo house, and then, without thinking, he swept away all the dust, bacteria and dirty parts on the bed.

The entire European-style bed and mattress looked brand new, which made Wang Yuanchao very happy.

Wang Yuanchao was happy for a while before he continued to look for furniture. The warehouse was not big, and he finished looking around the warehouse in a short while.

During this time, Wang Yuanchao bought desks, mahogany armchairs, mahogany dining tables, some mahogany and huanghuali wood backrest chairs and stools, rosewood wardrobes, bookcases, and peach wood cupboards, etc.

Slowly, the bamboo house with four rooms and two living rooms was filled up.

Finally, at the innermost part of the warehouse, Wang Yuanchao suddenly saw a large model.

Wang Yuanchao walked in and took a closer look. It turned out to be a wooden bed with mortise and tenon joints.

Wang Yuanchao gently scraped the bedposts and found that they were golden in color.

"Tsk tsk tsk." This wooden bed made of golden nanmu wood could be put in a museum in the previous life. He decisively put it in the second bedroom of the bamboo house, and then found some furniture next to it to fill the space left by the wooden bed.

Wang Yuanchao glanced at the bamboo house and found that most of the furniture he needed was there.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Wang Yuanchao doesn't want to stay here any longer.

I found four sturdy chairs with reclining backs, carried the items in both hands and walked to the entrance of the flea market to pay.

(End of this chapter)

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