Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

While I was watching, the fish head hotpot was ready and served.

He stopped watching the show while eating and quit watching. He put his phone away.

What we cooked was alcohol wax hotpot, which was very simple and practical. The fish head was fried in the oil pan, and it had a spicy taste and tasted very good.

Winter is a good time to eat hot food because the temperature is low.

"Hello! Excuse me for a moment. Are you hiring waiters in your store?"

Not long after he started eating, he heard a woman speaking to the restaurant staff standing next to the "dining table".

I took a look at the woman and she looked to be around fifty years old.

"Yes!"

The store manager happened to be here and said to her.

"The salary is 1500 yuan, food is provided but accommodation is not, and you get two days off a month, right?"

The woman then asked.

"Yes! Eight hours a day, from 8am to 6pm, or from 12pm to 8pm."

The store manager said to her again.

"If I come to work, can I come tomorrow at noon?"

The woman said again.

"Sure! But there is a three-day probation period. You can continue to work after you pass the probation.

If we can’t pass, we can only continue to recruit people.

Of course, there will be salary during the probation period.”

"I know this. Let me put it this way. I'll come over tomorrow at noon."

After saying that, the woman walked out of the restaurant and left.

1500 a month, the salary is quite low, although food and accommodation are provided.

But at present, in many places in this city, the salary is just this much.

This is basically what many people do when they haven't found a good way to make money.

It was the same when I was a security guard and just wanted to get by.

After eating for a while, two more people came in.

One of them was wearing glasses, and he looked carefully at the other one and found that he recognized him. It was his "neighbor" Chen Mingtao, with whom he had rented a house for more than a year.

Chen Mingtao, who is about 40 years old this year, drives a taxi.

He was not a security guard in his previous life. After the housing estate of the automobile battery factory was demolished, he moved to a new place and rented a single room which happened to be right next to his.

The taxi business was already very bad at that time. Wu Yuansheng often heard him say that he had to drive for almost 10 hours a day and his feet were sore, but he could only earn about 300 yuan.

After deducting various expenses, there is basically no money left for me.

Because he didn't make much money and was a very honest person, his wife divorced him and his child didn't stay with him.

At that time, he often complained that he was a loser and couldn't make money.

Chen Mingtao often buys lottery tickets, but he has never won a "big prize" of more than 100 yuan.

Because he was handsome, Wu Yuansheng jokingly advised him not to complain, and that he might have the chance to meet more rich women, and perhaps be kept by them, thus changing his fate.

But he said it was unrealistic and that he was too honest, so even if there was a rich woman, she would not like his personality.

(Rich women like handsome men, but they also want young and handsome men who are good at talking, talking nonsense, and "cajoling".)

After they came in, they went to the "dining counter" and ordered a few dishes. After paying, they took the dishes to the table next to Wu Yuansheng, served themselves some rice, each scooped a bowl of rice soup, sat down at the table and started eating.

"How much did you run this morning?"

Chen Mingtao asked the man wearing glasses who was sitting opposite him.

"It's about 140 yuan, and it's about 30 yuan on average for an hour's run.

You are not unaware of this situation. With the large number of shared bicycles, various "ride-sharing" services, buses, and private cars, it is not as easy to run as it was a few years ago.

Business is getting harder and harder these days! How much did you make this morning? "

The man with eyes took a sip of rice soup and then spoke.

He looks about three or four years older than Chen Mingtao.

As someone who understands reality and is involved in real life, Wu Yuansheng must be aware of this situation.

"I make less than you, about 120 yuan. If I can find something else to do, I really don't want to do this job.

I have to get up at five in the morning to change shifts, and I work so hard, but I only get so little money a day."

Chen Mingtao said with a sigh.

"It's the same for everyone, but there's nothing we can do. Businesses in other industries are also not easy right now. Look at those store businesses. Some of them were sold after only being open for a couple of months. Apart from the rent, the renovation costs were all wasted."

"These days, that's it, the era of wanting to make big money is almost over.

Those who have resources and connections and can make money have already made money, and those who cannot make big money will find it very difficult to make big money. "

While the two were talking, Wu Yuansheng looked at them and interrupted.

"You have a point! We are not young anymore. We are already over 40. This is our life. It is unrealistic to change careers and do something else. It is basically impossible to succeed."

The man with glasses glanced at him as he spoke.

In fact, this is not necessarily true. People don’t necessarily say that you cannot succeed after the age of 40. The key is to find the right direction. If you don’t find the right direction, you will not be successful at the age of 20 or 30.

In addition, it is also related to personal reasons and whether you can meet a "noble person".

40 is an age of no doubt. You have experienced a lot and have rich experience, so you understand everything.

There is a saying that “Men are in their prime at 41” and it is not without reason.

In short, a person's success is influenced by many factors. Not to mention 40, even if you are 50 or 60, if you are not satisfied with the status quo and encounter opportunities, you may succeed.

"I saw you ordered a hot pot for yourself. Your family must be well off!"

Chen Mingtao looked at him and said the same thing.

"This fish head hot pot is only 30 yuan, how can it be considered good? It's not even as expensive as a plate of beef stir-fry."

Wu Yuansheng also looked at him and said with a smile.

"You're right. The prices in this restaurant are still very cheap and affordable, almost the same as a fast food restaurant."

The man with glasses said again.

"Is that so! If it weren't for the sake of saving time, we could also have a hot pot like this."

After Chen Mingtao finished speaking, he took a sip of rice soup.

"Let me ask you a question. If you drive a sports car at night, are there many women who go to various hotels to do business?"

A man who also looked to be around 40 years old and was wearing a winter hat and was eating at another table asked them.

He also heard their conversation just now.

"Not so much in the winter, more in the summer, and not as much in the past two years as in the previous years."

The man with glasses looked at him and said.

"Really? You taxi drivers should know all the places where you can find women in the city!"

"You are talking nonsense, I'm sure you know. Why, do you want to go? If you do, I'll take you there after dinner!"

Chen Mingtao glanced at the man in the winter hat and said to him with a smile.

"If it was more than a decade ago, when I was young and the money was easy to make, I would really want to go. But now it's not possible. It's hard to make money and I don't have the energy as before."

"You are also a sentimental person!"

"When people reach a certain age, some aspects of their functions are indeed not as good as when they were young."

…………

While we were chatting, we finished our meal.

Chen Mingtao and the man with glasses arrived later, but they finished their meal and left first.

Wu Yuansheng did not leave his phone number with him and had no intention of revealing any of his background.

After all, the two were just casual acquaintances at that time.

In the afternoon, he went to the demolition area to take a look at the old houses that had been moved away and took some videos.

Among the items he found, he thought the ones with relatively greater value included a stack of old cardboard fortune sticks from the Republic of China period, a 1950s glass vase, an incense holder, and an old tea brick.

There are about 53 hexagram sticks among them, which are incomplete. On one side are written "current year's fortune" and "chance to draw", and on the other side is the fortune text.

For example, the signatures on the other side of two of them are:

"The whale has not changed, guarding the river, and cannot rise any higher; one day, its majestic body will change, and I hope you can jump over the Dragon Gate in one leap."

"Every morning I am like a bee collecting flowers, flying southwest and then east; when spring is over and the flowers are gone, my heart remains unchanged and I follow my old path."

The colored glaze vase is yellow-glazed with a five-pointed star pattern on the surface and the word "囍" printed on it. There are many bubbles of different sizes inside, which looks very beautiful.

The incense holder is the size of an adult woman's fist, trapezoidal in shape, engraved with a lotus pattern, and made of bluestone.

The old tea brick was wrapped in yellow paper with a trademark "Unity" on it. It should be from the 70s.

In addition to finding some collections that he thought were valuable, Wu Yuansheng also found 650 yuan in some old newspapers used as countertops in the kitchen of one of the families.

This was not the first time he had encountered money being hidden in a demolition area.

Although it wasn't much, and he wasn't short of money right now, but finding it was also a small gain.

There was also a house of another family. There were some strange stones left behind by the owner after they moved away, and he picked up some of them.

Among these stones, some have beautiful pictures, some have peculiar shapes, and some have materials that appear to be of good quality.

The material is good, such as wax stone, agate stone, or "crystal" stone with a slightly higher transparency.

At around 4 o'clock, he drove back.