The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 298, Camera

After sending Sha Zhu and his family away, Li Weiguo raised his hand and looked at the time. It was just before ten o'clock, and the heavy snow outside had stopped. He just happened to go out and deliver things to his master.

So he left immediately, put out his cigarette butts, picked up the clothes, shoes, hats and radio he bought for the old man, locked the door, put on his bicycle and walked out.

After leaving the courtyard gate, we rode for a few minutes against the biting cold wind, and soon arrived at Heizhima Alley.

When I arrived at Master Wang Zhenhai's house, I didn't knock on the door. I just opened the door and went in. At this time, my old man was sweeping the snow in the yard with a broom.

"Master, I'm here to see you."

When Mr. Wang heard Li Weiguo's voice, he turned around and said with a smile: "You brat, didn't you say you'd only come here on New Year's Eve? Why are you here now?"

Li Weiguo pushed the car to the corner of the courtyard and parked it, and said with a smile: "Hey, there's no rule not to come before New Year's Eve."

"I bought you some clothes and tried them to see if they fit you. If they don't fit, I'll change them for you." Li Weiguo said as he untied the things from the back seat of the car.

Hearing that Li Weiguo had spent money on him again, Mr. Wang couldn't help complaining: "I have plenty of clothes and no shortage of them. Why are you always buying them for me? It's a waste of money."

Although he said this, Mr. Wang was still very happy to be remembered by his apprentice all the time, and the smile on his face never stopped.

"If there is no shortage, we can buy a few more sets to wear." Li Weiguo said with a smile.

"Okay, if you buy it, buy it. Let's go inside first to warm up by the fire. It's very cold outside."

With that said, Mr. Wang stopped sweeping the floor, put the broom aside, and led him into the house to keep warm.

After following the old man into the house, Li Weiguo put all the things in his hands on the dining table, then unpacked them one by one and took them out.

"Master, please try on these clothes, shoes and hats first."

"haha okay."

After buying everything, Mr. Wang didn't show any pretense and just tried it on.

Not to mention, the items were all bought according to the old man’s size, and they basically fit, and the old man was very satisfied.

After trying on clothes, shoes and hats, the old man put away the clothes. When he saw a cardboard box on the table, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Weiguo, what is this?"

"Guess?"

"Keep it tight, let me guess a ball. You can talk about it or not."

Mr. Wang rolled his eyes at him, ignored his pretense, and went to get a thermos to make tea for him.

Yes. This old man is not cooperative at all.

So instead of whetting his appetite, Li Weiguo directly opened the cardboard box of the radio.

The carton was opened and the Shanghai brand Fang Tuo Tuo was taken out, which immediately caught Mr. Wang's attention.

"Hey radio? Great stuff! Where did you get the ticket?"

"Given by Cao Demao from the finishing workshop."

Sent by Cao Demao?

When Li Weiguo said this, Mr. Wang knew what was going on.

Everyone in the Security Department knew about the arrest of Tong Jian, the second oldest child in the Cao family, in the past two months. As the manager, it was normal for Li Weiguo to be asked to visit him.

Although he acknowledged the origin of the ticket, the old man still complained: "A radio costs more than a hundred. Why do you spend so much money? You really have money to burn."

Li Weiguo smiled and said: "Hehe. I see that you usually live alone and are lonely. I will buy you a radio so that you can listen to the cross talk broadcast no matter what. It will just relieve your boredom."

The old man shook his head, there was nothing he could do about it, but his apprentice was very filial and bought everything, so he would use it first. In fact, he had wanted to buy it for a long time, and the tickets were easy to deal with, but he was used to living a frugal life. I just don't want to waste that money.

After taking the radio, Mr. Wang quickly plugged it in and fiddled with it a few more times. A clear broadcast sound soon came from the radio.

Seeing his skillful operation, Li Weiguo couldn't help but asked curiously: "Huh? Master, have you ever played with it?"

The old man smiled proudly: "That's right, I think back when I was fighting against the Japanese and the fruit army, I never seized anything, not to mention radios, I also played with a lot of gramophones."

As soon as he talked about the past years, the old man became interested and couldn't help but chat a few more words. Li Weiguo smiled and did not disturb his interest. He just sat aside and listened quietly, echoing a few words from time to time.

When we were chatting happily, the old man suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, by the way, I seized something back then. You young people may like it. You wait here and I will get it for you."

With that said, the old man got up and went into the bedroom, and soon he pulled out a satchel.

"Master, what is it?"

"See for yourself." The old man handed over the satchel.

Li Weiguo took it curiously and opened the satchel, revealing a camera inside.

Open the brown camera leather case, carefully take out the camera inside, and take a closer look. The body is made of metal and black, with the word "LEICA" on the body and case. The serial number on the body is 108.

"Let me go, Master, where did you seize this treasure?"

Li Weiguo was shocked when he saw this thing. He recognized it at a glance.

This is the rare prototype of the Leica 0 series.

This thing is a good treasure.

The Leitz camera (Leica for short) was the world's first mass-produced 35mm camera and is considered a milestone in modern photography.

20世纪20年代中期第一台徕卡相机问世前，恩斯特·徕兹（ErnstLeitz）于1923年至1924年间生产了大约23款0系列原型机。

Due to various reasons, only a dozen Leica 0-series prototypes have survived from later generations, and the rest were all damaged in the war years.

Among these surviving prototypes, two rare prototypes with serial numbers 122 and 105 were auctioned for astronomical prices of 240 million euros and 1440 million euros respectively, breaking the world record for the most expensive camera in history.

I didn't expect that such a rare treasure would be seized by my master by chance. I have to say that the old man is really lucky.

Mr. Wang said with a smile: "I got it from killing a Japanese officer on the battlefield."

"Originally I wanted to hand it over to my father-in-law, but this thing was malfunctioning at the time. Our boss gave it to me when he saw that it was of no use. Later, it took my boss's efforts to find someone to fix it."

"This thing can still be used. If you like it, go ahead and play with it. It will just eat dust if you leave it here."

Mr. Wang also knew that Li Weiguo usually liked some weird old objects, and he wouldn't ask for them if he was given money. It seemed like he was too rich, so he simply gave him this treasured trophy.

Li Weiguo's eyes lit up: "Really? Then I will take it away?"

"Take it away." The old man waved his hand and didn't care.

After getting the old man's permission, Li Weiguo was overjoyed and couldn't put it down and started playing with it.

Taking pictures is a very luxurious thing these days. Going to a photo studio to take a one-inch black and white photo costs 40 cents, and a two-inch photo costs 70 or 80 cents. Color photos that are colored are even more expensive, and the price goes up exponentially. People cannot easily afford it.

With this wonderful machine, I will look for some 35mm film later. If it can be used, I will be able to take photos freely. At most, I will have to spend some money on developing the photos.

After playing with it for a few times, Li Weiguo carefully put it back into the case and put it away, planning to take it out to try again when he had time.

After delivering the things to the old man, Li Weiguo didn't stay any longer. He chatted with the old man for a while, then swept the snow for him, and then returned to the courtyard with the things.

When they returned to the courtyard, Shazhu and his wife had just come back from outside. They carried a dozen large and small bags of non-staple food, and they happened to meet Li Weiguo at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Brother Youzhu, sister-in-law, are you back from shopping for the New Year?"

"Yeah, I just went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some non-staple food." Silly Zhu responded.

Then Shazhu saw that he had just come back from outside, and asked him in a low voice: "By the way, Weiguo, that vote we talked about earlier?"

Li Weiguo smiled. It seemed that Silly Zhu was quite anxious, but he didn't intend to stretch him. He took out the sewing ticket from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Here are the tickets for you to get back."

"Hey. Thank you, Weiguo."

Silly Zhu and his wife were immediately overjoyed, as they finally had what they had been longing for.

So the couple didn't hesitate and brought him forty yuan when they got home.

After getting the sewing ticket and putting away his things at home, Shazhu couldn't wait any longer. He borrowed a bicycle from Yuyu and immediately headed straight to the department store with his wife.

About an hour later, the couple returned in a hurry carrying a Shanghai brand sewing machine.

As soon as they returned to the courtyard, the news of Shazhu's family buying a sewing machine quickly spread throughout the courtyard.

No one expected that Sha Zhu, a tough-headed man, would become more assertive so quickly. First he married a wife, and now he bought a sewing machine. His life became more and more prosperous as time went by, which really made many people envious.

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