Chapter 407 Tips for Saving Money

With Yan Bugui's suggestion, Jia Zhangshi and Liu Haizhong no longer wanted to continue arguing. Yan Bugui's words perfectly solved the needs of both of them.

"Bicycle spokes are easy to get. Even if you don't have any at home, there are plenty of them in the scrap collection station." Jia Zhang thought about it and realized that this thing was easy to find and didn't cost much money.

"How about this. Old Liu, Old Yan and I will go out and see if we can get some spokes back. We'll give it a try first. If it works, we'll use the spokes temporarily. If not, we'll make some new ones." Yi Zhonghai was of course trying to save money at this moment. He had some savings, but they were all he was going to use for his retirement.

The little pension he received every month was just enough for his daily needs. The most important thing was that Yi Zhonghai had discovered that this Bang Geng actually had no special ability, as evidenced by the fact that he had previously been competing to do business with the Yan and Liu families.

Everyone in the entire compound knew the nature of these two families. It was okay for them to value profit over loyalty, but the most important thing was that they were unreliable. Yi Zhonghai had never seen these two families do anything reliable.

"This is easy. There are a lot of repair shops with this stuff. Let's go and ask if there are any discarded ones." Yan Bugui had a good plan. If we go to a repair shop to find some scrapped spokes, then it would be easy to collect all the stuff if we go to a few more repair shops.

Yi Zhonghai nodded in agreement. It would be best if this thing didn't cost any money.

The three old men had nothing to do all day, so now that they had something to do, it was a good time to go out and do some exercise. So Yi Zhonghai picked up his cane and went out with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

Now Yi Zhonghai is still not completely well, and he needs a cane to support his body when he goes out. Although he is not as old as the deaf old lady, his movements are almost as good as hers. Every time he picks up the cane, Yi Zhonghai always thinks about how he became like this.

Of course he wanted to take revenge on Li Shengli, but how could he do so since he was an old man on his deathbed, had no children, and no money? People in the courtyard said that Li Shengli was about to buy out the entire courtyard.

The only thing Yi Zhonghai could think of and do was to guard his house and not sell it to Li Shengli no matter what, even if he died.

The following scene appeared on the street: Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong were walking in front, and Yi Zhonghai was following behind them with a cane, stopping to rest from time to time.

Although Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui are not young, they are still in good health and have no problem walking and jumping.

Yan Bugui was walking in front and looked back at Yi Zhonghai from time to time. He thought about Jia Zhang's character and whispered a few words to Liu Haizhong.

"Old Yi, how about I go and do it with Old Liu? We have to travel quite a lot." As he said this, Yan Bugui glanced at the cane in Yi Zhonghai's hand intentionally or unintentionally. Both parties were unhappy that Yi Zhonghai was traveling with them with a cane.

Yan Bugui's mind was racing faster than anyone else. Jia Zhang said she was going to buy some meat, but Yan Bugui knew Jia Zhang well enough. She was a very stingy person. How much meat could she buy? There were so many people in the family. Couldn't everyone have one piece?

"Oh, that's great. Then I'll leave this matter to you." Yi Zhonghai also realized that he was holding back, but he was not going to get angry with Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong over such a small matter.

"Old Yi, how much meat do you think this old sister-in-law can buy if she goes there?" Yan Bugui did not directly ask Yi Zhonghai to buy meat. As an educated person, he liked to remind others in a roundabout way.

Yi Zhonghai understood now that this was waiting for him here. Although Yi Zhonghai was reluctant to part with his savings, he had to support the couple because he finally had a chance to do something serious. Besides, he was actually a little greedy for meat. He might not be willing to buy the skewers, but if he bought meat to eat, he would be willing to do so even though he felt a little sad. Besides, it was his inconvenience that held them back.

"Then, Old Liu and Old Yan, you go find some spokes to use as iron rods, and I'll go buy some more meat." Yi Zhonghai agreed readily this time. He planned to rely on Sha Zhu for his retirement, but Sha Zhu is busy now. Besides, Yi Zhonghai has never had children, and he has always wanted to experience the joy of family life but has never been able to do so.

It is impossible for Shazhu to have children now, so his hope can only be placed on Banggeng. Banggeng's reputation is not very good now, and the matchmaker is unwilling to find a partner for him. If he had money, it would be much easier for Banggeng to find a partner. Look at Xu Damao now. He has remarried Qin Jingru but is still flirting with someone outside.

Although the pretty girls looked down on Xu Damao, those young widows who were short of money didn't care about that.

The three old men split into two groups. Yi Zhonghai came to the vegetable market to buy some beef and mutton. Although pork belly can be roasted, it is not easy to roast it with an iron skewer. Yi Zhonghai has only seen pork belly roasted on iron plates or stone slabs.

Yi Zhonghai took a look and, based on Jia Zhang's personality, he finally bought a pound of mutton and a pound of beef.

This amount of meat won't fill you up, but at least it can satisfy your craving.

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong began to ask the nearby auto repair shops one by one. In fact, the scrap collection stations may not have these things. People are so smart nowadays. These auto repair shops have cooperation with the scrap collection stations. As long as they have the parts they need, they will let the scrap collection stations keep them.

There were quite a few repair shops that had scrapped spokes. Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong ran around all the nearby bicycle repair shops and finally collected two hundred old spokes. There were various reasons why these spokes were scrapped, but most of them were dirty and needed to be cleaned.

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong looked at these things and thought that they had found most of them. These repair shops had no stock, so if they really needed them, they could either go to the blacksmith shop to buy them, or go to the steel mill to ask them to make some spokes with some scraps, or just buy new spokes directly.

However, in this matter, Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong both believed that Jia Zhang must not choose the first or third option, because she would not want to spend money if it was not necessary.

The two of them returned to the courtyard carrying a pile of worn-out spokes.

Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai had returned a long time ago. At this time, Banggeng had already cut the meat and marinated it according to the secret recipe given by Shazhu. The next step was to skewer it.

"Old Liu, Old Yan, this is all you have found." Jia Zhang looked at the spokes handed to her by Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong with disdain on her face.

"This thing is hard to find, and people won't keep it specifically." Yan Bugui was not angry. He and Liu Haizhong were living under someone else's roof now, so this was not worth his anger.

"Okay, sister-in-law, take it to the kitchen and wash it. When Zhuzi and the others come back, we'll taste Banggeng's cooking. If there's anything wrong, let Zhuzi take a look." Yi Zhonghai acted like a good guy and mediated the conflict between the few people.

Only then did Jia Zhang stop mumbling and went back to the kitchen, soaking the spokes in water. Then she picked up the detergent at the side and squeezed some of it into the water. There was still a lot of grease on the spokes, so she had to soak them in the detergent and water.

(End of this chapter)