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Chapter 156: Successfully Picked Up the Leak (Subscription Request)
Chen Jie nodded vigorously, and then said: "I will protect myself and won't let him bully me."

Hearing her say this, Jiang Ruoan felt a little relieved.

What she hates most is men committing domestic violence against women, which is a sign of incompetence.

As long as a woman dares to resist and fight, the domestic violence man will become a coward.

If you don't resist, there is nothing you can do.

It is difficult to change by relying on others.

"You two come in and have a cup of hot tea. I'll make you some."

"It may take a while to find those things. It won't be that fast." As she said that, Chen Jie took the initiative to pull Jiang Ruoan towards the yard.

Xu Ye took the initiative to walk in, and then Jiang Ruoan took a step forward to go in with him.

Because Liu Futong used to be a driver in the commune, his family was originally quite wealthy.

So, the Liu family has a kettle.

Kettles are not cheap nowadays, one costs more than five yuan.

Ordinary farmers don’t have this thing at home.

"Please sit wherever you like. The house is a bit messy, so please don't mind." Chen Jie said, and then went to get tea leaves to make tea for Xu Ye and Jiang Ruoan.

"Captain Xu, come in and take a look. Is this the notebook? I don't recognize many words." Liu Futong shouted while standing at the door.

His main purpose was to get Xu Ye into the fifth room and let Xu Ye see if there was anything else he wanted.

After all, his brother Liu Futong used to be very fashionable and bought a lot of trendy things.

Xu Ye didn't think much and just walked over.

As soon as he entered the room, Xu Ye saw a phonograph.

"You actually have this at home?" Xu Ye couldn't help but walk forward.

"Yeah, I took it from someone else before my brother got into trouble, but it's broken and can't play songs anymore."

"My brother likes to buy worthless junk and want to fix it up."

"Can we try it?" Xu Ye asked.

He had wanted to buy it before. If it could be repaired and was cheap, Xu Ye would really like to buy it.

Mainly because he saw some vinyl records, he was interested.

"Of course!" Liu Futong grinned.

Didn't he call Xu Ye in just to let Xu Ye take a fancy to these things and become a sucker?
Xu Ye took a look and found that it was still an imported product, an American Puppy brand hand-cranked phonograph.

Xu Ye checked and found that the diaphragm and the stylus were both normal, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he turned the crank and quickly discovered the problem.

There is something wrong with the mainspring or the internal rotation mechanism, and there is no way to drive the turntable to rotate.

Unfortunately, there is no way to directly open it for inspection.

"It's really broken, what a pity." Xu Ye sighed.

Then he flipped through the vinyl records next to him.

There are quite a few of them, about fifty or sixty, and many of them are singers from the Ming Dynasty.

Songs like Bai Guang, Bai Hong, Zhou Xuan, Li Lihua, etc. are all classics.

There were also some from the Soviet Union, which Xu Ye didn't recognize very well.

What surprised him was that there were also some from the United States.

It can be said that the products are quite rich and diverse, and the quality is very good, which makes Xu Ye very tempted.

If nothing else, these LPs are worth buying.

"How about it, is there anything Captain Xu likes?"

"If the price is right, I will sell it." Liu Futong asked anxiously.

Generally speaking, these kinds of music are "degenerate music" and are not suitable for playing in large groups.

"The machines are broken, and I don't know if these records can be played. There's no use in buying them." Xu Ye said calmly.

After all, he couldn't let the other person know that he liked these records.

Liu Futong felt disappointed when he saw that Xu Ye showed no interest.

After all, it’s not easy to find a sucker!

"What about this?" Liu Futong pulled out something.

When Xu Ye took a look, he was surprised to find that it was actually a small motor.

There is no doubt that this thing is broken.

Liu Futong just said that his brother likes to buy some "junk".

To put it bluntly, I just want to find a bargain and see if I can repair it myself.

If it can be fixed, it will be a huge profit.

"This can be used as scrap metal. I'll take it for one dollar." Xu Ye gave a quote.

This motor is not easy to repair, but I think it might be possible to replace it with an electric fan or electric drill.

"Okay, one piece at a time. It's useless anyway. It's really just scrap metal." Liu Futong said happily.

"There is another treasure, it's in this wooden box." As he said that, Liu Futong walked to a wooden box and opened it directly.

After taking a look, Xu Ye's eyes lit up.

"Isn't this the generator used for movies?"

"It's broken?" Xu Ye said as he carefully checked the nameplate.

"3000 rpm, 1000 watts, still OK."

"Didn't your brother send it for repair?" Xu Ye said, then looked away.

If it can be repaired, then electricity can be used.

"My brother wanted to fix it himself and he doesn't know how many times he tried. Unfortunately, he overestimated himself." Liu Futong couldn't help but complain.

Xu Ye nodded. At this time, the drivers really knew how to repair cars, because maintenance was tested during the certification exam.

After all, if there is a problem with the car, the driver needs to repair it himself, so you must be able to repair cars to become a driver.

Liu Futong couldn't fix it, so Xu Ye felt that it would not be easy for him to fix it either.

However, he was still willing to buy it and give it a try. "You name a price, and if it's suitable, I'll take it back and treat it as scrap metal."

"You'd better give me the bicycle's certificate and invoice to confirm first. If there is no problem, I will buy the bicycle first." Xu Ye said very straightforwardly.

Seeing that Xu Ye was not very interested, Liu Futong suddenly became anxious.

"How about this one for 20 yuan?" He directly gave a price.

To him, these are just scrap metal and have no meaning.

His parents were unwilling to sell it, saying that it was left for his eldest brother to keep as a memory.

But after Liu Futong lost money recently, he successfully convinced his parents.

When it rains, we will use a cart to take the goods to the purchasing station of the commune to see how much we can sell them for.

He knew very well that the prices offered by the recycling stations were very low, and they were all treated as garbage recycling.

If Xu Ye is willing to buy it, it will definitely be more than what the purchasing station offers.

"You're selling me a pile of scrap metal for 20?"

"You really think I'm being taken advantage of. Eight dollars is too much for this thing." Xu Ye curled his lips and didn't fall for Liu Futong's trick.

"I can sell it for eight dollars, eight dollars is fine." Liu Futong said with a smile.

"Seven yuan is the most, no more than eight yuan." Xu Ye continued to lower the price.

"Okay, seven dollars is seven dollars." Liu Futong said happily.

Adding the 92 dollars from selling the car, the total is now 100.

One hundred dollars is definitely a huge sum of money!

Thinking of this, Liu Futong quickly handed the documents and invoices he had found to Xu Ye.

Xu Ye took a look and after making sure there were no problems, he took out his agreement and gave it to the other party to sign.

"Wife, come in and take a look at this agreement." Liu Futong shouted, because he could only recognize a limited number of words, not as good as Chen Jie.

Chen Jie did not delay and hurried in to look at the agreement and read it out to Liu Futong.

After listening, Liu Futong confirmed that there was no problem and signed his name.

"Captain Xu, don't you want this phonograph? I'll sell it to you at a lower price." Liu Futong said, pointing at the phonograph.

"Then give me a reasonable price. If it's too expensive, I won't buy it. This thing is probably not repairable."

Liu Futong thought for a moment, then said, "Six dollars, just give six dollars, for good luck."

Xu Ye weighed the pros and cons, and nodded after a few seconds: "Okay, 6 bucks, including those records and the player."

As he spoke, Xu Ye took out some money from his pocket, counted out to 106 and handed it to Liu Futong.

Liu Futong happily took the money, counted it, and put it in his pocket after making sure it was correct.

Xu Ye asked Jiang Ruoan to ride his bike to the brigade headquarters, and then someone came with a donkey cart.

Xu Ye found a bunch of good "junk" from Liu Futong's house, loaded it onto the donkey cart, and took it directly back home.

After arriving home, Xu Ye moved his things into his studio.

Then, he immediately took apart the phonograph.

After taking it apart, Xu Ye discovered that the winding gear had fallen off.

In addition, the spring was installed in the wrong direction, resulting in the inability to wind the watch properly.

Fortunately the spring did not explode or break.

After reinstalling the spring, Xu Ye checked the roll again.

The switch that controlled the turntable was also broken, rusted and broken.

This is easy to repair. Xu Ye just needs to disassemble the entire switch and then forge the parts himself.

He fixed the spring, replaced the barrel, and retightened the screws to secure it.

Jiang Ruyue and Jiang Ruoan were watching on the side. They didn't even cook dinner and just threw it to Li Qing.

Because they all wanted Xu Ye to fix the phonograph so they could listen to what songs were on the records.

Li Qing actually really wanted to join in the fun and also wanted to ride a bike.

She really didn't expect that Xu Ye actually bought a bicycle.

Even though it's second-hand, it's not cheap.

If you have one in the countryside, everyone will be extremely envious.

However, she needed to cook dinner and it was getting dark.

If you want to ride, you can only do so after dinner.

She has to rush to school tomorrow morning, so she definitely won't have time to study.

After she prepared the rice and cut the vegetables, she ran to the door of Xu Ye's studio and took a look.

"How is it? Can it be fixed?" Jiang Ruoan asked curiously when he saw Xu Ye taking things apart and putting them back together.

"It's almost fixed. The only problem left is the switch."

"You can play it now." As he said that, Xu Ye took out a record and put it on the turntable.

Then he moved the needle onto the record, reached a hook into the switch position, and hooked the switch inside.

The turntable slowly turned, making a 'sizzling' sound.

Then, the sound of melody came out from the speakers.

Everyone's eyes lit up and they were very happy.

"When spring comes, the window is full of green. A young girl is showing off her mandarin ducks under her window. Suddenly, a ruthless blow hits the mandarin ducks, and they are separated..."

Xu Ye felt that the speed was obviously slower and it sounded very awkward.

Xu Ye moved the speed regulator and increased the speed a bit.

Then, it sounded much more normal.

It can be said that this phonograph was worth buying and it was a lucky bargain.

Now, Xu Ye was curious whether the gasoline generator could be used.

If it can be repaired, we will make a lot of money this time.

(End of this chapter)