“Come take a look at this one, it’s 3 years old, and it was still in pretty good condition when I brought it here.” 

The shop owner pointed at several other freezers and introduced them to Lin Cheng one by one. “This one, it’s about 60% new, but the kitchen where it was placed before was damp so there’s a little rust on the bottom. As for this other one, this is also…”

Lin Cheng listened to the shop owner’s introduction but did not rush to make a decision.

“Have they all been refurbished?” Lin Cheng asked.

“Oh, yes, these have all been fixed up,” the shop owner admitted but then added, “Don’t worry, I’ve fixed up so many things, big and small, I’m very good at it. I naturally fixed these before I could recommend them to you. Just take them home, plug them in, and you can use them without worries.”

“Are there any that have not yet been refurbished?” Lin Cheng asked again.

Hearing this, the shop owner was quite surprised. “You want something that hasn’t been fixed up yet?”

“I just want to take a look,” Lin Cheng said.

Although refurbished second-hand appliances may look good on the outside, the refurbishment also masked the problems of the appliances. It was difficult for laymen to see what was wrong with them, and it was easy to misjudge the actual service life of the appliance.

In this regard, it was better to just look at the unrefurbished ones.

The shop owner thought about it, nodded, and took Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to a temporary storage area next door.  In this place was stored more than 30 old appliances like refrigerators, freezers, disinfection cabinets…

“These have been brought here but have not yet been processed. Have a look around,” the shop owner said to Lin Cheng.

These unrefurbished electrical appliances still had stains, rust, and dust on them. They naturally looked incomparable to those refurbished second-hand appliances inside the store, but their overall condition was clear at a glance.

Lin Cheng looked around and found a few items in the sizes he needed. He then walked directly to the appliances and examined them carefully–checking their depreciation, status, and operation once the power was turned on.

… …

[I feel like this show will cure Lin Cheng and Momo’s mysophobia] someone in the livestream channel couldn’t help but say as they watched the father and daughter busying themselves among a bunch of old home appliances.

[Haha, don’t even mention Lin Cheng and Momo. I’m almost cured of my mysophobia just watching them go around this place.]

[Momo: I just like cleanliness, I’m not a mysophobe! ]

[Lin Cheng: It’s all because of the pressures of earning a living.]

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the storage area, after checking again and again.

Lin Cheng finally found a freezer, a disinfection cabinet, an air conditioner, a tap water filter, and an air curtain among the pile of home appliances.

Despite some dings and stains here and there, there were no serious problem with the main body of these electrical appliances. It was true some accessories were already aging and damaged, but it should not be a big problem to replace them. The key point was that the motors operated normally.

“What’s the price for these items?” Lin Cheng asked.

The shop owner came over and checked the appliances that Lin Cheng had chosen and said, “You really have a good eye. These appliances were in good condition when they arrived. The scratches on the exterior and the damage on these small accessories are just minor issues. They will be fine after a little repair.”

“But…” The shop owner paused then continued, “You’ve seen the condition of these electrical appliances. They are all good products from big brands, and the motor parts inside are all original and haven’t been disassembled. The price for these items must naturally be slightly higher.”

“How much?”

The shop owner took the calculator next to him, typed a number on it and handed it to Lin Cheng, “This is the price.”

Lin Cheng took the calculator and took a look at the numbers typed on it.

Before coming here, Lin Cheng looked at the promotional prices of various new electrical appliances on the online shopping mall. The price offered by this shop owner was about 30% to 55% of the price of new goods. This was indeed not an exorbitant price.

However, Lin Cheng still pressed a few numbers on the calculator.

“This price.”

“This…” The shop owner looked a little hesitant. “Except for the air conditioner, I’ll give you everything for the price you listed here. But you have to add 600 yuan for the air conditioner. That’s the final price.” The shop owner’s tone was firm.

At this moment, Lin Momo, who was next to Lin Cheng, spoke up, pointing to a pile of small appliances not far away and said, “Boss, if we add 600, can you give us a few more of those small appliances over there?”

The shop owner looked in the direction where Lin Momo pointed, blinking a few times. Then he smiled and couldn’t help but say, “Little friend, you refuse to suffer any loss at all.”

The small kettles and induction cookers over there… if you buy new ones, some would cost one or two hundred, others would cost two or three hundred. 

The shop owner had mostly acquired them together with other large items, so actually these small items only cost him about ten or twenty yuan each. Because there were too many of them, these small items were just left there and were never dealt with.

The shop owner thought about it, nodded, and asked Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to pick four or five items to take with them.

After some selection, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo chose an induction cooker, two chopsticks sterilizers, as well as a desk lamp, and a small desktop electric fan that the shop owner got from somewhere.

Holding the desk lamp and the small electric fan in her arms, Lin Momo said happily, “These two can be given to Jiajia and Xiaobao. They can use them when they move into the community.”

The ‘Jiajia’ and ‘Xiaobao’ mentioned by Lin Momo were the two daughters from Hu Mao’s family.

Hearing Lin Momo’s words, the shop owner asked, “Are you going to give these two items away?”

Lin Momo nodded, “I will give them to our neighbor’s two children. They don’t have a fan at home, and their rechargeable lamp doesn’t work well.”

Although the shop owner didn’t quite hear the second half of Lin Momo’s serious muttering, he still found two small cardboard boxes for Lin Momo from somewhere. Although one of them said ‘bread maker’ and the other ‘egg cooker’ and neither one had anything to do with the two things in Lin Momo’s arms, the sizes were just right to fit the two small appliances.

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 91.2 — Buy, Buy, Buy
Chapter 91.3 — Buy, Buy, Buy
Chapter 92.1 — Opening
Chapter 92.2 — Opening
Chapter 92.3 — Opening