Garang Guni

So Ah-mo and Ah-moe embarked on their next career option: rag and bone man, commonly known as "Garang guni" locally. Having spent two days observing rag and bone men around the neighbourhood, it seemed like an easy job. As they mastered the basics of shouting "Garang Guni, Bou Zhuar, Gu Sar Kor, La Lio, Dian Si Ki ...", they set off with their newly bought garang guni carts, each determined to collect more than the other.

Some readers would probably be confused now, so I shall give a short summary: Garung guni, or rag and bone men, collect old newspapers, spoilt electronics and unwanted pieces of cloths. They prowl the neighbourhood from door to door, dragging a small cart to hold all the scrap material, with a huge lorry parked nearby to store all the goods. These scrap materials are either sold for money, or sent for repairs and resold. Depending on person, a small nominal sum of fee is paid for the quantity of newspapers or unwanted items sold. While this seems to be a lowly form of career, it has been noted that there are in fact several garang guni who have become millionaires from such "rubbish-collecting".

So, the two of them literally ran off in the late evening, both anxious to try out on the job.