What is the "small brass straw hat for putting out fires" and "small leather washbasin for traveling" in the comedy?

It's from the comedy "Theory of Dang Xing" by masters Guo Quanbao and Mr. Liu Baorui.

Excerpts from the lines: "A pair of brass straw hats for putting out fires with missing hoops and short tabs!"" A pair of brass straw hats for firefighting with a few nails and a lot of broken wood, a small washbasin for traveling!"

The Pawnbroker's Theory is a story about some of the anecdotes of pawnbrokers in the old world. The Treatise on Pawnbrokers has been retold many times in different ways in modern times.

Expanded Information

"The Pawnbroker's Theory" Lines:

A: You're the one performing this time?

B: Hey, I perform.

A: It's not easy to say that you're a comedian,

B: I'm not a comedian.

B: It's not just for comedians, you have to work hard to succeed in any business.

A: That's right, as the saying goes, "Do what you want to say, sell what you want to yell". You just take the trade, there are many kinds of how many kinds.

B: Yes, doing business is 360 lines! It's not easy.

A: I'm going to study with you, what do you say about the sale of people, what sale is not allowed?

B: How can there be a deal that lets people in and out?

A: There is.

B: I really have not studied this aspect, what do you say to the sale of people?

A: There are two or three kinds of business, for example, the estimated clothing store, as long as you stand in front of the door, he will let you into the house: "buy what look inside, buy what clothes are cheap ah?" Restaurants also let you in: "What do you want to eat? The first thing you need to do is to go to a restaurant where you can have a drink, and then you can have a drink, and then you can have a drink.

B: Yes, to the Tianqiao restaurant is so let people. What do you think is the deal that doesn't let people in?

A: Coffin store does not let people.

B: Nonsense!

B: I'm not sure how to get them to do that.

A: He wouldn't dare to let people in even if he didn't open for a year. You can't even stand in front of the door for three hours.

B: How refreshing!

A: A let that must be trouble. This just to the door there one stop, the shopkeeper to the house: "buy what you which? Buy a coffin? I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it," he said! I don't believe you lie in try how?"

B: Ah? This business is not to be beaten up.

A: I'll tell you what, there's still peace and harmony in business, and there's no peace.

B: Yes! You say there are what trade and gas?

A: Shoe stores, cloth stores, bathhouses, these are all very peaceful business.

B: What's not?

A: There are three major lines. Yes, "money", "food" and "pawn".

B: Oh, "money" is which line ah?

A: "money" is the bank, No., where you go to deposit, deposit how much people will write how much.

B: Well, not to write more. The "grain" which?

A: Grain stores. Where you buy noodles, how much money a bag of noodles to give people how much money, less money people do not allow to move.

B: Nonsense.

A: And then, is the pawnshop, this kind of business to do store, the leader is too big. You're in a hurry to get to this point, and he's not in a hurry to get to it. There is no time to call when the people satisfied. He always give you the price of the pawn, always a little short.

B: How do you know so much?

A: Because I've been pawning a lot. Once I gave my father as a coat, let the pawnshop two bosses give me angry!

B: What happened?

A: I took the jacket, put it on the counter, and said, "Show me this."

B: He looked at it?

A: I went to the wrong time, just in time for him to smoke there, he heard me say, hurry to put down the bag of cigarettes.

B: You see the goods?

A: No, another bag.

B: Why don't you look at the goods?

A: Dare I say that people have rules about smoking, not smoking is not smoking.

B: If you smoke which?

A: At least half a litter.