1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 145 New Decoration in the Siheyuan

"Go get a bicycle ticket! Big Boss Cheng, didn't you say you would go there this afternoon?"

Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo hadn't realized that she already knew too much. She was confused and wanted to squeeze in to take a look, but Cheng Xuemin stopped her outside and said, "Oh, yes, yes, I'll go get you a bicycle ticket!"

"It's all muddy inside, don't go in to get your shoes dirty!"

"What are you guys doing, Boss Cheng? Is it necessary to decorate the house in such a grand manner?" Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo was still suspicious and obviously didn't understand what was going on inside.

The little head squeezed in, peeked in, and asked in confusion: "It's such a big tank, what on earth are you doing behind my sister's back?"

When I saw something inside that looked like a large water tank but wasn't, I became even more suspicious.

Still too ignorant and uninformed.

"you guess!"

Cheng Xuemin ignored her, came out to clean himself up.

"I see!"

"Big Boss Cheng, this is like the one in the movie 'The Chase'. This is a bathtub, right?"

"Yes, yes, it's a big bathtub!"

Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo turned her head and wondered where she had seen this big water tank before.

Being young means having a good memory.

Moreover, the Japanese-translated film "The Chase" was the first foreign film that their generation watched after opening the country.

The extremely modern people and things inside were very shocking to these girls who had been ignorant and innocent since childhood.

As long as the product is sold domestically, people will follow suit.

For example, the bell-bottom pants in "The Chase" were not uncommon in China before, but they were not selling well and were not accepted by the public.

But when the movie "The Chase" was released, the bell-bottom pants worn by the heroine in the movie caught the attention and admiration of countless female students and lesbians.

My sister-in-law Feng Jiamo followed the trend and bought a pair. Now she is wearing bell-bottom pants.

So it's not surprising that she could recognize that the thing in front of her was a large bathtub for bathing through the movie.

"Big Boss Cheng, where did you get this big bathtub? If we pour hot water into it, it will be so comfortable to lie down in it!"

"Ah, the ground isn't dry yet?"

In such a fresh mood, the sister-in-law ignored Cheng Xuemin's reminder that the cement on the ground had not dried yet and she should not go in and dirty her shoes.

When my sister-in-law recognized the big bathtub, she immediately became excited and rushed in, wanting to take a look and try it out first.

But who would have thought that as soon as she stepped in, her whole foot and the shoe would sink into it, and she was stunned on the spot.

"I told you not to go in, but you refused to listen. Are you dumbfounded now?"

"gone!"

After Cheng Xuemin finished packing, he said hello to the three bricklayers and called out to his sister-in-law to leave quickly.

Fortunately, the bathtub and shower had been installed. The next step was to connect the tap water from outside, and it was almost done.

There is also the cover of the septic tank outside. The bricklayer had already poured it according to Cheng Xuemin's requirements yesterday, and it is now placed outside the yard waiting to dry.

The cement cover solidifies quickly, so in fact we can put it up directly today and then seal the septic tank. However, Cheng Xuemin has to leave now and cannot provide on-site guidance.

"Big Boss Cheng, Big Boss Cheng, besides the big bathtub in that room, there's also that white thing you can sit on... that's what it is, right?"

Feng Jiamo came out with his shoes covered in cement, and pointed at the flush toilet inside, gesticulating with extreme excitement and shyness.

Obviously, he recognized it as well.

Boss Cheng is such an awesome guy!

Not only did they get the big bathtub that the Japanese women used to take a bath in the movie "The Chase", but they also made a toilet that people could sit in and pee in!

Doesn’t that mean that from now on, you don’t have to run out to the toilet to poop on cold winter nights?

Just in your own home?

And from now on, her mother won’t have to ask her to empty the chamber pot early in the morning!

Thinking of this, sister-in-law Feng Jiamo really shouldn’t get too excited.

Thinking of the room, there seemed to be a door connected to the master bedroom of the east wing. Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo reacted again and said more excitedly:

"Big Boss Cheng, Big Boss Cheng, I don't want to live in the west wing anymore!"

"I'll let you and my sister live in the west wing. Can I live in this room?"

Feng Jiamo ran over excitedly, shouting, and simply wiped the cement off his shoes with the discarded wrapping paper in the yard.

"You have a beautiful idea! Ask your sister first if she agrees or not!"

Cheng Xuemin was really amused by this innocent sister-in-law who didn't treat her brother-in-law as an outsider at all!

How dare she open her mouth and take over the main bedroom of her sister's room?
"Hehe, I don't think my sister would agree!" Feng Jiamo stuck out his tongue and laughed bitterly, "Then I'd better live in this side room! It's close to that house!"

The sister-in-law had the best idea, but she knew her sister would definitely not agree, so she settled for the second best and decided to live in the side room on the east side.

The side room is also close to the bathroom, separated by just an aisle. The door of the room is diagonally opposite the door leading to the yard from the bathroom, making it convenient to get up at night.

Of course, if Cheng Xuemin locked the bathroom door from the inside, his sister-in-law would not be able to get in late at night.

“That’s totally fine!”

Seeing that his sister-in-law directly abandoned the west wing of the second bedroom and chose the side room near the toilet, Cheng Xuemin definitely agreed with both hands!
Because even if the sister-in-law doesn't take the initiative to bring it up, when she moves in, her sister will just kick her out.

Either move to the front yard and don't get in their way. There's an extra sister-in-law in the backyard world for two of them. Sometimes having too much fun can have a bad impact on her physical and mental development.

Also, the west wing has to be left empty. In the future, when Cheng Xuemin's parents come to visit their grandchildren occasionally, shouldn't they be able to stay there?
You can't force his parents to live in a side room or even an ear room, right?

So when the family came to see the house, my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo directly occupied the west wing in the backyard. The whole family was happy at the time and no one thought about it in this way.

They thought that the house was so big and there were so many rooms, she could live in whichever room she wanted, as long as she didn't occupy the master bedroom in the front and back yards.

But after returning home, his wife Feng Jiayou realized that the west wing in the backyard had to be reserved for her parents-in-law. What would it mean to let the last sister-in-law of the Feng family live there?

So if the sister-in-law doesn't take the initiative to bring it up today, her sister will confront her and ask her to live in the side room when they move to a new house.

It would be better to move directly to the side room in the front yard instead of staying in the backyard, which would ruin the atmosphere of their little world.

"Okay, it's settled then! After you, Boss Cheng, are done here, I want to be the first one to go in and take a bath!"

The sister-in-law was so excited that she jumped up and down and asked her how she got here.
I came here on foot!
Then Cheng Xuemin could only ride a bicycle and take her to the pigeon market for the last time.

This time he did not go empty-handed. The street urchin really wandered around the pigeon market in the afternoon and started working.

Seeing Cheng Xuemin as a returning customer, the street kid should be too excited!
Need a bicycle ticket?
Although this one is also difficult, he has several of them on him.

There are Phoenix brand, Forever brand, Fei Ge brand, and Red Flag brand!

It can be said that this guy has corresponding bicycle tickets for the four major popular bicycles on the market.

Yes!

In this era, bicycle tickets, TV tickets, washing machine tickets, etc. are not actually uniform!
Instead, each manufacturer has its own production indicators and each has its own related documents.

The TV ticket Cheng Xuemin bought last time was of the domestic Feilu brand, so with that Feilu brand TV ticket, he could only buy Feilu brand TVs, but not other Sika Deer brands, let alone imported ones, which also required an imported TV ticket.

The same goes for bicycle tickets today. You can only buy bicycles of the brand that you use the bicycle ticket for.

"Phoenix brand, Phoenix brand, Big Boss Cheng, I want the Phoenix brand!"

Before Cheng Xuemin could speak, his sister-in-law Feng Jiayou next to him couldn't wait to shout.

"How do I change the Phoenix brand?"

Cheng Xuemin's face turned dark. This sister-in-law was too impatient. This time she would have to make him pay at least several more dollars.

Although the bicycle tickets of the four major domestic bicycle factories are actually not divided into high and low quality.

But recently, Phoenix brand has produced a lightweight women's bicycle for women, which is much cooler to ride than the traditional 28-inch bicycle.

So following the Phoenix brand, it also became popular in the streets and alleys.

Especially girls!
Whenever someone mentions buying a bicycle, they will definitely order the Phoenix brand, so it is possible that the ticket for the Phoenix brand bicycle is more expensive than the other three brands. In particular, the street urchins will definitely take advantage of the sister-in-law's eagerness and raise the price.

After all, I've dealt with him before, and this ticket scalper's price was quite aggressive.

Last time, the TV ticket price was directly one hundred and fifty yuan.

But the day before yesterday, Old Ge Geyou told them that he could get a ticket for a domestic TV show for fifty yuan.

One can imagine how ruthless the ticket scalper's prices are.

Fortunately, Cheng Xuemin bargained down the price and insisted on buying it for 70 yuan, so he only lost 20 yuan.

So actually, the sister-in-law could have waited long enough. She could have waited for Lao Ge to come over and asked him to help get a bicycle ticket, which would have saved her several dollars.

Unfortunately, the sister-in-law was too impatient and wished that Cheng Xuemin would get the bicycle ticket and go to the department store to buy a bicycle immediately.

"It's the Phoenix brand! A lot of people have exchanged for this, and I think I only have this last one left!"

as predicted!

This street swindler started to make a fuss, what the hell is this last ticket, who would believe it! ?

Bicycle tickets are not TV ticket tickets, they are not that rare!

"How about this!"

"Brother, we are also familiar with each other. Phoenix brand is the same as other brands. Do you think fifty will do?"

The street liuzi pondered for a moment and gave Cheng Xuemin a price.

"Fifty dollars! Big Cheng, Big Cheng!"

The sister-in-law next to me heard that the bicycle ticket was only 50 yuan, and compared with what her sister said yesterday, there was still 50 yuan left, which was just right.

So his eyes lit up and he urged Cheng Xuemin to change quickly.

"Expensive!"

"I'll give you twenty at most!"

Cheng Xuemin really wanted to kick this sister-in-law aside. You are not asked to pay the money, so you just don’t treat the money as money, right?

Fifty more dollars. This kid really dares to ask for it!
Having experienced a small loss the last time when he cut the price in half, Cheng Xuemin simply cut the price in half and gave a 20% discount.

I wanted to cut it in half directly, but I was afraid of being chased and beaten by the opponent.

Because I roughly know that the price of a general bill is about one-tenth of the price of the goods.

For example, the Feilu brand TV he bought cost four hundred and fifty dollars, so the resale price of its TV ticket is about forty-five dollars.

With Lao Ge's verification, it's almost the same. Cheng Xuemin spent 70 yuan last time and was really cheated.

So be careful this time!

I know that a Phoenix brand women's bicycle costs 230 yuan, so the corresponding bicycle ticket is about 20 yuan.

The price of this Dogecoin thing is directly fifty dollars, which is obviously a price hike again!

Twenty dollars?
When sister-in-law Feng Jiamo heard that Boss Cheng had bargained the price down to twenty yuan, she was so shocked that she was stunned. A little drunk could even fit a big duck egg in it.

I thought that Mr. Cheng had gone crazy!
They quoted a price of fifty yuan, but you cut it in half and directly chopped it down to twenty yuan. Do you really think they are a fool?

But what sister-in-law Feng Jiamo didn't expect was that the other party was really a fool.

As soon as Big Boss Cheng bargained down to twenty yuan, the idiot on the other side blurted out, "Okay, you know your business, brother! Twenty is twenty, brother, I'll make friends with you, straightforward!"

As if he was afraid that Boss Cheng would go back on his word.

This once again frightened my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo so much that her eyes dropped to the ground.

Is this possible?

But Cheng Xuemin’s reaction was, damn it, he didn’t cut enough!
I still don't quite understand the ticket scalper's market price. If I had directly bargained down to fifteen yuan at the beginning, maybe this street scalper would agree.

But once words are spoken, they can be taken away like water spilled. It is hard to take them back.

Twenty is twenty!

Even if this street urchin makes some money, it won't be much. After all, the price of Phoenix brand women's bicycles is there, and the bicycle ticket price can't be lower than fifteen yuan!

Depend on!
Suddenly, Cheng Xuemin realized what went wrong in cutting too little.

He has always used the price of Phoenix brand women's bicycles to reversely infer the price of bicycle tickets. He really never thought that the price of Phoenix brand bicycle tickets might not be calculated based on the price of women's bicycles!

It was a Phoenix 28-inch truck, which cost one hundred and eighty yuan!
This Phoenix brand bicycle ticket does not stipulate that it can only be used to buy Phoenix brand women's bicycles. In fact, it is a Phoenix brand manufacturer's unified bicycle ticket.

Therefore, if we want to work backwards, we have to calculate based on the 28-meter-high scale of 800.

So this Phoenix bicycle ticket was worth about 17 or 18 bucks, and allowed the street urchin to make a couple of bucks. No wonder he agreed so readily!
Make a good friend!

Cheng Xuemin thought that this was the last time and he could no longer take care of this kid’s business!

Nothing else!

This guy has been speculating so blatantly in the pigeon market for years. If he doesn't stop when he gets ahead, he will definitely be shot in three or four years.

So it’s better to have less contact with us in the future.

When Cheng Xuemin's circle of friends becomes wider in the future, he can ask Lao Ge and others to help him buy tickets. There is no need to buy from ticket scalpers for fear of getting into trouble.

After getting the bicycle ticket, the sister-in-law took the opportunity to beg Cheng Xuemin to buy a bicycle.

Seeing his sister-in-law begging so pitifully, Cheng Xuemin couldn't refuse cruelly. After all, he had agreed to it for several days, and his sister-in-law had been thinking about it all the time.

But I have to use this to shut my sister-in-law up.

You can go buy a bicycle now, but don’t tell her sister about the big bathtub in the new house first.

Unexpectedly, the sister-in-law nodded repeatedly and said that she understood, she understood everything, and she understood everything about giving her elder sister a surprise!

Isn’t this the trick you often play, Boss Cheng?
She just cooperates and doesn't tell her sister!
With the guarantee from his sister-in-law, Cheng Xuemin agreed to take her to buy a bicycle.

But I didn’t go to the department store because it’s too far away.

He went to Xidan North Street nearby and bought a bicycle for his sister-in-law in the shopping mall here. It was the Phoenix brand women's bicycle that he had been dreaming of. Cheng Xuemin spent 230 yuan on it.

As soon as she got the bicycle, my sister-in-law rode away like a bird out of a cage and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

This sister-in-law!

Cheng Xuemin hugged his waist, wondering if there was something missing at the back.
I had originally planned to take my sister-in-law with me to get the bicycle license plate while it was still early.

Unfortunately, she was gone, so she could only wait until next time to do it herself. Anyway, Cheng Xuemin didn't want to accompany her again.

Similarly, the bicycle license plate is essential, otherwise if you are caught without a license plate on the street, it will be directly detained.

Bicycle control is so strict in this era.

Of course, if something is to be lost, it should be lost, and it is necessary that it can never be found again!
Because the so-called bicycle license plate is a steel stamped number on the horizontal bar of the bicycle. Bicycle thieves can simply wipe out the steel stamp and make a new license plate. It is easy to exploit this loophole.

Riding the new bicycle home is bound to be another exciting time.

And it was a Phoenix brand women's bicycle, it had just come out and everyone was envious of it.

Not to mention her two sisters-in-law Ke Yumei and Sun Juan, even Feng Jiayou herself was jealous and said that she would give her 28-bar bike to Feng Jiamo.

She kept the new bicycle for herself.

But can my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo agree? Everything is under her buttocks, no one can take it away.

In this way, with a TV to watch and a new bicycle to ride around on, Cheng Xuemin finally had two rare days of quiet time and completed part of the manuscript and picture book in his hands.

I plan to go to the Yanda Library to find Chen Shumin tomorrow, hand him the first draft of "My Years in the Corps", and ask him to finalize the draft and start looking for a place to print it.

In the afternoon, I planned to send one or two volumes of the comic book of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to Renwen Publishing House, and at the same time collect the royalties for "Parental Love".

His wife has been urging him a lot. Her private treasury is seriously running out of money and is waiting for Cheng Xuemin to fill it up.

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(End of this chapter)