Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

"Sister Liu, I want to buy a bicycle."

Fang Wei glanced around the hall and smiled at Sister Liu, "I'll have to trouble you with the coupons, Sister."

"Ouch!"

Upon hearing this, Sister Liu's face showed a hint of apology: "Xiao Fang, you're a step too late. The last batch of goods just sold out the day before yesterday, and the next batch is still on its way!"

"You know how we are here, we only deliver two or three bicycles at a time."

Fang Wei frowned and asked, "When will the next batch of goods arrive at the earliest?"

"It will take at least five or six days."

Sister Liu counted on her fingers, "The goods were shipped from the provincial capital. If everything goes smoothly on the way, they should arrive around the day after tomorrow."

"With the unloading, warehousing, and shelving done, you should be able to make it if you come next week."

Upon hearing this, Fang Wei frowned even more deeply.

The road from Laotang Village to the town takes more than an hour to walk, and making two round trips a day takes nearly two or three hours.

He wasn't afraid of walking, but he would have to pick up and drop off his daughter from school every day, and not having a means of transportation would definitely waste time.

Fang Wei thought for a moment, then asked, "How much does a 28-inch motorcycle cost here, sister?"

"I can figure out the coupons for you, but you'd better prepare more money."

Upon hearing his words, Sister Liu knew there was hope, and quickly replied, "The Phoenix brand costs 160, and the Flying Pigeon brand is a bit more expensive, at 170."

This kid is much more sensible than others. As long as I can find a way to get him some industrial vouchers, I can get at least ten or twenty yuan this time!

"Okay, no problem."

The money Fang Wei received from selling pork yesterday was more than enough to buy a bicycle. He took out twenty yuan and stuffed it into Sister Liu's hand, smiling as he said:

"This is the deposit. When the bicycles arrive, you must reserve one for me! I'll come back in five days!"

What are you doing?

Sister Liu quickly refused, saying, "What kind of relationship do we have? Don't you trust me? Take it back quickly, and you can come back with the money to pick up the car later."

"Sister, just take it. If it's not a deposit, consider it a tip for your hard work."

After Fang Wei finished speaking, he left the supply and marketing cooperative without waiting for Sister Liu to refuse again.

The sun outside had already risen high in the sky, making the steps at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative dazzlingly white.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Fang Zhi wearing a light gray polyester short-sleeved shirt, pushing his old-fashioned bicycle, walking across the street.

"David?!"

Fang Zhi saw Fang Wei standing at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative and quickly walked over: "What are you doing here? Didn't Da...Chunyang and Yunxue say you went home after registering them?!"

"Um?"

Fang Wei was a little puzzled and asked, "Second Brother, did you go to find Chunyang and Yunxue at school?"

"Tsk!"

Fang Zhi looked at him somewhat angrily and said, "My son also starts school today! And you really don't understand anything!"

"I am Chunyang and Yunxue's second uncle. Since you brought them to town, why don't you take them to my house for a while first?"

He recalled that he had even taken his son to look for the first grade, but they only found his two nieces and didn't see his younger brother at all.

"My two nieces are starting school for the first time. They don't have anyone they know to protect them. What if they get bullied?"

"Besides, how many years has it been since you last saw your nephew? It's not like you were too busy to come to my house the other day."

"I only sent my daughter to school today, and I didn't even go to check on my son!"

Fang Zhi felt that his younger brother didn't seem to care about him much, and said somewhat discontentedly, "What if you two, uncle and nephew, meet on the street and neither of you recognizes the other!"

Fang Wei scratched his head, realizing he had completely forgotten that his second brother's son was also in school.

"This is my fault."

He looked at Fang Zhi with a hint of ingratiation and said, "I just wanted to hurry over and buy a bicycle so I can pick up Chunyang and Yunxue from school later."

"Didn't you arrange for them to live on campus?"

Upon hearing Fang Wei's words, Fang Zhi frowned and said, "Even if you buy a bicycle, you can't possibly have time to take them to school every day."

"It must be so hard for those two little girls to walk such a long road from the village to the town."

Thinking of his two nieces' ages, he said directly, "How about this, from now on, they can stay at my house while they're in school, and you can pick them up when they're off work."

"No, no!"

Fang Wei immediately refused, knowing that his second brother meant well, but he didn't want to take advantage of him.

"Even if I'm busy, there's always Shaoli! And when Chunyang gets a little older, she can ride her bicycle and take Yunxue to school herself."

"Hey! You're being so polite with your brother?!"

Seeing his resolute expression, Fang Zhi didn't press him further. "Then where's the bicycle you bought? I haven't seen it."

Fang Wei gave a wry smile and said, "I'm not very lucky. The last batch of goods just sold out the day before yesterday, and I have to wait another five or six days for the next batch."

"Take it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhi didn't say a word and immediately pushed the old bicycle in front of Fang Wei, saying, "You ride this one to pick up my two nieces from school."

"Second brother, this won't do—"

"What's wrong with that?"

Fang Zhi pointed at Fang Wei a few times with his finger, saying impatiently, "If you dare to say anything polite to me again, I might get angry!"

"Second Brother..."

Fang Wei could only look helplessly at his second brother, but dared not say anything more.

"My workplace is just across the street, only a ten-minute walk away."

Seeing that he didn't say anything more offensive, Fang Zhi laughed and said, "You travel back and forth between the village and town every day, how can you manage without a car?"

Fang Wei looked at the old-fashioned bicycle in his hand. It looked about 70-80% new and probably hadn't been used for very long: "Second Brother, your bicycle..."

"Alright, enough with the nonsense."

Fang Zhi reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "You ride it back first."

"Once the supply and marketing cooperative gets a new car, you can buy one yourself and return this one to me. It's only been a few days, it won't delay me much."

Looking at Fang Zhi's sun-reddened face, Fang Wei suddenly found himself speechless: "Second Brother... thank you!"

"We're all brothers, why are you thanking me?"

Fang Zhi smiled, waved, and turned to leave. After a few steps, he turned back and said, "You be careful riding your bike by yourself, don't let anything happen to you!"

"Also, make sure you remember the school start and end times accurately, so my two nieces aren't late!"

"Okay, I've got it all."

Fang Wei smiled and replied, then straddled the old-fashioned bicycle, pushed off, and the bicycle shot off.