Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 68, Crested Bicycle

Author: Flying Wooden Fish

Chapter 68, Crested Bicycle

After saying goodbye to Hao Pingchuan and Qilala, Jiang Yan found a restaurant and ate a bowl of rotten meat noodles. After eating and drinking, Jiang Yan did not go home immediately, but wandered around the big fence.

Unknowingly, I came to the door of a tavern. I stood at the door and looked inside. There were already two or three people sitting inside.

This tavern in Sijiucheng is also called a small shop. It is not big, with an area of ​​more than ten or twenty square meters. It looks like an ordinary people's house at that time, old and friendly. In addition to tobacco, wine, sugar and tea, there are a few simple items.

We do not provide any side dishes to go with wine. There are several bottles of liquor on the counter, which sell bulk liquor.

In that era, everyone could go to such a tavern regardless of their status. Those with a lot of money would have wine and food, and those with a little money could drink some cheap wine. When there were many people, they could share a table, or simply lean against the door or wall.

Squatting along the edge, drinking, chatting, chatting, laughing and cursing.

But obviously this time is not the peak time for people to go to this tavern. I also want to go up and experience it, but I don’t drink! It’s impossible for me to walk in and ask for a glass of water!

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to forget it.

Jiang Yan weighed three kilograms of pea yellow and the specialty snacks in their store at the famous "Baiji Rice Cake" and held them in his hand.

These days, when Jiang Yan goes shopping, he always buys a lot of snacks from Laosijiucheng and puts them in his own space.

After several years of public-private partnership and the abolition of small stalls, food was purchased and sold under a unified system, and some special snacks basically disappeared from the world. This is a good way to prepare for a rainy day!

Now there is a room in Jiang Yan's space dedicated to this unique Sijucheng snack.

I walked out of the store, found a quiet place, put all the things I just bought in my own space, and walked to the trust store humming a song.

Trust shops, also known as "consignment shops", refer to those shops that accept the entrustment of customers and sell used goods on their behalf.

When Jiang Yan was shopping just now, it suddenly occurred to him that he would start work tomorrow and it would be too far to walk. He would have to find a means of transportation. The trust store is undoubtedly a good place.

Jiang Yanlai's trust store is called "Datong Trust Firm". It was established in 1942. It can be said to be a famous trust store in the Forty-Nine Cities. It has a complete range of items and reasonable prices.

The storefront of "Datong Entrusted Firm" is quite small. It is a small two-story building facing the street. When you walk in, the store area is even larger, covering an area of ​​200 square meters.

There are many items in this commissioned store, but most of them are daily necessities for ordinary people's homes, such as old clothes, fur coats, quilts, watches, pocket watches, cameras, gramophones, clocks, etc.

Soon Jiang Yan found three bicycles in a part of the store.

When I walked in, I saw that although these three bicycles were old items, they looked well maintained and looked 80% new.

Jiang Yan looked at these three bicycles for a while and finally selected a "Fengtou" bicycle.

The crested bicycle generally refers to the bicycle produced by the British company Raleigh. Because the pattern on the upper part of the bicycle logo is similar to the head of a phoenix, it is called the crested bicycle among the people.

Fengtou bicycles are famous all over the country for their excellent workmanship and exquisite materials, and are the most popular among Chinese people.

"My little brother has taken a liking to this car." Seeing Jiang Yan staring at the Fengtou car and observing it carefully, the owner of the store came to Jiang Yan with a discerning eye and asked.

Hearing the store's inquiry, Jiang Yan nodded subconsciously.

Seeing Jiang Yan nodding, the shop owner's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "My surname is Wu. I am the owner of this shop. I have a good eye. This bicycle was put into the shop by someone else to sell on behalf of others."

"Don't look at it as a second-hand car. The owner bought it and hasn't ridden it many times. Moreover, this car is an original John Bull."

"Look, this seat is made of pure handmade calfskin. Look, there are also reflectors, bicycle bells, and motorcycle lights."

After hearing the boss's eloquent introduction, Jiang Yan was a little distracted for a moment.

This scene, this sales pitch, feels a bit like the salesman of later generations, with his small mouth and his ability to speak every sentence.

"Boss Wu, if you are really selling it, I am really buying it. If you give me a real price, if it works, I will sell it today. If it doesn't work, I will find another one."

Jiang Yan interrupted Boss Wu who was introducing him endlessly and spoke straightforwardly.

"Little brother, if you want to buy it, how about 1.75 million?" (The author is based on the quotation of a domestic permanent bicycle in 1956.)

"1.75 million?" After hearing this price, Jiang Yan thought about it in his mind, but it was useless to think about it! Whether he had ever bought a bicycle, who knows the current market price.

"How about 1.5 million." Jiang Yan tentatively quoted a price.

"Okay, I think my little brother is sincere in buying it, just 1.5 million."

I went and applied for a job. This was Jiang Yan's first reaction when he heard what the shopkeeper said.

At this time, shopkeeper Wu was feeling happy. When he took the bicycle from a poor village, he spent less than 1 million, and he earned 500,000 when he resold it.

This is really three years without opening, and three years after opening! Thinking of this, shopkeeper Wu looked at Jiang Yan with soft eyes.

"I'm adding a set of tools." Jiang Yan pointed to a set of maintenance tools in the display window.

If I was wrong, the set of repair tools in his window should be tools for repairing cars.

Jiang Yan naturally has such maintenance tools in his space, and there are many of them! However, after the previous conversation with Director Luo Yong, Jiang Yan did not dare to take out anything in the space other than food and drink, for fear that he would not be able to explain clearly.

"Okay." Boss Wu agreed to Jiang Yan pretending to be hurt.

"This is the deposit. I'll get the money in a moment." Jiang Yan took out 100,000 yuan from his pocket and handed it directly to the boss.

The boss took Jiang Yan's money and counted it, issued a voucher to Jiang Yan, and said to Jiang Yan: "Little brother, don't worry, just pay within three days. Take this voucher and don't throw it away. We just

Recognize the credentials but not the person.”

Jiang Yan took the voucher from the shopkeeper, put it into his pocket and left "Datong Entrusted Firm".

When going out, Jiang Yanyou noticed that the Fengtou car he valued had a "Sold" sign on it.

Part of Jiang Yan's money is stored in the space, and the other part is naturally stored in the bank.

The money in the space is enough for Jiang Yan to pay for the car, but most people carry so much money with them when they go out and don't buy a specific thing. That doesn't mean they have a problem.

Jiang Yan found a relatively remote and secluded place, took out the remaining money to buy the car from the space, and came to the store again.

Naturally, Jiang Yan didn't waste any time this time and handed the money and voucher directly to Shopkeeper Wu who was busy somewhere.

A few minutes later, Jiang Yan left the "Datong Commissioned Firm" pushing the bicycle he just bought.

Maybe he hasn’t ridden a bicycle for a long time! Jiang Yan gradually became familiar with it from being unfamiliar at first, and even tried riding a bicycle with one hand.

In this era, bicycles are rare things. Jiang Yan didn't know how many people were envious of him along the way. At that moment, Jiang Yan felt that he was the most beautiful boy at this time.

(End of chapter)