Chapter 48 Buying a Bicycle
In Yue Feng’s memory, a heavy Forever brand bicycle sold for about 180 yuan at the supply and marketing office and was purchased by ticket, which was definitely a big item at the time.

Let me put it this way, the sensation created by buying a bicycle and riding it into the village in 1980 is roughly equivalent to driving a Rolls-Royce back to the village after 2020.

Among the six production teams and hundreds of households in Xing’an Village, only the village secretary Wang Jianguo owned a bicycle, which was distributed by the town. No one else could afford it. Even if ordinary villagers saved enough money to buy a bicycle, they had no place to get a bicycle ticket.

Yue Feng is not the kind of person who likes to be in the spotlight, but he has to buy this bicycle. It is an important means of transportation that directly affects his daily commuting efficiency. It is more important than buying a gun and raising a dog.

The next morning, Yue Feng got up early again at 4:30. This time he didn’t need to sell game, so he just carried an empty bag and strolled into the city.

Because of his relationship with the second canteen as a regular buyer, Yue Feng hadn’t been to the ghost market for several days. When he arrived at the ghost market today, he obviously found that the ghost market was much more lively than the previous few days.

The bulky goods such as grains that people were afraid to put outside a few days ago were now displayed on the roadside with great fanfare. The brave ones even dared to shout out their wares.

Yue Feng calmly wandered around the ghost market, got a rough idea of ​​the actual market prices of different materials, and then came to Wang Hu.

“Hey, comrade! Want food coupons? I have both local and national coupons, and my prices are the lowest in the market!”

Before Yue Feng could say hello just as he approached, Wang Hu started to recite his familiar ticket-selling routine.

“Brother Hu, it’s me!” Yue Feng smiled slightly.

“Oh, it’s you! I haven’t seen you for a few days. I wondered where you were! I got you a bicycle ticket, but you didn’t come to pick it up!”

“Did you get the tickets? Where are they?” Although Yue Feng was mentally prepared before coming here, he was still a little excited when he heard the news in person.

“Did you bring any money?”

“Bring it!”

“follow me!”

Wang Hu turned around and walked out, crossing several streets in a row, and finally came to the family area of ​​the Military Control Commission, where he stopped.

“Wait for me here for a while, I’ll go home and get it for you. This thing is too valuable to carry with me!”

“it is good!”

About five minutes later, Wang Hu walked out of the alley with his child in his arms.

“The bicycle ticket you want, pay for it and we’ll give it to you!”

Yue Feng did not waste any time and also took out five big unity notes that he had prepared in advance from his pocket.

“Fifty dollars, just order!”

After confirming that everything was correct, he handed the bicycle ticket with Mo Xiang to Yue Feng.

“Brother Tiger is awesome!”

Yue Feng carefully put the bill into his pocket, then gave Wang Hu a thumbs up.

“Hey, that’s right! Don’t you see how powerful I am? People in the underworld call me the Little Prince of Bills!!
Let me tell you this, in this small piece of land in Fengcheng, as long as you have money, there is no receipt that I, Wang Hu, can’t get!

We have concluded a big deal. We are friends from now on. If you need food coupons or something, I will give you the lowest price!”

Wang Hu put the Great Unity in his pocket, and it was obvious that he was very happy.

Yue Feng nodded: “Okay! I’ll come to you if I need you!” Yue Feng didn’t say anything nonsense, but his understanding of Wang Hu deepened.

No wonder this guy was able to get such hot-selling bills, it turns out he is from the Military Control Commission.

You can think of it as a unit similar to a local garrison.

Yue Feng got the bicycle ticket and then strolled to the supply and marketing cooperative. There was still more than an hour before it opened, so Yue Feng first went to the State-owned Restaurant to eat two big meat buns. After eating and drinking his fill, he rested for a while. When he thought it was about time, he came to the supply and marketing cooperative.

At this moment, the supply and marketing cooperative had just opened and the salesperson on duty was cleaning the counter.

“Hello, comrade. I would like to ask, do we have the heavy-duty Forever brand bicycles in stock?” Yue Feng asked very politely.

“Bicycles? Available! 180 yuan, buy with ticket!!”

The salesperson had some impression of Yue Feng. He came here to buy things a few days ago and asked a lot about the prices of mountain products.

Later, after Yue Feng and Xiao Tao left, the salesperson named Li Li discussed with her colleagues and guessed that Yue Feng should be a hunter living at the foot of the mountain. So Li Li had a few more memories of Yue Feng.

After all, the supply and marketing cooperatives also have purchasing tasks every year, and there is no conflict of interest between other people and the salesmen. When the township secretary comes, he should either ignore you or not!

But hunters are different. They may have good things to sell. There is a certain amount of room for maneuver in these acquisition tasks. If you are bold and play well, you can make a profit from it.

“Where is it? Can I take a look first?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

“Okay, it’s in the warehouse at the back! I’ll take you there!” As she spoke, Li Li took Yue Feng to the warehouse at the back of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperatives of that time carried a wide variety of goods, and many things that seemed unrelated in later generations could be found here.

With so many things, it looked messy, but even from a distance, the brand new bicycle attracted Yue Feng’s attention.

Its outline is so unique, its structure so reasonable, and full of the mechanical beauty of industrial production. Even with the aesthetic taste of a modern man like Yue Feng, he can still feel the heaviness and stability of this Forever bicycle.

Yue Feng held the handlebars and rang the bell twice, then glanced at the thickened spokes and wheels, his eyes full of love.

“That’s it! Help me get the invoice!” Yue Feng said decisively.

“Are you really going to buy it? Great!” Li Li originally thought that this handsome hunter guy was just looking at it, but she didn’t expect him to buy it so readily.

“Of course I’m buying it! Is this the car I’m pushing out directly?”

“That’s definitely not possible. Bicycles are large items, so you need to sign a delivery note before you can ship them out of the warehouse. Come back to the counter with me first, get the invoice, and then come over here to exchange for the delivery note!”

“it is good!”

Yue Feng came to the counter and handed the bicycle ticket and a thick stack of Great Unity coupons to the salesperson.

Li Li quickly issued the document with quick hands and feet.

When verifying the ticket, Li Li habitually glanced at the stamp on the back of the bicycle ticket.

When Li Li saw the stamped words on it, she was slightly stunned and her impression of Yue Feng improved a bit.

I finished updating at noon, and the total word count was stuck at 9.9w words. I couldn’t wait until the evening, so I updated it in advance. Are you surprised? Are you surprised?

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