Zhao Yu said, "You overestimate me. I don't have that ability. This shop belongs to my older sister. I'm just temporarily looking after it for her. You're here to buy a car, right? Your husband's doing well lately; he bought you a motorcycle."

Li Yuzhu simply said, "It's alright. Tell me about your car."

Zhao Yu led Li Yuzhu to a motorcycle and stopped. She said, "I suggest you ride this motorcycle, the Honda 125 scooter for women. This motorcycle has a lot of power and a delicate and elegant design. Both the color and the style are suitable for women. I believe you will look even more beautiful riding this motorcycle."

Li Yuzhu asked, "How much does this car cost?"

Just then, a Jeep stopped in front of the store. Zhao Yu saw her sister return and said, "My older sister is back. Let her tell you!"

Sister Zhao Yu is very beautiful. Although she is middle-aged, her charm and temperament are still undeniable.

Zhao Yu said, "My older sister is back. This is my classmate Li Yuzhu, and also my best friend. She wants this motorcycle."

Zhao Yu specifically told his sister that Li Yuzhu was his good friend, because he was afraid that his sister would ask for an exorbitant price. Sometimes, classmate relationships are not that important; only good friends can bring people closer.

Sister Zhao Yu laughed and said, "Since you are my sister's good friend, there is nothing more to say. This car is worth more than six thousand on the market. I will give you five thousand eight hundred yuan for the car."

She wasn't asking for a high price; the market price was indeed a little over six thousand. But what she said was definitely not the cost price. Business was tough these days; you might not sell a high-end motorcycle in ten days or half a month. This kind of business is what people often call "three months without a sale, but one sale feeds you for half a year," meaning the profit margin is extremely high.

Li Yuzhu laughed and said, "Business is tough these days, so just charge whatever you think is fair."

Sister Zhao Yu laughed and said, "I would never make money off you, no matter who else I'm working for. Don't worry, I won't lose money at this price. Consider it a gift from your older sister. It's settled then. Don't make your older sister unhappy, okay?"

Business people are very good with words; whether what they say is true or false, they can make people feel comfortable.

Li Yuzhu said, "Since you've put it this way, I won't be modest!"

This motorcycle has an electric starter. Sister Zhao Yu installed the battery and rearview mirrors, then filled the fuel tank with gasoline. She asked, "Have you ever ridden a motorcycle before?"

Li Yuzhu said, "I have never ridden a motorcycle before."

Sister Zhao Yu said, "This bike has a continuously variable transmission (CVT), so it's very easy to learn. If you can ride a bicycle, you can ride it. When you first start riding, don't accelerate too hard!"

Li Yuzhu paid 5,800 yuan, and Sister Zhao Yu gave her a receipt for the motorcycle and also gave her two helmets as a gift.

Zhao Yu helped Li Yuzhu push the car outside the store. Li Yuzhu put on her helmet, got on the motorcycle, said goodbye, started the motorcycle, and drove home.

Dong Qing and Su Wei had dinner at a restaurant that evening, and after dinner, they got back into their car and continued their journey.

Dong Qing was driving, and Su Wei was resting on the back berth. Dong Qing asked, "Su Wei, you're twenty-three years old this year. Have you found a boyfriend yet?"

In this day and age, girls get married and become mothers at nineteen or twenty. If a girl stays at her parents' home until twenty-three, she is considered an older youth.

She said, "I dare not look for her. I'm so afraid of meeting another Yi Xiaofan. If that happens, I really can't go on living."

Dong Qing said, "There are still more good people in the world than Yi Xiaofans. What kind of person are you looking for? Maybe I can help you?"

Su Wei remained silent for a long time after hearing this. This past Spring Festival, her mother had asked someone to introduce her to two young men, but she refused to meet either of them.

My mother said, "When will this end? You'll be 23 after the New Year. You were born on the sixth day of the second lunar month, so you'll be 24 after your birthday. Why would I be rushing you if you were 18 or 20?"

With tears in her eyes, Su Wei said, "Let's wait a little longer!"

The mother said, "Just wait, let's see how long you can wait."

Men should marry when they are of marriageable age, and women should marry when they are of marriageable age. As parents, they are all anxious when their daughters reach marriageable age. During this period, her father was angry with Su Wei and rarely spoke to her.

After a long silence, Su Wei said, "I'm not that picky about finding a partner, as long as he treats me well."

Dong Qing suddenly remembered Chen Hong and said, "You may not know this, but I contracted the county machinery factory this year. There is a deputy director in the factory named Chen Hong. He is a very good person and a state-owned enterprise employee. He has a house in the factory's residential area. His wife was also a state-owned employee. She died in childbirth shortly after their marriage and is still single. She is three years older than you. If you are willing to find someone who has been married before, I can ask around for you."

In those days, both men and women held very feudal ideas. They believed that if a man died, his wife was destined to bring misfortune to her husband, and if his wife died, she was destined to bring misfortune to her wife. Even if a girl was to marry a divorced man, she would not want to marry a man whose wife had died.

After listening, Su Wei remained silent for a long time. She said, "I don't really believe in superstitions, but my parents do. During the Spring Festival, someone in my village introduced me to a divorced man, three years older than me, who also had a permanent job. When my parents heard that his wife had died of illness, they immediately called off the marriage and never let it go any further."

The idea that someone is unlucky in marriage is definitely feudal superstition, but people still believe in it.

This does not mean that a man and woman who remarry will necessarily cause the death of their spouse; many people live very well after marriage.

How to put it? It's not that people don't believe, it's that they do. If someone dies after marriage, they're considered to have a cursed fate, because everyone believes in superstition.

Especially in the early 1980s, such men and women were really unpopular with each other and were generally ignored.

And usually no one cares about these things. If the other person really dies in the future, the matchmaker will also be held responsible. It's like the other person killed him, even if he was cursed to death, because he had this disease himself. No one can really explain these things.

In short, it is very difficult to remarry after the death of one's spouse, and many people will avoid it.

Dongqing said, "I don't believe in this stuff. If you mind, let's not talk about it anymore. I'll have my older sister find you an unmarried young man at the machinery factory."

“I don’t believe in this either, but my parents do.” After a long silence, Su Wei said, “How about this, after you finish delivering the goods, you introduce us. As long as they’re good people, I don’t mind.”

Su Wei's agreement to meet was at most a sign of her trust in Dong Qing. If it were anyone else, let alone someone who was divorced and widowed, she might not have agreed to meet him even if she were still unmarried. This proves the saying, "Once bitten by a snake, twice shy." She was truly afraid of finding another wolf like Yi Xiaofan.

The next afternoon, Dong Qing and Su Wei drove to the first local product wholesale company and finished unloading the goods before dark.