Er Ya said shyly, "Mom, I just forgot for a moment, but this car is really nice."

"Let's look at the old ones first. They're over there. Let's see if there's anything suitable."

The store had both new and old bicycles. Er Ya's family walked a little further, and Lin Jianguo took a fancy to a dilapidated "Forever" brand bicycle.

Its electroplated parts have long lost some of their luster, the paint on the body has also lost its original color, and the two mudguards are covered with rust spots the size of broad beans.

The bell, lock, back seat, and brakes all failed to function properly. Lin Jianguo rode it for a bit, and apart from the bell not ringing, all the parts made a unique "creaking" sound.

"Dad, what are you looking at? Are you buying this to keep it in its old age?"

Lin Jianguo said weakly, "Isn't it cheaper to buy an old one? Let's buy a new one when we have more money, okay?"

Originally, Jiang's mother didn't think much of the old bicycle, but after listening to Lin Jianguo's words, she felt that what he said made sense. She looked at it carefully again and said, "How about we just make do with this one? The boss will come out and tell us how much it costs later."

Er Ya was speechless. Just then, the boss and Qian Lu came over. Qian Lu called out from afar, "Er Ya, is there anything you like?"

Er Ya pointed helplessly at the car in front of her.

Qian Lu opened his mouth wide in exaggerated disbelief: "This... won't it fall apart if I ride it?"

Er Ya sighed: "My parents have their eye on it, and they think it will be very cheap."

The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "If you like this bike, you can take it for eighty yuan, for Xiao Lu's sake. I wouldn't normally sell it for less than one hundred."

Upon hearing that even the old ones were so expensive, Lin Jianguo pointed to the Phoenix brand car and asked, "How much is that one?"

"You guys have great taste. That's the latest version. I just got it in yesterday. It's a flat price of two hundred. If you ride this bike, I guarantee it won't break down for ten years."

Jiang's mother and Lin Jianguo were also undecided about which bike to buy. They pulled Er Ya aside and whispered to each other, "Daughter, how about we buy an old one? We're just using it for business, aren't we?"

"But……".

“We’re rich, let’s buy a new one, okay? It’ll look good to ride it around. It’s just a bit more expensive, right? We can use that money to buy wild boar meat. We’ll even have some left over after buying the bicycle.”

She really didn't want to ride a clanging bicycle down the street; it wasn't cool enough.

Jiang's mother also realized what was happening. "Oh right, there's still money from selling pork!" she said, tugging at Lin Jianguo.

"Why don't we listen to Er Ya? Have you forgotten? That wild boar died right in front of our door because Er Ya wanted a bicycle. It sold for almost the same price as a bicycle. Did God send Er Ya a bicycle by special?"

Lin Jianguo thought Jiang's mother's words made sense. What if he didn't listen and insisted on buying an old car? What if God took back the remaining money?

After thinking it through, he made a tough decision: "Erya likes it, let's buy a new one."

Er Ya cheered, "Yay! That's great! Thank you, Dad and Mom!"

He ran back, pointed at the Phoenix brand bicycle, and shouted to the shop owner, "Boss, we want this one."

He winked at Qian Lu again.

Qian Lu received the signal and said to the boss, "Boss, this isn't an outsider, give me a fair price."

Er Ya said pitifully, "Yes, boss, my family isn't well-off either. I bought this car to do business. I really like that car, so please give me a discount."

The shopkeeper glanced at Qian Lu, then at the little girl staring at him expectantly, and gritted his teeth: "One hundred and eighty, that's the lowest I can go."

He couldn't explain this to his wife, since he was only managing the store on behalf of his father-in-law.

"Great, thank you boss, you're such a good person, I wish you great wealth in the future, Dad, hurry up and give me the money."

The shop owner took the money and counted it: "You kid, I just hope more people will come to buy cars and make up for the price difference."

"Definitely."

After they left, a few people actually came to buy bicycles, and they were obviously wealthy people who only bought the expensive and good ones without haggling.

The boss was overjoyed, almost jumping for joy: "Great! Not only have we recovered the price difference, but we can also save some money to enrich our own little savings!"

Er Ya and her family said goodbye to Qian Lu and rode their bicycles home. Er Ya excitedly shouted all the way:

"Hahaha, our family now owns a car! In the future, I'll buy a TV and a radio, and I'll make sure we have electricity so we don't have to use kerosene lamps anymore."

Seeing her daughter's excited, rosy face, Jiang's mother couldn't help but smile and say:

"Okay, Mom believes you. We'll definitely need those things you mentioned in the future. Your parents are counting on you to live a good life."

Lin Jianguo didn't say anything, but pedaled harder, which drew bursts of giggles.

Having your own car is so convenient; it's much faster than an oxcart and saves a lot of time.

They arrived at the village quickly, and from afar they could see people craning their necks to look in their direction: "Who's that? Why is it coming this way?"

"Grandma, are you seeing things? Isn't that the second son of the Lin family?"

"Lin Lao Er? You're talking nonsense. This person is clearly riding a bicycle, how could it be him?"

"Could I be seeing things? It's clearly Lin Lao Er."

Niu, standing in the crowd, didn't even glance at him and said sarcastically, "How could it be him? If this car is his, I'll buy you two pounds of melon seeds tomorrow."

"You said it yourself, we've written it down."

"I said that if I didn't buy it, I would..."

Lin Jianguo rode his bicycle up to them and greeted them with a smile: "Are you all just lounging around here?"

Niu swallowed the words she was about to say.

A woman next to her rubbed her and said, "We're really looking forward to your sunflower seeds."

Niu glared at her: "Eat my ass, or your mouth will rot."

Looking disdainfully at Jiang's mother, who was talking to everyone, she said, "Second son's wife, where did you borrow this from? How dare you show it off in front of us? Aren't you ashamed? Pui pui pui."

Er Ya tilted her head and said with a smile, "Auntie, this is what our family bought! Look, there's even a receipt from the shop owner."

"Who knows where you got this stuff to fool people? Only a fool would believe you."

Jiang's mother was displeased upon hearing this: "Sister-in-law, you can find out whether it's ours or not just by looking. Besides, you can see if it's still at our house after a few days, whether we borrowed it or not. We can't leave it at our house every day."

Niu was half-believing and half-doubting: This woman speaks with such confidence, could she really be from their family? She stopped chatting and turned to run home.

"Hey, why are you running so fast?"

To be continued!