When Qiao Qiqi saw a customer arrive, she didn't rush to quote a price. Instead, she skillfully took out a fruit knife from her pocket and offered the customer a slice to try.

Only after seeing that the other party was satisfied did he say, "My apples and pears are all imported. If you want them, they're 50 cents a pound."

The buyer was a straightforward person and immediately said, "Give me three pounds of apples and three pounds of pears."

"Okay!" Qiao Qiqi immediately packed six apples and six pears for the other person.

The other person frowned when they saw that she wasn't weighing herself. "Aren't you going to weigh yourself?"

Qiao Qiqi blinked innocently, "Are you sure you want me to weigh it? If I weigh it, it will weigh more than 6 pounds."

They are all regular grocery shoppers, so they can roughly estimate the weight.

Seeing that Qiao Qiqi's words made sense, the other party immediately paid three yuan and turned to leave.

Qiao Qiqi chuckled, put the money in her pocket, turned her head and met Qin Huai's gaze, a thought flashing through her mind.

"You sell here, I'll go take a look around and see if I can find out about bicycle tickets and watch tickets."

Qin Huai frowned, about to stop her, but Qiao Qiqi quickly stood up. "I'm going to buy the goods. Even if someone comes, they'll only arrest the sellers. Don't worry."

Qin Huai was still worried, but Qiao Qiqi ignored him and turned to leave.

She strolled around the market and discovered many wonderful things.

The black market in the county was far more bustling than the one in the town.

When Qiao Qiqi saw something she wanted to buy, she secretly made a mental note of it, focusing her attention on the bicycle ticket and the watch ticket.

After asking around for a long time, they still couldn't get any information and only managed to buy two cloth coupons and two 2-jin (1 kg) grain coupons.

Qiao Qiqi was in a bit of a dilemma.

If we can't get tickets, then the bicycle ride is ruined...

She was somewhat unwilling to give up and was thinking about where else she could get one when she suddenly saw an old woman walking towards her. "Young lady, I saw you asking about bicycle tickets earlier. I wanted to ask, do you need sewing plane tickets?"

Qiao Qiqi turned her head and saw that the person who came was an old woman who was probably 60 years old. She was immediately moved.

She originally didn't want to buy a sewing machine.

But then he suddenly remembered that Lin Chunying had a broken sewing machine.

In the original owner's memories, Lin Chunying was a skillful woman. All the clothes she and Qiao Tianyou wore from childhood to adulthood were made by Lin Chunying using that broken sewing machine.

However, Lin Chunying's sewing machine is of poor quality and often breaks down. Two years ago, it broke down completely and could not be repaired after several attempts. It is estimated that it is impossible to repair it again.

Thinking that Lin Chunying had nothing to do at home, and that having a sewing machine would be a good pastime, she asked, "How much is a sewing machine ticket?"

The old man held out one hand, "50 yuan."

Qiao Qiqi frowned. "It's too expensive."

When the old man heard that she was interested but thought it was too expensive, he quickly said, "This ticket is a Panda brand, the best brand. I wouldn't be selling it if my family wasn't going through a tough time. If you really want it, I'll give you a discount."

Seeing that the other person seemed to be genuinely in trouble, Qiao Qiqi asked directly, "How much cheaper can you offer?"

The old woman hesitated for a moment, wanting to say 48, but after a second thought, she gritted her teeth and said, "45 yuan, is that okay?"

Qiao Qiqi still felt it was too expensive...

In those days, the price of a sewing machine was almost the same as that of a bicycle, and with tickets, it would cost nearly two hundred.

She considered it for a moment and said, "40 yuan. If you're selling it, I'll take it. If not, then forget it."

The old woman's deeply lined face was filled with conflict.

Qiao Qiqi didn't force her and was about to leave immediately when the old woman finally made up her mind, "Alright, I'll sell it!"

Qiao Qiqi took out 40 yuan, accepted the sewing ticket, and was about to leave.

The old woman suddenly called out to her again, "Young lady, you wanted to buy a bicycle, right? I don't have a bicycle voucher, but my neighbor has a bicycle he bought only six months ago that he wants to sell. Why don't you come with me to take a look?"

Qiao Qiqi had a sudden inspiration and immediately asked, "Do you need tickets?"

The old woman laughed, "Second-hand ones don't need tickets, but they're not cheap. I overheard the couple talking about it, and it seems they wanted 130 yuan."

130 is fine too!

After all, a new one costs 150!

And you need tickets!

Qiao Qiqi was immediately tempted, but thinking that it wouldn't be safe for a girl like her to go alone, she immediately asked the old woman to wait there and ran to call Qin Huai to come and see with her.

The old lady's house wasn't far; it only took about 10 minutes to walk there.

It's inside a building.

When they got downstairs, the old woman turned to the two of them and said, "Wait here for a moment. I'll go upstairs and ask if they're selling it. If they are, then you can come up."

"good."

Qiao Qiqi nodded and watched the old woman go upstairs. About five minutes later, the old woman came down with a middle-aged man carrying a bicycle.

This is not surprising, after all, bicycles were big items in those days, and they would definitely be stolen if left downstairs, so they were all kept at home.

The old woman introduced the two parties.

The middle-aged man placed the bicycle in front of Qiao Qiqi and Qin Huai, saying, "This is the bicycle I'm selling. You can try it out first."

Qiao Qiqi didn't understand this, so she immediately looked at Qin Huai.

Qin Huai went up to check and, after confirming that there was no problem, even got on his car and rode around the yard.

After confirming that everything was in order, he nodded to Qiao Qiqi.

Qiao Qiqi knew that everything was fine, so she smiled and looked at the seller, "I heard you want to sell this bicycle for 130 yuan? No receipt required, right?"

The man nodded. "Yes."

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