After the New Year, time passed even faster. Before the spring plowing, Chu Tian increased the quantity and frequency of Sun Weiguo's deliveries to the farm.

That day, Sun Weiguo came back from the regiment and kept grinning. Chu Tian looked at him several times in confusion.

"What's wrong with you? What's so happy about? Your mouth is almost grinning to the sky! Could it be that your wife is pregnant again?"

Yes, Sun Weiguo's wife gave birth to a son in early November before the New Year. Sun Weiguo was so happy that he smiled every day. He also named his son Li Dabao. After hearing this, Chu Tian kindly advised him to change the name since it was a boy after all, but he didn't listen...

Sun Weiguo waved his hands quickly, "No, no, my Dabao is only three months old, still very young. Meiling and I have discussed it and decided to wait until he is over one year old before having a child."

"Of course, if there is one in the middle, I still want it."

Chu Tian nodded, stuffed the money into his pocket, and asked in confusion, "Then why are you in such a good mood?"

Sun Weiguo patted his head and said, "Brother Tian, ​​didn't I ask Brother Li Gang to help me see if there are any bicycle tickets?"

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "Why? Now you have it?"

Last year, he said he was willing to lend him money so he could buy a bicycle first, but unfortunately he never got a bicycle ticket, so it has been delayed until now...

Sun Weiguo carefully took out a bicycle ticket from his pocket and said, "Look, I got it."

"How much did you buy it for?"

Sun Weiguo chuckled, "Forty-five!"

Chu Tian tsk-tsk-tsked, "Not bad, I didn't make much money from you."

Sun Weiguo carefully put the bicycle ticket into his pocket again and nodded. "Yes, I know. I've also asked around. The price of a bicycle ticket on the black market has increased again. It's at least fifty-five..."

Chu Tian glanced at him and asked, "Why don't you buy the bicycle today?"

Sun Weiguo scratched his head embarrassedly, "Brother Tian, ​​I'm not like you. Every time I go out, I always carry one or two hundred yuan with me. I'm afraid of losing it, so I let Meiling keep the money!"

"So when are you going to buy it?"

Chu Tian understood. One or two hundred yuan was nothing to him now, but for people of this era, it was a huge sum of money. No one would carry it with them all the time.

Sun Weiguo thought for a moment and moved closer to Chu Tian, ​​chuckling twice, "Brother Tian, ​​I want you to go shopping with me, is that okay?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Okay, when? Tomorrow?"

The next morning, Chu Tian rode his bike and took Sun Weiguo directly to the supply and marketing cooperative, while Sun Baoguo drove a cart of goods to deliver it to Li Gang in Sun Weiguo's place.

"Brother Tian, ​​you see two types, which one do I want?"

Chu Tian looked over and saw that one was a "Phoenix" and the other was a "Golden Deer." After thinking for a moment, he said, "The prices don't seem to be much different. So, let's just go with the Phoenix. After all, it's only a few dollars more expensive than the Golden Deer..."

Sun Weiguo nodded and waved to the salesperson, "Comrade, I want..."

While the salesperson was issuing tickets, Chu Tian walked over to the radio counter opposite. He lowered his head to look at the radio in front of him, and without looking up, he asked the salesperson inside the counter, "Hello, how much is this radio?"

(It used to be called semiconductor~)

The salesperson had noticed him and Sun Weiguo when they were looking at the bicycle. He thought they were here to take a look again, but he didn't expect that they decided to buy a bicycle worth more than 100 yuan in less than five minutes. He immediately stepped forward and spoke enthusiastically.

"The prices are different. The smaller one is 120 yuan, and the larger one is 150 yuan..."

Chu Tian nodded, raised his hand and said, "Can I see it?"

The salesperson nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, you can take a look."

Seeing Chu Tian looking around, he thought for a moment and said, "They are all produced in the same factory. In fact, they are not much different. It's just that people who have bought them say that the smaller ones don't have as good a signal as the larger ones."

"Well, I think so..."

"Brother Tian, ​​do you want to buy a radio?"

On this side, Sun Weiguo had already paid the money and was waiting for the salesperson to bring the new one over from the warehouse.

Chu Tian picked up the larger one and looked around. He nodded when he heard it. "Well, spring plowing is coming soon. Xiujuan and I will be out early and back late every day. My grandmother will be at home taking care of the children. I will buy a radio so that she can kill time at home..."

Sun Weiguo said "Oh", thought for a moment and said, "Brother Tian, ​​take this radio back. Those gossipers in our team will start gossiping behind your back again."

Chu Tian paused when he heard this and said to the salesperson, "I want the big one."

The salesperson said "Hey" and then asked, "How many batteries do you want?"

“How many are in here?”

"two!"

"Then give me ten first!"

The salesperson was stunned for a moment and just said, "One battery is fifty cents..."

Chu Tian directly took out one hundred and fifty-five yuan from his pocket, and took out a cashier ticket and put it on the table. The meaning was self-evident. Seeing this, the salesperson did not say another word, and took out a new radio and ten batteries in a very straightforward manner.

The salesperson installed two batteries and explained to Chu Tian how to turn it on and off and how to change channels. Chu Tian listened and nodded repeatedly.

After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Chu Tian and Sun Weiguo went to the place where they had agreed to meet with Sun Baoguo to wait.

"Brother, why are you so slow?"

The two waited for more than half an hour before they saw Sun Baoguo driving a carriage, swaying over...

"Chu Tian, ​​this is today's money, count it..."

Sun Baoguo handed over the two hundred yuan he had received today to Chu Tian, ​​and then asked Sun Weiguo, "Weiguo, did you buy a bicycle?"

Sun Weiguo grinned immediately after hearing this, and turned sideways to let Sun Baoguo see, "I bought it, I bought it, the same Phoenix brand bicycle as Brother Tian's!"

Sun Baoguo also smiled happily, "It's better to buy it, so that it will be convenient for you to do anything in the future. When your brother asks you to borrow it, you can't be stingy!"

Sun Weiguo waved his hand, "Brother, what are you talking about? We are all family, what's the point of lending or not? Brother, you can do whatever you want, and I will never say no!"

Seeing the two brothers still talking politely, Chu Tian interrupted their conversation and suggested, "Brother Baoguo, Weiguo, let's talk on the way."

As they walked along, Sun Baoguo remembered something and quickly said, "By the way, Brother Chu Tian, ​​I heard from Li Gang today that our transport team is recruiting!"

Chu Tianqi slowed down his pace. "Recruiting people? Recruiting from outside?"

Sun Baoguo whipped his horse's butt and replied, "It seems so. Many people signed up, but many were rejected!"

Sun Weiguo was puzzled, "Why?"