"Not long after the New Year, Jianjun and I told our parents that we wanted to buy two more bicycles."
"My parents didn't have any objections."
"Then I prepared to go to the black market to exchange two bicycle tickets with Scarface."
"After I switched, I told my parents that I had switched with another driver."
"Who knew that, by sheer coincidence, a few days ago a coworker came over and asked if our family had any bicycle vouchers."
"He said he asked all the drivers at the steel mill, as well as drivers at other factories."
"Everyone says there aren't any extra bicycles because there have been a lot of weddings in the last month or two."
"So if we were to pull out two bicycle tickets at this time, it would be too abrupt."
Huang Jianguo still feels helpless when he recalls this incident.
If that person had come back a few days later to ask, he would have already taken the bicycle ticket home.
There's absolutely no need to go to such lengths.
After listening to Huang Jianguo's story, Xu Junhui patted him on the shoulder with sympathy.
"If that's the case, then it's really not appropriate for you to just take the ticket home."
In fact, Xu Junhui felt that Huang Jianguo and his group were not really doing business on the black market.
More often than not, they collaborate with Scarface, or rather, they buy goods from other places and sell them directly to Scarface.
However, Huang Jianguo and his group didn't want Huang Eryuan and Chen Zhaodi to know, so he could only help cover for them.
Huang Jianguo knew Scarface Brother entirely because Xu Weiguo was the matchmaker.
When Chen Zhaodi and the others find out, they will definitely feel uncomfortable.
......
The next day at noon, Xu Junhui took advantage of his trip back to the food factory to complete some paperwork to go and get the tickets from Huang Jianguo.
When Xu Junhui got his ticket and was about to go home, he suddenly froze.
He looked at the three bicycle tickets in his hand and suddenly felt a bit hot to the touch and a headache.
Because he had just remembered that Huang Jianguo, Huang Jianjun, and Scarface had connections.
It wasn't just Huang Eryuan and Chen Zhaodi who were unaware.
Huang Qinqin was also unaware of it!
Huang Qinqin had already disapproved of Huang Jianguo and his group selling goods on the black market.
If she knew that Huang Jianguo and his gang were now in contact with Scarface, she'd probably explode.
Xu Junhui couldn't simply take the bicycle ticket back and claim that he had exchanged it for it.
Huang Qinqin knew very well that he had asked many people but still couldn't get a bicycle ticket.
Not to mention that now I've exchanged them for three tickets at once.
After thinking about it, Xu Junhui finally decided to push the bicycle ticket onto his father.
With a plan in mind, Xu Junhui was no longer so panicked.
However, to avoid any discrepancy between Xu Weiguo's and his own statements, Xu Junhui decided to go and talk to him now to get their stories straight.
...
"My goodness, honey, you're amazing!"
"I actually got three bicycle tickets at once."
Zhang Yumei looked at the bicycle ticket in her hand and said excitedly.
Just a few days ago, they were worried because they couldn't buy a bicycle without a ticket.
It's unbelievable that I've suddenly received three cards!
Xu Weiguo accepted the praise without changing his expression: "Yes, I also asked my brothers in the province to exchange it."
"I was only planning to exchange one ticket, but yesterday Jianguo and the others said they also wanted to buy bicycles."
"Then I saw that they had some extra, so I helped them exchange them too."
"Hey Junhui, find some time to send the tickets to Jianguo and the others."
Xu Junhui pretended not to know and said in surprise, "Oh, okay."
"Dad, you're amazing! You got the tickets so quickly."
"That's right, don't you know who your dad is? Hahaha."
Looking at the three bicycle tickets in Zhang Yumei's hand, Huang Qinqin felt that something was not quite right.
But looking at the interactions between Xu Junhui and the others, I couldn't find the problem.
So she tentatively asked, "Dad, who did you trade with in the province?"
"How does he have so many tickets?"
"If one person gets three bicycle tickets, could these tickets be obtained illegally?"
“Junhui even went to the black market to ask before, but there were no bicycle tickets available there.”
When Huang Qinqin asked Xu Weiguo that question, his mind went blank for a moment.
This wasn't mentioned in the conversation he and Xu Junhui were discussing!
Xu Weiguo told himself not to panic and quickly organized his thoughts.
"Oh, I swapped it with a leader from the province."
"These tickets were originally intended for his youngest son's wedding."
"It was originally agreed that his family would provide a bicycle and two bicycle tickets as a bride price."
"Who knew that the woman would suddenly change her mind when it came time to formally propose marriage?"
"I told them I didn't need bicycle tickets, and that I wanted them to give me three bicycles directly."
"Then, in a fit of anger, the leader decided to cancel the engagement, which is why I was able to get three bicycle tickets."
After hearing Xu Weiguo's explanation, Huang Qinqin put her doubts to rest.
And he talked directly with Zhang Yumei about this matter.
"Good heavens, that woman's family is really daring."
"What kind of celestial being would dare to ask for three bicycles?"
Zhang Yumei had heard many stories of bride prices being increased at the last minute.
But adding one bicycle to three bicycles was something she had never heard of before.
This was truly outrageous! Zhang Yumei felt she had really learned something new.
Huang Qinqin nodded in agreement: "That's right, a bicycle ticket and a bicycle are worlds apart."
"However, I think the woman's family must believe that the man can't live without her, which is why they changed their minds."
"Mom, do you think it's possible that the woman is pregnant?"
Upon hearing Huang Qinqin's guess, Zhang Yumei excitedly slapped her thigh.
"Don't tell! You really shouldn't tell!"
"I think that's very likely, otherwise why would the woman dare to bring it up like that?"
"you say......"
Xu Junhui noticed that Huang Qinqin's attention had been diverted.
They no longer cared about where the bicycle ticket came from.
He even chatted with Zhang Yumei about gossip with great interest, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Junhui also gave Xu Weiguo a thumbs-up, expressing his admiration.
Xu Weiguo waved his hand modestly and mouthed, "It's alright, it's alright."
Xu Weiguo felt incredibly fortunate.
A couple of days ago, when the people in the bureau were gossiping, he went over and listened for a while.
What he just said wasn't all made up.
It was adapted from gossip he had heard a few days ago.
However, the family they were referring to back then didn't change their request for bicycle tickets to a request for a bicycle itself.
Instead, the originally agreed-upon dowry of only fifty yuan was eventually increased to one hundred and fifty yuan.
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