Chapter 203 Buying a Motorcycle
Zhou Chenglei: "Let's go to the department store first to see if there are any motorcycles for sale. To buy a motorcycle you need a letter of introduction and a ticket. I have the ticket, and I'll find someone to write the letter of introduction. I don't know if I can buy it in the department store. If not, I'll find someone to help me buy it."
It is not easy to buy a motorcycle. In addition to a ticket, you also need a letter of introduction from your work unit, and the supply is in short supply.
Now neither of them has a job, so they can only ask someone to help write a letter of introduction.
"Okay." Jiang Xia thought that as long as he had a ticket, he could buy it, but he didn't know that he also needed a letter of introduction.
She originally thought that after buying a motorcycle, she could ride it to see the tractor and the house.
Especially houses, buying a house is a big deal. Jiangxia is not familiar with many places in the city. After buying a motorcycle, he can go around and see where there are houses for sale. The appreciation potential of houses in different locations is also different!
Buying a house is not easy. You have to put all your assets into it, so you have to compare around and buy one with high cost performance and greater potential for appreciation.
As the two walked out of the train station, a jeep stopped in front of them.
Zhang Rui got out of the car and came to them: "Captain, sister-in-law! I have been looking for you for a long time!"
Yesterday afternoon he went to the village to look for the group, and the group leader's father said that the group leader had gone to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the festival.
This morning he found the home of the group leader's father-in-law according to the address, but his mother-in-law said that they had gone to the train station to see someone off early in the morning.
He hurried over again.
Finally met! Zhou Chenglei: "Don't call me that anymore."
Zhang Rui opened his mouth to say something, but thinking of his stubborn personality, he said, "Then I should call you Fourth Brother?"
When the four brothers first joined the army, the regiment commander was the youngest, and everyone called him Xiao Si. However, he was so capable and was promoted the fastest, even someone with a family background in military training could not compare to him. Everyone admired him and promoted him from squad leader to regiment commander.
Later, when they went on missions together, sometimes they needed to conceal their identities, so everyone called him Fourth Brother.
Zhou Chenglei didn't say anything this time and just let him do what he wanted.
Jiang Xia asked Zhang Rui: "Didn't you say you would come to see us the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival? I thought you didn't come, so I thought you had left because of something urgent."
"I happened to have something to do that day, so I couldn't go. Sister-in-law, fourth brother, you guys get in the car first. I'll take you wherever you want to go."
Zhou Chenglei didn't hesitate to open the car door and help Jiang Xia get in.
After Zhou Chenglei waited for Jiang Xia to get on the car, he was about to get on, but Jiang Xia stopped him: "You go to the front and lead the way!"
If two people sit in the back seat, doesn't that mean they are treating the other person as the driver?
Zhang Rui had already gotten in the car and said with a smile, "It's okay, Captain, just sit in the back seat! Where are you going?"
He was happy to be the team leader's driver, but he became even more nervous when the team leader sat in the front, fearing that the team leader would dislike his driving skills.
Zhou Chenglei sat in the back seat because he didn't want Jiang Xia to sit alone. Besides, they had a strong relationship and didn't care about it.
Zhou Chenglei: "Let's go to the department store to look at motorcycles."
Zhang Rui heard this and said, "Buying a motorcycle? Do you have a coupon? My second brother seems to have a coupon."
Zhou Chenglei: "I have the voucher, but no letter of introduction."
"Then ask my second brother to help write it."
Zhou Chenglei had the same idea.
Jiang Xia looked at the open-top jeep and asked, "How much does your car cost?"
Zhang Rui heard this and said, "This is my second brother's car. It cost more than 30,000 yuan when I bought it two years ago. It should be about the same price now, or maybe a thousand or two more expensive."
Zhou Chenglei looked at Jiang Xia and asked, "Why don't you buy this car instead of a tractor and a motorcycle?"
Jiang Xia thought about it and shook his head: "No, buy a tractor and a motorcycle."
Although it is not impossible to buy a 30,000-plus jeep, it is just that the tractor is more cost-effective! In the village, tractors and motorcycles are more practical.
They were not rich, they still had money to buy two large boats! A tractor and a motorcycle would be enough to deliver the dried fish.
Jiang Xia saw someone driving an orange-red motorcycle on the street. The motorcycle looked very much like a modern electric car. She immediately thought that the front curved beam could hold a bag of dried fish, and four or five bags of dried fish could be tied to the back. When Zhou Chenglei went out to the sea, she could easily use the motorcycle to pull one or two hundred kilograms of goods to sell in the city.
If you learn how to use a tractor, you will be able to pull thousands of pounds! If you buy a jeep, is it decent to drive it to sell dried fish?
How many kilograms of dried fish does she have to sell to earn enough to buy a jeep? Zhang Rui listened and said, "This car is pretty good. You can haul goods in the back and it's not afraid of wind and sun. But it gets angry in the winter and goes on strike! If you want to rock the car, you'll get hit by the rocking handle. But the climate here is not bad. It's not very cold in the winter. It's more troublesome in the north."
Jiang Xia: "Tractors are cost-effective. In addition to hauling goods, they can also plow the fields. I like tractors!"
Zhang Rui: "That's true!"
My sister-in-law is so cute! Haha…
So the three of them came to the department store where motorcycles were sold.
The salesman saw them coming to look at the motorcycle and asked directly: "Do you have a ticket and a letter of introduction?"
Zhang Rui: “Yes.”
"show me."
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Zhang Rui: "I'll show you later. Let's take a look at the car first."
The salesperson knew they didn't have tickets or letters of introduction as soon as he heard them. "You can only look, don't move your hands."
Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia: "Which one do you like?"
There are not many motorcycles here, only one Xingfu 250 and one Jialing CJ50, which means you can only choose one of the two.
It seems that it was only after two years that motorcycles began to have more styles and became more like modern motorcycles. Of course, the prices also became more and more expensive at that time. By the 1990s, motorcycles ranged from several thousand to more than tens of thousands.
It’s not so bad now. The Xingfu one costs a little over 2,000 yuan, while the Jialing one can be bought for less than 1,000 yuan.
Zhang Rui introduced the car to Jiang Xia: "The Jialing is lighter and slower, but very stable. The Xingfu is faster and can haul thousands of pounds without any problems. It is also comfortable to sit in, but the car body is heavier. If you drive it often, it is better to choose the Jialing."
In Jiang Xia's opinion, the Xingfu one is more masculine, while the Jialing one looks like an electric car and is easier for girls to control.
Jiang Xia looked at Zhou Chenglei: "Which one do you like?"
Zhou Chenglei: "Jia Ling, you can drive this one too."
For Zhou Chenglei, he can go to the city and ride a bicycle, drive a tractor, or drive a boat. There are many options.
If you want to buy a motorcycle, you would naturally choose the one that is easier to drive in Jiangxia.
As soon as he saw Jiang Xia's expression, he knew that she would definitely drive the motorcycle if he bought it.
Zhou Chenglei was worried about Xingfu's motorcycle. She had thin arms and legs and no strength at all. He didn't know if she was strong enough to support the motorcycle. It would be a bit dangerous for Jiang Xia to drive.
Jiang Xia said, "Then buy Jialing."
Cheap and convenient!
You can put a pack of dried fish in the front and a few packs in the back. How convenient! It is the first choice for small vendors and vegetable farmers like them! Zhang Rui asked the salesperson: "Can I buy it now if I have a ticket and a letter of introduction?"
The salesperson nodded and said, "Yes, you are lucky. We just delivered a batch of motorcycles the day before yesterday and gave them to the customers who ordered them. We delivered three more Jialing and Xingfu. Yesterday, there were not many people shopping in the mall during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so they were not sold. If you don't buy now, they may be sold out in the afternoon. If you want to buy, you have to queue up and order. It will take at least a month to get the motorcycle. And the next batch is expected to increase in price. This batch has increased by more than 100 yuan compared to the first batch."
Zhang Rui said, "Fourth brother, sister-in-law, wait a minute, I'll go get the letter of introduction."
Zhang Rong can write the letter of introduction, and Zhang Rui can go directly to his second brother to get the letter of introduction.
Zhou Chenglei took out the ticket and gave it to Jiang Xia, who then counted out the money from his bag to pay the bill. However, the salesperson required a letter of introduction before he would accept the payment and issue a receipt.
The couple could only wait for Zhang Rui to come.
"Alei." A gentle voice sounded behind the two of them.
Jiang Xia turned around.