have to!
Upon hearing Cai Quanwu's words, Yan Bugui knew he wouldn't gain any advantage.
It doesn't matter. Although we can't make money with the He family's tricycle, we do have an extra tricycle in the yard. If we need it in the future, we can just borrow it from He Daqing.
They've been neighbors for so many years, how could He Daqing possibly refuse?
And so, He Daqing and Cai Quanwu began their days pedaling tricycles in Beijing.
Cai Quanwu, a seasoned tricycle driver, knew all the routes in Beijing like the back of his hand, so he was the main force in the work. He Daqing was a little less skilled, but with the two brothers working non-stop, they could earn more than two yuan a day.
Such income is considered relatively high in a courtyard house, especially since it's earned through hard work. No one can find fault with it, so many residents are considering whether they should also buy a tricycle.
Unfortunately, tricycles are too expensive for the average person to afford.
Three or four days passed in the blink of an eye.
It was a day off, and after several days of cloudy weather, the sun was finally out.
However, even sunshine isn't a good thing in this season, as the temperature is already so hot that people are sweating.
Chen Jun lay leisurely in the chair, and Chen Xueru would occasionally feed him a grape. Life couldn't be better.
"Chen Jun, your friend is pretty impressive. He can even buy grapes now."
Chen Jun smiled with his eyes closed: "It gets hot earlier in the south, so the grapes there ripen first. In a few more days, we can also eat watermelon."
watermelon?
Chen Xueru couldn't help but purse her lips when she heard the word "watermelon".
The watermelon Chen Jun brought her was the sweetest watermelon she had ever eaten in her life. Although she only ate it a few times, she couldn't forget it.
"Oh right, Lin Yao kept talking about fried cicadas to me yesterday. She must be craving some." Chen Xueru picked up another grape and stuffed it into Chen Jun's mouth.
Lin Yao is greedy?
Chen Jun turned his head and looked at Chen Xueru with a half-smile.
If Lin Yao were craving something, she definitely wouldn't hide it; she would come running to me and clamor about what she wanted to eat.
So, it's probably not Lin Yao who's craving it, but Chen Xueru.
"Let's catch cicadas tonight! The whole family will go!"
Chen Jun, who hadn't caught a cicada in many years, suddenly became interested.
When we were young, catching cicadas was very easy. We could catch dozens or even hundreds in two or three hours. But as the forests shrank and more people caught cicadas, the number of cicadas caught plummeted. Sometimes we would only find three or five after two or three hours.
"Okay, okay!"
Chen Xueru replied cheerfully that this time, not only could she eat delicious fried cicadas, but she could also go hiking in the woods with Chen Jun.
In order to catch cicadas, Chen Jun specially went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a new flashlight.
In this era, flashlights are considered household appliances, so they are not cheap.
As evening approached, Chen Jun prepared dinner early and then announced that he was going to catch cicadas outside the city.
When Lin Yao heard the news, she was almost overjoyed.
He finished the porridge in his bowl in a few gulps, and then began to prepare for the operation to come.
And so, after dinner, the family of four set off on two bicycles.
The people in the courtyard found this scene rather novel.
"At this hour, where are Chen Jun and his family?"
"Could they have gone to see a movie?" someone remarked.
These days, going to the cinema at night is very popular, but many people are willing to spend the money, so more than half of the people in the courtyard have never been to a cinema.
"Sigh, it's good to be rich. You can buy movie tickets whenever you want."
Hearing these comments while washing diapers in the yard, Xu Damao raised his head with a touch of arrogance: "It's just watching a movie, I never pay to watch movies."
"Chen Jun, why are you being so polite with me? If you want to watch a movie, just say so. I'll bring the machine back after get off work, and you can watch as many movies as you want."
What is that?
You can even bring the movie projector home?
Those who were chatting were all taken aback by this statement. Liu Haizhong, who was in the lead, cleared his throat and asked, "Xu Damao, do you have that right?"
Even when Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies, he had to return to the factory to return the equipment before he could go home.
"Of course!"
Bringing the projector home without permission is against the rules, but since he had already boasted about it, Xu Damao had no choice but to admit it.
“That’s great! It’s hot now and everyone’s sleeping late. Why don’t you show a movie in the yard another day? Hmm, how about the day you’re having your banquet?” Liu Haizhong thought this was a good opportunity to get the neighbors together.
Moreover, it also highlights the difference between their No. 95 courtyard house and other courtyard houses.
Look at our compound, we can watch movies without even leaving the building. Do you have that kind of treatment in your compound?
"That day won't work. I have to take care of the banquet arrangements. I won't have time to show a movie tonight!" Xu Damao refused without even thinking.
Bringing the machine to the courtyard house is not impossible.
We just need to find a suitable opportunity, such as showing a movie in the countryside one day, and then showing it in the yard on the way back, and returning the equipment to the propaganda department early the next day.
As long as the section chief doesn't see it, everything will be fine.
"Let's wait a while. I reckon the new movie will be released soon, and I'll treat you all to a new movie then!"
To save face, Xu Damao boasted about it first.
"Great, great! I have to see the new movie!" Liu Haizhong nodded in satisfaction, already planning how to show off to the other managers of the courtyards.
We must make it a lively affair so that everyone in the alley knows that a movie is being shown at courtyard house number 95.
On the other side, Chen Jun and his group quickly left the city, where there was a large forest right next to the city wall.
Because of the rain a few days ago, there are already many holes in the ground. These are traces left by cicadas when they crawled out of the ground.
Chen Jun gave each of them a flashlight and a canned food jar. To prevent the cicada from transforming, he filled each canned food jar with some water.
"Everyone find a stick and tap the grass on the ground from time to time while you're in the woods," Chen Jun instructed before they started.
The woods of this era are not only teeming with cicadas, but also with snakes and other creatures.
Therefore, for safety's sake, everyone should carry a stick, which can both scare away cicadas and knock them down when they climb to higher places.
"Brother!! There are two here!"
Before she had taken two steps, Lin Yao shouted at a tree.
Following the beam of the flashlight, Chen Jun saw two cicadas perched on the tree in front of Lin Yao.
Ouch.
The canning jars I prepared seem to be insufficient.
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