Uncle Wang's car was given to him by his son, and it is in such a tattered state.
When you ride it, there are noises everywhere, and it doesn't matter if you fall or bump into something.
If it was a new car, he would definitely not lend it.
This car might be scrapped someday, so I don't feel bad about it.
Hua Youcai and his son learned it for an afternoon and finally learned how to ride.
First push it for a circle to get a feel for it, then slide it, and when you've gotten it right, get on and ride it.
The two men in the back seat helped each other to hold the handlebars steady, and they soon learned how to ride.
When I was about to fall, I couldn't fall even if I stretched out my legs and supported myself on the ground.
Hua Yuanyuan was not idle at home in the afternoon. In addition to working in the space, she also arranged the days before the New Year.
Just take my dad and younger brother to the city to go shopping and broaden their horizons.
By the way, buy some daily necessities, bicycles and watches are definitely worth buying.
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We went shopping for four consecutive days, from the 25th to the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.
I got up as soon as it was light in the morning, had breakfast, and took the bus to the city.
Which bus to take, where to get off, where to reverse, and where to go shopping are all decided by Hua Yuanyuan.
Hua Youcai and Hua Fangfang each held a large cloth bag as a backup.
The cloth bag on Hua Yuanyuan's shoulder was not small, and inside it was a large spare cloth bag.
The first floor of Tianqiao Department Store sells bicycles, including Fei Ge, Phoenix, and Forever.
Unfortunately, Hua Yuanyuan couldn’t buy it even if she had money because she didn’t have a ticket.
Maybe it was because the expressions of the three of them were too exaggerated, the three of them were staring at the bicycles so enviously that they were almost drooling.
The kind and pretty salesperson pointed to a few bicycles nearby and said they were made in Beijing, Yan brand, and that they didn't require a ticket and were priced at 160 yuan each.
What are you waiting for? Hua Yuanyuan immediately paid for two.
I also bought two second-hand watches at the nearby Tianqiao Trust store.
The Trust Shop is a really great place, no tickets needed, and the second-hand goods are great.
If you look carefully, you can come across a lot of good things.
Hua Yuanyuan fell in love with going to trust stores and would spend a lot of time there.
I found a lot of treasures. For a long time afterwards, whenever my family needed something and needed to go to the city to buy it, the first place I thought of was the trust store.
The military cotton boots, which cost four yuan a pair, smelled of the dust from the warehouse but did not affect the warmth at all.
If you come across it, buy a few more pairs. Three people each got three pairs, so we bought nine pairs in total.
Each person has three pairs of high-top and low-top Liberation shoes for work.
I also bought five pairs of scissors at five cents a pair.
One pair for cutting cloth, one pair for kitchen scissors, and three pairs for farm work, one for each person.
I also bought a fur coat for twenty-five yuan, which is much warmer than a cotton jacket.
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Hua Fangfang's eyes light up when she sees Hua Yuanyuan's shopping spree. It's so good to be rich.
Although Hua Youcai feels sorry for the money, he is happy as long as his daughter is happy.
He discovered that his daughter really enjoyed shopping outside and was happy even if she just looked and didn't buy anything.
When the money is gone, I won’t buy it.
I also bought a Xinhua Dictionary and a bunch of picture books in the bookstore.
This was bought for Hua Fangfang. The books she bought herself are of a more diverse variety.
I buy all kinds of used books from used book stalls, and also newly published books from Xinhua Bookstore.
She originally read a lot of different books, not regularly, just to kill time, not for research.
She also took her father and younger brother to visit the state-owned farmers' market in Beijing. It was packed with people and there were long queues to buy anything.
Before the New Year, the capital city had abundant supplies, with special fruits shipped from the south.
Fresh vegetables specially shipped from Shandong Province are a rare commodity.
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On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Hua Yuanyuan finally decided not to go shopping anymore.
At noon, the boss took advantage of the warm weather to paste up the couplets and hang up the red lanterns, and the New Year atmosphere came out.
In the afternoon, the family steamed buns. The daughter kneaded the dough, the father kneaded the dough to make buns, and the son watched the fire.
The firewood is cotton stalks, which is different from the wood in my hometown.
A few pieces of firewood can burn for a long time, but this firewood is not good, it burns too quickly.
Steam a pot of white flour buns, and steam two ginseng buns with the rest.
It is healthier to eat coarse grains and refined grains together.
"Dad, Xiao Fang, have you thought about what we're going to do after the New Year?"
When we were out and about these days, my daughter kept telling us to look around more, broaden our minds, and find something we can do.
Hua Youcai has already discussed with his son and they know exactly what he can and cannot do.
None of them are easy to do. They all look good, but I’m scared when I really think about doing them myself.
Businesses with capital are afraid of losing money, while businesses without capital do not have any.
You might consider finding some odd jobs.
There are many flatbed trucks carrying goods in the city, and the father and son go out to do hard labor to earn some hard-earned money. This is one way.
"Well, this is a good idea, we can try it."
Hua Yuanyuan encouraged her father and younger brother to give it a try. If they could do it, then they should do it. If they couldn’t, then they could think of other things.
"Sister, you can try this job, but why don't you buy the flatbed truck first?"
"My daughter, this car is expensive, don't buy it before you earn money."
"Is it difficult to use a bicycle?"
"Two people, two bicycles, tie a wooden board behind the seat, put some things on it, tie it up with ropes, and you can carry a lot."
"Sister, I should have bought a used car earlier."
Hua Fangfang treats her bicycle like a treasure and wipes it whenever she has nothing to do.
It hurts to think about using a new car to transport goods.
“Used cars aren’t cheap either.”
"Dad, you guys go out to work, I'll grow vegetables at home..."
Hua Yuanyuan expressed her idea to build two large greenhouses in such a large yard, and a chicken coop and pigpen against the south wall.
In the early 1980s, with the spring breeze of reform and opening up, it was an opportunity to make a fortune.
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