Chapter 89 Help write a love letter
Does Chen Taohua have a smell? Of course she does.
Jiang Tang's five senses are more sensitive than those of ordinary people. She had smelled this scent as soon as Chen Taohua appeared.
But the external smell is not worth mentioning compared with the inner chivalry.
Ye Yunshu was clean and pretty, without any strange smell, but so what? Her mouth still stunk when she opened it.
Jiang Tang said directly, "You do have a smell, but it's not a bad smell, it's just a normal pork smell. How many people want to eat pork every day and can't smell it? Here, thank you for helping me catch the thief and getting my wallet back."
As he spoke, Jiang Tang took the initiative to hold Chen Taohua's big hand.
She had been chopping wood and raising pigs since she was a child, so her palms were rough and had some calluses. Jiang Tang not only did not dislike her, but did not even show the slightest surprise as he placed the bright red peach in her palm.
"I just heard you say your name is Chen Taohua. Can I call you Taohua? My name is Jiang Tang. You can just call me by my name."
"Yes, Jiang Tang." Chen Taohua was shocked by Jiang Tang's straightforwardness. In that case, she had no reason to be shy.
Chen Taohua wiped the peach Jiang Tang gave her on her sleeve, took a bite with a crunch, and ate the sweet and crispy taste.
Seeing Jiang Tang holding a full bamboo basket on her wrist, she simply reached out and took it. "These things are quite heavy. I'm strong enough to help you carry them. Jiang—Jiang Tang, is there anything else you want to buy? I'm familiar with this place. I'd like to go shopping with you."
"Okay, thank you Taohua."
Jiang Tang also took a peach from the bamboo basket and did the same thing as Chen Taohua. He wiped it on his sleeve and started eating.
After being reminded by Chen Taohua, Jiang Tang recalled that before her wallet was robbed, she was thinking about buying a bicycle.
Jiang Tang took Chen Taohua to the "fully armed" man and asked, "Comrade, are you selling this bicycle? How much is it for?"
The man peeked out from under his hat and looked Jiang Tang up and down. Seeing that she was just a young girl, he suddenly had an idea and opened his mouth.
"Two hundred yuan."
Jiang Tang frowned when he heard this.
Even if she didn't know the price level in the 1970s, she knew that the price was deliberately high.
Jiang Tang was about to speak when the person next to her became even more excited than her.
Chen Taohua said rudely, "A broken bicycle costs only two hundred yuan, why don't you just rob it? Look at your wheels and chain, they're all rusted, the bicycle is worthless."
"Why is my bike worthless? If you have a bicycle ticket, go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it. Why are you buying it from me? I have only used this bike for two years and I don't need a ticket. A bicycle ticket costs at least one hundred yuan." The man said unconvinced.
Chen Taohua was not intimidated by the man's shouting and continued to make disdainful clicks at the bicycle. "I think your bicycle is worth fifty yuan at most. My sister wants your bicycle for fifty yuan. I pay you money and I get it for you."
"Fifty? Are you kidding me? Why don't you just rob people on the street? Fifty is impossible."
"If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. We have money, so why are we afraid that we can't buy things?"
Chen Taohua chuckled, then pulled Jiang Tang and said, "Sister, let's go somewhere else. I guarantee you'll buy a bicycle today."
Seeing that Chen Taohua was about to pull Jiang Tang away, the man in the hat became anxious.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go... Look again... I'm the only one selling bicycles in this black market. You'll never find another one."
"I'm the only girl in this black market who wants to buy a bicycle. You won't find another customer as nice as me."
What the man and Chen Taohua said were the truth. The total price of the bicycle was not cheap and not everyone could afford it. Generally, people who came to the black market were people with tight financial circumstances and could not afford a bicycle at all.
In this case, it is a question of who is more anxious.
The man had been squatting in the black market for seven days. There were many customers passing by and watching. Most of them shook their heads and left after hearing the prices, and had no intention of buying anything.
Jiang Tang was the first real guest he had waited for.
I originally thought that he was a sucker who could be ripped off, but who knew that there was actually a troublemaker following Jiang Tang.
The man was no match for Chen Taohua at all. Seeing Chen Taohua's arrogant tone, he really wanted to take Jiang Tang away.
He was anxious. "Don't go, don't go. Business is all about bargaining. If you think it's expensive, how much do you want?"
As soon as Jiang Tang heard the man say this, he knew that he was safe.
Chen Taohua continued to make clicking sounds. "Didn't I just tell you, it's only fifty yuan! I just started working and don't have much money, fifty at most. If you think it's not enough, I have some pig offal here, I'll give it to you."
Chen Taohua showed the man the last unsold pig offal in her bamboo basket.
The man turned his head away in disdain, waved his hand in front of his nose, and said helplessly, "Fifty is fifty, give me the money, and the bike is yours. If I wasn't so anxious to use the money, I would never sell it to you for less than a hundred."
Jiang Tang didn't expect the deal to be done so quickly. He thought it would take a few rounds of negotiation.
She quickly took out fifty yuan from her pocket and threw it to the man.
"Wait." Chen Taohua stretched out her hand to stop him, telling Jiang Tang not to be impatient.
She walked over to the bicycle, grabbed it with both hands to test the weight, lifted the rear wheel, turned the pedals, tested the chain, and pressed the tire and valve core with familiarity.
After checking it, Chen Taohua nodded to Jiang Tang and said, "Jiang Tang, there's nothing wrong with the car. You pay for it."
Jiang Tang An An handed the man fifty yuan and said, "Here's the money."
"What a loss..." The man complained, quickly took the fifty yuan and put it in his pocket, and did not forget to take the pig offal that Chen Taohua promised him.
No matter how smelly it is, you still have to eat it. After all, meat is rare, so if you clean it a little, you can still eat it.
The man took the pig and went away, and Jiang Tang got a half-new and decent bicycle.
Jiang Tang felt in his pocket and took out two more food coupons. "Taohua, these two food coupons are for you. They can be used to buy your pig's offal."
"Oh, no need! It's just pig offal. Many people dislike it and don't want it. It's hard to sell and not worth much." Chen Taohua suddenly glanced at Jiang Tang, a hint of awkwardness flashed across her face as she said, "Actually... I want to ask you for a favor."
help?
This is interesting.
Does a dashing person like Chen Taohua also need help, or does she need someone who can't carry anything with her hands or shoulders?
Jiang Tang smiled and asked, "Okay, just tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Chen Taohua looked around and saw that many of the vendors were people she knew. Seeing her and Jiang Tang walking together, many people kept looking at them with curious eyes.
Especially that San'er, who kept staring at Chen Taohua.
Chen Taohua blushed when she thought of what she was about to do. She quickly stopped Jiang Tang and said, "Let's go to another place."
Therefore, the two left the black market and went to an open space that Chen Taohua knew.
The two of them sat together on a small hillock, with Jiang Tang's newly bought bicycle and Chen Taohua's bamboo backpack carrying pork on the side. They both held wild peaches in their hands, eating and talking.
Chen Taohua looked at Jiang Tang carefully and asked cautiously, "Sister Jiang Tang, I see you are well-mannered. You must have been educated and can write, right? I want you to write me a love letter."
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