Imagining the bright future after becoming single again, Jiang Manyue took a sweet nap.
When she woke up, she suddenly thought of a question.
She has to deliver the goods in three days, more than a hundred pairs of leather shoes. Should she find a place to serve as an open warehouse and also as a trading location?
Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to bring more than a hundred pairs of leather shoes to the black market to trade with those dealers. If something went wrong, it would be troublesome.
Jiang Manyue sat on the bed and thought about it. She decided to go to the county town to look for a vacant yard. It would be best if it was convenient for moving things and had few neighbors.
Since she had nothing to do in the afternoon, she decided to go to the county town again to see if there was a yard she wanted.
Jiang Manyue packed up and got up to go out, just in time to meet a few nephews who came to play with Lu Junan.
"Aunt! Let's go play with Jun'an!"
Jiang Hong's voice was so loud that Lu Jun'an heard it from inside the house and ran out happily.
"Brother Jiang Hong! I'm here!"
Li Guifen rushed out of the house and saw her little grandson standing happily with several other children from the Jiang family.
"Don't take Jun'an into the river. Just touch the grasshoppers on the shore. Be careful, okay?"
Jiang Manyue gave a few instructions, and Jiang Hong patted his chest and agreed. The children pulled Lu Junan and ran out.
The children ran fast and soon disappeared around the corner, and Jiang Manyue went out by herself.
After going to the county town twice in one day, Jiang Manyue felt a little tired. Thinking that she would have to travel to the county town frequently in the future, she planned to buy a means of transportation.
It is impossible to drive in this era. Ordinary people have no chance to take a car except the bus, let alone drive themselves.
Take most of the members of their production team for example, they rarely see cars and tractors are rare items.
Jiang Manyue's only choice was a bicycle, but in that era, most of the bicycles on the streets were 28-inch bicycles. Although Jiang Manyue was not short, it was still a bit difficult for her to ride a 28-inch bicycle.
I don’t know if there are any women’s bicycles for sale in the county town. If there are, Jiang Manyue wants to go to the black market to exchange for a bicycle ticket and buy a women’s bicycle to ride.
It is not very convenient to take it home, but she can put it in the space and take it out to ride when she goes to the county town alone.
Jiang Manyue walked to the county town while thinking.
According to her previous idea of the desired courtyard, Jiang Manyue started to walk around the county town.
Most of the houses around the county town are bungalows with courtyards. Jiang Manyue walked around several times and finally saw a note posted at the door of a courtyard.
The note had the address of another place and stated that if anyone wanted to rent or buy the bungalow with a yard, they could find him at that address.
Jiang Manyue peeled off the note and found the owner of the yard according to the address on it.
She spent twenty yuan to rent the use of the courtyard for a whole year.
Because the courtyard was relatively remote, no one was interested in it after the note was posted for a long time. Finally, someone was willing to rent it, and the owner of the courtyard didn't care too much about the price.
Jiang Manyue paid the money, and the two signed a rental contract. Both parties signed their names and stamped their fingerprints, and the rental transaction was completed.
After renting the courtyard, Jiang Manyue put all her leather shoes directly into the bungalow.
The bungalow has doors and windows, which can be closed tightly, so Jiang Manyue is not afraid of being robbed.
After all, no one has lived in this courtyard for a long time, and no thief would be so foolish as to steal from a courtyard that has been vacant for a long time.
Before leaving, Jiang Manyue put the rental notice back on. Even if the neighbors passed by, they would not know that the courtyard had been rented out and a lot of good things had been put in.
After setting up the warehouse, Jiang Manyue went to the state-owned store again.
She wanted to come and see if there were any women's bicycles. If there were, she would take advantage of the opportunity to go to the black market in a couple of days to see if she could exchange them for bicycle tickets.
When she arrived at the state-owned store, Jiang Manyue saw the women's bicycle she wanted at the bicycle counter.
The 26-bar design is just right for her height, and it looks much more delicate than the 28-bar design.
"Hello, comrade. I'd like to ask how much this Phoenix brand women's bicycle costs?"
"One hundred and fifty yuan for a bicycle ticket!"
Jiang Manyue asked about the price of the men's bicycle, which was 160 yuan, about 10 yuan more expensive than the women's bicycle.
After asking the price, Jiang Manyue was about to leave when the salesperson called her back.
"Comrade, if you really want this women's bicycle, you can take it away for as little as one hundred and forty dollars."
Jiang Manyue turned around in surprise and asked, "You guys are having a discount here?"
The salesperson looked around and shook his head at her, a look of helplessness on his face. "Women's bicycles are really hard to sell. Everyone wants men's. This one has been in stock for almost half a year and no one's buying it. Our boss said that if we can sell it, 140 yuan is fine."
Jiang Manyue wanted to buy it, and it would be a good thing for her to get it ten yuan cheaper.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Manyue smiled at her and said, "Then you keep it for me. I'm still short of money. I'll go home and scrape it together. I'll definitely come back to buy it in a few days."
The salesperson nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I'll definitely keep it for you, don't worry."
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you keep it or not, no one will buy it anyway.
Jiang Manyue agreed with the salesperson that she would come to buy it in a few days, and the bicycle ticket would only cost 140 yuan.
Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Manyue didn't go anywhere else and went straight home.
She also wanted to go home quickly and cook the dishes before Li Guifen could.
Li Guifen's cooking was really a bit hard to swallow. Jiang Manyue thought that cooking was not a difficult task, so she just cooked it herself so that she could have a comfortable meal.
When Jiang Manyue arrived home, the house was quiet and no one was at home.
This was convenient for Jiang Manyue. She went to the private plot in the backyard, picked a few eggplants, and cut some leeks with scissors.
When passing by the chicken coop, Jiang Manyue took out two eggs.
She planned to make braised eggplant and scrambled eggs with leeks in the evening.
Jiang Manyue washed the eggplants and leeks by the well and brought them into the kitchen to prepare cooking.
Before cooking, she took out a small bottle of rapeseed oil from the supermarket and poured a lot of it into the oil bottle.
There wasn't much oil left in the oil bottle to begin with, and the monthly oil supply was very tight these days. Eggplants consume a lot of oil, so a lot of it was needed. If she didn't add some, she was afraid that Li Guifen would be so upset that she couldn't sleep.
Jiang Manyue lit the fire and just put the eggplant into the pot when Li Guifen came back. Hearing the sound of cooking in the kitchen, she hurried in to see what was going on.
Seeing that it was Jiang Manyue who was cooking, Li Guifen's expression was a little dull.
Was she dazzled or what? Why did this ancestor who never went into the kitchen, who only waited for food and complained about it, come into the kitchen today?
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