Chapter 127 Chapter 127 One Room for Another
The day after Zhao Ruyue got her U-Shield, she learned how to shop online with the help of her store clerk who knew how to do it.
For the first time, Zhao Ruyue tried to buy things online using the current online shopping method under the guidance of the store clerk.
The second time she was able to do it by herself. After trying a few times, she quickly became familiar with the current online shopping process and wrote down a simple and easy-to-understand step-by-step guide to serve as a tutorial for new store clerks hired to do this business.
Zhao Ruyue bought some baking materials and molds for Ning Shaoming online, bought an airplane model for her daughter, and bought a set of books for her son.
Finally it was her turn. She thought for a long time and felt that there was nothing she wanted, as if she had everything she needed. She didn't plan to buy anything for herself, but just for her family.
But that night, when she was going to night school, she was walking from the store to school. She stopped halfway and looked at her feet.
I found that she seemed to have neglected her needs again. Although she is doing much better now compared to before, sometimes habits are not so easy to change.
Her family was rich enough to buy her a means of transportation, even if it wasn't a four-wheeled one, a two-wheeled one would be no problem at all. However, she always walked from the store to class in the county town.
When I first moved to town, I was thinking about buying a motorcycle, but I felt that the timing was not right at that time, so I thought about buying one next year.
Isn't this the 'next year' we were thinking about back then?
It was time to buy a car. Zhao Ruyue turned and went straight to the motorcycle shop.
In order not to be late, she usually leaves home early. Now she buys a car and drives to school without any delay.
When she arrived at the car dealership, Zhao Ruyue randomly picked one that looked pleasing to her eyes and walked in to ask the price.
Coincidentally, the boss had also been to her store and introduced it to her enthusiastically. Because she was a regular customer of her restaurant and bakery, she was given a discount and gifts such as helmets, raincoats, and sun hats.
It took Zhao Ruyue less than half an hour from entering the store to making the reservation.
However, when she wanted to pay, she opened her wallet and took out her bank card, then she remembered that card payment is only popular in big cities now, and most places in her hometown, the small county, still rely on cash payment.
The boss saw her staring at the bank card in her hand for a moment and immediately understood what was going on.
The boss immediately took out his wired POS machine and said, "Boss Zhao, I see there is a UnionPay logo on your card. You can use this machine to pay with the card. This is a regular machine I applied for at the bank. You can use it with confidence."
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "That's great. I thought we couldn't pay with credit cards in our county, but I didn't expect it's quite advanced here."
The boss smiled bitterly: "That's right, this is all caused by stepping on the pit."
The items here are expensive, and some customers don't keep that much cash at home on a regular basis. Like Zhao Ruyue, they only realize they forgot to withdraw cash when they see something they're about to pay for.
I complained to him that it was too troublesome to go to the bank to withdraw money in advance to buy something, and it was inconvenient that he didn't have a POS machine and couldn't pay with a card.
This happened several times too, where a few customers had clearly chosen the motorcycles from him but forgot to withdraw money, and after going out to get the money, they disappeared.
Later, he saw those customers riding their bikes on the road. After asking around, he found out that they saw something being given away by another store and wanted it more, so they turned around and went to buy it from the other store.
The boss was heartbroken that the almost cooked duck flew away, so he quickly applied for a POS machine.
Earlier, bank staff recommended the machine to him and told him about its many advantages, but he was still reluctant to apply for it, thinking that they were trying to trick him into buying it for performance reasons.
As a result, people cannot teach others, but things can teach people how to learn even if they don’t want to.
Zhao Ruyue paid with a credit card.
Seeing that she paid so readily, the boss enthusiastically helped her fill the tank with a small bottle of oil: "Don't underestimate this small bottle. It can last a long time. But if you are worried, you can fill it up with more oil tomorrow."
Zhao Ruyue was very satisfied: "Thank you, I just want to use it right now."
"You already know how to ride? I thought I had to ask Boss Ning to come over and help you ride back."
This is just a women's motorcycle. Of course Zhao Ruyue can ride it. Although she has never learned how to ride it in this life, she rode an electric bike many times in her previous life.
The motorcycle she bought now is not much different from an electric car except for the power system and starting method. She can just sit on it and ride away with just a twist of the wheel.
Zhao Ruyue recalled that it was the same thing when she first started learning to ride an electric bike in her previous life. The first time she sat on it, she just twisted her hands and drove away.
Only after practicing U-turns several times did I learn how to do it without getting out of the car and pushing it, just sitting and driving.
She originally thought that anyone who could ride a bicycle could do this, but later found out that was not the case.
Now Zhao Ruyue can feel that she is much more confident when doing things than before. She can't help but think of her daughter's words about buying her a car and encouraging her to drive a car.
Maybe she could indeed try to get a driver's license?
The road was quite empty. Zhao Ruyue was riding her bike, feeling the night breeze. She felt very comfortable. While driving, her mind was full of random thoughts.
After driving to school and locking the car, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to tell Ning Shaoming about buying a car.
Zhao Ruyue was not worried that Ning Shaoming would not agree with her buying it. She just felt that she spent a little over 8,000 yuan on this ladies' motorcycle, which was almost equivalent to the price of most houses in the town, and it could be considered a big addition to her family.
If you want to buy a big item for your home, you should tell your significant other. After all, Ning Shaoming will discuss everything with her.
It has to be said that there is some truth in the saying that two kinds of people cannot sleep in the same bed. Zhao Ruyue found that Ning Shaoming was just like her and had completely forgotten that it was time for their family to buy a car.
Zhao Ruyue quickly took out her cell phone and called Ning Shaoming.
Normally at this time, Ning Shaoming rarely received her calls. When he suddenly received the call, he thought something had happened.
He heard his daughter, who was playing Snake on her cell phone, say, "Dad, it's Mom calling."
He immediately put down the work at hand and hurriedly answered the phone: "Hello, what's the matter, wife?"
Zhao Ruyue could tell from his anxious tone that he was worried, so she quickly explained, "It's nothing serious. I just bought a big toy and forgot to discuss it with you in advance."
Ning Shaoming relaxed instantly: "That's it, if you like it, just sell it, no need to discuss it with me. By the way, what toy did you buy?"
"A motorcycle!"
Ning Shaoming felt a little surprised, but he didn't think it was impossible: "Can you drive? Do you want me to teach you tomorrow?"
"I bought a women's motorcycle, which is relatively light. People used to say that if you can ride a bicycle, you can ride this. I sat on it and twisted the accelerator, and sure enough, I drove away smoothly." Zhao Ruyue said with a little pride.
Ning Shaoming praised generously, "It seems that what our daughter said is right. Her mother is the best! She is worthy of being my wife. She is amazing! Then I am waiting for you to take me for a ride!"
"Okay, I'll take you back home on my bike tonight!"
After the two of them finished talking and hung up the phone, Ning Shaoming began to look forward to it happily.
By the time Zhao Ruyue finished class, Ning Shaoming had already asked his two children and the employees from the store who were going back to town to go back in Zheng Xiu's car in advance.
He was waiting for Zhao Ruyue in the store alone.
It was the time when the get out of class usually ended. Ten minutes later, the sound of a motorcycle was heard at the store door, followed by a few horn beeps.
Ning Shaoming locked the shop door, walked towards her happily, took the helmet she threw to him, put it on, and then sat down in the back seat.
Zhao Ruyue was hugged by him from behind, feeling like she was being hugged by a bear. She poked him with her elbow and said, "Hold me loosen up, or I'll feel like I'm carrying a bear on my back."
"It's not that exaggerated." Ning Shaoming was unhappy.
Zhao Ruyue: "You knead dough all day long, don't you have any idea of your arm strength? Sit tight, I'm going to start."
"We are an old married couple. You are starting to dislike me, right?" Although he said so, he still relaxed a little after hearing Zhao Ruyue's words, "Open it. You are already seated firmly."
Zhao Ruyue stepped on the accelerator and the car started moving steadily.
After the car left the city, there were no street lights around and the headlights could only illuminate the area in front.
Both sides of the road were plunged into deep darkness, but the small motorcycle broke through the cool night breeze. The sounds of early cicadas and frogs after the sudden rise in temperature between spring and summer were heard in the ears, forming a special little world in combination with the night.
They didn't feel scared. Instead, they felt that this was a rare opportunity for them to enjoy their own world without being disturbed by anyone else.
After riding the motorcycle for more than twenty minutes, we arrived at the new train station under construction and saw some lights around.
Because of the construction of the new station, the road out of the county town has been repaired very well. It is not as bumpy as before. They can drive out faster than the vans in the past. Of course, the speed of vans now is also faster than motorcycles.
Zhao Ruyue took a quick glance at the new train station and said happily, "It's only about a 20-minute drive from the train station to the town, which is much closer than the previous train station. If we have time in the future, we can take the train to go out and play. It will be faster to get to the train station."
"Yes, but I don't know what the people who planned the new station were thinking. The distance from the new train station to our town seems to be about the same as the distance from the new train station to the city. But in fact, it is slightly closer to the town from here than to the city. Obviously, not many people go to our town."
The reason why Ning Shaoming said this is because the current location of the new station is not the only suitable place to build a new station.
There is a place that is closer to the city and is quite large, and there is no need to relocate the residents.
If it is built there, it will obviously be more convenient for those who first take a bus to the county town and then transfer to the train from the county town.
In their town, the train is rarely used during the Chinese New Year period.
But at any time, the number of people using trains in the town could not compare with that in the county.
After all, there are towns and villages on the other side of the county. People on that side will need to cross the entire county to reach the train station, which is more inconvenient than before.
After he said that, Zhao Ruyue also felt strange.
The road from the new railway station to the town is not as good as the one out of the city. Zhao Ruyue needs to watch the road carefully and avoid the potholes and the momentum in the middle of the road.
I didn't dare drive the car that fast.
But the time it takes them to get home is only slightly longer than the time it takes to get from the city to the new station.
This means that if this subsequent section of the road can be built as well as the one leading out of the city, it may take less than twenty minutes to drive from the new train station to the town.
The two of them were very bored and discussed this topic that had no conclusion for the whole journey. Then, as soon as they got home, they put the problem that they couldn't figure out aside.
When they got home, the two children had already taken a bath.
There was a new car in the family, and the two children felt it was very novel. They kept looking at the car. It was not like they had never seen one before, but they always felt that other people’s cars were different from their own.
If they want to sit in their own car and play for a while, they can ask their parents to pick them up and take them out for a spin and back.
If just taking a stroll isn’t enough, you can ask mom and dad to take turns taking the baby for a stroll.
Zhao Ruyue first drove them for a ride around the area near her home, and when they came back the water in the water heater was already boiled.
When she went to take a shower, Ning Shaoming took her out for a walk. When he came back, Zhao Ruyue had also finished her shower, and it was Ning Shaoming's turn to take a shower.
In the past, when their family of four came home at night to take a shower, boiling water once was not enough, and they had to wait in line for the water heater to boil water before taking a shower. But today they don’t have to wait anymore.
The things I bought online took five or six days to arrive in the county town.
Zhao Ruyue received a call from the post office and rode her bike to pick up the package.
Coincidentally, the things she bought from different stores were all sent to the county post office on the same day, making the amount of things she bought stand out.
The staff at the post office couldn't help but ask her when they saw her: "Why do you have so many packages? They're all sent from places that don't go anywhere. Do you have friends all over the world?"
The staff didn't complain about her having too many packages, they were just curious.
Zhao Ruyue didn't know how to talk to them about the express delivery and storage matter.
Being asked about this, she just happened to mention it to see if it would work: “These things were not sent to me by my friends, I bought them online.”
"You bought it online?" The staff member didn't quite understand. "How did you buy it?"
Nowadays, online shopping is still something that many people here have never heard of.
Zhao Ruyue described it to the staff member, but the staff member still didn't quite understand it after listening.
However, this does not affect Zhao Ruyue's request for express delivery storage. In fact, this matter is between her and the post office. The difficulty lies only in whether the post office is willing to help deliver the packages to her store every day.
If she doesn't want to, if she wants to do this business, she may have to go to the post office to help customers pick up packages.
The staff member understood, but she couldn't make a decision: "I can only report it for you, and then see what our leader says. If it's not possible, then I can't do anything about it."
Zhao Ruyue also expressed her understanding. After all, it is a public institution and many things cannot be decided on a whim: "Okay, I understand. I would be very grateful if you could help me ask."
After bringing the package back home, the two children at home felt the joy of opening the express at a young age. Ning Shaoming took the new baking materials and tools and went into the kitchen to work on new products.
The three people at home all had things to play with, so Zhao Ruyue was temporarily free. Seeing that there was nothing to do at home and she didn't want to watch TV or play on the computer, she walked towards the restaurant in front.
There were no customers in the store, and Zhao Ruyue saw that Ning Shichun and Sun Jiajia were also free, so she washed a plate of peaches and invited them to come over to eat.
I was planning to take this opportunity to ask Ning Shichun if he wanted to open a store in the county town.
If he wants to go, he doesn't have to wait until the second half of the year to find a store. He can prepare now.
If he was just worried about having no money, she and Ning Shaoming could lend it to him.
Zhao Ruyue had just opened her mouth and hadn't said half a word when someone walked in. She had no choice but to stop the topic and look at the person who came in: "Zheng Junsheng? It's rare to see you in town. What would you like to eat?"
This person is also the same age as her and Ning Shaoming, but he is the child of a cadre. He only went to primary school in the town for a few years and then transferred to the county town. He only came back to the town during the winter and summer vacations, so he seldom played with them.
Zhao Ruyue only vaguely heard that Zheng Junsheng resigned from his public office some time ago to start his own business, and she hasn't heard much about him since then.
Zheng Junsheng's family was well off before, and it's even better now. It may not be a big deal outside, but it's certainly one of the best in town.
"I'm not here to eat. I want to talk to you about something," Zheng Junsheng said with a polite smile, scanning the store, "Is your husband not here?"
Zhao Ruyue couldn't imagine that he had anything to talk to her about. Over the years, this man had interacted with her and Ning Shaoming a total of less than a year with Wei Anmin. What could he possibly have to talk about?
But at least they knew each other and there was no conflict between them, so they should still be given some face: "He's tinkering with something in the kitchen at the back. I'll call him over for you."
Ning Shaoming also felt a little strange when he heard that it was Zheng Junsheng who came to see them.
He washed his hands, wiped the sweat off his face, and walked out with Zhao Ruyue.
After a few polite words, Zheng Junsheng quickly got to the point: "Do you have any intention of selling the yard of your old house?"
"You want to buy that yard? Why?" He was willing to spend money to buy back the yard because it was his family's old house and it had some meaning to him.
Of course this is just one of the reasons.
Another thing is that the second son had a falling out with his father. If the house was lost, his father would not be able to take his mother to live with the second son. The eldest son was in jail, and he was the only son left among the three. It would not be good to let the old man live with the eldest sister-in-law.
There is another reason that Ning Shaoming finds difficult to talk about. If he tells others about it, others may think that he is too vindictive and unfilial.
That is, he doesn't want to live with his parents, especially his mother, so he wants his parents to continue living there.
It has not been many years since the house in his town was built and they had not moved in yet. Ning Shaoming still remembers that at that time, his mother deliberately hid all the food in the house because of a small conflict and drove them away early.
In addition, his mother used to be partial to Ning Lao Er, so he still feels uncomfortable whenever he thinks about it.
You can say he is selfish, but he just feels that his family of four is living a good life now. If someone else interferes, it will disrupt their beautiful and harmonious life, which is something he doesn't want to see.
But what is the purpose of Zheng Junsheng buying this yard?
Ning Shaoming heard that Zheng Junsheng already had houses in the county, city and even provincial capital, so why did he want to go back to town to buy a yard?
"I'm sorry," Ning Shaoming refused bluntly without any tact, "I don't plan to sell that yard."
Zheng Junsheng frowned slightly: "Don't make a decision so early, first listen to the conditions I can offer."
He asked a question, but he didn't give Ning Shaoming a chance to answer, and continued, "I have two options. The first is to sell it directly. I heard that you bought the yard for 20,000 yuan, and I am willing to buy it for 40,000 yuan.
But I also know that your family’s business is booming now, so you should not be short of money. You can try the second method: exchanging one room for another. ”
The second method was not well understood by Ning Shaoming and Zhao Ruyue. They looked at each other and asked Zheng Junsheng, "One room for another, how do you do it?"
Zheng Junsheng said: "I have built a residential building with stairs in the county. You should have heard about it. If you are willing to change, you can go there and choose a house within 80 square meters or including 80 square meters."
"In the county town, even if it's a walk-up apartment, you can't even afford 40,000 or 50,000 yuan."
Zhao Ruyue opened her eyes slightly wide in surprise. Now in the county town, there is no common area in the 80-square-meter walk-up apartment. If you are told 80 square meters, then you get 80 square meters. The first method is obviously not equal to the second one.
And no matter whether it is the first or the second one, it seems to be a loss-making business for Zheng Junsheng. As a businessman, would he do a loss-making business?
There must be something bigger in mind!
Zheng Junsheng said nonchalantly: "We are frank people and don't beat around the bush. Since you mentioned it, I will tell you straight. When others go to buy a house, of course they can't afford 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, but the cost of building a house is not that high."
Ning Shaoming declined this pie-in-the-sky offer: "Although the conditions you offer are indeed excellent, my answer will not change. I really won't sell that house."
He didn't say why. If he gave all kinds of reasons and excuses at this time, others would find a way to persuade him to sell. It would be better not to give any reasons and just express his attitude directly and firmly.
Zheng Junsheng felt a little regretful, but he didn't force it. He just said before leaving: "If you change your mind, you can come to me again. The conditions remain the same."
At this time, Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming had not yet connected this matter with the new railway station.
After Zheng Junsheng left, they heard a lot of news about him. In these few days, they heard more news about him than in the previous years.
Zheng Junsheng and several of his relatives went to many people in the town to ask about the house.
There are some people who have extra residential land, people like Wei Anmin who want to send their children to study in the county town, people who don’t have a house but just want to be city dwellers and want to move their household registration to the city, and those prodigal sons who don’t care and just want to sell their houses to pay off their debts.
Either sell the house to Zheng Junsheng or his relatives, or exchange it with him for a house in the county town.
Originally, Zheng Junsheng’s relatives also went to ask Wang Haiyan if she wanted to sell it, and Wang Haiyan felt quite tempted when she heard it.
In the past, Ning Shaoxian had pointed at her and called her a villager and a country bumpkin, and she was looked down upon by him. Wang Haiyan also wanted to move to the county town and get a city hukou to become a city dweller.
But only Ning Shaoxian's name was written on the yard of her house, so she couldn't sell it. She ran to ask Ning Shaoxian, but was scolded by him again. He said that if they sold the old house, how would they have the face to see their ancestors after they died and went to the underground?
Finally, the matter had to be dropped.
Wang Haiyan didn't behave like a city dweller, she just spent the whole day sighing at home.
But Ning Shaode, who had successfully become a city dweller, was so angry when he heard the news of "one room for another" that he beat his chest and stamped his feet in the dormitory of his unit, feeling extremely regretful.
Ye Jing was the same. She felt very upset when she thought about it. "Although it's just a walk-up apartment, it's like not spending a penny to exchange one for another, and we don't have to take out a loan. The money we have can be used to buy another apartment to rent out, or to take out a loan to buy a car."
She couldn't help but start imagining such a wonderful day.
But Ye Jing didn't notice that her words made Ning Shaode feel more and more uncomfortable. Under the intense emotional fluctuations of great sorrow and anger, he suddenly felt the blood rushing up, dizziness and nausea, and difficulty breathing.
Before Ye Jing could finish her fantasy, Ning Shaode suddenly fell to the ground and hit Ye Jing's shoulder.
Ye Jing came back to her senses and quickly helped him up, complaining, "What's wrong with you? You're so old, but you can't even sit still?"
After straightening the man, Ye Jing noticed that Ning Shaode's face was blue and purple, his lips were cyanotic, and he looked very abnormal.
Ye Jing panicked instantly, shaking his body vigorously and shouting: "Shaode! Shaode! What's wrong with you? Wake up! Don't scare me!"
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