Chapter 56 Selling Bicycles
Lin Qin looked at Chen Wenjun.
Chen Wenjun agreed without hesitation, "Let's fix it in two days."
The gap is not big, but it will take several days to seal it up. It won't be too late to start work after the skilled workers come and listen to their opinions.
After the group got on the boat, Chen Wenjun paddled a bamboo pole and took them to the county town on the other side of Nanxi River.
As soon as the ship docks it is at the pier.
Lin Qingxiang and his son had never been here before and were completely in the dark.
Fortunately, Chen Wenjun had been here to sell fish before and personally led them the way.
The three of them walked through the alleys on both sides of the main street of the county town and soon found a car repair shed.
The car repair shed is inside the alley. Although the alley is deep, there are a lot of people coming in and out. Lin Qingxiang guessed that this should be the only way from the village to the street.
Chen Wenjun introduced: "The owner of this car repair shed will accept this kind of car. He has a way, but don't shout, I will tell you."
The father and son nodded and stared at the owner of the repair shed eagerly.
Chen Wenjun walked up, handed the boss a cigarette, and pointed at the bicycle without saying anything.
The boss stood up from the ground, his calloused hands were covered with black oil stains. He quickly washed his hands with the colorless water in the basin beside him, took the cigarette handed to him by Chen Wenjun, put it between his ears, and strode towards the bicycle. He touched the handlebars, tried the brake function, turned the pedals, and then looked at the chain.
I checked the bicycle inside and out and found that except for the broken lock, everything else was fine.
The boss turned around and said thoughtfully, "Eighty dollars. If you want it, I'll pay it now."
"Only eighty yuan?" Lin Shaojun just frowned and asked, but Lin Qingxiang immediately covered his mouth and said with an apologetic smile: "Eighty is eighty, after all, they owe us money, so we can use up as much as we can."
Chen Wenjun nodded.
The boss immediately took action and carried the bicycle into the house. Soon he had eight more Great Unity banknotes in his hand.
Lin Qingxiang took inventory and said with a smile, "That's right, let's go first!"
Chen Wenjun followed them out of the alley.
Lin Shaojun grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Dad! Why did you stop me just now? That bicycle costs at least 130 yuan, and he only charged us 80 yuan. It's too ruthless!"
Lin Qingxiang was so angry that he glared, "Are you stupid? We are selling black cars. No matter how much we sell, we will make a profit. Are you addicted to taking advantage of us? Besides, don't we have to make a profit?"
Lin Shaojun was speechless after being scolded.
After the three people got on the boat, Chen Wenjun immediately rowed the boat away.
Lin Yi asked anxiously, "Has it been sold?"
"It's sold! Got 80 dollars!" Lin Qingxiang was obviously very happy. This money was a windfall for their family, and a huge sum of money at that.
Including the wages they received today, this time the father and son can take home more than 100 yuan.
My wife will definitely be happy!
Lin Yi was a little surprised, but more of a relief, "Not bad! After we sell that thing, everyone will feel at ease. No one should mention this matter in the future!"
Lin Shaojun also figured it out now and nodded with a smile.
After the boat docked, Lin Qin reminded them to take those things away.
After watching them leave, Chen Wenjun took the fishing net and bucket and prepared to get off the boat. "Something's wrong with the weather. I think it's going to rain tonight. It's still early and we can catch two more nets. Ah Qin, do you want to go with me to the rock pile to see if there are duck eggs there?"
Lin Qin thought it was unlikely. She had just picked up a wave at around nine o'clock this morning. Even if there were any now, there would be no more than two. However, the weather was indeed not right, so she might as well go for another trip.
When Liu Yaya and Chen Pingan heard about picking duck eggs, they were both eager to try.
"Mom, I can help you pick it up."
"Auntie, can I go and take a look?" Chen Pingan asked cautiously. He knew that his hands and feet were not flexible and he might not be able to help if he went, and it might even cause a burden to Lin Qin.
Lin Qin wanted to refuse, but seeing how much the child was looking forward to it, she had no choice but to agree.
Four people got off the boat with buckets and tools.
Liu Linyi cooked on the boat.
On the way, Lin Qin reminded them from time to time: "The pile of rocks is quite high. I will lead Ping An for a while. Yaya, you have to be careful. Don't climb dangerous places, okay? If you can't find duck eggs, forget it. Just pick a few stone snails by the stream and go back."
"Okay!" the two children shouted in unison.
Each of them carried their own small bucket and walked carefully. Their backs looked particularly cute and funny.
Lin Qin curled up the corners of her mouth unconsciously, thinking that there probably weren't many duck eggs, so she might as well just treat it as playing with the children.
Thinking of this, the three of them climbed onto the pile of rocks.
Chen Pingan insisted on climbing by himself and not being a burden to Lin Qin.
Lin Qin followed behind and watched patiently.
The little guy used his hands and feet, and as soon as he climbed up the stairs, he shouted, "Auntie, look inside, is that a duck egg?"
Lin Qin's face changed, and he quickly moved over, squatted down to take a look, and found that there was indeed a nest of duck eggs inside. Due to the hidden location, it was not easy to find, so he had to go around to the other side to find it.
"Wait a moment, Auntie will get it."
Lin Qin ran over excitedly.
Before she could find the duck eggs, Liu Yaya also made a discovery.
The child was impatient and couldn't wait for Lin Qin, so he took out the duck eggs one by one by himself.
After Lin Qin finished touching the duck eggs, she looked back and found that the two little guys had run away. She hurriedly chased them and found that there were seven or eight duck eggs in the buckets of both little guys.
"So many! Where did you pick them up?"
Liu Yaya pointed to two places.
Lin Qin couldn't remember whether she had looked for it in the morning and suspected that she had missed it.
She quickly moved the eggs from the two children's buckets to her own big bucket.
In just a short while, Chen Pingan made another discovery.
The two little guys were competing with each other, and one moment they found duck eggs, and the next moment they got a harvest.
Lin Qin was so busy cleaning up after them that she didn't have time to look for him herself.
In this way, the three of them walked through the stone pile that was more than ten meters long.
Lin Qin's bucket was also six-tenths full.
Looking at the sky, it was overcast and something was not right, so she quickly returned with her two children.
At this time, the fishing boats on Nanxi River were already lit up with orange and yellow lights. Some families lit candles, while others used kerosene lamps. The boats came and went, and it was very lively.
Lin Qin said: "It looks like the weather is really going to change. All the fishing boats have gone to the port."
As long as the weather changes, the boat people will consciously row their fishing boats to the port, with the boats connected together, so they are not afraid even if there is strong wind or heavy rain.
Chen Pingan hurriedly shouted in the direction of Chen Wenjun, "Dad, it's going to rain! Go home!"
Chen Wenjun waved at them, signaling them to get on board first.
When he came back, Lin Qin had already bathed the two children and changed them into clean clothes.
Two children were sitting on the deck playing with a turtle.
I don’t know if it’s because of the weather change, but the turtle kept surfacing, opening and closing its mouth, and was more active than at other times.
(End of this chapter)
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