After meeting his parents and finding his way back, Lou Xinyu went to the clothing store more and more often, and was like half a member of the Gao family.
In the past, he often brought some things to eat for free, but now, he just paid for the meal like Gao Mingli did. And in the past, he ate dinner, sat for a while, and then went back, but now, he watches TV with everyone and waits until Gao Shufang and the others are ready to go to bed before he says goodbye and leaves.
Fortunately, the police station’s family compound was not far from here, and he had long legs and walked fast, so he arrived there in less than ten minutes.
Since Lou Xinyu was a clean person, Gao Mingcheng didn't care about him. As for matters of the heart, Gao Shufang decided to handle them herself.
After returning from Gaojia Village, Gao Mingcheng decided to find time to go to the provincial capital to buy a light truck.
But before buying it, he went to find Huang Dazhi first.
Luo Li is still recuperating after giving birth at her parents' home. Huang Dazhi has to live alone in the county in order to go to work. He only has time to visit his wife and children at his father-in-law's house during holidays.
However, if Gao Mingcheng wanted to find him, he didn't have to go to his house. He could just go directly to the police station.
Gao Mingcheng called Huang Dazhi out of the office and said, "Dazhi, last time you said you were going to take Xiaoguai to the provincial capital for surgery. When are you going to go?"
Huang Dazhi said, "I checked the weather forecast and it said the weather will be good these few days and it won't rain, so I want to ask for leave today. After get off work in the afternoon, I will go back to Junling. Tomorrow morning, I will take Xiaoguai to the county and then buy a ticket to the provincial capital."
Surgery takes time, and recovery also takes time. Huang Dazhi plans to hold a wedding banquet on the 20th of this month, so naturally he has to get things done before then.
Gao Mingcheng nodded to indicate that he understood.
He said, "I am going to the provincial capital to buy a light truck. Since you are going there for medical treatment tomorrow, let's do this. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will go to the provincial capital to buy a car. After buying the car, I will go to the hospital to pick you up and take you home."
"There are too many people on the train. Xiaoguai is weak after the operation, so don't take her to squeeze on the train. How about this, the operation usually takes three to five days. When you are sure when she can be discharged from the hospital, give me a call."
When Huang Dazhi heard this, his eyes lit up.
It’s hard to take a bus these days. It’s easy to buy tickets from here to the provincial capital, after all, there are fewer people. But if you want to buy tickets in the provincial capital, you’ll have to wait in long queues!
Huang Dazhi said excitedly: "Mingcheng, thank you so much! What brand of car are you planning to buy?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "We have to go to the place where the cars are sold first. If it's a light truck, it might be Tianjin Daihatsu."
The two chatted about this topic for a while, and then someone called Huang Dazhi over to do the work.
Gao Mingcheng didn't stay long and said goodbye and left.
The operation takes three to five days, but buying a car is quick. As long as you are willing to spend the money and don’t worry about it, you can go there and buy it on the spot.
After buying it, just drive it back and register it in the county.
During these few days, Gao Mingcheng was busy with his own affairs. After receiving a call from Huang Dazhi from the provincial capital, Gao Mingcheng told Xuanyuemei about this and then prepared some cash.
To be honest, cars these days are really expensive! And the models and configurations are not good, so at first, Gao Mingcheng was not planning to buy a car, but the shortcomings of the tractor were too obvious. In terms of comfort, it was definitely not as good as a car.
However, in terms of practicality, cars are not as good as light trucks.
Gao Mingcheng's current need for a car is to be able to carry people and goods! It is really unnecessary for him to spend a lot of money to buy a Santana, Jetta or the like.
Manyu Mei watched Gao Mingcheng count out 60,000 yuan and put it in his bag, and asked in surprise, "Does it cost so much to buy a car?"
That car must be inlaid with gold!
With 60,000 yuan, you can build a building in the county!
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Cars are relatively expensive. For example, the three old models, Santana, Jetta, and Fukang, cost between 120,000 and 150,000 yuan. If it is an imported car, such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, it will cost about one million yuan!"
"I plan to buy a domestic light truck, which will cost about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. But I have to go to the store to see the exact price. I brought 60,000 yuan with me just to be prepared."
As he spoke, Gao Mingcheng thought about it and felt that 60,000 yuan might not be enough, but when he tried to take more money, many of the beauties gasped. Seeing that many of the beauties seemed to be irritated and wanted to say something but stopped, Gao Mingcheng withdrew his hand awkwardly.
Well, maybe for many beauties, they cannot accept such an expensive price for the time being.
So this time, the car he bought was stuck at the upper limit of 60,000 yuan!
You know, buying a car is very easy to self-strategize!
For example, a microvan from Daihatsu in Tianjin only costs about 40,000 yuan, but if a salesperson brainwashes you, you may think that instead of buying a microvan, you might as well add 10,000 yuan to buy the old Beijing Jeep Bj2020, or add a little more to buy a hatchback Xiali or Alto, which would give you more face!
If the family is not short of money, then slowly, they will want to buy a car worth hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands!
Those who are richer can even buy a Mercedes-Benz S600 worth over one million!
Manyu Mei was skeptical about this. She asked puzzledly: "Is there really anyone willing to spend so much money on a car?"
Gao Mingcheng smiled. Mei's background and vision destined her to find this unbelievable, but for someone standing at the top of the wealth pyramid, a million-dollar luxury car is standard!
Even bosses with bigger businesses have to buy a car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. When you drive out to discuss business in a car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, people will know that you have the capital as soon as they see your car, and there will be a high probability that there will be no problem doing business with you.
Gao Mingcheng said: "When we have money in the future, I will buy you a red car!"
Many beauties like to wear brightly colored clothes, and they are also good-looking. When they wear sunglasses and drive a red car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, it will be quite cool.
Xuan Xiumei fantasized for a while, her cheeks slightly flushed, but she still shook her head and said rationally: "I don't want to buy a car. Instead of buying a car, I might as well use the money to open another store!"
You can continue to make money by opening a store, but what can you do with buying a car?
The car is getting older and older. If it breaks down, you will have to spend money to repair it, and gasoline is expensive!
The more I think about it, the less it's worth it.
Gao Mingcheng heard that Xuanmei would rather open another store, so he asked, "What kind of store do you want to open?"
When this was mentioned, Manyu Mei's eyes lit up, and she said, "Restaurant! When the time comes, just hire two chefs and a few waiters!"
Gao Mingcheng was stunned. In the 1990s, the catering business was indeed good, but he did not expect that many Mei also wanted to open a restaurant.
With his continued questioning, he learned about the original intention of many Americans to open a restaurant.
After hearing so many beautiful words, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile helplessly and said jokingly: "Just to prevent the restaurant from making money from you, you want to open a restaurant?"
It turned out that whenever Gao Mingcheng felt that the clothing store was too busy and everyone had no time to cook, they would go to a nearby restaurant to buy food and eat it back. But after going there too often, Xuanmei calculated the cost and felt that it was not cost-effective.
More importantly, many Americans don’t think the food in that restaurant is delicious!
She felt that her cooking skills were pretty good, but she just had no time to study cooking in recent years.
Seeing that Gao Mingcheng seemed to be joking, Xuanyue smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm just thinking about it!"
She was just thinking about it casually, but Gao Mingcheng really thought about it!
But there is no rush, you can take your time.
After this conversation, Xuanyuemei accepted the reality that cars are expensive. Although she felt it was expensive, Gao Mingcheng had already decided to buy a car, so she would not dissuade him. Instead, she was secretly looking forward to it in her heart.
She had ridden in Xiao Jinfeng's jeep and pickup truck, but she had never ridden in his own car!
After Gao Mingcheng packed the money and things he was going to take with him, he fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, he took a train to the provincial capital.
The speed of the train now is too slow. The two places are obviously not far apart. In the future, if you take the high-speed rail, you can get there in 40 minutes!
But the speed of trains nowadays is really hard to describe!
But at noon, Gao Mingcheng finally set foot on the land of the provincial capital. He first found a restaurant to eat, and then took a bus to the Automobile Trade City.
You need to wait for the bus, and it runs very slowly. It stops at the station from time to time and pedestrians get on and off, so it is very time-consuming!
But even if Gao Mingcheng had money, he couldn't find a taxi!
The key is that there are too few cars these days and the fares are too expensive!
Nowadays, some people go to the Special Administrative Region and Hong Kong to drive taxis and can earn around 10,000 yuan a month. It can be seen how profitable driving a taxi is!
When he arrived at the Auto Trade City, Gao Mingcheng found a shop selling cars.
Because it is a provincial capital, there are quite a wide variety of cars here, but the most expensive car in the store is a Santana worth only a few hundred thousand yuan. More expensive ones may need to be reserved or purchased in big cities.
Gao Mingcheng doesn't do those fancy things. He only looks at cars that are already in stock, because after paying the money, he will drive away immediately.
In his previous understanding, the cars of Tianjin Daihatsu should be good, but when he arrived at the store, he found an Isuzu NHR542 double-row seat 1.25-ton light truck that their province introduced in 1985!
Gao Mingcheng was a little surprised when he saw the shape of this car, because this type of car has not been completely phased out even after 30 years, but has become the training car and test car of the county driving school!
It’s just... quite outrageous. After so many years, it’s still shining!
This type of car is produced in this province, so it is naturally in stock and can be bought and driven away at any time. So Gao Mingcheng took a test drive and after checking that there was no problem, he prepared to pay and drive away!
This double-row light truck has a white body with red patterns on both sides as decoration, and a cargo box at the back.
The truck bed is not very big, but it is more than enough to carry goods such as honey and eggs.
Gao Mingcheng thought about the classic cars in the driving school that were still working diligently thirty years later, and felt that after he bought this car, he would probably be able to drive it until it was scrapped!
After spending nearly 50,000 yuan, Gao Mingcheng finally owned his first car in his life!
First Tractor – Achievement achieved!
First car – achievement achieved!
Next time he buys a car, he might buy a good one!
This is how life is. As long as you keep working hard, you will always be rewarded!
Thirty years later, the cars in the driving school are in tatters, but now the new cars just out of the factory drive pretty well!
After all, it is a technology introduced from Xiao Ri, and the quality of Isuzu is still quite solid! After starting, when you need to change gears, you must first step on the accelerator to increase the speed, and then you can step on the clutch to change gears, otherwise the car body will shake violently and may even stall.
Gao Mingcheng took some time to get used to it, but he was able to drive it smoothly.
After buying the car, it was already late and he didn't think about resting, but went directly to the People's Hospital in the provincial capital.
As soon as he arrived at the hospital entrance, he saw Huang Dazhi and Xiaoguai sitting in an open space with a half-new travel bag next to them.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng getting out of a new car, Huang Dazhi immediately smiled and waved to Gao Mingcheng: "Mingcheng, over here! Is this the car you bought? It looks great!"
Huang Dazhi walked around the car curiously. To Gao Mingcheng, this car model looked old-fashioned, but to Huang Dazhi, it was really cool!
The car has a white body, a streamlined shape, and its lights, rearview mirrors, door handles, windows and other devices are all integrated with the car body.
The technology introduced in 1985 had some new progress in 1990. Compared with this era, it is in line with everyone's aesthetics.
"Xiaoguai, Uncle Mingcheng is here to take you home!" Gao Mingcheng looked at Xiaoguai who was standing obediently beside him and smiled at her.
Xiaoguai also looked at Gao Mingcheng, her eyes full of intimacy, but her mouth was stitched, so it was not very convenient for her to eat and talk these days.
"Dazhi, take Xiaoguai in the car. It's getting late. I plan to return to the county before dark." Gao Mingcheng said, then opened the back door of the car.
This kind of double-row seat car can seat four people if it is spacious enough, and five people can also sit if they squeeze in.
Huang Dazhi carried Xiaoguai into the car first, and then he got in with his things.
Gao Mingcheng started the car skillfully, and only started changing gears to accelerate after the speed increased.
The car was speeding on the road, heading towards the county town.
It was not until then that Gao Mingcheng had time to ask Huang Dazhi why he had been discharged from the hospital so early and was sitting waiting at the door, and asked him how long he had been waiting.
Huang Dazhi smiled and said, "We went through the discharge procedures after lunch, and it didn't take long."
In fact, the hospital staff were urging them to be discharged and to free up the bed. Huang Dazhi thought that it would take some time to complete the discharge procedures, and to avoid having to wait when Gao Mingcheng came to pick them up, he simply completed the discharge procedures first and waited outside with Xiaoguai for Gao Mingcheng.
Fortunately, the weather today is sunny, but not particularly hot, so it is not uncomfortable sitting next to the small flower bed.
Huang Dazhi talked about Xiaoguai's condition again. He looked relaxed and smiled, "The doctor said that Xiaoguai's cleft lip and palate is not very serious, and it does not affect his speaking and eating too much. After this surgery, he will have another surgery before he starts elementary school."
Severe cleft lip and palate requires multiple surgeries. The more complicated the situation, the more surgeries are required.
But fortunately, Xiaoguai’s condition is not serious!
In Xiaoguai's case, her parents could have chosen not to abandon her. Although raising her was more troublesome than raising a normal child, she was not beyond redemption. (End of this chapter)
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