Chapter 221 Private Transaction (Page 1/2)
Gao Pengfei excitedly took the bicycle ticket, his face filled with joy.
At this moment, Zhang Xin, the biology teacher of Class 4, came over and said enviously, "Teacher Gao, congratulations! You actually won the bicycle ticket for this semester! You live in the school, so you don't need to buy a bicycle, right?"
How could Gao Pengfei not understand the meaning of Teacher Zhang's words? The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile:
"Well, I'm not sure yet. I need to go back and discuss it with my husband. After all, this ticket is valid until the end of the year."
Zhang Xin stared at Gao Pengfei expectantly, her eyes gleaming with desire. "So, are you planning to buy a bicycle? If you don't need it, can you give me the ticket?"
Gao Pengfei glanced at Luo Lijuan next to him, then replied slowly:
"Teacher Luo once said that if you give your tickets to someone else to use, it's considered reselling. If I do that, isn't that a violation of discipline?"
Gao Pengfei's voice was not loud, but it happened to be heard by Luo Lijuan and the principal Tang Guomin.
Principal Tang Guomin interjected with a smile, "How can giving tickets to those in need be considered reselling?
You didn't buy the bills from others at a low price and then sell them at a high price. Mr. Luo, don't you agree with this?"
After saying that, Tang Guomin looked at Luo Lijuan deeply. Luo Lijuan blushed slightly, nodded awkwardly and said:
"Principal Tang is right, Teacher Gao, if you don't need the ticket yourself and you return it to your colleague, that would be a good deed.
"Hasn't Mr. Zhang always wanted to buy a bicycle? You can just return the ticket to him."
Hearing this, Gao Pengfei scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "But... I already promised to give the ticket to Teacher Lin."
At this moment, Lin Man, who was sitting beside her, suddenly stood up and said to Zhang Xin with an apologetic look on her face:
"Teacher Zhang, I'm so sorry. I was just joking with Teacher Gao, saying that if he won the bicycle, he would return the ticket to me. I didn't expect that he actually won."
Gao Pengfei also smiled and echoed:
"Yeah! I'm in luck today thanks to Teacher Lin. She said that if I win the lottery, I should return the ticket to her. And she turned out to be right, haha."
Zhang Xin looked at the two people singing in unison. Although she felt a little disappointed, she still smiled and said, "In that case, congratulations to Teacher Lin."
Seeing that Zhang Xin was unhappy, Luo Lijuan chimed in, "Teacher Lin, doesn't your husband often come to pick you up?
There's absolutely no need for you to buy another bicycle. Teacher Zhang's home is farther away than yours. How about giving this ticket to Teacher Zhang first?"
Lin Man really couldn't stand Luo Lijuan's self-righteous attitude, as if she wanted to get involved in everything related to her. Did she dig up someone's ancestral grave in her previous life?
The bicycle ticket was obviously not won by her, but she still wants to act like a big shot here!
Lin Man didn't bother to pay attention to Luo Lijuan. She just smiled at Zhang Xin and said, "I'm very sorry, Teacher Zhang. My son Qingci does have a bicycle, but we can't always go to and from get off work together.
Besides, I have two young children at home, and there may be no one to take care of them next year, so I have to send them to the primary school nursery.
The distance from home to school is quite long, and it would be very inconvenient if I didn’t have a bicycle.”
When Gao Pengfei heard Lin Man say that she wanted to send the child to nursery, he couldn't help but think of his three-year-old daughter.
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His wife is due to give birth to their second child next April, so what will they do when there's no one to take care of their daughter? It would be better to send her to a nursery, too.
So Gao Pengfei said, "My wife is going to give birth in April next year, and I may have to send my daughter to a nursery.
Teacher Lin's two sons are younger than my daughter, so it's really troublesome to take two children out. We really need a bicycle to go out, so let's give this ticket to Teacher Lin first!"
Seeing Gao Pengfei say this, Zhang Xin could only smile awkwardly and said, "Okay, then let's give it to Teacher Lin first. I'll take a look."
Bicycle tickets are sold on the black market, but the dealers drive up the price of each ticket to one or two hundred yuan, which is almost the same as the price of the bicycle itself.
If Gao Pengfei returned the ticket to her, he definitely wouldn't ask for so much money, otherwise he would become a ticket reseller.
Unexpectedly, Teacher Lin got lucky. If she had known that the ticket would be drawn by Teacher Gao, she would have placed the order with him directly.
After work, Su Qingyu returned to the dormitory and went directly to find Gao Pengfei in the dormitory next door with 80 yuan.
Lin Man knocked on the door of the dormitory next door. When Yang Tao opened the door and saw that it was Lin Man, she quickly invited her to sit inside.
"Comrade Yang, I'm looking for Teacher Gao."
"Teacher Lin, I know you're looking for my husband, Lao Gao. Is it about that bicycle ticket?"
Lin Man's heart skipped a beat. Did Yang Tao not intend to sell the bicycle ticket? Did he want to keep it for himself, or sell it for a high price?
"Comrade Yang, are you planning to keep the ticket for yourselves?"
Yang Tao shook her head and said, "Teacher Lin, you misunderstood. I'm pregnant now and I need money right now. How can I afford to buy a bicycle?
My husband, Lao Gao, is out getting food. I'll return the ticket to you when he comes back. Thanks to you, I didn't expect my husband, Lao Gao, to have such luck and actually win a bicycle ticket."
Lin Man looked at Yang Tao's belly. It was less than two months old and she couldn't tell she was pregnant. She smiled and said, "I was just saying that. Your family's boss is really lucky. And your belly is a sign of wealth. He's really bringing his own food."
When Lin Man said that the baby in Yang Tao's belly would bring wealth, Yang Tao was extremely happy. It was true.
"Teacher Lin, now that you mention it, I agree. First, my son Gao passed the teacher qualification exam, and then he just randomly drew a bicycle ticket. My second son is really a blessing for his father."
Gao Pengfei returned with the food and asked with a smile, "Who are you talking about bringing good luck to me?"
Yang Tao looked at Gao Pengfei with a frown, "He's talking about our second child."
Gao Pengfei put his lunch box on the small table with a smile on his face and said, "Well, now that you mention it, I think so too. Taotao, you might be pregnant with a son. Our son might be the reincarnation of Shancai Tongzi."
Lin Man didn't expect Teacher Gao to say that. Fortunately, there were no outsiders here. Otherwise, if Luo Lijuan heard it, she would definitely find something to hold against him and accuse him of being feudal and superstitious.
"Teacher Gao, you're back! I came to exchange your ticket. Here's eighty yuan. Is that right?"
Lin Man took out eighty yuan from her pocket and handed it over. Gao Pengfei counted it with a smile, then took out a book from the drawer, opened it, took out a ticket and handed it to Lin Man.
Lin Man took the receipt and saw that the expiration date was until the end of the year. She didn't know whether it was based on the Gregorian calendar or the lunar calendar. She decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative as soon as possible to buy the bicycle.
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