The next morning, Jia Dongsheng had breakfast and went out.
Since we agreed to treat Sha Zhu to a drink yesterday, we should actually treat him to this drink as well.
Since Jia Dongxu's death, whether Sha Zhu was truly sympathetic or approached Qin Huairu with bad intentions, he has taken care of the Jia family for several months. Jia Dongsheng should still appreciate this favor.
Before this, Jia Dongsheng had told Yan Fugui that he wanted to treat him to a meal, and everything was arranged today.
In addition, it is time to get in touch with two old men like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong. No matter what, since Jia Dongsheng lives in this slum, he will have a lot of interactions with them, so of course he will try to make friends with them and avoid making enemies with them.
After all, if you really become enemies, then everyone you see will be your enemy. Would that kind of life be interesting?
Since you are treating guests, of course you have to prepare well. You can't just stir-fry some shredded potatoes or stew some cabbage. That's not treating guests, that's offending.
Fortunately, this is just the beginning of the three-year famine. Even if there is nothing in the homestay space, you can still buy things if you want to go out.
Of course, you can’t go to regular vegetable markets like Chaoyang and Dongdan, where there aren’t many good things you can buy.
If you really want to buy something good, you have to go to Pigeon Market.
Pigeon Market is just a name. The things sold there are a bit illegal. Although they are not so illegal that they cannot be put on the table, they are all private goods.
If you really want to buy something that is not worth the money, you should not go to the pigeon market, but to the black market.
The pigeon market and the black market are two completely different markets.
The pigeon market is just a little bit illegal, and the higher-ups turn a blind eye to it. But in the black market, if they find out, they will arrest and try everyone. Those who eat free porridge eat free porridge, and those who eat peanuts eat peanuts.
Sijiucheng is one of the best cities in China with a large population, which leads to the emergence of pigeon markets in every nook and cranny. However, they are just playing house and are not systematic at all.
There are four major pigeon markets in Sijiu City, located in the four directions of Sijiu City, close to the suburbs. They are all large pigeon markets with many people coming and going. In addition, the space is spacious, so even if inspections come, they can still run away.
However, Jia Dongsheng did not go to Pigeon City immediately. It was in the suburbs and it was not close by, so Jia Dongsheng felt that he should have a means of transportation.
When he left Li Huaide's place yesterday, Li Huaide stuffed four tickets into his pocket. On the way, Jia Dongsheng took a look at them and found that they were three-turn and one-ring tickets.
Bicycle, watch, sewing machine, radio, these are the three turns and one sound.
In fact, although the standard configuration of three turns and one ring became popular in the 1960s, it did not become a large-scale one. It was not until the 1980s that it became the standard configuration for weddings.
If a family has three turns and one ring, the door will be broken down by matchmakers, and girls from miles around will line up to choose a partner.
If the 1980s were so powerful, what about the 1960s?
The family already had a sewing machine, which was the only big item in the Jia family. This time, Jia Dongsheng planned to turn the other two and make one ring to get everything done for him.
Once he starts working, Jia Dongsheng can consider finding a wife and have two children in three years.
In an age without entertainment, making babies was the only fun.
"Hello comrade, how much are the bicycles?"
Arriving at the department store and finding the section where bicycles were sold, Jia Dongsheng asked the salesperson.
“Do you have a bicycle ticket?”
The salesperson didn't even raise his head, and his voice was a little impatient. Jia Dongsheng didn't care about this. He understood that this was how it was in this era. It was okay for the salesperson to be impatient. If he made someone angry, he would really beat you up.
For example, there is a sign posted on the side that prohibits beating customers without reason.
Look carefully, you are not allowed to beat customers without reason. In other words, if there is a reason, then you can beat them.
"I have tickets." Jia Dongsheng responded.
This answer finally got the salesperson to react. He looked up and said, "28 Yongjiu is 180, Phoenix 28 160, Fei Ge 28 140. Which one do you want?"
"permanent."
Jia Dongsheng was also unambiguous. Although bicycles of any brand in this era are of excellent quality and can be ridden for twenty or thirty years like a toy, Jia Dongsheng still bought the most expensive one.
After paying the money and the ticket, he pushed a bicycle to the place where radios were sold. He spent another 80 yuan to buy a radio, and then bought a Shanghai brand all-steel watch.
The three major items were purchased so easily.
After leaving the department store, Jia Dongsheng got on his bicycle and flew across the street like a gust of wind.
Although the bicycles of this era are not as good as the Ferraris of later generations, they are still not comparable to those of ordinary car owners.
After all, in this era, there are still many people who can afford to buy cars, but those who can get bicycle tickets are not simple people.
If an ordinary worker wants to buy a bicycle, he can only wait for the factory to select outstanding workers and then be rewarded with a bicycle ticket. However, each factory only selects two or three people every year. You can imagine how difficult it is to get a bicycle ticket.
Riding a bicycle, Jia Dongsheng came all the way to the eastern suburbs.
Jia Dongsheng had also been to Pigeon Market, but he had come with an old Chinese doctor before. He came there not for anything else but to shop on Taobao.
There are many old people and young people who cannot get enough food to eat. They have no jobs to earn money. What else can they do except sell some of their family property?
Jia Dongsheng found a lot of antiques with the help of the old Chinese doctor, including a painting by Tang Bohu.
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