Chapter 213 Buying a Motorcycle with Xiulan
On the 16th day of the first lunar month (the 14th day of the twelfth lunar month), Lin Heng and Xiulan both got up early, mainly because they had to go to the city to do some work.
The first thing he did after putting on his clothes was to go to the toilet. After coming out of the toilet, Lin Heng began to observe the world.
In the early morning, the ground, roofs and trees were all covered with white frost, but you could clearly see that the sky was blue.
"It looks like it's going to be a good day today." Lin Heng muttered to himself while looking into space. He didn't go back to the house and started exercising on the spot.
Lin Heng particularly wanted to practice archery today, so he took out his compound bow and shot thirty shots before starting his regular training.
When he was halfway through his exercise, Xiulan and Xiaoxia came out together. Xiulan also started exercising, while Xiaoxia looked at Lin Heng and tried to twist her body randomly.
After the training, when Lin Heng finished washing up, Xiulan gave him a set of clothes. It was a black coat and gray pants on the outside, brown boots on his feet, and a green sweater on the inside.
After Lin Heng was dressed, Xiulan carefully tidied his clothes.
"We're just entering a city, you can wear whatever you want." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan shook her head: "That won't do. If I go out wearing something ugly, people will laugh at me. Besides, there are nice clothes out there."
After she was done, she clapped her hands and said, "Go buy yourself another Zhongshan suit today. It will make you look more formal when you go out to discuss business."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded. He really needed a more formal set of clothes.
Xiulan nodded and said, "Look after Xiaoxia. I'm going to cook."
Lin Heng made a bowl of corn paste and brought it to Xiaoxia, and they went to the back mountain together.
At this time of year, the area behind the house is still green except for the purple bamboo planted by Lin Heng, with no other green.
The corn paste was distributed to the red dates and the female musk deer. Now you can see that its belly is slowly getting bigger.
“Gugugugu!!”
Xiaoxia was feeding the chickens with corn. When Lin Heng opened the chicken coop, more than ten chickens ran to her to grab the food, making her laugh.
Lin Hengze picked up three eggs from the chicken coop. The chickens were reluctant to lay eggs in winter, but fortunately they had laid enough eggs before, so the family still had enough to eat.
Because we have always hunted wild pheasants and golden roosters, the chickens at home have always been living well, but they will probably encounter disaster during the Chinese New Year.
The 12 chickens his family bought were all black chickens, eight males and four females, all of them were black and their feathers looked very smooth.
In particular, two of the roosters seemed to have eaten centipedes or scorpions and became extremely aggressive. Not only did they dominate the hens in Lin Heng's house, but they also beat the colorful roosters bought from his eldest brother's house next door so hard that they dared not fight back, and the hens became their exclusive prey.
When Lin Heng was not around, they even wanted to pounce on Xiaoxia. Lin Heng had already remembered these two and killed them first during the New Year.
Now that he has electricity, he plans to hatch some chicks himself in the spring. Although he doesn't have a professional incubator, he can make a simple one using tungsten filament lamps.
After feeding the chickens in the back hills, Lin Heng and Xiaoxia returned to the house together. In the morning, Xiulan simply made a bowl of pickled cabbage noodles, and Lin Heng called Caiyun to come and eat together.
After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan coaxed Xiaoxia and promised to bring her some delicious food when they returned. Then they told their parents and rode their red dates to Huangtan Town together.
It was only 8:30 when we arrived at Huangtan Town and the sun had just come out.
When they arrived in the town, Lin Heng handed the horse to Wang Zhou for care, then rented a motorcycle to take himself and Xiulan to the city.
Originally, I was going to deposit some money at the credit union in town yesterday, but considering that I still had 5,500 yuan in my bank, I gave up for the time being.
Lin Heng let the motorcycle take him directly to the central area of Taibai City. After arriving, Lin Heng took Xiulan directly to the place where motorcycles were sold.
They did not save the money. Last night, during the Sage Moment, Lin Heng and Xiulan had a careful discussion and decided that they should not save the money for the time being and just keep it at home.
The main reason is that the reform and opening up has just begun, and the major banks are not interconnected, making it extremely inconvenient to deposit and withdraw money. It is better to carry cash yourself.
So when they left this morning, they took a briefcase with three thousand yuan in it, which was used to buy a motorcycle.
After the restrictions on private car purchases were lifted, motorcycles have become more and more numerous and more and more popular, and you can see one on the road from time to time.
Naturally, they were also sold in Taibai City. Lin Heng took Xiulan to the only motorcycle shop in the city center.
The store was deserted early in the morning. The boss was still brushing his teeth and washing his face. He was stunned when he saw Lin Heng and the other man coming over.
“Are you here to buy a motorcycle?”
The boss saw that Lin Heng and Xiulan seemed to be quite rich by the way they were dressed.
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, what motorcycles do you have here?"
"Well, I have quite a few varieties here. It depends on what you need and the prices are different," said the boss with a smile.
At that time, he didn't even brush his teeth. He just wiped his face and took Lin Heng and the other person into the house.
Lin Heng pulled Xiaoxia into the house. There were many motorcycles parked in the hall, including pedal-type ones, light ones like shared bicycles, and heavy ones similar to motorcycles.
"See what kind you want. All models are here."
The boss pointed at the motorcycle in the hall and asked.
"Tell me the price." Lin Heng asked while taking Xiulan to look at the cars. The colors of these cars are quite nice, mainly red and orange, with some blue and white.
There are fewer other colors.
The boss pointed at the cars and introduced them one by one: "This Jialing 50 is the cheapest, only 900 yuan, the Mingxing 50 is 1800 yuan, and this Xingfu 250 is 3000 yuan."
All the motorcycles here are domestically made, no imported ones.
Generally, the officially imported ones are only available in Ancheng. Another type is the smuggled ones, which are cheaper, but require channels to buy them.
In those days, there were many foreign smuggling ships near the coast, and all kinds of cheap industrial products could be bought there. One could make a lot of money by transporting them inland.
However, Lin Heng does not discriminate against domestic products. The technology of motorcycles in this era is already very mature and there are almost no problems.
Xiulan was dazzled by the sight of the motorcycle. She had never thought before that her family could own a motorcycle. Looking at the beautiful paint and the glossy color, she felt intoxicated.
It's just such a lump of iron, but it can run faster than a horse. Many people still find it incredible.
"Which one do you think is good?" Lin Heng turned his head and looked at Xiulan and asked.
Xiulan blinked and smiled, "I don't understand these, just buy whichever you think is good."
She would never give advice on things she didn't understand.
Lin Heng liked his wife's answer very much, and asked again: "Which color do you think looks good?"
"Red, it looks festive." Xiulan said, pointing at the red color.
Lin Heng nodded, turned around and looked at the owner of the car dealership and said, "Would you like to sell this Happiness 250 for two thousand and two?"
The boss' mouth suddenly opened wide: "What? Two thousand and two? You are kidding, do you know what kind of car this is? This price is simply impossible."
Lin Heng smiled slightly: "Of course I know, this is the Xingfu 250A model copied from the famous Jiawa 250 by Shanghai Bicycle Factory No. 2. It is a single-bar 2-stroke, 239cc displacement, and 10 horsepower. Its factory price is less than 2,000 yuan."
"ah!"
The car dealer was stunned when he heard this: "How come you know more than I do? Are you also a car dealer?"
He was really shocked. People in that era generally had a low level of education and knew nothing about these mechanical knowledge. They usually just believed what he said or listened to what others said was better.
This was the first time he had met someone who knew Lin Heng so well.
Xiulan was also impressed by Lin Heng's confidence. Although she didn't understand what he said, she knew he was right by looking at the boss's expression.
The boss took a breath and shook his head fiercely, saying, "You have no idea how much it costs to transport this. The minimum price is 2,500. If it's any lower, I really can't sell it."
Lin Heng looked at him and said, "If 2,300 is fine, I'll buy it. If not, forget it. I won't add any more."
"Two thousand five, it really can't be any lower." The boss shook his head and was unwilling to lower the price no matter what.
Lin Heng spread his hands and said, "Okay, I won't buy it."
After saying that, she pulled Xiulan out.
After leaving the door, Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said, "Are you really not going to buy it?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, let's go to Ancheng to buy it in a few days."
This boss is so heartless. Even if he had money, he wouldn't let others cheat him like this.
"Okay." Xiulan nodded, and then asked curiously, "How do you know so much?"
Lin Heng smiled bitterly: "Because I wanted to buy it a long time ago and often researched it, but unfortunately I could never afford it."
When Xiulan was about to ask where to go next, a voice suddenly came from the side: "You want to buy a motorcycle, right? I have one here. Do you want to come and have a look?"
Lin Heng turned his head and saw a hooked-nosed man who looked to be in his twenties or thirties, wearing black clothes. He looked a bit shifty.
"Secondhand or smuggled?"
Lin Heng glanced at him. He didn't expect that someone was soliciting customers here.
“We have second-hand ones, too. They were brought from the Ancheng Motorcycle Repair Shop.” The man said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll go take a look, you wait a moment."
Lin Heng said this, turned around and took Xiulan and the package to the nearest bank.
"Wait here. Whatever you do, don't come out. I'll be back in a moment."
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said, This second-hand factory must be in a remote place, but I dare not take Xiulan and Qian with me.
Xiulan nodded and agreed: "Okay, be careful."
After settling Xiulan, Lin Heng followed the man surnamed Zhao to look at the car.
After walking for a while, they arrived at a second-hand car shop. This made Lin Heng a little curious. He didn't even know that there was a second-hand car shop in this place.
The man surnamed Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said, "They are all here. You can discuss which one you like. They are all branded."
Lin Heng walked into the room and looked around. There were a few people looking at the car here.
All kinds of refurbished motorcycles are displayed here, but the refurbishment workmanship is a bit poor and the defects can be seen at a glance.
There weren't many cars here, only about fifty or sixty. The more Lin Heng looked, the less interested he became. He had ridden a motorcycle for a long time in his previous life and had also repaired it himself.
The motorcycle repairs here seem average to Lin Heng, a layman, which makes people have great doubts about their safety.
Lin Heng is not a novice in motorcycles and knows a lot about these things, so he wants to see if there are any core components that have not been repaired. It is very cost-effective to buy them at such a low price.
He was looking for heavy motorcycles, similar to the Xingfu 250.
There were twelve Xingfu 250s in this place. After taking a look, Lin Heng was not very satisfied with any of them. He had already decided to retreat and prepared to take a quick look around and then leave.
"Well, why do you still have this thing here?"
Lin Heng was stunned when he saw the three vehicles parked in the innermost part. These were not two-wheeled motorcycles, but sidecar motorcycles.
It’s military green and looks very majestic and domineering.
This thing is very rare and is usually used by the military or police. It is rare to see second-hand ones.
The man surnamed Zhao smiled and said, "They are all regular ones. Some are retired from the military, and some are second-hand and repaired. I am not too sure, but they can all be registered."
"How much is this?"
Lin Heng was quite interested in this. This thing was made by many people, had high horsepower and a large fuel tank.
Lin Heng walked over and took a closer look, and saw the nameplate of the Changjiang 750, which was all made in China.
"Five thousand yuan each." The man surnamed Zhao said with a smile.
"Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Lin Heng stopped looking immediately, turned around and walked out.
"Haha, the price is negotiable, don't be so anxious."
The man surnamed Zhao stopped Lin Heng and said with a smile.
"Forget it. This thing is hard to repair if it's broken. It's also expensive. I can't afford it."
Lin Heng shook his head. This thing might have been used for who knows how long, so he was not sure about buying it.
The man surnamed Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said, "You name a price and I'll see if I can accept it."
These three cars of his have been gathering dust here for more than a year and he really can't sell them. When he saw that Lin Heng was interested, he really wanted to sell them.
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Two thousand."
The man surnamed Zhao immediately opened his eyes wide and said, "Brother, this is a three-wheeled motorcycle. Even if it is second-hand, it can't be so cheap."
He paused for a moment and then said, "Well, I'll sell it to you for four thousand dollars."
Lin Heng shook his head: "I don't have that much money, only two thousand. You must have driven it for countless kilometers. If you don't want to sell it, then forget it."
After touching the dust off the car, Lin Heng said, "Besides, it's hard to sell this car. People who come here to buy cars are looking for a bargain. There are still people who buy cars for more than a thousand or a few hundred yuan, but no one will even look at such a high price."
The man surnamed Zhao thought for a while and said, "Three thousand yuan. I am no longer making any money at this price. It can't be any lower."
"I don't have that much money, unless you can write me an IOU." Lin Heng shook his head.
"That's impossible." The man surnamed Zhao shook his head repeatedly. What a joke! He didn't even know where Lin Heng lived, how dare he write an IOU.
Lin Heng was not in a hurry. He lay down and looked around at the cars. Among the three cars, one was painted military green and the other two were painted black.
It's obvious that the black paint was changed artificially. It was originally supposed to be military green.
The exterior looks very handsome, with no signs of major repairs, but in some places you can still tell that this car has been used for a long time.
"Three thousand yuan, it really can't be any lower. If you don't want to buy it, forget it." The man surnamed Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said.
Lin Heng didn't say anything. He started the three cars one by one, twisted the accelerator and listened to the roar, then looked up and said, "Let's not talk about the price first. Can we drive it out and try it out?"
(End of this chapter)
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