After she finished talking, she turned and left. When she walked to the shed to pick up the umbrella, she suddenly remembered something and turned back and said, "By the way, there are tricycles, the kind that can be ridden. Can you get me one too?"
Xie Dongyang looked at her to confirm: "A cart?"
Ruan Xi nodded: "The kind that pulls things."
Xie Dongyang thought for a while and said, "I'll help you find them, but I may not have that much money to help you."
To buy a second-hand sewing machine and a cart, they were not small things and he couldn't afford so much money.
He usually makes a little money from repairing bicycles in this repair shop, but it's all small money. Besides, many people won't come to repair bicycles unless their bicycles are so broken that they can't be ridden. The most work he does is to repair tires.
Although he speculates and sells second-hand bicycles, he also spends money to get those second-hand parts. He only makes money from the labor fee for assembling them, and not many people dare to buy them, so he doesn't make much money.
He didn't make much money from the 80% new bicycle he bought for Ruan Xi last year.
In those days, 30 yuan was a month's salary for a worker in the city. Although Ruan Xi had a lot of money, it was not enough for her to be rich in this city and spend money without worrying about anything.
So she looked at Xie Dongyang and said, "Please help me find it first. If you can't push it over, I will go to your house to buy it."
Xie Dongyang nodded, "Okay, I will ask around for you this week and try to get it for you."
Ruan Xi smiled at him, "Thank you in advance."
Xie Dongyang looked at her and said, "Don't thank me. Remember that you promised to take me to buy goods."
Ruan Xi stood by the awning and opened the umbrella, "Okay, I will come to see you next Sunday."
After that, she walked into the rain, and the rain fell heavily on the umbrella.
Six days a week in school, every day I go to class, eat, read and study, time passes the fastest.
Because she and Ruan Jie are not in the same school, and because Ruan Jie is different from herself, she was admitted to the university in a hurry to catch up on her knowledge, and she still has a lot to learn, so after going to school, Ruan Xi didn't often visit her.
Like other students, she didn't have enough time to read and study, and she wanted to hold a book in her hands when she ate or went to the toilet. Of course, the reality is pretty much like this.
Compared to them, Ruan Xi certainly doesn't have such a hunger for books in the library. After all, she went to college and read all kinds of books that she was interested in and liked, so she didn't seem so hungry.
After completing her studies normally, she would busy herself with her own things.
On Sundays, her roommates would take a nap, but she wouldn't sleep either. She always gets up early in the morning, washes up, goes to the cafeteria to eat, and then rides her bike outside, looking like a street urchin with nothing to do.
Today she got up early again, ate her meal, and rode her bike out to Xie Dongyang's auto repair shop.
When she arrived, Xie Dongyang just came to open the door. When
Xie Dongyang saw her, he said, "I thought you had to come early in the morning, and I guessed it right."
Ruan Xi parked her bike and came over to ask him, "Have you found everything for me?"
Xie Dongyang led her in, "Take a look for yourself."
Ruan Xi followed him into the house and saw a half-new tricycle parked in the house, and a half-new sewing machine in the back compartment. Although the appearance looks old, it seems to be in good condition.
Ruan Xi had learned her lesson and called Xie Dongyang, "Take down the sewing machine and let me test it."
Xie Dongyang looked at her and said, "Oh, sister, given our current relationship, how can I cheat you?"
"It's hard to say."
Xie Dongyang took the sewing machine off the tricycle and put it away.
Ruan Xi took out the machine and carefully checked it inside and out, then tested it again.
Not finding any obvious problems with the sewing machine, she took the tricycle out for a test ride.
After she finished the test ride, Xie Dongyang looked at her and said, "Do you still believe me or not?"
Ruan Xi smiled at him, "It's not bad, except that it's a little old. Didn't you say you would help me pay for it if I didn't have money?"
Xie Dongyang said with some pride, "Your face is still worth a hundred or eighty bucks."
Ruan Xi was too lazy to pay any more attention to him and pushed the tricycle back to the shop.
Xie Dongyang didn't understand, "Why? You don't want it?"
Ruan Xi looked back at him while pushing the tricycle, "I want it, but didn't you say you wanted to go with me to buy goods? I'll leave it here for another day, and when I get the goods, I'll come back and walk here in the evening and I'll ride back."
Xie Dongyang was a little excited when he heard about the purchase of goods, "I really didn't make friends with you in vain."
Ruan Xi parked the tricycle in the house and called Xie Dongyang: "Get on the bike and follow me now."
Xie Dongyang was very happy, and quickly pushed out a bike, and after coming out with Ruan Xi, he quickly locked the door and followed her.
He thought Ruan Xi would take him to the factory areas in the suburbs, but Ruan Xi took him directly to the train station.
After entering the train station and buying the ticket, he was still a little confused and asked Ruan Xi: "Is it that far?"
Ruan Xi took him to the platform to wait for the train. "It's just one more stop and we'll be there in an hour. I've calculated the time, the train will be here soon, and there's also a train coming back in the afternoon, it's very convenient."
Xie Dongyang asked again: "Why don't you go to the suburbs?"
Ruan Xi turned his head and looked at him: "I've been to all the suburbs, and I've been to many places along the railway. The things in this factory area are the most complete and the cheapest, and the cost is the lowest including the round-trip fare."
Xie Dongyang: "They let private individuals pick up the goods?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yeah."
Xie Dongyang gave Ruan Xi a thumbs up, "You are worthy of being a top student at Peking University, how about I call you grandpa from now on, what do you think?"
The train came and stopped at the station with a whistle.
Ruan Xi didn't bother to pay attention to him. After the train door opened, she got on the train directly.
Xie Dongyang followed her on the train, found a seat and sat down. He asked curiously: "Speaking of which, Master Xi, how did you go to so many places in such a short time and find out so clearly?"
The reform and opening up was confirmed in December last year, and it has only been three and a half months. Minus the initial reaction time, and then minus the time for the Chinese New Year, the remaining time is even less. How did you do it?
Ruan Xi looked at him, "Don't doubt that others can't do what you can't do, such as taking the college entrance examination."
Xie Dongyang choked: "..."
Well, there's no point in chatting today.
But Ruan Xi asked him again: "You didn't pass the exam because you didn't study enough the first time. Didn't you take the exam again last summer?"
Xie Dongyang said: "This is not about studying. Even if you asked me to study for another year, I still wouldn't pass. I just played around at school and couldn't even tell the difference between the bells for classes. I also went to the countryside to work in the fields for two years. There's no way I could pass the exam."
Ruan Xi smiled and turned her face to the car window, not talking about this topic anymore.
Xie Dongyang was not the only one who failed the exam the first time and the second time. There were many other people. Ruan Xi knew of another one, Ye Qiuwen, whose personality and mental state collapsed.
It seemed that her mental state collapsed too much and she couldn't stand up again.
Or maybe she couldn't stand up on her own.
Ruan Qiuyue wrote to Ruan Xi that Ye Qiuwen had gone crazy again at home after failing the exam, causing chaos at home and making everyone uneasy. Ruan Changfu was completely disappointed with her, and in order to educate her, he sent her to the farm to work in the production team.
Ruan Changfu hoped that she would recognize herself through working in the production team, reflect on and improve her shortcomings in labor, and adjust her mentality, and then return to the city to find a job and live an ordinary life.
Ruan Qiuyue said: [It's impossible, she will only have more resentment in her heart.]
Of course, during the more than one year since she left the compound, Ruan Xi not only received Ruan Qiuyue's letters, but also received Ruan Hongjun's passionate miss and call for her in Ruan Qiuyue's letters, and also received Feng Xiuying's letters.
Feng Xiuying used clumsy handwriting to express that she and Ruan Changfu missed her and cared about her, hoping that she could go home to visit when she was free. She also sent her large bags of expensive food, and even new clothes and shoes. There
were eight people in their dormitory, and no one received more things than Ruan Xi.
Of course, she left all the things behind, but she didn't reply to any of the letters, except to Ruan Qiuyue.
The train arrived at the station, the whistle slowed down and stopped, and someone patted her shoulder, and Ruan Xi suddenly came back to her senses.
Xie Dongyang had already stood up and said to her, "Let's go, we've arrived."
The train stopped at the station, and Ruan Xi got off after Xie Dongyang. After
getting off the train and walking outside the station, Xie Dongyang asked her, "Is that factory far from here?"
Ruan Xi said, "It's okay, about four or five miles away."
It's not far, but it's not close either.
After getting out of the station, Xie Dongyang didn't know how to get there, so he naturally followed Ruan Xi.
Ruan Xi took him four or five miles to find the factory.
Then she took out two big bags from her schoolbag, unfolded them, gave one to Xie Dongyang, and said to him, "There are a lot of things in this factory. If you see what you want, go talk to someone. We will act separately and meet here in the end."
Before Xie Dongyang could agree, Ruan Xi stuffed the bag into his hand and ran away.
Xie Dongyang: “…”
He had no choice but to fold up his pockets and stuff them into his shoulder bag, and then went into the factory area.
Ruan Xi was already very familiar with this place, and the gatekeepers of two factories remembered her. She found the person in charge to discuss the purchase of goods, and the process was relatively smooth. Then she bought some of everything she wanted. She
mainly bought various buttons, hidden buckles, zippers, rubber bands, hair strings, hats, scarves, socks, as well as needles and thread and some handicraft tools. They were all miscellaneous items, filling up a large bag. When
her pockets were full and she couldn't carry them, she moved them a little and put them on the ground to drag them for a while.
When they returned to the agreed meeting place, Xie Dongyang hadn't come back yet, so Ruan Xi put down her pockets and waited for him for a while. When Xie Dongyang came back with a bag full of things, she stood up and said, "Let's go."
Xie Dongyang looked at her and said, "You have so much, can you carry it?"
Ruan Xi pinched her waist and said, "I really can't carry it."
Xie Dongyang then carried his own bag on his left shoulder, stretched out his right hand to grab a corner of Ruan Xi's bag, and said to her, "I'll give you a hand, let's carry it to the train station together, walk slowly on the way."
Ruan Xi grabbed the other corner of the bag with both hands, "Thank you, Third Master, for your help." Xie
Dongyang still had strength, and while As they walked, he asked her, "What did you buy?"
Ruan Xi said, "Needles and thread, what about you?"
Xie Dongyang looked at his sacks and said, "I bought some hardware. I was actually quite nervous because I was afraid that I would lose money and not be able to sell them. I even borrowed a lot of money from my family to buy goods. If I don't make enough money, I will cry."
Ruan Xi smiled, "Then why did you buy so much?"
Xie Dongyang said, "Since I have decided to do it, I can't be petty."
Ruan Xi really didn't have the energy to talk, so she ignored him. It took a long time to carry the two sacks to the train station, bought tickets and carried them to the platform, and when waiting for the train, she was relieved.
Xie Dongyang said, "Next time you come to buy goods, you must bring a convenient cart."
Ruan Xi held onto the pillar and took a breath, "Okay, if you have one..."
When they almost caught their breath, the train arrived.
The two of them then carried the bags onto the train and placed them in the middle of the two carriages, where there was enough space, so they did not sit on the seats, but stood beside them.
Xie Dongyang saw that Ruan Xi was very tired, so he let her sit on the seat while he looked after the goods.
It was much easier to get off the train and walk out of the train station, because they had bicycles and could just tie the bags to the back.
On the way back, Ruan Xi asked Xie Dongyang: "Where are you going to set up the stall?"
Xie Dongyang said: "Let's go to the Dazhalan in Qianmen. There are many people there."
Ruan Xi naturally didn't understand him, so she just said: "Okay, I'll go there too, but I can only go on Sundays."
She had to go to class from Monday to Saturday, and only had time to go out on Sundays.
During the school period, she would go out to set up the stall one day a week, and then go out every day during the summer vacation. This year, she should be able to make a lot of money.
Xie Dongyang smiled and said: "Then you definitely won't make as much as me."
Ruan Xi snorted at him, "That's not necessarily true."
The two of them rode to the repair shop while talking. Ruan Xi unloaded the goods and put them on the tricycle, and asked Xie Dongyang to move the sewing machine to the tricycle. She originally wanted to ride the tricycle back to school, but now she changed her mind.
She took a breath and said to Xie Dongyang, "I'll leave all these things with you. I'll come over to ride on Sunday morning and go to the stall with you in Dazhalan. Don't touch my things. I remember exactly how many buttons I have."
Xie Dongyang laughed angrily, "Can you have a little trust in my character?"
Ruan Xi shrugged, "Who asked you to cheat me with the fake Fei Pigeon bicycle in the first place."
Xie Dongyang held his breath for a while, then nodded, "It's indeed my fault."
Seeing that it was getting dark, Ruan Xi stopped talking nonsense with him and went out, pushed the bike and prepared to leave.
When she was leaving, she remembered something and called Xie Dongyang: "Can you make me a simple frame, prop it up and put a board on it, and use it to set up the stall? I'll pay you whatever you want."
Xie Dongyang nodded at her, "Okay, okay, I'll get it all done for you. I want to do it anyway."
After that, he waited for Ruan Xi to ride away on her bike. He sat down on the pony under the shed, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered that she hadn't paid for the second-hand sewing machine and the cart yet! Another week to wait!
He slapped his thigh so hard that it turned red through his pants!
However, when he came back from a day of stall setting up in Dazhalan the next day, he didn't care about this at all, because the money he made on the first day of setting up the stall made him so happy that he almost broke his front teeth.
When he came back, he rode a bicycle with the front of the bike almost twisted to the sky.
After parking the bicycle in the repair shop, he was so happy that he started dancing in the shop.
When he was dancing vigorously, he suddenly heard a sentence: "You danced well."
He turned around and saw Ruan Xi coming. He quickly restrained himself and said with a smile: "Why are you here?"
Ruan Xi looked him up and down: "Looking at you, you must have made a lot today, right?"
Xie Dongyang couldn't stop laughing, baring his teeth: "I made more than 30 yuan a day, which is a month's salary for an ordinary worker. I did a rough calculation. If it is stable, then in a year I will make..."
He lowered his voice and spit out that extremely astonishing number: "Ten thousand!"
Ruan Xi pretended to be very surprised, and nodded with wide eyes. He smiled and said, "It's very likely."
Seeing that Ruan Xi didn't say he was talking crazy, Xie Dongyang couldn't stop laughing. He looked at Ruan Xi and said, "My goods may not last until Sunday. If I sell them out first, I will go to buy more myself. Do you have any objection?"
Ruan Xi said, "I have no objection, but you have to promise me not to let others know that you have made so much money, and don't tell others where you bought the goods from. This is the place I ran around for a long time to find. If you tell us, we may not make so much money."
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