Chapter XXXIII Provincial Towns
In the later life, it only takes fifty minutes to travel to the provincial capital, but now it takes more than three hours, along the way Zhao Xuemei and Qin Fan played and played, Zhao Jiasheng did not feel tired while driving, and changed hands with Qin Fan halfway, Zhao Xuemei was surprised to find that Qin Fan really knew how to drive, Jiasheng looked at Qin Fan skillfully changing gears, and asked curiously: "How many years have you been driving?" Qin Fan smiled secretly. Zhao Jiasheng grabbed the handle of the car door.
When the person was changed again, Qin Fan learned from Jiasheng about the process of their search for production, it turned out that they couldn't buy so much fabric in Gao'an City, and when they were still bought with tickets, there was cloth, if there was no cloth ticket, you could only watch. There is also a reason why the quotation in the provincial capital is so high. Qin Fan said secretly: Oh no, why didn't I expect that the things at this time could not be bought with money. Let's go to the provincial capital first.
The car arrived at the provincial capital, but it was blocked in Wulidun, although there were few cars at this time, but the road was relatively narrow, and when it encountered the crossroads that must be passed, there would be a blockage, and it slowly moved for more than half an hour before entering the Yangtze River Road, and when it was about to drive to the Great West Gate, Qin Fan looked at the left hand side, the Heichi Dam in later generations is still a swamp, the jeep passed through the Great West Gate, Zhao Jiasheng turned his head and asked: "Fanzi, where are we going now?"
"Go to the City God Temple. Qin Fan replied affirmatively, because he wanted to find an old man in his previous life.
There is no place to park on the street in front of the temple of the City God Temple, the car can only be parked in the museum, and walk to the front of the City God Temple, the fairy sculpture is still there, and she is trying to tease Zhao Xuemei, Zhao Xuemei next to her asked: "Qin Fan, do you know what she is holding in her hand?" Qin Fan teased her without thinking: "Spittoon." ”
Zhao Xuemei's eyes widened suddenly, and she didn't say anything for a long time. Zhao Jiasheng and Qin Fan looked at her like that, laughed and walked inside, "It's obviously a flower basket, how can it be ......" Zhao Xuemei followed a few steps and shouted behind. Qin Fan couldn't help laughing, turned around and said to her, "It's a flower basket, I read it wrong." ”
The area around the City God Temple concentrated many landlord compounds in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China. Unfortunately, from the 1950s to the early 1980s, it was demolished and destroyed. It seems that none of the buildings in the current commercial district are left over from ancient times. After the reform and opening up in 1978, private industry and commerce resumed its legal status, and in 1982, the Chenghuang Temple was built into a small commodity market, which became the most lively market in the provincial capital to sell clothing, small commodities, fried goods, etc. In the 1980s, a large proportion of the earliest millionaires in the provincial capital started their businesses in the City God Temple.
Qin Fan wants to find that old man, he is also in the fabric wholesale business, Qin Fan has dealt with him a few times in his previous life, and he has heard him brag about how much money he earned in the eighties, it should be more than one million.
At this time, Zhao Xuemei whispered behind her back: "I'm hungry." Qin Fan knew that there was a restaurant that tasted very good, so he told them to take them to a delicious restaurant, Zhao Jiasheng and Zhao Xuemei suppressed their curiosity, followed Qin Fan through the bustling crowd, and then turned around Miaoqian Street and then through two aisles, and found a restaurant "Old Man Chicken Shop" shrunk in the innermost.
Zhao Xuemei asked curiously: "Qin Fan, are you familiar with this place?" Qin Fan nodded and said nonsense: "Well, it's very familiar, I've been here with my dad many times." As he spoke, the food was served, and Qin Fan tasted it, well, the taste has not changed for decades. Jiasheng also thinks it's good, Xuemei doesn't feel it, and the girl's taste is not easy to say.
After dinner, he agreed with Jiasheng that Jiasheng would take Xuemei to buy some other things, Qin Fan would go to find Buyuan, and then meet at the fairy statue.
After Zhao Jiasheng and Zhao Xuemei left, Qin Fan also walked to the Chenghuang Temple Wholesale Market ------ Luyang Palace. That's right, it's the Luyang Palace that was burned down more than ten years later. I searched upstairs and downstairs twice, but I didn't see the old man in my impression, could it be that he was bragging back then? Qin Fan was still unwilling, and looked for it again, but still no. Qin Fan was discouraged, so he had to ask other people who bought cloth, and the prices were relatively high, and there was not so much inventory, when chatting with one of them, when he asked him where Lao Liao was, this one really knew, but at this time, Lao Liao did not do wholesale, only retail, just a small shop outside the door. Qin Fan thanked him. When I went down to look for it, I really entered Lao Liao's shop and saw that Lao Liao was resting there, eating at noon, and there were no customers in the store. There are only 20 or 30 kinds of cloth in various colors.
"Old Liao, Boss Liao. ”
"That distinguished guest, that friend?" Old Liao stood up and looked at the visitor, but he didn't know him. Seeing a bald head, wearing a jacket and denim jacket, cropped pants and a pair of mid-top leather shoes, he looked like a gangster. Cautiously asked, "Who is this...... You look at me so clumsy that you can't remember who you are for a while?"
Qin Fan smiled: "I know you, first get a glass of water, I'm dying of thirst." ”
Lao Liao saw that the tone of the person who came seemed to be a friend who had known him for many years, so he was busy with a glass of water and brought it to Qin Fan, who took the cup and drank it all. "To make a long story short, I came this time to ask you, can you get a rainproof cloth?" Qin Fan didn't say anything polite to him.
"Rainproof cloth?" Lao Liao thought about it, some time ago, there was a factory generation who came to him to sell this kind of cloth, but this kind of cloth, the people would not buy it at all. "I have their phone number here, shall I contact you?" Lao Liao hurriedly rummaged through, and asked as he searched: "May I ask your surname?" "Qin Fan." "Oh, Qin, Qin Shao, how much do you want to buy? "Looking at Qin Fan's age, he looks like a high school student, I don't know what to call it.
Out of his understanding of Lao Liao, Qin Fan did not hide it, and told him how much rain cloth he needed and what it was for. At this time, the other party's phone number was found, there was a public phone at the door of Lao Liao's store, Lao Liao gritted his teeth and dialed a long distance, that is, Riwala said a call. After hanging up, he said to Qin Fan: "Yes, there are both red and yellow, with a width of one meter and two, and a horse of thirty yuan." However, it must be supplied in cash. Qin Fan smiled and said: "Of course, it's cash*, okay, next time I'll bring the money over and call at that time." As he said that, he wanted to leave, but Lao Liao hurriedly asked, "Qin Shao, I don't know how you know about me?"
"Introduced by a good friend. After saying that, he waved his hand and left. After that, I found a place to sell paint and asked about the price of paint. Only then did he slowly walk towards the temple. After passing by a stall selling glasses, I chose a pair of sunglasses to wear, and bought some gadgets such as headbands and accessories for my sister.
Before walking out of the temple, I saw Zhao Jiasheng and Zhao Xuemei waiting in front of the statue, Zhao Xuemei was holding two strings of sugar gourds in her hands, talking to her uncle while eating, and Zhao Jiasheng leaned on the statue, wearing toad glasses, smoking cigarettes, rolling up his sleeves from time to time, revealing the tiger stripes on his forearms. What's the situation?
Qin Fan looked around, and on the Anqing Road in front of the temple, there were a few thugs hanging around them. Zhao Xuemei was still smiling ignorantly, talking to her uncle. Seeing Qin Fan wearing sunglasses, he was slightly stunned, then trotted over and said with a smile: "Here, sugar gourd." Qin Fan said secretly: When did you become so close? Tui said: "You have eaten it all, just leave one for me." Zhao Xuemei smiled and said, "I know that you are good to me." ”
Zhao Jiasheng got up and asked, "Everything is done?" Qin Fan nodded and asked, "What's going on?"
"Some little kids. Then he asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
"Uncle, didn't you say okay, accompany me to Xiaoyaojin to have a play. Xuemei said coquettishly.
Qin Fan saw that it was still early, and the things were all implemented, and he also said to Zhao Jiasheng: "Is there anything else to do Brother Sheng?"
Xuemei puffed out her mouth: "Don't call brother, call uncle." Qin Fan smiled and agreed to her.
Everything is going relatively well.