Chapter 32 Buying a Bicycle
"Can I really get it again?"
"Of course, otherwise I'll use something. ”
"Thank you then. ”
"You're welcome, oh yes, can you tell me the address of your village? If I have time, I'll help you find some other textbooks, and I'll send them to you, and of course, I can go to your place to have fun." ”
"Yes. Zhai Ying told Ye Lin the address of their village, and Ye Lin wrote it down.
With Ye Lin's memory, he doesn't need to write it down on paper at all, but he has the ability to never forget, and what he hears and sees is basically the same, and he won't forget it.
After Zhai Ying left, Ye Qi pulled him and asked, "Brother, you gave her the new book, what should you do?"
Zhai Ying doesn't know, Ye Qi still doesn't know, it's not like Ye Lin said, you can still get it if you don't have it, the students in the school are all fixed, except for the first-year freshmen, it can be said that there is a radish and a pit.
There are as many textbooks as there are students, and there is no superfluous at all.
Ye Lin gave Ye Qi a roll of his eyes and said, "Why do I want books, it's better to give books to people in need and send me new books, it's basically a waste." ”
Hearing Ye Lin say this, Ye Qi was really speechless, but she knew that Ye Lin was right, just now she took out the books that Ye Lin had used to go to school before, and each one was the same as a new book, and it was estimated that she had never opened it.
"I see how you explain it to your mother. ”
"No need to explain, oh yes, don't you say Mom, I forgot, let's go, you two and I will go to the department store. ”
"Department store, brother, what are you doing in the department store?"
"You don't care about this, just go and know. ”
Ye Lin has always wanted to buy a bicycle for his mother, but he has never had time, and he either goes to the pigeon market every day to sell things, or collects rags, and he doesn't have to go to the pigeon market today, so Ye Lin is ready to buy the bicycle.
"I said are you going or not?"
"Go, why don't you go. ”
If you want to say that Ye Qi wants to go to the place most, the department store is definitely one, because if you go to the department store, there will be delicious food, especially if there is a rich brother to follow, then there will be more delicious food.
"Let's go. ”
"Hmm. ”
Imperial Department Store, located in Wangfujing, is the first large-scale department store built by Imperial Capital after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and is known as "the first store in New China".
It mainly operates daily necessities and opened in September 1955.
As soon as the three people entered, they were stunned by the noise inside, it is worthy of a department store, there are really a lot of people, it can be said that people are next to each other, fortunately, the bicycle is not sold on the first floor, otherwise it really can't be squeezed in.
The three of them hurriedly ran from the stairs to the second floor, which was a lot cleaner, and the second floor was selling large goods, such as bicycles and sewing machines, and there were a lot fewer people, and even said that there were not many people on the second floor.
"Children, what about the adults in your family?" As soon as they came to the second floor, before Ye Lin and them could go inside, a salesman came over and stopped them and asked.
"Our family didn't come. ”
"Then what are you doing here, this is not a place to play, you better go somewhere else to play. ”
No matter what era it is, there are such people, but as Ye Lin, who came to this era from the next generation, he has long been surprised, so he has no heart to do anything to this salesperson.
"Let's go. Ye Lin pulled Ye Qi with one hand and Li Ting with the other, and walked directly inside, not paying attention to the salesman at all.
Seeing three people enter, the salesman wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, because there was no rule that children could not come in.
When he came to the place where the bicycles were sold, looking at the brand-new bicycles, Ye Lin was very excited, there was no way not to be excited, people who had not lived in this era would not have this feeling.
"Auntie, I'm going to buy that bike. Ye Lin pointed to a Phoenix women's bicycle and said to a salesperson.
"Uh, little friend, where are your adults?"
"Why are you asking adults!" Ye Lin muttered.
He didn't want to think about how old he was, just a teenager, a teenager came to buy a bicycle, people didn't ask, it was strange, you must know that this is a bicycle, not a bag of peach cakes.
"Kids, do you know what it takes to buy a bike?"
It is estimated that he heard Ye Lin's muttering, and the salesman patiently squatted down and asked him.
"You know, isn't it just industrial vouchers and money, I have all of these. ”
"Uh!" The salesman paused for a moment, probably not expecting that Ye Lin would know industrial coupons at a young age.
"Is that bicycle thirteen industrial vouchers and two hundred and sixty dollars?"
"Hey, kid, you know that?"
"Of course I know, otherwise I'd buy some bike. ”
After Ye Lin finished speaking, he took out thirteen industrial coupons and twenty-six pieces of great unity from his pocket, of course, this was prepared before he came, he had nothing else to do today, just to buy a bicycle for his mother.
"Little friend, you ...... Do you really want to buy it?"
"Auntie, do you think I'm joking?"
Of course not, who joked would take out the money and take out the industrial vouchers, so the salesman believed it.
"Kid, wait a minute, I'll find someone to invoice you. ”
"Wait a minute. Just when the salesperson was about to find someone to issue the ticket, Ye Qi suddenly shouted.
"Sister, what's wrong?"
"Brother, have you ever thought about how to get a bicycle back when you buy it?
Ye Qi has never objected to Ye Lin's purchase, even if she bought a bicycle this time, because she knows that no matter what her younger brother does, her mother will not say anything.
"No, just ride back. ”
"Ride...... Ride back, who's going to ride?
"yes, I can ride. ”
It's just a bicycle, although Ye Lin is relatively young, and it is a little taller than a bicycle, but there is no problem to ride it back, don't forget, the front bar of the women's bicycle is curved.
"You can ride? How did I not know?"
"It's normal that you don't know. After Ye Lin finished speaking, he turned his head and said to the salesman, "Auntie, go and issue a ticket." ”
"Oh, good. ”
There is money, there are coupons, these salesmen will not care how you get the money, let alone who bought it, as long as there are these two things, then sell them to you, you know, I don't know how many people want to buy bicycles, but lack those two things.
After opening the ticket, Ye Lin took the ticket and went to hand over the industrial voucher and money, and when he came back, the salesman had already moved out a brand-new lady's bicycle, Ye Lin pushed it over and felt that it was okay.
"Help me get my bike down there. ”
"Yes. ”
The salesman helped Ye Lin move the bicycle and not only delivered it to the bottom, but also to the outside of the department store.
At this time, Ye Lin remembered that he had been busy buying a bicycle, and forgot to buy snacks for his sister and Li Ting, so he tied the bicycle, took out two yuan from his pocket and handed it to his sister and said, "Sister, I'll wait for you here, you go buy some snacks." ”
In this era, you need a ticket to buy anything, but you don't need to buy one thing, that is, snacks, even if you buy peach crisp, you don't need it, it's just a little more expensive.
To put it bluntly, these things are prepared for those with better family conditions, and ordinary people who are willing to buy these things, they can't eat, and they also buy snacks, just kidding.
"No need, I have money, you wait for us for a while. ”
"Hmm. ”
Girls buy things, to be honest, it's really troublesome, saying that it will wait for a while, Ye Lin has been waiting for more than half an hour, and I don't know what the two girls bought, it takes so long.
Just when Ye Lin was in a hurry and was about to lock the bicycle and go in to take a look, two people came out of it, one carrying a small bag of things in his hand, and there were not many things.
"I said, sister, you haven't bought much either, why are you so slow?"
"There are too many people to squeeze into. ”
"Uh!" Ye Lin patted his head, how could he forget this.
"Okay, let's go, go back now, it's noon when you get home." Ye Lin looked up at the sun in the sky and said.
"Then let's hurry up, it is estimated that Li Ting's parents should be in a hurry. ”
Ye Lin and Ye Qi are fine, even if they go back a little late, it's nothing, because they are two people, but Li Ting is different, she is the only child at home, and she will definitely be anxious when she goes back so late.
"Yes. Ye Lin nodded, and then said to Li Ting: "Otherwise, you call home and say that you will eat at my house at noon, so that your parents will not be in a hurry." ”
"I think it's okay. Ye Qi nodded.
"Okay, I'll call. ”
I don't know what Li Ting said to her family, anyway, after she finished calling, she came back and said happily to Ye Qi: "Great, my mother said to let me go home before dinner." ”
"Let's go. After Ye Lin finished speaking, he pushed the bicycle forward.
"Brother, didn't you say you could ride?
Hearing Ye Qi's words, Ye Lin gave her a roll of his eyes and said, "What should you do if I ride away?"
"Ugh!"
Ye Qi then remembered that even if her younger brother could ride, there was no way to take her and Li Ting, you can't ride one and chase after the two, if that's the case, it's better to push and go.
Wangfujing is not far from the miscellaneous courtyard where Ye Lin's family lives, if you count it from the south end of Wangfujing, it is more than two kilometers at most, of course, this distance is not calculated like this, because the department store is not in the south.
But even so, it was only more than three kilometers, and although the three of them walked back, it only took half an hour to return to the courtyard.
The people in the miscellaneous courtyard saw Ye Lin pushing a brand-new bicycle back, and many people came out to see the novelty, this is the first bicycle in the miscellaneous courtyard, and it is definitely no less than who bought a supercar in later generations.
If it were someone else, he might stop and let everyone take a look, but Ye Lin wouldn't, anyway, his reputation as a second fool has already been played, even if he doesn't do it well, others will think it's normal.