Chapter 40: Save by Yourself
"Tools, we have boards, tapers, pliers, isn't that enough?" My father was a nerd, and he thought about the bicycle too simply.
"It's far from it, and you have to have wire wrenches, hexagonal socket wrenches, hexagonal cones, flower wrenches, steel chisels, anvils, hammers, that's pretty much it. Hong Tao said a large list of tool names, and his father grinned when he heard it, and it was estimated that he could not understand much.
"These things have to be bought, too?" said my father.
"You don't need to buy it, my aunt-in-law has it, you give me his phone, and I'll borrow it." Hong Tao began to talk nonsense, his aunt is a bricklayer, but there are brick knives, and he probably hasn't seen these tools.
"Oh, that's good, that's good, I'll get you a call!" When my father heard that he didn't need to ask for help, he immediately relaxed.
"Are you really going to get your own bicycle with Xiao Tao? you two will be angry with me, I don't care!" The mother didn't believe Hong Tao's words at all, and got up and went out to visit the door.
Will Hong Tao really save a bicycle? Yes, wasn't it popular in his previous life to play all kinds of sports and fitness, including playing ball, running, fast walking, mountaineering, and dancing...... Hong Tao chose to ride a bicycle, and also joined a self-nature group, everyone contacted guòQQ and **, and rode on the bike to run away if there was nothing to do, and even played and exercised.
These bicycles are not bought vehicles, but buy parts to save themselves, so that the performance of the car is better, the price will be cheaper, the store sells 5, 6,000 mountain bikes, they only need more than 3ooo to save, Hong Tao is a person who loves to study, slowly learned this craft, not only save themselves, but also help know the group of friends who do not know, the more the craft is practiced, the better, I dare not say that professional technicians, it is definitely stronger than roadside repairs.
In fact, it is not difficult to assemble a bicycle at all, most of the links will be seen once, and the only technical difficulty is to weave the wheels. When the wheel of the bicycle is in the state of loose parts, the strip and the steel rim are separated, and the strip and the steel rim must be manually connected together, and the left and right strips should be crossed in a certain order and cannot be messed up. This is not the most difficult, the most difficult thing is to adjust the straightness of the steel ring, which is called taking a dragon in the jargon.
The people of Beijing call the state of the bicycle swaying from side to side and bumping up and down as a dragon, which means that the bicycle wheel is no longer round, and there is no longer a vertical line.
What should I do if the reel is not round? This requires using a steel wire plate like a small bowl to adjust the tightness of the bar, so as to round the steel rim. This can be a craft, and you can't figure it out if you don't play it for a day, and the more you toss it, the less round it is. To put it simply, if you bend to the left now, it means that the right bar is loose and you have to tighten it for half a turn, and then loosen the bar on the left for another half turn.
Note here that when it is tight, it is necessary to tighten the two adjacent strips, and then when it is loose, only loosen the opposite middle strip. After slowly adjusting it a few times, the wheels are straightened by the strips. Finally, turn the wheel, the one to change the cone, put it on the edge of the steel ring as a ruler, this wheel rotates from the tip of the cone is about the same distance, neither rubbing nor running, even if it is done.
In the 7o era, there were not many people who knew this thing, there were no networks, no ads, even TV and books, you just wanted to learn and there was nowhere to learn, at that time, it was all masters and apprentices, and the degree of communication technology was very slow and limited. And then these tools are very expensive, but also very difficult to get, the bicycles bought by each family do not need to be dismantled and dismantled, at most it will be repaired by the inner tube, oiled on, and then the advanced point can be replaced by their own front, middle and rear axles, take the dragon is a master, who has nothing to dismantle the car and play with the wheels!
Hong Tao went to the Revolutionary Committee the next day to make a phone call to the aunt's unit, and then told the aunt on the phone, asking him to go to the steel factory and find someone to help him make a few tools, that is, those wrenches, chisels and the like, these are small things, just find some materials to get it, as for the model or something, find a bicycle and try it clearly, they are all standard parts, No. 8 nut is No. 8 nut, No. 1o bolt is No. 1o bolt, all are universal.
"Xiao Tao, what are you going to do with your uncle?" The eldest aunt and his father are not the same person at all, he lives a more practical life, and does not have so many ideological pursuits, as long as the whole family is well fed and warmly dressed, it is his goal. Last time, the earth heater benefited him a lot, and he didn't know how much he earned, anyway, he has now been promoted from a small group leader to a section leader, and there is 100% credit for earth heating here, so he still attaches great importance to Hong Tao's opinion.
"Uncle, if I have a brand new bicycle, I don't want a bicycle ticket, 14o yuan a bicycle, do you want it?" Hong Tao thought about it, he wanted to point to his father to make money, that is to be blind and hopeless, and he must have an adult helper, and the aunt is also more suitable, and the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.
"No ticket......! "Although the eldest aunt stopped the car in time, Hong Tao also knew what he was going to say, and he must have suspected that he was stealing the car.
"My little body can move a bicycle! I have a ticket for this car, don't worry about this, I'll ask you, 14o yuan a car, do you want it? Men's cars and women's cars are all the same price, 28, 26 are also the same price!" Hong Tao simply made his words clear, so as not to make his aunt frightened.
"Ah, there's more than one......! How many are there!How many are there!?" Only then did the eldest aunt understand that his nephew did not just have a bicycle in his hand.
"Well, I'll talk to you when you send me tools, I'll give you 14o car, I don't care how much you sell others, the tickets are complete, and you can still get the brand, what do you think?" Hong Tao added another firewood to make the aunt's head a little hotter.
"To ...... Xiao Tao...... I'll leave it all to my uncle!I'm ...... I'll go to steel now, and I'll send you something home in the evening!"
"There is another thing, don't tell my dad, you also know him as a person, he dislikes everything that makes money, let him know, I can't do this business. Hong Tao said again.
"Hey, your dad is a good person, it's just a dead brain, you wait for me at grandma's house at night, I'll go there to find you, don't let your dad hear, first of all, my uncle will go to steel immediately, and then I should get off work in the morning, I'll go first, see you in the evening!" The aunt hurriedly hung up the phone, turned his head and ran to the transportation section, he couldn't ride a bicycle to steel, he had to get a public car, although they were all three-wheeled cars that pulled goods, but it was much more energy-saving than riding a bicycle.
"Grandpa, do you think my idea can be successful?" Hong Tao finished dinner, and secretly ran to his grandfather's house, and talked about his plan to the old man, if he could get the old man's support, then this matter would be taken down.
"Why are you selling it to your aunt? Grandpa can also help you sell it! As long as it comes from the right way, what is there to be afraid of? There are a lot of people in Grandpa's factory who need bicycles. The old man didn't ask in detail about technical issues, but was more puzzled by Hong Tao's sales method.
"My aunt has more eyes than you, and he's a little head now, so I think it's safer. You are the head of the family, you shouldn't take this risk, wait for the aunt's side to smooth the road, I will give you a few more cars, you take it to the unit, give the leader's relatives a point, you will benefit in the unit in the future, right? Hong Tao's words are the truth, he is not very at ease with the old man's straightforward temper, he should not be treated well by the leaders in the unit, in case others get the pigtails, it will be troublesome, or the aunt will be a man, it is safer for him to test the waters.
"Actually, your dad has told me many times, and he always asks me if I think you're a little too smart, and I think so too, but it doesn't matter, I don't tell your dad, I'm afraid of wolves and tigers, smart is smart, isn't the more stupid the better? And you have more eyes than your father, grandpa supports you to make money, and you won't be the same as your dad said, but there is one thing, you can't delay your studies, although grandpa said that college students are not good, but grandpa also hopes that there is a college student at home, your little uncle will definitely not be, I can only count on you, understand?" The old man looked very grinning, in fact, he understood everything in his heart, he just didn't say it.
"Don't worry, when I go to school, I must be double percent for no semester, and I won't take a shower for a month!" I swear!" Hong Tao is a poisonous oath, the whole family knows that Hong Tao is a child who likes to waste water, except for the winter months, the rest of the time is fine, he will take a shower with cold water, and he can't sleep without taking a bath.
"Dad, you're here too, I'll talk to Xiao Tao about something. At this time, the eldest aunt hurriedly came in from outside the door, and was embarrassed to say business with his little nephew in front of the old man.
"Don't ink it, Xiao Tao told me, I think I can do this, don't steal, don't rob, don't fool people, don't cheat people, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, I'll go for a walk, you can talk to Xiao Tao yourself." Grandpa saw that his eldest son-in-law was a little nervous, knowing that he still couldn't let go of him, so he pulled his shoes and went out to digest food with his hands behind his back.
"The tools are all ready, I asked the carpenter to make a box for you, just put it inside, you can see if it is done correctly. "The eldest aunt brought in a small wooden box from the outside, although the craftsmanship is not so fine, but it is quite solid, and the four corners are still wrapped with iron sheets.
"Okay, the materials are really enough! This board is enough for 2 catties!" Hong Tao opened the box, there were a bunch of large and small tools inside, the traces of grinding wheels on it were still new, the appearance was not very good-looking, but the materials were very sufficient, and the hardness of the steel was also very good.
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