Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask, "What about riding a bicycle?" You probably would, right? ”

I've known my fourth sister-in-law for more than half a year, and every time I see her, I'm carried behind by my fourth brother, and I don't know if she can ride a bicycle.

Zhu Siya shook her head again: "No, I studied it before and broke my arm...... After that, I didn't dare to touch the handlebars of the bicycle again. Until I became an adult, I didn't dare to learn again, and then I simply learned to drive a car. With cars, bicycles, motorcycles, all of them are universal. ”

Chen Xingling: "...... However, our family hasn't been able to buy a car yet! ”

In this era of scarcity, motorcycles are already very expensive. A jeep costs 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, and an imported car costs more than 100,000 yuan.

Ordinary workers earn at most thirty or forty yuan a month, and the deposit of 1,000 yuan in the city is at the level of the rich, and 10,000 yuan is the unattainable Taishan Beidou level - let alone hundreds of thousands!

In rural areas, if a family can save more than 100 yuan, plus a bicycle or a watch, it is undoubtedly a small rich.

Even in Huiqiao Village, where the standard of living is quite good, there are only a handful of people who can have "three turns and one ring".

Zhu Siya was extremely depressed, and whispered: "If I knew this, I should have put my car on the boat in the first place......"

"Huh!" Chen Xingling couldn't cry or laugh: "You may not be able to drive it if you get it, and the license plate and certificate are not from our side." ”

As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate.

Chen Xingling had no choice but to propose: "Let's arrange it like that at the beginning." You rest in the three gardens at night, and go to the factory during the day to be busy. When my fourth brother comes back, I won't have to worry about it. ”

Zhu Siya was still a little worried, and couldn't help asking: "There are only two rooms upstairs in your house - what will Xiaohuzi do then?" ”

"It's fine." Chen Xingling replied: "We have an exclusive small bed in our room, just let him come to our room to sleep first." You are your own family, and it is a short-term arrangement, so you don't have to worry about inconvenience or anything. ”

Zhu Siya hesitated and whispered: "Ling Ling, or—you and Ma Dali should go to collect the embroidery first." Just like the previous time, we will receive a batch of finished products first. Wait for your fourth brother to come back, and then start recruiting people to set up a factory. ”

Forehead?

Chen Xinglinghu asked, "Why?" If you recruit workers to prepare fabrics and needlework, the wages will be much cheaper, and you will not have to be made extra money by the small owners of small workshops. ”

It is indeed easy to buy finished products, as long as the price is raised, the owner of the small workshop will naturally give priority to selling embroidery. But in that case, your own profits will be reduced.

Doing business is naturally for profit, what money can you make if you don't pursue profit!

Zhu Siya smiled bitterly: "I finally adapted to the life of the fishing village, and now let me go to the city alone - I am not familiar with the place." The worst part is that many people can't understand what I'm saying, and it's very difficult to communicate. ”

Chen Xingling had a headache when he heard this, and said, "Don't worry, you can stay for the time being." Wait until the factory is all completed, and then talk about it after entering the house. I'll talk to Mardale about it later, and then I'll come back to you. ”

"Okay." Zhu Siya whispered gratefully: "I don't understand anything, I'll leave it to you for the time being." ”

Chen Xingling had no choice but to nod his head and rode his bicycle back to the city.

She didn't go home directly, but went to the riverside factory in the east of the city.

Ma Dali and Master Mok are busy installing staircase handrails.

A few brothers have already cleaned the second floor and the open space, looking at the bright and clean everywhere, and feeling refreshed.

Chen Xingling took the lead in finding a few brothers and asked why they didn't learn to drive a motorcycle.

Unexpectedly, they all laughed after listening to it, you look at me, I look at you, and no one took the initiative to answer.

Chen Xingling's face was full of suspicion and asked, "What are you laughing at?" When we used to have a bicycle at home – I remember it was a second-hand one. How happy we were at that time, everyone took turns to learn, and helped each other in the back seat of the car. Later we all learned together. Now that I have a motorcycle at home, I still have to learn it. ”

Chen Daxing licked his somewhat dry lips and chuckled: "Little sister, you don't understand." It's not that we don't learn...... It's not good to learn. ”

"What?" Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask: "When we have a bicycle at home, let's learn together." There's a tractor at home, and you're all in school. I can't study in Shangjing. If I had been here, I would have followed you. ”

Chen Bingxing shook his head and smiled: "We can still learn tractors together, but motorcycles are different!" ”

"Little sister, you're confused!" Chen Wuxing explained: "When I bought a tractor in the past, a few of us helped to raise money, and my father also had it. At that time, the fourth child had a big head, and we could only make a small part. However, he was not married at that time. After the tractor was bought, it was a big family of us. But when we bought the motorcycle last year, we ...... Can't afford it. The motorcycle was bought by the fourth child and his daughter-in-law. And that guy is expensive, not an ordinary gadget. ”

Chen Xingling understood and was silent.

Chen Zhongxing took the cigarette off his ear, squinted and lit it, and spat out the smoke.

"Little sister, your fourth brother didn't get married before, and we didn't care about anything with him. He paid for us to build a house, and later bought a tractor, and we both regarded it as a big family's property. But when he came back last year, he had already brought his four siblings over. Even if he wasn't officially married at that time, he was considered a family man. Some should be clear, or the score is clearer. ”

Chen Daxing lowered his voice: "That motorcycle is tens of thousands...... We couldn't afford to come up with a few hundred dollars at that time, and even if we wanted to help with it, we couldn't even scrape it up. We couldn't afford it, and Dad's side didn't have it, so the motorcycle was a car for the old four and the young. ”

Chen Xingling nodded slowly: "This-I still understand." It's not the same as used bikes and tractors in the past. However, the economic situation is getting better every year, and it will definitely be better in the future. In the future, we will definitely popularize motorcycles and even cars. Our village is a little far from the city, so we still have to learn how to drive a motorcycle. If you learn it first, you can use it at any time if you want to use it later. ”

It's like the situation of the fourth sister-in-law, who didn't learn before, and now when she needs it urgently—no.

It's always a good thing to learn more small skills on your body. What I am most afraid of is not learning anything, and dropping the chain at a critical moment.

A few brothers laughed after listening to it.

"Motorcycle popularity? Also a car! Little sister, you can't take a nap and haven't woken up yet, right? Dreaming? ”

"Now there are a lot of bicycles in the city, and there is no way to have a bicycle in every household in the countryside!"

"That's it! We can still count how many bicycles can be driven in our village! Our village is still a wealthy fishing village, and overseas Chinese come and go so much! ”

"Two thousand tractors are already the sky! It's also a car! By the time we're seventy or eighty, maybe there will be! ”

"Impossible! It's impossible in this life, look forward to the next life! ”

Chen Xingling: "......"

Well, I can't explain it to this group of "frogs at the bottom of the well" for the time being.

After everyone joked, they began to explain another important reason why they did not dare to learn motorcycles.

"It doesn't look much bigger than a bicycle, but it's expensive! If it is bumped and broken, we can't afford to pay for it. The fourth iron will not let us pay - but we can't help it. ”

"And then there's it - refueling once goes a long way, and the gas is not cheap!"

Chen Xingling stopped: "You don't understand. The fourth brother went out for several months, and the fourth sister-in-law couldn't drive it at home, and the motorcycle was easy to break down if it didn't start for a long time. ”

"Really!? Will it break? ”

"The parts in there will rust, won't they?"

Chen Xingling didn't bother to explain, and said: "I don't know the specifics, Archie knows a lot, I don't believe you to ask him." Anyway, if it is not started for a long time, the battery will run out of power, and it will not catch fire, and then it will be prone to failure and cannot be started. ”

The brothers were very embarrassed when they heard it, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do.

Chen Xingling looked at the lush grass that had just grown outside, and had an idea for a while.

"The rainy season is almost over, and when the grass is dry for the next two days, let's go outside and learn how to ride a motorcycle. If you accidentally bump or fall, you won't be afraid of soft grass! ”

The elder brothers still hesitated, and said: "The fourth brother is not at home, and his daughter-in-law may not be willing to ......"

"The fourth sister-in-law is willing." Chen Xingling explained with a wry smile: "She doesn't dare to learn, but she doesn't seem to be very willing to live in my house." If you all learn it, you can help pick up the fourth sister-in-law in the future. Before the fourth brother comes back, we must be responsible for the fourth sister-in-law's coming-and-going pick-up. I'll learn with you when I have time. Whoever learns first will help with the pick-up and drop-off first, and I will pay for the fuel. ”

Several brothers heard her say this, and finally had to agree.