After returning home, Lu Shuisheng changed into his blue work clothes and looked at himself in the mirror. He was quite handsome. As expected, he was good-looking. No matter what clothes he wore, he would be pleasing to the eye.
Shuisheng had already walked to the door when he remembered that he had forgotten to bring the reference book, the Fitter's Manual. He went back to get it, put it in the storage space, and walked out of the house.
The Red Star Rolling Mill was near Dongzhimen. It took about fifteen minutes to walk to work from the courtyard house.
Shui Sheng was walking.
Suddenly, the crisp sound of a car bell rang behind her.
Shui Sheng dodged to the side and turned around. It was Xu Damao.
Riding a bicycle with a leather handbag hanging on the front of the bicycle, he wore a Chinese tunic suit and looked like a human. He shouted,"Sick person, come, Brother Da Mao will give you a ride!”
"No need! Don't call me sickly again. If you call me sickly again, I'll be angry with you!”Lu Shuisheng had a temper.
"Aiyo, you want to be anxious with your Brother Damao? For the sake of your Sister Xiao'e, I won't hold it against you this time. If you have the ability, don't get sick again. If you get sick again, let my wife take care of you.”Xu Damao chuckled and rode his bicycle away.
"Sooner or later, I'll expose you as a loser. At that time, I'll see if you can still laugh!”Lu Shuisheng knew Xu Damao's biggest weakness, so he wasn't annoyed.
Not long after,
Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong passed by on their bicycles one after another. One of them, Yi Zhonghai, pretended not to see Shui Sheng.
Liu Haizhong, on the other hand, turned around and glanced at her." Shuisheng, work hard. After eight to ten years, maybe you can ride a bicycle like us!”
Liu Haizhong wasn't bragging. It was really not easy for the common people of this era to buy a bicycle.
Nowadays, bicycles were more precious than ordinary cars in the future.
An average worker's monthly salary was only about 20 yuan. With this amount of money, they had to feed their family. The cheapest bicycle would cost more than 150 yuan. It would take them six to seven months without eating or drinking to gather enough money to buy a bicycle.
According to this logic, a young man like Lu Shuisheng, who was unmarried and did not have to support his family, could buy a bicycle as long as he lived frugally for half a year.
But in fact, the value of a bicycle was not in the money, but in the bicycle ticket. It was too difficult to get a bicycle ticket.
Because it was still the era of planned economy, the country's industrial production capacity was seriously insufficient. Industrial resources had to be tilted to important departments and industrial products that were in urgent need. As a result, there was a serious shortage of bicycle production capacity that was not in urgent need.
Therefore, the supply of bicycles was limited to avoid an imbalance between supply and demand.
The bicycle tickets were very important. The number of bicycles produced would be matched with the number of bicycle tickets or industrial tickets.
This made it difficult for ordinary people to buy bicycles even if they had money.
The bicycle was also very precious. Together with the sewing machine, watch, and radio, it was known as the three turns and one ring.
If the man could get all four of these things when they got married, it would be very prestigious and enviable. A woman who married into a man's family would be able to enjoy life and wake up smiling.
Of course, when most people got married, it would be good if they could buy a big piece.
For example, when Qin Huiru got married a few years ago, Old Jia bought a sewing machine for his son, which made the neighbors in the quad envious. Qin Huiru also had a lot of face and flaunted it for a few years. It was only when Old Jia died of illness and Jia Dongxu was paralyzed from a work-related injury that the Jia family declined. They did not even have a bicycle.
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"A bicycle is a good thing. I have to think of a way to get one too!”Lu Shuisheng thought to himself that he had another target.
"Shuisheng, wait for your Sister Qin. We're all walking, so let's be companions!”Qin Huairu's voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"Forget it. I walk fast, you can't keep up!”Lu Shuisheng didn't want to leave with Qin Huairu.
Previously, when her mother was sick, she had borrowed money from the Jia family. However, Qin Huairu was unwilling to lend her a single cent. She even spoke ill of her behind her back. Shuisheng remembered clearly that he did not want to deal with such people.
"It's fine if you're not willing. What's the big deal? Your parents died at such a young age. I don't know if they're a jinx or a lonely star. I'm afraid I won't be able to get a wife. I don't want to leave with you to avoid bringing bad luck!”Qin Huairu was rejected again, and she was very unhappy as she mumbled.
"Sister Qin, get in the car!" Qin Huiru had not walked more than a hundred meters when Silly Zhu caught up with her on his bicycle.
Silly Zhu was the chef of the first canteen of the Red Star Rolling Mill. He had free working hours and did not need to go to work so early.
He often peeked from behind the windows of his house. When he saw Qin Huairu, who was next door, go to work, he would slowly ride his bike and catch up to her. No one knew what his motive was.
"Silly Zhu is still the best!" Qin Huiru had just been rejected by Shuisheng, and now she had met this bootlicker, Silly Zhu. It was as if someone had given her a pillow when she was dozing off. She was extremely happy.
Sitting on the backseat of the bicycle, Qin Huairu wrapped her arm around Silly Zhu's waist as a reward.
Silly Zhu felt as if all the pores on his body were about to explode, he was extremely happy.
In the beginning, Silly Zhu did not have any thoughts about Qin Huiru.
Once, when he came out of Yi Zhonghai's house and passed by the Jia family's house, he happened to see Qin Huairu feeding Huai Hua flowers. From then on, he was different. He often dreamed of Qin Huairu and was very happy to treat her well. He was happy to occasionally take advantage of her.
"Hurry up and catch up with the little bastard in front!”Qin Huairu urged, wanting Shuisheng to see that she no longer needed to walk.
"Sister Qin, did he offend you? Watch how I deal with this grandson!”Shazhu stood up and stepped on his feet to accelerate.
"Move, move, move! Good dogs don't block the way!" Shazhu shouted loudly, planning to rush over from Shui Sheng's side to scare him and make Sister Qin laugh.
"D * mn, is this idiot crazy? He's riding in my direction on such a wide road. He's clearly looking for trouble!”Shuisheng was no longer the Shuisheng of the past. He would not be bullied by others.
He pretended not to hear it and waited until Shazhu rode to his side before he started dancing in panic,"Aiya!"
Pa!
A punch landed on Shazhu's left eye.
"Oh my god!" Shazhu grimaced in pain, unable to open his eyes. The bicycle lost its balance and fell to the ground.
Silly Zhu and Qin Huairu both fell to the ground.
"Ouch, it hurts so much. Stupid Zhu, do you even know how to ride a bike? If my face is ruined, you have to accompany my face!”Qin Huairu cried and punched Silly Zhu.
Lu Shuisheng ran away.
"Shuisheng, you brat, you must be doing this on purpose. Stop right there and don't run. I'll beat you up!”Silly Zhu was fuming with anger. Pain in his eyes was a small matter, but losing face in front of Sister Qin was a big deal.
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