A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 4 Buying a Bicycle
After paying the bill, Cao Zhihua walked out of the hotel, looked up at the scorching sun, and felt that the temperature was almost 37.8 degrees.

I thought to myself, August is so hot in these 8 cities, and I unexpectedly got a piece of money-making information.

I had no intention of continuing shopping, so I headed back home.

Walking into the courtyard, there was the sound of birds, and the courtyard was quiet.

It is estimated that everyone is cooling off at home, and it is indeed very hot today. Cao Zhihua entered the room and immediately changed out of his clothes and pants.

He found the only pair of large pants he had and put them on, threw the clothes he had changed into into the footbath, and sat shirtless on the corridor outside the living room to cool off.

The original person's father was a hard-working man who couldn't rest at ordinary times.

In front of the east wing, the old father set up a place to relax.

Cao Zhihua felt quite cool as he sat in the corridor, and the hot feeling in his body slowly subsided.

From now on, I will live my own life with my three little ones. It is best if I can ignore the neighbors in the yard.

Many readers may not know much about the social background of this era.

Now the country has just been established, followed by the Northern War, and the country is still being renovated. It is the time when we are just preparing to build the country and develop its economy.

Although the country has overthrown three mountains, the thousands of years of customs of the people are not so easy to change.

Especially now, the country's rule of law is not perfect and relies more on the rule of man rather than the rule of law like in later generations.

The country's first constitution was not implemented until 1954.

Now is actually a window period for national laws. Whether to commit a crime or not must be decided by people based on their moral values ​​of right and wrong.

Therefore, the current mass base is very important, and word of mouth can save lives or kill people.

And now you can buy and sell and do business freely.

That is to say, during the Northern War, these businessmen were too greedy and bought low and sold high, causing prices to rise across the country.

Although the country will not settle accounts after the fall, it will directly make a list.But the new national policy is that the people are the masters of the country, and we will not let a little provocateur continue to lie on the people's heads to suck blood.

Therefore, the iron fist of the state will soon come down. Public-private partnership will begin next year, and the era of food stamps will begin the year after that. People in the future will not be able to use money, so they must have tickets.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhihua felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Calculating the time, it is now August 1953.

The public-private partnership was established in February 1954.

The food stamp era was officially implemented in August 1955.

In other words, you have two years to make money freely.

Cao Zhihua calculated in his mind that after the public-private partnership, all businesses would be state-owned and operated. Even if there were goods, it would be difficult to sell them and the risk would be too high.

In other words, I only have 6 months to actually make money, so time is relatively tight.

My original hometown is Hongxing Village near Sijiucheng. It will be changed to Hongxing Commune in the future. It is a big village.

Cao Zhihua is relatively familiar with the timing of grain harvesting in rural areas. The summer wheat harvest is in June and the autumn harvest is in September. In fact, it is now possible to go to the countryside to harvest grain.

After the liberation of the country, the land reform realized that everyone has land. The per capita land in the rural areas around Sijiu City is now about 3 acres, that is, each person has 3 acres of land, and a family of 6 people has 18 acres of land.

According to the current productivity, one mu of land can produce around 1-300 kilograms of staple food (that is, wheat and rice) per mu, depending on the degree of barrenness of the land.

Every family can dig two pieces of vegetables nearby to meet the vegetable needs of the whole family.And the current payment is not high, about 18%. (This is the agricultural tax in later generations).

Coupled with the hundreds of years of war in the country, ordinary people have the habit of storing grain (that is, storing wheat and rice, and when there is a shortage of grain, they grind it themselves or send it to the mill for grinding).

After years of self-cultivation and good weather, every household in rural areas should now have a lot of food in storage.

And the most important thing is that the autumn harvest will begin in September. If you go to collect grain by yourself, you will definitely be able to harvest a large amount of old grain.

If you have space, you can store about 1000 tons of grain in 8 square meters of space.

The start-up capital is 3550 yuan, which can buy more than 10 kilograms of wheat at a time.

By the way, I'll collect some chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and game. Anyway, I can store them in my own space for a long time, and it won't go bad if I store more meat and grain.

The more Cao Zhihua thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.

I still have a lot of relatives in my hometown, Hongxing Village.

My father's elder brother, younger brother, uncle, and the whole family are all here.

You can definitely start from the Red Star Village. After running through all the surrounding villages, you should be able to receive a lot of wheat.

However, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. To do this job and travel conveniently, you must first have a bicycle.Cao Zhihua recalled the original memory and found that the bicycle was quite easy to solve at this time.

Now the city department store is helping the supply and marketing cooperative to sell bicycles. A bicycle now costs 165 yuan.

It’s not even the three turns and one ring after the ticket is requested, it won’t be sold at all.

Employees are promoting sales everywhere, and those who sell well are even published in newspapers and receive rewards, and those with an employer can also buy on credit.

Cao Zhihua has very strong mobility. When he thought of this, he immediately joined the group to change clothes and set off to the city department store.

It just so happened that Tianqiao Department Store had just opened, so I went to see the excitement.

Cao Zhihua, who was sitting on the bus, looked confused and stunned. When had he ever seen a wood-burning bus? ? ? ?

This is really pure green power, and I can’t help but think of Weichai Power, a well-known power brand in the previous life! ! !

The distance was more than 7 kilometers, and the bus ride took almost an hour, and Cao Zhihua was convinced.

When I arrived at the entrance of Tianqiao Department Store, I felt a bit scary when I saw the crowds inside. This was not a day off, so why were there so many people?

Cao Zhihua saw an aunt next to him who was also afraid to go in and asked:

"Sister, today is not a day off. Why are there so many people? Is there something wrong?"

The aunt looked at Cao Zhihua in surprise

"Kid, are you from out of town? Where are your adults? There have been so many people here every day since it opened."

"Ah? I'm from Sijiucheng. I'm not young. I'll be an adult soon. Don't these people have to work?"

"Hey, you know what? Do you know how many people there are in Sijiu City now?"

Cao Zhihua looked at the aunt with an ignorant face, "I don't know, how many are there?"

The aunt said with a proud face, "Now there are more than 400 million people in Sijiu City, and the permanent population is more than 300 million. With so many people living here, how can there not be too many people in this shopping mall?"

"Then you can go to the shopping mall to buy things. Why are you crowding here?"

"Hey, don't you understand this? The department store has all the goods. Don't go anywhere if you can't buy anything in the department store. You can't buy it anywhere.

Cao Zhihua slapped his head, a little annoyed, and suddenly remembered the status of the department store now.

Department stores are now the only retail companies in the country approved to enjoy nationwide purchasing rights.Not only can we purchase goods from big cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, we can even sell imported goods from abroad.

If you can buy everything in one place at once, who needs to go to other places to travel around? There will naturally be more people.

Cao Zhihua shook his head, "Thank you, eldest sister, you are busy, I'm going inside to buy something."

After speaking, Cao Zhihua squeezed into the department store, and finally managed to squeeze in to the bicycle counter.

I saw a bicycle with a classic permanent [-] bars facing the salesperson.

"Sister, I want to buy a permanent bicycle. Please help me take a look."

Bikes are no big seller these days, and they don’t need any proof.

After 54, you need a certificate of ownership before you can buy it.The saleswoman looked at Cao Zhihua in surprise.
"Bicycle 165, do you have so much money?"

Cao Zhihua put his hand into his pocket and pretended to take money. He consciously took out 165 yuan from the space and handed it to the salesperson.
"Sister, please take a look."

The salesperson took the money and counted it. After the money matched the count, he immediately placed an order.

Not long after, Cao Zhihua came out of the department store pushing a brand new permanent [-]-bar.

I went to the police station to get a stamp and paid a fee of two yuan. The procedure was quickly completed and I was given my certificate. I also had to pay taxes every year.

Cao Zhihua started walking back slowly on his bicycle, and not far away he saw a Bank of China branch.

So he went in, exchanged Yuan Datou and the little yellow croaker for banknotes, and continued walking home.

Not to mention, riding a bicycle slowly and leisurely on this day makes the whole person feel cool. It doesn’t require much effort, and the whole person is quite cool.

Not long after, Cao Zhihua rode to the vegetable market in front of his house and locked the bike.

I walked around the vegetable market and bought a 5 and a half kilogram chicken for 2 yuan, two kilograms of pork belly for 1 yuan, 20 eggs for 1 yuan, two kilograms of vegetable oil for 1 yuan, ginger, onion, pepper, garlic, star anise and cinnamon. A large pack costs 1 yuan.

The first thing I felt when I came out of the vegetable market was that it was cheap.

This is too cheap, so many things for only 6 yuan.There are so many things in the future, don't even think about going out without a hundred dollars or a lot of money.If there is no shortage of material things in this era, that would be great!

(End of this chapter)