Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 90 The Red Cotton Guitar and the Short-haired Woman (Please Subscribe, Please Ask for a Monthly Pass)

"What, boss, do you want to buy a musical instrument?"

"Yes, buy musical instruments."

After saying this, Cao Zhiqiang said to Yang Pingan: "By the way, Lao Yang, you are familiar with this place. Where do you think sells better musical instruments, especially rare ones, such as guitars?"

After hearing Cao Zhiqiang's words, Yang An'an thought for a while and said, "As for ordinary musical instruments, such as harmonica and flute, department stores can sell them.

However, if it is the kind of rare musical instrument you mentioned, especially a large musical instrument, such as an accordion, a piano, or a guitar like the one you mentioned, then I’m afraid you have to go to Gongmei Building. "

"Yes, Gongmei Building." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

That's right, when he was in college in the capital city in his previous life, he knew that the Gongmei Building also sold musical instruments, and he had visited it too.

He remembered that the place where musical instruments were sold at that time seemed to be on the fifth floor of Gongmei Building.

I didn't know that in this time and space, Gongmei Building had already started selling musical instruments.

It seems that Gongmei Building has a long history of selling musical instruments.

"Let's go there!" Cao Zhiqiang said, "Go to Gongmei Building!"

"Okay!" Yang An'an smiled, put the towel on his shoulders, and kicked three rounds.

"Old Yang."

On the way, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly asked.

"Is there nothing going on at home recently? Your mother, and your younger brothers and sisters, are they okay?"

"Thanks to you, everything is fine." Yang Ping'an said while pedaling the tricycle, "With the money you gave, I went to buy medicine for my mother, and the tuition fees for my younger brothers and sisters were also collected. I will return it to them." All got new clothes.

Everyone is very happy, and I am also very happy. "

Speaking of this, Yang An'an sighed: "Oh, speaking of it, I almost can't remember how long the family hasn't been this happy."

Cao Zhiqiang was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "That's good, the whole family is neat and happy, that's more important than anything else."

"Who said it wasn't?" Yang Anan sighed.

"By the way, Lao Yang, you haven't thought about your own affairs?" Cao Zhiqiang asked again, "For example, didn't you think about finding a wife for yourself? You are old and young, you should think about it."

"I would like to think about it, but I only dare to think about it." Yang Anan laughed at himself while pedaling three rounds, "A person like me who has a family with a family, no money, and no decent work unit, which girl dares to marry me?" .”

"That's not necessarily true." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Don't worry, Lao Yang, we are brothers, as long as you are determined to work with me, you will definitely be able to marry a wife in a short time, as I said."

"Then I'll borrow your light, boss." Yang Ping'an said with a chuckle.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, and changed the subject: "By the way, you can go and inquire later. Where is there a driving school that can teach you how to drive? Go and register and learn how to drive. Don't worry about the money. I will pay for it." .”

"Learn to drive? Me?" Yang An'an was taken aback, and couldn't help but turn around, "Boss, you, you really plan to let me learn to drive?"

"Nonsense." Cao Zhiqiang said, "You are my full-time driver, and the driver must be like a driver, you can't ride three-wheeled for the rest of your life, right?
What, you don't want to learn to drive? "

"Think, think!" Yang Anan nodded repeatedly.

Just kidding, who doesn't want to learn to drive these days?
Once you learn to drive and can be a driver, this year is one of the best jobs.

These days, car drivers are better than many leaders, and real high-tech talents are everywhere.

If he wants to learn to drive, he will have no worries in this life.

You are like a stick, even if he does not drive for the ministries and commissions in the future, he will not starve to death with a driver's license and the skills to drive, and he will still be very popular.

It's just that the cost of learning to drive is very high for ordinary people. The annual tuition fee is [-] yuan, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

At least Yang Ping himself couldn't make up the money even if he was killed.

But if it is Cao Zhiqiang who pays, then there is no problem.

Cao Zhiqiang now has enough money to buy a car, and the relationship should not be difficult to find, but although Cao Zhiqiang can drive, he doesn't have a driver's license, so buying a car is useless, and he can't drive on the road by himself.

Although these days, drivers in many places are driving without a license, it is good to have a car.

But this is the boundary of the capital, and rules must be followed in everything, especially Cao Zhiqiang, who must follow the rules.

Because it is in his interest to play by the rules.

In fact, if Cao Zhiqiang wants to take the driver's license test, there is a better and faster way, and that is to pass the work unit.

If you are learning to drive from a driver of a state-owned enterprise, first obtain the approval of the driver of the state-owned enterprise, and then directly send a letter to the traffic police department in the name of the state-owned enterprise, and directly request someone to take the test. You can also take the test directly. After passing the test, you can get a driver's license .

Back then, Banggen learned to drive from others in the ministries and commissions, and when he was almost done, the ministries and commissions then sent a letter to the traffic police to let him take the exam in the name of a ministry employee. That would be much easier.

To put it bluntly, in this era, private individuals who do not have a unit face discrimination in all aspects, while those who have a unit can do everything conveniently.

"If you want to learn how to drive, you should ride your tricycle." Cao Zhiqiang scolded with a smile, "Why do you look back at me, look at the road, what if you hit a wall?"

Yang An'an chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm very familiar with this place, if you ride with your eyes closed, you won't be able to hit the wall!"

"That's not okay, it's more troublesome to hit people." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "Turn around and ride well, especially after learning to drive, you must pay more attention to traffic safety. I don't want a driver who plays dangerous driving all day long."

Yang Ping'an smiled, turned his head, and started to pedal more vigorously: "Don't worry, boss, I know the rules best. If you really learn how to drive a car, I will definitely drive it for you!"

It seems that Yang Ping'an's three-wheeled speed is a little faster than before because of the guarantee of learning to drive.

After a while, the two arrived at Gongmei Building.

Cao Zhiqiang got out of the car and wanted Yang Ping An to go with him, but Yang Ping An refused, saying that he was not interested in those things, so he stayed to look at the car and smoke a cigarette.

He knew that Cao Zhiqiang didn't like people smoking, so he refrained from smoking in front of Cao Zhiqiang, but now he was so excited that he couldn't release his excitement if he didn't smoke a cigarette.

That being the case, Cao Zhiqiang didn't force himself, so he went to Gongmei Building alone.

I went in and asked people, and the place selling musical instruments was actually on the fifth floor.

That's good, go straight to the fifth floor and walk!

When I came to the fifth floor, I saw someone selling musical instruments.

Walking into a booth, I saw many musical instruments, such as piano, organ, cello, accordion and so on.

I looked around again and found no guitar.

It seemed that Cao Zhiqiang had been standing still, and he was well dressed, so he looked like a wealthy owner, so the counter attendant came over and said, "Comrade, what do you want to buy?"

"Excuse me, do you have a guitar?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"Guitar?" The waiter frowned, "You mean, the kind of guitar in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies?"

"Yes, that's the one." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

The waiter shook his head: "Sorry, no."

"Then do you know where guitars are sold?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Classical guitars, folk guitars, anything."

"This." The waiter thought for a while, then shook his head again, "I don't have it here, and I don't have it anywhere else, why don't you go to the department store to have a look?"

Cao Zhiqiang didn't believe in evil, so he went shopping in other places. After shopping around, he found that there were many musical instruments, but there were no guitars for sale.

Of course, he didn’t get nothing. He just bought two harmonicas, one for accent harmonica and one for polyphonic harmonica, both with 28 holes.

The harmonica was bought, but the most important guitar was not, so we had to continue.

After that, he asked Lao Yang to go to the department store by himself.

But I walked around the department store, but there was still nothing there.

Instead, the middle-aged salesperson selling musical instruments in the department store recommended him to go to Xinhua Bookstore to have a look.

Ever since, Cao Zhiqiang went to the Xinhua Bookstore in Wangfujing.

As a result, this time, he really met him.

There are really guitars for sale here!
"I'll go!" Seeing the guitar hanging behind the counter, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "The Xinhua Bookstore sells guitars? This, this operation is fascinating enough."

Seeing the guitar he really wanted, Cao Zhiqiang quickly said to the female salesperson who was sitting reading a book: "Comrade, how much is that guitar?"

The female salesperson glanced back, then continued to come back and look down at the book, and said casually: "Ah, that one, 58 yuan."

"How much?" Cao Zhiqiang was startled.

"58 yuan." The female salesperson said calmly, "Don't think it's expensive, this is a red cotton guitar, a brand product! And the guitar is a niche instrument, with few people playing it and a small output. This price is very suitable .”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "I don't mean expensive, I mean, how can it be so cheap?"

"Huh?" The female salesperson raised her head, glanced at Cao Zhiqiang, and smiled: "Oh, he is still a rich owner."

Hearing the sarcasm in the other party's tone, Cao Zhiqiang realized that what he said just now was suspected of being pretentious.

After coughing, Cao Zhiqiang said, "This one, is there a more expensive one? I want the most expensive one!"

"The most expensive? Are you sure?" the waitress asked.

"Sure!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded, then took out ten ten-yuan bills and put them on the counter, "I'm not short of money, as long as it's the most expensive!"

The waitress put down the book in her hand and stood up reluctantly: "Wait!"

When the waitress left and went inside to get the most expensive guitar, Cao Zhiqiang lowered his head and happened to see the book the waitress was reading.

In the end, it didn't matter at first glance, it turned out to be a collection of poems, the "The Farthest Distance in the World" that he asked the Writer's Publishing House to publish before.

Seeing this, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know how to change his mood, and he was a little dumbfounded.

Because he found that the waitress before was obviously immersed in this collection of poems, and she still had a feeling of being unable to extricate herself.

But he was puzzled, how could she be so fascinated by just fifty poems, and because of rushing to publish the booklet, which didn't even have notes?

It's not a martial arts novel. As for word-for-word research?
Soon, the waitress took a guitar that looked a little more beautiful: "This one is the most expensive. It is also a red cotton brand. It is 108 yuan. This is the only one. Do you want it?"

"Why are they all of the same brand and look the same, but this one is so much more expensive?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

The waitress said lazily: "This one is the original product of Cotton Cotton, and the others are OEM products entrusted to other manufacturers. Different manufacturers have different prices, of course."

"Then this original product, can the quality be better?" Cao Zhiqiang asked again.

"I don't know either." The waitress continued lazily, "I don't play this game, so I don't understand."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned, and asked again: "Are you sure this is the best?"

"I don't know if it's the best." The waitress said, "But it must be the most expensive."

Speaking of this, the waitress said impatiently: "Are you going to buy it or not? Don't waste my time if you don't!"

"Okay, that's all." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "By the way, can I not have the industrial certificate?"

"Okay." The waitress got a little more energetic now, nodded and smiled, "If you don't want an invoice, you don't have to use the industrial certificate. In addition, you have to pay an extra five yuan."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang pointed out 13 yuan again, and pushed it along with the previous [-] yuan, "I bought this piano!"

In this way, Cao Zhiqiang paid the money, and the other party handed over the guitar directly to Cao Zhiqiang.

Yes, there is only one piano, and there is no piano bag or case. If you want to take it away, you have to carry the piano directly.

In other words, the original packaging was shipped in a pile, at most some plastic foam and cartons were added to prevent collisions, and there was no separate piano bag and piano case.

Not only that, the guitar is unstringed, you have to go back and wind it yourself.

Fortunately, they gave away two sets of strings, which are original strings for matching, so you don't need to buy them separately, which is not bad.

However, just as Cao Zhiqiang was about to leave with his guitar on his back, a young woman dressed in western style suddenly came across.

This woman has short hair, a beige sweater with a dark brown wool coat on her upper body, black flared trousers on her lower body, and a pair of dark brown high-heeled shoes on her feet, making her look quite fashionable.

She walked with wind, her expression was calm, she didn't care about the eyes of the people around her at all, she didn't flinch at all, and there was a sense of nobility and arrogance all over her body.

Well, to put it bluntly, it's the kind of person who has a lot of self-confidence and a strong aura.

Generally, if this kind of person is not deliberately pretending, then they are from a family with better family conditions, and they live in a different place and raise their bodies, that's what they are talking about.

If it is this period, this kind of person is not a mental patient, then there is a high probability that they are the children of high-ranking cadres.

However, Cao Zhiqiang was not interested in such a woman, so he just took a look and passed by.

After passing by Cao Zhiqiang, the woman hurried to the counter and said to the waiter anxiously, "Waiter, where's the guitar? It's just the guitar from the original red cotton factory. Give it to me quickly. I'll bring the money." "

The waitress was taken aback, then shook her head: "Comrade, you are late, the guitar is sold."

"Sold it?" The short-haired woman was taken aback, "How could it be sold? Didn't I tell you to keep it for me?"

The waitress rolled her eyes and curled her lips: "It's not from your house, you keep it if you say it? Why?"

"You!" The short-haired woman was furious, "What's your attitude? Is there anyone like you who serves the people?"

"What's my attitude? What's your attitude?" The waitress said indifferently, "I am serving the people, so the people must have quality! Are you a quality people? Not like that, why do I think you look like a Where's the female hooligan?"

The short-haired woman gritted her teeth and took a deep breath: "What a sharp mouth! Tell you, I'm from the military compound. Believe it or not, I'm looking for your leader?"

"Hey, I'm so scared!" The waitress didn't feel scared at all, she curled her lips and said, "What's wrong with the compound of the military region? I'm still in the compound of the Cultural Bureau!

What year is it, you still follow me like this, thinking I was scared?
Thought it was before?Scaring people with the military compound?

Why, what's wrong with not enough being cleaned up?

Besides, I'm serious about my work, and I haven't done anything wrong. If you feel guilty, you can make trouble, and see who is afraid of whom! "

"You!" The short-haired woman suffocated, unable to speak out in anger, but she had nothing to do with the other party.

Also, if you want to say that in the 70s and [-]s before the reform, the children of the military compound were still a little deterrent.

However, after the reform and opening up, relevant departments have carried out many rectifications on the military compound.

The result is that today's military compound can no longer scare ordinary people in old Beiping, especially the official employees of Xinhua Bookstore, who are children of the military compound, are even more useless.

On the contrary, if a woman with short hair really dares to bully others, in the end, she will be the one who can't please, after all, she doesn't take advantage of it.

What's more, at this time, there are very few who can work as salespersons in the Xinhua Bookstore in the capital without background, and those without background can't get in at all.

In fact, this short-haired woman didn't do this on purpose, she was just in a hurry and uttered these words out of habit.

It can be seen that this is indeed a big courtyard child.

However, just as the short-haired woman turned her head away to look at the waitress, she was suddenly taken aback.

Because she turned her head, she happened to see Cao Zhiqiang walking out with the guitar on his back.

That guitar was so familiar to her, it was the guitar she had set her sights on before.

Seeing this, the short-haired woman didn't care about the waitress at the Xinhua Bookstore, and ran forward with little high heels, thumping, yelling as she ran, "Comrade, comrade, that comrade with the guitar, please stay! "

hear this voice.

To be precise, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly realized that someone was calling him after hearing the words "comrade with guitar".

He stopped, and as soon as he turned his head, he almost bumped into a woman head-on.

Subconsciously taking a half step back, Cao Zhiqiang looked at the woman who stopped in front of him, bent down and covered her stomach and gasped, and said, "Comrade, did you call me?"

"Yes, it's me!" The short-haired woman took a few breaths, then straightened up, "I called you."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Comrade, I don't know you, what do you want me to do?"

"That's it."

The short-haired woman pointed to the guitar that Cao Zhiqiang carried behind her back.

"I fell in love with this guitar first, because I didn't have enough money for a while, I went back to get it, and you bought it after I came back. You, can you give it to me?"

When Cao Zhiqiang heard this, he laughed directly: "Hey, big sister, you said that, if you like feelings, it's yours, and I have to give it to you?

Such unreasonable rules are not easy to use in today's capital!

Taking a step back, even if you fell in love with it in advance, and you didn't buy it at the time, then it can't be counted as yours, right?

You can’t just go up and tell people when someone buys something, I fell in love with it first, and you have to give it to me... What’s the difference between this and Ming Qiang? "

The short-haired woman also seemed to feel that her words were wrong, so she smiled dryly: "I'm sorry, I didn't speak well, I said the wrong thing, I, I apologize, but, this is really what I have liked a long time ago, I really didn't Lie to you.

How about this, I remember that this violin is 108 yuan, I, I will add money to you, okay?
Me, I'll give you 110 yuan, let me, okay? "

Cao Zhiqiang said lightly: "Sorry, I bought this piano and it cost 113 yuan."

"Why are there so many?" the short-haired woman asked in surprise.

"That's all." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

"You've been cheated!" the short-haired woman said angrily, "Go, I'll take you back to the waiter, how can this be a scam?"

"Forget it." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, he didn't want to say that he didn't use the industrial paper, "I just think it suits me, so I don't need to look for it."

"How can this be forgotten?" The short-haired woman continued to be angry, "It's wrong to lie to others, I will seek justice for you!

Hmph, that waitress knows how to be bully and shy, with her nostrils upturned, I've long since disliked her! "

After finishing speaking, the short-haired woman was about to go back. Cao Zhiqiang was startled, and quickly grabbed her hand: "Don't go, big sister, don't go!"

"Why?" The short-haired woman turned her head and glared at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang let go of his hands quickly, and then opened his hands to express that it was unintentional just now: "No, big sister, this is not the case, don't hurt me!"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang looked around and found that someone had already paid attention to them, and quickly said in a low voice: "Sister, I don't use the industrial certificate, so I added more money, so don't make things difficult for others."

The short-haired woman was taken aback: "Is that so, then I'll give you one hundred and two? Can you give it to me?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Of course not. It's not about money, it's about hobbies. Do you think I'm short on money?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang calmly raised his left hand, rolled up his sleeves and looked at his newly bought Shanghai brand watch worth [-] yuan.

Not to mention the [-] watches, but Cao Zhiqiang's current outfit is more expensive than the other party's outfit.

It's just that Cao Zhiqiang's outfits are darker in color, relatively conservative, not so coquettish, but the materials are expensive.

As for the short-haired woman on the opposite side, she was dressed relatively flamboyantly, but in terms of the fabric of the clothes, it was not as good as the clothes on Cao Zhiqiang.

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang's actions and listening to the other party's words, the short-haired woman frowned: "I really can't discuss it? Shall I add another ten yuan?"

Cao Zhiqiang sighed and said, "Comrade, don't you hear that a gentleman does not take what others like.

It doesn't matter whether you fell in love with it first or not, but I bought it first, and I don't want to give it to you, so don't get entangled.

This isn't an out-of-print item, it's just temporarily out of stock, just wait, there will always be new items coming in a month or so. "

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang was about to turn around and leave, not wanting to waste any more time with the other party.

"Wait a moment!"

Following the sound of the short-haired woman, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly found that his sleeve was being grabbed by the other party.

(End of this chapter)