Recruiting disciples in the Siheyuan will make you stronger

Chapter 8 08. Buy a bicycle
After Zhou Ping'an got the order from the factory leader, he went straight out of the steel rolling mill.

Because Director Li rewarded him with a bicycle ticket, he wanted to buy a bicycle.

Bicycles in this era are very valuable. If you have a bicycle now, it will be like having a luxury car in the future.

When you ride a bicycle on the road, you are almost the brightest kid on the street.

No one in their courtyard has a bicycle yet. Even in a few years, when the plot of the courtyard begins, there will only be two bicycles, the third uncle Yan Bugui and Xu Damao.

At this moment, Zhou Pingan happened to have money and tickets, so buying a bicycle was obviously not difficult.

After all, the price of bicycles at this time is mostly between one and two hundred, and you can still have a lot leftover after buying a bicycle.

According to the memory of the predecessor, there are two sizes of bicycles on the market: 28-inch and 26-inch. This size is the tire diameter of the bicycle rim.

The taller bike with front bars is a men's bike. Its size is 28 inches, which is more suitable for men.

The slightly shorter version without bars on the front (there are also bars on the front) is the 26-inch women's bike.

And it was precisely because of the memory of his predecessor that Zhou Ping'an realized that what he said when he was a child, [-] big bars and [-] big bars refer to the diameter of bicycle wheels.

However, there was no 80 big bar at this time. The [-] big bar only started to be produced in the [-]s.

As for bicycle styles, the most popular ones on the market now are manganese steel bicycles and semi-manganese steel bicycles.

Popular brands include Feige, Phoenix, and Forever. These three brands are currently the most popular in China.

These brands are so popular now that even illiterate rural old men can name them.

After roughly understanding the memory of his predecessor, Zhou Ping'an headed towards the department store.

In this day and age, there are many places to buy things.

For example, you have to go to the sales department of the Grain Bureau to buy grain;
Tobacco, wine, meat, eggs, and various seasonings must be purchased at a non-staple food store;
Vegetables have to be purchased at the farmer's market, which is also the vegetable market.

Of course, there is also a special place to buy bicycles, and this place is the department store.

In addition to bicycles, the department store also sells watches, sewing machines, and radios. You have to go to the department store to buy them.

Of course, the department store doesn't just sell these big items, otherwise it wouldn't be called a department store. It also sells clothes, cloth, paper, pens, etc., all of which are sold here.

Walk into a department store, find a place dedicated to selling bicycles, and look around casually.

The salesperson inside just looked at it sideways and ignored it.

The salespersons at this time were very arrogant. They did not have the concept that customers are God.

Not to mention that in later generations, guests would help navigate and introduce things as soon as they came in. Nowadays, there are very few people who can give you a smile when you come in.

Zhou Pingan naturally knew the temperament of these salesmen, so he did not ask for trouble.

Find out for yourself which car to buy first, then just pay the ticket and leave after choosing.

With the memory of his predecessor, Zhou Pingan quickly fell in love with a permanent 17-type black bicycle. It has a large chain cover, an electroplated single bracket, an electroplated rear frame, and a rotating bell. At this time, this bicycle is also considered It's top of the line.

In fact, there is nothing to choose from. For people like Zhou Pingan who are used to higher-end means of transportation such as tens of millions of cars and subways and billions of cars and high-speed rails, buying a bicycle that costs more than 100 yuan at this time is naturally unaffordable. What waves.

Moreover, in Zhou Ping'an's opinion, there is really nothing to choose from among the bicycles at this time. They just want to buy them to see what they like.

So Zhou Pingan went directly to the salesperson to pay.When Zhou Ping'an paid 180 yuan and the bicycle ticket, the salesperson was shocked.

She just thought that another person came in just to look at it, but she didn't expect that he actually had the strength to buy it.

After looking at it for a while, I paid directly. This was still very rare at the time, because at this time, bicycles were not just a means of transportation, but also considered the property of many people.

The value of this bicycle ticket in Pigeon City is only 200 yuan, which is worth the price of the bicycle itself.

Taken together, this is close to 400 yuan. You must know that at this time, there are still many people who cannot earn so much money in a year.

Suddenly, the salesman looked at Zhou Pingan in a different way. He was young and rich, but the key was that he was handsome and from a good family.

Immediately, the salesperson's originally indifferent expression became much more enthusiastic.

However, Zhou Ping'an didn't pay too much attention to this. Instead, he took the car purchase invoice and walked out pushing the bicycle.

Buying a good bike isn’t the end of the story.

Bicycles at this time, like cars in later generations, also required license plates. Only after obtaining license plates and licenses could they be considered legal on the road.

The difference with a car may be that you don’t need a driver’s license.

Another advantage of installing a license plate and stamping is that once the vehicle is lost, the chance of finding it is greater.

If it is lost, you can report it to the law enforcement department. As long as they successfully solve the case, the owner can collect it with the bicycle license, purchase invoice and certificate from the unit or neighborhood committee. After verification, it will be returned to the owner.

Afterwards, Zhou Pingan rode his bicycle to the law enforcement department. At this time, there was no specialized bicycle management unit, and all were managed by the law enforcement department.

Riding a bicycle was convenient and much faster than walking on my legs, so I quickly came to law enforcement.

When you come here, except for the staff in charge, there is no one else. At this time, it is not like in later generations, where all people take the driver's license test.

After the staff verified the relevant information, they asked Zhou Ping'an to pay three yuan and six cents, of which three yuan and two cents was the bicycle tax, which was paid every year, and the other four cents was the bicycle license fee.

Then the staff used a hammer to put a steel seal on the handlebar and tripod of Zhou Pingan's bicycle. The bicycle license plate number, bicycle license number and steel seal number were all the same set of numbers, and each bicycle plate number was unique.

Finally, a bicycle license was issued to Zhou Pingan, which contained Zhou Pingan's personal information and the bicycle license plate number, which also proved that the bicycle was reasonable and legal and belonged entirely to Zhou Pingan.

After doing this, Zhou Ping'an rode his bicycle back to the courtyard in a dashing way.

Along the way, I received many envious looks.

"This young man is good. He has a brand new manganese steel bicycle at such a young age."

“It looks like it’s the latest model, the Forever 17.”

"Of course I had a bicycle like this when I was young, and I wouldn't be single now."

"You should get rid of me quickly. You will never be able to find a wife in your eight lifetimes."

Several uncles on the roadside sighed with envy when they saw Zhou Ping'an riding his bicycle.

Some girls on the road were fantasizing about how happy they would be if they sat on the back seat of this bicycle.

Their faces turned red thinking about it, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

(End of this chapter)