Chapter 45: Help Assemble a Bicycle

Aunt, do you need me for something?

The two found Su An and explained their purpose.

Xu Fengxia said, Little Su Zhiqing, I want to ask you for a favor.

Su An did not agree, but said, Aunt, tell me what favor you want to do first, and I will see if I can help you before deciding whether to agree or not.

Xu Fengxia said directly, It’s like this, Little Su Zhiqing, my son is discussing marriage with the girl recently, and our family plans to buy a bicycle. But a bicycle is not cheap, and it also requires a ticket.

Where can we get such a big ticket in the countryside? Didn’t you assemble a bicycle by yourself before? I thought I would come here to ask if you can help assemble one for us.

Don’t worry, I will definitely pay you for the labor, and I won’t let you help for nothing.

Su An thought this was not difficult.

Okay, auntie, I have to go to the county’s scrap recycling station first to have a look. I have to collect all the parts for you.

If the parts are not enough, there may not be enough for assembly. If I can collect them, you can give me 30 yuan for the labor fee after the assembly. What do you think?

Xu Fengxia felt that Su An’s price was very reasonable. If she wanted to buy a new bicycle, how could 30 yuan be enough? Let Su An assemble it, plus the price of the parts, it would probably be less than 40 yuan, which would save a lot of money compared to buying a new one directly.

No problem, no problem, your labor fee of 30 yuan is really not high.

Seeing Xu Fengxia’s straightforward agreement, Su An was very satisfied with her attitude. I was afraid of those who would haggle over every penny and bargain with her.

After Xu Fengxia finished talking about this, she left with Tao Dani.

Sun Xinxin looked at Su An with admiration and said, My An An is really amazing. He can earn 30 yuan by assembling a car.

This is much more cost-effective than working. You can only earn 30 yuan in a month of work, and you have to work hard.

Su An smiled at Sun Xinxin’s flattery. It was just 30 yuan, she really didn’t take it seriously. She went up the mountain today and got two big wild boars, which could be sold for hundreds of yuan.

But Su An would not complain about too much money, especially this kind of obvious income. It happened that Su An had to find Li San to ship the goods tomorrow, and he would go to the scrap recycling station by the way.

Not long after Xu Fengxia and Tao Dani left, Sun Xinxin began to prepare dinner. Dinner was grilled lamb skewers according to Su An’s request.

In addition to the lamb skewers, Sun Xinxin went to make some thin pancakes, and then cut some green onions and cucumber strips.

The roasted mutton was put in a thin pancake, added with green onions and cucumber strips, and served with barbecue sauce.

The taste was really amazing.

While Sun Xinxin was busy, Su An heard someone knocking on the door again. She went to open the door and saw Lu Zhenting and Guo Miao standing at the door.

Su An raised her eyebrows, What do you want?

Lu Zhenting handed Su An a pheasant, We have killed a lot of pheasants, three in total. Can I exchange one for some mutton?

There was still a lot of mutton left at home. Seeing that it was the handsome Lu Zhenting who came to exchange, Su An was not stingy, so she went into the house and took out two pounds of mutton and two pounds of lamb chops and threw them to Lu Zhenting.

Looking at the meat that Su An brought for him, Lu Zhenting said, Su Zhiqing, isn’t that a bit too much for me?

The pheasant he gave was only more than one pound, how could it be exchanged for so much mutton.

Su An waved her hand and said, It’s okay, sister doesn’t lack meat, you can take it back and eat it.

Lu Zhenting hesitated for a moment but still took it. He was waiting to send some game to Su An when he caught some. He couldn’t let others suffer a loss.

Guo Miao had already smelled the fragrance coming from Su An’s room. It must be made by Sun Xinxin.

He wanted to eat what Sun Xinxin made more than taking the mutton back and cooking it himself.

It was a pity that it was not convenient to share the meal with two female comrades, otherwise he would really have this idea.

After exchanging the meat, Lu Zhenting and Guo Miao went back.

Seeing Sun Xinxin grilling the meat alone, Su An, who had nothing to do at the moment, also grilled it. The mutton sizzled on the charcoal fire, which made people hungry just by looking at it.

It turned out that the taste was not bad. Su An ate almost two kilograms of meat by herself. This did not include bread and vegetables, otherwise it would be more.

After eating and drinking, Su An went to the county town the next day. She went to find Li San first, and had to sell all the game in the space.

When Su An found Li San this time, she discovered that there were many antiques in Li San’s yard. Su An narrowed her eyes. These antiques were not valued at this time, but they would be treasures in the future.

Many priceless antiques were destroyed during the house raid. But foreigners at this time knew the value of these antiques, so many people secretly smuggled domestic antique treasures to foreigners.

Seeing Su An staring at her antiques, Li San wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Su An, Auntie, these things are prepared by me for the people above. I’m really sorry that I can’t give them to you even if you like them.

After Li San finished speaking, he waited for Su An’s reaction tremblingly, for fear that Su An would be unhappy and kick him away.

Su An didn’t make things difficult for him when she saw Li San said this. After all, she would have to sell game to Li San from time to time in the future.

If her relationship with Li San became strained, it would be difficult for her to make money in the future.

What do your superiors do with these antiques? Sell them to foreigners? Su An asked casually.

Li San shook his head, I am responsible for collecting them with money here, and I don’t know what they are used for.

Su An did not ask any more questions, but at this time, with a large number of antiques, they would either collect them secretly or use them for smuggling.

If you can get antiques here, get some for me later. Su An thought that it would be better to get some for herself than to get them for foreigners.

When the situation stabilizes later, the value of these antiques will be revealed.

Auntie, do you want these antiques?

Yes.

Okay, okay, then I will definitely help collect some later, but recently almost all the antiques here have been collected, and it may not be easy to collect them again.

Su An did not force Li San, You can collect as much as you can.

Li San hurriedly agreed.

Su An was wondering who would collect antiques in such a large amount? I’m afraid they really want to smuggle antiques, right?

Li San asked his men to weigh the game that Su An brought, and then settled the payment. Su An took the money and went to the scrap recycling station.

Su An went straight to look for parts. The parts were gathered, but both tires were broken. Su An had to take them back to have them repaired before they could be assembled.

But it was good enough to be gathered; it just took more time to sew and mend.

These parts cost a total of six yuan, two yuan more than last time. Including her work points, Xu Fengxia had to spend thirty-six yuan this time.

If she bought a new bicycle, she would need a bicycle ticket. In addition to the ticket, a bicycle would cost at least one hundred and twenty yuan.