Chapter 17 Buying a Watch
Chapter 17 Buying a Watch (Please collect and recommend)
As I was walking, I accidentally entered the ghost market.
It was already four or five in the afternoon, and some people had already arrived here and were selling tickets secretly.
There are definitely few people who dare to resell tickets during the day, but there are some.
Li Kailang walked around and took a look at the situation. This was the first time for him to come here, whether it was his predecessor or himself.
"Hey, kid, is this your first time here?" Suddenly, someone called Li Kailang.
Li Kailang turned around and caught a glimpse of a man in his early thirties, who was dressed very simply and did not look very eye-catching.
The pockets of his clothes were bulging, as if they were full of things.
The man's eyes were shifty and he kept scanning the surrounding environment, his gaze revealing a sense of alertness and caution.
"Oh, how do you know?" Li Kailang asked curiously.
“Can’t you see it? Only newcomers would wander around here like you. Tell me, what do you want?” the man replied confidently.
"How do you know I must have something?" Li Kailang said somewhat unconvinced.
"Nonsense, who would wander around here if not buying anything, except you." The man seemed a little impatient and said, "Do you want it or not?"
Li Kailang chuckled and said, "What do you have? Let me see it."
"Look! Are you crazy or am I? If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, don't want it. Why bother looking?" the man said bluntly.
If it wasn't under bright sunshine, he would have beaten Li Kailang up. How could someone in this line of work show his tickets so blatantly?
"This is not my first time here. I don't know anything. How would I know whether I want to do it or not if I don't take a look?" Li Kailang explained.
"Well, this is also, okay, you follow me."
The man took Li Kailang around a corner and came to a secluded corner, looking around to see if there was anyone following them.
Then he opened a corner of his clothes, revealing the bill hidden in his coat pocket, and said:
"I'm a ticket seller. Whatever ticket you want, I have it here. If there's really no ticket available, I'll try to get it for you!"
Hearing this, Li Kailang looked at the man with a higher opinion. It was impossible for someone to have such big words without some hidden plot behind them, but Li Kailang did not intend to delve into it further.
He also took a look around and whispered, "Do you have a bicycle ticket?"
"Uh no."
The man was obviously choked by Li Kailang's words. He thought Li Kailang would ask for some ordinary tickets, but he didn't expect that he would ask for bicycle tickets.
[Now bicycles and watches do not need tickets, there is an explanation at the end. 】
"No need for you to brag." Li Kailang said unhappily.
The man thought to himself, “There are very few of these things out there, let alone selling them.”
But the man immediately smiled and said, "However, if you want it, I will find a way to get it for you, but it costs money."
"Money, no problem!" Li Kailang patted his pocket and pretended to show some money.
"Okay, okay." The man smiled knowingly. It seemed that business was good today.
"My last name is Liu, so I'll be more generous. From now on, you can call me Brother Liu. If you need any tickets, just ask me. I'll give you a discount. I'm basically here all the time."
Brother Liu introduced himself formally. After all, those who dared to ask for a bicycle were not ordinary people.
"Okay, Brother Liu, just call me Xiaolang, and I will look for you in the future." Li Kailang said cheerfully.
"Little Wolf." Brother Liu was about to say, but Li Kailang corrected him: "It's not Little Wolf, it's Little Lang, the Lang of Kailang, not Wolf."
"Okay, Xiaolang, oh no! It's Xiaolang."
"Forget it, Brother Liu, just call me Little Wolf." Li Kailang said helplessly.
(It’s better than calling him Xiao Li, if you accidentally call him Xiao Lizi)
"I'm sorry, Little Wolf. I, your brother Liu, haven't received much education, so I can't pronounce names clearly. What do you want to order? I have some here. I'll give it to you at a discount."
After Brother Liu finished speaking, he took out all the bills from his left pocket. Li Kailang did not take them, but looked at the bills and said, "Brother Liu, do you have any watch tickets?"
When Brother Liu saw that Li Kailang didn't even try to take the bill, he thought highly of him even more.
These tickets were basically for daily necessities, each one was worthless, but this stack of tickets was still worth a lot of money.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Brother Liu said immediately, and took out a stack of tickets from another pocket. There were about twenty or thirty of them.
Brother Liu immediately took out a watch ticket and handed it to Li Kailang: "Xiaolang, see if this is it."
The word "watch" was indeed written on the ticket, and Li Kailang took it.
"Brother Liu, how much is this ticket?" Li Kailang asked.
"This is the first time we meet, so I'll give you a 20 yuan discount," Brother Liu said generously.
This invoice is only 20 yuan, and he can make some money from it, but if he doesn't give a cheaper price to a customer who wants a big item for the first time, how can he retain him?
"That won't do. This ticket is a big item anyway, so it should be priced as it is." Li Kailang said firmly.
Be careful not to try to gain small gains and suffer big losses. You should still be on guard when meeting someone for the first time.
"Hey, how can this be possible?" Brother Liu retorted.
The classic scene is played out: you want it, I don't want it, oh, you want it, oh, no, you want it
After some extreme tug-of-war, Li Kailang had no choice but to agree.
Li Kailang took out 20 yuan and put it in Brother Liu's hand. The deal was concluded, and Li Kailang went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a watch.
"Hey, kid! You're capable! You're a big client!" Brother Liu looked at Li Kailang's back.
Although watch tickets are rare, few people use watches, and most of them are cadres.
Li Kailang bought a watch purely to tell time. Every time he went to and from get off work, he had to look at the workers, the bells, and the sun in the sky. There was no specific time.
At the same time, it is also to prepare for long-distance driving in the future.
Li Kailang took the watch ticket and went to the supply and marketing cooperative again, where he bought the cheapest Shanghai brand watch, which cost him almost 90 yuan.
Domestic watches are relatively cheap, while imported watches are more expensive. The most expensive brands such as Rolex may even cost five or six hundred yuan.
But it’s not that Li Kailang can’t afford it, but Shanghai brand watches are more cost-effective.
Li Kailang swore on the lives of the birds in the Siheyuan, and based on their personalities, they would definitely report him.
Of course, Li Kailang could also go to a trust store to buy a watch. No tickets were required there, but all the watches were used by other people, and Li Kailang did not intend to buy a second-hand watch.
After all, if you have money, who would want to use something that has been used by someone else? Just like buying a car for the first time, most people still choose to buy a new car.
Besides, Li Kailang had no plan to expose it to the outside. He would usually keep it in the space ring and take it out when needed.
The space ring can freely control the time flow of a certain object. Li Kailang synchronized the time on his watch with the outside world.
As for roast duck, the speed of time is naturally controlled to the lowest, almost a stationary speed of time.
At least within three years, what you put it in will be what you take it out in.
In the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Kailang adjusted the time on his watch, tried it on, and put it into the space in the deserted alley.
Seeing it continue to turn, I felt relieved.
We agreed to buy some vegetables before we went out, so it would be unreasonable not to buy some when we came back. However, Li Kailang only bought a little, after all, there was still a lot of them in the space.
After buying the food, Li Kailang also returned to the courtyard.
[According to the "BJ Annals·Comprehensive Volume·People's Life Annals": In July 1959, the BJ City Government began to use the method of collecting purchase coupons for the supply of watches and bicycles. ]
[To put it simply, starting from July 1959, bicycles and watches required tickets. Now in 7, you don’t need tickets and can buy them directly.]
[Everyone just needs to know this, it won’t affect the viewing experience. 】
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