Chapter 85 Buying a Bicycle
The old woman allowed him to drink, and Old Man Shen was very happy. He invited a few old friends to the table.
"Stop working, let's go eat and have a drink to cheer ourselves up tonight."
When several people came to the table and saw so many dishes, they all smiled. Although they were all vegetables, they were fried in oil and had the smell of oil, which was much more delicious than boiled vegetables.
Shen Shuyu drank half a bowl of porridge and stopped eating. When she came back, she ate a tomato and a cucumber and she wasn't very hungry.
Gu Jiandong looked at Old Man Shen and the others drinking. Their expressions looked like they were drinking some magic water. He was a little eager to try it. When Old Man Shen was pouring the wine, he handed over his bowl and said, "Grandpa Shen, I want to drink too."
Old man Shen didn't pour him a drink. How could a child drink alcohol? "Jiandong, Shuyu has candy in her room. Go ask her for some candy. Children can't drink alcohol."
Grandpa Shen didn't let him drink, so he just sat there obediently.
A few old men were drinking, and Old Lady Shen was out visiting friends after eating.
While no one was paying attention to him, he quietly reached out to grab the bottle of wine, poured himself a full bowl, then gulped it down under the table, and fell asleep after finishing it.
Old man Shen finished the wine in the bowl and was pouring the wine. The wine bottle disappeared. He looked around the table and didn't see the wine bottle. He looked under the table again.
When I lowered my head, I saw Gu Jiandong sleeping soundly, bent over on his side under the table.
Old Man Shen said, "It's good to be young. You can fall asleep as soon as you are full."
It was not until he saw the bowl and the wine bottle in his arms that Old Man Shen realized that he was drunk. The child had been quiet the whole time, and he thought he was well-behaved, but it turned out that he was planning to do this.
Several old friends saw that Old Man Shen was looking under the table, so they all lowered their heads.
"Wow, this kid sleeps really well."
Old man Shen didn't know whether to laugh or be depressed. He drank half a pound of wine, while the other old men only drank that much.
"It's not a good thing for a child to sleep under the table. Move the table and help the child back to the room to sleep."
A few people moved the table, and Old Man Shen called his second and third grandsons over, "Jiawei, Jiaguo, Jiandong is drunk, help him back to the room to sleep."
Shen Shuyu came out of the shower and found out that Gu Jiandong was drunk. Old Shen was a little worried that his drinking would be bad for his health. After all, the child's injury had not healed yet.
"My dear, go and call Doctor Xu to come and check on Jiandong."
Shen Shuyu went out and called the village doctor. Doctor Xu checked him out and said with a smile, "It's nothing. You'll be fine once you sober up."
Shen Shuyu called Gu Jiandong several times, but the child was sleeping so soundly that he didn't respond at all. She wanted to call him to wake up and give him some sobering soup, but he didn't wake up.
Gu Jiandong drank all the wine, so he couldn't drink anymore. The old friends chatted for a while and went home.
When Old Lady Shen came back and found out that Gu Jiandong was drunk, she grabbed Old Man Shen's ear and scolded him, "How can you take care of the child? How can you let the child drink? He is so young, and you let him drink!"
Old man Shen covered his ears and said, "He looked so well behaved sitting there, how could I have known that he would drink the wine?"
"You've never raised a child, so you don't know that children who are quiet usually do bad things. He's still a child, and you have to keep an eye on him. You're not allowed to drink from now on." If the old man doesn't drink, Jiandong won't be greedy.
Early in the morning, Gu Jiandong got up and complained of a headache. Old Man Shen made him a hangover soup, adding spiritual spring water to it. As soon as he drank it, his brows slowly relaxed.
After breakfast, he jumped around in the yard and told Shen Shuyu that the wine was not tasty at all, it tasted bitter and made him feel uncomfortable.
"If it doesn't taste good, then we won't drink it anymore. Let's drink soda."
"Drink soda, Shuyu, I want to drink soda. Let's go buy some, okay?" Speaking of which, Gu Jiandong hasn't drunk soda since he went to the countryside. Now that you mentioned this, he wants to drink it.
Shen Shuyu agreed to his request, "Then let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy soda later."
With a bicycle ticket in hand, Shen Shuyu wanted to buy a bicycle. She talked about this with Old Man and Old Lady Shen.
Old Lady Shen slapped her thigh and said, "Buy it! Grandma, you didn't think it through. This bicycle should have been bought a long time ago. My dear must be tired from walking to the supply and marketing cooperative all day long."
Old Mrs. Shen knew that her sweetheart rarely rode the ox cart to the supply and marketing cooperative, and mostly walked there. It was also her fault that she didn't think of buying a bicycle for her sweetheart to ride.
But it’s a good thing I didn’t buy it. If I had, there would have been a lot of arguments over the bicycle alone when the family was divided.
"It's OK. It's not tiring, but it takes a little while to walk there. It would be more convenient to have a bicycle."
Old man Shen wiped his pipe with his cigarette, "You don't have the ticket, and you have the money too, go and look around, buy the one you like, dear, do you know how to ride it? If not, ask your big brother to go with you to buy one, and then ask him to take you back and teach you."
"I can ride. Grandpa and grandma, Gu Jiandong and I are going to the supply and marketing cooperative. Do you want to bring anything?"
"We don't have anything to bring. We have everything at home. Just buy whatever you like. You don't have to buy anything for us old couple."
Every time Guaibao went to the supply and marketing cooperative, she would bring something for them. Old Mrs. Shen was very stingy with money. She was happy to spend the money on her eldest granddaughter, but she felt it was unnecessary to spend it on the old couple.
Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong came to the supply and marketing cooperative. They first bought three bottles of soda and two ice cream bars.
In this weather, it was so nice to have ice cream and soda. The two of them ate while walking to the bicycle sales area to look at the bicycles.
Bicycle tickets are expensive and difficult to get, so not many people can afford them. Even if they can afford them, they won’t be willing to spend the money unless it is necessary.
The bicycle salesman was so idle that while others were busy at work, he was dozing off at work.
When Shen Shuyu came over, the salesman was dozing off on the counter. He woke up after being called several times.
He was not very energetic when he woke up. He glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "You want to buy a bicycle? Do you have money and tickets?"
Shen Shuyu took out a banknote and pointed at a Phoenix brand bicycle and asked, "How much is that one?"
"One hundred and thirty-two."
Shen Shuyu put the money on the counter and said, "Then I'll take it."
The salesperson wrote the ticket in a daze and pushed the bicycle to her.
Shen Shuyu pushed the bicycle to the door and patted the back seat. "Gu Jiandong, I'll ride the bicycle later and you can sit on it. We need to go to the vehicle management office to register the bicycle and get a license."
Gu Jiandong didn't know about the license plate. He sucked on his popsicle and waited for her to get on the bike. He sat on it easily and wanted to swing his legs from behind, but his legs were too long.
When Shen Shuyu wanted to stop the car, he used his legs as a tripod. When she got tired of riding, he would just stretch out his long legs and pedal. Shen Shuyu only had to control the front of the car.
Arriving at the vehicle management office, Shen Shuyu said, "Gu Jiandong, no need to step on it, we're here."
As soon as he put down his long legs, the bicycle stopped steadily. Shen Shuyu was very envious of his long legs.