Chapter 184 I'm Afraid You'll Fall into the Ditch
Chapter 184 I'm Afraid You'll Fall into the Ditch
"Uh-huh!"
"Remember, only those with whom you have a good relationship are welcome, and those with bad intentions are not welcome. I think you know this better than me."
"Don't worry, Li Jiayi. Don't worry about the person I'm looking for. There will definitely be no problem."
"That's good."
Originally, Li Jiayi wanted to bring Li Jian and Li Kang along, as well as the four sons of the old Zhao family, but after thinking it over, he decided not to.
After all, their identities are limited, so it is better not to let them participate.
Even if I want to participate, it's not now.
After all, for now he was just doing a small thing, just like he told the little black fat guy, to earn some pocket money.
After talking with the fat black guy Guo Detie for a while, Li Jiayi drove his tricycle to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative.
After parking the tricycle in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Jiayi walked in.
"Hello, I want to buy some oil paper."
"How much?"
There are no plastic bags nowadays, so things we buy are usually wrapped in oil paper. Of course, some things that don’t need to be wrapped are tied with ropes.
Today's oil paper is equivalent to plastic bags in later generations, but its price is much higher than plastic bags.
A piece of oil paper costs one cent. According to the current prices, this price is really not cheap.
But they can’t live without this thing. Whether it’s a meat ticket or a snack shop, it can be said that they all need it.
Fortunately, this oil paper can be cut into pieces. A large piece can be cut into four or eight small pieces of oil paper.
It depends on how much you want to pack. If you only need to pack a few pieces, it will be fine even if you cut it into more than a dozen pieces.
Of course, it also depends on what is packed. If it is packed with spicy strips, you probably won’t be able to cut that much.
"Give me a thousand first!" Li Jiayi said and handed over ten yuan.
"Okay, I'll get it for you right away."
A thousand sheets is not a small number! Of course, it is not a lot, after all, the oil paper of that era was not thick.
But even so, it took Li Jiayi two trips to get everything on the tricycle.
When he was almost home, Li Jiayi first put the oil paper into the space, and then entered Yard No. 7.
After returning home, Li Jiayi parked the tricycle in the yard, said hello to his elder sister, and went straight upstairs.
Entering the room, locking the door from the inside, Li Jiayi entered the space.
Then Li Jiayi took out some peanuts and melon seeds and took out a piece of oil paper to do the experiment.
First cut a piece of wax paper into eight pieces, then take the peanuts in and try it. This bag can hold three or four taels.
It seemed a bit too much, so I tried putting some melon seeds in it and it was more than two taels.
This didn't work, so he took another one and cut it into twelve pieces.
I tried putting in a lot of peanuts again, and found that I could put in a lot less, probably just over two taels of peanuts.
I tried putting melon seeds in it again, and it was no problem to put one or two in it.
In this way, Li Jiayi had an idea in his mind. With just one thought, all the oil paper was cut.
One sheet is cut into twelve sheets, and then the fried five-spice peanuts and five-spice melon seeds are wrapped into small packages.
The speed is much faster than that of an assembly line. It doesn’t take long before all the oil paper is used up.
A total of nearly 12,000 packages of spiced peanuts and spiced melon seeds were packaged.
The same half, peanuts are 2 taels per bag, and melon seeds are 1 tael per bag.
There is no shortage of peanuts and melon seeds in Li Jiayi's space, it just takes some time to fry them.
Now all that’s left is the pricing. To be honest, neither peanuts nor melon seeds are cheap.
After much deliberation, Li Jiayi decided to set the price of peanuts at 20 cents a bag.
The price of melon seeds is set at 10 cents, but there is actually no difference, because peanuts are 2 taels and melon seeds are 1 tael.
Li Jiayi came out of the space, put his schoolbag back into the space, and tried it with his own schoolbag.
It can hold about sixty bags of peanuts. I tried melon seeds and it can hold more than sixty bags. If you press it tighter, it can hold seventy bags.
He took out the melon seeds from his schoolbag and left the space with the schoolbag.
"Little brother."
As soon as I came out of the space, I heard my elder sister shouting downstairs.
"What's the matter, sis?"
"I'm going to the bookstore. Do you have any books you want to buy?" asked the eldest sister.
"No need, sister. I don't have any books to buy."
"Okay, I get it."
"Wait a minute, big sister." Li Jiayi shouted as he walked down the stairs.
"what's wrong?"
"Let me take you to the bookstore! I also need to go out for a while."
"No need, I can just ride my bike there, you just go and do your thing!" said the eldest sister, shaking her head.
"OK then!"
After the eldest sister left on her bicycle, Li Jiayi also prepared to drive out on his tricycle.
"younger brother."
"what?"
"Where are you going? Take me with you!" Li Jialin ran over and said.
"You should study at home! I have something important to do outside and cannot take you with me."
"Huh, what's so important? You just don't want to take me with you."
Seeing her like this, Li Jiayi wanted to tease her and said, "You know it, but you're still asking."
"Ugh! You..."
Unfortunately, Li Jiayi had already started the tricycle and drove outside.
Li Jialin was so angry that she stomped her feet, but there was nothing she could do because she couldn't catch up!
After leaving home, Li Jiayi went to the supply and marketing cooperative this time, but of course, it was not the same one he went to before. After arriving here, he looked at the schoolbags hanging on the wall and asked the salesperson: "Hello, how much is this schoolbag?"
Li Jiayi's schoolbag was bought by his mother, so he didn't know the price, but he knew one thing, that is, he didn't need any tickets to buy the schoolbag.
This can also be regarded as a kind of support from the country to students!
"The schoolbag is three dollars."
"How many?"
"Three dollars."
"hiss!"
This price made Li Jiayi speechless! A schoolbag cost three yuan.
You know, three dollars is a person’s living expenses for almost half a month!
No wonder so many people use rags or torn canvas to make school bags for their children.
A schoolbag costs three yuan, and not many people can afford it.
You have to know that when he was in elementary school, the textbook fee for one semester was only two dollars and fifty cents.
But even so, there are still many people who cannot even pay the tuition.
But I still have to buy it even though it's expensive! Because it's more convenient and can hold a lot of things.
"Give me twenty."
"How much?" The salesperson thought he had misheard.
Yes, who would buy 20 school bags at once? Even if there are many children in the family, buying two or three is already a lot.
"Twenty." Li Jiayi said again.
"you sure?"
This time Li Jiayi didn't waste any words. He took out seventy yuan and put it on the counter and said, "Give me one thousand sheets of oil paper."
"Oh! Okay, I'll get it for you right away."
The money is on the counter, so it can't be wrong.
Soon the salesperson brought over twenty school bags and a thousand sheets of oil paper.
These things were loaded onto the tricycle in three trips. Li Jiayi got on, kicked the tricycle, and drove away.
When he got home, his parents had already gotten off work, and Liao Kai was also standing in the yard.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Jiayi stopped the tricycle, Li Aimin and Liao Kai surrounded him.
Even Ye Xin came over and sat on it to feel it.
"Jiayi, why did you want that broken tricycle? So you were planning to get this!"
Although Liao Kai had seen it before, he was at work at the time and just took a look.
"Son, come on, take me out for a walk." Li Aimin shouted.
"Dad, what time is it? How about I take you out another day?"
"Oh son, it's still early before dark!"
Li Jiayi was helpless and could only kick the tricycle.
It became lively now, not only my parents sat on it, but also Liao Kai, and my eldest and second sisters.
Li Jiayi turned the car around in the yard and drove outside.
This attracted many people who had just got off work in the hospital to come out and watch, but unfortunately the tricycle was going too fast.
Before they could react, they were already out the door.
"Oh my! This thing is so comfortable! There's a little breeze blowing." Liao Kai shouted in surprise.
"Hahaha, yes! It would be great if I could ride this to and from get off work every day." said Li Aimin.
When Li Jia heard him say that, he curled his lips and said, "Forget it! I'm afraid you'll fall into the ditch."
A tricycle is different from a bicycle, and people who ride a bicycle may not necessarily know how to ride a tricycle.
What's more, it has an engine, which makes it even more difficult to ride. Li Jiayi rode it so well because he had an electric tricycle in his previous life.
Letting a novice drive it may not be possible.
Besides, his tricycle is still useful! How can I let my dad drive it to work every day?
Besides, if you let him drive, he probably won’t even be able to fill up the gas tank.
Don't forget that he himself used meat to exchange for oil from others.
You can't buy it with money.
After driving for about twenty minutes and circling the entire Xinjiekou street, Li Jiayi drove home.
After arriving home, before getting off the tricycle, Li Aimin asked, "Son, how did you get this tricycle?"
"I bought a broken three-wheeler from your factory, and I bought another three-wheeler and asked someone to modify it for me."
"The broken three-wheeled vehicle in the factory, isn't it scrapped?" Li Aimin asked doubtfully.
"The car is a total loss, but there's nothing wrong with the engine and gearbox. We just need to find someone to fix it."
"That's not right! If that's the case, why doesn't the factory repair it?"
"It can't be repaired, otherwise I wouldn't have installed it on the tricycle."
In fact, the tricycle is of little use to him. It's not that it cannot be repaired. At most, he can use the power of space to repair it.
But Li Aimin believed it and said, "So that's how it is!"
"Plus one! This will be convenient for you. Whenever you want to go somewhere, you can just drive away."
"Uncle Liao, it's not that easy! There's no place to refuel."
"Ah!" Liao Kai scratched his head and said, "Yes, this thing burns oil!"
"Yes! The guy who helped me with the modification happened to have a barrel of gasoline, so I bought it. When the oil is gone, I don't know where to get more gasoline!"
When Li Aimin heard that this thing needed to burn gasoline, he suddenly became depressed despite being very excited.
Gasoline is not easy to get! He couldn't get it anyway.
"Okay, just wait and see! I'll go cook." Ye Xin said and walked towards the kitchen.
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(End of this chapter)