Chapter 87 The Impressive Gu Jiandong
"Of course, Shu Yu is very kind to me. She loves me the most."
Seeing their envious eyes, Gu Jiandong couldn't suppress his smile.
The children gathered around the bicycle, touching and looking at it. Gu Jiandong patted the back seat and the front bar and said, "Whoever wants to get on, I'll give you a ride."
A group of children raised their hands one after another, "I want to sit, I want to sit."
Shen Shuyu sat under the tree stump and said, "Line up and take turns to sit. Don't be in a hurry."
Goudan and Heidan were the first to sit on it, and Gu Jiandong knew to ask them to hold on tight.
"Brother Jiandong, we are sitting tight."
Gu Jiandong pedaled the bicycle and it went far away, but it came back after a while.
Gu Jiandong led his friends around twice one by one. The children all laughed and called him Brother Jiandong all the time.
Gu Jiandong is so majestic that if he had a tail, it would probably wag it to the sky.
But he didn't need to shake it, because the white radish under Gu Jiandong's feet shook it for him. The furry tail swung back and forth so quickly that even the afterimage was left.
Gu Jiandong was talking to his friends, and it was barking on the ground.
Gu Jiandong, Goudan and others also responded to it. A group of children and a black dog had smooth communication throughout the whole process.
"White Radish, do you want to ride a bicycle too?"
"Wang Wang!"
Gu Jiandong carried the white radish onto the back seat of the bicycle. The white radish was very smart and sat steadily on the back seat.
There was a person and a dog sitting on the bicycle, and a group of little kids were running after them. Shen Shuyu thought the scene was very heartwarming.
I told my grandparents that I was going to buy a bicycle today. They must be wondering if I bought it or not.
Shen Shuyu asked Goudan if he had seen where her grandparents were working.
Goudan pointed to the threshing ground and said, "Uncles and aunts are drying and peeling corn in the threshing ground."
"Gu Jiandong, let's go find grandpa and grandma."
Gu Jiandong put down the white radish on the back seat and pushed the bicycle in front of Shen Shuyu, "Shuyu, give me a ride."
Shen Shuyu took Gu Jiandong to the threshing ground. There were quite a few people there, but they were all elderly men and women.
They are old and cannot work in the fields, but they can still do tasks like sitting and peeling corn and drying beans.
Shen Shuyu drove the bicycle to Old Lady Shen and said, "Grandma, I bought the bicycle."
Seeing her granddaughter and the brand new bicycle, Mrs. Shen threw away the unshelled corn, stood up, and smiled, "This is our bicycle. It's really beautiful."
Old man Shen came over from the other side, looking at his new bicycle with great admiration.
The uncles and aunts around were also curious and asked Shen Shuyu how much the car cost.
"One hundred and thirty-two!"
Some people even thought about buying one, after all, a bicycle would make it easy to go anywhere. But when they heard that it would cost 132 yuan, they immediately gave up the idea. My God, it was so expensive, how could they afford it?
Even if you can afford it, you don't have a ticket, and bicycle tickets are difficult to get.
Old Mrs. Shen had been prepared for this. She knew that a bicycle would cost at least a hundred yuan. But when she heard that it cost so much, she still felt bad.
"Grandma Shen, let me take you for a ride." Gu Jiandong likes to show off as long as there are people around. He is very good at riding a bicycle.
"Okay, okay." Old Mrs. Shen sat on it happily, turned around, and couldn't stop smiling. She no longer felt sorry for the money she spent on the bicycle.
Old man Shen can ride a bicycle. His younger brother has one. When he has an emergency, he will borrow it to ride. After all, it is his younger brother's bicycle. Normally, he doesn't borrow it often.
Now that his family has bought a car, Old Man Shen wants to ride it for a few laps.
Gu Jiandong stopped and gave his bicycle to Old Man Shen. Old Man Shen took Old Lady Shen on his back and walked around the threshing ground.
A bicycle these days is no less valuable than a luxury car in later times. Needless to say, everyone is very rare to own one. When everyone gets off work later, I am afraid that everyone in the team will come to watch.
This wasn't some kind of spectator-eating scene, and Shen Shuyu didn't want to stay any longer. She said goodbye to Old Man Shen, Old Lady Shen, and Gu Jiandong, and went home to sleep.
Shen Shuyu bought a bicycle, and within half an hour, the news spread among the team.
After work, everyone came to the threshing ground. Zhou Jingchen was still working in the fields. When he saw these people running to the threshing ground,
I thought to myself, peasants are just ignorant peasants. It’s just a bicycle, but there is no reason for them to be happy about it. Besides, the bicycle is not theirs, so what is there to be happy about?
I heard that this bicycle was bought by Shen Xue's cousin. Not only is she rich, but she is also favored at home. There are also several uncles in the army who send her packages every few months. Zhou Jingchen had some plans in his mind because she is rich, has connections and is favored.
Shen Shuyu's bicycle was parked next to the threshing ground. Everyone gathered around the bicycle, touching and looking at it. The most common question was how much the bicycle cost.
Gu Jiandong answered like a repeater, "One hundred and thirty-two, one hundred and thirty-two..."
An old lady who wanted to take advantage of the situation said, "Guifang, your family bought a bicycle, so it will be more convenient for everyone to go out in the future."
After hearing this, Old Lady Shen rolled her eyes and said, "Mr. Wang, what you said is really ridiculous. My family spent so much money to buy bicycles to make things convenient for our family, not to make a fool of ourselves.
If you want to borrow a bicycle, you can. It costs 10 cents per ride. If the bicycle is hit or dented, you have to pay extra money. "
She had never seen anyone so shameless as to want to take advantage of others and even drag everyone into it.
Others felt that there was nothing wrong with what Old Lady Shen said. A bicycle is so valuable, how could she lend it to others for free?
Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia couldn't squeeze in. Their eldest niece bought a bicycle, but they couldn't even touch it.
Li Caixia called from behind, "Mom and Dad, Jiandong, let's go home. Shuyu must be hungry at this time."
Push the bike home and she can touch it however she wants.
Zhang Cuicui gave her sister-in-law an approving look. Why didn’t she think of this excuse? When the bicycle was back home, they could ride it, let alone touch it. They hadn’t made her eldest niece angry recently, so her eldest niece shouldn’t be stingy.
"Yes, my dear, I'm afraid you're hungry. Old man, please ride your bike home quickly."
When they rode their bicycles back home, Uncle Shen, Zhang Cuicui and the others were all grinning from ear to ear.
Later on, their family also had a bicycle, so they didn't have to walk to go out anymore.
Uncle Shen asked, "Mom, can we ride?"
"You can ride it, but be careful not to bump into anything. This bike is very expensive."
Their yard is not small, and the bicycles can be turned around in the house. Uncle Shen and his friends started riding in the yard.
Several men in the family rode around and were so excited that they held on to the handlebars and refused to let go.
Zhang Cuicui touched the cushion, rubbed her hands and asked her mother-in-law, "Mom, can I ride it?"
Old Mrs. Shen was annoyed, "You can ride? Don't break the bike later."