The construction of Zhang Jinlin's pig pen house was finally completed after many bumps in the road.
Zhang Jinhai accompanied Zhang Jinlin on a 30-mile walk to the county town to purchase bicycles for transportation.
There are three shops selling bicycles in Qingyi County.
First we went to the Feige bicycle store on East Street.
Zhang Jinlin was very excited when he saw the brand-new Feige bicycles in the store.
I went up to touch the new car and asked questions about price, quality, and warranty.
The store owner introduced Feige’s 26 new car with the best sales and best quality.
The price is as high as 180 yuan per car.
Zhang Jinhai took his eldest brother, who had never seen the world, to the Phoenix Bicycle Sales Store in Ximen.
There are 26 and 24 Phoenix new cars in this store. Zhang Jinlin was fascinated by the Phoenix logo pattern on the car body.
The price is a bit higher, costing 190 yuan per car.
The last store is located on South Street, a permanent bicycle sales store.
The store owner introduced it confidently: "Forever is a fashion representative in the bicycle industry. It designed and produced the first 28-inch calibrated bicycle in China. We usually call it 28-inch bicycle. It is the most popular 'load-carrying bicycle'
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Zhang Jinlin touched this state-of-the-art 28-bar bicycle and secretly felt grateful that he had visited a few more stores with Lao Si.
It's as if this car was specially customized for him.
Whether it’s appearance, load capacity, or people’s recognition of this brand.
Very very satisfying.
Zhang Jinhai asked: "Boss, how much does your 28-bar bicycle cost?"
The store owner saw that the two brothers liked the bicycle very much, so he couldn't help but want to make more money: "They all sell their 26-year-old bicycles for 200 yuan each.
I’ll sell this new model of load-carrying bicycle for 250.”
Zhang Jinlin couldn't help laughing and said: "No, boss, how can you set a price of 250 for such a big brand bicycle?"
The store owner looked embarrassed.
Zhang Jinhai did not laugh at him, but said sincerely: "To tell you the truth, we visited all three stores in this city.
This is the last one you have here.
Although your 28-inch car is larger than other 26-inch cars and has a stronger load-carrying capacity.
However, its disadvantage is that it is larger, bulkier, and not light to use.
If the prices are similar, we are still willing to consider buying your car.
If the price difference is too big, we may have to choose another brand."
The store owner gave a thumbs up and said, "Your little brother's analysis makes sense.
Now that you've read it all.
I see that you are sincere buyers of cars, so just pay back the price."
Zhang Jinhai said with a smile: "It costs 180 yuan a car, can you sell it?"
The store owner smiled and said: "It's too low. You can't make money at this price and you'll lose money. Add more."
Zhang Jinhai smiled and said: "We are a family of four brothers, and today the eldest brother is here to buy a car.
If your car is durable and really good.
We can buy at least three more cars in the future.
Can you also make small profits but quick turnover?"
The store owner simply said: "Even if you buy three cars right away, I don't have 180 yuan to sell this car.
Okay, you add another 10 yuan.
The deal is done for 190 yuan, and then if you want to buy a bicycle, come to me.
Stop wasting time running around."
Finally, the purchase of a 28 Dagang permanent brand bicycle was completed at a price of 190 yuan.
The two brothers happily pushed their bicycles on their way home.
There are many pedestrians on the street, and you need to ring the bell from time to time to remind people in front of you to give way.
The 'ding-ding' sound made by the bicycle bell is soothing.
After walking out of the county town, Zhang Jinhai couldn't wait to sit on the back rack of his bicycle, enjoying the wonderful time of his elder brother Zhang Jinlin pushing the bicycle forward.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he attracted the envious eyes of everyone.
Aunt Li asked: Did you buy a new bicycle?
Uncle Wang exaggerated that Jin Lin was so smart and capable that he could buy a bicycle.
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This 28-bar bicycle made Zhang Jinlin really popular in the village.
However, Zhang Jinlin had never ridden a bicycle before, so he had to find someone familiar to teach him how to ride.
Zhang Jinhai and Zhang Jinlin went to the bamboo forest courtyard to cut some bamboos and came back.
It took me two days to weave two relatively large ugly bamboo rafters.
Use bamboo ropes to securely tie them to both sides of the bicycle's rear rack as a container for loading items.
Zhang Jinlin relies on this bicycle. Every time he goes to the market, he goes to the farm to buy piglets and raises them in the newly built pig pen.
Zhang Jinhai went to the construction site of Zhang Jincheng's pig feed factory to check.
The pig feed factory covers an area of about 400 square meters. As soon as the factory was built, Zhang Jincheng ran out of funds.
Zhang Jinhai came up with an idea to get a loan.
Zhang Jincheng was worried that he would not be able to repay the loan in the future.
From the perspective of future generations, Zhang Jinhai finds that the current loan is very cost-effective.
I highly recommend Zhang Jincheng to get a loan to develop his own pig feed factory.
The two came to the counter of the Rural Credit Union on the farm: "Excuse me, we want a loan? What should we do?"
Staff: "Here is a loan registration form.
Just fill it out."
Zhang Jincheng had not graduated from junior high school, so he felt dizzy after looking at the credit union's form. He handed it to Zhang Jinhai and said, "Please help me fill it out."
Zhang Jinhai took the form, glanced at it quickly and asked: "Is an ID card required for loans now?
My brother and I haven’t started applying for our ID cards yet.”
The staff explained that during the period when ID cards were first required, many people did not have ID cards.
You can just go to the brigade secretary to get an account certification document.
It took a few more hours to find the brigade secretary to get the account certification documents.
In the afternoon, the two brothers went to the credit union to handle the loan procedures.
Staff: “How much is the loan?
What is the use of?
How long will it take to pay it back?"
Zhang Jinhai answered for Zhang Jincheng: "Prepare a loan of 2,000 yuan.
Used to purchase machinery and equipment for pig feed mills.
Prepare to repay the loan after making money.”
The staff suggested: "What is the size of your pig feed factory?"
Zhang Jinhai smiled and said: "As a small factory, the temporary plan is to maintain the food intake of 2,000 pigs."
"Oh, the machinery and equipment alone will cost more than 1,000 yuan.
How about you take out more loans and make sure you have enough money to buy raw materials in time."
Zhang Jinhai agreed: "Okay, how about a loan of 4,000 yuan."
The staff member smiled and said, "Just feel free to borrow 5,000 yuan.
If you don't have the money to pay back when it's due, you can just pay back the interest.
The interest for one year is only 200 yuan.”
Zhang Jinhai knew that banks during this period were eager to lend money to the people so that everyone could work hard to develop the economy.
So he agreed: "Okay, I'll give you a loan of 5,000 yuan."
Zhang Jincheng's hands were shaking when he was signing, and he was worried that he would be in trouble if he failed to repay the credit union's loan in the future.
The staff of the credit union asked Zhang Jinhai to sign as a nominal guarantor.
(The 28 bars from the 1980s are now waiting for collection!)