Chapter 707: Gift

After Wu Dong called the units where Zhang Shuya and Wang Shuai were located, they waited for about 10 more minutes, and a group of second-generation kids rushed over one after another.

However, what Wang An didn't expect was that, apart from Sun Nian who was driven over by Zhang Shuya, Wang Shuai, Ma Guoqiang, and He Liang actually each had a brand-new sidecar motorcycle! To be honest, this scene left Wang An stunned.

The main thing was, what exactly happened in this one night? How could they change so much? Most importantly, when did sidecars become so cheap? Oh my god!!!

One had to know that although there were many motorcycle factories at this time, the production was actually not high.

In Wang An's memory, the sidecar was something that only gradually started to head toward civilians in '84, because in '84, there was the first factory producing motorcycles in Fengtian, Northeast.

But the number of these things in Heilongjiang Province had never been very high from beginning to end.

There were two reasons: first, this thing was very expensive, more expensive than a four-wheeled agricultural vehicle, costing about 10,000 yuan each; ordinary people simply couldn't afford it.

Second, after buying this thing, apart from being able to ride it to show off when the weather was hot, it was basically useless when the weather was cold.

Because in Heilongjiang, as long as it snowed and iced over, the sidecar directly became a display piece; it wouldn't move at all, slipping with every step.

And in Heilongjiang, if you rode this thing in winter, you were definitely a real man.

The reason for saying this was that riding a motorcycle in temperatures of twenty or thirty degrees below zero could really freeze a person to death!

Seeing Wang An's surprise, Wang Shuai said with a smile:

"How about it, Little An? Seeing us all driving sidecars, are you very envious and jealous?"

To say he wasn't envious would definitely be a lie; although this thing was a display piece in winter, it was spring now.

Wang An licked his face and smiled:

"Envious, yes, but not jealous. We are brothers and sisters from different parents; isn't yours mine? Right?"

Hearing Wang An's words, the group of second-generation kids was stunned.

But immediately after, they all burst into laughter: "Hahahaha..."

Wang Shuai said while laughing: "There's nothing wrong with that, absolutely nothing wrong. Who told us to be brothers from different parents."

After Wang Shuai finished speaking, everyone laughed again.

After laughing, Zhang Shuya explained:

"The six of us each bought one, and then the six of us pooled money to buy you one too, as a small token of gratitude for leading us to get rich. You don't need to decline, but the factory's production is a bit slow; it's been seven or eight days, and it was only all transported here today."

As soon as Zhang Shuya said this, Wang An understood instantly; it was nothing more than Wang An leading this group of second-generation kids to pan for gold and make money.

One had to know that apart from Wang An, everyone had shared about 185 jin of gold; in this era, converted into money, that was a full 750,000 yuan! If calculated according to the wage ratio of later generations, that was about 140 million.

Even calculated according to the gold price before Wang An's rebirth, it was about 50 million.

It had to be said, this was simply stepping into the sky in one step!

Wang An said with a smile: "Decline? How could I decline? Brothers and sisters buying a gift for their younger brother, isn't that a matter of course and an unshirkable duty! So, where is the vehicle? Where is the vehicle bought for me?"

By the end, Wang An's voice was already full of impatience.

Seeing Wang An's anxious look, Wu Dong said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Ours just arrived; they should be unloading from the train now. Let's get your tractor back first." After finishing with Wang An, Wu Dong turned to Zhang Shuya: "Little Ya, was that four-wheeled vehicle also taken to the Agricultural Machinery Company?"

Zhang Shuya nodded: "Yeah, it was all handled by those people at the Agricultural Machinery Company; it must have been taken to the Agricultural Machinery Company."

It was only then that Wang Shuai noticed Wang An had brought only Wang Li. So, Wang Shuai said: "Little An, why did you only bring Old Five? Where is Xueli? Why didn't you bring Xueli too? We could have had a gathering."

Wang An said casually:

"Their village hasn't distributed the land yet. If he doesn't work, that idiot village head demands 5 yuan a day from him. Damn it, having a little power and making things difficult for people, it's really disgusting."

Hearing this, Wu Dong said with shock:

"5 yuan? Damn, this village head is really vicious; my daily wage is only 3 yuan."

Wang Shuai also said incredulously: "Including subsidies, I only get a little over 3 yuan. Is their village head crazy?"

After these two finished speaking, others also talked about their wages one after another; basically, it was 70-something yuan a month, averaging two-something yuan a day.

Only Wang Shuai and Wu Dong's wages were the highest among them, but they didn't exceed a hundred.

Although the group of second-generation kids was very angry and expressed their views one after another, no one could solve the substantive problem.

It had to be said, this feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it was quite stifling.

After everyone finished speaking, there was a long silence before He Liang sucked his teeth and said: "Xueli lives in Sujia Village, right? What's that village head's name?"

After He Liang finished speaking, everyone looked at Wang An.

Wang An said: "His name is Su Guangzhi."

He Liang nodded but didn't say anything; the other second-generation kids also nodded, clearly having remembered the name "Su Guangzhi."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang An directly changed the subject and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the Agricultural Machinery Company. Let's hurry up and get the four-wheeled vehicle and the walking tractor back. I still have to see the sidecar my brothers and sisters bought for me, hahaha."

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, the overall atmosphere immediately became much more cheerful; they echoed him one after another and stood up to walk outside.

After arriving in the courtyard, Wang Shuai, Ma Guoqiang, and He Liang didn't ride their respective sidecars but got into Zhang Shuya and Wu Dong's jeeps.

It had to be admitted that although riding a sidecar was very showy, sitting in a car was more comfortable.

As soon as they entered the courtyard of the Agricultural Machinery Company, they saw three brand-new walking tractors and one brand-new four-wheeled vehicle parked in the yard.

If there were no accidents, the four-wheeled vehicle was definitely Wang An's; as for which one was the walking tractor, that was unknown.

As the two jeeps entered the yard, several leaders of the Agricultural Machinery Company all came out to greet them.

The main thing was that in this era, in the entire DJ county town, there weren't many jeeps, and those who could drive jeeps were basically those in high positions.

At the very least, their rank was definitely higher than the station master of the county-level Agricultural Machinery Company.

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