Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 33
Jiang Ning had to take a boat to go to the town, but Father Jiang only needed to ride a bicycle to go to the neighboring city.
After hearing Father Jiang say that he was going to a neighboring city, Jiang Ning borrowed a scale from her aunt and got on his bicycle. “Dad, you go to the town to sell. I’ll go to the city.”
She wanted to go to the city to buy some books and school supplies, which were not available in the town. To the people there, the neighboring city was no different from their back garden. Many people went there regularly and were very familiar with it.
Father Jiang was worried about her. “You’d better go to the town. There are many people going to the market, and you have to ride for more than two hours to go to the city. It’s not easy for you to ride this bicycle.”
Father Jiang’s bicycle was a 28-inch large-bar bicycle. The bike was tall and big, with a large bar on the front. For Father Jiang, who was also tall and had long legs, such a 28-inch large-bar bicycle was just right. However, it was too big for Jiang Ning, who was short and thin and had just started to grow.
Father Jiang said, “If you ride on it, I’m afraid your feet won’t be able to reach the pedals.”
It was indeed out of reach. Jiang Ning got off the bicycle without saying a word and went to adjust the height of the seat cushion. Father Jiang went over and adjusted the height to the lowest level for her. He patted the seat cushion and said, “It’s still high. Come and ride it and see.”
Jiang Ning was ready to move her legs from the big bar to the pedals and tied the two barrels to both sides of the back seat of the bicycle. Seeing her determination, Father Jiang came to help her.
He really didn’t understand why his daughter had to go so far to the city. He said it was so convenient to go to the town—it was just there after getting off the boat. But he also discovered that his youngest daughter’s temperament was as stubborn as his sons. All three children were stubborn.
That was also Jiang Ning’s first time riding a bicycle.
She had to pass through many villages and several towns. Places that used to be easily accessible by tricycle took a long time to reach by bicycle.
When she passed through several towns with markets on the road, she got off the bicycle, bought plastic bags, and sold some crayfish. After she had enough rest, she continued pedaling into the city.
She set off before six o’clock and didn’t arrive in the city until after eight o’clock. Although she was very familiar with the neighboring city, she was not familiar with the neighboring city of that era, so she asked how to get to the People’s Mall.
Even decades later, People’s Mall was still the center of the neighboring city and very prosperous.
Although Jiang Ning’s home was not far from the neighboring city, they spoke two completely different dialects. Fortunately, the two places were adjacent, and there was a lot of interaction through marriages. Although Jiang Ning couldn’t speak the dialect of the neighboring city, she could understand it. Others could understand her Mandarin, and soon she arrived at the People’s Mall under the guidance of the enthusiastic uncles and aunts.
As expected, it was in the center of the city. There were many people visiting the People’s Mall. Jiang Ning found a spot under the shade of the trees outside the shopping mall, locked her bicycle, opened two large wooden barrels, and started selling.
There were many crayfish in the countryside, but they were not common in the city. Jiang Ning organized a tasting event. People who came to the People’s Mall were generally not short of money, and most of them were young people. After tasting it, they thought it was delicious and were too embarrassed not to buy it. They would all buy one or two kilograms, and Jiang Ning would mix them with cucumber strips and green and red peppers, adding a cucumber slice to each portion. The original one kilogram of crayfish could be mixed into a big bowl, making it easy to store at home for cooking and drinking. It looked very decent, and in no time, the two barrels of crayfish were sold out.
After Jiang Ning sold the crayfish, she didn’t rush back. Instead, she went to the newsstand and bought magazines such as The Minimalist Stories Collection, Youth Digest, and Readers. These magazines included short stories and serialized full-length novels.
After Jiang Ning was admitted to the civil service in her previous life, she had a leisurely job and began to write novels in her spare time. Unexpectedly, the first work she wrote was picked up by an editor and published. As a result, she came into the leadership’s sight. When the leader changed, she was transferred to his office and became his secretary.
She wanted to go to town to look for old magazines like those she used to read. After finding the addresses, she copied them down and then looked for addresses to submit her work. Now that she had money, she wanted to buy a few more magazines. By studying the works in them, she could learn the writing style of Taiwanese publications and reduce the risk of rejection. For example, if a Zhiyin-style novel was submitted to Youth Digest, it would definitely not work, and vice versa.
After buying the magazines, Jiang Ning tied the rope of her straw hat tightly around her chin and quickly left the neighboring city on the 28-inch bicycle. On the way, she encountered crayfish in a ditch in the countryside, so she caught two more buckets and brought them back. By the time she got home, it was already evening.
Father Jiang had come back on the boat a long time ago. Seeing her coming back so late, he was very anxious. While catching crayfish, he walked towards the city, until he reached the ferry, and kept walking towards the embankment on the other side of the river. He looked around, and when he saw a figure riding a bicycle back, he finally felt relieved. He didn’t need the ferryman to pull the boat himself; he got on the boat and shouted to the ferryman, “It’s my daughter, I’ll pick her up. You are busy, you can carry on with your work.”
The ferryman was fishing at the ferry. When he heard it, he smiled, “That’s okay, you can pull it yourself.”
Among those who grew up by the river, few did not know how to row or paddle a boat. The ferry boats did not use oars. There was a long rope connecting the two banks, and the people on the boat could just pull the long rope across.
Father Jiang pulled the boat to the other side and quickly went up to help her move the bicycle. “Why did you come back so late? Were you lost? If you are lost, just ask someone. It doesn’t matter if the crayfish has been sold or not. We’ll eat it ourselves at night.”
Jiang Ning shook her head, saying, “It’s sold out. The bucket contains crayfish caught on the road. There are also many crayfish in the neighboring city.”
After selling it twice at the market, many people came to know that crayfish were edible. He would probably not be the only one selling them next time. Father Jiang was worried about what to do if the crayfish were caught, but he didn’t expect that there would be a nearby market. He said happily, “That’s just right. If we sell it here for two more days, people will probably follow suit.”
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