Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 30 Traffickers also collect bus tickets

There were only a few passengers in the car, and they were all dressed decently, at least they didn’t have so many patches on their clothes. Those who can take the shuttle bus to the city, especially these days, basically go to the city for business, and it is likely to be official business and require reimbursement. Or the people who take the bus are at least employed. Farmers who are really rich are not willing to take the shuttle bus. Walking for half a day can save 20 cents. Even if you don’t have food stamps, you can buy more than a pound of whole grains at the Pigeon Market.

“I need to issue a ticket.”

“Well, here’s one.”

After getting on the bus, he handed over twenty-one cents for the ticket to the conductor. After hearing the question about whether he wanted a ticket, Luo Cheng originally didn’t need to issue a ticket, and he had no place to reimburse him. But suddenly I was curious to see what shuttle tickets were like in this era.

It turned out that hand-shred tickets existed in this era, but the paper quality of the tickets was not very good. The ticket header will say which bus station it is from, followed by some numbers, and below it is the value of the ticket, one cent, two cents, five cents, one dime, two cents, or even directly marked with the number of cents per dime. Then at the bottom are the words ‘reimbursement voucher’.

What Luo Cheng got was a two-cent note and a one-cent note. The note had no technical content. A printer would be enough, but printers were not something ordinary people could access in this era. .

After getting the ticket, Luo Cheng found a seat and sat down at random. There were many seats on the bus, so he would sit wherever he saw an empty seat.

After the car started moving, this bus brought Luo Cheng professional sensitivity again just like the last time it came to Longyang Town from the city. In the past, Luo Cheng always believed that he did not have occupational diseases, especially since he had not yet joined the work. How could he have occupational diseases?

But riding in a car of this era really makes him unconsciously analyze the car’s performance, whether it’s shock absorption, starting, engine vibration, etc., not to mention the intelligence of later generations, such as four-wheel drive and so on. In later generations, it would be standard equipment in any car, so it would naturally not make him sensitive.

There are only cars of this era, let alone people who are professional in repairing and driving cars. Even people who often ride in cars will feel that there are many problems with this car. Luo Cheng didn’t know if this was an occupational disease. Anyway, when riding in a car like this, he would instinctively analyze the performance of each component.

This is just like an average chef. If he eats food regularly and the taste is passable, he will not just eat it as a normal meal, because his own level may be average, so it will not cause any reaction. But if you serve a bad dish, it will stimulate his professional instinct and he can directly analyze why the dish is so bad.

Luo Cheng is in such a situation, but he just analyzes it in his heart and knows that the industrial level of this era is like this, so he won’t complain about anything.

We sat in the car all the way to the station. The car kept wandering around on the road, making us dizzy and want to doze off.

“Comrade, are there any tickets for sale? You can sell me the non-reimbursable tickets.”

When he got out of the car, Luo Cheng was not alert at all, and an ordinary-looking young man approached him. Fortunately, he explained his purpose, otherwise he would have been really frightened.

He actually came to ask if he had any hand-shredded tickets for taking the shuttle bus. This made Luo Cheng wonder. Could it be that with this ticket he could take other shuttle buses for free? Although the ticket didn’t say where he was going, but There is a number on it, and there are also stubs on it.

Luo Cheng thought it was useless to ask for the ticket for this bus. He was quite interested in someone collecting the ticket. Moreover, private sales are no longer allowed in this era, so this brother is quite courageous.

“What price did you charge for this bill?”

“It’s twenty cents a cent. I’ll give you two cents and you can sell it or not.”

Luo Cheng really didn’t like two cents. Although he bought several hundred kilograms of grain yesterday for only ten yuan, he knew that money was very useful in this era. But Luo Cheng still hasn’t fully integrated into the money values ​​of this era. Two cents is useful, and if he gives it to his sisters, they might have some fun.

He didn’t agree to sell it, nor said he wouldn’t sell it. Luo Cheng directly asked him what he was buying this for. If he was willing to tell him, Luo Cheng would sell it to him for two cents.

“You said it, tell you what I want to sit on if I charge this ticket, and you can sell it to me.”

“Of course, I’m just curious.”

After hearing Luo Cheng’s request, the person collecting the tickets thought for a while. In fact, it was not a secret at all, and there was nothing wrong with telling the other party.

“If you ask like this, it must mean that there is no place for you to reimburse this ticket. This ticket is sold to those who use it for reimbursement. I only earn a price difference, and I can’t sell it for a few cents.”

This does not mean that those who have a job will definitely be willing to take the bus. First, it depends on whether they can be reimbursed. If so, they will definitely take the bus. The second is the flowers that cannot be reimbursed. It depends on whether you are in a hurry. If you are in a hurry, you will definitely have to sit. If you are not in a hurry, it depends on whether the financial conditions allow it.

The ticket collector must have sold the ticket to someone who can reimburse it. And he is still the kind of person who can reimburse but is reluctant to take a car.

There are very few business trips these days, and there is no such thing as paying in advance, waiting for too much, or stipulating a specific day in a month to reimburse.

Therefore, it is not easy to collect such tickets. The main thing is to find someone who buys such tickets, then walks back to save the ticket money without taking the bus, and then uses the ticket to reimburse. They are all poor people, and every penny they can save is worth it.

Therefore, even if the ticket costs two cents, it cannot be sold at a high price. The price is too high, and people who buy tickets will have to walk for a long time and will not buy them if they cannot save much money.

When Luo Cheng heard this kind of operation, he just thought it was a new thing. There are people who take advantage of loopholes in any era, but some people in later generations are greedy for profit. This era is just a life of hard work.

People who can reimburse themselves would rather walk for a long time for a dime or two. How many people would do this if their life is not difficult?

I got the two cents and asked how to get to the street office in the HT area. I was almost frightened and wanted to run away. Because the street office is actually responsible for his behavior. Many departments now have many repetitive responsibilities. If you buy a ticket, you have to send someone to the street office, so that’s okay.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng explained that he was asking about work matters, not reporting him. The other party carefully told Luo Cheng how to get there. It was not far from the station and it took about half an hour to walk there.

Half an hour is not far. People in this era really have no idea about the distances that will be considered by future generations. To integrate into this world, one must either find a way to get a bicycle or develop the strength of one’s legs. Luo Cheng reluctantly accepted the reality that it was ‘not far away’ and walked all the way in the direction.

It definitely took more than half an hour. Luo Cheng only drank a few sips of water on the way and checked the route with pedestrians on the way. It didn’t waste much time, but it definitely took more than half an hour to reach the street office here. It was half as others said. Hours, or what kind of way to keep walking and still maintain speed for half an hour. I didn’t expect that a simple question of directions would also involve the issue of uniform speed.

Thanks to Fanghua Decoration Industry for one monthly pass and Chen Luo for two. There are so few today, but I don’t force it, just remember it.