Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 605 The seventh-generation Ford F150 nicknamed the Raptor
Under the leadership of Wang Xiaoqun, Cao Zhiqiang continued to walk in, and soon gradually moved away from this bustling light market, and gradually entered the darkness.

At this time, Cao Zhiqiang realized that the so-called high-end places were not in the same place as here, but to go to that place, one had to go through the outer night market first.

The reason is very simple, that is, the outskirts of the night market are actually temporary stalls on both sides of a slightly wider cross road. If you want to enter a deeper place, this road full of stalls on both sides is the only way to go.

That is to say, for ordinary people to buy imported goods, it is enough to be in the periphery. If you want to buy large-scale goods such as cars, motorcycles and refrigerators, you have to continue to go inside and go directly to the village.

That's right, the so-called senior is also, in fact, in the village, to be precise, in the old threshing ground in the village.

Villages in this era have strong autonomy, and generally have their own militia, and ordinary police cannot enter casually.

Therefore, some so-called silk distribution centers were initially set up in these coastal fishing villages or rural areas.

In this period, the coastal fishing villages were not limited to fishing. In fact, there were some lands suitable for farming to grow food and other crops. However, in this era, growing food and fishing was tiring and unprofitable, so many fishermen worked part-time in water transportation.

This is how the so-called parallel imports came about.

Due to the underdevelopment of communication and transportation, there is no strict statistical data on how powerful the fishing village was in this period, and all the data are actually approximate.

This situation has improved, and it must be the end of the 90s, the vigorous development of township enterprises, and the improvement of transportation and communication capabilities.

But in this era, the pastoral life in the so-called rural fishing villages is actually not beautiful.

If you are poor, you want to change, especially in the coastal fishing villages on Hainan, especially in this period.

When thinking this way, Wang Xiaoqun had already walked with Cao Zhiqiang for more than half an hour before arriving at the entrance of a fishing village.

As usual, there are many militiamen with guns and red sleeves standing guard at the entrance of the village, and there are not two on the surface, but eight.

The militiamen obviously knew Wang Xiaoqun, and they found out that Wang Xiaoqun had brought them here. In addition, Wang Xiaoqun went up to negotiate, so they quickly let them go.

Next, Cao Zhiqiang, who was wearing a mask, obediently followed behind Wang Xiaoqun, walked directly into the village along the road, and continued walking in.

On the surface, this village seems to be not bad, although not to say that every household is a brick house, but it is not bad.

You know, this is the 80s, and the general rural houses are mostly mud houses, and there are actually not many brick houses.

Almost every household in this fishing village is made of brick and tile houses, which shows that its economic strength is extraordinary.

But in this era of inconvenient transportation, inconvenient transportation of seafood, and limited salvage capacity, why is this fishing village so rich?

Considering the militia at the gate, the answer is self-evident.

In this regard, Cao Zhiqiang does not want to make more comments. After all, this is a characteristic of the times and cannot be changed by him alone.

Those who want to change here must change from the root, that is, to change the poor disease.

Otherwise, such people and villages will only be burned endlessly by wildfires, and will be born again when the spring breeze blows.

After a while, Cao Zhiqiang followed Wang Xiaoqun to a brightly lit place again.

The bright lights here are no longer gas lamps and kerosene lamps, but real light bulbs, and even energy-saving lamps.

This shows that there is no shortage of electricity here.

In a period of general power shortage, the lights here can be brightly lit, and there is a high probability that it has its own generator set.

In other words, just the constant power supply at night proved the strength of the village.

After coming here, there are not as many people as the previous night market, so lively, but it has a different style.

To put it simply, there are not many people on the road, but there are many brick houses around, and there are many signs with neon lights at the door of many brick houses.

Cao Zhiqiang took a quick look and found that besides several seafood-focused restaurants on both sides of this street, there are also barber shops, clothing stores, video studios, libraries and hotels.

If it wasn't a village, he thought he had come to a rather nice town.

Especially the library, Cao Zhiqiang was very surprised that there was a library in this small place.

"How about it, isn't it amazing?" Wang Xiaoqun smiled, "Are you shocked?"

"I was really shocked." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "If you didn't say this is a village, I would have thought I was in a busy street."

"This is all led by the village head." Wang Xiaoqun smiled and said, "Buying and selling foreign goods is one of the things here, but it is only open at night, and many people come from a long distance, and usually they don't go back at midnight, so most of them stay here for one night.

At the beginning, there were no such things, but some big bosses felt that this place was too boring, and hoped to provide more special services.

So the village head cooperated with a few big bosses from Hong Kong to build a characteristic street here.

You see, here, whether it is a restaurant or a hotel, all stores are open all night and close at dawn.

Therefore, if you are tired and want to sleep, there are hostels that provide hot water and big beds.

If you feel hungry, you can try the special paella here.

If you feel lonely, you can watch videos in the video hall here, and there are many beautiful girls in the barber shop.

If you feel itchy, you can also go to the library here to gamble. "

"Isn't it?" Cao Zhiqiang said in shock, "It's nothing else, is there a casino here? Or is it in the library?"

"Of course." Wang Xiaoqun nodded, "Playing cards and playing dice, all the games in Xiangjiang are available here."

"Awesome!" Cao Zhiqiang was speechless.

Wang Xiaoqun smiled: "Generally, after all, the customer is God, and the big boss likes these, so naturally he has to arrange them. Anyway, you have seen it. If you come here, you can eat, drink, have fun, and don't worry about being bored and lonely.

But there is one thing, these places are only for bosses from outside, and local villagers are not allowed to come here for consumption.

Even people who leave this village, like me, are not allowed to spend money here. "

"Why?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Wang Xiaoqun shrugged: "This is a rule set by the village chief. It seems that he doesn't want the people here to be infected with the bad atmosphere over there."

Cao Zhiqiang laughed and said, "Is this possible?"

"How is it impossible?" Wang Xiaoqun smiled faintly, "The old people in this village are very supportive, young people, although curious, but the militiamen are not vegetarians.

Don't look at the excitement here, in fact, there is no one from the village who comes to this street to open a shop and do business, they are all hired from outside.

People from this village are not allowed to enter here without permission, unless they are like me and bring big customers over, but they can only take customers to visit and introduce, and then customers can choose to go in for consumption, which I can't do.

I say that, you understand? "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "If you want to say that, then I understand."

Wang Xiaoqun smiled and said, "How about it, do you want to find a place to play?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, I'm not interested in these things, let's go straight to the point and look at the car."

Wang Xiaoqun nodded: "Okay, then follow me."

After a while, Wang Xiaoqun led Cao Zhiqiang through this street full of feasting and feasting, and then came to a square that was also brightly lit.

This square is not small in size, and there are all kinds of cars and motorcycles densely packed inside.

Obviously, this is the special area for motor vehicles, and the place where the vehicles are parked is the original real threshing ground in the village.

As for the previous street full of lights, feasting and greenery, it is obviously just a transition, or an attached service place.

After arriving here, Wang Xiaoqun quickly chatted with a young man with a height of about 1.6 meters [-], a thin figure, a bronze complexion, but an honest face.

After chatting for a while, the young man who was not tall came over, looked at Wang Zhiqiang who was wearing a mask, and then said in a mouthful of Haikou Mandarin, "Are you that Mr. Cao from the capital?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Yes."

"Come to buy a car?" The other party continued to ask.

"Yes!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded again.

"Have you brought any money?" The other party asked again, "I'm talking about foreign currencies, such as US dollars and Japanese yen."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and patted the shoulder bag: "Bring it!"

The little bronze-colored man smiled and nodded: "Very good, as long as you have foreign money. By the way, what kind of car do you want to buy? A car, or bread?"

Cao Zhiqiang thought for a while and asked, "Is there an SUV?"

"What V?" The little man frowned, "What is that?"

Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that SUVs were not popular at this time, but jeeps were called uniformly.

"It's an off-road vehicle, or a jeep." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Is there any imported jeep with good off-road performance?"

"Jeep, yes!" The little man nodded, "But this kind of car is generally a bit expensive, and the cheapest one costs three thousand dollars. Do you have it?"

"Don't worry, there is!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

The little man wiped his nose: "Then follow me."

After speaking, the other party walked forward first, while Cao Zhiqiang and Wang Xiaoqun followed behind him.

Soon, the other party came to a jeep, pointed at the car and said, "How about this one? Arrow 243, all-metal body, with a maximum power of 75 horsepower, a 4-speed manual transmission and a 2-speed transfer case, and a maximum speed of 100 mph.

Moreover, the maintenance of this car is also convenient, and the parts and engines of the 212 Jeep can also be used interchangeably.

The same Arrow 243, even the one with a canvas roof, you can buy at least [-] inland, and you may not be able to buy it.

But in my place, the configuration of the metal roof can be taken away for only four thousand dollars, how about it? "

Cao Zhiqiang looked at the army green jeep and shook his head.

This car is very similar to the 212 Jeep, only a little bigger.

The problem is that although this car is famous, it also has a lot of problems, and it is just a little bit better than the 212 Jeep of the same period.

Why can it be interchanged with 212 jeep parts? Isn't it easy to go wrong?

And the comfort of this car is very poor, he doesn't want to drive this kind of car.

If he drove this car to a deserted place and broke down halfway, there would be no place to cry.

"Is there anything better?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

The little man nodded: "It's better, come here."

After walking a little further, the little man stepped forward and lifted the rain tarpaulin, revealing a small real jeep.

Yes, this is a real Jeep, just look at the "Jeep" logo.

"A purely imported CJ7 jeep!" The little man said, "It has strong horsepower, is very fuel-efficient, can go on any bad road, and is not easy to break. You can drive it back for only five thousand five hundred dollars."

Cao Zhiqiang looked it over carefully and thought the car was not bad, but he still felt that it was not good enough.

"Is there a better one?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "The bigger and stronger one."

The little man pondered for a while this time: "There is another one, but the price is a bit expensive, it costs nine thousand dollars less, do you have the money?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Don't worry, as long as the car is good, money is not a problem."

The little man looked at Wang Xiaoqun, and after seeing him nodding, he said to Cao Zhiqiang, "That's all right, come with me."

In this way, Cao Zhiqiang followed the little man again, and soon came to a vehicle wrapped tightly in tarpaulin again.

After the little man came here, he opened the tarpaulin with Wang Xiaoqun without saying a word, revealing a pickup truck that looked like it was probably new?

"The seventh-generation Ford F150 off-road vehicle, nicknamed the Raptor!" The little man knocked on the front cover of the car and said.

"This is an authentic American product, with an in-line six-cylinder engine, with a single-barrel carburetor, fuel consumption of 4.2, can produce 117 horsepower, four-wheel drive, high ground clearance, strong off-road ability, and can go on any bad road.

At the same time, up to three people can sit in the front of the car, and there is a bucket in the back for pulling goods.

The steering wheel is hydraulically assisted, and it is still a four-speed automatic transmission, so there is no need to frequently shift gears and step on the clutch.

In addition, this car also has adjustable sofa seats and a powerful air conditioner, which is not afraid of cold in winter and hot in summer.

There are also high-fidelity radios and tape recorders inside, so you can listen to songs anytime, anywhere.

To put it simply, it is comfortable to ride and light to drive, even a woman with little strength can easily drive away without any effort.

It is said that this car is very popular in the United States, but the price is too expensive and the fuel consumption is too high, so it does not sell well here.

In fact, I didn't want to accept this at first, it's not suitable for this place. A friend of mine bought a batch of these from Xiangjiang. It is said that they are new cars that cannot be sold there, and let me sell them.

You have to think it's right... Let's do it, buy it now, $[-] and drive away. "

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang didn't say anything, and Wang Xiaoqun quit first: "Eight thousand and eight? Xiao Feng, are you stealing money?"

The little man named Xiao Feng sighed to Wang Xiaoqun: "Brother Wang, it's really not that I stole the money, it's that someone let me sell it on my behalf, I didn't accept it, and the price is like this.

For your sake, I don't ask for anything more, the most I can do is earn money for my hard work. "

Speaking of this, the little man looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "This price really can't be lowered, at least [-], or else I can't explain it. Of course, if you think it's not suitable, you can take a look at the jeep in front. In fact, I think that jeep is very good."

Cao Zhiqiang said, "Can I try this car?"

Xiao Feng was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded happily: "No problem, no problem, you can go up and have a try, but you can't go far, just walk around the area twice."

After speaking, Xiao Feng took out the car keys and threw them to Cao Zhiqiang.

Next, Cao Zhiqiang got into the cab, and Xiao Feng sat in the co-pilot worriedly.

It wasn't that Cao Zhiqiang would drive away, but that something would happen if he couldn't drive.

After Cao Zhiqiang started the car, he easily put it into the forward gear, and as soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the car drove forward smoothly.

Sure enough, it's cool to drive the car with automatic transmission again, it's cool!

It's only a four-speed, but it's fine.

Moreover, this is a four-wheel drive, and the ground clearance is also particularly high. In terms of off-road capability, it is better than ordinary off-road vehicles.

No wonder this kind of pickup is considered an off-road vehicle. Maybe in the eyes of Xiao Feng, this kind of pickup is also considered an off-road vehicle.

But I never expected that in such a small fishing village, there are Ford F150s for sale, and I am speechless.

This car is currently not easily seen in the capital, and it is scarce.

After driving around the designated place and experiencing the driving experience, Cao Zhiqiang finally parked the car on the side of the road, then turned off the engine, smiled and said to Xiao Feng next to him: "This car is good, I want it!"

(End of this chapter)