Chapter 48: Clinging On
After the Bun Shop opened, Lin Chuxia became even busier, but thankfully Su Wensong was in charge of procurement, so she no longer had to rush early in the morning to the vegetable market and butcher shop.
She left the handcart to Su Wensong and planned to learn to ride a second-hand bicycle.
All her money had gone into the shop, leaving her purse painfully thin. Moreover, even if she had money, she’d need a bicycle ticket, so she might as well take a shortcut and buy a second-hand one.
After learning about her idea, Granny Sun heartily guaranteed her son could get her a second-hand bicycle. The next day, he actually brought her a Phoenix brand bicycle that was almost new.
The price was attractive too, 40 yuan.
Lin Chuxia knew that Sun Hao had a special status and could sometimes provide conveniences. She hadn’t expected such a big favor from him, so she immediately counted out the money and handed it to Granny Sun.
With the bicycle, commuting back and forth became much easier.
By the time she arrived at the courtyard, Su Wensong had already returned from shopping and was mincing meat in the yard, the two cleavers moving so fast they almost left afterimages.
Over the past while, Su Wensong had always been the one to chop the meat - it was a task requiring strength.
Lin Chuxia had tried the manual meat grinders of that era. A manual meat grinder could only grind a couple of ounces at a time, which was far from ideal.