Chapter 19 Let's Break Up

Cui Xiuyuan hesitated for a moment and asked immediately, "What kind do you want to buy?"

"A Xiali or a van will do. When you finish the surgery, Aze and I will continue to collect the debt. We have to go there anyway. It's too inconvenient without a car."

It's not that Cui Changjia can't stand the hardship of wind and rain, it's just that it's a waste of time without a car. She wants to hurry up and get the money from outside to stabilize the group of people who are collecting the debts. Then, when her eldest brother is discharged from the hospital and her father wakes up, they will have enough capital to start over.

Cui Xiuyuan was not against Cui Changjia buying a car. "You go buy it yourself? Forget it, don't go by yourself. I'll call Dongcheng and ask him if he has time to help."

Dongcheng was Cui Xiuyuan's former driver.

"No, the price of a used car isn't that high anyway. Even if you buy it at a higher price, it won't be much more expensive."

Now Cui Changjia doesn't want to owe anyone any favors. Besides, people will forget about him when he's gone. Dongcheng is no longer Cui Xiuyuan's driver, so he may not be willing to help. It's better for him to solve it himself.

Indeed, even if you buy it at a higher price, it won’t cost much more.

Cui Xiuyuan told his sister, "Don't drive it after you buy it. Let Aze drive it."

Cui Changjia had a hard time getting her driver's license. She took the second and third tests on her fifth attempt before getting them. With her skills, it wouldn't matter if the car was scrapped, but it would be the worst if someone got hurt.

After finishing the noodles and chatting for a while, Cui Changjia pushed Cui Xiuyuan to the bathroom, helped him get a pot of hot water, called Cui Chengze down, and went straight to the used car market.

In 2004, there was no formal second-hand car market in the state capital. There was one here and there, but they were all small-scale.

However, Cui Changjia just wanted to buy a bread or a Xiali, so he didn't need to ask around. He called Cui Chengze into a taxi, asked the taxi driver, and the driver directly recommended one to him.

The place the driver was talking about was a repair shop. Because the boss was nice at the beginning, people would leave their cars with him and sell them on their behalf. As time went by, the boss simply started a used car business.

Cui Changjia and her brother got out of the car at the door of the repair shop. As soon as they entered, Cui Changjia saw all kinds of vehicles parked on the open space of the repair shop, some were slightly newer and some were very old.

Cui Chengze felt very unhappy. Any car in his family used to cost hundreds of thousands or more, but now they have to look at used cars.

"What are you doing?" a repairman shouted at them.

"I heard that they sell used cars here, so we came to take a look."

After hearing this, the mechanic turned around and shouted to the bottom of the vehicle he was repairing, "Boss, someone's here to look at the car."

A voice came from the groove under the repair vehicle, "Let them look at it themselves first, wait a moment."

"Go and have a look yourself, our boss will be there soon."

There are several second-hand cars here, including Xiali and Fukang, but there is only one van.

In fact, Cui Changjia is inclined to buy a van, because vans are highly practical, can carry many people, and can also carry goods.

This van is probably a few years old. The paint on the front bumper has almost fallen off, and the rearview mirror on the right side of the car is held together with tape. After examining the exterior, Cui Changjia looked at the tires and found that the tread on them was almost worn out. This type of tire can still be driven now, but it will be impossible to drive on the road in rainy or snowy weather.

Cui Changjia was looking at the car while Cui Chengze was squatting beside it with a look of depression on his face.

"That car has been driven 17 kilometers. There are no problems with the engine and gearbox. You can drive away for yuan." The boss's voice came from behind. Cui Changjia turned his head and saw that the man looked to be in his thirties, tall, with long hair. He was wearing a blue work suit that was covered with oil and had a towel around his neck, but the original color of the towel could not be seen.

"Five thousand yuan after 170,000 kilometers?" Cui Changjia said, "Make it cheaper."

The boss pulled the towel off his neck, wiped his hands with it and said, "I can guarantee that you can drive the car you drive for a year without any problems. This car would cost two thousand yuan if it were sold as scrap metal. Five thousand yuan is not much."

"Four thousand five, including the transfer of ownership. Please replace the engine oil and filter for me, and find me a second-hand tire that is similar. If you are okay, give me the key so I can test drive the car."

In fact, you can't tell anything by trying. As long as the engine doesn't make any abnormal noise and can be driven, it's fine.

The boss suddenly laughed. He turned his head and shouted towards the repair area, "Da Mao, bring the keys to the van!" Then he smiled and said to Cui Changjia, "I didn't realize you're an expert, but I don't have second-hand tires of this size. You have to wait."

It seems that the price of four thousand five hundred has been agreed.

Cui Chengze was confused. His sister had gone through so much trouble to get her driver's license. What did she know about engine oil and filter, or test driving a car?
Sure enough, just when Cui Chengze was dizzy, Cui Changjia threw the key brought by the repairman to Cui Chengze. Cui Chengze then breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, what his sister said just now must have been a bluff.

Cui Chengze drove the van out quickly and came back. When he came back, there was a strange expression on his face.

Cui Changjia looked at the strange expression on his face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Cui Chengze said sullenly, "It feels like everything except the speaker is noisy. Sister, do you really want to buy it?"

Cui Changjia immediately laughed, a real laugh, not a fake one.

In the past few days after her rebirth, Cui Changjia's mental state has been tense. She suppressed her inner anger and felt like a ruthless machine, rushing forward all the time... Just now, when she heard Cui Chengze's words "Except the horn, everything is noisy", she suddenly let go of a lot. Life - you have to fight for it, but you have to live well!

"What are you laughing at?" Cui Chengze was puzzled.

Cui Changjia's smile became brighter and brighter. "Four thousand five hundred to buy a junked car, how can you expect it to be good? Let's go, give the money, and go to handle the formalities."

Cui Chengze looked at the bright smile on his sister's face, was stunned for a moment, then scratched his hair and shouted, "Ah, sister, you really have to buy it!"

Cui Changjia patted Cui Chengze on the shoulder and said, "Let's go and pay the money."

After talking to him, we learned that the boss's name was Xu Junwei. He used to be a mechanic in a Sinotruk repair shop, but later he went out on his own. He changed the oil in the van in front of Cui Changjia and also replaced a rearview mirror that didn't quite match the original. The only regret was that the repair shop didn't have any suitable second-hand tires, so he had to wait.

I did the car maintenance and found someone to handle the transfer of ownership. By the time I finished all this, it was almost five o'clock.

Sitting in the broken van, holding the steering wheel, Cui Chengze still felt confused. He didn't dare to step on the accelerator hard for such a broken car, for fear that it would fall apart if he drove too fast.

"Aze, let me use your cell phone." Cui Changjia said, stretching out his hand.

"what are you up to?"

"Just use it, isn't it?"

Cui Chengze handed the phone over. Cui Changjia opened the phone and a text message popped up. The sender was Ren Qing. There was only one sentence on it: Let's break up.

(End of this chapter)