The young people in the team had thought Li Long would treasure his new bicycle, letting everyone look at it at most. They had never expected him to be so generous as to let everyone try it. That immediately won him everyone's goodwill.
Before coming, Gu Ermao had been certain Li Long would lock the bicycle up and not even let anyone touch it, but this time he had miscalculated.
Xu Haijun rode a lap around the yard, then came back and said admiringly:
"This new bike really is comfortable to ride! Xiao Long, how much did you pay for it?"
"A little over a hundred and sixty," Li Long said. "Not too expensive. The heavy-duty design means it can carry a lot."
"A hundred and sixty isn't expensive?" Tian Siping couldn't help saying. "That's worth over four hundred kilos of Type 75 flour. Enough to eat for a year!"
Li Long thought, That's not how you work it out. With this bicycle, I can make a trip into the mountains every other day and earn the money back in a week.
But he couldn't say that. If he did, the others would accuse him of bragging again, so he offered no explanation.
"How come you haven't been selling fish lately?" Qin Hongyan asked curiously. "Are fish not selling well anymore?"
"That's not it. I've been busy hunting in the mountains lately," Li Long said. He would be spending nearly half his time in the mountains from now on anyway, so there was nothing to hide.
"Did you get another wild boar?" Xu Haijun asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Not just wild boar, but roe deer too," Li Long said. "There's plenty in the mountains. It's just hard to find."
Although that was what he said, everyone else looked envious.