Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 205 What to do if you don't have enough coupons?
To be honest, Chen Fan was completely dumbfounded at that moment.

He truly never imagined that what he had been longing for would be so easily obtained!

This somewhat overturns his concept.

Before he could react, Master Liu rushed up to him, patting and stroking the mare, his cloudy eyes still gleaming. "This horse is good, a really good horse. It has a well-proportioned frame, long limbs, a broad chest, a straight rump, and good teeth. It's a fine horse that has just come of age."

He then gestured to indicate his height, "At five feet tall at the shoulder, even among Japanese horses, that's considered a tall and imposing horse, not bad, not bad."

Then he frowned again and started cursing, "Who the hell raised it? It's gotten so thin and its coat has lost its shine. It's such a waste of a good horse."

Chen Fan pulled on the reins, stroked the horse's face, and said with a wry smile, "Master Liu, this horse is sick. We need to take it back and get it treated."

"sick?"

Master Liu circled the horse twice more, his brow furrowed. "It does look a bit listless."

Then, looking at Chen Fan, she asked, "Can it be cured?"

Chen Fan chuckled twice and said, "Give it a try, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Master Liu nodded gently, "That's good, that's good."

The old man had spent his whole life dealing with livestock. He had no other hobbies but liked to think about these good animals and was most afraid of them getting sick.

He paused for a moment, looked at Chen Fan, then at the four girls following behind, and asked, "Have you finished shopping?"

Chen Fan turned around and looked at them.

The four girls exchanged glances, then nodded in unison, "We're done shopping."

Although Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan wanted to explore further, they were worried about the money in Chen Fan's bag, and seeing that Master Liu clearly didn't want to stay, they could only say so.

As for Jiang Lili, she wouldn't have wanted to come out if it weren't for Chen Fan, so she naturally couldn't wait to go back.

Seeing their reaction, Chen Fan turned around and said, "Then let's go back."

"Row."

Master Liu turned around and went inside to pull the mule cart and donkey cart.

Yang Ju and Liu Dan quickly followed. Master Liu could pull two animals by himself, but he couldn't drive two carts. They were there to help.

Before long, the mule cart and the donkey cart came out one after the other. The four girls rode in one of the carts, with Yang Ju driving in front. The donkey was very obedient and didn't require any skill. Just a shake of the reins and it would follow the mule cart on its own.

Chen Fan then mounted the horse, gently squeezing its belly with his legs, and the mare began to stride forward.

But Chen Fan felt a little sorry for him because of his dejected appearance.

Once outside the market, he leaned close to the horse's ear and whispered, "If you're a good boy, I'll take you to find Little Horse, okay?"

The mare was startled, then abruptly raised her head and looked back at him.

Chen Fan stroked its mane. "Be good, I promise I won't lie to you."

At this moment, the mare's eyes lit up, and she took off running forward.

He sped past the donkey cart and mule cart in an instant. Sitting on the mule cart, Master Liu forgot to crack the whip he had raised.

You call this horse a sick horse?
Even a crazy horse can't run as fast as it!
Fortunately, Chen Fan had already mastered the riding stance, so even without stirrups and a saddle, he sat steadily on the horse's back and quickly crossed half a street to reach the crossroads of Nanhu Town.

As the crowd grew larger, Chen Fan quickly pulled on the reins, saying, "Slow down, slow down, we're not in a hurry."

The mare neighed and cried, "I'm looking for my foal."

Chen Fan wiped his sweat. "No rush, no rush. It's at my house. I promise you'll see it in a bit."

He quickly patted the horse's neck, which slowed the mare down.

Not far away, Zhou, the station chief of the veterinary station, and Wang Shiping stared at Chen Fan in disbelief.

Station Chief Zhou, "Shiping, is that the horse Xiao Chen is riding?" Wang Shiping nodded blankly, "There are less than 10 purebred Japanese horses in the entire Nanhu Commune. I recognize every single one of them, so I'm sure I'm not mistaken."

Station Chief Zhou's eyes and nose were squeezed together. "Do you think this Xiao Chen knows magic? The day before yesterday, we saw this horse, which was weak and half-dead. But in his hands, it's like it's going to war, running wild with all its might."

Wang Shiping hesitated for two seconds, then asked in a low voice, "Station Chief, shall we go take a look?"

Station Master Zhou suddenly came to his senses and strode forward, saying, "Let's go take a look."

Across the street, Chen Fan dismounted and soothed the mare, "Be a good girl, wait for me a moment, I'll take you home to see the baby after I finish shopping."

The mare snorted. "Then hurry up."

Chen Fan's lips twitched slightly. "Okay, okay, hurry up."

He didn't even bother to tie the reins and turned around to enter the supply and marketing cooperative.

This horse is probably impossible to chase away now; there's no need to tie it down.

He went to the supply and marketing cooperative, naturally, to buy a gun.

If I didn't know, that would be one thing, but now that I do know, how can I possibly hold back?!

Chen Fan swaggered in and waved familiarly, "Sister Wang, Happy New Year!"

Saleswoman Wang Xiaoling walked over along the glass counter and said with a smile, "The New Year is over, why are you still wishing me a Happy New Year? Why didn't you come over to wish me a Happy New Year earlier?"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "The New Year celebrations last until the end of the first month of the lunar calendar. It's so nice to come and pay my respects now, since I don't need to bring anything and you don't need to give me a red envelope."

Wang Xiaoling immediately burst into laughter, "You have such a mouth, you can make even black seem white."

He then asked, "What do you want to buy today?"

Chen Fan took two steps forward, leaned closer, and whispered, "Sister Wang, I heard they sell guns here?"

Wang Xiaoling looked at him strangely, "Yes, do you want to buy it?"

As he spoke, he took a few steps inside, bent down and took out a paper box about one meter long from under the counter, and placed it on the counter.

As she unpacked the box, she said, "This is an 'Gongzi' brand air gun, made by the Shanghai Gongzi Air Gun Factory. It's an old brand; my family owns one of these. Take a look."

He then handed the gun to Chen Fan.

Holding a gun in his hand, Chen Fan still felt a sense of fantasy.

You bought a gun already?!
Seeing that he was holding the gun without moving, Wang Xiaoling assumed he didn't know how to use it. She immediately pointed to a piece of metal on the side and said, "See this? Pull it out and then press it back in to apply pressure, and then you can fire directly. This kind of gun is simple, much simpler than a rifle."

Chen Fan tried it according to her instructions, and Wang Xiaoling quickly said, "Don't aim it at people. Although there are no bullets inside, it can still injure people at close range, especially not in the eyes, or you'll go blind."

Chen Fan then fired a shot at the ground.

The sound was very soft, just like the balloon-shooting guns we used to play with as kids.

However, having gotten used to the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, he felt unsatisfied with this air rifle that had almost no recoil, so he asked, "Are there any other guns?"

Wang Xiaoling shook her head. "No, we don't have any large wild animals here. Apart from birds that fly in the sky, it's basically just small things like rabbits, weasels, and foxes. An air rifle is enough. If you want to buy a hunting rifle or a pistol, you have to go to the county. That's where they sell them."

Hearing that what she said was the same as what Zhang Wenliang said, Chen Fan could only regretfully put aside his thoughts for the time being, thinking that he would talk about it again when he went to the county town.

He then asked, "Sister Wang, how much is this gun?"

Wang Xiaoling: "38 yuan per round, plus 3 industrial coupons."

Chen Fan was stunned. "You need industrial vouchers too?"

Wang Xiaoling laughed and said, "This is also an industrial product, so of course it requires industrial coupons."

Chen Fan was immediately dumbfounded. He had money, but what could he do without industrial vouchers?
(End of this chapter)