"You need a coupon to buy one from the department store, right? Where did you get a coupon? I heard they cost several dozen yuan!"
Someone voiced the question on everyone's mind. Even one hundred and fifty yuan wasn't cheap. Of the hundred or so families in Millstone Peak, very few could produce one hundred yuan. Aside from Byron Thorne's family, there was Felix Thorne, the pig butcher, and Frederick Thorne, who had a government job; they could definitely afford it. Most other families couldn't even earn one hundred yuan in an entire year.
Adrian Hawthorne had already prepared his story. The bicycle was likely to stir up a great deal of jealousy, so he had to answer carefully. But it was a double-edged sword; the bike could also bring him some benefits.
"The coupon was a gift from a relative in the city. He had an extra bicycle coupon he didn't need, so he gave it to me. The money was from that relative, too."
