Recently, the topic of returning to the hometown during the Spring Festival has been brushed, after all, it is a happy thing to have a hometown to return to, and the distant hometown is often better than all the prosperity in the world.
Although everyone also complained that the Spring Festival Gala was not as good as a year, it seems that the New Year has lost its former taste, but every year this should still have a sense of ceremony. The streets and alleys are "Wishing you prosperity" or "Congratulations", full of Elements of the Spring Festival, if you go to the countryside, you still hear the sound of firecrackers.
Of course, returning to home also has another problem, that is, transportation. Every year from the fifteenth day of the lunar month to the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month of the following year, there is a "rare global population movement" in China.
For Xiaobian, the road to the hometown village may be the most difficult section. So many years have passed, from the beginning of my father riding a two-eight bar with me, and now I drive a Qi jun with him, it can be said that I have spent a different 30 years.
Two eight big bars in the world, motorcycles were once a luxury?
Xiaobian back to his hometown is about 10 kilometers, don't underestimate such a distance, in the past that the era of extremely poor traffic, but also to bring enough New Year materials, it can be said that it is extremely difficult.
For Xiaobian's family, there were two options for returning to his hometown at that time. The first is to drive to about 3 kilometers from home, and the rest of the distance to walk in, which is a huge test for me as a child, it is too difficult for children of a few years old to walk so far; the second is that my father rides a two-eight bar with a family, and I sit on the front bar most of the time, recalling that this has a major physical requirement.
For the two-eight bars, the memory of the post-80s is relatively clear, and the post-90s should be relatively vague. The biggest feature is probably that every time you get on the car, you have to help the car slide two steps first, and then step on the car. Of course, what Xiaobian remembers most is the mud of the road in his hometown.
Because of the rain and snow during the Spring Festival, the ground will often be very wet and slippery, at that time the asphalt road is extremely rare, most of them are gravel roads or even dirt roads, every time you walk a section of wheels are stained by a large piece of mud, you can't move, then you have to come down and use branches to pull the mud down. Often the usual one-hour journey, to walk for almost two hours, it can be said that it is very uncomfortable, of course, to see relatives, the mood is still good.
In the mid-1990s, the family's car had undergone a major change, and finally it was time to consider replacing the two or eight bars with a motorcycle. At that time, coinciding with the rise of domestic motorcycles, the threshold for entering such locomotives was greatly reduced, and the motorcycles before that were basically imported, and the price of a car was comparable to that of a house. By the mid-1990s, it had dropped to about 5,000 yuan, and many families could afford it.
I still remember that there was a fierce debate at home about buying a motorcycle. One side believes that even if you hitchhike for a lifetime (at that time, there was no concept of riding a taxi or online car), you can't spend 5,000 yuan, and the other side believes that with a motorcycle, the living standard can be improved, and it is a "facet" thing.
Eventually, the second concept prevailed, and the family welcomed a domestic motorcycle. Remember that at that time, the luxury version was called the "125" version, which was actually the meaning of the engine displacement of 125ml, and the horsepower of the domestic 2-stroke 125 motorcycle was about 12.5 horses, and the power was already quite good. Of course, my family can't afford such a "high-power" version, and still chooses the ordinary version.
For young people, motorcycles are a very playable object. After all, it is light and flexible, and it definitely means where to fight. And the consumption is extremely low, the maintenance is very simple, the fuel consumption is almost 100 kilometers 2L, so that 10 dollars can run 100 kilometers. Even now, many people still have a deep obsession with motorcycles, and their saying is, "Four wheels carry life, two wheels carry souls."
Unfortunately, this kind of transportation has been banned in many places due to difficult management and many traffic accidents. And with the rise of electric vehicles, the commuting significance of motorcycles has been greatly diluted, after all, the use of electric vehicles has a low threshold and a lower cost of using a car, so motorcycles have gradually become a plaything for a small number of enthusiasts.
From Xuanyi to Qijun, cheap is king?
In 2015, Xiaobian's family bought the first car, Nissan Xuanyi. At that time, the car to the countryside was in full swing, and many families chose to buy a car.
I remember that I had just driven home and parked in the yard, and my mother circled around the car several times, and then she burst into tears, saying that I didn't expect that one day the family would be able to buy a car (she called all the cars cars). Indeed, when they were younger, cars were an absolute luxury. I remember that the richest man in our town drove a Nissan Bluebird, the predecessor of Xuanyi, who once made a splash, but he did not expect that it has now flown into the homes of ordinary people.
As for why Xuanyi chose this car, in fact, there are certain reasons for the times. At that time, this level of joint venture car is still equipped with a naturally aspirated engine, personally feel that the most reliable is the Toyota Corolla's 1.6L engine + 6AT gearbox, but unfortunately this car configuration is too low, and the space is not large enough. Then there are some German and American cars, their power reserves are actually not as good as Xuanyi, and the price is not cheap at that time, such as Langyi landing more than 150,000, Yinglang is also close to 130,000.
And this 16 Xuanyi, Xiaobian finally won the top match of 130,000, at that time with 6 airbags, keyless entry, one-click start, reversing image, Carplay, etc., at that time the cost performance was outstanding. Of course, it is also very good to open, with a lot of space, first-class comfort, and it is also very fuel-efficient. What Xiaobian did not expect was that this car is so hot now, it seems that since then, it has occupied the position of the top seller for many years. However, the disadvantage is that the price is also very firm, and many competitors have been big prices in recent years, and Xuanyi's cost performance is not as prominent as it was in the past.
After upgrading from two to four rounds, returning to my hometown is basically like walking on the ground, a 10-kilometer journey of 20 minutes can be reached, no matter what wind and rain, there is no longer any psychological burden.
As the parents and wife have obtained the driver's license, the family car is obviously a little insufficient, so in 2019, a second car was added, that is, Nissan X-Trail. As for why this car was chosen, in fact, it is still the same problem "cost performance".
At that time, Toyota Rongfang had just been replaced, and TNGA's new car was indeed attractive, but the price was also strong enough. Volkswagen Tanyue is a new model, the appearance is very good, but in the end I still feel that the combination of 2.0L self-priming engine + CVT transmission is more worry-free.
In the end, it was basically selected in the Honda CR-V and Nissan X-Trail, the CR-V has better power, the handling is good in all aspects, and the space is also large. The weakness is that the sound insulation is slightly worse, the key is that the price is 10,000, and there is only a 5-inch small screen in the middle, and if you want to upgrade to a 7-inch screen, you have to spend more than 10,000.
To be honest, in the end, it is the problem of this screen size that makes Xiaobian finally choose Qijun. Of course, now these cars have a relatively large change, the price has been adjusted in all aspects, and the choice is more abundant.
Kung Fu shoots
From the two eight bars to the Nissan X-Trail, Xiaobian's family is just one of thousands of ordinary families.
Fortunately, in the past thirty years, the family's economic conditions have continued to improve, from not having a car to having a car, and even to having multiple cars. Of course, in the next step, if Xuanyi is "retired", he plans to change to a small electric car for urban commuting.
The only worry is that Xuanyi is so strong in its old man's home, 6 years and 130,000 kilometers, in addition to normal maintenance and accidental damage, there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no reason to abandon it.