First Pickup Truck from My Father

First Pickup Truck from My Father
By
Alberto Ortega Servin

When I was children as my father bought Pickup Truck, I was remembering it was cost about $10,000.00 Mexican Pesos. This Pickup Truck sold for my uncle. His bought this pickup in the United States America during many times him came to Unites States, so my father too. Also In this time a few people had a van and truck, because it was very expensive in Mexico.
I can to count with my fingers the people who had car or truck. Only tree people had the Truck in my smaller Town (El Tecuan) with my father.
The farmer very poor then that the money was enough for it, so they bough their harvest in December or they was harvest from wheat in May, so they sold it, different companies in La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico. But the companies bought the sorghum, corn and wheat it paid very cheaper. It was enough for buy the tuck.
Now farmers have come to the Unites States of America, also they have brought to different kind pickup truck and van but come farmers was not buying cars because government don’t want to legalization it.
The farmer bought of the pickup truck in the United States because pickup truck is cheaper for the farmer in the United State, it is cheaper to buying it but in Mexico the pickup truck is very expensive so the farmers haven’t enough money to buying it.
Now my father has lived in Oakland, California, also he does not car or pickup truck, but he does not drive car. I do not know, why? Maybe he is not driving the car because I think so he had accident before. Finally my father sold this pickup truck as old iron.