Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 553, Driving Test

Wang Qingsong was busy there, mainly calculating the total price of the vegetables brought from the countryside this time.

There will be a time to settle the accounts.

He took a piece of scratch paper and started calculating.

Many people in the department use abacus beads, but he is not used to it. In the absence of a calculator, he still prefers to use a pen to calculate.

Celery has never been sold in winter. At that time, we agreed to sell it according to the market price, which can only be calculated based on the summer price of 1 cents.

4315 kilograms of celery, 0.16 yuan per kilogram, a total of 690.4 yuan.

260 kilograms of leeks, 6 cents per kilogram, a total of 15.6 yuan.

Including dozens of kilograms of spinach and coriander, the total cost is: 712.75 yuan.

Looking at the calculation results, Wang Qingsong smiled.

It’s less than three hundred dollars to recover the cost.

This is only half of the production. Once the rest is finished, the price is estimated to be about the same as this.

A total of two crops can be planted, and the income can be around 2300 to 2500.

Looking at the result, Wang Qingsong smiled.

After deducting the cost of one thousand yuan, there is still a profit of more than one thousand yuan.

This is the first year. If not much damage is done to the greenhouse in the second year, we can still make a profit by just replenishing it a little.

The cost will be reduced a lot.

In this case, the profits will be higher next year.

All in all, the village can get five or six hundred yuan.

This doesn't seem like much money.

But for rural areas in this era, it is already a considerable income.

The production team has very little money left every year.

This amount of money accounts for less than 20% of the annual income. It may not seem like much, but if this much money is used to buy re-sold grain, it can be used to buy more than 7,000 kilograms of raw corn.

The current purchase price of raw corn is less than seven cents.

Li Yingying looked at him and smiled: "What are you laughing at?"

Wang Qingsong smiled and said, "Oh, nothing. I'm just calculating how many dishes I can produce this year."

No mention of money!

What you say now may sometimes cause you trouble in the future.

Don’t talk about money, just talk about how many dishes you can make.

Li Yingying stopped writing and asked with a smile, "How much can it produce?"

"I'm not sure, but there should be more than 10,000 kilograms. Before the Chinese New Year, there will be a batch of eggplants, cucumbers, beans and tomatoes. The quantity is not large, but it's no problem for each family to share some."

Wang Qingsong was estimating there after hearing this.

Li Yingying smiled happily when she heard this: "Then we can eat tomatoes and beans during the Chinese New Year! We couldn't get these things in previous years! We could only eat a little bit in large state-owned restaurants, and the price was extremely expensive."

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong also smiled.

Sijiu City is also building glass greenhouses, but the prices are really too high. After all, vegetables have to be sold based on cost now.

These vegetables are not considered as winter storage vegetables.

The price is naturally considered high.

It's almost invisible.

Because most of them are "specially supplied" and booked up by large state-owned restaurants.

In winter, you can also see cucumber strips when eating roast duck at Quanjude, which all come from these glass greenhouses.

The price of Quanjude’s roast duck is very high, and they don’t use that many cucumber strips, so the price won’t go up. But the price of cucumbers in other large state-owned restaurants is ridiculously high.

All prices are based on winter prices.

However, he still didn't give a confirmed answer: "The cucumbers just fell from their flowers not long ago! We don't know if they can grow or not. It would be embarrassing if they don't grow by then."

Li Yingying smiled and said, "It's okay. You know what, I'm almost tired of eating beans this autumn. Now that I think about it, I really want to eat some."

Liu Xi also laughed and said, "Yeah, it's true! Didn't they say there were leeks? I'm craving leek dumplings. It would be great if I could take some home to make some. Soak some vermicelli, add some chili peppers, and fry them in oil. The taste is so good. I'm drooling just thinking about it."

This also caused laughter from others.

Yes!

I kind of miss the leek box.

Wang Qingsong looked at everyone chatting there and just smiled.

There aren't really that many leeks, only two taels per person, what use are they?
And it has to be fried, so it’s probably best eaten during the Chinese New Year.

Well, you can cut many batches of leeks and eat them until the beginning of spring, but the leeks will become less and less tasty after that.

While everyone was chatting, it was time for lunch.

I took some time out at noon and quietly returned to Hong Kong Island and contacted Song Wenqing.

The artemisinin extraction process was handed over to the other party.

"Artemisinin?"

Song Wenqing held the thing in his hand with confusion.

Wang Qingsong looked at the other party and nodded. "Yes, artemisinin. This thing is very effective against malaria. It can replace the existing anti-malarial drugs on the market. It is very important. Besides us, no other place has done research on this thing. You can publish it as the inventor."

For the sake of face, the mainland probably won’t release anything if it doesn’t say it itself.

If you are considered to be stealing other people's achievements, you will lose face.

I guess once the stuff is brought back, people in the mainland will check it out, and only when they are sure that there is no information about artemisinin in the West will they make it public.

This time will not be short.

After all, it took ten years for this research to be published.

After hearing this, Song Wenqing also began to take it seriously.

Or a little.

After all, he is not in this industry and doesn't know much about it.

But seeing Wang Qingsong's expression, he naturally agreed: "Okay, I understand, I will explain it to them. Oh, by the way, I just happened to come to you for something too! The mainland has agreed to the jade you want, and the first batch of jade will be shipped around New Year's Day. The price will be estimated based on the quality at that time."

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong smiled and agreed: "Okay, I understand. We'll talk about the price after the goods arrive."

Is there no one using jade at this time?
In fact, it always has.

It’s just that it is not circulated among the general class.

The price is relatively speaking not cheap, of course, this is considering that the average wage in the mainland is only 30 yuan.

For him, the price naturally won't be too high.

After confirming this matter, Wang Qingsong separated from Song Wenqing and returned to Sijiu City.

He was going to find Du Wanting in the evening because they had agreed that the calculator would be sold on New Year's Day.

Except for the factory, everything else that needs to be prepared has been prepared.

Including patents.

Even though the patent system in Hong Kong is not yet complete, he still asked the company to apply for a patent in Hong Kong.

At the same time, patents have been applied for in other countries.

As for whether he would be targeted, he didn't care too much.

At worst, I won’t sell it!
……

When I returned to the factory, a notice was issued in the afternoon that all employees in the factory could buy a pound of celery at a fair price.

As for leeks, maybe there are too many calls for it.

The factory decided to make chive dumplings for lunch tomorrow.

This made the whole factory happy. This kind of cheap and delicious food made people salivate.

As for the other dishes, we didn’t share them because the portions were too small.

Wang Qingsong didn't care.

After checking the time, he decided to go to the driving school to ask about the test.

Old Yao’s kindness cannot be wasted.

He found an excuse and went out for a while, but before leaving he went to the motorcycle team and quietly took the vegetables over.

……

I rode my bike to the driving school in the suburbs according to the address given by Lao Yao.

The address is not too far from here.

It took more than half an hour to get there by bike.

This is a driving school.

All the serious drivers of major government agencies come from here.

There is a reason why you can take the test without learning how to repair a car. The production of cars in this era is not very large, but it is not too small either. It’s just that the number is too small when spread across the country.

The rate at which the number of cars increases is faster than the rate at which schools are established.

Therefore, many large units allow students to learn in their own units and then be introduced to unified driving schools for examinations.

Wang Qingsong skipped this step because of the introduction from his unit.

When the staff are too busy, they can take over.

This position is actually very rare.

Old Yao gave this spot to himself.

After we arrived and explained our purpose, the school let us go.

At this time, there were quite a few young people in the school. They were all graduates from regular schools, and their starting salary after graduation was 50 yuan a month.

It's considered a technical secondary school.

The kind with a formal diploma.

He's not good enough.

If the company does not assign you a driver position and a car, you will not be able to get a high salary.

I took the certificate to the office the guard mentioned.

"Excuse me, is Director Liu here?"

When I arrived at the place, I asked the person inside.

The man in the office looked at him and asked, "What do you do?"

The person who answered the phone was a young man in his twenties.

Seeing someone answering the call, Wang Qingsong walked in with the information and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm here to take the exam. I came to ask about the situation. The guard asked me to find Director Liu."

"Where are the information and proof? Let me see!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingsong handed over what he had in his hand, including the photos.

The other party took it and looked at it, then asked him, "Have you taken the written test?"

Wang Qingsong shook his head: "I didn't take the written test!"

He naturally knew the rules of the current exam.

There is no subject one or subject four now, but it will be divided into written test and driving test.

The written test includes politics, mathematics, traffic rules, and mechanical knowledge, while the driving test includes road test and pole test.

But considering that some of the people coming here from many units can drive, the order can be reversed.

"Have you learned to drive? Can you drive? How long have you been learning?"

"I've been studying for a year and have already ridden on the company's car."

Wang Qingsong explained the situation.

The other party thought for a while and said, "So, do you want to take the road test and pole test first, or the written test first? The written test will be next week."

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong thought for a moment and said, "Can I take the road test and pole test first? I can take the written test later."

He felt that the road test and pole test would not be a big problem.

There will be no problem with the written test on politics, mathematics, and traffic rules, but I still need to find a book to read about mechanical knowledge.

At that time, there was no question bank like in later generations.

Still have to learn.

Fortunately, what I learned was mechanical knowledge, and the content was not very long.

Upon hearing this, the young man shouted to the seat inside: "Master Qin, aren't there a few people from other units taking exams today? Can you still squeeze in? If not, we can arrange it for next week."

The other person is probably in his forties or fifties.

He was reading a newspaper there.

Hearing this, he put down the newspaper, looked up, then raised his hand to check the time.

After thinking for a while, he said, "There should be enough time. Please help him with the formalities! Let him go to the examination room to find Lao Xu."

The young man nodded and said, "Then wait a moment. If you can't finish the exam this time, you have to come back next Friday."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingsong hurriedly thanked him: "Oh, okay, thank you!"

Hearing this, the young man didn't say anything, but lowered his head and started to register there.

While waiting, Wang Qingsong sensibly gave everyone a cigarette.

After a long while, the young man finished registering, and then handed him a form: "Take this, go to the test site, in the driving practice area, and ask around and you'll find out. Go find Officer Xu."

Wang Qingsong took the things and looked at them.

Then he looked up and smiled: "Okay, thank you, I'll go first."

He said hello and left.

After coming out, ask around and head towards the driving practice area.

It’s really cold.

I arrived at the place and found Secretary Xu.

The other party was a little impatient.

But after Wang Qingsong stuffed a pack of cigarettes into his mouth, the other party's expression became much better and he let him queue up with the others.

Wang Qingsong looked at the exam scene taking place there.

He looked at the two people waiting next to him and handed them a cigarette with a smile: "You are taking an exam too! How do you take this?"

In later exams, there are mock exams, but there are none here.

Both test takers were not very young.

Probably in his thirties or forties.

One of them took the cigarette and said with a smile: "There are only a few! Starting, fixed-point climbing, single-sided bridge, pole test..."

Wang Qingsong was there listening and watching.

It’s okay if you don’t understand, at least you can ask.

The pole test is actually reversing into a parking space.

The rules are similar to those of later generations, giving two chances to take the exam.

Except for the road test, the other tests were very quick and it was Wang Qingsong's turn soon.

He didn't even know what brand the car was.

It was a very old car with a master sitting next to it.

Since he had already taken the test once and had driving experience, he was naturally not afraid.

He passed all the courses similar to Subject 2 in one go.

Time flies very fast.

After finishing the pole test and other tests, I waited there for the road test.

The road test requires driving, which is a time-consuming project.

After waiting for nearly an hour, Wang Qingsong finally got in the car. It was not that the training car did not have auxiliary brakes.

Under the guidance of the invigilator, I drove out of the school and drove on the streets near the school according to the road test rules.

The exam is actually quite strict.

But compared with later generations, it is much easier.

More than twenty minutes later, the car returned to the school.

"You look young, but you drive very skillfully!"

The invigilator looked at him and said with a smile.

Wang Qingsong turned off the car and didn't bother to unbuckle his seat belt. He just handed the other person a cigarette.

He made up a nonsense sentence: "The leader of the locomotive team in our factory is my uncle. He has driven many times in the factory!"

Cars are very expensive these days, and it is basically difficult to learn how to drive without someone familiar with the car.

Anyway, the other party won’t investigate him.

The invigilator was not too surprised to hear this, because at that time there were no regular driving schools except for the two-year driving schools.

I learned how to drive at work.

This situation is also normal.

After lighting a cigarette, he smiled and said, "Okay, you've passed the test. We'll hand this form over to the department! Just sign it."

After saying that, he wrote down Wang Qingsong's test scores.

Wang Qingsong looked at the results and found that they were all passed, so he signed.

After handing him another cigarette, he got out of the car and left.

(End of this chapter)