The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 132: There is a TV in Baotou that doesn't require a ticket
Fertilizers are not available in every commune, and are given priority in places like state-owned farms and reclamation farms. Although there are many farm communes across the country, they are also the main source of domestic food.

But the proportion of public grain paid is only 20 to 30 percent, but in state-owned farms and some reclamation farms, except for some villagers on the farms who get a share of the grain, all of it belongs to the state. Who should use the fertilizer first? You can figure it out with your ass.

Surplus fertilizers are also transported to areas with high grain production. Rural people in some places may have never heard of fertilizers.

I cut open a fertilizer bag and washed it by the river. Many rural people know how to make clothes. Even if they don't, they have to learn how to make clothes, because it's good enough to buy cloth. If you have children, you can't buy clothes for them. Even if you hire someone to make clothes, it costs money.

To be honest, these fertilizer bags feel cool and breathable in the summer. The pants that children wear are made from adult clothes, either gray or black, and patched up. Even if these fertilizer bags are not good-looking, they are better looking than those patched pants in the countryside.

After the fertilizer bags were washed clean, they were taken back to dry.
Zhou Lingying was almost done with her work and had to leave, so she had to go to the intersection of the commune road to wait for the bus.

At this time, Jiang Cheng and Feng Hua had already arrived at the Jiujiang Transportation Transfer Station. Jiang Cheng asked Feng Hua to watch the car and help the workers unloading the goods. He went to the transportation station to see if there were any orders to return to Changcheng.

At the transport station office building, Jiang Cheng saw a bustle. A driver at the transport station got a TV from somewhere. Many people were watching, and Jiang Cheng was also shocked. Even if the driver had a high status, he was still a worker.

Many leaders may not be able to get a TV, so how did a driver get one? And since he dared to get it, the TV must have come from a legitimate source.

It was difficult for Jiang Cheng, a driver from another place, to ask, but luckily there was someone around the driver who happened to have the TV who could ask.

"Master Huang, how did you buy this TV? How much did it cost?"

"I asked someone to bring it to me. It's 420 yuan. I have a valid ticket to buy it. But if I buy this TV, I'll have wasted a year's work."

A truck driver's annual income is about 800-900 yuan. This is just the basic salary plus allowances, and the extra goods and gifts are not included.

He earns a lot but actually spends a lot, and is definitely not as frugal as others. Just like Jiang Cheng, he would not feel any ripples in his heart if he spent one dollar on a meal.

It is considered quite good if the driver can save more than 400 yuan a year. A TV costs 420 yuan, which does require the driver to save money for a year.

"BJ brand 825 14-inch black-and-white TV. Hey, Mr. Huang, this is the receipt from Baotou Department Store. Baotou~Is Baotou in Inner Mongolia?"

"Yes, I asked someone to buy it from there. There were a batch of TV sets there that didn't require tickets, so I asked someone to bring one over."

The driver who bought the TV smiled and took back the proof of purchase. He might have shown it to his friend who was asking him about it, and also wanted to prove that he had obtained it in a fair and honest way.

Nowadays, if an ordinary person owns a TV, and he doesn't explain it clearly, there might really be people asking him where it came from every day.

Jiang Cheng was a little dumbfounded when he heard that it was from Baotou. Four hundred and twenty yuan was nothing to him. But Baotou was in Inner Mongolia. According to the calculation of the roads without highways in this era, it was definitely more than two thousand kilometers. The long-distance orders of the transport station were basically hundreds of kilometers. There were very few that could reach a thousand kilometers. For long distances, trucks were used for transportation. It was too expensive to transport by car. The orders that were transported by car were relatively long, unless they were some special items that were needed urgently, and the products were only available in your city.

I kind of want to ask the driver who bought the TV to help him get one, but it seems unlikely. It is very likely that the other party has added a price to entrust someone to help bring it, but this thing cannot be said openly. In addition, if the other party can really get it, it will be with a good friend.

Jiang Cheng suddenly thought that his magical golden finger would have to last for another seven or eight years in China, and it would only be effective when there were no restrictions on tickets. It would be great if there was a way to leave the country. If so, he could get a large amount of foreign exchange back in seven or eight years. Then life in China would be great.

Seeing the driver who was so excited about buying a TV, Jiang Cheng didn't want to be a good citizen anymore and wanted to do something. But he just thought about it, because he had a wife and family here. Even if Jiang Cheng just occupied the original owner's body, he didn't want to ruthlessly abandon the original owner's relatives.

We received a delivery order in Jiujiang and picked up a batch of reed mats, which are mats made of reeds, in Chaisang District and delivered them to Changcheng.

In fact, Changcheng also has its own reed mats, but the quantity is not large, most of them are straw mats. This batch of goods was sent to the Changcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which is considered a good order.

It's not that the lalu mat is good, but the delivery location is good, this one was delivered to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. If you have a relationship, you can buy a lot of good things.

As for reed mats, they are relatively cheap in this era, ranging from a few cents to one yuan, depending on the quality. It is better to buy straw mats than reed mats, which are more expensive, but more delicate and soft.

It’s too hard. My knees will be easily rubbed when I sleep on it.

Jiang Cheng took the order and went back to the transfer station warehouse. The driver who bought the TV was still surrounded by people. Even though the TV was not turned on, everyone was willing to watch the fun.

After returning to the transfer station, the goods on the truck were unloaded, and the person in charge here also counted the goods and stamped them.

"Feng Hua, get in the car and go load the goods back to Changcheng. After loading the goods, come back here and find a guesthouse to rest. Leave early tomorrow." Jiang Cheng put away the stamped delivery note, took the engine rocker from the car and said.

"Okay, Master." Feng Hua responded and got into the car immediately.

Jiang Cheng started the engine and immediately got into the driver's seat. Today he was mainly responsible for guiding his apprentice, otherwise he would not have stopped at the guesthouse to rest if he was driving alone. Instead, he drove directly back to Changcheng. Jiang Cheng and Feng Hua stopped at De'an County to rest and eat at 11 o'clock. After eating, they lay down until almost 2 o'clock before setting off again.

It's only a little after 3 o'clock here, and we drove for an hour in the afternoon. The sun starts to set at around 6 o'clock now, and it will get dark at 7 o'clock. Under normal circumstances, it's no problem to drive until 6 or 7 o'clock.

But if you want to rest on the road, there is only room for one person in the back seat. If you sleep outside the car, the mosquitoes will bite you to death. Feng Hua only brought toiletries and no mosquito net.

(End of this chapter)