The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 139 Chapter Being Reversed by Tian Gang
At dinner time, Jiang Cheng's family also had a rich meal, with lots of lamb ribs, which they ate directly with their hands. Jiang Cheng pickled them at noon, and Zhou Lingying stewed them for a long time in the afternoon. The fishy smell was gone, and they were soft, tender and fragrant.

"Chengzi, you must have spent a lot of money on this radio and sewing machine." Zhao Yuxia couldn't help asking at the dinner table.

"Yes, the sewing machine cost one hundred and twenty-seven yuan, and the radio cost one hundred and eleven yuan. Yingying, this is the receipt from the supply and marketing cooperative, please keep it safe, don't let people say that our things are not obtained legally, these are purchased from legitimate places." Jiang Cheng replied with a smile, and took out the purchase receipt and handed it to Zhou Lingying.

Two hundred and thirty-seven in a flash. For Jiang Changhe, this was probably the amount he had when he was the richest. And he saved the money for more than two years when he was young, working in the city and living frugally. Unexpectedly, Jiang Cheng spent it all in one day, which made it difficult for Jiang Changhe to say what he was going to say next.

"Chengzi, this furniture of yours must have cost a lot of money, and also the watch on your wrist. Can you tell me where the money came from? You have only been working for more than a month." Jiang Changhe couldn't help asking. He hadn't told me about the money he spent on medical treatment in the hospital. It cost more than two yuan to go to the hospital for treatment.

At this time, Zhou Lingying was chewing on a lamb chop, and her pair of bright glasses secretly looked at Jiang Cheng. As a woman, she didn't dare to ask about Jiang Cheng's money. Although she also felt that Jiang Cheng bought things for the family too quickly and knew that it would cost a lot of money.

Zhou Lingying also felt that Jiang Cheng would tell her when he wanted to, and if Jiang Cheng didn't tell her, she wouldn't ask. Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. If Jiang Cheng got the money through improper channels, she would follow him even if something went wrong. Who made Jiang Cheng treat her so well? Jiang Cheng is now her pillar of support.

"I got over a hundred dollars when I left the army, and I got three months' salary in advance when I started working. I also borrowed some money from my colleagues. But it's not a big deal. In addition to my basic salary, I get a monthly allowance and help carry some goods for others, which makes around 70 or 80 dollars. Specifically, I earn about 130 or 140 dollars a month. If I owe others a little, it won't take long to pay them back." Jiang Cheng said half-truthfully. He got his salary in advance, but he didn't borrow money from his colleagues.

Zhou Lingying was a high school student, and she immediately calculated in her mind that her man could actually earn 134 yuan a month. It seemed that some of the things he usually brought back were not counted, and he really made a lot of money.

Even if I borrowed two or three hundred, it would be fine, I could pay it back in a few months. But I wouldn't buy big items every month, and I had plenty of rice and flour at home, so I didn't have to spend money on expensive food.

Zhou Lingying brought all the food she received from the educated youth team here, except for the sweet potatoes she left at home. She felt that apart from occasionally buying a few cents of vegetables, she had no other money to spend.

Jiang Changhe didn't expect that his son Jiang Cheng not only received an advance on his salary, but also owed money to his colleagues. But when he heard that Jiang Cheng could earn so much money from his daily and private work, he couldn't teach him not to owe others money.

It is true that in this era, if most people owe others money, they will always think about paying it back as soon as possible, and they feel uncomfortable owing others money.

But even if Jiang Cheng now said that his colleague Qian spent several hundred yuan to buy these things at home, after all, he can earn thirty or forty yuan a month, so Jiang Changhe thought that asking his son to give another three yuan a month to his grandparents didn’t seem like a big deal.

So Jiang Changhe told him about the visit of Jiang Cheng's grandparents this morning. They were two elderly people in their sixties and they earned three yuan a month plus ten kilograms of grain, and the ten kilograms of grain was half fine grain and half coarse grain.

When Jiang Cheng heard his parents say this, he felt a little overwhelmed. Three dollars was nothing to Jiang Cheng, but he was just a soul that had entered the body of the original owner.

If it weren't for the memories of getting along with his parents, sister-in-law and sister in his mind, Jiang Cheng wouldn't have felt completely unfamiliar with them. It would also make Jiang Cheng willing to lend a hand to his family if he was doing well.

But Jiang Cheng really didn't want to get involved with the original owner's grandparents. If there were no family ties, there would still be Zhou Lingying. He wouldn't let his golden finger be restricted. One reason was that he would feel guilty for taking things from his compatriots. Another reason was that he had no place to spend the money from the sale, so he had to be careful with what he could spend.

Moreover, whether in this era or in the future, there is no filial piety in taking care of one's parents in their old age, unless the children were raised by their grandparents.

This was harder for Jiang Cheng to accept than adopting his nephews and nieces as his sons and daughters. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Dad, Mom, you are only in your forties. I don't know how your health is and whether you can work in the future. Even if Dad is well and can work in the fields, you won't want to work because I earn more. I don't mind raising you, and I can help my nephews and nieces until they are fourteen years old. But I can't accept paying money to them."

As soon as Jiang Cheng said this, his parents fell silent. Thinking carefully, Jiang Cheng's words made no sense.

Sometimes you have biased parents, and there is nothing you can do about it. No matter how biased they are, at least they have raised you. Jiang Changhe was approached by his parents, and he had no choice but to fulfill his filial duties if he was able.

But Jiang Cheng was unwilling to show filial piety to his grandparents, and even the village chief could not morally blackmail Jiang Cheng.

You have to know that in this day and age people want to have as many children as possible. If you have grandchildren, you also have the obligation to raise them. Some people have many sons, and their sons have many children, so how many people will have to take care of them?

Jiang Cheng heard that his elder brother Jiang Quan passed away, and his grandparents didn't even come to pay their respects.

Jiang Cheng gave three yuan a month to Zhou Lingying, and she could remember Jiang Cheng's kindness in her heart. He gave it to his sister-in-law in the countryside. She earned some work points on her own, and three yuan could help raise her nephews and nieces. So Jiang Changhe found that he had taken it for granted, thinking that it was easy for his son to earn three yuan, and that there were his grandparents over there, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Fortunately, when Jiang Changhe sent his parents away today, he did not agree to their retirement conditions. Giving them food and money was not wrong, but it was just to show filial piety.

No matter how delicious the lamb ribs were, Jiang Changhe didn't have much appetite. But Zhao Yuxia was different. She married into the Jiang family. Jiang Changhe had to fulfill his filial piety, and she had no choice but to follow him. If Jiang Changhe couldn't fulfill his filial piety, what else could he do with her as his daughter-in-law?

Zhou Lingying had an appetite no matter what, but she wanted to make sure that no one could tell that she was a big eater. In the middle of the meal, she deliberately said that she was helping Jiang Cheng to throw away the bones that he had eaten on the table, but in fact, she was trying to cover up the fact that she had eaten a lot herself, and there were a lot of sheep bones.

After dinner, Jiang Cheng returned to his room. Jiang Changhe couldn't talk to him about this anymore, so he could only go back and tell his parents the truth. When he got better, he would go to the fields to earn work points and give them some of his rations.

Jiang Cheng returned to his room, actually thinking about this. If Jiang Changhe recovered from his illness, he would show filial piety to them, and he would show filial piety to them. It seemed like showing filial piety to them in disguise, and it would be disgusting if it really happened. If that really happened, don't blame him for being heartless.

After resting in the room for a while, Zhou Lingying finished her meal and cleaned up, and then the two went outside to listen to the radio together.

But this radio doesn't sound cheap. Jiang Cheng didn't buy a plug-in radio, but a battery-powered one. It has four No. 1 batteries, which are quite large. But batteries can't be recharged these days, so they are basically thrown away after use.

These four batteries cost nearly one yuan, a little more than two cents each. But if you listen to the radio every day, you may need to replace a set of batteries every ten days or half a month. Especially like today, when so many people are listening, the volume has to be turned up, and a loud volume consumes electricity.

If you are at home and play it at a low volume, you can listen to it for a long time.

The radio was played until 8:30, when the news program started. Everyone listened to the news with great interest. If Jiang Cheng didn't put it away, some elderly people who were not working would continue to listen.

Listen further and find out whether Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying will continue to work tonight.

Today, we both almost lost control when drinking imported soy milk, and we both felt a little irritated.

Zhou Lingying didn't turn off the radio when she got home, but she turned the volume down very low. Then she filled a large wooden tub with water and listened to the radio while taking a bath.

"Jiang Cheng, come here and give me a back massage, just a back massage." Zhou Lingying sat in the wooden basin and ordered Jiang Cheng.

"You really know how to enjoy yourself. You listen to a little tune, sit in the water, and even need someone to serve you. You are a petty bourgeois lady." Jiang Cheng said with a smile as he walked to Zhou Lingying, but even though he was teasing, his hand was still on her back.

"Then you can also take a bath in the wooden tub later. You can be the master and I will help you scrub your back." Zhou Lingying said with enjoyment. She knew that she had fallen, but it was not her fault. After all, her man provided her with such good material conditions.

Jiang Cheng thought about it, it would be embarrassing for a grown man to sit in a wooden tub and take a bath when it was hot. But the premise is that people have to know about it. It is really tempting to have a woman to help scrub his body.

But Jiang Cheng was still not satisfied with just scrubbing her back. He moved his hands from Zhou Lingying's back, then leaned over to her ear and said a few words.

Zhou Lingying smiled, and Jiang Cheng was stunned when he saw her smile. It was a little bit evil, and he couldn't tell whether it was a shy smile or a malicious smile.

It's a dark and windy night, and some things must be repaid.

Jiang Cheng failed to realize the uniform temptation tonight. Some unspeakable things happened and he seemed to be turned upside down.

　It's not that there are fewer chapters recently, it's just that they are not divided as widely. The subscription is down, and the extra chapters drag down the previous results. The number of words is actually about the same every day.

　　
　
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