The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 147: Unable to Live

Jiang Cheng didn't need to rush to report to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Not everyone could take over in advance and have as many days off as he did.

In the room, Jiang Cheng talked with Feng Hua for a while and learned that the transportation station had arranged a new master for him, and Jiang Cheng also knew him. But how the transportation station persuaded people to be Feng Hua's master was unknown, and Jiang Cheng didn't want to know.

After Feng Hua ate some watermelon at home, the other party left. He was just arranged by the transportation station to pass on messages and deliver files. He couldn't stay with Jiang Cheng all the time. If Jiang Cheng was still the driver of the transportation station and his master, then it didn't matter if he stayed at Jiang Cheng's house for a day.

After Feng Hua left, Jiang Cheng walked out of the room with the radio, which was playing opera. Jiang Cheng felt that something was wrong with him, as he didn't understand how it was sung, but since there were no other programs, he liked the tune after hearing it.

Today is August 15th, but it is the solar calendar, and the lunar calendar August 15th is still more than ten days away. But the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Mid-Autumn Festival is considered a traditional festival, and many supply and marketing cooperatives have put up signs at the door, writing which days mooncakes are available for sale.

It just says that there are mooncakes for sale, how many there are, and what flavors they have. But it says that you need to bring a food supplement certificate to buy them. Mooncakes are food supplements and also belong to the category of pastries. Within a limited time, you can buy mooncakes without a ticket.

The mooncakes of this era may not have as many flavors as those of later generations, nor are they as exquisite as those of later generations. But at least they are made of real ingredients, and they will not be left on the ground for ants to eat, killing them all.

Moreover, the process is all traditional, without any additives.

"Jiang Cheng, what does Feng Hua want to talk to you about?" Zhou Lingying asked when she saw Jiang Cheng coming out of the room.

"I have to report to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The peaceful days at home will be over." Jiang Cheng said jokingly. However, he had rested enough after being at home for more than half a month.

In this era, there are very few people who can stay at home. Even if Zhou Lingying is taken out for a walk often, it will get boring.

If he had a mobile phone and a computer to watch videos and play games online, Jiang Cheng would stay at home for a long time. But now he is a bit of a jerk. He wants to rest when he is at work. After resting for a long time, he really misses the days of driving outside to do transportation.

It is a bit hard, and I sweat a lot when driving in hot weather. But at least it is not boring, and the day always passes quickly.

"We have to report today." Zhou Lingying asked. She was very happy during Jiang Cheng's rest days.
"Report in the afternoon. Do you want to go with me?" Jiang Cheng replied.

"Okay, what's the Supply and Marketing Cooperative like? Isn't it much bigger than the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, with more products?" Zhou Lingying nodded. She had never been to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but she wanted to know where it was. If she had to go to the company to look for Jiang Cheng in the future, she would at least know how to get there.

"The General Supply and Marketing Cooperative is a little different from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. It is a larger Supply and Marketing Cooperative on the first floor of an office building. The main reason is that there are more warehouses in the back." Jiang Cheng said that as for the goods, they may be slightly more complete. Especially for some in-demand items, at least the General Supply Cooperative must have them, and only when there are extra will they be given to the branches.

Zhou Lingying nodded again to show that she understood, and then asked: "Jiang Cheng, now that you have reported, does that mean you will start working soon? To celebrate your arrival at your new company, let's kill a chicken and stew it for lunch."

"Okay, I want to eat braised food, braised food is more fragrant." Jiang Cheng said with a smile. Now Zhou Lingying would improve the food whenever she had a reason, and she would spend money whenever she got the chance.

As long as there is someone at home, the radio is basically played all day long. The batteries have been replaced twice. It costs two yuan just to listen to the radio. However, the replaced batteries are not thrown away at present, because when the battery is low, the sound of the radio will not be loud. But the replaced batteries can still be used in the flashlight.

Jiang Cheng handed the radio to Zhou Lingying and told her to go for a walk outside and come back later.

As soon as Jiang Cheng left, Zhou Lingying went to the corner to catch chickens.

Now Jiang Cheng's parents no longer live here. They are not used to living in the city and have no place to walk. They come to the hospital for massage once a week. Jiang Changhe can walk by himself now. The round trip fare is less than 50 cents, which is only two dollars a week.

Jiang Cheng paid for this. Jiang Cheng's parents didn't live here, so it was more convenient for him to be intimate with Zhou Lingying. Intimacy didn't necessarily have to be "open and honest". At least sometimes when Zhou Lingying was cutting vegetables in the side room, Jiang Cheng could hug her from behind.

Two people who have just been together for less than half a year will not get tired of hugging and kissing. Even during the day when no one is around, Zhou Lingying would touch Jiang Cheng's crotch a few times.

"Zhou Lingying, you are killing chickens again~."

"Yes, my husband has to report to work this afternoon. He will have to drive hard again in the future. I will kill a chicken to reward him."

Zhou Lingying took a kitchen knife and a large bowl to the side of the sink, and also prepared a wooden basin and a thermos. She was very skilled at killing chickens now. She grabbed the chicken's head, cut its neck with a kitchen knife, and then put the chicken blood into the bowl.

Zhou Lingying now knows how to make chicken blood. Just add a little water, stir it, and then add a little salt. It is also OK not to add salt, but adding a little salt will make it coagulate faster. Now Zhou Lingying was about to kill the chicken when Chen Li came over. The reason why I said "again" was because this was the second time Zhou Lingying killed a chicken this week.

"Zhou Lingying, your parents-in-law are gone. If you often eat like this, won't your husband scold you?" Chen Li said in a persuasive manner.

"What can he say? He earns more than 100 yuan a month. The last time he went hunting was just for fun. He killed a wild boar and a deer. I went with them to sell them, and we made more than 100 yuan at once. He can't spend it all, and he doesn't eat it every day." Zhou Lingying said. She had told her neighbors about the last hunting trip many times, and everyone knew that she had kept a lot of money.

Chen Li wanted to persuade Zhou Lingying that she couldn't live life as she pleased and had to save money. But she thought that her husband's monthly salary was more than her husband and father-in-law's combined, and that she didn't have a child to raise, so she couldn't say anything about Zhou Lingying's wasteful eating and drinking.

"Lingying, can you sell me some more eggs from your family? Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a few days, and I want to bring some eggs back to my parents' home." Chen Li said.

"Okay, as long as they're not bought for your parents-in-law." Zhou Lingying said.

Chen Li felt a little embarrassed when she heard Zhou Lingying say this.

A few days ago, everyone in the yard knew that Zhou Lingying's family had a basket of eggs, and those who were on good terms with her asked if they could sell some.

Zhou Lingying sold a little to each household according to the market price, and did not sell more than that.

Chen Li's mother-in-law knew that Zhou Lingying was selling eggs at market prices, so she encouraged Chen Li to buy some from Zhou Lingying. In the eyes of her mother-in-law Li Meihong, she still had the same attitude as before: the more you disagree, the more you want to take advantage of her.

The last time Chen Li went to Zhou Lingying to buy eggs, she was saying that she was buying some nutritional supplements for her child.

But what happened next was so embarrassing. Li Meihong also favored boys over girls. She gave her grandson supplements and her granddaughter eggs, while Chen Li's daughter always liked to be with Zhou Lingying because Zhou Lingying sometimes gave her milk candies.

Chen Li's daughter who didn't get to eat eggs actually went to Zhou Lingying to complain, and Zhou Lingying was not afraid of offending Chen Li. She directly told her that when she had something in the future, Chen Li could buy it for the children and herself, but she would not buy it for the whole family.

Next time Chen Li wants to supplement her child’s nutrition, she can give Zhou Lingying money, and Zhou Lingying will directly cook two eggs for her child.

Chen Li couldn't blame Zhou Lingying for doing this. That night, she told her parents-in-law what Zhou Lingying said. Chen Li also said that in the future, don't use any provocation to say that she can't buy things from Zhou Lingying, because Zhou Lingying just won't sell things to you.

Zhou Lingying cut the chicken with a knife, drained the blood, and waited until the chicken stopped kicking or something, then went back to the room to weigh the eggs for Chen Li.

"Lingying, I don't want to buy eggs now. The Mid-Autumn Festival is still more than ten days away. You can sell them to me on the day I go to my mother's house. I just came to ask first." Seeing that Zhou Lingying was about to go back to the room to get the eggs, Chen Li hurriedly stopped her.

If he really bought the eggs at this time, Chen Li's parents-in-law would never let him take them back to her parents' home.

However, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, many supply and marketing cooperatives will also supply eggs. But you have to queue up, and if you go too late, you still can't buy them.

"Okay, come see me again sometime." Zhou Lingying replied, and then continued to kill chickens.

Put the chicken in the basin and pluck the feathers. Now Zhou Lingying has collected a lot of feathers, including chicken feathers and bird feathers. She will soak them all in soapy water, dry them in the sun and put them in bags.

If you make too much, you can sell it, or sew it into clothes when the weather is cold. It is very convenient if you have a sewing machine at home.

As soon as Zhou Lingying killed the chicken, many people in the yard knew about it. Now not many people say that she is a spendthrift, but there are many who say that she doesn't know how to live.

Jiang Cheng came back after a stroll outside, eating a cucumber again.

As soon as I arrived at the yard, I could smell the aroma of braised chicken from my own kitchen. Nowadays, even farmed chickens are really fragrant, and they are especially delicious whether stewed in soup or braised in brown sauce.

(End of this chapter)