The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 15 I understand your evil intentions
The three old men were chatting in the house. Chen Changgen was pretty nice to Jiang Yan. Although he was a bit chauvinistic, it was pretty much the same in rural areas these days, so they were having a good chat.

In the dormitory of the educated youth in Jinhe Commune, Zhou Lingying has become the topic of conversation among the educated youth. She finished work at around 10 o'clock in the morning, and then Zhou Lingying went back to the dormitory, changed her clothes, and went out.

It’s almost time for dinner, and it’s time to cook. When the educated youth eat, they gather together, each contributing their own grain and eating together.

If Zhou Lingying didn't come back for dinner, it would actually save food for everyone, and her roommates who ate with her would be very happy.

Zhou Lingying disappeared again at noon today. Yesterday, someone said that Zhou Lingying went out to date a local, but some people still didn't believe it. This time she was not there, and she didn't eat in the dormitory the day before yesterday afternoon, which means she didn't eat in the dormitory for three consecutive days. It's no different from telling everyone that she went out to date.

After Li Mingjun learned about this, he brought two people over to inquire. He learned from Zhou Lingying's roommate Zhang Yan that Zhou Lingying had told him yesterday evening that she was in a relationship, and that her team leader would also hand it over.

This made Li Mingjun a little confused. He heard last night that Zhou Lingying had found a partner in the local area, and thought it was just a rumor. He felt that this was impossible. Because when he spent time with Zhou Lingying a few days ago, she didn't look like someone who was dating at all. She was very positive in her thoughts and work, and was always working towards the common ideals of everyone.

Li Mingjun plans to have a good talk with Zhou Lingying tonight to prevent her from going astray and believing any remarks.

Li Mingjun's analysis was correct, and he had his own way of judging people, but he would never have thought that Zhou Lingying would meet someone who almost took her away in one day.

At this time, Zhou Lingying was in Jiang Cheng's house, eating and drinking happily, and had already assumed the role of Jiang's daughter-in-law. She was particularly enthusiastic about Jiang Cheng's family, and almost picked up food for Jiang Yan as a sister-in-law.

During the meal, Jiang Yan's family learned that her brother Jiang Cheng would be going to the city to work as a driver in two days. They were shocked and excited.

After dinner, Jiang Yan and her husband took the child home and took a fish and a rabbit with them. With Jiang Yan back to her husband's house, her status at home will be greatly improved, which means that her family still has someone to support her. If she tells them that Jiang Cheng is a driver, the relatives there will have to curry favor with her.

It was hot at noon, and Jiang Cheng pulled Zhou Lingying into the room to rest again.

"Lingying, you must be tired. Go lie down on the bed and I'll massage your shoulders." Jiang Cheng pulled Zhou Lingying to the bedside and urged her.

After hearing Jiang Cheng's words, Zhou Lingying was not stupid this time. Helping her massage her shoulders this morning might have been a way of caring for each other, but now, after hearing the urging tone, she knew that Jiang Cheng was up to something bad.

"I am a little tired, Jiang Cheng, thank you." Zhou Lingying said with pretended reserve. She couldn't tell Jiang Cheng that if he just wanted to touch her, she didn't actually mind.

Zhou Lingying lay on the bed, Jiang Cheng massaged her shoulders. Then Jiang Cheng painted a rosy picture for Zhou Lingying, saying how good her life would be if she followed him in the future. But this couldn't be considered a rosy picture, because Jiang Cheng had the ability to realize it, it could only be considered a plan for the future.

While chatting, Zhou Lingying suddenly fell asleep. Jiang Cheng, a Didi driver for many years, secretly took advantage of the situation before going out to play with the children. He didn't have the habit of taking a nap, and he went to bed early at night. He didn't work during the day, so he really didn't feel sleepy.

Each of them got a candy, and the three children became Jiang Cheng's followers and went for a stroll outside. In the ditches and canals between the fields, Jiang Cheng found many snails and loaches, and even some holes. Some of the holes looked like eel holes, but they could also be snake holes, and some were unclear.

But it doesn’t matter. With the portable space, I can explore any hole, even a tiger’s hole.

Touching some holes, especially some larger ones, gave Jiang Cheng a little surprise. Some holes were indeed eels, but there were also water snake holes. Although water snakes are not poisonous, it would be scary to pull out a snake with your hands. What surprised Jiang Cheng was that he actually touched a big turtle.

In this era, not many people eat eels. Eels are too earthy and are only suitable for stir-frying. But rural people don’t have oil to cook, so most of them are boiled in water, so they don’t eat them much. In addition, it is not easy to catch, or it is not easy to catch. It comes out at night to look for food, so you have to catch it at night. With a flashlight and a pair of tongs, you can catch a lot in the fields at night. But these days, many people have night blindness and don’t go out at night. People without night blindness can see the road clearly at night with the help of moonlight. But for people with night blindness, if they go out to pee at night without a light, they have to walk by the wall.

The rice in the field is about to be harvested, and it is time to plow the field and store water for rice seedlings. At that time, a lot of eels will be caught. Rural people don't eat this much, but there is still demand in big cities. This thing replenishes qi and blood, and people who know the goods are willing to pay for it.

So Jiang Cheng thought that he could collect some eels at that time, and many people might sell them to him at one or two cents per pound.

After a stroll outside, Jiang Cheng went home with his three followers. When he got home, he found that Zhou Lingying had woken up, and his wonderful time as an old driver was coming again.

This time, I still took Zhou Lingying for a stroll by the river, but I didn’t go empty-handed. I brought two sweet potatoes and roasted them.

It was another romantic and slightly shameless afternoon. Zhou Lingying felt carefree and very happy.

Zhou Lingying still had dinner at Jiang Cheng's house, and agreed to take a bus to the county town tomorrow morning to go shopping and come back in the afternoon. The day after tomorrow, Jiang Cheng will report to the city bus station to go to work. Zhou Lingying also took her last leave, and will accompany Jiang Cheng for another day tomorrow, and then she will also earn work points every day.

In the evening, Jiang Cheng sent Zhou Lingying to a place not far from the female educated youth dormitory before leaving. This time, Zhou Lingying watched Jiang Cheng disappear before turning around and going back to the dormitory.

"Zhou Lingying, wait a moment."

"Li Mingjun, why are you here?"

Just as Zhou Lingying turned around to go back to the dormitory, she was stopped by a familiar voice. Following the direction of the voice, she saw Li Mingjun.

"You are really dating a local rural guy. Who was that man just now?" Li Mingjun asked. He was waiting nearby and saw someone bringing Zhou Lingying over, but he couldn't see her appearance clearly because the distance was too far.

"That person is my boyfriend, Aunt Zhao's son. If nothing else, I'll go back to the dormitory." Zhou Lingying replied. There were some things she didn't intend to hide. And she was able to ask for leave from the educated youth team leader because she told the truth.

The leader of the educated youth team in Jinhe Commune was an experienced person, and he would not persuade Zhou Lingying not to date the locals, because persuading her in such matters would easily lead to people stabbing her in the back.

Are you trying to trick us into thinking that we will go back one day? Even if that day comes, it will take one year, five years or ten years. We can afford to waste our youth, and we are not saints. When we get older, men and women will think about that.

"Zhou Lingying, you are still young, and we are both from big cities. I think we should have a good talk, okay?" Li Mingjun said.

When Li Mingjun heard Zhou Lingying say that the person she was dating was Aunt Zhao's son, he immediately understood who Aunt Zhao was. He also remembered that Aunt Zhao came to see Zhou Lingying when he was working in the fields yesterday morning.

Damn old rural woman~~, she ruined his good deeds.

(End of this chapter)