The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 153 Zhou Lingying goes to eat
In the morning, after Jiang Cheng went to work, Zhou Lingying's house became lively.

There were children who came to borrow comic books to read, and young women who came to Zhou Lingying's house to listen to the radio. Xiao Li, a neighbor across the street, even asked Zhou Lingying to help her sew a quilt cover with a sewing machine. People in this era not only patched clothes, but also quilts and sheets.

The main problem is the material. They are all cotton cloth, and the threads will easily break after a long time.

When chatting with neighbors, Zhou Lingying likes to turn the topic to having children and likes to ask others whether they will have a boy or a girl. You think it is a two-choice question, but you are wrong.

This is a multiple choice question. You can only say that Zhou Lingying will give birth to a boy. If you say that she will give birth to a girl, she may just be unhappy now, but when a girl is really born, she may blame you for your bad mouth and cut off ties with you.

Although Jiang Cheng said he liked girls, Zhou Lingying thought boys and girls were the same when she was not pregnant, and they were all her children. But when she got pregnant, the idea of ​​continuing the family line came up. Girls will get married when they grow up, so how can they continue the family line?

If you want to have a girl, you must have a boy to carry on the family line.

Until eleven o'clock, Zhou Lingying felt that the baby in her belly might be hungry, and she wondered whether her husband would come back at noon. But no matter whether he came back or not, she just made some more food, so that she could eat more at night.

If Jiang Cheng knew Zhou Lingying's thoughts, he would definitely tell her directly that even if he had great skills and hit the target the first time, she would only be pregnant for two months at most. She would be the size of a tadpole at most, so how could she starve?

Just when Zhou Lingying was about to wash and cut vegetables, Zhu Lan, who lived in the backyard, came back.

"Lingying, why are you preparing dinner so early? Hurry up and clean up. The director of my supply and marketing cooperative is inviting us to dinner today. You should come over too." Zhu Lan found Zhou Lingying and said enthusiastically.

"Please treat me to a meal and let me come over?" Zhou Lingying asked doubtfully.

"Yes, the main thing is to invite your husband Jiang Cheng. He is still delivering goods now. I will ask my wife to go over and entertain him. You pack up, and we will go over together later." Zhu Lan said.

"Okay, Sister Zhu, I'll go change my clothes." Zhou Lingying said happily when she heard the reason. In fact, she had guessed from the beginning that it might be related to her man, and it turned out to be the case.

Zhu Lan invited Zhou Lingying to the restaurant for dinner, but she didn't avoid anyone. People chatting outside Zhou Lingying's house heard it. The director of the supply and marketing cooperative on Zhu Lan's side invited Zhou Lingying's husband to dinner and even brought her family member Zhou Lingying with her. This is really enviable.

Zhou Lingying went back to her room and changed her clothes. She wore a white long-sleeved shirt. This was a checkered shirt that her family bought for her when she went to the countryside. She was reluctant to wear it when she was working in the educated youth team, but after she came to the city, she wore it often.

After Zhou Lingying packed up her things, Zhu Lan and her husband Wang Tao also came over, and Zhu Lan was holding a lunch box in her hand.

"Lingying, you should also bring a lunch box. If there are any leftovers, you can pack some up and bring them back." Zhu Lan said to Zhou Lingying.

"Your director is treating us, so it's appropriate for us to bring lunch boxes." Zhou Lingying said a little embarrassedly.

"We are women, there's nothing inappropriate about that. Besides, it's not entirely my supply and marketing cooperative director's treat, the director's account is also under the supply and marketing cooperative's account." Zhu Lan said with a smile.

When Zhou Lingying heard this, she immediately went back to her room to get her lunch box. Anyway, with Zhu Lan taking the lead, she just followed them to get a free meal.

Zhou Lingying took the lunch box and put the radio back into the room, then followed Zhu Lan and her husband.

When the three of them arrived at the Oriental Hotel, Director Xiong was already waiting there, but Jiang Cheng and the statistician he was with had not arrived yet.

When this person comes, he can eat melon seeds and peanuts first, which are all brought by the supply and marketing cooperative. Even the wine is brought by the supply and marketing cooperative, a bottle of Fenjiu.

Director Xiong looked at the time and ordered dishes first. Braised pork is basically a must-have dish for entertaining guests in this era. Then he ordered a braised fish, a portion of twice-cooked pork, a portion of scrambled eggs, a portion of green vegetables and tofu soup. Five dishes and one soup, not counting the wine that Director Xiong brought, the dishes alone cost more than three yuan. The rice was not charged, and it would be charged after the meal.

Not long after, Jiang Cheng came over with the statistician, and the statistician also came along for a meal.

There is a canteen in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and the food in the canteen is good. Although the canteen cooks in a big pot, the cooking skills of the chefs hired are no worse than those in restaurants. The Supply and Marketing Cooperative often has leaders come to inspect, and the canteen chefs cook for them.

But even if the food in the cafeteria is good, you still need meal tickets and money. It is rare for a statistician to get a meal in a restaurant.

As soon as Jiang Cheng arrived, the dishes were served and everyone ate and chatted.

Jiang Cheng's alcohol tolerance has increased a little recently, but the amount is still not big, so he can only drink slowly with Director Xiong. However, although Zhu Lan's husband looks gentle, he is a heavy drinker.

He started drinking with the troublesome statistician. They were just eating and drinking together, so it was suitable for them to drink together.

Those who drink only eat food and drink, and they will not eat until they have finished drinking. Zhu Lan and Zhou Lingying first eat rice, and there is a small wooden barrel of rice next to them.

Although Director Xiong's dinner was paid on the supply and marketing cooperative's account, he and the previous deputy director were the only ones who had the authority to pay for the dinner. Whether the supply and marketing cooperative paid or Director Xiong paid personally, it made no difference to the others.

The purpose of the dinner was to test Jiang Cheng's ability and ask him what aspect of transportation he was mainly responsible for.

When Director Xiong learned that the newly established Transport Team 3 of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative was mainly responsible for converting foreign trade into domestic sales, he really cared about Jiang Cheng.

If it is just some common scarce materials, such as rice, fish, meat, eggs, etc., although it is very good, it is nothing to Director Xiong.

It's not that it's bad, it's just not that rare. For example, eggs are always sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives, but many people can't buy them.

Those who cannot buy it do not include those inside the supply and marketing cooperatives, and it does not mean that they can buy it casually. Generally, urban residents are supplied with half a kilogram to one kilogram per person per month.

At least the employees within the supply and marketing cooperative can buy their own supply. If others come to buy, the supply is basically sold out.

So some things are in short supply for others, but for the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Cheng can get extra supplies, which means he can let everyone use them as a favor. But at the level of Director Xiong, the things he values ​​must be hard to get locally.

Even if it was just a batch of kelp, it was better than meat for Director Xiong. Most of them were imported milk powder, malted milk from Shanghai, and canned food from some places. These were gifts that could be used as favors.

In addition, many of the things that can be converted from foreign trade to domestic sales are good things. It depends on whether Jiang Cheng has the ability to operate it.

Anyway, Director Xiong thought that the meal was worth it, and told Jiang Cheng to look for Zhu Lan if he needed to buy anything in the future. For example, Jiang Cheng could buy half a pound to a pound of eggs every month.

Jiang Cheng was the only one registered in the household registration, so he could only buy eggs for one person. Zhu Lan's family had many people eating the ration, so she could buy several kilograms of eggs for her family every month.

This is why salesmen are so popular. In addition to eggs, tofu can also be bought occasionally. Anyway, these are products that are not planned but available from time to time, and it is easier for employees of the supply and marketing cooperatives to get them than ordinary people.

But as for things that require tickets, the internal staff of the supply and marketing cooperative are helpless. If they can really get everything, then drivers may not be able to compare with the salespersons of the supply and marketing cooperative.

(End of this chapter)