The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 155 Go to the Enamel Factory to Ask for Iron Plate

The free breakfast provided by the Supply and Marketing Cooperative is pretty good, including white porridge, steamed buns, sweet potatoes, pickles, and dried radishes.

It can't compare with the fancy breakfasts of the later era, but it's comfortable to eat. Three steamed buns and a sweet potato per person, and there is no limit on the amount of white porridge, but it won't be unlimited after you finish it.

Anyway, Jiang Cheng drank two bowls of white porridge, which was delicious when he had a bite of steamed bun and a bite of white porridge with some dried radish.

After breakfast, Jiang Cheng returned to Transport Team 3. Because it was still early, the people in Transport Team 3 were playing cards and smoking in the lounge early in the morning.

Jiang Cheng was reading a newspaper in the captain's office. He was paying more attention to current affairs. He always felt that he was a person who traveled through time and space to save this era, but he found that he could do nothing.

It's mainly because of selfishness. People in the 21st century really don't have much spirit of dedication. They only think about whether everything is good for themselves.

I stayed in the lounge until nine o'clock, when Captain Du appeared with his people and Mid-Autumn Festival welfare gifts.

Each person received a few paper-wrapped mooncakes, four eggs, two apples and a canned pear. In addition, there was a towel with a blessing and the name of the company, and a bar of soap.

As for these benefits, only drivers have so much at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and other positions are more or less inferior. But no matter how inferior, even the sanitation workers at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative have better benefits than some units.

Many units may not even have half of these things distributed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and mooncakes are not available in every unit. If every unit were to distribute mooncakes, the supply and marketing cooperatives would not be able to sell mooncakes.

Only a few units with good performance can distribute mooncakes, and some units are considered good if they can distribute two or three apples.

Now that the holiday gifts have been distributed, everyone can leave. Come here before 8 o'clock tomorrow to wait for arrangements and assignments.

Jiang Cheng drove back, while those who lived in the staff housing walked back. There were four drivers in the third transport team who were applying for staff housing, and they all lived far away. People like Jiang Cheng who already had housing and were not too far from the workplace could not apply.

On the way home, Jiang Cheng first drove to a remote place, then found a bag to put on the ground. He first took out a kitchen knife from the space, which he bought a few days ago.

The slaughtered pigs bought from the reclamation farm have been kept in the space without being processed. Mainly because Jiang Cheng didn't want to sell the pork when there was no other need. Pork was really delicious in this era. He wanted to collect some more. When pigs that were specially fed with feed appeared in the future, he would slowly eat the pigs in the space.

After releasing the pig onto the padded bag, Jiang Cheng cut off a piece of pork belly and some pure fat meat, preparing to make lard, as the lard from the last time had already been eaten.

The meat to be taken back was put aside, the rest was stored in the space, and then a skinned sheep was taken out.

This time Jiang Cheng prepared the sheep and put it in the space, and then asked Zhou Lingying to make some pancakes for him today. He might have to go on a long trip tomorrow, and he didn't want to go through too much trouble for food. Making some ready-made "hand-grabbed pancakes" to eat on the road was more convenient than anything else.

When Jiang Cheng returned home with so many things, Zhou Lingying was very happy, and some neighbors were very envious.

But the neighbor who was chatting with Zhou Lingying was delighted to see Jiang Cheng brought back another sheep. Maybe today was the holiday and he could make some mutton bone soup for his family.

"Jiang Cheng, our company distributed so many things for the holidays." Zhou Lingying said as she counted them one by one.

"I asked someone to help me buy the pork. I'll cut the mutton later and stew it this afternoon. I'll take it to work tomorrow morning. Don't cut it too clean. You can keep the bones and lamb legs or dispose of them." Jiang Cheng said.

It's still hot during the day, but cool in the mornings and evenings, so some meats can be kept overnight even without marinating.

Jiang Cheng handed everything to Zhou Lingying, thinking that it would be inconvenient to use a frying pan to make pancakes. If there was no frying pan, it would be better to just use an iron plate to heat it.

But it was not easy to get a piece of iron plate these days. Jiang Cheng remembered that there was a repair shop in the transport station. But he was no longer a member of the transport station unit and was unwilling to go there for a piece of iron plate.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Cheng said to Zhou Lingying, "Yingying, go get a few pounds of flour and knead it first. I'm going to go out for a while."

"Jiang Cheng, are you going to make dumplings?" Zhou Lingying asked when she heard that they needed to knead the flour, but she also felt strange in her heart. Even for making dumplings, there is no need to knead several pounds of flour.

"It's not making dumplings, but we can eat dumplings in the evening. I can use it if you make it." Jiang Cheng replied.

Zhou Lingying thought about it and decided not to eat dumplings in the evening. Today was Mid-Autumn Festival, which was actually the day for eating tangyuan. Dumplings could be eaten on other days, so she didn't want to make dumplings today, or others would laugh at her family for cooking the wrong thing.

As for where Jiang Cheng was going, Zhou Lingying didn't ask. Women shouldn't ask about men's affairs. Jiang Cheng wanted to go to the enamel factory where his neighbor Zhang Yang worked. There were iron sheets there. He thought about the last time he went there to transport goods, and asked for money but they didn't charge him. It was a good time to go there during the holiday to give them some benefits.

The fish in the space had not been processed for a long time, so I drove directly to a remote place and packed several sacks of fish.

Jiang Cheng drove the car to the gate of the enamel factory and a security guard came over to ask for registration.

"I'm delivering fish to you, but I don't have the receipt. Your director asked me to deliver it, but he left without letting me in." Jiang Cheng said arrogantly to the registration staff of the enamel factory.

Jiang Cheng didn't know any director of the enamel factory. The person who sent him the wash basin last time was someone from the logistics department of the factory, not the director. But a factory must have a director, so it must be correct to say that the director called him.

The guard didn't expect the driver to be so arrogant. The enamel factory is a profitable unit, and there are often cars coming to pick up goods. I haven't seen many drivers talk so arrogantly, and dare to say that they are not allowed to enter and leave.

But I saw the company name spray-painted on the side of the cab: Changcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Damn it, it should be the Cooperative. That's what drivers from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative are like. They look impatient no matter what.

"Master, don't worry, I will open the door for you right away. Master, you are here to deliver fish to our factory. Thank you for your hard work." The guard said to Jiang Cheng with a smile.

As for the registration, they said that there was no delivery note, and that was a benefit that the factory director got privately. If this driver left, it would offend people on both sides.

As soon as the door of the enamel factory opened, Jiang Cheng drove in directly, and then went to the workshop to find Zhang Yang. Last time, I knew which workshop Zhang Yang worked in.

Jiang Cheng was stopped at the workshop door. Outsiders were not allowed to enter the operation workshop, so he could only ask someone to call Zhang Yang out.

After a while, Zhang Yang was called out. Zhang Yang didn't expect Jiang Cheng to come to find him.

"Jiang Cheng, why are you in our factory? You're here to pick up goods again today. Aren't you working in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative now? Is it such a coincidence that you're also coming to our factory to pick up goods from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative?" Zhang Yang asked Jiang Cheng.

"I'm not here to transport goods. I'm here to get two round iron plates from your factory. I saw them in your workshop last time, the kind that aren't enameled." Jiang Cheng said.

Jiang Cheng saw how to make wash basins and trays here last time. First, a bunch of round iron sheets are pressed, very flat, and then pressed in a model punching machine, and a basin or plate comes out. However, it still needs to be coated with enamel, dried, and then baked.

Zhang Yang is doing surface treatment. Before the stamped blank is coated with enamel, it needs to be rust-removed and cleaned. If there is obvious dirt on it, the enamel may not be able to adhere to the blank so firmly.

"Those are the production materials in the factory. I can't get rid of the scraps and waste in the factory, so how can I give them to you?" Zhang Yang said.

"Please help me find your logistics department. I brought several hundred kilograms of fish. Ask them if they will accept them. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. It would be nice if the unit gave you some fish." Jiang Cheng said. He didn't expect Zhang Yang to give him the round iron plate directly.

Hearing that Jiang Cheng brought several hundred kilograms of fish, Zhang Yang really admired his ability. As for where the fish came from, Zhang Yang did not ask, but went directly to the office building of the enamel factory to find the staff of the logistics department.

Soon, Zhang Yang brought several people over. Even if the enamel factory had good performance, it was not easy to get supplies, especially during holidays, when many units wanted to get supplies to give benefits to their employees.

The exchange of interests can be done in small quantities, and it is impossible for an enamel factory to prepare a large number of washbasins or something to exchange materials with others. It has to pay attention to planned production.

The amount of material used to produce the product should be roughly the same, and some loss can be allowed, but too much loss is not acceptable.

Among the people Zhang Yang brought was the person in charge of loading and unloading the goods last time. Seeing Jiang Cheng coming to deliver gifts during the festival, he felt that it was worth giving him a few basins last time.

They immediately arranged for someone to check the fish Jiang Cheng had sent, and found that even though they were packed in sacks, the fish were still jumping around. They were obviously fish that had just been caught, not fish that had been dead for a long time and were being "processed".

In fact, even if the fish has been dead for a long time, it doesn't become smelly, but the fact that he can get this fresh fish shows that Jiang Cheng is very capable.

After receiving the fish, he immediately arranged for someone to settle the bill. As for the iron plates that Jiang Cheng wanted, that was just a small problem. When he heard that Jiang Cheng wanted a flat-bottomed pan, he even asked someone to press a rim with a machine and arranged for someone to polish the edge. He directly gave Jiang Cheng two round ones and one square one.

After Jiang Cheng left with the money and a few iron plates, Zhang Yang also received good news during the festival. The higher-ups thought that Zhang Yang could be appointed as the team leader in the workshop.

A team leader is not considered a cadre. The salary is only two yuan more, but at least you can direct people to work and be lazy. However, the work you do is still the same. If new colleagues come, you may also be responsible for teaching them.

(End of this chapter)