The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 160 Chapter Jinhua Ham Yiwu Brown Sugar
Jinhua ham is now mainly exported and is not yet available in other cities. So don't complain about the high price, you can't buy it in other cities.

"Comrade, please give me a piece of ham." Jiang Cheng said.

"You drivers earn a lot of money and can afford everything. Come with me and I'll take you to have a look. We don't have many in the supply and marketing cooperative. You can pick one." The salesperson replied.

It's not that the supply and marketing cooperatives have a few left over, but that each supply and marketing cooperative only has a few left for sale in the store. The main reason is that not many people can afford it, and not many can be sold in a year.

And it’s not just the supply and marketing cooperatives that sell it, state-owned stores actually sell even more of it.

Jiang Cheng followed the salesperson to look at the ham, but he didn't know what quality was good, so he asked the salesperson to pick one for him. It weighed more than eight kilograms, and he spent more than 65 yuan, which was more than 7 yuan more than his basic salary.

Jiang Cheng took the ham and smelled it. It was quite fragrant, with a smoky, salty and fresh aroma. But he still felt that it was not as fragrant as his wife's thigh.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Cheng drove to another supply and marketing cooperative and continued to buy ham. Although he felt that the price was not worth it for a person with no taste, it was something for export, so it was normal for the price to be a little higher. It was especially face-saving to give it as a gift.

Moreover, he had made several hundred yuan from selling fish on the way from the reclamation farm to here, enough for him to buy several large hams. However, Jiang Cheng had not gone to the river or lake to "purchase" for a long time, and the fish in the space seemed to be not selling well. When he came back this time, he planned to go to "purchase" once.

After strolling around several supply and marketing cooperatives, he bought five Jinhua hams in total. Then Jiang Cheng went to find a restaurant to eat, but before going to the restaurant, Jiang Cheng got a lot of fish and put them directly in a basket.

Although people cannot eat out often these days, many people with good family conditions will eat out once or twice a month to improve their lives. The main reason is that the dishes in restaurants are rich in fat and meat dishes are free of charge.

Jiang Cheng was now very brave. He went to a restaurant where many people were eating and moved the fish directly to the entrance of the restaurant.

"Comrade, what are you doing?" The waiter in the hotel saw the commotion at the door and came out to ask Jiang Chengdao.

"Come to the restaurant for dinner and process the fish at the same time." Jiang Cheng said very naturally. He just said process but didn't say sell, which showed that he was being restrained.

The waiter looked at the car at the door, then looked at the logo on Jiang Cheng's clothes, and said, "You are a delivery driver for a supply and marketing cooperative in another city."

Obviously, many people can't tell the difference between the headquarters and the supply and marketing cooperatives, but it doesn't matter. Jiang Cheng asked, "Does your restaurant want fish? If not, I'll borrow the space outside your door for a while."

I've seen arrogant people before, but I've never seen such an arrogant person. If ordinary customers don't eat at the door of the restaurant, the waiter will chase them away, but Jiang Cheng actually took it for granted that he was using the place to "process" the fish.

But Jiang Cheng is a driver and is related to the supply and marketing cooperative. Although he is not a local, the waiter feels that he is not easy to mess with. And if there is fish, the restaurant will definitely accept it, but there are too many fish in front of them.

Jiang Cheng ordered six taels of rice at the restaurant and a special dish here, braised pork with preserved vegetables, which used preserved vegetables and pork belly. But it was not braised pork. This kind of dish can be prepared in advance, and if the guests want to eat it, they just need to heat it up and steam it.

I also ordered a green vegetable. It was quite luxurious for one person to eat two dishes. Especially for those who eat vegetarian food in restaurants, for most people, eating out is to improve their lives, and they usually don't order vegetarian dishes.

When Jiang Cheng was eating, the restaurant manager came out and looked at the fish placed outside his door. The restaurant could take some, but Jiang Cheng brought several baskets of fish. But Jiang Cheng's fish did not need to be sold to the public, and everyone could buy it privately. Who doesn't have neighbors and relatives? There are many employees in the restaurant, and one or two hundred kilograms of fish can be easily divided among them.

So Jiang Cheng was not given the opportunity to deal with others in their restaurant, nor did he think of reporting them. The drivers of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, even if they were from other places, were drivers working in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative system.

Even if you report this kind of person to the police station, when they hear that he is a driver from a supply and marketing cooperative, they may scold you for worrying about nothing.

If they really want to arrest them, the driver will just make up a reason, saying that he was carrying the goods for someone, but he was afraid that the goods would be damaged due to the long journey, so he will be dealt with. When there is no information, should they go to Changcheng to confront who they are carrying the goods for?

Anyway, the fish basket was bought up by the restaurant staff. Jiang Cheng didn't have to pay for the meal, but they still had to pay him more than a hundred yuan.

After eating and drinking, Jiang Cheng looked for a place to rest. It was still very hot at noon in the autumn. In the future, it was also the time when some freshmen were about to have military training. Some of those with weak constitutions would faint from the heat after a military training.

After resting until nearly two o'clock, Jiang Cheng set off again. He had to save some time on the road as he had to go to Nanjing again on his way back.

After leaving Jinhua, Jiang Cheng passed Yiwu, but at that time Yiwu was just a county, not a city. Moreover, it was a not very wealthy county, no different from many ordinary county towns.

Jiang Cheng stayed here for a while, just to see what Yiwu was like before it was developed. If it was any other county, he would not have stayed there at all.

But here, there are also special products that do not require tickets. This may be a place where sugar cane is produced, and a large amount of brown sugar is produced every year. Therefore, brown sugar here can also be purchased without tickets, and the price is cheaper than white sugar, only 35 cents per pound.

In Changcheng, brown sugar costs 48 cents, and you need brown sugar coupons. But when women give birth in hospitals, some hospitals will give them some brown sugar coupons. It's just like when some people have bone injuries, they can get a certificate to buy meat bones.

Jiang Cheng bought dozens of kilograms of brown sugar directly from a supply and marketing cooperative in Yiwu. With the identity of a driver of the supply and marketing cooperative, even if it is a supply and marketing cooperative in another place, if you buy a lot of things, just tell your colleagues to bring some back, and the people in the supply and marketing cooperative will sell it to you.

In addition to not being able to run a route in one direction, it was difficult for the driver to find a stable way to carry goods. Jiang Cheng found that being a driver at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative seemed to be more suitable for him than working at the transport station.

After leaving Yiwu, Jiang Cheng was looking forward to the next city, Shaoxing. Shaoxing is a land of fish and rice, and also a land of wine. The rice wine there is the most famous, and Jiang Cheng is actually a bit of a foodie. He used white wine as cooking wine at home. If there was rice wine, using it as cooking wine would make many dishes more delicious.

However, even though Jiang Cheng was driving an empty truck, and the Jiefang truck was easier to drive than the Yellow River truck, when he arrived in Shaoxing, it was already past six o'clock and the supply and marketing cooperative was closed.

Jiang Cheng found a restaurant to eat at and had a local specialty, Shaoxing Lao Sanxian, a stew made of tofu, fish balls and kelp. Some Shaoxing rice wine was added during the stewing process, making the soup very delicious.

There was soup, vegetables and fish balls. One dish was enough for Jiang Cheng this time. In fact, Jiang Cheng did not finish the braised pork with pickled mustard greens for lunch and packed it up in a lunch box.

After this meal, Jiang Cheng found a guesthouse to rest. He planned to get up early again tomorrow and then visit the supply and marketing cooperative here.

(End of this chapter)