The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 182 Chapter Jiang Changhe Asks Zhou Lingying for Money

When the patrol boat was about to return to the BF dock, it took Jiang Cheng to a nearby sea area while it was still early and started fishing with an ordinary fishing net.

The fish and shrimp caught were taken to the FB troop canteen for the cooks to process. As the inspector said, the soldiers living near the sea would rather eat potatoes and vegetables than the so-called seafood.

This time, because Jiang Cheng was there, they specially fished a few more times. They mainly fished for the things Jiang Cheng wanted. After fishing for a long time, they only caught two squids, and the rest were ordinary fish, shrimps and crabs.

After returning to the army after catching all the fish and shrimp, the canteen only left enough fish and shrimp for them, and the rest was loaded into Jiang Cheng's car using the baskets he brought to hold chicken and duck eggs. Jiang Cheng was also given a lot of sea salt, asking him to put some salt on the fish so that they wouldn't go bad if he got back to Changcheng within two days.

Jiang Cheng had breakfast here before leaving. Captain Zhang also gave him a temporary pass, which was valid for one month. If Jiang Cheng came here again to cooperate with them in transactions, he could come in directly with the pass.

After Jiang Cheng left, he went to the nearby villages. The villages here were really empty. After collecting wood for a whole morning, Jiang Cheng still did not leave Baoan County. Instead, he went around the surrounding area and found a place more than 30 kilometers away where he could pass through the forest and enter the seaside.

When Jiang Cheng arrived at the beach, the weather was hot. He looked around and there was really no one.

He took off his coat and vest, then his pants, and finally his shorts. But after thinking for a moment, he was afraid that there might be fish in the sea eyeing his thick thing, so he put his shorts back on.

At noon, the waves were calm, Jiang Cheng took out the inflated inner tube and put it in the sea, then he lay on it. He didn't drill in the middle like he did last time in the lake, just using it as a float.

Leaning your hands and shoulders on it and putting your legs on it, the posture may be a little indecent, but it is indeed quite comfortable.

After confirming again that there was no one around, Jiang Cheng used his ultimate move and directly collected the sea water in front of him into the space.

After a moment of awkwardness, the sea water at the coast became shallow and the water emptied out in an instant. Jiang Cheng fell directly to the bottom of the beach with the car inner tube, and when the sea water gathered again, it almost flipped him over.

Jiang Cheng got up awkwardly, then swam a few meters into the sea with the inner tube before lying down again. This time he used the big move he had practiced and quickly moved towards the sea.

But the speed of the surface water plus the impact force of the released seawater hitting the back, compared with the patrol boat, the speed is no match. After all, the patrol boat is mechanically powered, and Jiang Cheng can't compare with it just by physical impact. But it is much faster than rowing, and he doesn't have to work hard.

After ten minutes of sailing, Jiang Cheng reached a relatively deep sea area. He estimated that he had sailed for at least several kilometers. However, because the place he chose was remote, he could not even see the shadow of the Xiangjiang River. He could see the silhouette of a ship in the distance.

However, to Jiang Cheng, the ships were just small dots on the sea, and he might not be able to see anything from that side.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng continued to drive in the direction of Xiangjiang River. After driving for about seven or eight minutes, he finally saw Xiangjiang River. He estimated the approximate distance. Even if others used a small boat to sneak across, they would choose the closest distance of more than ten kilometers. The place Jiang Cheng chose seemed to be more than thirty kilometers away.

But it is also because of this that Jiang Cheng’s range is far and his target is small, so even fishing boats in the distance cannot spot him.

Jiang Cheng did not choose to continue to head towards Xiangjiang. He planned to go back. The route had been found, but he could not stay in Guangzhou any longer. He could come back next time.

If he just wanted to sneak to Hong Kong, then even in broad daylight, Jiang Cheng might have succeeded. No one would have thought that someone could drive to Hong Kong from 30 kilometers away using a car inner tube. Even if you have to pay attention to the smugglers who come here to pick up people by boat, it will at least be a big boat.

A tire floating on the sea can be seen from a distance and may be overlooked.

On the way back to the shore, Jiang Cheng deviated a little. When he returned to the shore, it was no longer the place where he went into the sea. It took him more than 20 minutes to find his car.

After returning to the car, Jiang Cheng took off his shorts and took out clean shorts from the space to change into them. Suddenly he fell into deep thought, he just got the original owner's body and used it, according to reason, the body was not his, then the big thing below theoretically had nothing to do with him, a Didi driver in the 21st century.

So the question is, Zhou Lingying was made pregnant by him, whose child is it?

Jiang Cheng shook his head. He couldn't think too much about this question. It would be terrifying if he thought too much about it. You couldn't say that his body cheated on his mind. At least when he was happy, he was enjoying the wonderful feeling.

Jiang Cheng quickly put on his pants and clothes, got out of the car, started the car, and drove towards Changcheng without wasting a moment.

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September 18, 1972. Nanluoyuan, Changcheng.

"Yingying, stop busying yourself with the chicken. I want to tell you something."

"Dad, if you have anything to say, tell me. I'm listening."

Jiang Cheng's father came to the city again for treatment today. Zhou Lingying cut the chicken's neck when Jiang Changhe was not paying attention. Fortunately, Jiang Changhe saw that there were several more chickens in the chicken coop, so he didn't try to persuade her. But now Jiang Changhe still had other things to say to Zhou Lingying, and he felt it was a bit inconvenient to say it outside the house.

"Yingying, let's go inside and talk about this." Jiang Changhe said.

"Okay~." Zhou Lingying responded, put the chicken she was plucking directly into the basin, then washed her hands with water and went into the room with Jiang Changhe.

Arriving at the room, Zhou Lingying looked at Jiang Changhe, not knowing what he wanted to say. Jiang Changhe felt a little embarrassed when his daughter-in-law looked at him.

However, Jiang Changhe still said, "It's like this. For me to go back and forth to the city to see a doctor, the travel fee plus the treatment fee is one dollar and fifty cents. When I needed acupuncture before, the cost was even higher. We have almost used up the money Jiang Cheng asked you to give us. Can you give us a little more?"

"Dad, how much do you want?" Zhou Lingying asked directly.

In fact, Feng Hua came a few days ago, and the bus station gave Jiang Cheng 58 yuan in salary, and even the benefits were given to him like other drivers, some tickets, soap, towels and so on.

In addition, Jiang Cheng always brought some things back to the yard and asked Zhou Lingying to sell them to the neighbors and Zhu Lan. Zhou Lingying kept all the money, so when Jiang Changhe said that the medical expenses were not enough, she wanted to give it directly to Jiang Changhe.

"Well, Yingying, give me another twenty yuan." Jiang Changhe said.

When Zhou Lingying heard that it would cost 20 yuan, she wanted to agree to give it to him directly. But she suddenly felt something was wrong, because Jiang Changhe's illness did not require much treatment.

Every time Jiang Changhe came, even though he could no longer walk properly, Zhou Lingying still accompanied him to the hospital. This was out of filial piety, and she was bored at home, so she was happy to have something to do.

The hospital said that Jiang Changhe could come once every two weeks. He was almost cured, and now he needed to stabilize himself and not do heavy work that might cause a relapse.

In other words, the cost for the next month is only two dollars, and even with the travel expenses, it will not exceed three dollars. And maybe just two more massages, and you can completely recuperate at home without further treatment.

This time it was twenty yuan, not much for the wealthy Zhou Lingying. But she could pretend to be a spendthrift, but she couldn't really appear to be rich.

"Dad, twenty dollars is too much. I can't make the decision. Why don't we wait for Jiang Cheng to come back and I'll talk to him. If you don't have any money on you, I can give you a few dollars first." Zhou Lingying said.

"You can't even make the decision with twenty dollars? I heard that if you use that camera, it will cost several dollars to take a few pictures casually." Jiang Changhe said somewhat unhappily when he heard his daughter-in-law using his son Jiang Cheng to make excuses.

A few days ago, on the same day that Jiang Cheng went to Guangzhou, Zhou Lingying also brought a lot of things back to Jinhe Commune.

I brought some brown sugar and two chickens back to my mother-in-law Zhao Yuxia to raise. The hens can lay eggs to supplement the nutrition of my nephews and nieces.

On that day, Zhou Lingying took pictures of them all with her camera. Then at noon, she took some brown sugar and a camera to the educated youth team.

When the educated youth team saw Zhou Lingying had a camera, they all wanted to take pictures and send them home. Then Zhou Lingying took many people to take pictures in the educated youth dormitory, in the rural fields, and by the river. There were both male and female educated youth.

If Zhou Lingying's situation wasn't known to everyone, taking photos with a camera would easily lead to being reported. And taking photos was too rare for rural people, so many people knew that Zhou Lingying was taking photos there.

After Zhou Lingying returned to the city, many rural people there had a new topic of conversation: how much does a camera cost and how much money is wasted on taking a photo.

Zhou Lingying didn't expect Jiang Changhe to bring up the photo-taking incident, but the more he did so, the more she felt that it was wrong for Jiang Changhe to ask for twenty yuan.

"Dad, the camera and the film were all bought by Jiang Cheng in Shanghai. And I also charged for taking pictures with other people. I don't dare to pay for taking pictures for others. It would be a waste of money if I took pictures of you, sister-in-law, and Ajuan. Anyway, you want twenty yuan, and I can't make the decision." Zhou Lingying responded.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's attitude, Jiang Changhe explained the situation of the camera. After thinking for a while, he said, "Can you give me ten yuan today? This money will be used for medical treatment and some expenses in my hometown."

When Zhou Lingying heard that it would cost ten yuan, she wanted to just agree, but after hearing Jiang Changhe's subsequent words, she hesitated again.

My parents-in-law are only in their forties, not yet at the age of retirement. Zhou Lingying always brought these food and some other things when she went back. And she gave them extra money during the holidays.

This question about expenses made Zhou Lingying unwilling to agree. Even if Jiang Changhe said he wanted to buy something, she would give it to him immediately.

(End of this chapter)