The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 208 Kong Longmei Faxing Dried Sauce

"Jiang Cheng, you're going so far this time, you must miss it a lot." Zhou Lingying said to Jiang Cheng.

"No, there's not much time left. When I meet up with other colleagues, I have to check the car again. We can't have any problems going such a long distance. The two of us can just lie down together for a while." Jiang Cheng said.

After lunch, he didn't let Zhou Lingying wash the dishes first, but pulled her to lie on the bed together. But Jiang Cheng's hands were not honest, and he still touched everything.

But Jiang Cheng himself did not allow Zhou Lingying to do whatever she wanted, as it had indeed been too frequent in recent days.

It was not even one o'clock when Jiang Cheng left and drove to the gas station to gather and smoke.

There is no such thing as not being able to smoke at a gas station. Another point is that the equipment at a gas station is backward, which is actually safer. The oil is pumped up with a rocker. When the rocker is not cranked, there is no oil in the gas pipe. Let alone smoking, there is no problem setting off firecrackers at a gas station unless you set off a bomb.

After Jiang Cheng arrived at the gas station, Song Wei and Chen Guodong arrived almost immediately, a little earlier than the agreed time.

After the three of them got together, they first took out the map and discussed the route. The main reason was that none of them had been to Tianjin, or even Lu'an.

In many places, I don’t know whether it is faster to take the rural road or the county road, or which city is better to pass through.

However, because the three of them let Jiang Cheng be the lead car, they basically followed his route planning. The people following the car behind just had to follow the car in front without thinking.

Of course, they will separate when they arrive in Tianjin, so even if they follow behind, they have to remember the route and road.

Jiang Cheng was familiar with the route ahead, which was towards Jiujiang. After discussing the route, they set off.

There is no need to think about selling things, and there is no need to stop by the river when passing by. If the car's shock absorption is not bad, Jiang Cheng can drive the car as fast as possible, but the maximum speed of this car on a flat road is only about 70 miles per hour.

On gravel roads, Jiang Cheng could only drive at a speed of about 60 mph. On some bad roads, he could only drive at about 40 mph, otherwise the vibration of the car would make his butt numb.

Song Wei and Chen Guodong followed closely, and were able to keep up with the speed, after all, it was not very fast. But on some uneven roads, people usually drove at a speed of about 40 miles per hour, after all, no one was rushing them.

At around four o'clock, Jiang Cheng and his team arrived in JJ City.

Jiang Cheng knew where the restaurants were, and he had been here several times. He parked directly in a more spacious place in the city.

After Jiang Cheng parked the car, Song Wei and Chen Guodong also parked their cars and got out immediately, and both took two sips of water from their kettles.

It is worth mentioning that traveling together, even if there is no communication throughout the journey, is more exciting than driving alone on the road.

"Jiang Cheng, you've been driving for more than two hours. You must be tired." Chen Guodong said with a smile, holding a kettle.

"No, it's time to eat. After dinner we'll have another two hours of rest." Jiang Cheng responded.

"It's only four o'clock and we're already eating?" Chen Guodong said after looking at his watch.

People in different places have different eating times. According to Jiang Cheng, in Wuxi, some people start eating dinner at 3 or 4 in the afternoon.

But in Changcheng, people usually start eating dinner at around 5 or 6 o'clock. So it was just after 4 o'clock, and Jiang Cheng said it was time to eat, but Chen Guodong thought it was a bit early.

"We have now reached the urban area of ​​our Gan Province, which is close to Hubei. Once you leave Jiujiang and head south, you can no longer use the provincial food coupons when eating out. It's okay to eat an hour earlier, but once you leave Jiujiang, you'll need national food coupons to eat at a restaurant." Jiang Cheng said.

Although Chen Guodong has been driving for many years, he has always been driving a shuttle bus between the city and the county. Moreover, the shuttle bus is not like the truck at the transport station. If the driver takes a break, it is okay for the truck to stop for a day. When the shuttle bus driver takes a break, a new driver will take over and continue to run the passenger route. So even if Chen Guodong has been to other places, he has never driven there. He does not pay attention to which marginal cities in his province are.

As for Song Wei, he also didn't consider this problem. He used to drive for his boss. He didn't have to worry about eating wherever he went. He would eat wherever his boss ate.

Even though I have traveled to other provinces twice recently, I have never traveled to Jiujiang. Even if I drive to Shanghai or Guangzhou, I cannot leave the province within a day, so I will not notice this problem.

After hearing Jiang Cheng's explanation, Song Wei and Chen Guodong said nothing more. Song Wei immediately went back to the car and took out a bottle of wine that had already been opened. According to him, drinking some wine can relieve fatigue, and you will have more energy to drive after eating and drinking enough.

Jiang Cheng took Song Wei and Chen Guodong to the restaurant, which they were very familiar with. The parking lot could not directly see the restaurant. But it was not convenient to park three cars in front of the hotel. In this era, all restaurants were state-owned, and if they were not particularly large, they would not consider the problem of parking cars.

In the restaurant, Jiang Cheng ordered three dishes and a soup. When buying the meal, Song Wei and Chen Guodong both gave him the meal ticket immediately.

Three dishes and one soup, both vegetarian and meat, cost 1.8 yuan. It was not much for the driver, but in those days, the poverty standard was a household with a monthly income of less than 5 yuan per capita.

That is to say, Jiang Cheng and his friends spent nearly half of the money of a poor household in a casual meal. The so-called average income is that a family of more than seven people, but only one person works and the average income is less than 35, is considered a poor household. Children of poor households go to school free of charge.

Jiang Cheng paid for the meal, which was also agreed upon by everyone. Each person paid once, and if we follow the standard this time, the meal actually cost only 60 cents per person.

At the dinner table, everyone drank one or two glasses of wine, the kind of high-heeled glasses, and each glass didn't have much. And I have to say that after drinking a little wine and driving, I feel a little stronger, and the steering wheel feels a lot lighter.

Jiang Cheng is not advocating drinking and driving. The main reason is that drinking is addictive. If you get drunk and drive, you will get into an accident sooner or later.

After eating, they also took a break. With Jiang Cheng as the lead driver, the three drove all the way to Huangmei County in Hubei before stopping.

In fact, it was still early when we arrived at Huangmei County. But Jiang Cheng was not alone, so it was meaningless to drive for another half an hour. It would be better to set off early tomorrow morning.

Mainly here, even after the National Day, there is still a Huangmei Opera troupe here that has set up a simple stage in a street in the county, and you can still hear Huangmei Opera singing here tonight.

Another point is that the soybean production here is high. Jiang Cheng actually saw processed food dried bean curd that can be purchased without a ticket at the supply and marketing cooperative here. It is also called "Konglongmei Faxing Dried Bean Curd". Anyway, Jiang Cheng is an outsider and doesn't understand why there is such a name.

It may be the name of a place, but compared with the Sanjiacun lotus root powder in Hangzhou, at least you can tell it is produced in the same village.

"Jiang Cheng, why did you buy so much?"

"I may not go this way when I come back, and buying four cans is not too much, so I'll bring some for my family and friends."

At the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Guodong saw Jiang Cheng buying several cans at once and couldn't help asking. He and Song Wei saw the dried bean curd that didn't require a ticket, so they each bought a can, and then bought some scattered dried bean curd.

The dried sauce here is made from a variety of spices. It can be eaten raw, mixed with cold dishes, or used in stir-fry.

Konglongmei Faxing dried meat is a specialty of Huangmei County. Many people who come here on business trips or pass by here will buy some to take home.

Because of the shelf life, they are sealed in jars and can be stored for a long time without opening the seal. But if opened, they can only be stored for a few days, so there are also scattered dried sauces for sale.

If Jiang Cheng didn't have someone he knew, when he encountered this thing, let alone four cans, he could go to a few supply and marketing cooperatives here to buy it. And Jiang Cheng didn't have to worry about the shelf life, he could buy a large number of scattered ones.

This dried bean paste is packed in jars, and the cost of the jars is included in the purchase. Jiang Cheng is rich, but there is no need to buy jars that can be bought without tickets at any supply and marketing cooperative.

(End of this chapter)