The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 237 Return to Team Three
Late at night on New Year's Eve, Jiang Cheng got up when he heard someone setting off firecrackers outside the room, and immediately set off a string of firecrackers outside the door.

The next day, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying got up very early.

On a festive day, everyone in the yard was greeting each other, and it was impossible for Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying to just stay in bed.

The two were being called uncles and aunts by the children in the yard. Originally, Zhou Lingying thought she would give ten cents to the children from the neighbors she was familiar with, and five cents to the unfamiliar ones who came to pay New Year's greetings.

But thinking that such differential treatment might offend people just because of five cents. Giving other children ten cents and their children five cents looked down on them. In the end, Zhou Lingying gave everyone ten cents.

Early in the morning, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying tried to stay outside the house and wished everyone they knew a happy new year.

Some people in the yard also went back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year. Like Jiang Cheng and his friends, they were preparing some things, big and small bags.

Everyone had a festive look on their faces, and Jiang Cheng also had a smile on his face. But Jiang Cheng didn't feel much joy about the New Year.

The New Year is a time for family reunion, but Jiang Cheng does not belong to this era. He is celebrating the New Year now, just on behalf of his original owner.

If he hadn't received the original owner's memories and had the memories of getting along with his relatives in this era, which could trigger some feelings of family, Jiang Cheng probably wouldn't even have a smile on his face.

But it doesn't matter, Zhou Lingying is pregnant, and Jiang Cheng will have his own child this year. With a wife and a child, he will form a warm family, and the New Year will not be like this in the future.

It was freezing cold, so I took the bus back to my hometown, and then went to my uncle's house to wish him a happy new year and give him some gifts.

Visit relatives, give gifts, and then go home to have a sumptuous meal with the whole family. In the eyes of many people, eating something delicious during the Chinese New Year is what they look forward to all year round.

For those who can’t even get enough food, there is a sumptuous meal, and both adults and children are happy.

But this year was a bit boring for Jiang Cheng. To him, it was not as interesting as fishing in the river.

This is not surprising. When people have enough food and drink, they don’t have much expectation for delicious food. In many places, people spend the New Year playing cards and watching TV. Then, when the New Year comes, many places gradually develop the habit of gambling, mainly because they are too bored.

After taking the bus back from Jinhe Commune and returning to their home in the yard, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying both felt relaxed.

I cooked some noodles in the evening and put a poached egg in each of them. It felt very comfortable to eat a bowl of hot noodles in the cold weather and drink some noodle soup.

The day passed quickly, and soon it was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and Jiang Cheng had to go to work. Other units in the courtyard also had to go to work on the second or third day of the Chinese New Year.

During the Chinese New Year, only children can have fun until the Lantern Festival. It is also the happiest time for children. They can pick up unexploded firecrackers everywhere, have candies to eat every day, and have their own pocket money.

Jiang Cheng also has to report to the Third Transport Team of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He has to go to Hong Kong for a visit. It has been almost a month since he last came back from Hong Kong.

But now, even if Jiang Cheng doesn't go to Hong Kong for a month, there won't be too many problems. It's not like the beginning, when he would stop production if he didn't go to Hong Kong. In the beginning, if he couldn't go once a month, he wouldn't even have enough money to pay the rent.

If there is a problem with production during this trip to Hong Kong, it must be due to a distribution problem at the fishery company. As for fish balls, Jiang Cheng also ordered a batch of sea fish.

At around 7:40, the third transport team of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative arrived.

"Jiang Cheng, why are you here?"

"I'm here to work. It's strange that you ask this question."

The lounge was full of smoke early in the morning. It was cold and everyone smoked with the door closed. When they came in, they didn't know how many hands they had smoked. When the people in the room saw Jiang Cheng coming, Yang Tianhua, who was near the door, started to ask in surprise.

Jiang Cheng repaired the president's car a few years ago, and was called by the president to drive a small car. Everyone thought that Jiang Cheng should be noticed by the president and transferred to his side as a driver.

Moreover, a new colleague was transferred to Team 3 more than ten days ago, and everyone believed that the new colleague was to replace Jiang Cheng.

Now that Jiang Cheng said this, the colleagues in the lounge realized that they had been guessing recently. As for the new colleague, Captain Du said at first that he was a substitute member, and no one believed it.

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, almost all the drivers are in the lounge today, which means that everyone has to continue to work on the foreign trade to domestic sales list.

Now, apart from the list for the north, everyone has formed a tacit understanding. Although it was said at the beginning that the list would be arranged in order and whoever got it would get it, it was to prevent everyone from picking the places they wanted to go, which would result in no one going to some difficult places.

But after a few months of running-in, the list of foreign trade to domestic sales is almost limited to those six or seven cities. After everyone gets used to running, because they are familiar with the route, they will let each other run the list of that route.

In addition to the fact that the northern list was too far away and everyone didn't want to go and had to take turns, another phenomenon appeared. Everyone wanted to go to Shanghai, which might be related to the business trip "strategy" that Jiang Cheng had given.

Now everyone is sharing what they can buy in which city without tickets, and Jiang Cheng provided some information. He told everyone about brown sugar, lotus root starch, and some other seasonal items.

In Shanghai, there are really a lot of good things, including many branded goods. Although most of them cannot be bought without coupons, there are second-hand stores in Shanghai.

Except for Jiang Cheng, who has not worked for a long time, all the people who can enter the third transport team have been driving for many years and have a lot of savings at home. This is a place where fair transactions are carried out. Who doesn't want to go and take a look?

Not to mention that they are from other places, even some people in Shanghai regard visiting thrift stores as a daily pastime. It is rare to have such a place these days.

And several people had already bought things there, or brought some things for others.

Because everyone wanted to go to Shanghai, they started to take turns going there. The north was too far away and no one wanted to go, so they had to take turns going there. Everyone wanted to go to Shanghai, so they started to take turns going there.

But to be honest, Jiang Cheng is actually also interested in the second-hand shops in Shanghai, where he can see a lot of things.

Jiang Cheng showed up today, so naturally he would be the first to take charge of the list for the Guangzhou route. However, sometimes when there are too many items on the list, several vehicles need to be sent over, and the three transport teams still need to work together. Whoever is familiar with the route will be the lead vehicle.

At eight o'clock, Captain Du opened the door of the lounge.

"Jiang Cheng, why are you back?" Captain Du asked in surprise when he saw Jiang Cheng sitting near the door.

"I was just temporarily transferred by the president to drive a car for a few days. It's rare that someone told you that I was transferred. If I don't come back, where else will I go?" Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

The new driver in the team was originally recruited by Captain Du. He was used to coordinate everyone's rest time, so the new colleague in the team was not really used to replace Jiang Cheng.

But he was not replacing Jiang Cheng. Captain Du also thought that Jiang Cheng had left, and he was still planning to apply for a driver.

Now that Jiang Cheng said this, Captain Du also reacted. If Jiang Cheng was transferred, someone must have informed him as the captain.

Even all the fleets of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative were saying that Jiang Cheng had become the boss's driver, so the three teams also thought so, but he, as the team leader, shouldn't think so. At least he should have received the notice of the transfer of the team members.

Since Jiang Cheng has returned to the third team, everyone will start running the list of external transfers again in the new year. Jiang Cheng, the strongest player in the team, will still be the one to select the first list.

(End of this chapter)