The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 246 Daughter's Real Name

Jiang Cheng's past few years in Changcheng were not in vain. Even though he was just a driver, he had gotten to know some people without trying to make friends deliberately.

Li An, the director I knew from the previous sub-district office, also became the deputy district mayor a few years ago and has always maintained a good relationship with Jiang Cheng.

The then president of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Ouyang Chengfeng, was also transferred to a local leadership position. Let's not talk about Ouyang Chengfeng, the big leader, but his daughter Ouyang Xian, who had been in the Cultural Bureau for many years, also became a small leader because of her care.

Jiang Juan was able to go directly from the countryside to Changcheng to study because of Ouyang Xian's help.

In addition, Liu Ping, the logistics director who I first met at the bus station, also became the stationmaster of the bus station, and the former stationmaster Xu was transferred to work in the Transportation Bureau.

Anyway, Jiang Changhe felt that as long as Jiang Cheng was around, his two grandsons would not have a bad life in the future.

"As soon as you come into the room, you carry your three daughters in your arms. Don't you feel tired? Zhaodi, Pandi, get off daddy quickly." Zhou Lingying said to her husband with concern, asking her daughters to get down quickly.

"They don't weigh that much, there's no need to be tired. Let's go, Zhaodi, Pandi and Niandi, go outside and play with daddy. It's snowing outside. If it snows heavily, we can have a snowball fight." Jiang Cheng kissed the two daughters in his arms and said, while Jiang Zhaodi, who was climbing on his back, took the initiative to kiss him.

"You can just take Zhaodi and Pandi to play. Niandi is only two years old, and you don't have to worry about her being cold. Just leave her in the house." Zhou Lingying said with a smile. Men, since having a daughter, Jiang Cheng has become like a child.

In other words, Jiang Cheng loves his daughter so much that Zhou Lingying doesn't have any psychological burden.

When Jiang Zhaodi was born, Zhou Lingying learned in the hospital that it was a daughter. Her hope of having a son was shattered.

She was really worried that Jiang Cheng would dislike her because she gave birth to a daughter, just like some families who wanted a son very much, and would beat and scold her because they didn't give birth to a son.

"Okay, I won't bring Nian Di with me. I'll take Zhao Di and Pan Di to the supply and marketing cooperative." Jiang Cheng put Jiang Nian Di down and said.

But Jiang Nian Di is two years old now, she can talk, and she understands what it means to leave her alone. As soon as she was put down, her little mouth was pouting. If Jiang Cheng wanted to take her two sisters out without her, she would probably cry.

But Zhou Lingying immediately hugged Jiang Niandi and said something in her ear. She didn't even think about going out with Jiang Cheng.

The snow was not heavy, so Jiang Cheng also brought an umbrella, but he did not open it. He went out and asked his two daughters to chase him. If they caught up with him, he would buy them candied haws.

Jiang Cheng took his two daughters out, and Zhou Lingying had some free time.

The third child is the easiest to coax and is the most simple to please. He is the type whoever feeds him is his mother. Just now, Zhou Lingying whispered in Jiang Niandi's ear to prepare something delicious for her, and the child immediately followed Zhou Lingying obediently.

The four daughters were named Zhaodi, Pandi, Niandi, Sidi, etc. Jiang Cheng was against it at first. How could his daughters be named like this? They would be laughed at in the future.

If I give birth to another daughter, she would be named Mengdi, Wangdi, Yingdi or something like that.

In fact, Jiang Cheng had already agreed with Zhou Lingying that they would not call the child by such a name outside. And as long as the child entered primary school, he would have another name.

Jiang Zhaodi will start primary school in September this year, and will be called Jiang Zhaozhao in school. Jiang Pandi will be called Jiang Panpan in the future. Jiang Niandi will be called Jiang Niannian, and Jiang Sidi will be called Jiang Sisi.

At home, Jiang Cheng thought Zhou Lingying wanted to name her daughter like this for fun. In fact, he always found it funny to see four daughters with such names.

I've heard before that some people give their sons such names in order to have them, but Jiang Cheng never thought that such a thing would happen to him.

However, Jiang Cheng thought it was a good idea. When his daughters grew up, they would be able to talk about these names as a funny thing.

Not long after Jiang Cheng left the house, Zhang Qing from the backyard came over. The widow in the yard had lost her husband in an accident while working six years ago.

At that time, Zhang Qing's husband's unit paid for the funeral expenses and compensated him with 500 yuan. Of course, it doesn't mean that a life is worth 500 yuan. This is the compensation standard. You can't get as much as you want.

However, although Zhang Qing's husband left, her job remained, and her husband's unit gave her a job quota.

Unfortunately, Zhang Qing's family had three children and one old person. Zhang Qing's husband was the eldest son in the family, and his parents lived with him. However, Zhang Qing's father-in-law passed away early, leaving only the mother-in-law to live with him.

After her husband passed away, the mother-in-law did not fight with Zhang Qing for the compensation, but she gave the job left by her husband to her other son and she also went to live with her other son.

Of course, the job was not given for free, after all, it was left by Zhang Qing's husband. Jobs are given priority to spouses, and Zhang Qing's mother-in-law cannot take the job away by force.

Instead, it was agreed that Zhang Qing's brother-in-law would take over the job and pay her 12 yuan a month for three consecutive years. To put it bluntly, it was 500 yuan to give the job to the brother-in-law, and pay her 12 yuan a month.

In the final analysis, Zhang Qing only got 1,000 yuan for the pension and the job quota. But six years have passed in the blink of an eye. On average, she earns a little over 16 yuan a month. If she hadn't been doing a job that was only for a short time, she would have been unable to make it.

Now, the oldest of Zhang Qing's children is sixteen years old, and the other two are in their teens. They are all at the age where they can eat their parents to death.

The oldest can find some odd jobs to earn some money for food, but the other two are of the same age as those who just eat for free. Recently, it has been cold, rainy and snowy, and the three of them, plus Zhang Qing herself, have been out all the time.

"Lingying, where are Zhaodi and Pandi?" Zhang Qing stood at the door of Jiang's house and asked Zhou Lingying.

"They were taken out to play by their father." Zhou Lingying replied.

"Is your husband resting today?" Zhang Qing continued to ask.

Zhou Lingying thought for a while. Although everyone lived in the same yard, the distance between the front and back yards was only about 20 meters. But because there was an aisle, even though they were very close, the front yard was the front yard and the back yard was the back yard.

Even if Zhou Lingying wanted to chat with others, she rarely went to the backyard to chat with others over the years. She always chatted with Chen Li and Wang Yuzhen in the front yard.

Zhang Qing's personality changed within half a year after her husband passed away. She often tried to get close to Zhou Lingying, and Zhou Lingying felt sorry for Zhang Qing because she had lost her husband, so she sold many things to her.

But almost everything sold to Zhang Qing's family was resold by her. For example, she was sold a lot of printed fabrics, but her bed sheets and quilt covers were still patched old sheets and quilts.

Zhou Lingying had always turned a blind eye to this. Her family sold things to neighbors, and many of the items were only slightly more expensive than without tickets. But if the tickets were included, the prices were simply too high to buy.

Especially printed fabrics, Zhou Lingying would trim the edges herself and make them into bed sheets, quilt covers, and complete three-piece sets, which she could sell for fifteen yuan.

The reason why it is so expensive is that the floral pattern on the printed fabric is very festive. Many people who are getting married are willing to pay a few more dollars to buy it.

Simply selling the printed cloth to Zhang Qing, without trimming the edges, would cost only ten yuan for a three-piece set.

In addition to fabrics, there were also food such as eggs, brown sugar, canned food, etc. Zhang Qing was willing to earn every penny she could, and she didn't eat or use the things she bought from Zhou Lingying.

The key point is that every time Zhang Qing came, she would look around Zhou Lingying's house, always wanting to take something away. If it weren't for her dead husband feeling sorry for her, Zhou Lingying would have been unwilling to pay attention to her.

(End of this chapter)