The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 277 Wolf Dog
According to the current construction speed in the country, it will take about three months to complete the main structure of the factory, and it will take longer to complete the office building and staff dormitories.

In addition to supporting equipment, water, electricity, and road construction, it will take at least half a year for the factory to start operation.

As for the shopping malls and supermarkets, since the main structure is mostly made of concrete and steel bars, we can only say that it would be good if they can be opened by the end of the year.

In fact, there is no need for Jiang Cheng to supervise anything in Shenzhen. These days, there is no such thing as cutting corners or producing shoddy projects in the country.

Jiang Cheng originally went to Hong Kong once a month, and would also spend a few days in Shenzhen. If there was nothing important going on in Hong Kong, Jiang Cheng would go there mainly to see his daughter.

Now Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue don't like the environment in the mainland, and they don't want to come because they think it's meaningless. Jiang Cheng doesn't want to force them, and he lets Shen Li come to Shenzhen. Actually, there is nothing to deal with, and it's mainly because Jiang Cheng has a need.

After Shen Li stayed in Shenzhen for a few days, Jiang Cheng asked her to return to Hong Kong first, and he was about to return to Changcheng. However, before returning to Changcheng, he planned to visit Zhang Jincai, wondering how many of the ten cars donated to his unit last time could be kept.

When Jiang Cheng arrived at the Public Security Bureau, he saw a row of sidecars outside the bureau. To him, these were interesting toys.

If you get one of these in the countryside, you can drive it on country roads.

Jiang Cheng waited in the Public Security Bureau for a long time before he finally saw Lao Zhang, as he had been a bit busy recently.

Many outsiders arrived in Shenzhen this month, and as he used to be the captain of the BF unit, he also knew the news there.

With the implementation of the reform, a letter of introduction is no longer required to take a bus. Many people from the entire GD Province have come to Shenzhen, and their purpose of coming here is naturally to visit Hong Kong on the other side of Shenzhen.

If you know history, you will know that there were two years in the 1970s when Hong Kong was crazier. One was 1972, which Jiang Cheng also experienced. He felt the same way at that time. It was really crazy.

Another thing is that this year is 1979, and the opening up of the country has given many people opportunities.

In fact, Jiang Cheng also felt this when he arrived in the New Territories during his two recent trips to Hong Kong. There were many people at the docks there dressed like "mainlanders".

But Jiang Cheng didn't pay much attention to it, because many people smuggle across every year, and those who have just crossed over can really be seen at a glance.

"Lao Zhang, get me one of those sidecar tricycles out there."

"If you want to drive it for fun, I can arrange it for you. As long as it's in Shenzhen, you can drive it wherever you want."

"I mean give me one and I'll drive it back home."

"That's public property. How can I give it away?"

"I'll ask the company in Hong Kong to exchange a car for you."

"real or fake."

In the reception room of the Law Enforcement Office, Jiang Cheng and Zhang Jincai were chatting. The sidecar outside the Law Enforcement Office was actually exchanged because the sedan was given away.

Of the ten cars donated by Jiangdonglai, only three were left. Two more jeeps and more than ten sidecars were left. Sidecars are more suitable for Shenzhen now. Shenzhen is still full of dilapidated places, and many roads can only be navigated by sidecars.

Zhang Jincai also knew that his unit was able to be donated entirely because of Jiang Cheng, but one thing is one thing, the sidecar is the unit's property, and it is not his decision. If it is exchanged for a car, then there will be no problem.

When Jiang Cheng asked about exchanging a sedan for several sidecars, Zhang Jincai thought Jiang Cheng was joking at first, but when he saw that Jiang Cheng was serious, he really could make the decision on the exchange.

In this era, a sidecar costs about 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. For example, the domestically produced Yangtze River sidecar costs 1,500 yuan now.

But the sidecars used by the law enforcement team are three-wheeled motorcycles for police use, and they also have better engines and braking systems.

As for domestically produced cars, take the Shanghai SH760 for example, one costs around yuan, while a Jiefang car costs more than yuan.

In Hong Kong, it may be a technical problem. When the technology matures, the price of cheap cars will not exceed that of trucks. An economical car in Hong Kong costs more than 10,000 yuan, but a small pickup truck costs at least 20,000 yuan.

Finally, Jiang Cheng and Zhang Jincai agreed to exchange five sidecars for one sedan. Both sides felt that this exchange was a good deal.

The sedan that Jiang Cheng bought cost more than 12,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is 1,500 US dollars per car. Now he changed five cars, which means that each sidecar costs 300 US dollars.

In Zhang Jincai's opinion, a 10,000 yuan sidecar was traded for a sedan, which is not available in China. Moreover, due to domestic industrial technology problems, motorcycles are easy to produce, but cars are not.

It is easy for some units to get a few motorcycles, but difficult to get a car.

"Jiang Cheng, you came at the right time. I'll take you to see something." Zhang Jincai said with a smile.

"What is this? It's so mysterious." Jiang Cheng was interested in Zhang Jincai's words.

"Let's go and take a look at what you wanted before," Zhang Jincai said, still keeping the secret.

It was hard for Jiang Cheng to guess what he wanted before, because he wanted so many things. But after achieving financial freedom, there was nothing he was obsessed with.

Jiang Cheng followed Zhang Jincai and stood up, then left the reception room. Soon Jiang Cheng followed him to the back of the cafeteria, and then Jiang Cheng understood what it was.

Large canines, wolf dogs, there used to be several big ones in the BF troops. These wolf dogs recognize people and protect their masters, so it is better to raise them from a young age. As for big wolf dogs, it is difficult to get close unless the owner is around to give orders.

And right now there happen to be a few small wolfhounds here that are of the right age to be adopted.

Now, dogs are almost non-existent on the streets of China. One reason is that a large-scale dog-killing campaign was launched during the Liberation Movement. First, all the dogs in the cities were killed within a month.

In rural areas, people don’t have enough food to eat, so there is extra food to feed dogs, which means some hunters raise a few dogs.

But in the late 1950s, the country first established a township commune system, and then a collective big pot system. Hunters in many areas could no longer keep dogs, and only some extremely difficult areas still kept dogs.

Then some troops and public security departments would raise some dogs to assist in tracking and so on, most of which were wolfhounds. Jiang Cheng actually didn't like large dogs very much, but wolfhounds were an exception. Because this is a very loyal dog breed, in the eyes of wolfhounds, it recognizes its owner as a "leader" or "close partner".

Moreover, wolfdogs have high IQs and do not require special training. As long as they are given some simple commands, they will understand the meaning of the commands over time.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that wolfdogs are 100% good. It’s just that if you find that they are guarding their food or are aggressive towards their owners during the breeding process, you should not keep them.

Jiang Cheng walked over to a few wolfhounds. Actually, these were the leftovers. Some of the stronger ones with better appearance had been picked up by some people for training.

Wolf dogs are still young and do not have a strong sense of protecting their territory. They will not attack strangers. Big wolf dogs will not attack people easily. They will only attack humans when they feel their owners are in danger or receive instructions from their owners.

Maybe some things are really about fate, Jiang Cheng is not picky about dogs, and the dogs look similar. But there was a little wolf dog that took the initiative to walk to Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng stroked it without any resistance.

Other wolfhounds are in a state of wanting to get close but also being afraid to get close. If you tease them, they will get close, but if you really want to touch them, they will dodge.

Jiang Cheng has always wanted to have a dog that can help with hunting. For example, if you shoot a bird or a rabbit, it can bring it back for you with just a command.

Now that they have money and food, many people just walk their dogs and play with birds. While hunting is still possible in China, they can indulge in it as much as they want. In the future, they can only fish in China. If they want to hunt, they have to go abroad.

After choosing a wolf dog, Jiang Cheng directly invited Zhang Jincai to a restaurant outside for dinner. The next day, Jiang Cheng drove a new car to find Zhang Jincai again. The car was left outside the law enforcement hall, and he drove away with a sidecar.

The Law Enforcement Department still owes Jiang Cheng four sidecars, mainly because Jiang Cheng can't drive them away by himself, so they have to be taken away one by one.

Jiang Cheng took the train back to Changcheng. The wolfhound and the car were put into the space, so they didn't need to be fed on the way.

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During Jiang Cheng's absence from Changcheng, Jiang Juan went home and took her classmate Liu Li to her hometown.

Because Jiang Juan saw that her aunt Zhou Lingying's former educated youth friends had recently started catching eels from Jinhe Commune in their hometown, and then asked her aunt to ask Zhu Lan, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative in the backyard, to help sell them.

Jiang Juan used to want to go back to the commune to catch eels in the fields during holidays. She didn't want any money, she just wanted to help reduce the burden on her uncle and aunt to support her studies.

But later, Uncle Jiang Cheng did not allow Jiang Juan to be caught, saying that she was sent to the city to study, and her academic performance was not so good that she could be better than others just by studying casually, and she should not be considered a top student.

If catching eels affects her academic performance, Jiang Cheng said that he would definitely let Jiang Juan go back. But during the summer vacation, she had finished her summer homework and was supposed to go back to the commune to help with housework. At that time, she could catch eels if she wanted.

Now Liu Li's family is not well off, so Jiang Juan wants to take her to earn some money. Jiang Juan also wants to go back to her hometown because there is Qingming Festival in April, and she has to go back to pay tribute to her deceased father.

And I also had to tell my family about the fact that Aunt Zhou Lingying's change in her cloth bag in her hometown was missing before the New Year last year.

But this time Jiang Juan took Liu Li to catch eels, but they didn't catch many after catching them for most of the day. The weather is not hot now, so there are not many eels in the fields. We have to wait until the summer vacation, and go to the fields at night with flashlights and tongs to catch more.

The eels caught by the educated youth Zhou Lingying knew were all caught when they were plowing the fields and transplanting rice seedlings a while ago, and they didn't catch them specifically.

In the end, after deducting the travel expenses from the eels that Jiang Juan and Liu Li caught, Liu Li only earned a few cents.

This time, Jiang Juan went back and told her aunt Zhou Lingying about the change in her bag at the end of last year. Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying had originally asked her to tell her family about this.

This habit of stealing cannot be ignored. If we don't talk about it, it will only give the thieves a sense of luck.

Then Jiang Lin was beaten again on the Qingming Festival. Rural people don't know how to use big principles, and the only way to educate people is to beat them.

But in Jiang Lin's eyes, this was just his sister coming back to complain. The incident happened before the New Year, and a few months later, his uncle and aunt didn't say anything, but his sister Jiang Juan, who was a money-loser, came back to complain.

Jiang Lin didn't listen to the beating and the words of education at home. He just took it as a reminder for his sister Jiang Juan. Jiang Lin didn't have any way to retaliate against Jiang Juan, but he had the desire for revenge in his heart.

The younger Jiang Yang saw his brother Jiang Lin being beaten so many times during the Chinese New Year for stealing money. This time he was almost hung up and beaten again. He was afraid because he used to follow others to take advantage of others and eat and drink for free.

In the past, Jiang Yang wanted to follow his brother Jiang Lin’s example and borrow money, but now he doesn’t have that idea anymore.

Jiang Juan also told her mother Li Xianglan something else. She said her younger brother Jiang Lin's academic performance was poor, and her uncle Jiang Cheng did not plan to take him to the city to study.

But if Jiang Lin wants to go to junior high school in the county town, Jiang Cheng will not object, and he will still pay for the tuition and miscellaneous fees.

Jiang Cheng didn't expect Jiang Lin to learn well when he sent him to junior high school. It was just that learning more would not hurt, and graduating from junior high school in the 1980s was not bad.

Besides, Jiang Lin is Jiang Cheng’s nephew after all. If he doesn’t have any serious problems, Jiang Cheng will definitely take care of him when he grows up.

Not only nephews and nieces, but also Jiang Cheng's sister Jiang Yan's nephews and nieces. Jiang Cheng will also take care of them according to the situation in the future. Educational level is one aspect. Some people may not be good at studying, but if they have talent in some aspect, Jiang Cheng can at least provide a platform for them.

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This time Jiang Cheng took the train and arrived at night again, but this time he arrived a little earlier than last time. But Jiang Cheng was depressed after leaving the train platform.

Jiang Cheng wanted to make a sidecar, but the origin of the sidecar was a little hard to explain. He couldn't just say that he drove a sidecar back from Shenzhen, and if he made a sidecar, would he have to make a car?

Finally, Jiang Cheng thought of a cost-effective method. He used space manipulation to move the sidecar onto the roof of the car and then tied it up with ropes.

In this case, even if you are very careful, it is inevitable that the car's roof will get scratched and some paint will be removed with the sidecar weighing more than 400 pounds.

If other drivers of cars, they would definitely not do this. This is a car, how can it be destroyed like this?

As soon as the car was ready, Jiang Cheng released the wolfdog from the space. Fortunately, animals have limited intelligence and will not get hung up on the fact that it was daytime one second and nighttime the next, and the surrounding scene and temperature also changed.

The little wolfdog was in an unfamiliar environment, and the only person he was familiar with and could rely on was Jiang Chengcheng. As soon as he smelled Jiang Cheng's scent, he walked to his feet and walked back and forth to inspect.

(End of this chapter)