The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 294 Zheng Ke’s Appearance

During the Sichuan flood, Jiang Cheng dispatched more than 20 Liberation vehicles, carrying the banner of the "Jiang Donglai" rescue team, to the rescue.

It was the first foreign company to quickly respond to the disaster, and received photo coverage from local disaster reporters.

After arriving there, Jiang Cheng actually did not take anyone to the first scene, because many city roads were accessible by boat. There were people's soldiers on the front line of rescue, so Jiang Cheng only needed to arrange for people to build porridge sheds and give out porridge.

Jiang Cheng brought rice and some vegetables to the people who came to help with the disaster, but only gave porridge and rice gruel to the victims.

Only those who have participated in disaster relief will understand why this is done. Times are different, and disaster relief supplies are also different.

In 1981, many places were actually very poor, and not many families in the city had rice to eat every day. If Jiang Cheng directly cooked rice to help the people in this disaster, the food would be better than before the disaster, which would cause many problems.

One is that it will make some people who are rescued feel that the disaster is actually a good thing, and they can eat better than before. Another is that some people who are not affected by the disaster will also eat the rice.

After all, Jiang Cheng did not lead his men to the front line, but to some disaster resettlement areas, where there would be some people who were not affected by the disaster.

Of course, in addition to porridge and rice porridge, noodles can also be cooked, anyway, it is all soupy.

In addition, the rescue teams would bring their own dry food, so the food would not be too bad. They would bring steamed buns, biscuits, canned food, etc. These were all things that could be stored for a long time. However, many rescuers would feel sorry for the victims and distribute some food to them.

"Unity is strength. This strength is iron, this strength is steel. It is harder than iron, stronger than steel. Go towards~~."

Behind the disaster, there are many medical rescue workers. In addition to rescuing sick and injured people, they also have to prevent plagues and the like.

Many frontline support soldiers will also rest in the rear before rushing to the front.

Art soldiers from many places also came to contribute. In addition to performing for the victims, they also encouraged the rescuers. Singing to cheer up the medical staff and soldiers was also a contribution.

The cultural and art soldiers who came to support brought their own food with them. They couldn't just come here and add to the burden on the rescue workers.

"Captain, those people seem to be rescue workers from a local organization. We need to go and perform as well."

"Of course we don't need them. We came from so far away to serve every disaster victim and rescuer. Please ask someone to communicate with them. We will go over to perform for them this evening to thank them for their contribution to the people in the disaster area."

"Got it, Captain. Liu Hui, go and communicate with them. I'll go and notify some paramedics. Anyone who wants to watch the show can go there tonight."

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In mid-July, it was really hot in Chongqing, Sichuan. However, Jiang Cheng brought a team of hundreds of people to rescue here this time, and the team has returned to Shenzhen to continue transporting supplies.

The convoy transporting supplies was just an illusion. They were really transporting supplies, but there were only 20 Jiefang vehicles, and they brought so many people when they first came. They couldn't transport much supplies.

It mainly depends on Jiang Cheng's personal space, but if the convoy is not allowed to transport relief supplies back and forth, it would be unreasonable for him to provide a steady supply of relief food.

After arriving here, Jiang Cheng stayed in his car with the air conditioner on every day, and only went for a walk in the morning and evening when the weather was not too hot. He did not go to see the victims because as a father, he could not bear to see the miserable children affected by the disaster.

Jiang Cheng was only here to help with disaster relief, not to torment himself. Even when he participated in transportation and rescue operations during the Tangshan earthquake, he saw too many bad scenes.

And there is one thing that is disliked that cannot be ignored, that is, Jiang Cheng's appetite is better when eating delicious and spicy food in the disaster area. Things that he could eat at home normally taste better here.

We lay in the car with the air conditioner on until about three in the afternoon, and then Jiang Cheng was kind enough to drive for a stroll and tied a wild boar to the trunk.

After these two days of rescue, we can put some wild boar meat in the porridge.

The people who stayed here to rescue were all former soldiers in Shenzhen. The wild boars that Jiang Cheng got looked fresh. In this flood, more than 100,000 domestic animals were drowned, and some wild animals were also drowned.

If this animal is drowned and no longer fresh, it is inedible. If you get diarrhea after eating it, it can be fatal.

"Captain Jiang, you are capable. You can kill a wild boar in broad daylight."

"Captain Chen, we were just lucky. Wild boars don't come out during the day, but we didn't expect to find this wild boar on a small hill over there. There are also a few pheasants and a lot of sparrows."

Jiang Cheng went out for a stroll, mainly to hunt birds and chickens. Wild boars were part of the inventory in the space.

In the rescue team, Jiang Cheng was in charge of the rescue work as the leader of the driver. Captain Chen Feng was the captain of the auxiliary defense team.

Chen Feng didn't know that Jiang Cheng was actually their big boss behind the scenes, and he communicated with Jiang Cheng on an equal footing. Jiang Cheng was in charge of the fleet, and he was in charge of the auxiliary defense team.

Therefore, no one in the Jiangdonglai rescue team could control Jiang Cheng. Even though many people in the rescue team disliked Jiang Cheng, he just lay in the car every day. And what everyone eats and what supplies they take to rescue every day actually have to go through Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng was put in charge of distributing supplies, while others were responsible for distributing food to the victims and some other rescue workers.

"Just now, someone from the art troupe said they would come to our place to perform in the evening and would be here around five o'clock," said Captain Chen.

"They are from the art troupe. There must be a lot of female artists there. That's great. I'll go to the warehouse to get some biscuits to treat them later." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

Jiang Cheng just wanted to see some beautiful female art soldiers, from an appreciation perspective. But in this era, Jiang Cheng said this~~.

Captain Chen chatted with Jiang Cheng for a few words and then left. Anyway, he was notified. He didn't know how Jiang Cheng could be chosen by the leader of a foreign company to be a private driver. But it must be said that Jiang Cheng was in his thirties and looked good.

I heard that the Hong Kong leader who came to Shenzhen is a woman. The atmosphere in Hong Kong is not very good. I don’t know~~.

Everyone came to Sichuan to help with disaster relief, and the places they lived in were very simple. Some lived in tents, and some lived in temporary wooden houses when it was hot. In addition, the electricity was out, and there was no light at night, so everyone ate early and went to bed early.

Jiang Cheng asked everyone to make a lot of baked flatbreads in the afternoon, roast wild boar meat in the evening, and then roll it up in flatbreads and add some vegetables and so on.

So in the evening, a bonfire for barbecue was lit here, and cultural soldiers and some people who wanted to watch the performance also came here.

Facing the roasted wild boar meat, it was a great temptation in this disaster relief area. Captain Chen would naturally treat everyone with roasted wild boar meat, and there were also biscuits that Jiang Cheng had taken out in advance, which were also given to Captain Chen to treat others.

Jiang Cheng might be a bit of a loner. He cut a piece of meat and grilled it by himself on a rock. He likes to eat alone, and he can add a lot of seasonings and ingredients to the grilled meat. And the water in the kettle can be replaced with iced beer.

The evening performances were mainly singing and dancing, including accordion, drums, and singing.

The main reason is that Jiang Cheng is now in his thirties. If he were in his twenties, he might have become a conspicuous person and showed off his skills in playing the conch and harmonica.

However, in order to watch the performance, Jiang Cheng didn't stay very far away from everyone.

When Jiang Cheng heard that the performance team was from the Wannian County Art Troupe, he paused while eating a roll and barbecue. In his previous years as a driver, he met many artists from art troupes who went to various places to perform.

But what he always remembers is the art troupe of Wannian County eight or nine years ago.

The main reason was that Jiang Cheng had a deep impression of a cultural soldier there, who was quite pretty and whose surname was Zheng. The key point was that she looked very similar to a female star in later generations who also had the surname Zheng.

If Jiang Cheng hadn't already had Zhou Lingying at the time, he would have felt that the art soldier was also interested in him. It seemed easy to take him down, but in that era, it was a serious behavior problem for someone with a wife to flirt with other girls.

Just when Jiang Cheng was still sighing, the little girl he was thinking about really appeared. But she was no longer as immature as before, and had a bit more femininity.

There is no such thing as fate. In such a long period of time, many people met by coincidence. If we really want to talk about fate, Jiang Cheng was collecting dried seafood in Shanghai, and he had more contact with the girl who played the conch shell and listened to him.

To be honest, in this era, if a driver is good-looking and unwilling to control his lower body, he can really have many lovers. If he has problems with his work style, he will be reported.

Just as Jiang Cheng was sighing, it would be better if they didn't meet. Because at least in his memory, the affection shown by the young female arts soldier towards him left him with very good memories.

At least Jiang Cheng would often think about how the other person would feel if he indulged himself. For so many years, Jiang Cheng had not fantasized about bullying other women, but only about bullying her. Although the content of the fantasy was not good, it was enough to show that the other person had left a deep impression in his mind.

They met but didn't see each other. Jiang Cheng sat aside. The fire next to him was not big. It couldn't illuminate the outline of his face, so the other party couldn't see him. And even if he saw him, it was nine years apart, and it was just a chance encounter. Jiang Cheng thought that if the other party saw him, he might not recognize him.

He ate two large pancakes wrapped with barbecued meat, added some cucumber shreds and tomato wraps, and the remaining meat was put into the space by Jiang Cheng.

I thought I had almost finished eating and the show was over, so I might as well go back to the car, lie down, enjoy the air conditioning, and read the magazines I brought from Hong Kong.

I didn't expect that the former art soldier girl came on stage, and her talent was actually playing the harmonica. What a coincidence~~ or~.

After sitting and listening for a while, Jiang Cheng chose to leave and lie back in the car.

At about seven o'clock, it was dark, the performance was over, the bonfire was extinguished, and the sky was full of stars, which was very beautiful.

The lights in the car are on and the engine is always running so that the air conditioner in the car can be used. Jiang Cheng doesn't care about the gasoline, nor does he care about the engine being damaged by running it all the time. At worst, he can just replace the engine if it fails.

Just as Jiang Cheng was lying in the car reading a magazine, a face suddenly appeared in front of the car window, scaring Jiang Cheng.

Someone knocked on the car door, and Jiang Cheng could clearly see the face of the person in front of the car window.

"How is it possible? How did she find me here~?"

Jiang Cheng muttered to himself, he thought they just met by chance in the same place this time, but since he didn't say hello, it couldn't even be considered an encounter.

After opening the car door, facing the woman in front of him, Jiang Cheng, who had seen the world, felt a little awkward. Maybe he had imagined her as an object of fantasy when he had some evil thoughts in his mind before.

"Jiang Cheng, it really is you."

"Zheng Ke, we haven't seen each other for many years. Do you want to sit in the car?"

"Okay."

Zheng Ke didn't expect Jiang Cheng to call her by her name right away when he saw her. She no longer had the shyness she had at the beginning, and when she was invited to sit in the car, she got in directly without any polite words of refusal.

The reason they knew Jiang Cheng was here was because Captain Chen invited everyone to eat roasted wild boar meat, saying that the wild boar meat was obtained by Jiang Cheng, the captain of the transport team who came with them for the rescue.

Zheng Ke heard Jiang Cheng's name and thought he was also a driver, although he was not driving a truck. But it seemed that there shouldn't be that many people with the same name and surname by coincidence. The main thing was that they had to have the same name and the same profession, and drivers were considered a special profession in this era.

Then after the performance, I asked where Jiang Cheng was, and saw a car with its lights on not far away.

After Zheng Ke entered the car and closed the door, the atmosphere became quiet for a moment.

"How have you been these years?" Jiang Cheng asked first.

Zheng Ke shook his head and said with a smile: "It's OK, how about you?"

"I'm doing well." Jiang Cheng responded.

Jiang Cheng could tell from what Zheng Ke said that it was okay, that there were probably some things that were not satisfactory, but he could still make it in life. When asked back by the other party, Jiang Cheng could only reply like this.

Jiang Cheng must be very satisfied with his life now, he has many children, a wife, and a concubine. It is said that there is a seven-year itch between husband and wife, that is, after living together for a long time, love will take over family affection, and it is easy to betray for the sake of excitement.

Many men betrayed, in fact, it was not emotional betrayal at first, but curiosity about what it would feel like to be with different women. But Jiang Cheng had Shen Li in Hong Kong to mediate, and he wanted to experience different women, and he was always satisfied.

So now Jiang Cheng doesn’t really have much to pursue except enjoying family happiness. His life is pretty good, but he is actually very satisfied.

The car was silent for a while, and Zheng Ke said, "Why did you leave without saying hello back then?"

"Actually, I lied to you at that time. When I met you, I actually had a partner." Jiang Cheng said frankly.

Back then, Zheng Ke had asked Jiang Cheng about his address. There was no need to point out some things. Jiang Cheng was afraid of getting into trouble, so he just ran away.

Zheng Ke nodded. She had guessed that the bad situation would be like this and had thought of many situations. Seeing Jiang Cheng being so frank, she calmed down and asked naturally, "When you lied to me, did you have bad thoughts from the beginning?"

"You look good." Jiang Cheng said, but after thinking about it, he said frankly: "My wife and I have several children. You won't be angry because I'm not married, right?"

"I got married. I married a man in the army through someone's introduction. But in the second year of being with him, he died in the line of duty." Zheng Ke said to Jiang Cheng in a confessional manner.

"Do you have children?" Jiang Cheng asked. In this era, couples should have children after two years of marriage.

"No, he had a lot of tasks in the army and we were together less than usual, so she didn't get pregnant," said Zheng Ke.

"Then why haven't you looked for her again in these years?" Jiang Cheng asked.

Zheng Ke shook his head and began to tell Jiang Cheng how he had been through these years.

It's a bit harsh to say that Zheng Ke is a widow now, she is considered a family member of a martyr. But she and her husband don't really have a deep relationship. One is an art soldier who performs everywhere, and the other is a soldier in the army who often has to carry out missions.

After Zheng Ke's husband passed away, she has been working in the art troupe and is now a junior cadre in the troupe. She leads the team here and is the team leader.

After listening to Zheng Ke's story, Jiang Cheng didn't understand why she confided so much to him. But she was still so young, and she had been a widow for so many years. But there were some things that he couldn't ask her, and he wanted to ask her if she was feeling suffocated.

Jiang Cheng's sister-in-law has not remarried for many years and seems to be living a widow. But in fact, she has been in love with other people in the village for a long time. Zhao Yuxia even advised her to remarry if she really found a suitable one.

It was just that the children of my sister-in-law were in the Jiang family, and maybe because of this incident, she did not choose to remarry. But if you say that my sister-in-law Li Xianglan is living a widow, not only Jiang Cheng does not believe it, but Zhou Lingying does not believe it either.

Zheng Ke described his own situation and also asked about Jiang Cheng's work.

"Jiang Cheng, if I quit the art troupe and go to Shenzhen, can you help me find a job?"

After learning that Jiang Cheng was driving for his boss in Shenzhen and his salary was quite high, Zheng Ke asked him about it even though he knew that Jiang Cheng had a wife and children.

What a bad fate. Jiang Cheng suddenly hated himself. If he had continued to deceive Zheng Ke, maybe she would not be a widow and she might have given her first time to him.

Jiang Cheng could actually feel that Zheng Ke seemed to have rekindled their old feelings for him when they first saw each other. But there was no old love between him and Zheng Ke, and Jiang Cheng didn't believe in love at first sight.

Jiang Cheng just thought Zhou Lingying was pretty at first, there was no love at first sight, he just thought it would be nice to have a wife like this to sleep with. If the other party was not easy to pursue, or there was no romance, Jiang Cheng would give up decisively.

Zheng Ke knew that Jiang Cheng had children and a wife, but he still wanted to go to Shenzhen. Jiang Cheng didn't believe that it was just for the higher salary.

The atmosphere in the car suddenly became a little ambiguous. Jiang Cheng didn't know why, but he suddenly said, "You want to follow me?"

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As the night deepened, Zheng Ke left the car and returned to her art troupe's rescue point.

Jiang Cheng was lying in the car smoking. Nothing excessive happened between the two of them in the car, but some of their behaviors were considered excessive.

Jiang Cheng really wanted to slap himself twice. There were so many girls struggling to survive in Hong Kong, and Jiang Cheng could easily get them. He kept reminding himself that his daughter was already in the second grade, and she would be ten years old next year.

Shen Li is in Hong Kong, and Jiang Cheng believes that his time management skills can still prevent Zhou Lingying from knowing the existence of Shen Li and the others.

But in Shenzhen, he attracted another woman, a widow.

Jiang Cheng didn't know what he was after, he just hoped that Zheng Ke's thoughts were just temporary and he would forget about it in a few days. Jiang Cheng continued to be a sanctimonious father for his children.

(End of this chapter)