The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 295 Impatient

People find it hardest to forget their first love, and they always fantasize about beautiful things.

In the 1970s, a handsome driver, humorous, and talented. People who engage in literature and art are more or less a bit literary and artistic, and they yearn for something more beautiful in love than ordinary people.

Jiang Cheng was indeed the first man that Zheng Ke fell in love with when she was young. Otherwise, she would have asked Jiang Cheng where he lived at that time when one needed a letter of introduction even to go out.

Later, Zheng Ke also agreed with the saying that they were destined to be together but not meant to be together, and she met her husband through the matchmaking of the cultural troupe's organization department. But there was one thing she didn't tell Jiang Cheng, that is, her deceased husband actually looked a bit like Jiang Cheng.

After Zheng Ke's husband passed away, she had no intention of marrying again. But women who have had men are different from women who have not, at least sometimes they suddenly need it physically.

Being a widow is easy to say. If you are older, you may not have any beautiful fantasies, so you just stay a widow. But a woman in her twenties has to be a widow for the rest of her life.

Don't advise others to be kind unless you have experienced their suffering. For a good reputation, you suffer all your life. The key is that after you die, you will be reduced to dust. Who will remember you?

What's more, some of Zheng Ke's friends in the art troupe also advised her to find another one.

Zheng can think of herself as an emotionally cold person, but if it is just physical needs, she can overcome it.

But after many years, Zheng Ke met the "swindler" again.

At least now it was confirmed that Jiang Cheng had lied to her in the beginning, and even though he had a wife, he still said that he was not married and had no partner. But for some reason, Zheng Ke just couldn't hate Jiang Cheng.

I don't even know why Zheng Ke would easily reveal her true feelings when she saw Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng now has a family and children, and Zheng Ke actually feels guilty. To put it bluntly, she is hooking up with a married man.

These days, Zheng Ke also hoped that he was just impulsive and would calm down after a few days.

But after every day's performance, Zheng Ke would go to find Jiang Cheng, who was not serious about disaster relief, to chat with him about music and dreams.

Jiang Cheng also had a harmonica on him, and he played a few nice songs for Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke then took the harmonica that Jiang Cheng had played and put it to his lips to play.

I don’t know where the love comes from, but I love you deeply.

Reunion is short, and separation is for a better reunion next time.

Rebuilding homes in the disaster area is a matter that comes after the rescue. Many rescue teams basically have to evacuate half a month after the disaster, including the art troupe and the people brought by Jiang Cheng.

At night, the two of them sat quietly beside the small campfire. Fireflies occasionally flew out from the surrounding bushes, filling the sky.

I don’t know why, but Zheng Ke feels very comfortable when she is with Jiang Cheng.

How could it not be comfortable? In summer, Jiang Cheng is like a human-shaped mobile air conditioner. When others walk outside at night, mosquitoes can annoy you to death. Jiang Cheng will use the space to drive away mosquitoes every once in a while.

In the darkness, snowflakes were melting along the grass.

If it weren't for the disaster relief, Jiang Cheng would have been there for the past month, and his wife and children would have been able to sleep comfortably every night. But when he was away, they would sweat a lot even when sleeping on the bamboo bed.

"Jiang Cheng, I'm going to Shenzhen. Can you arrange a job for me? I can't do anything except singing and performing shows in these years." Zheng Ke asked.

"Running a business is also about creating culture. The foreign company over there is actually planning to set up a publicity department. If you really want to go there, I can recommend Juncheng to you. You can just promote some corporate culture and perform some shows." Jiang Cheng responded.

Jiang Cheng was very polite when he was with Zheng Ke these days. But actually, they had already done something out of the ordinary, and it was all tacitly understood.

Two people were playing the harmonica, and there were no bystanders, otherwise even a fool would know that something was wrong with these two people.

Moreover, it was late at night, and two people were sitting so close to each other, even holding hands would be laughed at.

It's just that both of them are bound by moral constraints, and some hypocritical things are not made clear.

Jiang Cheng takes care of his wife and children. He has control, but it's not very strong. He can control himself from flirting with others, but it's hard to resist when a woman he likes takes the initiative to show interest in him.

Especially when Zheng Ke didn't know Jiang Cheng's wealth and was completely after others, this would satisfy a lot of vanity for men, and it shows that their charm is strong, not wealth.

Zheng Ke is still holding on to some things. After all, she is now the captain of the art troupe, and her colleagues have complimented her chastity over the years.

Now Zheng Ke asked Jiang Cheng how he would arrange her job if she went to Shenzhen. In fact, it was a disguised way of asking how Jiang Cheng would arrange her. As long as there was an arrangement, even if it was to find a job in Shenzhen, Zheng Ke didn't care.

"Will you take care of me when we get there?" Zheng Ke asked. If it was just an ordinary friend, he would just say "look after me" instead of "take care of me". This was a more direct test.

Jiang Cheng hesitated for a while. He understood some of the words, so he couldn't pretend to be stupid and pretend that he didn't understand. After thinking for a while, he said, "I can take care of you, but I don't have much time to do so."

He already has two wives and nine children. In other words, Jiang Cheng has long been financially independent, able to run between the two, and become a master of time management. Add one more thing, for Jiang Cheng, in fact, if he wants excitement, he can spend money to be a groom every day, and the bride is the first time.

And they have to be beautiful. In Hong Kong, you can get them by spending money to get the ladies who come out of the Hong Kong beauty pageant and celebrities.

Jiang Cheng didn't know what was wrong with him these days. He couldn't enjoy a good life but had to flirt with others to seek excitement.

Zheng Ke couldn't go back too late, after all, she was the one who led the team to perform and comfort the people. After getting the answer she wanted, Zheng Ke didn't want to be a widow anymore, and tomorrow she would lead the team back to the art troupe in Wannian County.

After returning, she would apply for resignation and pack up to go to Shenzhen. Jiang Cheng had written an address in Shenzhen for her with a pen. As long as she went there, she would be able to wait for Jiang Cheng. She believed that Jiang Cheng would not lie to her this time.

Zheng Ke also asked some people from the defense team and learned that Jiang Cheng went to Shenzhen every month. If he lied to her again, she would go to the defense team in Shenzhen to wait for him.

Watching Zheng Ke leave, Jiang Cheng thought of his youngest child, who was born in the 1980s. People born in the 1980s should be more open-minded, and if they were exposed, they would not morally condemn themselves every day.

Shen Li didn't really care. If she could accept being a concubine, it would be easy for her to accept having another one. After thinking about it, Jiang Cheng felt that Zhou Lingying was the one he felt the most sorry for.

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that it would be best for him to live to about 60 years old, so that he could enjoy everything he should enjoy. Then he could walk in front of Zhou Lingying, so that if something unexpected happened, it would not be his turn to worry.

"I am willing to sacrifice ten years of my life and live peacefully until I die." Jiang Cheng prayed, but then he thought about it and felt something was wrong. What if he was born short-lived? He added in his heart, "It means ten years after I turn sixty. If I don't even live to sixty, I will just pretend I didn't make the wish."

For the sake of the happiness of a few pounds of flesh under his body, Jiang Cheng even sacrificed his life.

But making a wish is usually just to comfort and forgive oneself. One should live as long as he is supposed to live. Just like bad people often swear to deceive others, if it is useful, there will be no saying that the evil will last for thousands of years.

After Zheng Ke left, Jiang Cheng also went back to Changcheng two days later. After returning to Changcheng, Jiang Cheng immediately forgot about Zheng Ke. The summer vacation was not over yet and the weather was still hot. Naturally, he stayed at home with his wife and children. These days, Jiang Cheng was also very uncomfortable. On the night he returned, he made Zhou Lingying sweat all over.

After the summer vacation, the second child Jiang Nian Nian also started elementary school. On the first day of school, Jiang Cheng sent the eldest and second child to school before leaving for Shenzhen.

During the summer vacation, people from Zhou Lingying's family came twice, both times for foreign exchange.

Zhou Lingying's second brother Zhou Xingcai transferred his job to someone else. He was no longer willing to earn less than 40 yuan a month in the company.

The trend of going abroad in Shanghai was hot, and many people wanted to buy foreign currency. The Zhou family would come to Zhou Lingying's place and get two or three thousand foreign currency. Even if they shared it among several people, one trip was enough to earn a year's salary in the company.

Moreover, because the Zhou family can get foreign exchange, they are famous in the foreign exchange circle in Nanjing.

However, since the beginning of this year, the price of foreign exchange has changed. The US dollar has become more valuable because China has implemented a dual exchange rate policy since January this year.

The official exchange rate is still 1:1.53 U.S. dollars to RMB, but the ratio for internal trade settlement is 1:2.8, which means that the official exchange rate has reached nearly three yuan.

With the exchange rate of three dollars, the US dollar changes hands twice among scalpers and on the black market before it reaches the hands of those who really need it. Now it costs seven or eight dollars to receive one US dollar.

If you don't go to the black market, someone can find the Zhou family in Nanjing and buy slightly cheaper foreign exchange. But the amount is limited every month, and those who don't have strong connections can't buy it.

Now the Zhou family basically exchanges US dollars for more than 6.5 yuan, and gives Zhou Lingying 5 yuan. Although it is more, the Zhou family actually earns 50 cents more per US dollar than before. Even if Zhou Xingcai is willing to go to Shanghai, he can earn more.

The RMB has depreciated, and foreign exchange can buy more things in China. The farms that cooperate with Jiangdonglai don't want to see this situation. But there is no other way. Now they have to sell twice as much to get the previous transaction amount.

This is good news for Hong Kong businessmen, because they used to exchange foreign currency for RMB to pay workers' wages through formal channels, which was more than 30 yuan, but in fact it was 150 Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with the salary of more than 3,000 yuan in Hong Kong, the difference is actually only 20 times. But now that foreign exchange is valuable, the exchange rate of Hong Kong currency to RMB is less than 3 yuan, so the workers' wages have actually been reduced in disguise.

Of course, the salary of more than 30 yuan was in the early days of reform and opening up. Now it is September 1981, and the salary of ordinary workers is around 100 yuan.

But it’s only 300 Hong Kong dollars. Wages in Shenzhen are rising, and wages in Hong Kong are also rising.

However, due to the relocation of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry, the wages of the bottom workers have not increased this year, and many manufacturing industries are laying off workers. However, the wages of some technical personnel have increased, such as ordinary doctors, and the wages of police officers have increased from about 4,000 in 1979 to 5,000.

Therefore, the wage increase in Shenzhen is nothing to Hong Kong businessmen. Moreover, the wage increase in Shenzhen is due to the overseas businessmen themselves raising the wages in order to recruit workers.

Jiang Cheng returned to Shenzhen this time mainly to raise the wages of employees. There is nothing wrong with raising the wages of employees in factories and supermarkets, which can be said to be competition between enterprises.

But the auxiliary defense team also belongs to Jiang Donglai's unit in Shenzhen. Now they all receive a salary of more than 30 yuan, which is about the same as the salary of regular law enforcement officers.

Regular law enforcement officers still have a sense of superiority among the auxiliary defense personnel, at least they are on the payroll. Previously, because of the free working meals, they were also included in the meal.

Jiang Cheng was generous and invited his cooperating units to eat as well. But Zhang Jincai was still showing off in front of Jiang Cheng, saying how he took advantage of the boss of Xiangjiang.

This time Jiang Cheng also raised the salary of the auxiliary police, wanting to see what kind of expression Zhang Jincai would have. In the future, the salary of the auxiliary police is higher than that of the regular police. Whoever feeds you is your mother. By then, the auxiliary police should know who their real boss is.

When the regular law enforcement officers saw that their salary was only half of that of the auxiliary defense team, they didn't know what to do.

However, for the salary increase, he had to go to Hong Kong first and let the management of Hong Kong come to discuss the matter. Jiang Cheng still had to hide behind the scenes. After he arrived in Shenzhen, the first thing he had to face was the new peach blossom.

In order to make it convenient to live in Shenzhen, Jiang Cheng lives in an activity room next to the Jiangdonglai supermarket. It was also the first place he arranged for people to build. It was originally intended for employees to rest. Now he hired someone to simply renovate it and use it as a residence, so that he doesn't have to stay in a hotel every time he comes to Shenzhen.

The key point is that the current hotel conditions in Shenzhen are not good, and the rooms have no air conditioning or TV. The room that Jiang Cheng renovated here is now fully equipped.

In those days, communication was not convenient, and the telephones were all public. When Jiang Cheng and Zheng Ke separated last time, the address he left was this one. He also told her where to hide the key. Jiang Cheng put the key in the space. There was a place to hide the key because Shen Li also lived here when she came here.

But the daughter in Hong Kong doesn't want to come to China, thinking it's not fun here. Shen Li also has to take care of Jiang Fan, so she won't come to China recently, so Shen Li won't come to China either.

The most important point is that if Jiang Cheng goes to Hong Kong, he will spend more time with them now than before. Shen Li will not pester Jiang Cheng as much as before, and she is currently engaged in her own film investment business. Unless there are special circumstances, she will basically not come to China.

Jiang Cheng, who had come to live in Shenzhen, parked his car. He was a little nervous. He hoped that Zheng Ke would not come to see him so that he would not feel guilty towards his family. But he also hoped that she would come because it would show that his charm was strong enough.

Before he even reached the door, Jiang Cheng knew Zheng Ke had really come. Because someone was living in his house, the door was open for ventilation. There were women's clothes hanging on the bamboo rack at the door.

Jiang Cheng walked to the door, and the people in the room also felt someone coming and looked towards the door.

"Jiang Cheng."

The person in the room was Zheng Ke. She had been here for many days. If she hadn't found the place and the key as Jiang Cheng said, she would have thought that Jiang Cheng had lied to her.

Jiang Cheng did not respond to Zheng Ke's greeting, but went into the house and closed the door.

This affair requires a passionate and impatience-filled atmosphere.

Zheng Ke and Jiang Cheng had never even held hands before, and they were bound by morals. Now Zheng Ke saw Jiang Cheng's behavior and knew what Jiang Cheng wanted to do.

Before the person came close, Zheng Ke felt his breathing become a little rapid.

Then Zheng Ke felt that Jiang Cheng was completely different from what he thought. He untied her belt and put his hand inside her pants.

"Jiang Cheng, are we developing too fast?" Zheng Ke asked.

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng also felt so, but he did not stop.

"Isn't this a bit bad?" Although Zheng Ke said this, he did not resist at all.

"It's not very good, but I don't want to stop." Jiang Cheng said shamelessly.

Zheng Ke also nodded. She was a widow, and now she was in Shenzhen where no one knew her. She came here like a day like this, but she didn't expect it would be the first day she saw Jiang Cheng again.

(End of this chapter)