The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 30 Driving back to the hometown commune
"Lingying, you are so lucky to find a partner who has a job."

"Yes, Lingying, when you leave the educated youth camp, don't forget us."

"Lingying, if your partner works in the city, will you also move to the city after you marry him?"

Someone who was close to Zhou Lingying said to her enviously that if she could find someone who had a job in the city and move to the city, it would be the same as returning to the city.

Zhou Lingying didn't expect that just by revealing that her boyfriend had a job, the attitudes of her close friends changed. Before, they all said that it was better to find a boyfriend in the town than to find a boyfriend in the local village, and they all thought she was a bit unwise. Now that she said her boyfriend had a job, they said she was lucky.

Zhou Lingying felt that everyone was just like her, a common person. If she endured some hardships in the countryside, she would lose all her romantic thoughts. If she didn't consider the other person's conditions when looking for a partner, she was really mentally ill.

After chatting for a while at the educated youth camp, Zhou Lingying and the others went to work in the fields. The rice in the fields had already turned yellow and would be harvested in a few days, so everyone would be busy.

In Jinhe Commune, the educated youth team leader was talking to the commune secretary about building two more dormitories for educated youth. Building houses required bricks and cement, but Jinhe Commune did not have a brick and cement factory, so they had to go to other places to get them.

In addition, Jinhe Commune’s economic conditions were not as good as those of other communes. Therefore, the commune did not even have a tractor. To transport bricks and cement, they had to borrow a tractor. However, on the day of harvest, even if they had a tractor, they would not be willing to lend it out.

Just as the educated youth team leader was talking to the secretary about building dormitories, a commune clerk ran into the office and said hurriedly, "Secretary Wang, a large car has arrived at our commune."

"Big car, big car, what are you doing here in our Jinhe Commune? Have you asked clearly what you are doing here?" Secretary Wang asked immediately.

"No, someone else came over and told me. Then when I went to check, the car was parked at an intersection ahead and there was no one in the car." The clerk reported seriously.

"Secretary Wang, why don't we go and take a look together." After hearing the clerk's report, the leader of the educated youth team sitting on the side became interested and wanted to see what kind of car it was, so he said to Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang nodded, thinking that what the educated youth leader said was right, and decided to go and have a look first. In this day and age, anyone who can drive a car, no matter what kind of car it is, should go and have a look at a small commune.

After deciding to go and see, several people immediately left the commune office and followed the clerk to see what kind of big car it was. When they arrived at the parking area, they saw a big truck with the words "Yellow River" on the front of the car.

As soon as he saw the car, Secretary Wang knew it was from the city. Even if there were trucks in the county, they would be Jiefang trucks at most, and it was impossible for such trucks to be allocated to the county.

But we only saw the car but no one, which made everyone puzzled. If they drove to Jinhe Commune to do business, they should have gone to their commune office.

Jiang Cheng naturally drove the car back from downtown Changcheng. After the car reached the town, there was no road to Kaiyang Village. So he found a wider intersection, parked the car and left.

Jiang Cheng did not go home directly, but went to find his girlfriend Zhou Lingying. He rushed back from the city, mainly because he wanted to hug Zhou Lingying or something. It can't be said that he loved her passionately, it was just a bit lustful.

After asking many people, Jiang Chengcai finally found where Zhou Lingying worked.

The work place was found, but many people were working with their backs bent and their heads down. Jiang Cheng really didn't find Zhou Lingying right away.

"Comrade, is Zhou Lingying working here?" Jiang Cheng randomly found a female educated youth and asked.

"Looking for Zhou Lingying, who are you to her?" The female educated youth who was being questioned looked at Jiang Cheng and asked with a smile.

"I'm her boyfriend. I wonder if she's here." Jiang Cheng replied.

"Zhou Lingying, someone is looking for you." The female educated youth carefully inquired about the person in front of her. She was quite good-looking. She heard that Zhou Lingying was looking for a partner a few days ago, but she didn't expect it to be like this. So she shouted loudly in one direction. A man who was bending over and working seriously not far away heard the shouting, stood up, and looked in the direction of the shouting. When he saw the person coming, he immediately put down the tools in his hands and trotted towards Jiang Cheng with a smile.

"Jiang Cheng, come back." Zhou Lingying hadn't seen Jiang Cheng for a few days. When she saw him again, her face turned red again.

"Well, I just came back temporarily. I have to leave tomorrow morning."

When Zhou Lingying heard that Jiang Cheng was leaving tomorrow morning, she immediately said a few words to the female educated youth who had just helped her to speak, and then left the place where she was working with Jiang Cheng.

"Jiang Cheng, you've only come back for one day. Is there something you want to do?" Zhou Lingying asked when they walked to a place where there were few people around.

"I just missed you, so I came back to see you. Come with me and I'll take you to see something, a big thing." Jiang Cheng pulled Zhou Lingying's hand and said very bluntly.

But in broad daylight outside, Zhou Lingying only let him pull her hand once before pulling it back, as it would be a joke if someone saw it. After pulling her hand back, she followed Jiang Cheng, chatting and laughing, to see the big guy he was talking about.

The place where Zhou Lingying worked was about ten minutes away from the commune road. When she was almost there, she saw a large truck parked at the intersection.

"That car. I drove it back from the city. Tomorrow I will load the goods and deliver them to other provinces. A round trip will take at least ten days." Jiang Cheng pointed to a truck not far away. He planned to take Zhou Lingying for a ride in the car.

"You came back driving a big truck, you're amazing. Hey, Jiang Cheng, it seems one of the people standing next to your truck is the leader of our educated youth team."

Looking at the big car not far away, Zhou Lingying knew that it was driven by her boyfriend Jiang Cheng. She really admired him. But she saw a few people standing next to the car. It was normal for people to watch a big car, but Zhou Lingying saw that one of them looked like their educated youth leader.

When Zhou Lingying got closer, she saw that it was indeed the team leader of their youth cadre group.

"Hello, Captain."

"Zhou Lingying, what are you doing here? The work in the field isn't finished yet, is it?"

"Captain, I told you before that I have a boyfriend. Let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Jiang Cheng. This big car is my boyfriend's. He brought me here to see it."

"What? This car is yours." The educated youth leader said in shock, and then immediately stretched out his right hand and said to Jiang Cheng: "Hello, Comrade Jiang Cheng."

Zhou Lingying told the educated youth team leader a few days ago that she had found a partner and even asked for a few days off. He had never advocated or opposed the educated youth dating the locals.

But the captain of the educated youth team always thought that Zhou Lingying was just looking for an ordinary partner, but he didn't expect that he was a car driver.

"Hello, captain. I am Zhou Lingying's boyfriend. I just came back from Changcheng to see her." Jiang Cheng also stretched out his right hand and shook hands with the captain of the educated youth team.

"Hello, Master Jiang. I am Wang Zhongmin, the commune secretary. Were you from Jinhe Commune?"

While Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying were talking to the educated youth team leader, a middle-aged man in a short shirt introduced himself and asked about Jiang Cheng's identity.

As a truck driver, to be honest, in these days, his social status is no lower than that of a commune leader. Once he turns the steering wheel, he wouldn't change even if he was given a county governor. Although it's a bit exaggerated, the fact that such a word has been spread really shows that his status is not low.

(End of this chapter)