The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 31 Pulling Bricks

"Hello, Secretary Wang. I live in Kaiyang Village and I am currently working as a freight driver at Changcheng Bus Station."

Facing the commune secretary, Jiang Cheng responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

If this happened in the future, a truck driver would be nothing. A village chief is not something that ordinary people dare to mess with, let alone a commune secretary.

"So Master Jiang is from Kaiyang Village. That's great." Secretary Wang said happily, and quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave it to Jiang Cheng.

Kaiyang Village was under the jurisdiction of Jinhe Commune. Even if Jiang Cheng no longer lived here, at least his family was still a member of Jinhe Commune. And if there was a truck driver in the city, it was a great honor for the commune.

In other words, if Jiang Cheng drove this truck to take Secretary Wang to the county to do some work, the people in the county unit might not understand the situation, and the leaders would come out to greet him.

Next to the truck, Jiang Cheng got to know Secretary Wang and the educated youth team leader and chatted with them for a while.

After finishing a cigarette, Jiang Cheng didn't want to talk anymore. He just wanted to take Zhou Lingying for a ride, find a place where there were no people, and take advantage of her a little.

"Master Jiang, I have a request that you help me with." Secretary Wang handed out another cigarette and said to Jiang Cheng.

Secretary Wang now knows Jiang Cheng's situation, so he will come back when he has time, and will leave early tomorrow morning. So he can't delay asking Jiang Cheng for help.

When Jiang Cheng heard what Secretary Wang said, regardless of what happened, he was unwilling to do it. He came back to accompany his girlfriend, not to help. But he had to know how to deal with people. He did not take the cigarette from Secretary Wang, but asked first: "Secretary Wang, what do you want to say?"

"Master Jiang, it's like this. The dormitory for the educated youths in our educated youth camp is not big enough and we plan to expand it by two rooms. But there is no brick factory in our commune, nor a tractor to pull bricks. I just happened to see your vehicle~." The educated youth team leader interrupted and said that he needed help, then looked at Zhou Lingying and added, "Zhou Lingying also knows about the expansion of the dormitory for the educated youths."

Zhou Lingying was well taken care of by the educated youth team leader at the educated youth site. When she heard that a truck was needed to transport bricks and cement to expand the educated youth dormitory, she looked at Jiang Cheng with a pleading look.

"Okay, then we have to leave quickly, it's getting late." Jiang Cheng looked at the watch on his hand. It's good to have a watch these days.

Others naturally saw the watch Jiang Cheng was wearing, and even Secretary Wang could tell what brand it was. Secretary Wang also had a watch, but it was not a Shanghai brand. Wearing a watch was a symbol of status these days.

When Secretary Wang heard that Jiang Cheng agreed to help transport bricks and cement, he immediately asked someone to go to the office to get the approval slip. To buy bricks and cement, you also need an approval slip these days. You can't just buy them whenever you want.

It took less than ten minutes for the approval slip to be delivered. Secretary Wang gave instructions to the people around him before telling Jiang Cheng that they could leave.

Jiang Cheng got in the car first, started the car with the rocker key, and then asked everyone to get in. Zhou Lingying got in first and sat in the back seat of the driver's seat, then the leader of the educated youth team followed and got in the back seat, and finally Secretary Wang got in and sat in the passenger seat.

In the car, several people chatted that this time they were going to the brick factory in Shibi Commune, which was two communes away from Jinhe Commune, about seven or eight kilometers away.

During this short chat, Secretary Wang also understood Jiang Cheng's situation. He had just been discharged from the army and returned to civilian work not long ago. No wonder he didn't know that there was a truck driver under the commune.

Another thing is that Zhou Lingying is lucky. When she first went to the countryside, she stayed at Jiang Cheng's house, which led to this marriage. Otherwise, Jiang Cheng, a truck driver, would not go to the city to find a partner. Even if Zhou Lingying is good-looking, Jiang Cheng, as a truck driver, can find a good-looking wife in the city. It only takes about ten minutes to get there after a seven or eight kilometer journey. When the people at the brick factory saw a large car driving towards them, they immediately reported it to the director of the brick factory.

The people at the brick factory knew Secretary Wang. It should be said that the people at the brick factory knew the nearby commune secretaries. So a commune secretary was nothing at the brick factory.

But it is surprising that Secretary Wang came here in a big car. It makes people wonder if Secretary Wang has some powerful connections behind him.

In the past, people who came to transport goods would pass cigarettes to the people from the brick factory. Now that Jiang Cheng’s car drove over here, the person in charge of the brick factory took the initiative to pass cigarettes to Jiang Cheng and Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang and the educated youth team leader got off the car first to negotiate with the people at the brick factory about the bricks and cement they wanted to transport. The brick factory does not produce cement, but for the convenience of everyone, some cement will be transported here for sale. If the quantity is small, you can buy it at the brick factory, but if the quantity is large, you have to go to the cement factory to buy it.

As soon as there was no one else in the car, Jiang Cheng took Zhou Lingying's hand and said bluntly: "Lingying, I missed you these days. Did you miss me?"

"I miss you." Zhou Lingying replied shyly.

There are few people as thick-skinned as Jiang Cheng these days, but men chasing women need to be thick-skinned. In fact, Jiang Cheng in the 21st century was not so bold to chase women. He was only so confident because of his own strength.

With excellent conditions, he has no problem finding a girlfriend, and he even has no problem finding a beautiful girlfriend. Sometimes pursuing a girl is not about being thick-skinned, but about being confident. If Zhou Lingying didn't want to date Jiang Cheng, he would definitely not pursue her so shamelessly, and would just find someone else. If he didn't have a girlfriend with his conditions, people would probably come to him often to introduce him to a girlfriend.

Just when Jiang Cheng wanted to take advantage of Zhou Lingying, Secretary Wang came over and asked Jiang Cheng to drive the car further in so that the people from the brick factory could load the goods directly.

Following Secretary Wang's instructions, Jiang Cheng moved the car, and then the workers at the brick factory quickly loaded it.

The bricks for two houses cost tens of thousands of yuan. If a tractor were to pull them, it would take several trips, and a Jiefang truck would not be able to pull them all in one trip. But the Yellow River truck had no problem pulling them all.

But since it is full of bricks, you have to be careful when driving. Usually, you can just drive through the small potholes. Now you can drive through them, but the ground will crack. The roads in the towns are like this, and there is no cement road. If there are many large vehicles, the road surface will be damaged.

The bricks were loaded very quickly. Although it was done manually, the efficiency was still very high. In addition, since it was a large truck, people did not dare to waste the driver's time.

After the goods were loaded, Jiang Cheng took Secretary Wang and the educated youth team leader back to Jinhe Commune. It was already past four o'clock when they arrived at Jinhe Commune.

When the car was parked, there were already quite a few educated youth waiting with carts. It looked like Secretary Wang had arranged for people to prepare for the departure.

The goods must be unloaded today, and Secretary Wang will also find someone to clean the trunk. Jiang Cheng helped to pull the bricks, which was a big problem. If the car was not cleaned, it would be difficult to ask Jiang Cheng for help in the future.

Everyone got off the bus. The educated youth who came to unload and load bricks to the educated youth dormitory naturally saw Zhou Lingying getting off the bus.

The news that Zhou Lingying's boyfriend was working had just started to spread. But soon everyone knew that not only was her boyfriend working, he was also a truck driver.

(End of this chapter)