The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 316: First Rampage

In 1989, it was January 26th. This year, the Chinese New Year is on February 6th, so there are only ten days left.

Many people who worked away from home have returned. Living conditions are gradually improving, and most people living in urban areas now have televisions at home.

A cheap black-and-white TV costs only over 400 yuan, which is only a few months' salary even though Changcheng is an inland city.

This winter is particularly cold. At eight o'clock in the evening, the train from Shenzhen to Changcheng arrived at the station.

"Yanzi, please, just stay at the guesthouse near the train station for one night and don't go looking for your brother."

"If I don't look for my brother, you will continue to go whoring and gambling. Chen Changgen, you can't live like this anymore."

"Yanzi, we earn so much money a month, it won't take a few months to recover. I promise not to mess around again, okay? Even if you are angry with me, the children have grown up. If you make a scene outside, how can the children face it?"

Chen Changgen begged Jiang Yan desperately at the train station. The temptation of Shenzhen was too great. Chen Changgen really became arrogant after becoming rich.

Men become bad when they have money. In fact, they are not bad, but they can easily get a lot of things with money. If they fail to control the temptation in their hearts, they are prone to depravity. Poor people's thoughts are not necessarily good, they just don't have money for them to enjoy.

For a truly good man, there is not much difference between being rich or poor.

Jiang Cheng admitted that he was also a bad person, at least when he first got together with Zhou Lingying. He was poor at that time and didn't want to keep a mistress.

When he first got together with Zhou Lingying, Jiang Cheng really thought about finding such a pure woman to spend his life with. But later Jiang Cheng couldn't resist the temptation, first he kept Shen Li, and then he got involved with Zheng Ke.

Even many times when he was in Hong Kong, Jiang Chengdu sometimes couldn't control his urge to try some foreign food.

Jiang Cheng is good in one aspect, he is a bit shy and won't take the initiative to provoke women. When he provoked Shen Li, he wanted to persuade her to be a good woman, because he felt that he couldn't bear to see her doing such a thing at such a young age.

Men are all like this. When they see a pretty girl who is engaged in that kind of thing, they want to persuade her to become a good woman. But when they see a pretty good woman, they always want to force her into prostitution.

Jiang Cheng looked down on some women in the entertainment industry. They were so pretty, but they just talked about it for money and fame. But while he looked down on them, he actually wanted to experience it himself.

It is true that Jiang Cheng is not a proactive person towards women, otherwise, with his image and wealth, he could really play with all the actresses in Hong Kong.

After Chen Changgen followed his wife's brother to work in Shenzhen, he behaved himself for a year. Later, when he became wealthy, he was no longer submissive in Shenzhen.

Shenzhen was one of the first cities to be influenced by Hong Kong, so there are many fashionably dressed women there.

Jiang Yan's facial features are good, but she was born in the countryside, has poor skin, doesn't pay attention to maintenance, and has no fashion sense. She can't compare with some women in Shenzhen, not to mention that there is one thing: domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers.

Putting aside the moral aspect and any emotional issues, if a man only has one woman, he will be curious about whether other women are the same.

So a man who has money doesn’t become bad, he can explore his curiosity.

Chen Changgen was seduced by a woman named Chen Hong, and then was taken to a dance hall to watch some women dancing in a seductive manner.

Smoking, playing cards, drinking, and being surrounded by beautiful women, the happiness of having money is something that a poor loser cannot understand.

A while ago, Chen Changgen won a lot of money playing cards with some people. He didn’t win much each time, but he won almost every day. When he won money, he would take Chen Hong out to eat and drink.

But since last month, my luck has gone, and I lose money every day. It is easy to get addicted when losing money, and I lose money much faster than I win.

Anyway, I lost all my savings of several years and still owed others several thousand. It was because the store was owned by a foreign company, otherwise the store might have been lost to others.

Chen Changgen thought that owing a few thousand yuan was nothing. He and his wife earned more than 2,000 yuan a month, and their wages had also increased in recent years. With the business of the small shop, Chen Changgen thought he could pay it off in three months.

Originally, Chen Changgen wanted to keep it a secret from Jiang Yan, but it was New Year's Day and he had to spend money everywhere.

In recent years, I have become accustomed to showing off. During the Chinese New Year, both parents give several hundred yuan to each family. These days, several hundred yuan is definitely a big deal. Children are given five or ten yuan as New Year's gifts. When I go back to my hometown, I play cards and brag every day.

I had originally planned to buy a motorcycle in my hometown, but now I have no hope.

This was impossible to come up with the money, and it was impossible to hide it. After Jiang Yan found out about the situation, she arranged for someone to check on her husband. It wasn't for nothing that she had been working as a dormitory manager in the past few years, and it was no different from the property management work in later generations. Jiang Yan also had some connections in Shenzhen, and when she checked, she found out that he was not only gambling, but also had an affair with a woman.

Jiang Yan really disliked Chen Changgen now, and they had already slept in a separate bed. Mainly because she felt that his thing had been inside other women, and it was dirty, so she would not let Chen Changgen touch it at all.

It was impossible to ask Jiang Yan not to go to her brother. If it was just a loss of money, Jiang Yan could bear it. As long as her husband knew he was wrong and had a job and a store, it would not be difficult to start over.

You can't just punish him for making a mistake, but it's hard for Jiang Yan to accept that he's looking for a woman. How can a man be so shameless?

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"Ah~~."

"Jiang Cheng, why did you sneeze? You're sitting next to the brazier with a blanket covering you, and you're still cold?"

At night, the Jiang Cheng family sat by the fire and watched TV on the sofa. It was winter vacation now, and everyone liked to stay together like this every night.

"I'm fine. I just felt like sneezing. Maybe someone was scolding me."

Jiang Cheng rubbed his nose and responded to his wife Zhou Lingying's words.

"Mom, Dad is so handsome, there's a real chance that someone will notice him." Jiang Zhaozhao sat next to Jiang Cheng, stretching her feet into the blanket as hard as she could.

However, most of the space in Jiang Cheng's stall was occupied by the youngest. A little head could be seen at the collar of Jiang Cheng's blanket. Jiang Mengmeng was lying in Jiang Cheng's arms with her head sticking out, watching TV.

Now that my daughters have grown up, the youngest one is the favored one. The youngest one refers to the youngest one, that is, the sixth child.

Hearing her daughter Jiang Zhaozhao's words, Zhou Lingying smiled. There are so many women who miss her man. He has been honest for so many years. After returning from work, Jiang Cheng spends every day at home with his daughter and son, except for occasional socializing with some acquaintances.

In my free time, except in winter, I would think about driving my family to go hunting or on a spring outing.

Zhou Lingying was confident in her man, as he had never spent the night outside.

"Dad, let me ask you something. Is our family rich?" Jiang Panpan suddenly asked while using tongs to stir the roasted sweet potatoes beside the brazier.

"Why are you asking this? Isn't it obvious? We eat well and dress well at home. We are quite rich." Jiang Cheng responded with a smile.

Although the family lived in two rooms for eight yuan, they didn't seem very rich. But the family had all the furniture, and they often ate shrimp and fish that were not available in the market. This winter, people wore cotton jackets and military coats, and everyone in the family wore down jackets.

In this day and age, a down jacket costs more than 100 yuan, and many ordinary jobs in Changcheng only pay around 100 yuan a month.

"Dad, please don't get married when I grow up. I will serve you and you support me." Jiang Panpan said with a smile.

Jiang Cheng didn't expect Jiang Panpan to be waiting for him here, and now she wants to eat his old man for the rest of her life. But the second son is also in love, and he won't say such things when he grows up. As long as a woman is normal, she won't say she doesn't want a man.

And asking such a question actually shows that she is curious about the opposite sex. If it was Jiang Sisi who asked this question, she would not say that she was getting married, but should directly ask whether her father would support her for the rest of her life.

The Jiang family really had a vague idea of ​​how much money their family had. Now Jiang Zhaozhao and Jiang Panpan were basically sensible people, so they naturally understood the family's income.

One is the income from my father's job as a driver, which is considered very high in Changcheng. He drives for foreign company leaders and now earns more than 2,000 yuan a month, which is quite leisurely. The other is that my mother takes the foreign currency that my father gets and gives it to my uncle and grandfather to make a profit, which also earns a lot.

The relatives in my hometown were not told about the foreign exchange business. So everyone in my relatives' hometown thought that Jiang Cheng was the only one who made money by driving.

Then there are the family properties. The two houses in Changcheng are not to be mentioned. There are several more outside, and everyone in the family knows about it. There is a house near the place where Jiang Juan used to study in Hucheng, and two courtyard houses in Sijiucheng.

As for the house, the family said that they would wait for Jiang Zhaozhao to take the college entrance examination and then buy a house in the city where he was admitted.

Why not go to college in Changcheng? There are no famous universities in Changcheng. If there is a famous one, it is probably the Party School, which is not accessible to ordinary people.

There is also a good university for transportation, but Jiang Cheng will not let his children take the entrance exam for that one. For other types of universities, such as management, art, scientific research, and even medicine, Changcheng cannot compare with other cities even if they have them.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Cheng’s children go to college, they will most likely not go to Changcheng.

"Okay, Panpan, you don't have to get married and just stay at home to take care of dad. Come, give dad a back massage first." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

"Niannian, go and give Dad a back massage. I'm roasting sweet potatoes and my hands are dirty." Jiang Panpan didn't fall for Jiang Cheng's trick and gave the task of back massage to Jiang Niannian.

Jiang Niannian was honest and really went over to give Jiang Cheng a back massage.

Jiang Sisi and Lao Wu Jiang Ping were also roasting food by the brazier. They were roasting water chestnuts, which could be eaten raw, roasted, or boiled.

However, in some places in Changcheng, this thing is not pronounced as "water chestnut". It is called "niseri". Many people don't understand why it is called this way, but everyone calls it this way, so they keep calling it this way.

It is a name with a wrong accent, and many people are illiterate and don't even know how to write or read it, which leads many people to wonder how this thing is related to "snot".

It is such a joy for the whole family to get together in the winter when the Chinese New Year is approaching.

Just when Jiang Cheng was thinking about how long this life could last, there was a knock on the door. Who would knock on the door in the middle of the winter night~~?

After knocking on the door, there was no sound from outside the room, and no one introduced themselves as being looking for Jiang Cheng's family.

Because Jiang Mengmeng was lying in Jiang Cheng's arms, Zhou Lingying got up and opened the door.

"Yan Zi, and Chang Gen, what are you doing~?" After Zhou Lingying opened the door, she found that it was Jiang Yan standing at the door, and her brother-in-law was standing behind.

With all the bags and bags, it was obvious that they had just returned from Shenzhen. But at this point, it was already getting late.

Jiang Yan and the others knew the situation at home, and they had no place to sleep temporarily. Besides, they had enough money to stay in a guesthouse, or even a hotel.

"Sister-in-law, brother is at home. I have something to tell him." Jiang Yan said, and her eyes turned red as soon as she opened her mouth. Coming to Jiang Cheng was like finding the support of her mother's family.

Jiang Yan really couldn't bear it anymore if she didn't talk about the recent grievances. She had been crying every night these days.

Every year around the Chinese New Year, Jiang Cheng is basically in Changcheng. Occasionally he is out of town, but he will definitely come back before the New Year.

"I'm at home, watching TV with my family. Yan Zi, why don't you wait for a moment? I'll let Zhao Zhao and the others go back to their rooms first." Zhou Lingying could see that Jiang Yan was not in a good state, so she said this to see if her children needed to leave.

Jiang Yan also nodded directly. Some things are indeed not suitable to be said too much in front of children.

Zhou Lingying brought Jiang Yan and Chen Changgen into the room without them saying anything. Zhou Lingying told her children that they had something to say to their aunt and uncle. She told them to go back to their room. There was also a TV in the room over there, but there were two large beds instead of a sofa.

It is not convenient to bake food when watching TV in bed. And they like to chat with their parents at night, because sometimes they can discuss where to go or what to eat the next day.

The children went to the side room, Jiang Yan and Chen Changgen sat beside the brazier, Zhou Lingying added a little charcoal. As a senior gossip lover, Zhou Lingying was very qualified to fiddle with the sweet potato that Jiang Panpan had not baked just now by the brazier.

Jiang Yan sat down and cried silently, while Chen Changgen sat next to her with his head down, not daring to look up at anyone in the room.

"Yan Zi, tell me, what happened?" Jiang Cheng saw that his sister didn't say anything and just shed tears, so he had to take the initiative to ask.

"Brother, this Chen Changgen is not a human being. He is not only gambling and playing cards outside, but also looking for women~~&@#&……@"

After Jiang Yan opened her mouth, she started crying.

Jiang Cheng was listening on the side, feeling a little embarrassed. There was nothing wrong with crying and scolding Chen Changgen. But even between siblings, they had to be careful with their words.

It is said that when rural people curse others, they use some indecent words without any scruples.

Jiang Yan cursed Chen Changgen in front of Jiang Cheng, saying that a certain part of his body had not rotted away. She said that she disliked him and that he was disgusting and shameless.

Jiang Cheng thought of Shen Li and Zheng Ke, and felt a little nervous. He wondered if Zhou Lingying would think the same way if she knew about this situation.

After hearing everything, Jiang Cheng looked at Chen Changgen who had kept his head down, and scratched his head in annoyance.

"Fuck you."

Zhou Lingying was a little frightened by the roar of anger. It was the first time she saw her man go berserk.

Jiang Cheng stood up and kicked over fiercely, and Chen Changgen fell to the ground with his chair.

But this is just the beginning. Jiang Cheng has only cultivated his character in the past few years. His body is still strong and not weak at all. Of course, his strength is not as good as when he was in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

But Chen Changgen had started to gain weight in the past two years and was a little weak. Not to mention that he didn't dare to fight back when he did something wrong. Even if he dared to fight back, he couldn't beat Jiang Cheng, who was much taller than him.

Jiang Cheng dragged Chen Changgen out of the room. When he left the room, Jiang Cheng touched an iron wash basin. This was because Jiang Cheng still had some points, otherwise it would not be a wash basin without any edges.

In the corridor at the entrance, Jiang Cheng was swearing, smashing basins and kicking.

The noise quickly attracted everyone in the yard. Jiang Zhaozhao and the others, who had just been called back to their room, heard their father swearing and hurried out.

They were afraid that their father would be bullied, and when they saw that it was their father who was beating their son-in-law, they felt relieved, and then stood beside their mother Zhou Lingying to watch the fun.

This is the first time I see my dad so fierce~~.

Chen Changgen made some money and became a decent man. In recent years, during the Chinese New Year, Chen Changgen's attitude towards Jiang Cheng, his uncle, was not as respectful as before.

But Jiang Cheng doesn't care what others think of him, because he is a show-off. When others look down on him, he actually feels a little refreshed inside.

Jiang Cheng was not angry, and sometimes he would praise his brother-in-law. But just like what Jiang Yan said, gambling is okay, and you can start over if you change. But things like that are a bit disgusting.

Jiang Cheng also knew that he was double-standard, so he allowed himself to be promiscuous, but he would never allow his woman to mess around with other men.

At first, the people in the yard went out to watch the fun and some tried to persuade them to stay together, saying that it was almost the New Year and harmony would bring wealth. But Jiang Cheng said, "Whoever stands in the way, join us in the fight." Seeing that the washbasin was broken into pieces, everyone stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)