The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 47 Something Feels Wrong
Jiang Cheng briefly inquired about the situation of Master Feng's son. He was sixteen years old and had a junior high school education, which was indeed a good age to be an apprentice.

But Jiang Cheng always felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Director, if Master Feng hadn't had an accident, could he have recommended his own son to come to our transport station as a driver apprentice?"

"It's difficult. We already have several driver apprentices at our bus station. Even if we want to recruit more apprentices, it won't be Feng Lin's turn. His length of service is not as long as some of the other driver masters, and his skills are just so-so." Director Liu replied.

Hearing what Director Liu said, Jiang Cheng said nothing more. In fact, he had a guess in his heart. But he might have overthought, mainly because Jiang Cheng had just arrived in this era and met educated youth who went to the countryside.

Those who are 16 or 17 years old, have a junior high school education or above, and are unemployed are likely to be arranged to live in rural areas elsewhere.

Master Feng's son meets all the requirements to be an automobile apprentice. He is of the right age, has a little strength and some education, which gives him an advantage when learning how to repair cars.

But Master Feng's son also meets the requirements to go to the countryside and become an educated youth, and Director Liu said that Master Feng's family has a son and a daughter, so there is only one son to carry on the family line.

Jiang Cheng was not overthinking it. It was the peak period for educated youth to go to the countryside during those years, and jobs were particularly popular. In order to avoid going to the countryside, some people were even willing to do the job of sweeping the floor.

But even if Jiang Cheng's guess is correct, it is still pitiful for all parents in the world, and it cannot be said that he is scheming or anything.

"I can accept it, but I have to meet the person first. I can't serve someone with bad character and who doesn't listen." Jiang Cheng said.

It doesn't matter if I teach an apprentice, the main thing is that apprentices these days can be beaten and scolded at will. In addition, in my memory, when the original owner of this body was learning to drive in the army, if some parts were not done well after several times of teaching, the instructor would directly kick them.

Jiang Cheng also wanted to experience that feeling. His mentality was like when a traffic policeman caught him for driving violations. Then the thought that came to his mind was not to fight with the traffic policeman, but to become a traffic policeman himself and catch others. How cool it would be.

"Great, I can finally give Master Feng an explanation." Director Liu said with a smile. During the conversation, the marriage introduction letter for Jiang Cheng was also prepared. It was called a letter of introduction, but it was actually just a form that needed to be filled out and stamped.

Jiang Cheng put away the letter of introduction. He still had something to ask Director Liu. He continued, "Director, I went to Yancheng and got some dried kelp and sea fish. I need your help to process them. The kelp is 80 cents and the sea fish is 40 cents."

"Oh~." Director Liu was immediately excited after hearing this. Other drivers went out to bring some goods, and they all dealt with them privately to people they had connections with. It was rare for the company to handle it, so Director Liu stood up and said, "Let's go and check the goods to see if there are too many."

"The kelp and fish together weigh more than 50 kilograms." Jiang Cheng replied.

"Okay then, I'll go call some people. Salaries are due in a few days, so I'll give everyone some benefits." Upon hearing that the man weighed more than 50 kilograms, Director Liu said happily.

If the quantity is small, Director Liu may go to the cafeteria and ask someone to go and get it. If the quantity is large, he will ask the logistics clerk to keep the items and give them to the employees as welfare when the salary is paid.

Although the passenger and freight transport of the bus station seem to be in the same place and a whole, they are no longer in harmony. In the past, there was a chief and deputy stationmaster, one in charge of passenger transport and the other in charge of freight transport. Other departments were still a whole, but later they were responsible for their own affairs, and there was no chief and deputy stationmaster.

This is not only the case in Changcheng, but also in many other places. So if the total of 50 kilograms of kelp and sea fish are only distributed at the transportation station, each employee can get a lot.

On the way there, Jiang Cheng mentioned that he wanted to buy some wood to make furniture. Director Liu assured him that the transport station had a cooperative relationship with the timber factory. When Jiang Cheng needed wood, he could just call and write a note to Jiang Cheng. It wouldn't be a big problem.

But if you need any kind of wood, Jiang Cheng has to bring the carpenter to pick it, otherwise Director Liu can be contacted now.

After Director Liu took people to the parking lot to check out the kelp and fish that Jiang Cheng brought, he immediately asked people to weigh them and then gave him the receipt. As long as he signed and stamped, Jiang Cheng could go to the finance department to collect the money. After the goods were processed, the letter of introduction was also in hand. Jiang Cheng had to go to the personnel department, which was responsible for asking for leave. If the personnel department did not approve it, Jiang Cheng had to ask for leave, so that he could bypass the personnel department and go to Director Liu, or even Stationmaster Xu.

Jiang Cheng went to see Zhao Feng, the head of the personnel department, and Director Liu had to go back to the office to deal with some things, such as arranging someone to go to the hospital to tell Feng Lin that his son came to the company to be a driver apprentice.

As for the watermelon given by Jiang Cheng, Director Liu plans to call the heads of each department to try a piece during the meal. He will also call the drivers at the transport station. As for other ordinary clerks, don't expect to get a taste of it.

The nature of the work at the transport station is a little bit special in this era. It is a bit difficult to take a temporary leave, mainly because the transport capacity is tight. There are many transport orders that need to be queued up, and many people are busy.

Especially for drivers, there are two types of leave they can take: leave with the car and leave after giving the car to someone else to drive.

The drivers at the transport station basically treat the cars as their own. Even if they are willing to let other drivers drive, they are trustworthy. If the driver takes a break and asks for leave, and the station lets other drivers use the car without their consent, it is considered disrespectful.

It was also very smooth to apply for leave from the Personnel Department. After all, it was a leave for marriage, which only comes once in a lifetime. No matter what, it had to be approved. It was also normal to use the car for personal use. As long as it was not so blatant when using the company car for personal purposes, and if someone asked, you could say that you were going to transport goods.

At around nine o'clock, Jiang Cheng drove out of the transport station, and Director Liu got him another 500-liter diesel permit. He also issued a certificate for out-of-town transport work. With the certificate, Jiang Cheng first went to the grain store specified in the grain book.

With the certificate from his work unit and Jiang Cheng's identity as a driver, the grain store allowed him to buy a two-month ration without saying anything, or to exchange it for grain coupons.

Jiang Cheng asked for food coupons for all the rations of fine grains. When he was out and about, as long as he was within the jurisdiction of Changcheng City, he could use the city food coupons to eat, and he didn't need to use the national food coupons.

As for coarse grains, Jiang Cheng bought millet, dried sweet potatoes, and some mung beans and soybeans.

After buying things, Jiang Chengcai went to the gas station again, filled up his tank and bought some spare diesel, then set off for Jinhe Commune.

At this time, the Jinhe Commune was filled with scenes of rice harvesting.

In Gan Province, rice cannot be harvested three times a year, and rice is not famous even in later generations. Because of climate problems, rice is planted earlier and harvested earlier than in some other regions.

Jiang Cheng didn’t know about the rice from other cities in Jiangxi Province, but the rice from Changcheng required a lot more water to cook than rice from the north, so it consumed more water.

Zhou Lingying was also working in the fields at this time, but her job was easy, picking up rice ears in the fields. Others were harvesting rice, bundling rice and transporting it to the threshing ground or designated storage points. Both harvesting and transporting were high-work-point jobs.

There is another kind of work that needs to be done in the fields but requires few work points, which is picking up rice ears, specifically picking up those scattered rice ears left in the rice fields.

This job was originally done by some old people and children, and they only earned two work points a day. Those who worked hard could earn ten work points a day by harvesting rice. It was like picking up rice ears for a day, but Zhou Lingying had a good partner and didn't need these work points.

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