The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 52: I'll accompany you even when I'm doing laundry
As for Li Mingjun's matter, Jiang Cheng just smiled in his heart. To him, it was just a gossip of that era.

Jiang Cheng was actually quite curious about what that guy looked like. If he was good-looking, then he was really born at the wrong time. In the future, he might be a gigolo who could not be bound by morality, and his life would definitely be better than most people.

After Zhou Lingying's story was finished, Jiang Cheng naturally wouldn't blame her for the loss of the few food coupons. It was hot in the house, so Jiang Cheng left the room and let Zhou Lingying clean up by herself.

Zhou Lingying had packed her things. The quilt and other things had been tied up beforehand and did not need to be sorted.

After putting away the things, Zhou Lingying took out the clothes she had worn in the fields today, put them in a basin, and said to Jiang Cheng, "Jiang Cheng, you didn't bring any clothes with you. I'll go to the river to wash some clothes. If I wash them now, they will be dry by the time I leave tomorrow."

"I left my clothes in the car and forgot to take them. Aren't you going to the educated youth dormitory to say goodbye to your friends tonight? I'll get them from the car then." Jiang Cheng said. His clothes were in the space and he indeed forgot to take them out. He would definitely have to change clothes after taking a shower at night.

The river Zhou Lingying was talking about was actually a stream. When the water level was high, it was quite deep, up to an adult's chest. Normally, it was only about one meter deep.

In the summer, many children would swim and bathe there, and men from the neighborhood would also go there to bathe.

In this era, rural and urban residents do not use the word "creek" to refer to streams. Everything is a river, the only difference is the big river or the small river. The canals beside the fields are not called canals, but ditches.

So Jiang Cheng knew where Zhou Lingying said she was going to wash clothes in the river, and he planned to follow her there. There was a small forest nearby, and Jiang Cheng planned to wander around in the forest. There were many people eating tonight, so a duck and a fish weighing several kilograms would be enough. In fact, there were also dried fish and rabbit meat.

But today in the countryside, it was Jiang Cheng's big day. He prepared more delicious food so that everyone could enjoy the meal more. He also had some sparrows that he caught last time in his space.

"I'll come with you. There's a forest over there. I'll see if I can shoot a bird."

"kindness."

When Zhou Lingying left, Jiang Cheng followed.

Jiang Cheng’s main purpose was really to catch birds for fun. Even though he had the portable space and catching things became very simple, he still found it very interesting.

This is just like how fishermen think those who use electric shock or nets to catch fish are immoral and uninteresting. But when you do it yourself and see how easy it is to get something, it is also very refreshing.

Jiang Cheng's actions were like eating candy to Zhou Lingying, sweet to her heart. When she went to wash clothes, Jiang Cheng accompanied him. As for going to the woods to shoot birds, it was just an excuse to accompany her.

This is just like a girl's modesty, and Zhou Lingying understands it.

So Zhou Lingying went to wash clothes and Jiang Cheng went to shoot birds in the woods.

Even when they were on their way back half an hour later, Jiang Cheng had several birds tied together after being killed by stones. Zhou Lingying still thought that Jiang Cheng was just accompanying him to do laundry, and shooting a few birds was just a side job.

If the fishermen of later generations knew about this, they would be so happy that they could go fishing every day for the sake of their wives to nourish their bodies. They would definitely not go fishing just because they wanted to.

"Jiang Cheng, you are so awesome. You can shoot birds even if you go to the woods without bringing anything." On the way back, Zhou Lingying said to Jiang Cheng with some admiration.

"You are a little thin, eat more later." Jiang Cheng said proudly, being admired by a beautiful woman, that was really proud. Soon the two returned home, Jiang Cheng saw his mother and a woman with three little boys at the door peeling wild duck feathers.

The woman looked somewhat familiar to Jiang Cheng. He recalled the memories of the original owner and realized that she was his aunt.

It's not Jiang Cheng's fault that he had to think for a while, it's just that rural people age quickly. I haven't seen her for more than four years, and Jiang Cheng is not the real person, so he was lucky to recognize her as his aunt.

"Aunt."

"Aunt."

Jiang Cheng called her aunt, and Zhou Lingying followed suit. In fact, from now on, Zhou Lingying could change her words, and Jiang Cheng's parents could also call her father and mother.

My aunt was also very happy to see Jiang Cheng. She used to have a mediocre relationship with this family. My uncle might love his sister's child, but that doesn't mean my aunt feels the same way.

But now it's different. My aunt already knows that her nephew Jiang Cheng works as a driver in the city. It's a big deal. In the future, when they face the relatives of the Zhao family, they can stand up straight and say that their nephew works as a car driver in the city. It's a great honor to think about it.

When Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying called out like this, their aunt quickly responded and then asked the boys around her to call them uncle and aunt.

It was not easy for everyone these days, Jiang Cheng's mother went to invite her family to come over for a meal, which was considered a wedding banquet. Zhao Yuxia's parents had passed away, so she only invited her brother and sister-in-law to come.

Jiang Cheng's uncle was still working in the fields and would come over later. As for his uncle's sons and daughters, they were cousins ​​to Jiang Cheng, so he generally didn't invite them.

If Jiang Cheng's family had not been at odds with his uncle and aunt, they would have to invite relatives based on how close they were to each other, and cousins ​​wouldn't be given priority. But in this day and age, cousins ​​aren't necessarily invited to weddings, so it's not the turn of cousins.

But my cousins ​​were not invited, and my aunt brought some grandchildren, who are considered children, and cannot be counted at the banquet. Moreover, my aunt only brought her grandchildren, not her granddaughters, and she has several granddaughters at home.

My aunt was afraid that Jiang Cheng’s family would say that she had too many children to take care of. She didn’t take her granddaughter with her, but she brought her grandson to have a good meal to improve the food.

"Mom, we just shot a few birds. Skin them all and put them in the duck to stew together." Jiang Cheng said as he threw a string of birds tied with straw ropes directly next to the wooden basin where the duck was being skinned.

"Alas." Zhao Yuxia responded. She had just been telling her sister-in-law that wild ducks were not as fat as domestic ducks and did not have much meat. Now that Jiang Cheng had brought some birds, they could eat the meat as much as they wanted.

Zhou Lingying put down the basin of clothes and wanted to help. But Zhao Yuxia didn't let her help with this job today. She didn't know what Zhou Lingying and her son Jiang Cheng would do in the city tomorrow to get their marriage certificate. In Zhao Yuxia's opinion, today was the day Zhou Lingying and her son were getting married. How could a married bride help with work in the kitchen?

Finally, Zhou Lingying could only go to dry the clothes, and then took out a few candies from the room for the children to eat. The candies were left by Jiang Cheng first, and there were still quite a few.

Soon Jiang Cheng's sister Jiang Yan also came, also with her child. This brother-in-law was the same, working in the field and hadn't finished yet. The weather was hot now, so people started work early in the morning and finished work early. But at noon, because the sun was too strong, they didn't start working until after 2 o'clock.

So now we won't stop working until the sun sets. In summer, the sun sets at least after 5 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)