The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 62: Favors

Today Jiang Cheng asked Zhu Lan to call Master Li over, mainly to buy wood, so it would be best to buy the wood today.

So I made an agreement with Master Li at the dinner table that after lunch, he would go back and get the tools.

The old furniture selected at the supply and marketing cooperative is still in the warehouse behind the cooperative. Master Li said that although it is old furniture and damaged, the material is good. If you really want to buy that kind of material to make furniture, the price will be high.

Therefore, the materials selected by the supply and marketing cooperative must be needed, and Zhu Lan was asked to ask the driver who pulled the cart this morning to deliver them here when he goes to work.

Jiang Cheng went to his unit's transport station to ask Director Liu for help in contacting the lumber mill. As long as there were no problems, Jiang Cheng would drive over to pick up Master Li to go to the lumber mill to pick up the materials.

The meal was quickly finished. Zhou Lingying cooked two pots of rice and ate them all. Of course, it could also be because the pot was not big, not the stove pot in the countryside, which could cook a lot. But cooking two pots of rice in a cooking pot was not a small amount, and it was all eaten up.

There is not much to be said about the meals of these carpenters. They don't expect you to treat them with rice every day. But even if it is coarse grains, at least they should be dry, not flour or porridge. If they have steamed corn bread with pickles, the carpenters won't say anything.

Because everyone was eating rations these days, it was normal that they couldn't afford rice. But generally, they would treat everyone to a good meal on the first day. Master Li now considered today's meal to be the first meal of the working year, which was really sumptuous.

Since it was the start-of-work meal, there was no need to be polite. I ate as much as I could. I couldn't do that when I was working. Even if I ate steamed bread after work, not many people could afford to treat me.

In addition to Master Li eating to his heart's content, Zhou Lingying also ate a lot without showing off. Others didn't notice, but Jiang Cheng did. Maybe Zhou Lingying was really a foodie, and she was the kind who didn't look like she was wolfing down her food, but ate very quickly.

With Zhou Lingying's looks and current ability to eat, if she were to become a food broadcaster in the future, Jiang Cheng felt that she would be very popular and become a big food broadcaster internet celebrity. But in this era, she is just born at the wrong time.

After dinner, Master Li just smoked a cigarette and left. Jiang Cheng also took a short rest and set off. Today, when he returned to the company, he not only had to ask about the purchase of wood, but also about what he had promised Secretary Wang of the commune.

If the leaders in the unit can help, Jiang Cheng's sister will go to their village to work as a scorekeeper. Not only can she take care of his sister Jiang Yan, but she can also take care of her sister-in-law Li Xianglan with this scorekeeper's identity.

Jiang Cheng drove to the transport station. There were not many cars in the parking lot at this time. Some were loading goods or were on their way to deliver goods.

After parking the car, Jiang went directly to Director Liu of the Logistics Department in the office building. Director Liu's office door was open and he was talking to a woman.

"Hey, Master Jiang, why are you here?" Director Liu saw Jiang Cheng and smiled as if he had seen a savior. Then he said to the woman, "Go back first. We can talk later if you have anything to say. I have something important to discuss here."

The woman looked at Jiang Cheng, then at Director Liu, and left without saying anything.

Jiang Cheng felt that he had come at the wrong time, but it also seemed like he had come at the right time.

"Don't look at it. You came at the right time. A relative is here to help." Director Liu said with a smile.

"Director Liu, I'm here to see you for business as well. I've already contacted the carpenter regarding the wood matter we talked about last time." Jiang Cheng said.

"Your problem is not a big deal, but there's really nothing we can do about her problem." Director Liu said. He was not afraid that Jiang Cheng would know what the problem was, so he just told Jiang Cheng about it.

Director Liu was just complaining, even though he was the logistics director of the transport station, he was indeed in a very good position, with many connections and could do a lot of things.

But in this era, some things are not omnipotent for a logistics director of a transportation station. The woman just now is Director Liu's cousin, with the same surname. She was anxious to find Director Liu to find a job for her daughter to avoid being selected to go to the countryside as an educated youth. If it was five years ago, there was no such thing as educated youth. With Director Liu's status and connections, even if he couldn't arrange a job at the bus station, he could find a temporary job for someone else.

Nowadays, every position is filled with one person, and some leaders may not be able to take care of all their children because they have many children. Some of them are sent to work as educated youth. At most, they can use some connections to avoid being assigned to remote places, and those who have no connections can be assigned to live in cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi.

Let's say, there is an 18-year-old female cleaner at the bus station, she is pretty and well-educated. She is the child of a relative of a leader of another department, and has been working here for two years, but still cannot transfer to another position.

After Director Liu finished pouring out his grievances, he did not sit still and directly called the sawmill.

When I got through to the timber factory, they didn't say they needed timber for Jiang Cheng's furniture. Instead, they said the company wanted to buy some desks and stools privately, and asked the factory driver to bring some materials over in the afternoon.

Listening to Director Liu's conversation on the phone, Jiang Cheng felt that it was going very smoothly. The call ended soon. Director Liu took a pen and wrote a name on a piece of paper and said, "Go to the lumber mill to find this person. Don't talk nonsense there. Just pick the wood and leave. Got it. By the way, Master Feng's son will come over tomorrow morning. You can take a look at it."

"Okay, how is Master Feng doing?" Jiang Cheng responded. It is not without benefits to have an apprentice in the automotive industry. He can assign the apprentice to do errands in the future, even if it is just buying a pack of cigarettes or asking him to move things at home.

"It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. It will take several months to heal." Director Liu said that although Master Feng's job was taken over by his son, the unit still had to send people to visit him frequently.

"Director, I have something else here. I wonder if you can help me." Jiang Cheng just asked casually about Master Feng. Now he wanted to ask about the diesel engine factory.

"You tell me first. I need to hear what it is about." Director Liu asked.

Jiang Cheng didn't hesitate and directly talked about the affairs of the county's agricultural machinery factory and the situation of the commune where his hometown was.

Director Liu didn't ask much. He could tell from Jiang Cheng's words that this was probably someone entrusting Jiang Cheng to do something, and it wasn't Jiang Cheng's personal matter.

As for what role Jiang Cheng plays in this, whether he has a vested interest or simply wants to do things for his hometown, Director Liu doesn't care.

But Jiang Cheng had found the wrong person for this matter. Director Liu was only in charge of logistics, so it was no problem to ask him to get some wood or some tickets. But for the business dealings between the transport station and other units, he had to go to Stationmaster Xu.

So after listening to this, Director Liu stood up and said, "You have to ask Station Master Xu about this. I'll go with you, but you're just asking for a favor. Forget it, let's not talk about it~."

"Director Liu, I understand." Jiang Cheng replied.

Director Liu said he would not say it, but he had actually pointed it out. This matter could be said to be beyond Jiang Cheng's personal affairs, even if it was easy to do at the transportation station.

The nature of the affairs of the unit's employees is different from that of individuals. For example, when Jiang Cheng wanted to buy furniture, Director Liu helped him. This can be regarded as taking care of the employees of his own unit without caring about gains and losses.

But when I help others, it’s like you coming to me to borrow money. It’s not you who wants to borrow it, but you are borrowing it on behalf of others. The nature of the matter is different.

So Jiang Cheng also understood what Director Liu meant. In this case, he had to repay the favor. For example, if there was a chance, he could get some extra supplies for the unit. Otherwise, he might not help Jiang Cheng in such matters in the future.

　There are 3 days left in the countdown to the new book list. After 3 days, I will not ask for monthly tickets and rewards every day. Those who have tickets can help to support the last days.

　
(End of this chapter)