The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 63 Clams
The two men came to the stationmaster's office and after meeting Stationmaster Xu, Jiang Cheng did not speak. Director Liu took the initiative to explain the situation.

After listening to the story, Stationmaster Xu didn't say much. He first took Jiang Cheng and Director Liu to the dispatch room and asked the dispatcher if there was any order for the diesel engine factory to deliver.

There are indeed quite a few of them. This is mainly because the industrial level of that era is too backward and there are few talents. The engine factories in some big cities also give priority to supplying the engines they produce to some special units.

In fact, the diesel engine factory itself has several Jiefang trucks, but they are not enough. The engine also needs raw materials and parts to be produced and assembled, and they have to arrange vehicles to bring back some materials.

Stationmaster Xu read the delivery note and handed it to Jiang Chengdao, saying, "Pick two orders and run them in the next two days."

Jiang Cheng looked at the orders, all of which were for deliveries within the province. He picked two orders with the same route, one for Yuxincheng and one for Xiangpingcheng, and said, "Let's take these two orders."

"Can it run tomorrow?" Stationmaster Xu needed to confirm. The transport station has always been very lenient with drivers' selection of orders. As the stationmaster, he usually handles some temporary expedited orders and some orders that some units use to build relationships and cannot arrange for early delivery.

"No problem." Jiang Cheng replied.

After hearing Jiang Cheng's reply, Stationmaster Xu called the diesel engine factory directly from the dispatch room. There was also a caller at the factory. After Stationmaster Xu revealed his identity, the person on the other end of the phone probably went to call someone. After waiting for a while, it was obvious that someone else came to talk to Stationmaster Xu.

Stationmaster Xu informed them that a truck would be arranged to deliver Yu Xin and Xiang Ping's goods to them tomorrow morning, and asked them to prepare the goods for delivery, so that other drivers would have to wait for them to prepare the goods.

After discussing this, Stationmaster Xu did not ask for help in his tone, but directly asked about the diesel engine quota of Yi'an County Agricultural Machinery Factory. If there is a quota, can you arrange it for me? He said that the agricultural machinery factory over there is waiting for it urgently.

Which agricultural machinery factory is not eager to use this diesel engine? The agricultural machinery factory in Yi'an County is the most anxious. But they understand what is going on and just deliver the goods to them. There is no need for the stationmaster of a transportation station to come forward.

After the call, the matter at the agricultural machinery factory was settled. The diesel engine factory would notify the agricultural machinery factory in Yi'an County to pick up the engine.

Jiang Cheng didn't expect that a matter that was so important to a farm machinery factory in the county could be solved by a stationmaster of a transport station with just one phone call. Of course, the country has always been particular about human relations, and this time it seemed to be solved very simply. The next time the diesel engine factory has something to trouble the transport station, it will be difficult to shirk responsibility. It doesn't mean that Jiang Cheng will be even if he goes to the diesel engine factory to transport goods tomorrow.

Secretary Wang of Jinhe Commune's commission was finally completed. Jiang Cheng said a few words of thanks to Director Liu and Stationmaster Xu, then left the transport station to pick up the carpenter to buy wood.

When driving out of the transport station, Jiang Cheng took a relatively dense empty net bag, and with a thought, the net bag was filled with large clams. He did it again in the same way as agreed, but this time the net bag was filled with large crabs caught in Qingcao Lake.

If it were in the future, crabs would definitely not be on the market at this time of year, and they would not be big. But they were all farmed, and they were indeed not big when it was not in season. But Jiang Cheng caught wild crabs from the lake, which might have grown for several years and were very big. He threw away the small ones.

The weather is hot, even if you have a wife, you can't drag Zhou Lingying into the room too early to do push-ups. It's better to get some seafood clams and a big river crab in the evening, sit outside and eat and drink in the breeze.

Driving back to the outside of Nanluo Lane, Jiang Cheng walked into the yard carrying two net bags of things. The children playing in the alley followed Jiang Cheng all the way when they saw the crabs he was carrying, some wanting to eat some and some wanting to play with them.

Jiang Cheng returned to the yard. Zhou Lingying was washing things at the door. There were women in the yard chatting with her. They were seen talking and laughing from a distance. In the corridor of the side room, Master Li was already working. The old and damaged furniture selected from the supply and marketing cooperative had been delivered. Master Li was cutting it up with a saw blade.

"Sister Zhou, your man is here."

"I saw it, we'll talk later."

When Jiang Cheng appeared at the gate of the yard, the woman who was chatting with Zhou Lingying saw him. There was no way not to see him, he was too conspicuous, carrying two net bags with things, and several children followed him and stared at the things in his net bags.

Zhou Lingying put down what she was washing and immediately walked towards Jiang Cheng. She was surprised to see a net full of huge crabs.

Looking at another net bag, Zhou Lingying's first reaction was how could they buy so many large clam oils. She thought that she would buy clam oil when it was cold, so that she could apply it on her skin to prevent freezing. Such large clam oils must cost eight cents each.

But Zhou Lingying soon realized that this should not be the clam oil that Jiang Cheng bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, but edible clams. However, clams grow in the sea, and most people in the inland area have never eaten them. What everyone has seen is a kind of oil skin care product packaged in clam shells from the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Jiang Cheng, are these clams? They're from the sea?" Zhou Lingying walked up to Jiang Cheng, took the two net bags of things, and asked excitedly. She had never eaten clams and wanted to know what they tasted like.

"Yes, a colleague brought it here after delivering goods to a place by the sea. Just stir-fry some ginger and chili in the evening, and then eat it with soy sauce after the crabs are cooked." Jiang Cheng said. He saw a light in Zhou Lingying's eyes, a look that was eager to eat.

"Okay, then I'll put it in the room first." Zhou Lingying replied while carrying her things. She felt that life was especially good on this first day in the city.

What worries Zhou Lingying now is that she thinks this thing should be delicious. She fried it with oil as Jiang Cheng said, and added ginger and chili peppers. Then the soup must be delicious. She should have more rice in the evening. She doesn't know how the soup will taste when mixed with rice. The soup fried with oil must not be wasted.

Jiang Cheng didn't know what Zhou Lingying was thinking. He had to take the carpenter to pick wood. So he took out a cigarette and walked to Master Li and said politely, "Master Li, please come with me to the lumber mill."

"It's no trouble. It's my duty." Master Li took the cigarette and said politely.

Carpenters have the obligation to select the right materials for their employers, and apprentices in this trade must learn to identify wood from the beginning. If they don't know how to distinguish different types of wood, they won't be able to become apprentices. If you select the wrong wood for the employer, you won't get paid.

After saying hello, Master Li put his tools in the side room and immediately left with Jiang Cheng.

For Master Li, it was easy to go to the timber market with Jiang Cheng to pick materials, because the employer drove a big car and he could ride with him. However, those who could get timber directly from the timber factory these days were not ordinary people, at least they had a bicycle, and rarely walked.

(End of this chapter)