The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 66: Faulty Companions
What Jiang Cheng wants to teach is actually practical content; the theoretical basis and so on have to be self-study by the apprentices.

It can be said that although being a car soldier in the army is hard and strict, but there are advantages in the army, and some books and materials are directly distributed to you for study.

At the transport station, the apprentices have to find books and materials and take notes by themselves. No one can teach you by example unless you are a relative. Only after you understand the basics and know the meaning of each component, will the master take the time to show the apprentice the car and teach him based on what he has learned.

And to learn how to drive you have to learn how to repair a car first. There are drivers repairing cars at the bus station. No matter if you have your own master or not, you have to watch and learn, and even lend a hand.

For example, if the master asked the apprentice to use the jack to remove the tire when changing the tire, he would have to do it. Otherwise, if he only learned to repair his master's car, like Jiang Cheng who was assigned a new truck, and there was no problem for a year, then the apprentice would not learn it.

Only when the master is at work, the apprentice will stay with his master. Even if he can't learn anything, he still has to serve the master by pouring tea and water. When the master is not at home, no matter whether it is a transport station or a passenger station, he has to run to both sides.

In addition, all the apprentices at the bus station should take the initiative to clean and maintain the vehicles in their spare time. They should take rags and buckets to wipe the trucks clean and take this opportunity to get more familiar with the various parts of the vehicles.

The drivers would wash their cars outside sometimes, and when they returned to the transport station, they would teach the apprentices, regardless of whether they had apprentices or not. But if they had apprentices, they had some obligation to teach them.

In the lounge, Jiang Cheng asked Feng Hua a lot of questions. It might be that his father, Master Feng, had long planned to let him work as a driver, and he did know some knowledge about automobile structure.

In addition, Master Feng is a truck driver with a high income and can usually make a lot of benefits. His son Feng Hua is in good physical condition.

As for height, he might not be that tall, probably less than 1.7 meters. But after all, he was 16 years old, so he might still be growing. People of this era were generally shorter than those in later generations.

Jiang Cheng is about 1.78 meters tall, which is considered a perfect figure in the South, otherwise Zhou Lingying would not have fallen in love with him at first sight.

It doesn't matter if a man is short, as long as he can jump well. Otherwise, when a matchmaker introduces a date, he may not be able to say "he is 1.8 meters tall when he jumps."

"Okay, your dad is also a driver, and he should have told you how to learn. You should memorize the structure of the car as soon as possible. I have to go out for a trip now and will be back in a day or two. I will test you on how many parts you know. If you learn to repair the car as soon as possible, I will let you follow the car sooner."

"I understand, master."

Feng Hua was very happy when he heard Jiang Cheng's words. This should mean that he would accept him as his disciple.

Jiang Cheng didn't say anything more. Before going to the diesel engine factory to load the goods, he had to go to Director Liu again to get another 500 liters of diesel approved, and he had to go to the gas station to fill up the gas.

By the time Jiang Cheng finished refueling and arrived at the diesel engine factory, it was already past nine o'clock. The destinations for this delivery were all directly sent to the transportation stations in Yuxin and Xiangping, and when they arrived there, they could just drive directly to the transportation station warehouse.

In fact, no matter it is a train or a truck, every transport station has trucks for the transfer of goods. Jiang Cheng transported diesel engines this time, small and medium-sized ones. And he was not just sending one unit. It was impossible for Jiang Cheng to transport dozens of engines and deliver them one unit at a time.

The goods were directly unloaded into the warehouse of the transport station, and the diesel engine factory would also give Jiang Cheng some corresponding unit product lists. These lists were to be handed over by Jiang Cheng to the warehouse managers of other transport stations. When the time came, other units would arrange their own vehicles to go to the warehouse to pick up the equipment. With the corresponding lists, there would be no confusion.

The smallest diesel engine weighs more than 150 pounds, and the medium-sized one weighs several hundred pounds. This is also a job that drivers are reluctant to do, because they are afraid that the car will accidentally get stuck in a pit and can't get out, and the goods can't be moved.

Originally, Jiang Cheng thought it would take a long time to load several tons of goods here, but he forgot that this was a diesel engine factory and there were forklifts.

Forklifts are considered engineering vehicles. In this era, apart from heavy industry, few other units have them.

The goods were loaded in less than an hour, and Jiang Cheng even wanted to get in on the treat.

Jiang Cheng only bought two packs of Hongmei cigarettes and drove away from the diesel engine factory. In other words, Jiang Cheng didn't care about a meal, otherwise he would have cursed when he left. It was still the old rule. If you want to use the company car for personal use, you may be called by the stationmaster for a talk if your mileage and fuel consumption exceed other drivers in the unit by too much. After Jiang Cheng drove the car into the city, he put all the goods into the space.

The straight-line distance to Yuxin City is about 160 kilometers. But there is no straight highway. Taking some rural roads may be the shortest way, but the roads are not good and you can't drive fast. Taking the main road, you can drive dozens of kilometers more.

Jiang Cheng chose to take the main road, passing through several counties and two urban areas. It was a bit slow, but the road was easy to walk on, mainly because he had to sell some fish in the space.

Just after leaving the city for a short while, Jiang Cheng encountered a Jiefang car parked on the road. It must have broken down. Fortunately, it was on a highway. If it was a country road, the car would have broken down and blocked the road, and other cars might not be able to move.

Jiang Cheng drove his car in front of the Jiefang car and saw a middle-aged man in a vest standing in front of the car with the hood open.

After parking the car by the roadside, Jiang Cheng got out and walked towards the middle-aged man.

"Master, is there something wrong with the car?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Well, there's something wrong with the oil pump." The Jiefang truck driver responded.

Hearing this question, Jiang Cheng thought for a while. He was not comfortable using his original body's memory, but he immediately understood that this was a problem.

Many drivers have a large number of accessories for their car models on the road. Even Jiang Cheng's car is new, and there are a lot of tools and accessories under the second row of seats.

Like piston rings and pistons, valves and valve springs, spark plugs and distributor parts. There are also belts, fuses, car bulbs and other small parts that can be replaced on the car.

But almost no car is equipped with an oil pump, and even if you return to the company, it is quite difficult to repair it.

Truck drivers are very united these days. If they see a fellow truck driver having an accident on the road, they will basically help. Because cars are prone to breakdowns these days, and it is very likely that they will also encounter such a day.

There was also a mark on the other party’s car indicating what unit they belonged to, but Jiang Cheng didn’t look at it deliberately. Instead, he started chatting with the other party.

Car breakdowns are commonplace for drivers of this age, and there's no need to be impatient.

The two of them stood by the road smoking and chatting, and Jiang Cheng also learned that the other person's name was Liu Yong. They were colleagues, but he was a driver at Fengcheng Coal Mine, which was different from the truck driver at the transport station.

They only deliver the factory's own coal, and the trucks can return empty. But you don't have a choice of where to deliver it, it's up to the coal factory to arrange it, and you have four days off every month.

In theory, Jiang Cheng has the right to rest at the transportation station, but if he does not apply for it, he will be actively arranged to work, which is considered overtime.

Jiang Cheng might need help with this car. If he loads the goods, he might ask him to go to the coal factory where Liu Yong works to inform them and ask them to bring parts over for repairs, or to tow the car back to the coal factory.

But Jiang Cheng had already put the goods into the space, and Changcheng was only a few dozen kilometers away from Fengcheng, and now it was halfway there. Both cars had traction wire ropes, so it would be better to waste some time and pull them directly to Fengcheng.

　Today is the 30th day of updating, and also the last day on the new book list. I outlasted some authors who published books earlier than me, but in the end I was still the second in the newcomer category list for a week.

　　That's all, let's see what the editor has to say later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)