The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 96 Zheng Guanghe Soda

Peng Weiguo didn't mind Jiang Cheng buying so many things, as this amount was nothing to him. If Jiang Cheng was too polite and bought less, Peng Weiguo would think he was a bit hypocritical. But if Jiang Cheng bought too much, it would be hard to say.

So you have to be careful about what you say. Too much is not good, and too little is not good either. But one thing is that it is best to be sincere. Unless you can pretend to be very sincere, don't pretend.

When Jiang Cheng was choosing things, he wanted this and that. Peng Weiguo understood very well. If you really want something and still act polite, then I let you buy it this time. If you still give me rubber shoes and raincoats next time, don't think about having this chance again.

After Jiang Cheng finished shopping, he listened to Peng Weiguo's arrangement to take him to unload the goods. It was the first time for him to help unload the goods. It was completely different from unloading goods in other units. Not only did he not unload the goods, but he also had to be polite to him when he moved the car.

And now~~, he doesn’t even look like a truck driver anymore.

I've never seen anyone licking someone's ass so naturally.

After leaving the logistics department, Jiang Cheng drove straight to the beach. This time he was close to the beach, as Baoshan District was close to the sea.

But this time, Jiang Cheng was a little disappointed. Maybe it was because there was a military area here, or maybe the location Jiang Cheng found was not suitable for fishermen to fish in the past.

There were no fishing villages nearby, nor were there places with a lot of reefs. In addition, Jiang Cheng had never been to the sea, so he didn't know what kind of creatures lived near the sand and rocks.

When the sun was setting, I found some small crabs.

There weren't many reefs here, and the water wasn't deep. If you didn't go into the sea, you could only catch small things. So I relied on my spatial ability to find a place that was relatively passable, and caught a few blue crabs of good size.

We also had fish. The fish in the shallow sea were too small, so except for a few sea crucian carp that survived, we didn't take the others.

Jiang Cheng finally understood that fishing in the sea was not like fishing in rivers and lakes. In rivers and lakes, there was a five-cubic-meter range for fishing, and except for the big fish in the deep water, there might not be much to catch, but there were plenty of ordinary fish and shrimp.

But the sea has tides, so a five-meter diameter is nothing. If you go to the pier, or some reef area, like Jiang Cheng did last time at the Yancheng beach, you can find a large reef area to get some lobsters or something.

Where Jiang Cheng was, at dusk, there were small crabs everywhere on the sandy surface of the shore.

Jiang Cheng did not choose to drive to another place to look for a place where he could catch seafood. He planned to rest on the beach for a day and drive to Nanjing tomorrow morning.

In the evening, Jiang Cheng, without even wearing any underwear, went to the beach to surf and relax.

The next day, Jiang Cheng woke up from the back of the car. He couldn't stand sleeping on the beach in shorts even in summer. The main reason was that Shanghai was not like Sanya and other places, and the temperature was not too low in summer.

At the seaside near Shanghai, the temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius at night. If you don't wear a coat when sleeping, you will feel a bit cold.

After a quick cleaning, Jiang Cheng drove off.

It's not a long way from Shanghai to Nanjing, and it would take half a day to drive on a good road. But it's impossible to drive all the way, so it's enough to get to Zhou Lingying's house today.

Not long after driving, Jiang Cheng found a pier. There were not many people at the pier early in the morning, so Jiang Cheng had an idea.

The water at the dock is deep, not as deep as the sea, but it is no problem to catch some fish and shrimp. If there were many people, Jiang Cheng would not dare to catch them. This time, draining five cubic meters of seawater would cause quite a stir.

When Jiang Cheng was fishing in the river before, because the river was not deep, the flow of water could be cut off in an instant. After the water was drained, the water flow from behind replenished it, and the sound of the water hitting was very loud. "Hey, what are you doing? You can't go in front."

"Comrade, I'm sorry, I'm a driver from Changcheng delivering goods to Shanghai. I've never seen a dock like this before, so I thought I could go over and take a look."

Jiang Cheng was about to go over when he was stopped. When asked what he was doing there, he could only point to the car he drove over.

Jiang Cheng really didn't know that there were people guarding the pier. In his memory of the 21st century, many piers would have many fishermen fishing early in the morning. This pier was empty, so what was there to guard?

But this was during the planned economy period, and seaside docks were usually important areas for material transportation and production operations, with relatively strict management regulations. There were special people guarding the docks, and unauthorized personnel were not allowed to enter at will to ensure production safety and proper management of materials.

Although there were guards, you could walk around the dock with permission. Jiang Cheng handed a cigarette to the person who questioned him, and after checking his ID, he was allowed to walk around the dock.

If you don't have a purpose, the pier is really nothing to look at. In summer, there is nothing to block the sun, so you won't die.

Jiang Cheng walked around for a while and then came back. He fished a lot near the pier, but he didn't know what he could catch. He would release the fish next time when he found a deserted place.

After greeting the staff guarding the dock, Jiang Cheng drove away.

Driving from Baoshan District to JD District, Jiang Cheng planned to go to Taicang City after Jiading. There are many cities in this coastal area, and Jiang Cheng was thinking before he set out whether he should stop in each city to process some fish and buy some things like before.

Then, before leaving Baoshan District, Jiang Cheng stopped at a state-owned store.

Early in the morning, he saw a man and a woman talking and laughing in front of the door of a state-owned store. Although they kept a distance, Jiang Cheng could tell that they had a special relationship.

Jiang Cheng couldn't stand the sight of them showing off their affection so early in the morning, so he stepped forward and asked, "Comrades, did you buy the drinks in this state-owned store? How much is a bottle?"

"Driver, you are from another place, right? This drink is 20 cents a bottle. If you return the bottle after drinking it, you can get a refund of 5 cents." The young woman said to Jiang Cheng enthusiastically.

The man driving the car was wearing a military uniform, and he looked and had a good figure. Even women who were in a relationship would have a good impression of such a man. So before the young man replied, the young woman introduced him to Jiang Cheng.

The same principle applies, even if a man is married and has a girlfriend, if a pretty woman asks him something, even if he has no bad intentions, he will be more enthusiastic than others.

"Thank you, Zhengguanghe soda, right? I'll go in and ask." Jiang Cheng looked at the brand of soda in the other person's hand, and then said with gratitude.

Soda is good, but the money for one bottle of soda can buy a lot of popsicles. People with poor conditions really can't afford it. Even though it's only 1.5 cents a bottle, a worker only makes one dollar a day. If you bring the bottle to buy, you may not be able to buy eight bottles of soda with a day's salary.

But young people in the city can still afford it when they are dating. It is a simple truth that those who are unemployed in the city are either uneducated or have jobs.

Those who were educated but unemployed were arranged to go to the countryside. Therefore, young people in the city during this period were basically those with consumption power.

Jiang Cheng entered the state-owned store and told the salesperson his identity. He was a driver from another place who wanted to buy something to take back home.

Hearing that he was a driver from out of town, the salesperson warmly received Jiang Cheng.

(End of this chapter)