The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 98 Arriving at Zhou Lingying's House (Updated)
Jiang Cheng had arrived in Nanjing at around 4pm, and his vehicle was checked again on the way. This time, a problem was found. Truck drivers can choose a delivery route within a certain range, and there is generally no problem as long as it is reasonable.

Jiang Cheng's car is from Changcheng. There is no problem in delivering goods to Hucheng and returning empty-handed. This is at most a waste of transportation resources, which Jiang Cheng's unit will handle.

But going from Shanghai to Nanjing doesn't mean the distance has not been shortened. The problem is that going 300 kilometers only shortens the return distance to Changcheng by less than 100 kilometers. This is a violation of the rules and is punishable.

If you are caught taking a detour, you will be punished. This is actually related to the drivers carrying goods. Now, carrying goods will also be checked, and drivers dare not carry too much. In the past, when this aspect was not checked, many drivers often took a detour to other cities to buy things and carry goods. This seriously wasted transportation resources, and later we had to check this.

It is very easy to check whether the driver has taken a detour, just take out the delivery note and check. There is no reason for the delivery note from Shanghai to go to Nanjing, whether it is delivering goods or returning to Changcheng.

Fortunately, this time Zhou Lingying's letter to her family saved Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng sincerely admitted that he had taken a detour. But he was not going to Nanjing to bring goods or something, but to visit his wife's family, and there was Zhou Lingying's letter as proof.

Rules are dead, but people are alive. Some things are not matters of principle, so it is okay to turn a blind eye. So they made some concessions and let Jiang Cheng go.

In fact, to avoid the inspection, Jiang Cheng should have picked up a delivery order to Nanjing in Shanghai. But if he did so, he might have passed the inspection on the way, but he would have no way to explain it when he returned to the company.

The purpose of the return delivery order is to avoid wasting transportation resources and running empty trucks, but the transportation stations in each city must give priority to the transportation of local goods. If you receive a return delivery order and run to Nanjing, the truck will not be able to run, but if this is the case, why does each place need its own transportation station?

Jiang Cheng also understood that if he wanted to come to Nanjing next time, he could only take orders that were on his way or from one or two neighboring cities. There were several urban areas between Shanghai and Nanjing.

After asking around several times, Jiang Cheng finally found the location Zhou Lingying mentioned, a three-story staff dormitory building.

A double staff building, according to the address, Zhou Lingying's family lives on the third floor. The stairs of this staff building are not from the middle, but there are special cement stairs on both sides of the house.

Jiang Cheng parked his car under the staff building, attracting the attention of many people on the first floor. It was not yet five o'clock, so it was almost time to get off work and have lunch.

During the summer vacation, the children played on the flat ground below the staff building. When they saw Jiang Cheng's car, many of them wanted to climb on top of it to play.

The specific address was written on the envelope of the letter that Zhou Lingying sent to Jiang Cheng. In fact, Jiang Cheng didn't have to write the address when sending the letter. The main reason was that it was Jiang Cheng's first time here, and he wouldn't be able to remember the address just by telling him the address, so the address on the envelope was written specifically for Jiang Cheng.

The letter says the third floor, but there are actually two floors if you take the stairs, so there is no need to take the stairs on the ground floor.

The stairs on both sides were quite wide. Jiang Cheng didn't take anything first and went up from the left staircase. When he reached the second floor, Jiang Cheng opened the structure.

If you go to the second floor and turn a corner, you will see a long corridor connecting the rooms. Each room has a small passageway opposite to a room in front, which should be the kitchen.

The corridor railings are made of bricks and cement, which are quite sturdy. In winter, you can dry quilts and other things on the cement brick railings.

At this time, there are quite a few children playing in the corridor, but they are all young. The older ones are probably still playing crazy and wild outside.

Jiang Cheng did not stay on the second floor, but went straight to the third floor. There were eight houses on one floor, and 304 was Zhou Lingying's home.

Because Zhou Lingying's grandparents didn't live with her parents, but with her uncle. So it wasn't time to get off work, and there were no elderly or children at home, so the doors were closed at this time. No one was at home, but there was a wooden glass window next to each door. Standing in the corridor, you can peek into the room, and the window corresponds to the living room. Jiang Cheng took a look and found that the living room was relatively small, and there seemed to be only two doors in the living room.

"Hey, young man, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, Auntie. I'm looking for Zhou Dongming. He lives here."

Just as Jiang Cheng was looking at the situation in the room through the window, an older lady from next door came over and asked him who he was looking for.

In other words, Jiang Cheng was dressed properly, so he didn't look like a bad guy. Otherwise, he wouldn't be politely asking who you were looking for, but cautiously asking what you do.

"Yes, his house is here. What's your relationship with him?" the neighbor aunt asked again. The main reason was that Jiang Cheng's accent was not a local accent, so she had to ask clearly.

"I'm his son-in-law. I'm here to visit. This is my first time visiting him." Jiang Cheng explained with a smile.

"You are Zhou Dongming's son-in-law. That's not right. His daughter was arranged to go to the countryside. Where did the son-in-law come from?" said the neighbor aunt.

"Auntie, I'm just from another place, from Changcheng. It's OK here. I'll go downstairs to get my things." Jiang Cheng said. As long as the place was right, it would be OK. He had slept with someone's daughter who had been raised for more than ten years, so he had to repay Zhou Lingying's parents.

"Wait a minute, tell me what Zhou Dongming's daughter's name is." The neighbor aunt asked cautiously.

"I am really his son-in-law. His daughter is Zhou Lingying, and she married me in Changcheng." Jiang Cheng explained again, then turned and walked towards the stairs.

The neighbor lady looked at Jiang Cheng who turned and left, and believed his words. And believing his words was a big deal. There was something exciting to watch. You have to know that the people in the staff building here are not just neighbors, but also have family members working in the same unit.

Everyone knew that Zhou Dongming's daughter had been sent to the countryside. Because his daughter was pretty, everyone in the staff building knew her name was Zhou Lingying.

Zhou Lingying was arranged to go to the countryside. Many people joked that if she had not been arranged to go to the countryside, when she reached the age of marriage, many people would come to Zhou Dongming's house to propose marriage.

It should be said that Zhou Dongming's daughter has disappeared from everyone's sight for more than a year and a half, and everyone has long stopped talking about his daughter.

Now, a handsome young man suddenly appeared and said that he had married Zhou Dongming's daughter in Changcheng.

This matter was enough for everyone to talk about privately for several days, and as a neighbor who got the first-hand information, she couldn't help but immediately call the people next door to watch the fun. If she was not in poor health, the aunt would have followed Jiang Cheng to take a look.

People these days are so bored that they would just watch a son-in-law from another place as a fun thing to do.

(Ask for some monthly tickets, not much, I only need 30 tickets to rank 10th for my new book. I just want to be the last one.)
(End of this chapter)