Siheyuan: I became a truck driver

Before two o'clock, the kang in Xiao Aiguo's room was completed.

Xiao Yun placed two pieces of red-hot charcoal in the stove and put them into the stove door, then checked the flue of the kang.

The fire in the kitchen was roaring, and the kang was smoothed with mud and plaster, leaving no gaps for smoke to leak out.

Lin Gangtuan helped Xiao Aiguo check the house inside and out, and after making sure there were no problems, he asked Xiao Yun to make up the remaining money.

Of course, no problems means no major problems. As for minor problems, such as whether it can be dried and whether it will crack after drying, these are not Lin Gangtuan’s business.

The two recalculated the expenses.

The total cost for the cart, bricks, mortar, and labor was 23 dollars.

In the morning, Xiao Yun gave Lin Gangtuan two big unity cards, and now he gave him the remaining three dollars.

After seeing Lin Gangtuan off, Xiao Aiguo and Xiao Yun began to clean up their respective rooms.

At the same time, the wet mud on the kang must be dried before night, otherwise there will be no place to sleep.

Because Xiao Yun's room had already been cleaned in the morning, there was no need to clean anything else.

With nothing to do, Xiao Yun took out the two military family badges he had found and nailed them on one side of the two doors.

This time, Xiao Aiguo did not stop him.

...

That night, Xiao Yun and Xiao Aiguo ate a bite as usual and then returned to their respective rooms to rest.

Xiao Yun calculated the time.

After tonight, it will be the third day after the rescue, so it is reasonable to go back to work in the factory.

If he doesn't go now, Xiao Yun might not be sure of his position as the driver.

After all, although the factory director agreed to Xiao Yun's request, if Xiao Yun kept delaying and affected the transportation work, the factory director would replace him.

This is not worth it!

The kang was almost dry, and Xiao Yun began to make the bed.

Because he didn't buy a kang mat, Xiao Yun wanted to sleep on the kang, so he could only spread the bed sheet on the kang first, and then put the mattress on the bed sheet.

Lying on the bed, Xiao Yun entered the space with a thought.

At this moment, seven or eight hours had passed since he planted the experimental field.

All kinds of crops in the experimental field have matured, and each ridge is growing according to the expected plan without any large gaps.

The wilting seeds that were previously worried about did not exist at all.

Xiao Yun entered the experimental field and took a look.

The sorghum is taller than Xiao Yun, standing out from the crowd in the experimental field. The wheat is glowing golden, and the heavy grains on the ears have bent the wheat stalks.

The location of the eggplants and peppers was also beyond Xiao Yun's expectations.

However, there are more than 200 peppers on the 30-centimeter-high pepper stalks, and some are even more!

Round purple eggplants also hang on the stems.

In this era, most people still eat spherical eggplants.

On the other side, because there is no rack, the tomato vines grow along the ground and the tomatoes bear fruit on the ground.

Xiao Yun picked a tomato, rubbed it on his clothes, and took a big bite.

Suddenly, tomato juice flowed down the corners of his mouth.

Xiao Yun finished the tomato in a few bites and continued to check.

Watermelons, cantaloupes and other crops have also grown fruits. There are as many as 40 to 50 watermelons in just one ridge, and cantaloupes are twice as many as watermelons!

Xiao Yun's eyes lit up as he watched.

You know, we are now in the period of three years of natural disasters.

Not to mention fruits, even grains are scarce.

In some remote mountain villages, elm bark is not even found.

But now, Xiao Yun has endless fruits to eat.

The only regret is that I can’t give it to Xiao Aiguo easily.

Otherwise, with Xiao Aiguo's vigilance, he would definitely ask where it came from, and if he couldn't explain it well then, it would be troublesome.

But it’s not a big deal. When I get back in the car, I can say it was a gift from my leader. This excuse is pretty convincing.

In this experimental field, Xiao Yun did not plant beans and cucumbers, simply because these two foods are different from tomatoes.

Tomatoes are not affected much even without a rack.

But these two crops will crawl all over the ground without a rack.

Therefore, when Xiao Yun was planting, he simply gave up on these two types.

At the same time, Xiao Yun did not plant buckwheat and sweet potatoes. These two kinds of coarse grains were not a high priority for Xiao Yun.

What Xiao Yun was most interested in was wheat, because if there was an abundance of wheat, it could be ground into fine white flour on a stone mill.

With white flour available, who would still want to eat corn flour, buckwheat flour and other coarse grains?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun picked up the hoe, walked to the side of the cornfield, and began to turn the soil.

After testing in experimental fields, these crops can be planted on a large scale just like potatoes and corn.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yun was covered in sweat. He jumped into the river to take a shower before exiting the space.

The stove door is blocked and the temperature is retained in the flue.

Xiao Yun's bed was warm and he fell asleep soon.

...

The next morning, the first thing Xiao Yun did when he opened his eyes was to touch the cell phone next to his pillow.

After groping for a few times, he realized that he had traveled through time.

Xiao Yun had already vaguely adapted to the temperature here, but last night's kang made Xiao Yun feel like he was in the afterlife.

Only then could he involuntarily reach for his cell phone.

After waking up for a while, Xiao Yun went into the space, washed up, put on his clothes and got out of bed.

He has to go to the steel factory to change shifts today and can't be late.

After finding his army green shoulder bag in the outer room, Xiao Yun went straight out the door.

He did not leave in a hurry, but went to Xiao Aiguo's door first.

"Master, today is my first day. I don't have time to eat breakfast. I'm leaving now. You can go out and eat directly later. Don't bother at home anymore."

Xiao Aiguo knew what Xiao Yun meant by the first day, so he responded from inside the house, and Xiao Yun left with peace of mind.

In the early morning of Sijiu City, the whole world is shrouded in a cold light blue filter.

The exhaled breath immediately turned into white breath.

Xiao Yun walked a few steps and returned home, found his hat and scarf, and then set off.

When Xiao Yun met Yi Zhonghai at the front yard gate, he simply ignored him.

When Yi Zhonghai thought that he stepped down because of Xiao Yun, he became even angrier.

He became more anxious to complain to the factory leaders, which indirectly affected his steps.

...

On the street, many workers were also walking on the road, and they were running in the same direction as Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun didn't feel strange.

In 1961, the whole country had only one day off a week, and the two-day weekend was not implemented until the 198s, so it was normal to work on Sundays.

Xiao Yun walked for a while and then stopped at a corner. There was a supply and marketing cooperative here that opened at eight o'clock, and Xiao Yun was waiting there.

Although Xiao Yun didn't know who the truck drivers were, he could guess that the people in a truck fleet must be familiar with each other.

If you are a stranger joining the group, even if you don't give gifts, you should at least give someone a cigarette, which can at least give everyone a good impression.

Otherwise, if Xiao Yun relies on himself alone, it will take him forever to figure out the twists and turns here.

Moreover, Xiao Aiguo said that while trucks are very profitable these days, they are also very dangerous.

First, the cargo at the steel mill, steel pipes and steel coils, is inherently dangerous.

After all, there is a saying that thousands of cardholders will say: I would rather die of poverty than pull a pipe, and I would rather die of hunger than pull a roll. This saying is not groundless.

Second, although we are now liberated, there are still criminals who rob people on the road.

This is no small matter. Although Xiao Yun was a soldier and can fight, he can't handle a group of people.

If the person had that shovel and pickaxe in his hand, Xiao Yun would have no chance of winning at all.

This is just the human factor, there are also external factors, such as the car breaking down halfway, the water tank leaking, the brake disc worn out, etc.

There were no telephones in those days, so it was impossible to just call someone to repair your car.

Although there is a repair team in the factory, when you are out, in addition to the driver who needs to know a little about repairing the car, someone also needs to help notify the factory.

All of these require building good relationships with the truck crew.