Siheyuan: Start as a truck driver

After passing Tangshan, the houses on the roadside gradually became lower and lower. The original green-tiled houses were gone, and most of them were thatched houses.

Some are made of loess and some are made of wood. They are much shabbier than those in the suburbs of the capital.

By this time, all the "passengers" had gotten off the bus, and the sun was low on the treetops.

In this era, there are also things to pay attention to when staying out.

There are state-run guest houses, also called bungalow hotels, in large towns, and you need a letter of introduction to stay.

Most of the bungalow hotels in the capital are concentrated in Qianmenwai Polishing Factory, Xiheyan, Dashilan, Guanyin Temple, Meishi Street, grain stores, Zhushikou and Tianqiao area.

Bungalow hotels in other towns are basically near train stations and bus stations.

When the weather is cold, bungalow hotels will buy Korean paper to paper the windows of each guest room, cut paper strips to fit through the window cracks, nail the wind pipes, install stoves and chimneys in each room.

As soon as customers enter the store, regardless of whether they are men or women, including young couples who are traveling and getting married, the salesperson not only checks the passengers' documents and registers them according to the "three checks and eight pairs", but also verbally tells the guests not to open the door when they sleep at night, for fear that the passengers will be gassed.

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The waiters are very responsible. Once they find someone knocking on the door, they will break in.

Many young couples who got married while traveling have had the experience of being broken into their bridal chamber at night.

A single room with a double bed in a bungalow hotel costs one yuan. A standard room for two people only costs two yuan. There is a handwritten receipt with an official seal. You can go to the factory logistics office for reimbursement after you return.

Of course, in addition to bungalow hotels, there are also some small shops along some remote roads.

There is no door number, the door is locked during the day and the door is opened at night. There is no coal stove in the room, and only acquaintances are accepted. The skinny monkeys in the team like to stay, but Wang Weidong never goes there.

While driving, Wang Weidong looked at the traffic map. There was a long way ahead, and he didn't pass through any big towns.

I estimated the time and knew that I would spend the evening in the car.

These days, sports car drivers have a habit of not opening the door after dark.

In broad daylight, people are people.

At night, you might turn into some kind of animal.

Let's cook first while it's daylight.

Wang Weidong parked the truck in the leeward spot.

Light the diesel stove, place the iron pot on it, then take out a pot of mineral water from the ring warehouse and pour it into the iron pot.

When the water boiled, he took out a pack of Kangshuaifu Braised Beef Instant Noodles and put it into the boiling water.

Add half a pound of braised beef, some cabbage, and sprinkle with coriander.

Five minutes later, a bowl of simple instant noodles is ready.

The noodles are smooth and chewy, the soup is rich and fragrant, and the beef is tender and tender.

“The big brand instant noodles are different, they use real ingredients!”

Wang Weidong swallowed the instant noodles three times, five times, and two times.

After a brief cleaning, start the truck again and run along the road.

This time, it was not until it was getting dark, he couldn't see the road clearly, and his eyelids started to fight, that Wang Weidong parked the truck on the side of the road and locked the door.

From now until tomorrow morning, no matter what happens outside, he will not open the car door.

It's winter now. It's minus ten degrees outside and it's minus ten degrees inside the truck. Wang Weidong took out the quilt from the fertilizer bag.

He didn't take off his cotton-padded jacket and lay across the seat of the cab with his legs spread apart to avoid the gear switch.

Then I covered myself with a quilt, listened to storytelling on the radio, and fell asleep.

In the haze, there was a sound of tapping on the glass outside.

Wang Weidong opened his eyes in a daze, and in the darkness outside the window, two green eyes were staring at him.

Wild wolf!

These days, there are still many barren mountains and wilderness, and there are also many wild wolves.

Wild wolves will sneak into the village at night and snatch away children.

Wang Shitou, who works in the second workshop, comes from the countryside.

In the winter two years ago, it was so cold that the wild beasts in the mountains couldn't find food, so they had to bravely run down the mountain.

In the early morning, the neighbor's uncle woke up and found that his five-year-old son was missing and there was a long line of blood stains on the ground.

The people in the village took dung forks and shovels to search along the bloodstains, and only found a few bloodstained rags in the grass at the foot of the mountain.

The middle-aged man, holding the rag, cried miserably.

This incident has become a bedtime story for adults to scare naughty children.

As a driver who often travels long distances, Wang Weidong is very familiar with wild wolves.

The sharp claws of wild wolves cannot scratch the car window glass.

As long as you don't open the door, nothing will happen.

Wang Weidong turned over and continued to sleep.

The wild wolf outside the car window seemed to be extremely hungry. It had already regarded Wang Weidong as its determined prey and began to tap on the car glass even more crazily.

The annoying knocking sound of "嘘嘘嘚" prevented Wang Weidong from falling asleep.

This time, it pissed him off.

Wang Weidong took out a long-barrel flashlight composed of five AA batteries from under the passenger seat.

The long-barreled flashlight was bought at a supply and marketing cooperative with industrial coupons and one dollar and two cents. It was very heavy in the hand and could be used as a melee weapon. Every truck driver had one.

Wang Weidong pushed the flashlight switch, and a dazzling light shot towards the wild wolf.

"Come on, let's see who has brighter eyes!"

The wild wolf was dazzled by the bright light, and with a "whoop" sound, he disappeared into the darkness with his tail between his legs.

Maybe the wild wolves communicate with each other. Although the howls of wild wolves were heard from time to time on the distant hills, they did not bother the truck.

He woke up only when the warm sunlight shone through the glass window and fell on Wang Weidong's face.

Stretch, take a quick shower, and make breakfast.

Breakfast is millet porridge and stewed eggs, which nourishes the stomach.

Before setting off, Wang Weidong walked around the truck again.

There are no towing companies these days, so if a truck breaks down on the road, it’s up to the driver to resolve it personally.

Detect problems early and solve them early.

The dashboard in the car is a decoration and needs to be checked by the driver himself.

After confirming that the tire pressure was normal, Wang Weidong opened the fuel tank and checked the amount of diesel with a dipstick.

The oil dipstick shows that there is still thirty liters of diesel in the tank, which should last until Qindao City.

These days, there are no gas stations along the road, and trucks will be filled with gas at the factory logistics office before setting off.

For long distances, the factory will issue some diesel tickets, and you can use the tickets to refuel at supply and marketing cooperatives in cities along the way.

There are 56# and 66# gasoline, and there is only one type of diesel with no label.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, diesel is a scarce commodity and is only available in designated supply and marketing cooperatives. These will be marked on the team's map.

Well... unused diesel tickets can also be sold at the pigeon market, but Niu Zhijun has strict control and the drivers are all honest.

Wang Weidong drove his truck and filled up the tank at a supply and marketing cooperative in the suburbs of Qindao City.

Unlike ordinary supply and marketing cooperatives, this kind of supply and marketing cooperative has the words "oil" and "no fireworks" painted in white gray on the walls.

In addition to needles, thread, grain, oil, rice and noodles, there are also several dark green iron buckets placed on the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The dark green oil drum has a bright red five-pointed star printed on it, and some of the paint has been mottled and peeled off, exposing the black iron sheet.

Diesel is stored in these oil drums. Each drum is twenty liters, which is exactly one diesel ticket.

After carefully checking the diesel ticket, the salesman took out a small book and recorded Wang Weidong's name, factory name, and license plate number.

Then he picked up the torn towel next to him and wiped his hands clean before picking up the diesel barrel, as if he was doing a sacred thing.

He has gray hair and looks to be in his sixties. He lifts the oil drum without any effort at all.

The salesman didn't use a funnel, but aligned the mouth of the oil barrel with the mouth of the fuel tank without spilling a drop. He seemed to be a skilled worker.

"Someone cheers, come and play!"

From time to time, children would come over laughing and smell the smell of diesel evaporating into the air.

Not far away, there will be a few old men wearing thick cotton-padded jackets, squatting on the roadside to bask in the sun and smoke dry tobacco. The breeze blows, and sparks are flying in the tobacco pots.

After Wang Weidong saw it, he stayed away.

He had tried to persuade those uncles to stay away before, but he only got a few blank looks.

Occasionally at the supply and marketing cooperative, I would encounter trucks passing by for refueling. The drivers would laugh and chat for a while, exchanging driving experiences. There were no driving schools these days. Once you got in the car, you were a master. You had to explore on your own, and communication with peers was particularly important.

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Wang Weidong will also take the opportunity to introduce the truck sprinkler he invented.

But it's winter now, the water tank freezes all the time, and the hoses are as frozen as popsicles.

When the switch is pressed, water will not come out from below, and the demonstration always fails.

I can only be laughed at by truck drivers, because hauling such a large water tank every day will consume more fuel.

Wang Weidong could only smile bitterly and scratch his head.

After refueling twice on the road and staying in bungalow hotels twice, Wang Weidong finally drove his truck to Anshan.

This is a city full of industrial atmosphere, and the billowing black smoke over the city is the pride of Anshan.

The faces of the citizens stained with soot also bear the pride unique to Big Brother.

The workers in the steel mill are also very arrogant. The truck driver does not smoke the ordinary cigarettes handed to him at all. It must be a red box of Baihua that costs more than 10 cents.

There were many trucks coming to transport steel ingots, and there was a long queue at the entrance of the factory.

The steelmaking plant will give each driver a slip of paper with a number plate on it, and they will queue up to enter the plant.

When the drivers are bored in the car, they will hunch their necks in the cold wind, gather together, and brag.

These days, truck drivers are the most knowledgeable people, and they are also the best at bragging.

Of course, Wang Weidong, who has experienced the era of self-media, brags and boasts, but the bullshit will not fall to the ground, which makes those simple people stunned for a while.

Usually this kind of queue lasts for ten days, and the drivers are not in a hurry and just treat it as a paid vacation.

Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant is a large state-owned factory and is a key security unit. It has been given a special designation at the steelmaking plant for a long time.

Special numbers have priority, and the staff of the steelmaking plant will give priority to loading.

Wang Weidong didn't have to wait long before he successfully loaded the steel ingots and began to return to the capital.

On the way back, even if someone waved at the roadside, Wang Weidong would not stop.

On the one hand, the steel ingots are valuable, on the other hand, the trucks are heavy-loaded and unsafe.

These days, driving is a life-and-death job.

Throttle hard all the way, high gear, back to the capital.

***The author has something to say***

Today is the winter solstice, everyone remember to eat dumplings^_^