Siheyuan: Start as a truck driver

At two o'clock in the morning, Wang Weidong woke up sleepily.

Put on a thick cotton-padded jacket, a thick scarf, a felt hat, and wrap yourself up tightly.

When I look in the mirror, he looks like a big black bear.

open the door.

It was pitch dark outside, and the cold wind blew against my face, making it difficult to breathe.

"Strive to build the motherland!"

Wang Weidong stamped his feet, shouted slogans, and encouraged himself.

I got on my bicycle, left the courtyard, and ran along the dark street toward the steel rolling mill.

The hazy mist covers the dim street lights, everything is quiet, and the only sound between the sky and the earth is the sound of bicycle wheels rubbing against the ground.

The cold wind hit the ground like a knife, even though Wang Weidong was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, it didn't help.

Within a moment, my entire face became numb.

Fortunately, the steel rolling mill is not far away. It only took less than ten minutes to reach the gate of the mill.

The gatehouse was dimly lit with yellow lights.

Hearing the car bell ringing, the security officer opened the window and stuck his head out.

"Weidong, is it so early?"

"Help carry vegetables to the street today."

"That's good life!"

Wang Weidong rode his bicycle through the gate and drove towards the motorcade.

The security officer just now was right. It is indeed a good job to help transport vegetables for winter storage.

Not only does it provide additional subsidies, it can also solve the problem of storing vegetables at home for winter.

At the same time, this is still a support task of the factory, which can be regarded as private work done openly.

After winter enters the capital, vegetables are scarce and expensive.

Therefore, vegetables throughout the winter must be prepared before the first heavy snow falls.

Due to the large quantity, in order to facilitate people's purchase, the vegetable station is located at the entrance of the alley, and the vegetable market has set up a sales point for winter vegetables.

What Wang Weidong has to do is transport the winter vegetables from the vegetable warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing.

I tied up my bicycle, covered my red ears and rushed into the dispatch room.

In the dispatch room, Niu Zhijun, Yu Changsheng and Zhou Zhi were already waiting.

Zhou Zhi's uncle is the deputy director of the vegetable warehouse, and he was the one who contacted him for the vegetable transportation job this time.

"Weidong is here, let's go!"

Speaking of starting, you also need to heat the fuel tank.

The four of them moved firewood from the maintenance workshop together, lit a bonfire under the car, and tried to die!

After checking the water tank, tires, and rear axle as usual...

Wang Weidong raised his butt and shook the truck.

The dim light emitted by the car lights fell on the undulating road, leaving jagged and mottled black shadows.

The truck drove slowly in silence. Wang Weidong rolled up the window and let the cold air flow in, dispelling his sleepiness.

At three o'clock in the morning, the vegetable warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing was brightly lit and bustling with people.

Horse-drawn carriages, platoon carriages, and three-wheeled carriages lined up in long queues.

People were all dressed like big brown bears, covering their ears in the cold wind and exhaling white air.

Wang Weidong just parked the car and jumped out of the cab.

A middle-aged man wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, earmuffs, and frost-covered hair came over in a hurry.

He should be a relative of Zhou Zhi's deputy director.

The middle-aged man walked up to Zhou Zhi and said with a smile: "You kid, you haven't come to the house these days. Your aunt has said it several times."

"Uncle, isn't the team busy?" Zhou Zhi winced.

Middle-aged man: "Okay, no more. There are many people coming to Ladong to store vegetables today, so you have to wait for a while."

With that said, he took out four bills from his pocket and handed them to Zhou Zhi.

"There's a number on it. Just drive in when it's your turn."

"I still have work to do, so I won't let you in."

"Go, uncle, I'm not a child anymore!" Zhou Zhi curled his lips.

The middle-aged man smiled and waved to Wang Weidong and the others as a greeting, and hurried towards the warehouse.

Just halfway through, he seemed to remember something and turned around and walked over.

He whispered: "When the truck is being loaded, tell the loaders that you are a relative of Director Wang."

"I understand, thank you uncle, I will definitely say good things about you in front of my aunt when I get back!" Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

"Boy, learn to be smooth-tongued!"

This time, the middle-aged man felt relieved, turned around and disappeared into the noisy crowd.

After Wang Weidong came to this world, he had never pulled Lu Tong away before, so he moved closer to him.

"Zhou Zhi, what did your uncle mean just now?"

Zhou Zhi turned around and looked around. When he saw that there was no one else around, he explained in a low voice: "Generally when you enter a warehouse to pull food, the drivers need to help load the food..."

Halfway through his words, he stopped abruptly.

Wang Weidong understood everything.

This is similar to the previous life, where the driver was used as half a loader.

Of course, you don’t have to be a stevedore if you don’t want to, just bring good cigarettes.

The world has been reincarnated for decades, but it has not changed.

...

Taking advantage of the waiting time, Wang Weidong curiously squeezed through the crowd, approached the warehouse, and took a peek inside.

The warehouse is very large, with brown linen blankets spread on the floor and covered with various vegetables.

The main vegetables are Chinese cabbage, which is big, cheap and easy to eat.

There are also radishes, Japanese melons, potatoes, and green onions.

Each family must save hundreds of kilograms of Chinese cabbage to prevent the old snack from not being served next spring.

The people who came to pull the vegetables, together with the loaders, put the vegetables into sacks.

There are no floor scales these days, so they need to carry old-fashioned pole scales to weigh vegetables.

There is a staff member nearby who will adjust the position of the scale and record the quantity after both sides are balanced.

When the total number of vegetables matches the quantity on the receipt, the person pulling the vegetables will leave the vegetable warehouse with satisfaction.

The green pass allows losses, but if the losses are excessive, the driver will have to compensate.

There are many people in the warehouse and it looks chaotic, but under the watchful eye of the warehouse managers, everything is orderly.

Soon, carts of vegetables were driving toward the capital along the dark road.

Zhou Zhi whispered beside him: Anyone who dares to cause trouble here will not only be told to get out of the vegetable warehouse, but will also be notified to his/her workplace and street.

No wonder he is so honest...Wang Weidong slandered.

After waiting for half an hour, it was Wang Weidong's turn to load the food.

Four trucks drove into the vegetable warehouse under the envious gazes of the cattle and carriage riders.

"Comrade, let's serve the food."

Zhou Zhi handed the four bills to the management staff at the door.

"Each car weighs 10,000 pounds. There are many people today, so be careful."

The manager quickly stamped it and handed the bill back.

"okay!"

"Weidong, let's go find the loading and unloading chief."

Zhou Zhi hesitated for a moment while holding the bill, but decided to call Wang Weidong.

This guy is smart and knows how to deal with people.

In the corner of the warehouse, a dozen big men were sitting on benches to rest.

Although it is the cold winter season.

Their single clothes were soaked with sweat, and there was white mist on their heads. They kept wiping the sweat on their foreheads with an indiscernible towel hanging around their necks.

I saw Wang Weidong and Zhou Zhi walking over.

A man who looked like a black tower glanced at the truck parked in the distance and snorted dissatisfied.

Yes, they had been busy since midnight, and after finally taking a break, four more big cars arrived.

No one will be happy.

The attitude of the black tower man made Zhou Zhi frown, and when he was about to step forward to negotiate, he was stopped by Wang Weidong.

Even though they have Director Wang as his treasure, these loaders dare not not load the truck.

But they can deliberately cause damage when loading the truck.

As long as you use more force and move harder when loading vegetables, those fragile vegetables will be smashed into eight pieces.

At that time, even if the vegetable vendors are willing to accept these defective vegetables, they will leave a bad reputation.

Next time there is a job of transporting vegetables, the vegetable store may blacklist them.

That way the gain outweighs the loss.

Under the surprised gaze of the black tower man, Wang Weidong took out a red box of flowers from his pocket and gave one to everyone.

"Brother, we are relatives of Director Wang, and we are here to pull food today..."