latelenovela Chapter 34: He is the son of a high-ranking official
Chapter 34: He is the son of a high-ranking official
Jiang Zhenguo was full of curiosity about Song Cenyue. On the way to Yongfeng Production Team, he asked her a lot of questions, such as where she was from, how she knew how to repair cars, and who she learned from. She looked quite professional when repairing cars.
Song Cenyue told him the truth except where he was from, and the rest of the lies were just nonsense.
"I know how to repair cars because I have a relative who works in a car repair shop. He is very good at repairing cars. My family is very close and we often visit each other, so I used to see him repairing cars. I think car repair is very interesting and I am very interested in it. I want to learn it, so I beg my relative to teach me.
At first, my relative didn't want to teach me because I was a girl. He thought car mechanics were always taught by men and he had never seen a female mechanic. But he couldn't resist my begging, and he taught me a little bit, thinking that car mechanics were complicated, dirty and tiring work, and I would definitely not be able to bear it, so I didn't want to learn after just a few tries.
But he didn't expect that I could endure hardships and had a talent for car repair. I learned it right away, which surprised him. He gave up the idea that car repair was only for men and not for women, and took me in as his apprentice, passing on all his car repair skills to me. "
There seemed to be no loophole in what Song Cenyue said. Jiang Zhenguo was not familiar with her and had no idea about her relatives. He didn't know that she had no relatives who could repair cars, so he believed her words.
"Song Zhiqing, you are so amazing. You are really amazing. You learned car repair skills from your relatives. Repairing a car is difficult. I learned it when I was in the army, but I couldn't learn it. My regiment commander even called me stupid." Jiang Zhenguo showed admiration and even worship to Song Cenyue.
"Comrade Jiang, you were a soldier before, are you a veteran?" Song Cenyue asked casually after hearing his words. Jiang Zhenhua had introduced his name and age to her before. His full name is Jiang Zhenhua, and he is 24 years old this year.
"Well, I served in the army for four years and was discharged last year." Jiang Zhenguo nodded in response.
"Song Zhiqing, your car repair skills are really amazing. I feel that they are no worse than those of the mechanics in the auto repair shop. Maybe even better.
Last time my car broke down, I asked the mechanic at the auto repair shop to fix it. He said it was not a big problem, but it took him a whole afternoon to fix it, unlike you who fixed it in just ten minutes." Jiang Zhenhua continued to praise Song Cenyue, and he admired her more and more.
You know, learning to drive is not difficult, but repairing a car is difficult. I really wanted to learn how to repair a car back then. When I heard that there was an opportunity to learn how to repair a car, I specifically asked the team leader for the opportunity, but in the end I couldn't learn it.
Compared to her, he is really far behind.
I wonder what unit Jiang Zhenhua works for? Song Cenyue was a little curious.
There were very few cars in this era. In some remote and impoverished places, such as very poor small cities, there were only one or two cars in the entire city, and they were all owned by the government, or what was called the Revolutionary Committee in this era.
Even places like transportation companies and bus stations don't have cars. The better ones have tractors for transportation, but the worse ones don't even have tractors, only horse-drawn carriages.
So since Jiang Zhenhua can drive a car, one can't help but wonder what unit he works for. The unit should be a good one. Could it be a transportation company, bus terminal or something like that?
Generally, only transportation companies and bus terminals have trucks.
You have to know that at that time, generally only transportation companies, bus terminals, or the military had trucks, and trucks were extremely precious and rare.
So being able to drive a truck is a very impressive thing. It can be seen that he must have some background, otherwise the company would not let him drive a car when he is so young. Especially a truck, it must be driven by an experienced driver who has been driving for many years, so as to ensure the safety of the car.
Cars are so scarce and precious in this era, especially trucks that can carry a lot of cargo. So no matter what unit they belong to, if they have one, they will treasure it very much. People are afraid that it will break down or get into an accident. Therefore, they are usually driven by experienced drivers who have been driving for many years and have rich driving experience.
Thinking about it, Song Cenyue asked: "Which unit does Comrade Jiang belong to?"
When she asked him which company he worked for, Jiang Zhenhua immediately perked up, showing a somewhat proud expression, and replied, "I work for Dongping City Transportation Company!"
"Although this car belongs to the transportation company, I am the one who drives it exclusively. If you need to transport something in the future, you can just come to Dongping City Transportation Company to find me." He patted his chest and said proudly.
"If the trip is not too far, I can help you for free... If it is too far, like going to another city, I can't ask you to pay, but I won't charge you more, just some gas money, you can understand that, right?"
This can be said to be a very good thing. If ordinary people heard it, they would be very happy. You have to know that there were too few cars at that time, especially trucks. If you needed a car to transport something, it would be very difficult to find a car.
Although there are transportation companies and terminal stations, which are specialized in transportation, it is not easy to find transportation companies and terminal stations to transport things. There are too many people looking for transportation companies and terminal stations to transport things, and the transportation companies and terminal stations are simply too busy to handle it.
If you want to find a transportation company or a terminal to transport things, you must have connections and a note. You have to have connections and a note, and you have to queue up. You also have to give things and bribes to the leaders of the transportation company or the terminal, or to the driver, otherwise you will be asked to queue for several months or half a year and wait for death.
So Jiang Zhenguo told Song Cenyue that if she needed to transport something in the future, she could just go to Dongping City Transportation Company to find him. It was a good thing. He also said that if the journey was not far, he would not charge her and would help her transport it for free. If the journey was far, like to other cities, he would not charge her more, just some money for gas.
But Song Cenyue felt that there was nothing to be happy about, because she couldn't think of what she needed Jiang Zhenguo's help with, but she still thanked him.
"Thank you, Comrade Jiang... But this is equivalent to taking private work secretly. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the unit and being punished or even fired?" Song Cenyue joked.
In fact, this is unlikely!
Because at this time, people who can get a job as a driver in a transportation company all have some background.
At that time, transportation companies were very popular, even better than being a county official, so there is a saying: Once the steering wheel turns, even a county party secretary would not work hard.
That is to say, he would rather drive than be the secretary of the county party committee. This sounds exaggerated, even outrageous. From a modern perspective, it is pure nonsense. How can a driver compare with the secretary of the county party committee who is in charge of a county? But this era is very different from the modern times.
At that time, there were very few cars, so being able to drive a car was a very cool thing, which made everyone envious. The salary was also very high, with the salary alone being 80 yuan. In addition, you could take on private work to earn extra money, which meant you could make several hundred yuan a month.
A driver can earn hundreds of dollars a month. It sounds too fake and impossible, but it is true.
For example, if you help others to transport things privately, such as transporting goods for a unit or a production team, you can easily earn 20 or 30 yuan. If you run far, you can easily earn 100 or 200 yuan.
There are also those who look for transportation companies or terminals to transport goods. In order to let the driver to transport the goods as soon as possible, the drivers have to give them things, or even pay them directly. Therefore, the drivers can earn two or three hundred yuan a month just by earning extra money, and it would be even more if they add the salary.
A county party secretary, according to the national cadre level, is at level 14, which is considered relatively high. He can earn about yuan a month, but not as much as a driver.
Moreover, the management was very strict at that time. Officials could not use their power to cash in like they do in modern times, and they could not exercise their power wantonly and embezzle hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions.
At this time, officials who embezzled dozens of yuan would be sent to jail if they were discovered, and officials who embezzled thousands of yuan would be sentenced to death if they were discovered.
Although there are some people who are brave enough to take the risk of being discovered to embezzle, they dare not embezzle hundreds of dollars a month. They earn less than what they earn from driving a car, and if they are discovered to embezzle hundreds of dollars, they will most likely be sentenced to death.
Moreover, it is still a movement, and being an official is the most risky. You may be overthrown or have your house searched at any time, so you are far less qualified than a driver.
Being a driver is like having a golden rice bowl, so many people rush to get jobs as drivers in transportation companies. Even at that time, college students who are quite rare and precious try their best to squeeze into transportation companies.
But drivers in transport companies are so popular and earn so much money, naturally, those who can eventually get a job as drivers in transport companies all have backgrounds. So drivers in transport companies take jobs privately and help people haul things to earn some extra money. Generally, transport companies turn a blind eye and pretend not to know even if they know about it.
"No, my father is the manager of a transportation company, and he loves me very much." Jiang Zhenguo said with a nonchalant look, not afraid at all, shaking his head and smiling.
His words clearly indicate that he has someone to protect him and that he has a strong background.
"So you are the child of a high-ranking official!" Song Cenyue was a little surprised.
I thought he had a background, but I didn't expect that his father was the manager of the transportation company, the highest-ranking official in the transportation company.
"He's just the son of a manager of a transportation company. He can't be considered the child of a high-ranking official." Jiang Zhenguo shook his head and smiled modestly.