Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 45: Forty-four: Borrow some meat tickets to buy meat and go home

In the afternoon, Luo Cheng was going to the station to catch the bus back to Longyang Town. After finding a job, he had to go back and tell his family. And the people from the human resources department also said yesterday that they would take a few days off, but they can’t stay in their hometown all the time. He also has to come to the city to register with the street office. Whether he lives in a dormitory or a place arranged by the street office, Luo Cheng also has to transfer his household registration.

Once there is a place to live in the city, Luo Cheng’s household registration will be moved here separately, and a grain book will be issued. From now on, Luo Cheng will become a city dweller who eats commercial food.

After the meal, the assessors left in the car. After the work was completed, they would not wander around. Later generations would go on business trips to other places, so they had to take the opportunity to visit.

“Director, can I ask you a favor?”

“Engineer Luo, we will all be colleagues in the same unit from now on. If anything happens, don’t be polite.”

“Well, director, do you have meat tickets? If so, can you lend me some? I want to buy some meat and take it home.”

Now Luo Cheng is living alone with the factory director Zhang Lin. The factory director said he would drive him to the station later instead of him walking. The car belonged to the company, an old Jiefang car, not even a sedan. If it weren’t for the fact that this was an auto repair shop, the number of employees in the factory and the level of the factory director would not qualify for a car.

And even if you are equipped with a car, there is no driver, unlike some units that have dedicated driver positions.

Meat stamps are more scarce than food stamps. Ordinary workers can receive meat stamps every month, just two taels. What a concept, less than three kilograms a year. During the New Year and festivals, the whole family must eat some meat, maybe make dumplings or something. If there are people in the family who work a lot, it’s better, and they can try it occasionally. If there is only one working person in the family, and there are seniors and juniors, I would really be reluctant to eat meat. It takes several months to store a pound of meat, and a family can eat as much as they can. Are you all going to be vegetarian during the Chinese New Year?

Hearing that Luo Cheng was borrowing meat tickets, Zhang Lin now knew about his family situation. He knew how difficult it was to live in the countryside instead of living in the city. As a sixth-level mechanic, he is actually only an intermediate car mechanic. The meat ticket for ordinary workers has been reduced to 20 taels a month. They have also been reduced accordingly, which is one tael more. However, as the factory director, he has an additional 30 taels of meat ticket subsidy.

Therefore, the factory director Zhang Lin has six taels of meat coupons a month. This amount of meat can only be eaten once during the holidays. There are many festivals in China, so you have to choose important ones. In normal times, just like ordinary workers, they cannot always have meat to eat.

But Zhang Lin’s family doesn’t eat much meat, so he actually eats meat often throughout the year. Even if he makes one or two trips a month to help people repair cars outside, and still has the identity of a factory director, his employer must provide him with a decent meal. And the smaller the unit, the better the reception, because the more important it is to him.

However, there are only a few small units that can drive cars.

Zhang Lin had some meat tickets, but they weren’t too many. It is impossible to give it to Luo Cheng for nothing, and he will not deliberately curry favor with Luo Cheng just because he is a seventh-level engineer. Most of all, I admire the opponent’s ability. He, Zhang Lin, is also a tough guy.

“Two kilograms of meat tickets are enough. Do you need other tickets?”

The factory director thought about it and said that he really didn’t have many meat tickets, so he had to keep some at home. Mainly this is a car repair shop, and it deals with many units, but most of them do not interact frequently. If the meat factory’s car breaks down, go and repair it, and you might even give them some meat tickets.

Many units deal with each other, and there will also be “human relations”. Just like a bus station, if Luo Cheng wears a job badge for a car repair shop, they won’t charge you a few cents for the fare. Otherwise, if the car breaks down and is left to sit for a few days before being repaired, your station will suffer a lot of losses.

Two kilograms of meat tickets are enough, and other tickets are definitely in short supply, but you can take your time with those. The urgent need was meat. Luo Cheng wanted to get some meat to go back to his grandma to make up for it. The others also wanted to eat some meat. The two sisters were really thin and looked ugly.

Zhang Lin directly advanced two kilograms of meat coupons to Luo Cheng from the factory’s finance department, and he would get the coupons from home to make up for it tomorrow. The bills from the finance side are all extra. For example, today’s reception is to buy ingredients with the tickets from the finance side.

With the ticket in hand, Zhang Lin took him directly to the market and bought a piece of pork belly. Because it was already past noon, there was meat for sale, but it was not very good, and the fatter ones had long been picked away. The pork belly is not too fatty either.

Wrap it in oil paper. This thing really needs to be put away and wrapped tightly. It’s really not safe if you are seen by some bad guys in a remote place. Some people are so hungry that they eat rice raw, and the same goes for meat. Even if I take it home, I have to cook it secretly at night with the door closed.

The factory director sent Luo Cheng to the station. Not to mention, almost all the drivers knew him. The shuttle bus to Longyang Town is still there, and it will take a long time before departure. With the factory director’s face, Luo Cheng can take the free bus this time. In fact, his work certificate is now deliberately shown to others, and it can be free of charge, but for twenty-one cents, it is a bit embarrassing to deliberately do so.

It would be so embarrassing if someone refused to give me face and insisted on giving me money.

After sending Luo Cheng to work, the factory director left. Luo Cheng waited in the car for more than half an hour before the car started. There were not many passengers on the car, only about ten people in total. There are different places to get off, but no matter how you calculate it, the fare for this trip is only two or three yuan.

A trip only cost two or three yuan. Luo Chengdu doubted whether he could make money because of the labor and wear and tear. He didn’t know the price of oil in this era. All I know is that before times changed, a liter of gasoline already cost more than seven yuan.

However, Luo Cheng was not bored this time. Perhaps because he knew that he worked in a car repair shop, the driver kept chatting with him enthusiastically. Luo Cheng also asked about the price of gasoline these days.

A liter of diesel costs seven cents and a liter of gasoline costs nine cents. Gas is really cheap, but you need a gasoline ticket or a diesel ticket to refuel. However, this is not a necessity for many people, and too few individuals own cars. So if you don’t have a ticket to refuel, you can use your employer’s certificate to refuel.

For example, if a brigade uses a tractor during busy farming, it needs to go to the county-level unit to approve the refueling receipt, and then bring a large bucket to pull the oil.

When buying gasoline and diesel, you also go to supply and marketing cooperatives, not gas stations. You have to find a special place to store large barrels of diesel and gasoline. If someone wants to buy it, send someone to take it there. This is to facilitate the needs of some towns and villages. It is unrealistic to set up a gas station in every place, but there is basically a demand in every place.

After chatting with this driver, I became familiar with him, and he was usually the one who ran the bus at this stop. Occasionally, someone would take care of him when he took a break. Moreover, Luo Cheng had ridden in his car several times in the past few days, but he didn’t know that Luo Cheng worked in a car repair shop, so he didn’t say hello.

Even if the driver didn’t say anything, Luo Cheng actually guessed that this car might be the only one running this route. He had ridden in it a few times and was familiar with this car. And there was also the conductor who issued him a ticket last time on the bus.

Now they know each other and know each other’s names. The driver’s name is Zhao Dajin. He said that as long as he was still running this route in the future, Luo Cheng would take the bus to Ngee Ann City and get on the bus casually. Tell him not to be polite. If they have a problem with their car in the future, he will be able to help if they need it.

Luo Cheng did not refuse Zhao Dajin’s proposal, not because he wanted to save more than two cents in travel expenses. The main reason is that my hometown is in Longyang Town, and when I start working in the future, I won’t be able to come back often. If I get to know the driver, Zhao Dajin, I get to know him well. It’s not very convenient to ask him to help bring something to the house when passing by.

Zhao Dajin used the government’s fare income as a favor, but he did not do it entirely for himself. The car broke down and he didn’t need to pay for it. He just wanted it to be convenient in the future. Running this route all year round, I get to know a lot of people, and I occasionally bring goods with me, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Therefore, he is also worried that when there is a problem with the car, he can repair it early so that he can make some extra money. Just today, there are a few things in the car that can help people.

This morning I was shocked when I received a reward from Hyacinth of Fraternity. It was 215,000. I had to add 43 chapters. The previous ones were added and they were not removed even after they were put on the shelf. During the day today, I was discussing with the editor to arrange one less round of recommendations, because if I add more updates, I will definitely reach 200,000 words in advance. The starting point is usually 4 rounds of recommendations, but now it will be 100,000 words before one round is passed. Updates will be faster, editor It’s hard to say how to arrange a push. So the result of discussion with the editor is that I will keep adding one chapter a day for now, and then I will add two chapters a day. Then in the third round, look at the data. If there is not much improvement by then, we will launch a crazy update and add more rewards now.

Yesterday there were 4 updates, excluding 2 additional updates, so I won’t go into detail today. This one is also considered an additional update, and I still owe you 44 chapters.

There are three updates a day, and I can’t save any manuscripts. Don’t rush to update. I’m trying to save some manuscripts, but yesterday I didn’t even finish a chapter.