Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

Chapter 27 Encountering the Wild Wolf
After passing Tangshan, the houses on the side of the road gradually became lower. The original green tile houses have disappeared, and most of them are thatched houses.

Some are made of loess embryos, and some are made of wood, which are much more dilapidated than those in the suburbs of the capital.

At this time, the "passengers" had all got off the bus, and the sun was hanging low on the treetops.

In this day and age, people are also particular about going out to stay.

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

Most of the one-story hotels in the capital are concentrated in Qianmenwai Grinding Factory, Xiheyan, Dashilan, Guanyin Temple, Meishi Street, Grain Store, Zhushikou and Tianqiao.

The bungalow hotels in other towns are basically near the train station and bus station.

In cold weather, the bungalow hotel would buy Goryeo paper to paste the windows of each guest room, cut strips of paper to slip through the window slits, nail wind buckets, and install stoves and chimneys in each room.

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

The waiters are very responsible, and once they find someone plugging in the door, they will break in.

Many young couples who travel and get married have the experience of being forced into the bridal chamber at night.

A single room with a double bed in a bungalow hotel costs one yuan.The standard room for the two of them is only two yuan, and there is a handwritten receipt with the official seal. After returning, they can go to the logistics office of the factory for reimbursement.

Of course, apart from bungalow hotels, there are also some small shops along some remote roads.

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

Wang Weidong was looking at the traffic map while driving. There was a long road ahead without passing through any big towns.

Estimate the time and know that the night will be spent in the car.

These days, it is customary for sports car drivers not to open their doors when it is dark.

In broad daylight, people are people.

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

Let's cook while the sun is up.

Wang Weidong parked the truck in the lee.

Light the diesel stove, put the iron pot on it, then take a jug of mineral water from the ring storehouse and pour it into the iron pot.

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

Add half a catty of stewed beef, add some cabbage, and sprinkle some coriander.

In 5 minutes, a simple bowl of instant noodles is ready.

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

"Big-brand instant noodles are different, and the ingredients are real!"

Wang Weidong repeatedly swallowed the instant noodles.

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

This time, Wang Weidong stopped the truck at the side of the road and locked the doors until it was already dark and he couldn't see the road clearly, and his upper and lower eyelids began to fight.

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

It is winter now, the temperature outside is more than ten degrees below zero, and the inside of the truck is also more than ten degrees below zero. Wang Weidong took out the quilt from the fertilizer bag.

He didn't take off his padded jacket, and lay horizontally on the seat of the driver's cab, with his legs spread apart, avoiding the gear shifter.

Then cover the quilt, listen to the storytelling on the radio, and fall asleep.

In the haze, there was a sound of knocking 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 wild places, and there are also many wild wolves.

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

Wang Shishi from the second workshop comes from the countryside.

In the winter two years ago, it was freezing cold, and the beasts in the mountains could not find food, so they had to run down the mountain boldly.

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

The people in the village took dung forks and shovels to search along the blood stains, only to find a few blood-stained rags in the weeds at the foot of the mountain.

The middle-aged man, holding a rag, let out a miserable cry.

This incident has become a bedtime story for adults to scare naughty children from all over the world.

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

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

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

Wang Weidong turned over and continued to sleep.

The wolves outside the car window seemed to be very hungry. They had already regarded Wang Weidong as their prey, and began to knock on the car glass even more frantically.

The annoying knocking sound of "crack clack" made Wang Weidong unable to fall asleep.

This time, it annoyed him.

Wang Weidong took out a long-barreled flashlight composed of 5 AA batteries from under the passenger seat.

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

Wang Weidong pushed the switch of the flashlight, and a dazzling light shot at the wolf.

"Come on, let's compare, whose eyes are brighter!"

The wild wolf was dazzled by the bright light, and disappeared into the darkness with its tail between its legs.

Maybe the wild wolves will communicate with each other. Although the howling of wild wolves can be heard from time to time on the hill in the distance, they don't come to harass the truck.

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

Stretch out, simply wash up, and make breakfast.

Breakfast is millet porridge with stewed eggs to nourish the stomach.

Before departure, Wang Weidong walked around the truck again.

There is no towing company these days, and trucks on the road break down, and it is up to the driver himself to solve it.

Find problems early and solve them early.

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

After confirming that there was no problem with the tire pressure, Wang Weidong opened the fuel tank and checked the amount of diesel with a dipstick.

The oil dipstick showed that there were still [-] liters of diesel in the fuel tank, which should be able to last to Qindao City.

These days, there are no gas stations along the road, and the trucks are filled up at the factory back office before departure.

If the journey is far away, the factory will issue some diesel tickets, which can be used to refuel at supply and marketing cooperatives in cities along the way.

Gasoline has No. 56 and No. 66 gasoline, and there is only one type of diesel oil without a label.

Of course, diesel is scarce and only available at designated supply and marketing agencies, which will be marked on the team's map.

Uh, the unused diesel tickets can also be sold at the pigeon market, but Niu Zhijun is strict and the drivers are honest.

Wang Weidong drove a truck and filled up the gas at a supply and marketing cooperative on the outskirts of Qindao City.

Unlike ordinary supply and marketing cooperatives, the walls of this kind of supply and marketing cooperatives have the words "Oil" and "No Fireworks" painted in whitewash.

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

There are bright red five-pointed stars printed on the dark green oil drum, and some paint has been mottled and peeled off, exposing the black iron sheet.

Diesel is stored in these oil barrels, and each oil barrel is [-] liters, which happens to be a diesel ticket.

After carefully checking the diesel ticket, the uncle salesman took out a small notebook 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 before picking up the diesel barrel, as if he was doing a sacred thing.

He has gray hair and looks like he is in his 60s, and he lifts the oil drum without any effort.

The salesman uncle does not use a funnel, the mouth of the oil barrel is aligned with the mouth of the fuel tank, and does not spill a drop. It seems that he is a skilled worker.

"Someone cheers, come and play!"

From time to time, children laughing and coming over to smell the diesel smell that evaporates into the air.

Not far away, there will be a few old men in thick padded jackets, squatting on the side of the road basking in the sun, smoking dry cigarettes, and the breeze blows, sparks are radiating from the pipes and pots.

When Wang Weidong saw it, he ran away from it.

In the past, he also tried to persuade those uncles to stay away, but he only got a few supercilious looks.

Occasionally in the supply and marketing cooperatives, you can meet the same trucks passing by for refueling. The drivers will talk, laugh and chat for a while, and exchange driving experience. There is no driving school these days. When you get on the car, you are a master. important.

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

But now it's winter, the water tank is often frozen, and the hose is as cold as a popsicle.

Press the switch, no water will come out below, and the demo always fails.

I can only be ridiculed by truck drivers. It will cost more fuel to pull such a large water tank every day.

Wang Weidong could only scratch his head with a wry smile.

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 soot-smeared faces of the townspeople also bear the unique pride of Big Brother.

The workers in the steel factory are also very arrogant. The ordinary cigarettes handed by the truck driver are not smoked at all. They must be red boxes of Baihua that cost more than 1 cents.

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

The steel mill will give each driver a slip of paper with a number plate on it, and queue up to enter the factory one by one.

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

These days, truck drivers are the most knowledgeable and the best braggarts.

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

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

The Red Star Steel Rolling Works is a large state-owned factory and a key guarantee unit. It has been assigned a special number in the steelmaking plant early on.

The special number has priority, and the staff of the steelmaking plant will give priority to arranging loading.

Wang Weidong didn't wait long, he loaded the steel ingots smoothly and started to return to the capital.

On the way back, Wang Weidong would not stop even if someone waved on the side of the road.

On the one hand, the steel ingots are expensive, on the other hand, the trucks are heavy and unsafe.

These days, driving is a life-threatening job.

All the way to the accelerator, high gear, back to the capital.

　Today is the winter solstice, everyone remember to eat dumplings^_^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)