Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 194 193 Entering the City

A lumber yard, as the name suggests, is a place where wood is stored. It is similar to a forest farm warehouse and covers a large area.

After the wood felled from the forest farm is brought to the wood storage yard, it is sorted and stored according to different materials and specifications.

Generally speaking, wood flows from the lumber yard to the market. Since it is handled by a special person and sorted by special personnel, the price is much more expensive than that of the forestry farm.

There are two transportation routes for lumber from lumberyards to the market: water transportation and land transportation.

Water transportation costs less, is longer, and is more dangerous. Moreover, due to seasonal restrictions, water transportation is only possible for most of the year.

Land transportation is a supplement to water transportation. It’s not because we don’t want to improve the status of land transportation, but because transportation tools are scarce. Usually there are only a few trucks running back and forth on the road. After it snows in winter, animal-drawn vehicles will be used to transport goods out bit by bit.

Many forest farms have railway transportation, that is, laying rails from the forest farm to connect to the nearest railway, which can improve work efficiency a lot, but rail tracks are very affected by terrain and cost.

The forest farm here has undulating hills, and there is a dirt road that leads directly to the city. Although it is curved, it is barely smooth. If the rails are laid, it will definitely not be so curved. Straightening it will take a lot of effort, and the cost is not worth it.

In short, the conditions here are very difficult.

Su Xiao found a truck for Tang Zhitong to go to the city, and it just arrived at Jiefang CA10 in the forest farm this year.

Jiefang CA10 is the first domestic truck produced in my country after the Geese 150.

解放CA10搭载一台5.6升6缸发动机，最大功率只有90马力，百公里油耗却高达29L！

From the perspective of those who have experienced it, this fuel consumption and power ratio is ridiculously high, but this car breaks the history of no domestically produced cars in our country and is the pride of the Chinese people!

This car has been in production for nearly thirty years and has been modified into vehicles for various purposes, such as: bus emergency vehicles, fuel trucks, water trucks, dump trucks, crane trucks, engineering vehicles, refrigerated trucks and closed-car load vehicles. Cars etc. He made great contributions in the early construction of our country.

As far as trucks are concerned, FAW lived up to expectations. In July 1956, the first Jiefang CA7 truck rolled off the production line. By 10, the annual output had reached more than 1958 vehicles. The forest farm here also occupied the light that was relatively close to FAW. , so we can get one.

The lumber yard factory is responsible for loading the trucks.

Loading a truck is not a human resistance. The lumberyard uses a lever-made hanger to carry out the lifting. It is a dedicated person's job, and no one else can help.

Since fireworks are prohibited in the lumber yard, Tang Zhitong and the driver hid in the office to smoke.

The load capacity of the Jiefang CA10 is only 4 tons, but in reality, it is rarely loaded according to the load capacity.

Even if it is an extra load, the hoisting is very fast. In just two cigarettes, someone came to tell the driver that it was time to set off.

Tang Zhitong sat in the passenger seat and watched the driver drive. There was a three-spoke steering wheel, a two-leg clutch, no auxiliary power, no seat belts, no air conditioning, no fans, and the car seat was no better than a bench.

The driver was very proud of this condition. Seeing Tang Zhitong looking at him, he said: "Comrade Xiao Tang, sit back and relax, my driving skills are the best in the forest farm, otherwise I wouldn't be allowed to touch the steering wheel of this new car. "

"I believe in your skills. I envy you and being able to drive a big car." Tang Zhitong is a qualified admirer.

"Haha, it's not difficult to learn to drive. After a year or two, you can even touch the steering wheel." The driver was very happy to be complimented by Tang Zhitong. He was observing the road while chatting with Tang Zhitong. “I’ll forget it, I can’t keep up with the coordination of my hands, eyes, and feet.” Tang Zhitong shook his head when he saw how hard the driver was driving.

According to the formal way, if you want to be a driver, you have to start as an apprentice. After two years of learning to repair and follow a car, you can start to touch the steering wheel. Then you have to go through various maintenance and driving assessments, and finally drive independently, which is very troublesome. .

"Watch more. When you get back, you will think about how to put in and shift gears, and do simulations without physical objects. You will learn it with more practice. This is how you get here." The driver encouraged with a grin.

"For your good advice, I'll wait until I get back to work and see if I have a chance to learn it." Tang Zhitong chatted with the driver. It's not that you can't learn to drive, but you can't take the regular route. How can you have that free time? It's more like a crash course.

The two walked and talked all the way. The car was indeed faster than the mule cart. It took more than two hours to get to the forest farm yesterday. For the same distance, the truck took half an hour.

"Comrade Xiao Tang, I'll be back in about an hour. You'll be waiting at the door of the post office and I'll take you back." The driver received a box of everything from Tang Zhitong, who was very talkative.

"Okay, I'll be waiting here, thank you." Tang Zhitong said goodbye to the driver, got off the car and entered the post office.

The post office business in Anton is less than that in Sijiucheng. Tang Zhitong didn't wait long before sending out the urgent telegram. The same five words were stuck: Return next week safely; Recipient: Wang Jingwen, Beitu, the capital; Sender: Tang; Thirteen characters in total, seventy-eight cents.

Nowadays, most people say "week", but I occasionally say "day of the week" at home. I believe Xiao Wang will definitely understand.

After coming out of the post office, Tang Zhitong saw that it was early and went to shop on the street.

There are much fewer products than in Sijiucheng, but there are more leather goods and mountain goods here. The mink coat is really good, but the price is also really expensive, 500 a piece!

Classmate Xiao Wang knitted a scarf for Tang Zhitong, but Tang Zhitong didn't give her any decent gift except happiness.

Tang Zhitong weighed his wallet and spent ten yuan to buy a mink collar, something similar to a scarf. It would definitely be comfortable to wear around it in winter.

There are many kinds of mountain products. Tang Zhitong chose pine nuts and weighed five kilograms. Although they were in shells, the price was not cheap. Three cents more than one kilogram, which was more expensive than peanuts!

After coming out of the store, Tang Zhitong quietly threw the things into the space and stood at the door of the post office smoking while waiting for the driver to come.

The driver was on time, passing by in less than five minutes and less than an hour. He waved to Tang Zhitong and motioned for him to get into the passenger seat.

Tang Zhitong glanced at the back of the car. There were many people there. Knowing that the driver had specially reserved this co-pilot for him, he expressed his gratitude before getting in the car: "Thank you, master. Who are those people behind you?"

"They are all family members of our forest farm. They came here to go to the market to buy some things. Transportation is not very convenient. Taking a car is considered a benefit of our forest farm." The driver was very talkative and chatted with Tang Zhitong about the benefits of the forest farm.

The forest farm is much better than the nearby rural areas, even compared with the city of Anton.

Although the rations have been reduced, the forest farm is close to a river. Starting last month, the forest farm began to organize boats to cast nets to catch fish. The reduced rations can be replenished to some extent, but the white flour is in short supply, basically almost nothing.

The two chatted for a while, and Tang Zhitong learned a lot about the situation in the forest area, and felt a lot more relieved. With the mountains and rivers to rely on, maybe the situation here would not be exhausted.

When he arrived at the lumber yard, Tang Zhitong said hello to Su Xiao, and then went to find Tang Wenbang to confirm the lumber matter.

(End of this chapter)