"Old Su, turn around later and go from Fengyang County. I'll bring something for my friend."
After seeing the road sign, Xu Lei in the co-pilot casually exhorted Su Aobai who was beside him. Su Aobai understood, it should be Xu Lei who picked up the extra money privately.
This is also the unspoken rule of the truck driver's business.
Before the reform and opening up, some small factories had to find a big factory to switch their cars. Often when the big factory wanted to deliver the goods, they would help to pick up some when things went well. However, most of the leaders of small factories have winks. When the driver comes to the factory to load the goods, he will treat the driver to a good meal, or give some benefits for a pack of cigarettes, so that the driver can take care of the goods in their factory. At that time Even if there are benefits, they are limited, after all, they are doing things for the public.
It has been different since the reform and opening up. Some private factories have opened up, but they are still in their infancy. They also face the dilemma of insufficient transportation. They try to find a way to connect with the truck drivers of large factories who often drive long distances. A pack of cigarettes and a meal can solve the problem. What they give is cash. According to the distance and the amount of goods, this way, let’s say less than ten or twenty, and more, and you can earn tens of dollars. Sometimes In the case of a small amount of goods from our factory loaded in the truck, the truck driver can earn hundreds of dollars for a round trip, which is more than his own job.
How else can you say that truck drivers are a favorite in this era.
It's just that the original body didn't drive long distances before, and only took the surrounding roads. This kind of extra money doesn't make much money. Even so, it can make up to dozens, or even more than a hundred extra income a month.
According to the tacit rules of the transportation team, although Xu Lei took over the private work, Su Aobai and him were in the same car, and Su Aobai had to share the labor fee.
This is actually against the rules, but if someone reports a report, it is guaranteed, but if anyone dares to report, it is tantamount to offending the entire transportation team. But they are all people who are not easy to mess with. It is not an easy thing to drive long distance these years. Everyone has spread it in private. I am afraid that these long distance drivers have all taken knives and seen blood. No one dares to do it. Offended them badly.
Su Aobai has the memory of his original body, coupled with so many experiences in life, he also knows that such things cannot be avoided, and he can't just look at it from the black and white perspective of whether it is illegal or not, so he adapts quite quickly.
In less than an hour, he drove the heavy truck of the Yellow River, which was emitting black smoke, to Fengyang County. According to Xu Lei's directions, he came to a small factory that looked small. , Someone was waiting at the gate of the factory early, and when they saw their truck, they immediately opened the gate.
Su Aobai stopped the car and turned off the engine, followed Xu Lei to get out of the car.
"Take a break and wait for them to load."
Xu Lei said a few words to Su Aobai, then walked towards a figure who looked like the boss of the factory, the two stood in the corner and muttered, and then saw the boss stuff something into Xu Lei's pocket thing.
Su Aobai didn't take a closer look either, since Xu Lei wouldn't take his share anyway.
He just found a chair and sat in a place sheltered from the wind and able to see their loading process clearly. After all, there are still goods from his own factory on the car. It doesn’t matter if you add more things, but if you lack some of your own things, it will be troublesome. up.
To be honest, driving is really tiring, even if Su Aobai has the memory experience of the original body, it is a bit overwhelming at the moment.
First of all, the road conditions in this era are not good. There are almost no flat cement or asphalt roads. Many road sections are full of potholes and muddy roads, and there are even mountain roads that go uphill and downhill. The shock absorption function of the vehicle is extremely poor. Sitting in the car, his **** was about to be shaken apart, not to mention the heating and cooling functions that are not available in cars now. Even in the twelfth lunar month, even if he wore gloves and drove for half a day, his fingers were almost numb from the cold.
"Give."
Just when Su Aobai felt that sitting was uncomfortable, and was about to stand up and walk around, and move his legs and feet, Xu Lei came over with an enamel cup, which contained hot tea, with green-brown tea leaves floating up and down.
Su Aobai took one of the cups from his hand, feeling the scalding heat in his palm, he stretched himself out all of a sudden, took a sip of tea, there was a lot of tea leaves, the taste was very strong, and he became refreshed immediately.
"Fill the kettle with hot water before leaving later."
Su Aobai quickly reminded them that there was a kettle in their car.
"Do you still need to remind me?"
Xu Lei rolled his eyes, he is an old driver.
"This company makes nylon. Regardless of the size of the factory, the business is very good. In addition to our fleet, it also has connections with fleets from other factories. In the south alone, it has to deliver goods at least four or five times a month. The goods are paid for once. It's this number."
Xu Lei leaned close to Su Aobai's ear, and gestured a few fingers in front of his eyes.
Judging from his expression, this number is definitely not as simple as two or three digits. After all, if you ask them to deliver the goods, the benefit fee will be dozens of dollars. Judging from his experience in previous lives, Su Aobai probably guessed that Xu Lei Gestures are thousands.
Excluding the cost, the monthly profit of this seemingly inconspicuous factory is probably tens of thousands. This was a big number that took people's breath away in the 1980s.
Su Aobai also showed a shocked expression in cooperation.
Xu Lei likes to see people showing this kind of expression that has never seen the world. In the past, the people who drove with him were all old fritters like him. How could Su Aobai support him, which made him want to confide.
"However, such a factory can't really open without some backing."
Xu Lei showed a secretive expression.
Don’t look at the reform and opening up now, many places still can’t fully liberalize this policy. After all, many people were frightened in those years. .
Especially opening a factory by yourself, where to go to do the formalities, what procedures to do, how to get orders under the big state-owned factories, these are not things that ordinary people can do, so even if many people know that this is a big piece of fat Can only watch, unable to start.
"The owner of this factory is surnamed Yang. He said that the south now needs more goods, but their policies are better there, and the local factories are opening more and more. If you can purchase goods, why buy them from him? His advantage here is that labor costs are cheap, which keeps the prices down. Now there are many small factories in the south, and the wages of workers are much higher than ours. .”
"Boss Yang wants us to deliver more deliveries for him, but our deliveries are all based on orders from our own factory, so how can we arrange them casually? Hey, I hope our factory will deliver more goods outside, by the way. You can transfer dozens of dollars by bringing something to others, and if you drive a few more times, it’s much higher than your salary.”
What Xu Lei said was also the aspirations of many people in the transportation team. Compared with the extra money, their wages are really too inconspicuous.
However, Xu Lei just complained a few words, and the orders in the factory were not arranged according to his wishes. On the other hand, Su Aobai looked at the dilapidated truck not far away, showing a thoughtful expression.
*****
Driving a long-distance car is a tiring and tedious process. Along the way, the two of them take turns driving. They only stop and take a rest when the weather and road conditions are bad, or the engine is too hot after driving for a long time. When driving, the two will not rest at the same time. Someone must always be awake to guard against people who steal goods or diesel.
The law and order in this era is really bad, and I encountered several groups of thieves along the way. Fortunately, Xu Lei and Su Aobai are vigilant people, so there is no loss.
At this time, Xu Lei has changed a little bit towards Su Aobai. In the past, he and Su Aobai had never worked together, and all he knew about him was from other people's dictation. He only knew that Su Aobai was a fool who couldn't handle family affairs. Dan, and he is still a lazy drinker, the reason why he can stay in the transportation team is all due to his auto repair skills.
But now, after most of the journey, he never saw Su Aobai take a sip of wine. Occasionally, he was really hungry, so he opened the flagon he carried with him, took a few sips, and regarded it as an addiction.
In fact, most people don't have the concept of drunk driving these days, and there is no traffic police on the road to check drunk driving. Many drivers will also drink a little alcohol, but only in excess.
Seeing that he was smelling the wine like a greedy cat, Xu Lei also said that if he was really addicted, he would drink a few sips, but Su Aobai refused, saying that if he took the first sip, he would stop drinking after the first sip. They don't live in the car, and alcohol is confusing. They go out in the car together. If something happens, it will implicate him.
This changed Xu Lei's view of Su Aobai greatly. He felt that Su Aobai really liked to drink, but this person has a sense of proportion. He knows when to drink alcohol and when not to drink it. Xu Lei's morality is really in line with Xu Lei's appetite.
So in the following journey, the two became more and more speculative, and Xu Lei also generously shared a lot of his own long-distance driving experience.
But even so, in the second half of the journey, the dialogue between the two became less and less.
Because I was tired, my nerves were tense almost the whole time. Even if I fell asleep, I didn't dare to sleep too hard. I was afraid that my companion would be in trouble and couldn't wake me up when I fell asleep. Rao Su Aobai, who has several lifetimes of experience, People with stronger mental strength also have dry and red eyeballs at the moment, and their eyes are black and blue, and their minds are full of thoughts about waiting for the delivery to be completed and getting a good night's sleep.
At this moment, Xu Lei was driving, and Su Aobai was sitting in the co-pilot seat, squinting his eyes and taking a nap. When he was half asleep and half awake, suddenly there was a screeching sound of brakes, his upper body rushed forward, his head Almost hit the front windshield.
problem occurs!
Su Aobai woke up instantly, opened his eyes and looked forward vigilantly.
This is a dilapidated country road, with dense reeds on both sides, which have not been taken care of for many years. The grass is taller than a person, growing densely, and you can't see the edge at a glance.
As for the front, there was no one there, and it seemed normal.
"Take the guy."
Xu Lei's expression was extremely serious, and he had completely different faces from the one who talked and laughed in the past. This was the first time Su Aobai had seen him show such an expression. He had never looked so ugly when he met the small gang of oil thieves before. .
"wrong!"
Just when Su Aobai was about to turn around and go to the back seat to get the knife, Xu Lei put down the knife instead, stepped on the gas pedal and rushed forward.
Because of inertia, Su Aobai leaned back again.
"Puff puff-"
There were several gas sounds, as if something had been stuck in a pneumatic tire.
Su Aobai reacted immediately. He leaned forward with his upper body and stared at the ground in front of him. He saw that this section of the road was full of dense thorns. Xu Lei probably saw these things just now, so he stopped suddenly. .
Yisu Aobai's IQ quickly figured out the key.
Why are these thorns all over this country road? It can't be grown by itself, can it?
Since it is artificial, why did they arrange these things here? Don't they know that this trail is the only way for many vehicles to go to the provincial road?
Su Aobai looked at the reeds on both sides. If there were people hiding in it, it would be hard to detect.
If Xu Lei chose to get off the car and kick away the thorns on the road ahead, I am afraid that a group of people will jump out of the seemingly peaceful reeds immediately. Who knows if there are a few people or dozens of people hiding inside? Well, whether or not those people have weapons in their hands, the two of them are really not necessarily opponents.
So Xu Lei chose to take a gamble and run over it directly. As long as the tire does not blow out, after passing this section of the road and driving into a crowded place, it will be safe.
Su Aobai listened to the sound of air tires being punctured, and felt that Xu Lei's plan might be a bit mysterious. They had loaded too much cargo, which already exceeded the load-bearing capacity, which put a lot of pressure on the tires. Now There are still so many nails stuck in the tire, I am afraid it will not last long before the tire is about to burst.
Xu Lei's body was tense, his face was flushed, and his forehead was constantly sweating.
He thought of the previous news from the factory next door. A driver was robbed and beaten to death while traveling a long distance. Now the family members are still arguing in the factory, arguing with the factory leader about the amount of the pension.
At this moment, a crooked old man suddenly appeared from the reeds, leaning on crutches and standing in the middle of the road tremblingly, Xu Lei subconsciously stepped on the brakes.
The full truck rushed forward, and the impact made the vehicle unable to stop in time. The brakes almost rubbed off sparks, and it would stop about half a meter in front of the old man.
Xu Lei's breastbone hit the steering wheel, causing him to gasp in pain.
At this time, the surrounding reeds began to tremble, and a dozen or twenty young men and women rushed out holding hoes and sticks and surrounded the truck.
"Hold!"
Xu Lei clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the steering wheel, his expression was extremely ugly.
But under the circumstances at that time, it was impossible for him to stop and run into him directly. If he did, those people wouldn't have to rob.
What can he say? He said that because of the nails in that place, he felt that someone was going to block the road and rob him, so he didn't dare to stop when he saw an old man appearing in the middle of the road. past?
All of this is just his speculation. Has the robber come out? Who can prove his guess is correct?
By that time, he had committed murder on purpose.
This group of people has gained experience in robbing, and one loop after another, making people in a dilemma.
Now it's a bright robbery, he can hit it, but just when the brakes were slammed, the friction force was too great, he could even hear the sound of a flat tire, not to mention the crowds around, I'm afraid he didn't wait for him to start the car. The car, those early sticks were about to hit the window glass, waved at them.
Xu Lei is really envious of those seniors in the convoy. In the 1960s, the trucks were equipped with wooden warehouses. At that time, most of the convoys were retired soldiers from the army, and at that time, the law and order in many places were poor, and truck drivers were equipped with wooden warehouses for self-defense. , can the **** and rake be faster than bullets?
But now, there are only two of them, with two machetes, can they beat the dozen or so young men with hoes and sticks in front of them?
"This is the land of our village. Who allowed you to drive on our road? Look at the weight of your car. It has crushed our road."
A sloppy man walked out of the driver's window with a rake on his shoulders and said to Xu Lei.
Xu Lei was about to laugh angrily. This is a dirt road with potholes and pits, and it can't be crushed by a truck.
"Leave the money on your body and the goods in the car."
He raised his head and bossed Xu Lei around.
They don't know how to ask for cars, and they can't ask for them. On the contrary, everyone shares some cars and goods, and then they disperse and go back to their respective homes. When the time comes, they will hide them and the police will not be able to find them.
"Brother, everyone makes money by being friendly. I have fifty yuan here. You can buy some cigarettes and alcohol for everyone, and let me go."
Xu Lei pulled down the car window, took out a pile of scattered money from his pocket, and handed it to the man.
If it was just the goods in the factory, facing so many people, he would definitely choose to leave the money and the goods and leave. As long as he could keep the car and save his life, he would at most criticize one by one when he returned to the factory.
But now there are goods in the back pocket of the car that he received for private work. If these things are lost, it will cost money. Most of the bosses of small private factories these days are people that ordinary people can't afford, and these people don't care Do you have to leave the goods to the robbers in order to save your life, they only know that their goods are gone, and you have to lose money.
It's really easy to make extra money, and it's all risky.
Xu Lei's tongue licked the roots of his teeth, and he could hear his own heartbeat.
Thousands of dollars worth of goods. His family has a large population. These years, children's education and children's marriage are all spent. In addition, he and his wife are supporting relatives in the countryside. He can't afford this money.
If they can't afford to pay, how can they let it go, and when the time comes, there will be troubles, and the matter of taking private jobs will be put on the surface.
Will he still have a job by then? If he is fired from the factory, his son will not be able to take over the shift.
In a split second, Xu Lei thought a lot.
These days, the iron rice bowl is like the lifeblood for many families, not to mention the lucrative job of a truck driver. If these goods are lost, he will not only lose money, but even go to jail and lose the whole family. Lifeblood.
Just by presupposing this ending, a rush of blood continued to surge up, making Xu Lei's eyes reddened, his head dizzy, and his impulsiveness surpassed his rationality.
If these people accept them if they don't get better, he will fight them.
His debts are written off after death, and he can still leave the reputation of fighting bravely and sacrificing to protect the goods of the factory and the gangsters. The factory dare not detain his work position, and he can still leave a pension for his family, just like another factory before. like a truck driver.
With the blood on his head, Xu Lei really wasn't afraid anymore. The hand blocked by the car door tightly grasped the handle of the knife.
"You should send this money to beggars."
The man was really dissatisfied, "Come down, come down, come down for me."
The people around him knocked on the car door with sticks, urging Xu Lei and Su Aobai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, to get down.
A few anxious ones had already run to the back pocket of the car and began to dismantle the goods, just to prevent the goods from being lost on the road, all these things were tightly tied several times around the car pocket with two or three centimeters thick hemp rope. The end of the rope was tied in a dead knot, and I couldn't untie it for a while.
It was also the actions of these people that fueled Xu Lei's blood rush.
"Fuck! Fuck you, don't touch me."
Xu Lei is holding a knife.
"I hold them back, you find a chance to run."
After finishing speaking, Xu Lei opened the car door and rushed down.
Although taking private jobs is the default unspoken rule of the team, people in the same car can share the money, but this list was negotiated by him, after all, he chose to work hard with this group of people for his own small family.
It was the first time Su Aobai had encountered such a thing on a long distance trip. Xu Lei felt sorry for him in his heart, so he could only say sorry in his heart, hoping that he could find a chance to escape.
As for him, let him die, and kill a few thieves to be buried with him.
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