After half a bucket of steel bars and some tools were loaded into the truck body, it was almost five o'clock.
Ding Hao, who had put on his raincoat, climbed into the driver's seat. Liu Mingde warned him to pay attention to safety and not to drive in more than third gear when carrying heavy goods. He should drive slowly in first gear when approaching the construction section.
Ding Hao waved his hand, turned the key, and slowly drove out of the project base with the sound of the engine "chugging".
The distance between the project base and the construction site is about thirty kilometers. It is said that after this section is completed, the project base will be moved to the next section. In this case, a lot of time will be saved in transporting materials.
time.
Ding Hao silently calculated the time to reach the construction site in his mind. Except for the last few kilometers of muddy road, the other gravel roads would not take much time. Coupled with the heavy rain, it was estimated that it would take at least two and a half hours to arrive.
After the car went down a long slope, Ding Hao slowed down. In fact, most of the time, Cheng Hongyi drove the tractor to transport the materials. Ding Hao sat obediently in the passenger seat. Occasionally, when the truck returned empty to the road, Cheng Hongyi would hand it over to Ding Hao.
Driving. But Ding Hao remembered all the traffic conditions on this road in his mind.
After going down the long slope, there is a narrow dirt road next to the mountain. There is a cliff on the other side of the dirt road. Fortunately, it is a straight road and there is not much danger.
On the road, there was a lot of mud and water accumulated in the mud pits left by the tractor tires earlier. Ding Hao was very experienced in driving along the tracks left by the previous tires. He clearly remembered that his master said that such road conditions must
Follow the traces in front so that the car will not sink into the soft soil.
At that time, Ding Hao asked what if there were no traces in front of him when he left for the first time. The master slapped him hard on the forehead.
After slowing down the car, the brightness of the car lights also dimmed. What Ding Hao hated the most was this car light. The harder he stepped on the accelerator, the brighter the lights became. Liu Mingde said he didn't understand what AC and DC were, but he just thought to himself.
I'll have to ask Liu Mingde to improve it after I get back.
Suddenly the tractor jolted and the vehicle body obviously sank to the right.
"Tough luck!"
Ding Hao muttered something in his mouth, and the accelerator he stepped on gradually increased. The engine made a rumbling sound. The drive wheel on the right side under the seat was spinning hard in the mud puddle, but he couldn't get out. Instead, he sank deeper and deeper.
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Under the dim light of the car, Ding Hao turned sideways and glanced at the tire on the right side, tightened the handbrake and the independent brake of the rear body. He jumped out of the car and took out a shovel from the body of the car, and ran to the side near the cliff.
Next to the ditch, some fist-sized gravel was shoveled and filled into the front of the tire.
This method was taught to everyone by Liu Mingde. Tractors often get stuck in mud pits at the project base. Most of the craftsmen try their best to add gravel into the pit behind the tire. As a result, the tire turns and the pit becomes deeper. Experienced craftsmen will use
Use a shovel to remove some soil in front of the tire and lower the slope to allow the tire to climb out.
One time, Ding Hao got stuck in a mud pit while driving a tractor, and when he was looking for help, Liu Mingde, who was passing by, picked up two stones and threw them in front of the tire.
Ding Hao was furious and scolded his junior brother for not helping him and causing trouble. Liu Mingde pushed Ding Hao into the driver's seat and asked Ding Hao to slowly start driving forward. Seeing Liu Mingde's serious look, Ding Hao dubiously followed the instructions, and sure enough, the tire crawled.
Out of the mud pit.
Liu Mingde proudly told Ding Hao that this is the power of knowledge. If you do this, the tires will bring the rocks in front into the mud pit, which will increase the tire grip and reduce the resistance of the mud pit.
When Ding Hao was shoveling gravel, he thought of this scene and smiled unconsciously. This chatty junior brother was indeed a bit powerful. He threw the shovel into the truck bed, shook off the water droplets on his raincoat, lowered his head and climbed into the driver's seat.
, habitually release the brake, shift into gear, start, and the headlights will come on.
Looking up, Ding Hao slammed on the brakes and the vehicle came to an abrupt stop, causing the metal material contained in the truck body to tilt forward with inertia and hit the guardrail with a loud noise.
Facing the front of the car, two or three meters away, stood two figures, an old man and a young man, raising their hands to shield their eyes from the light.
"Auntie, you're standing in the middle of the road. It's too dangerous. Fortunately, I saw it and wouldn't have bumped into it if I had been later. I won't dare to do it again!"
Ding Hao shouted loudly and waved vigorously to signal the old woman and her granddaughter to lean on the side and walk. But the people standing in front of him were indifferent. Under the dim car lights, he could vaguely see the old woman wearing a wrinkled black raincoat, her hands clasping tightly.
He hugged the little girl in front of him tightly and tried his best to block the rain with his body.
Thinking that the tractor engine was making too much noise and the old woman did not hear her own voice, Ding Hao tightened the brakes hard and jumped out of the vehicle.
After approaching the two of them, Ding Hao's expression changed. He quickly took off his raincoat and put it on the old woman. He saw that his raincoat was not big enough and half of the little girl's body was still exposed in the rain. Ding Hao climbed onto the truck bed.
Unable to care about him, he tore off a large piece of the plastic sheet that was originally covering the material and put it over the female doll.
It turned out that under the car lights, I looked at the wrinkled black raincoat. It was just clothes soaked by the rain. It was clinging to the body, so I mistakenly thought it was a raincoat.
Ding Hao wiped the rain off his face and turned to look at the tractor. The engine was too loud, so he had no choice but to shout loudly.
"Auntie, it's raining so hard, why don't you find a place to hide first? Where are you going? Aren't the previous villages all relocated? There are no homes in the villages nearby?"
The old woman didn't say anything to thank Ding Hao for giving them the raincoat. She just hugged the baby girl in front of her tightly and trembled constantly.
Ding Hao looked around and saw that there was no shelter from the rain nearby. Even if there was a cave, he could at least light a fire for the old and the young to warm themselves.
The nearest village is called Ru'an Village, which is nearly ten miles away. The entire village has been relocated due to road construction, and it is the only place where we can find the nearest shelter from the rain.
"Auntie, you guys are walking by the side of the road. It's dangerous in the middle of the road. We have regulations. You can't carry people in trucks. It's not safe. Otherwise, I'll take you for a ride. You must pay attention to safety. The weather is bad like this. I'll go first.
Yes, you must pay attention to safety!"
After Ding Hao finished speaking, he climbed into the driver's seat. The old woman in front of the car still didn't speak, but just led the girl to the roadside.
"Be careful! I'm leaving!"
Ding Hao shouted loudly and started the machine. When the vehicle was about to pass by the two of them, he noticed the girl's legs shaking uncontrollably from the corner of his eye. After driving forward a few meters, Ding Hao stopped the tractor and jumped out of the vehicle.
"Rules are dead, people are alive, no matter what, if you want to be punished, just punish it!"