After Zhou Wen said goodbye with his red sleeves on his back, he put a little hand to his mouth. Zhou Wen opened his mouth and took a piece of sweet fructose in his mouth. The brother and sister ate the foreign candy happily and wandered around the village.
Of course, the radio batteries and other equipment were sent to the transportation team station.
When they walked to Zhuangzikou, they saw a long line of trucks coming with billowing smoke and dust in the distance. Knowing that supplies were coming from the rear, Zhou Wen took Hong Xiu to look at the cars. Cars were something new to Hong Xiu.
The little girl asked curious questions on Zhou Wen's back, and finally asked: "Have you ever ridden in a car? Can you drive it?"
Then he pretended to sigh and said, "Hey! I wish I could sit down for a while."
Zhou Wenana didn't know what this little girl was thinking. Now, any request he had for Hongxiu would be met if there were conditions, and even if there were no conditions, he would meet them even if conditions were created. He immediately followed the truck to the warehouse.
I saw all the truck drivers jumping out of their cars to take a rest, gathering together in twos and threes to smoke and chat, waiting to unload their trucks. Zhou Wen walked over and asked a big man with a beard who looked like the leader: "What's this?"
Master, your clothes don’t look like those from the army, where did they come from?”
The bearded man saw that it was a young major officer who was asking the question. He quickly threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and replied with a smile on his face: "Sir, we are not soldiers, we are drivers hired by the National Army. We are all from Shanghai."
I was also surprised at how this officer was so young. He looked no more than 20 years old. He was probably the son of a high-ranking official. What was strange was that he was actually carrying a pretty and cute little girl on his back. Is this a child bride?
Zhou Wen didn't know the dirty thoughts of this bearded man, so he started talking to him.
It turns out that there was no such thing as a car soldier in the army at this period, and trucks had just been introduced into the country. Most of the trucks in the army were paid to hire drivers and workers from big cities to drive. The wages were not low, about 60 oceans a month.
.More than twice their usual salary income.
The price level during this period was not high. In the early 1930s, rice in Shanghai was 0.04 yuan per catty and beef was 0.3 yuan per catty. A family of three would have a monthly living expense of no more than 10 oceans. So a monthly salary of 60 oceans was considered a high income.
, so many worker drivers were invited to drive for the army.
Zhou Wen and Lu Xihu soon became familiar with each other, and they also knew his surname was Wen, so they said: "Brother Wen, this is my sister. She has been ill recently. She hasn't been in a car yet. You can take her with her after you see her for a while."
Let's go out for a walk and let my frail girl have a try."
Only then did the bearded man realize that he had misunderstood, and they turned out to be brother and sister. Then he looked at Hongxiu's big, watery eyes, looking at him eagerly, with a weak and pitiful expression, and his heart softened, and he blurted out:
: "I have no problem here, but you have to tell the gate guard, otherwise they won't let you drive the car casually."
Zhou Wen didn't need to look at it to know what Hongxiu's expression was now, and he felt funny. This little girl can go to Hollywood to make blockbusters.
He smiled and said, "It's okay, they will let me go if I sit on it."
The bearded man was doubtful, so he took Zhou Wen and the others to an empty truck that had been unloaded. He asked Zhou Wen and the others to get into the passenger seat, and he started the car with the rocker in front of the front. This kind of old-fashioned car requires
Use the joystick to activate it.
"Boom---" sounded, and Hongxiu was startled by the deafening sound. Zhou Wen quickly comforted him: "This is the sound of a car engine. The engine is the heart of the car. Only when the engine rotates can the car move forward."
"
At this time, the bearded man who got into the car heard it, looked at Zhou Wen in surprise and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to understand this. Have you ever driven a car before?" Then he drove the truck towards the gate.
Zhou Wen smiled and said: "I've touched it before, but I'm not very familiar with it. I have to ask Brother Wen for guidance on the way."
While they were talking, the car had already arrived at the door. When the guard on guard saw Zhou Wen waving to them, he quickly pulled up the door lever, stood at attention and saluted, and watched the truck drive out with a smile.
Just kidding, who in all the units in the headquarters doesn’t know about the transport team? Who doesn’t know Captain Zhou? Is that Commander Qian’s confidant? Is that a little boss who is brothers with several big bosses?
The beard now strengthened the suspicion that Zhou Wen was the son of a high-ranking official. On the way, he tried his best to introduce the functions of various components in the cab to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen knew that this was an American Ford 1.5-ton truck. The structure of the cab was similar to that of later Jiefang vehicles. The gear lever, oil brake, and clutch layout were all the same. He knew that he could drive it too.
After the car drove for a while, the little girl with red sleeves could no longer act. She was no longer calm and became excited. She started shouting and squealing happily. Sometimes she asked her beard to move faster, and sometimes she stretched out her head and stretched out her hands to let the wind blow.
, Zhou Wen almost couldn't hold her, fearing that she would fall off the car.
The bearded man was puzzled. The little girl who was weak and weak and fell down when the wind blew suddenly suddenly became lively and lively. His brother couldn't hold back her wild spirit. Can my car cure diseases?
Zhou Wen was even embarrassed. Where is your acting skills? Where is your image as a lady?
He quickly changed the subject, pretending not to understand, and asked this and that to draw the bearded man's attention.
After the car had driven more than ten miles, Zhou Wen signaled to Beard Bear to stop. He held a ten-dollar bill in his hand and handed it to Beard Beard. Beard Beard was from Shanghai, how could he not recognize U.S. dollars? He was shocked when he saw it.
He jumped and quickly declined: "Sir, Mr. Zhou, you can't do this. I'm just going out for a walk, but I don't dare to accept money."
Zhou Wen said with a smile: "I still have something to say, Brother Wen, just take it. Get the money first and let's talk about something later." The bearded man took the dollar bill suspiciously and stared blankly at Zhou Wen, waiting for him to speak.
It turned out that after Zhou Wen got in the car, he had an idea to let his brothers learn to drive. He knew that the team was under the management of the logistics department, and the logistics department was now his family. He tried to find a way to leave two cars and two drivers to teach the crowd.
Brother drives.
After Zhou Wen expressed his plan, he offered an offer that Lu Shihu could not refuse. "Two masters, each with six apprentices, will be apprentices for a week. The requirement is that they can drive alone and learn basic maintenance. For each apprentice, they will be given ten
A dollar. If all six disciples are apprenticed, it will be sixty dollars. I will keep you for one month or four weeks. If all forty-eight disciples are apprenticed, each of you can get two hundred and forty dollars."
After saying that, he looked at Beard, and Beard's heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out of his mouth. It's two hundred and forty US dollars a month, which is nearly a thousand dollars if converted into oceans. I said, "Hey, darling."