Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

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"Xiaodong, please get out of the way, I'm fine!"

"Are you really okay? I might have heard it wrongly. Are you going to the hospital?"

"Yes, sir, I'm really fine, please let me go!"

He pushed Li Xiaodong's hand away, full of energy, his hair seemed to stand on end, and shouted loudly:

"If you are slightly injured, don't leave the front line. If you are seriously injured, don't go to the hospital. This is the fighting spirit of our fitter workshop. Come on, everyone!"

Then he asked Qin Huairu to lift the box together.

Qin Huairu always felt uneasy when Li Xiaodong was around.

In addition, she was exhausted at the moment, and her hand slipped again just as she lifted the box halfway into the air.

A "click" sound was heard.

“Ouch, ouch…”

This time, Yi Zhonghai was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream, and he just sat on the ground.

It seems that there is really something wrong with my waist this time.

Li Xiaodong shouted to Liu Mingyi at the door: "Director Liu, quickly send someone to take Comrade Yi Zhonghai to the hospital."

"But the steel parts are only half installed, and we won't leave the front line even if we are slightly injured. If we delay the work..." Director Liu seemed a little embarrassed.

"The mission is important, but the health of the workers cannot be ignored! We are taught by our superiors to care about our fellow workers. I will speed up on the way!" Li Xiaodong's face was full of concern for his colleagues.

His voice was loud and clear, and the workers who were carrying heavy objects cast approving glances at him.

This driver really treats the workers as his brothers.

Yi Zhonghai lay on the ground, holding his waist, the pain almost made him lose consciousness.

Despite this, he still had a thought in his mind: Xiaodong, did you do this on purpose?

"Comrade Xiaodong, you are right!"

Liu Mingyi also realized the problem and immediately found three or four male workers to send Yi Zhonghai to the hospital.

Yi Zhonghai was sent to the hospital.

After a series of examinations, the doctor diagnosed it as a lumbar sprain.

It's not serious. You just need to rest in bed for more than a week and you will recover.

Hospital beds are tight, and people like Yi Zhonghai are usually not hospitalized.

He prescribed some medicine and told the workers to notify his family to pick him up.

The aunt asked Sha Zhu to push a stretcher to the hospital.

When she entered the ward and saw that Yi Zhonghai was safe and sound, the aunt breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are so careless at your age!"

“I’m just worried about affecting my work!”

Yi Zhonghai used his arms to support his body and sat up, groaning in pain.

Sha Zhu quickly stepped forward to support him, and the two prepared to leave.

“Auntie, you may not know that this time it’s all thanks to Wei Zi.

A worker who had just escorted an old man to the hospital revealed that it was Wei Zi who insisted on sending the old man to the hospital despite the possible delay.

Otherwise, the old man might have to lie on the ground for a while longer."

"We should really thank him!" The aunt nodded in agreement and turned to Yi Zhonghai: "Xiaodong is getting married the day after tomorrow, so let's add an extra yuan as a gift."

"What? Give me more money... No... He pretended not to hear me and fooled me... Oh no..."

Yi Zhonghai felt fooled, but he couldn't say it. Li Xiaodong just pretended to be deaf and dumb, which almost made him lose face, but won the favor of his colleagues in the workshop.

This guy was even smarter than Jia Xu in ancient times. What made him even more depressed was that this matter had to be kept secret.

Once the news spread, the image he had worked so hard to build up collapsed. Moreover, Li Xiaodong later took the initiative to invite him to the hospital, and it was he who asked the other party not to meddle in his affairs.

You can't blame him. Besides, at least he has earned the reputation of "not leaving the front line even if slightly injured". Yi Zhonghai comforted himself for a long time before he managed to calm down his anger.

Under Director Liu's urging, more than 20 tons of goods were loaded in less than half an hour. Li Xiaodong signed the handover form and returned it to Director Liu.

"Have a nice trip!" He drove the truck slowly out of the gate amidst the blessings. The security guard in the booth heard the roar of the engine and opened the window and stuck his head out.

Seeing a truck approaching, he ran out immediately. "Stop and be inspected!" Because the items in the steel mill are all heavy and difficult for individuals to carry, but trucks are different.

When they saw that it was Li Xiaodong, their expressions softened a lot. They were impressed by this show-off driver. "Xiaodong, where are you driving to so late?"

"There's nothing I can do. It's an emergency." Li Xiaodong did not turn off the engine and motioned Niu Meng to take out a document from the file bag.

The security guard immediately looked solemn when he saw the eye-catching five-pointed star on the document and the red seal on the back. He saluted the truck and said, "I wish Comrade Li Xiaodong a safe journey."

They didn't even check the truck, they ran over and opened the gate. "Brothers, let's go, let's go to Donglaishun to get together when we come back!" Li Xiaodong would not bully others, so he asked Niu Meng to pass a circle of cigarettes to the security guards through the window.

Then he stepped on the accelerator, and the truck slowly left the steel mill. Looking at the truck going farther and farther away in the sunset, the two security guards lit cigarettes and commented: "Li Xiaodong knows the ways of the world, unlike some people who just ignore us when they receive a mission."

The truck was speeding along the road like a wild beast. The deafening engine noise made passers-by stay away from it, and the girls and wives on the road couldn't help but stop and cast admiring glances at Li Xiaodong.

This driver is so handsome. I wonder if he has a girlfriend!

Haha, the eye-catching visual effects are perfect, just like driving a Lamborghini on the streets in my previous life.

Li Xiaodong seemed very proud of himself as he was driving the vehicle, while Niu Meng was learning silently beside him.

The reason why she chose long-distance driving was to improve her driving skills.

However, after observing for a while, she felt deeply frustrated.

Li Xiaodong's driving skills are superb.

He drove at a moderate speed, always keeping a perfect distance from the donkey cart in front of him. He would not step on the accelerator until the old farmer whipped the donkey to the side of the road, and then he would gallop away.

However, Li Xiaodong had his own difficulties.

Nowadays, there are few traffic police and not many vehicles on the road, so the biggest challenge for truck drivers is those donkey carts.

Once a donkey is frightened, it will run around on the road and cause a lot of trouble.

As time was running out, Li Xiaodong no longer cared about fuel consumption and accelerated as fast as he could as he left the capital.

The truck was speeding towards Zhangjia City at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour.

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Testimonials

In the blink of an eye, this book is about to be on the shelves, as if the signing was just yesterday...

Well, as a truck driver, I’m not artistic.

According to the rules, as the author, I should complain a lot to add some fun to everyone.

There are always things that don’t go as planned in life, and things are unpredictable. It is impossible for ordinary people to be free from worries.

This book is intended to make everyone happy, no complaints needed.

Of course, I also enjoyed writing it.

As for folk dance...

I guess you may find the folk dance I perform to be offensive to the eyes, but that’s fine.

But I still want to ask for your support for the first order.

Without the initial order, we have no money to refuel; without fuel, the trucks are stuck on the road. "

In the wilderness, if the driver is attacked by a wolf, the story will come to an abrupt end...

I really want to thank you all for your company along the way. Every achievement of this book is inseparable from your support.

It was put on the shelves in a hurry, and I don’t have any manuscripts on hand, so I’ll send you 10,000 words first.

I don't dare to hope for anything like becoming the leader of an alliance, I just hope to write carefully and repay everyone's kindness.

In my spare time, I write novels to pass the time, and I don’t seek worldly wealth!

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The winter sun always sets early, and before five o'clock, the sky has already begun to darken.

The truck drove out of the capital, and small villages appeared sporadically along the roadside.

The rows of tube-shaped buildings were transformed into low-rise residential buildings.

On the wall of the adobe house, the slogan was clearly visible after being painted with white lime.

Passersby changed from workers in blue and black work clothes to ragged members of the commune.

In the fields, hardworking members can still be seen using hoes to weed, and a few children are following the sheep with sticks, driving them back to the village.

As dusk falls, wisps of smoke rise from the villages.

Niu Meng was in a good mood as it was his first long-distance drive.

With the car window open, she began to sing a beautiful song:

"The wheels are running like the wind...The engines are singing...The laughter and singing are spreading across the sky...The good news is spreading everywhere..."

Listening to the singing of his exclusive driver, Li Xiaodong steered the wheel, followed the winding road, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and arrived near Tangou.

A dilapidated tractor head was hanging on an old tree on the side of the road ahead.

The tractor head was severely corroded, the paint was peeling off, the original color was difficult to identify, and a dark bloodstain was faintly visible on the steering wheel.

In the setting sun, the bloodstain was particularly eye-catching. When it caught Li Xiaodong's eyes, his pupils suddenly tightened.

Death Valley is just around the corner!

Li Xiaodong gently stepped on the brakes to slow down the car, rolled down the window, and the biting cold wind blew into the car, making him feel refreshed.

"Niu Meng, there's a long downhill section ahead, give the master a cigarette!"

Niu Meng was so nervous that he tightly gripped the handle at this moment. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment and quickly took out a pack of Daqianmen from Li Xiaodong's pocket.

He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then struck a match and lit it for him with one hand.

Li Xiaodong took a deep breath, the spicy smoke filled his lungs, and he was completely focused.

At this moment, the vibration under the seat, the roar of the engine, and even the whistling cold wind outside the window were all transformed into bits of information that flowed into his mind. After being analyzed by tens of billions of neurons, he could grasp the status of the truck in real time.

At this moment, Li Xiaodong became one with the car.

With only 400 meters left to the long slope, he decisively stepped on the brakes to slow down the car.

Quickly shift your feet on the clutch twice, switching directly from fifth gear to first gear.

The truck was like a huge monster, spewing yellow smoke from its tail as it rushed down the slope.

Li Xiaodong did not brake hard immediately.

At this point, the truck's speed is still controllable under the traction of the engine.

Twenty yards, thirty yards, forty yards, the pointer on the dashboard kept jumping, and Niu Meng's heartbeat accelerated.

Forty miles may not seem fast, but there are continuous curves here, and the truck almost scraped the grass on the edge of the road several times before it was barely stable.

When the truck passed a big tree and Niu Meng could even clearly see the traces of insects on the bark, she could no longer hold back and said, "Master, the speed is too fast, it's time to brake!"

"Wait a moment, this long slope is six kilometers long, and we're only halfway there."