I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

It is not expensive to transport it back to Sijiucheng from here. It costs 15 yuan per car, but it is slightly more expensive than the train because of the load capacity.

It is half the price of a special truck. You can't wait for the train because the transportation capacity is very limited. A truck back to the old city is the best choice.

Cao Dongfang accompanied Guan Huang to see it. After asking several stores, three of them found the right number, twenty-eight cars, fully loaded.

After receiving 560 yuan, they divided it equally among the sixty people, with each person receiving 9 yuan.

This extra income is not low. Being a driver is hard work these days, but you can earn a lot of money.

Going out four times a month, which takes eight days, is 8 yuan, which is ten yuan more than Qin Huairu's monthly salary on TV.

After they returned, they had one day off to take turns to rest, and before leaving, each of them exchanged two days of national food coupons with the factory.

In the early 60s, national food coupons were known as "sky-high-priced food coupons," with each kilogram of food coupons worth more than 4 yuan.

Drivers who travel long distances must exchange local food coupons for national food coupons according to the driver's ration amount.

This alone was enough to make a lot of money in the 60s. There was also the business of using empty trucks to transport people and goods. This kind of business existed before Cao Dongfang traveled through time, and it was all extra income.

This time, Maojian is another 5 jin. If we add one yuan per jin when we go back, that's yuan. If we add cents, that's still yuan. The driver's income is really not low.

......

When we arrived in Sijiucheng, we first delivered the goods to the destination, then sent the tea back home to those who bought a lot of tea, and then reported to the factory. It took two full days.

There was no task in the factory, so twenty people went back to rest and would come back to work tomorrow. Cao Dongfang chose to go home and rest.

It's boring to have nothing to do in the factory, so I might as well go back to the courtyard. Today is Sunday and there will be many people here and it will be lively.

He Yushui returned home just after nine o'clock and rested and studied at home.

......

"Brother Dongfang, you're back. Is it fun to drive out?" He Yushui asked.

"It's okay. Driving is just a little hard, but there's oil and I can buy some local products. Overall it's okay." Cao Dongfang said.

"Are you tired? Then Brother Dongfang, please take a rest first." He Yushui said.

"I'm fine. Is there anything wrong in the compound?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"It's nothing serious. The technician Tong in the backyard had another quarrel with his wife, Teacher Wenli from our school. It was still about cooking. Teacher Wenli went back to her parents' home." He Yushui said.

"That couple will quarrel a lot, and the compound will be more lively in the future." Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"It's just one person cooking, why are you arguing? It's not a big deal!" He Yushui was a little confused.

"That's because you are not a petty bourgeois, but an ordinary citizen, and eating is a part of life.

But Wen Li is not, and Tong Zhi is a technician. Both of them are not good people and have too many ideas. "Cao Dongfang said.

"Brother Dongfang, Old Man Ma and his family have also moved away. I heard that they moved to a new house on the street, which is quite far from here. Another family is moving in." He Yushui said.

"It's better that Old Man Ma is gone. He is far away and his grandson is grown up. His situation will be better." Cao Dongfang didn't care about Old Man Ma moving away.

"It seems that several more families will move in here. Will there be many people here after the expansion of the steel mill?" He Yushui asked.

"What can I do for you?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"I didn't. I heard from my silly brother that after the public-private partnership, the restaurant is no longer viable and may have to close. I want to find a way out. How about going to the steel mill canteen?" said He Yushui.

"Your brother is 21 now. It doesn't matter where he goes. Finding a wife is the most important thing. It depends on his own opinion.

It should be possible to go to the factory. The factory is expanding quite a lot and the demand for the back kitchen is also great. The key lies in Zhuzi's own skills. "Cao Dongfang said.

Also!

"My brother came back last night and said that it would take time for the restaurant to close, and he wanted to wait and see," said He Yushui.

“Previously, private restaurants have had a hard time, including old restaurants like Donglaishun and Tongchunyuan. The public managers are a problem.

It is also related to the national situation. Last year, many people left the public-private partnership, and the remaining ones are all poor people. "Cao Dongfang said.

"I don't understand, never mind." He Yushui didn't understand.

"If you want to go to the steel mill, I can help you, as long as your brother's skills are not too bad. Your brother's mouth is also a problem. The factory canteen is different from the hotel kitchen, and the salary will not be high." Cao Dongfang said.

"Let me talk to my silly brother." He Yushui said.

Will Sha Zhu go back to the canteen of the steel mill? If he wants to, Cao Dongfang will not stop him. It is his own choice.

......

Before lunch, Cao Dongfang was going to Chen Xueru's place. He heated up the food for He Yushui. Because of the 'virtual world', people in the compound couldn't smell any smell, and from outside they would think that the Cao family didn't cook.

After saying hello to the third uncle, I walked out of the courtyard. Before I went out of the gate, I ran into Nan Yi. The two of them had never met before, they just nodded to each other.

After all, they are all from the same compound. When Cao Dongfang saw Nan Yi holding a fish in his hand, he smiled and left.

When we arrived at Chen Xueru's home, the three people in the family were preparing to eat, and they were very happy to see Cao Dongfang coming.

“Hello Uncle Dongfang!”

"Hello, Hou Kui!"

"Today is Sunday, you are resting." Chen Xueru asked.

"I was out on the road for two days and just got back at nine this morning. I went home to rest and everything is fine now," said Cao Dongfang.

"Have you eaten? You're driving out. Is it far?" Chen Xueru asked.

"It's not far, in Nanhe Province. The Maojian tea there is pretty good. I bought five kilograms of the best one. Do you want to drink it? I haven't eaten lunch yet." Cao Dongfang said.

"No, I don't drink tea. If I haven't eaten, I'll just heat up another dish, chicken stewed with mushrooms. That's a larger quantity. It's better to have a freezer so I can freeze it and keep it warm longer." Chen Xueru said.

No need to heat it up, I bought buns and stewed chicken with mushrooms. Then I took out three lunch boxes from my big schoolbag, stewed chicken with mushrooms, steamed turbot and six big buns.

"I'm hot for fish. I'll have buns instead of steamed buns. That means I'll have a meal. Eat more fish. I still like steamed fish." Chen Xueru said.

After dinner, I talked to Chen Xueru about going out and returned home at around 1:00 p.m. Chen Xueru also went to work. It’s not good to be absent from work all the time, so if there is anything, we can talk about it at night.

The third uncle, the security guard at the courtyard, was guarding the gate. He said a few words to him and then went back home.

Put the food from four large lunch boxes in the freezer and eat it slowly.

.......

Buying coal and buying cabbage also means the arrival of winter.

As November approaches, the weather in the city becomes noticeably colder.

"Dongfang, go back and rest today. Come with me to the Northeast tomorrow. It's almost there if we don't reach Linji City.

The journey is less than 1000 kilometers, and it takes three days to drive. It will be troublesome if there is heavy snow. "Guan Huang said.

"Got it, Captain Guan!" Because Cao Dongfang slowly called Guan Huang's position in the factory, including Uncle Yu and others.

This is as it should be, and no one will say anything.

......

Cao Dongfang obeyed the order very consciously, went home to rest, and was scheduled to go to the factory to dispatch vehicles at eight o'clock the next morning. However, not all the drivers in the team would go, only five vehicles.

Because winter was approaching and there were concerns about heavy snow in Linji City, only ten drivers with better skills and five vehicles were sent, and the processed spare parts were delivered.

Cao Chefang was in the same car with Guan Huang this time. It was his first time going to the Northeast, so he was familiar with the road.

There was no one at home, so Cao Dongfang put some vegetables and meat buns in the house. Steamed buns were easy to buy with money and food coupons.

These dishes are enough to last for half a month.

......

The next day, before nine o'clock, five vehicles loaded with spare parts set off. Guan Huang was still driving during the day. It was fine inside the Great Wall as there was basically no snow on the road.

After leaving Shanhaiguan and entering the northeast, there was snow. The snow on the ground was neither too big nor too small, and was several centimeters thick.

The vehicles slowed down. You dare not drive too fast on snowy days. Cao Dongfang was driving at the end, and the speed of the vehicle did not exceed 30 kilometers.

The same distance to Nanhe takes two days to go back and forth, while to Lingji takes three days. The extra day was added because we were afraid of snow.

It snows a lot in the north in winter now. It snowed in Jiucheng on the fourth day of November, but not heavily.

The vehicle was not traveling very fast, and it only sped up when it reached a place with better road conditions. In this way, it took 30 hours to reach the place where the spare parts were to be delivered.

It was not a military factory, but a scientific research institute. After all inspections were completed, they were taken to the warehouse by a military vehicle for unloading.

Drivers like Cao Dongfang didn't even get out of the car. They waited in the car for the other party to unload the goods and drove away from the institute.

After leaving the institute and stopping the car, Guan Huang asked everyone, "Are you going to Lingji City to buy things? Let's go to Lingji and bring some goods back."

"Captain, if you go, buy some. If you don't go, don't buy any. We don't lack shirataki and rice. We don't know much about ginseng, so let's just transport the goods."

"Okay, we'll go to Lingji at five o'clock, that's fine!"