I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

Liu Guangqi's return to the Siheyuan had little impact on Cao Dongfang, but He Yushui wanted to watch the fun, which disappointed him -

Not lively!

Neither Liu Haizhong nor Liu Guangqi made any movement, as if nothing had happened. The compound was eerily quiet.

is it possible?

As for Liu Guangqi, Cao Dongfang was not optimistic about him. Even if he played dirty tricks in the future, he would not be able to withstand it once he was sent to the police station. He was not Jia Dongxu!

Jia Dongxu had too much to bear, he didn't dare to confess!

Jia Dongxu didn't say how he spent the three days in the police station, but -

It’s definitely not easy!

Nowadays, it is not easy to be in the police station. Think about it, there are signs in restaurants saying "Do not beat or scold customers", let alone...

.......

In late March, the fleet had more tasks to do, including transporting crude steel to the northeast, processing it, and delivering processed parts to the south and northeast.

The rolling mill is not comparable to the steel mill in Cao Dongfang's previous life. It doesn't even have a steelmaking workshop. It is more like a finishing workshop.

Bring steel from the Northeast, process it according to the task, and then transport it away according to the task.

I heard that in 58, the steelmaking workshop of the steel rolling mill will be expanded, and the steel rolling mill will not need to transport steel from other units, but the spare parts produced will still be sent to various places.

On March 20th, we drove to Nanhe Province, a place with relatively good fruit production. The fruits are not ripe yet, so we asked local farmers to reserve them and sell them when they are ripe.

Delivery to Nanhe Province and Tây Sơn Province will be made before April 2nd.

After April 3rd, an important task began: bringing back a year's worth of crude steel to the steel mill.

There are tons in total, nearly 20,000 tons, which is the total amount needed by the steel rolling mill in one year.

This number is just a small number in later generations. Once the train starts moving, everything will be done. But now we need cars to transport goods.

The rolling mill's fleet transport capacity, 30 vehicles, has a load capacity of only 130 tons. It would take 142 to transport all the goods, which is impossible!

If we move the goods once every two days, it will take 284 days to complete the transportation, and we can’t do any other work. This is impossible!

Every car needs to be overloaded, overloaded, and overloaded again. The car is prone to problems and there is nothing we can do about it.

It is difficult to contact the trains, and now train transportation is coordinated by the state.

It’s useless for Mr. Lou to have money.

This has been going on for three years. The team members have gained experience after transporting the goods twice and are no longer worried about not being able to finish the transport.

Fortunately, the department was also busy and found twenty five-ton trucks from somewhere to transport the goods. The first batch had 8,000 tons, which was not a lot!

"Uncle Guan, won't something go wrong with this truck being so seriously overloaded?" Cao Dongfang asked Guan Huang on the way back after pulling the rough steel.

"It's a small matter. The factory has expanded and needs more steel. The transportation capacity of our fleet is far from enough. We have to overload it. It's not enough to transport it. The department sent a car to assist."

"That's right. Without overloading, our fleet alone would need 35 trips, and we don't need to do anything else," said Cao Dongfang.

"Everyone likes this job. You can earn five yuan at a time. You only transport goods from the northern part of the city. You never leave an empty truck. You make a return trip every two days. 75 yuan a month is not a small amount!

There are other things, 100 yuan a month, it’s easy to handle in one month, next time there won’t be much steel in July and September. "Guan Huang said indifferently.

"That's great, let's do it."

Cao Dongfang understood what overloading meant, which was even more amazing than in later generations. As long as the car could move, he would keep loading it. There was no such thing as overloading in those days.

There were fifty vehicles, but their actual load capacity was only 230 tons. That time it was less than tons. Cao Dongfang simply didn't believe that the old-style vehicles could really carry so much weight.

Fortunately, it was loaded with steel, which is heavy. The overload was not by putting too much on the left, right, front or back. It was all in the carriage. I drove back at a speed of 30 kilometers and didn't dare to drive faster.

I really made a lot of money this month. For example, Cao Dongfang earned 60 yuan in days without buying anything else and he made trips back and forth.

The average amount of steel transported back in one trip is almost 700 tons. It’s amazing that only eight vehicles need overhaul.

With Cao Dongfang's help, each car could be completed in less than five hours, and he earned an extra 400 yuan from the factory.

Leaders in the factory attach great importance to this matter. These steel materials directly affect the steel rolling mill’s work for a year. Can they complete the annual workload normally?

Everyone in the convoy was very happy as the distance was not too far and the actual journey, round trip, was only thirty-one hours.

But if I drive for two days, I can go back and rest for sixteen hours, and I can make some extra money when I drive out of the city. This job is pretty good!

There is also a real one-month national food coupon. Food is not as tight now as it was 60 years ago, so it is not difficult to exchange for national food coupons!

......

After pulling the steel, Cao Dongfang took a six-day break. Tomorrow is May Day, and the country has implemented coupons for the seven basic necessities of life, cloth, and cotton.

Cao Dongfang takes holidays whenever he has them. This is a make-up day for the May Day holiday and last month's holiday.

After finishing the task of hauling the steel, the fleet can relax a little and no longer have to work around the clock.

Cao Dongfang felt that he should take a break. He didn't need to work as hard to make money as other drivers.

The truck will send out to deliver the spare parts in six days. There will not be many trucks this time. We will go to three places for you to choose. We can bring you any local goods you need.

"It's been very busy this month since I came back. It's good for young people to have more work!" said Cao's mother.

Cao Dongfang: “….”

Is this my biological mother? Her consciousness is too high. I really want to slack off every day.

"Brother, can you make some sweet and sour carp tomorrow when we have a day off? There is only one left at home." Cao Jiajia said.

"No way! No way! Little Cao Jiajia, you eat a fish a day. Don't you have steamed fish?" Cao Dongfang said in surprise.

"Mom and Sister Yushui should eat too, not just me, okay, brother!" Cao Jiajia said coquettishly.

"Tomorrow I'll use the leftover fish from May Day and make fish for you the day after tomorrow. Aren't you tired of eating sweet and sour carp every day?" Cao Dongfang said with a sneer.

"That fish is delicious. I like it. Mom and Sister Yushui also like it, so we ate it all." Cao Jiajia said very reasonably.

"I see, you are such a nuisance!"

“Dongfang, tomorrow is May Day, the country really needs to open up seven things for us ordinary people.

There are also coupons for cloth and cotton. This news has been spread since the day before yesterday, and they are no longer available in the market. "Cao's mother said.

"This is a small matter. My allowance is enough for the family. Just cry poor from now on!" Cao Dongfang said indifferently.

"knew."

.......

The next morning, the subdistrict office officially notified the seven general matters regarding opening of business and the use of tickets for cloth and cotton. Everyone knew about this in advance, so it didn't have much of an impact.

The people in this compound live a relatively frugal life, and the state's restrictions have basically no impact on them, including cloth and cotton.

Clothes are worn by adults first and then by children, and then by older children. Even less cotton is used, and they just need to be refurbished and re-stretched.

Only Cao Dongfang gave Cao's mother, He Yushui, and Cao Jiajia two new sets of cotton-padded clothes every two years, and he made several sets of clothes every year.

As long as the system is in place, Cao Dongfang doesn’t care whether the quantity is fixed or not.

When we arrived at Chen Xueru's home, Chen Xueru was also resting. She was selling clothes and didn't work on May Day.

This is fucking possible. What a waste of income. Shops like this will definitely be closed in the future. They are such bad businessmen.

"Brother Dongfang, are you done? You've performed well this month and got a lot of work done. Take a few days off." Chen Xueru asked.

"You sound just like my mom, expecting me to work every day.

There is no time to rest and exercise. I will take six days off to make up for last month's vacation." Cao Dongfang said.

"I'm not old. As a young person, you should work harder. This is the only way. I'm doing this for your own good." Chen Xueru said nonsense seriously.

Cao Dongfang: “….”

It's for my own good! Hearing this, I really want to slap you, Chen Buqun!

No...it's you, Chen Xueru. If it were someone else doing it for my own good, they would have been beaten a long time ago. I'm doing it for their own good too!

"I rest and exercise for your own good. You have to admit that if you don't cultivate the land, it will become barren." Cao Dongfang said in a strange voice.

"Get lost! You never behave yourself and take advantage of me!" Chen Xueru blushed. "I'm out of salt. I only have enough for one week."

“The salt is gone, no big deal, I’ll send you two pounds of salt tomorrow night.

Put it down and use it slowly. Tell me when it’s gone. Have you finished eating the food at home? "Cao Dongfang asked.

"Except for the sweet and sour carp, we have everything else. Hou Kui eats sweet and sour carp every day. He ate it all yesterday."

Chen Xueru said, "There's not much bird's nest porridge left, and I finished it in a day or two.

"I'll go buy some fish later. I'll make some more bird's nest porridge tomorrow and bring it over. Hou Kui has gone out to play." Cao Dongfang asked.

"She was brought out by the nanny, and now she's grown up she likes to play with other children!" said Chen Xueru.

let's play!