Ye Juncai was choked. He just knew that there was a new technology in Shanghai, and then thought that everything here was still the same, so he squatted there and was angry with himself.
After hearing what Lin Guoqing said, I thought about it and realized, you know what, it does make sense.
No one knows how much money Shanghai No. 2 Factory has invested in researching this thing. Given the investment and costs alone, it's impossible to sell it cheaply. Their factory isn't as wealthy as the Shanghai market. If they pour money into researching it and no one buys it, then their father will still be blamed.
Forget it, salted fish also has its advantages. Ye Juncai's thoughts came and went quickly, and he immediately returned to a good mood.
"Hey, Guoqing, are you delivering goods today? Why don't you go back later? Let the driver have a bite in our factory cafeteria for lunch, and I'll treat you to a meal out. Let me tell you, there's a small restaurant across from our factory, and the fish balls and dumplings there are really delicious..."
Lin Guoqing smiled and walked out with him arm in arm. "Okay, let's go and try it. But today is my treat."
Before Ye Juncai could even open his mouth, Lin Guoqing stopped him with a gesture, "I need your help with something today. Are you free this afternoon?"
When Ye Juncai heard that he was needed for help, he became interested and stopped talking about paying the bill. "Yes, yes, what is it? Just tell me."
It was only when Lin Guoqing said he wanted to go to Huilong Township to go boating and asked him if he knew anyone there that Ye Jun smacked his lips.
"It's your old lady who wants it, right? She's really restless. She's already so old, are you sure you want her to go out on the boat?"
Lin Guoqing laughed out loud, "My mom is the most lazy person you've ever seen. But once she gets going, she can't stop. She says the fields are boring and she prefers the river. She insisted we get her a boat and that she'd make her own money and spend it herself."
"You two didn't give her any money?"
Ye Jun only knew that Lin Guoqing worked in an electroplating factory and that the couple in the village also ran a breeding farm. In the past two years, Lin Guoqing had become visibly wealthy, so he would not argue with him about the gifts between the two families.
"Of course she doesn't have any money. If she wants it, she just needs to ask. But she doesn't want it, saying that it's what we earned and it's what we use to feed and clothe our family. We're family, so what's the point of transferring money from one pocket to the other? The money she wants is what she took from other people's pockets herself."
To put it bluntly, she also wanted to start some small business. Ye Juncai laughed when he heard it.
"If you ask about other places, I might not know them. But I'm quite familiar with Huilong Township. My mother's grandmother lives there."
Ye Juncai’s great-grandmother had actually passed away a long time ago, and the relatives on that side were almost five generations away, but his parents still visited from time to time, so he actually knew some of them.
"My great-grandfather's family are all boatmen. My great-uncle and my uncle are also boatmen. They can sail both fishing boats and sloop boats."
The great-uncle he mentioned is the younger brother of his mother's mother's mother, and his great-uncle and great-uncle are the sons and grandsons of his great-uncle.
Lin Guoqing: ...The relationship is so complicated that he almost couldn't get around it.
"Shall I take you there this afternoon?"
"Sure! Should I buy something?"
"There's nothing much to buy. I'll just take a bottle of rice wine with me later. You have to pay for the boat ride, after all!"
Lin Guoqing nodded. That was the truth. "Let's go, let's go eat the fish balls and dumplings you mentioned. I've been busy all morning and I'm starving."
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After lunch and a short rest, Ye Juncai borrowed a car from the factory and drove to Huilong Township with Lin Guoqing.
This is not only misusing a public vehicle for personal purposes, but also...
"Do you have a driver's license?"
"Of course!" Ye Juncai patted his chest and took out a small red book from his pocket to show him.
"I took the test in earnest at the provincial government! See? It's issued by the Transportation Department's Vehicle Supervision Office!"
"Oh, it's true!" Lin Guoqing looked through the little red book curiously. It was Zhejiang No. ******, and it looked very impressive.
"When did you learn to drive? I never saw you serving your master."
Ye Juncai grinned, his face full of pride. "I pestered Brother Liu to teach me secretly. I didn't find another master, and he didn't accept other apprentices, so I learned it quickly."
Lin Guoqing: He said so! It takes two or three years to learn a driver's license, and they have to serve their instructors in front of everyone. And yet, last year, Ye Juncai was still touching the gears and enviously saying he didn't know if he would ever get the chance to drive.
Today's driver is a skilled worker who not only needs to be able to drive, but also to repair and maintain the vehicle. It's essentially a combination of driver and mechanic.
If you want to get a driver's license, you first have to spend a long time learning car maintenance techniques. Only after you have mastered them can you learn driving theory and practical driving. That thick book on mechanical principles is not very useful. Most old drivers are not willing to lend it to you.
It’s good to have people in the factory who can help you learn as soon as you are asked to.
Ye Juncai glanced at Lin Guoqing while driving and said,
"Hey, Guoqing, you can actually learn how to drive from the driver at your factory. You're out and about a lot, so knowing how to drive would be more convenient."
Lin Guoqing echoed, "I'd like to, too, but our factory master isn't available... He already has an apprentice to lead."
There is only one driver in the electroplating factory, and he already has three apprentices learning from him. Lin Guoqing is in his thirties and is the head of the supply and marketing department, who is responsible for the profitability of the entire factory. If you ask him to serve the driver like a grandson like those young people, he really can't bring himself to do it.
"Wait a few years, won't Beijing already have a driving school that recruits students from the public? Maybe one day we'll have one here too, and then I'll go directly to the driving school to learn."
Anyway, he can always get a ride going back and forth now, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
"That's right. Lao Liu said that there are more and more drivers in the country now, and the country seems to be planning to allow private car purchases. Maybe one day everyone will be able to drive."
"Private car purchase?" Lin Guoqing looked at him in surprise. "Ordinary people like us can also buy a car?"
"Yes!" Although Ye Juncai was chatting with Lin Guoqing, his eyes were fixed on the road ahead, never moving his gaze.
"Although the official document hasn't been issued yet, some representatives have proposed it. If everything goes well, it should be passed soon."
Ye Juncai bared his teeth and said, "But how much does a car cost? Even if it is promulgated, ordinary people like us can't afford it!"
No, you can always save some money!
Lin Guoqing looked at Ye Juncai's red driver's license in his hand. As the truck shook up and down, a new goal was planted in his mind.
After his family finishes building the house, his next goal will be to buy a car!
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