When we arrived at Pagoda City from Suicheng City, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

According to the address on the grass ticket, Gao Baosheng wanted to go to a place more than ten kilometers away to collect grass. He estimated the distance and found that he could get there in an hour by bicycle, so he left the station and found a deserted place, and took out I ate four tea eggs in one go, ate another [Zeng Cake] and drank a few sips of space water, then took out my bicycle and set off towards the goal.

I don’t know whether it was because he was full or because he drank space water, but Gao Baosheng felt very energetic! According to the address on the Shacao ticket, he rode for half an hour to his destination.

This is a valley pasture. Anti-sand grass is usually formed by soaking millet grass or millet grass with some water underground for a period of time. The land in the north of Suicheng City is desolate and cannot grow millet and millet, so you can only buy grass in Pagoda City. .

Gao Baosheng rode his bicycle into this large pasture, and a young man in security uniform walked over.

"What are you doing? This is a sand farm, you can't enter casually!" The security guard stopped Gao Baosheng and asked.

"Hello, comrade! I'm from Yuyang County, Suicheng City. I don't know where to get this sand grass!" Gao Baosheng took out the sand grass ticket and showed it to the security guard.

"Are you here alone? Go to the south room, pay the ticket and you can get the grass!" The security guard said and let Gao Baosheng enter.

Arriving at the pasture, Gao Baosheng saw trucks pulling hay everywhere, and a dark-skinned farmer waiting nearby. When they saw a truck coming to pull hay, they all ran up.

There were two people queuing up in front of the place where the hay was collected. Gao Baosheng saw a tall crane lifting bundles of square haystacks from the ground not far away, and a water gun kept spraying water on the grass.

"When I bought this sand straw ticket, it was 120 per square. Why can't I refund it now? Can't we refund the money if we don't buy it? How do you do business?"

Gao Baosheng heard a noise ahead and heard that the accent was from Suicheng City. Although Suicheng City and Baota City are adjacent, their accents are still very different.

"Your tickets are all issued by the Suicheng City Government. You can only receive tickets without refund. If you don't accept them, don't affect others!" The person in charge said in a tone that did not show weakness at all.

"We didn't have enough cars today. Comrade, do you think you can refund a little less? How about a hundred yuan a ticket? Please help me!" The man looked like a small leader. He was too tough and started to be soft.

"I can't settle the bill here at all. I told you that I can't refund the money but you keep pestering me. If you do this again, I'll call the security guard!" said the person in charge of the pasture who went through the formalities.

The man finally stopped worrying, handed over all the tickets in his hand to the other party, and left with a note.

The procedure went through quickly. Gao Baosheng handed over forty tickets to the other party, who came back with a shipping order. Then he came to the inside of the pasture and was greeted by a young man in his thirties.

"My little brother has embarked on an official career at such a young age. He has a bright future! Look, you didn't bring a car. You have to hire a car to go there. Those cars are equipped with cranes. It's very convenient to load and unload. You don't even have to do any hard work. Hire!" The young man watched Baosheng hand over the note and introduced him.

"You sell things, but you don't even have a delivery person? I just need to send the grass to that main road, and our car will come when it gets dark." Gao Baosheng said.

"We only do weeding here, but we don't care about anything else. If you want to use a car, you can only ask the driver." When Gao Baosheng said that he would come if he had a car, the young man's enthusiasm suddenly dropped.

Gao Baosheng saw a neat row of trucks not far away, ranging from large to small. He came to the largest semi-trailer on the far left and saw the driver approaching.

"Boss, do you want to use the car? Can you come with an invoice?" the driver asked enthusiastically.

"How much does it cost to deliver this car to Yuyang County, Suicheng City?" Gao Baosheng asked.

"It's less than 400 kilometers to Yuyang, how old are you?" asked the driver.

"Forty squares!" Gao Baosheng said.

"Forty square meters, I'll charge you 3,800 yuan and give you a ticket of 4,600 yuan, what do you think?" the driver said with a proud face.

"Excuse me!" Gao Baosheng left directly.

Seeing the business coming, the truck drivers gathered around. Gao Baosheng saw an old ten-ton truck and walked up to ask for the price.

"How much does it cost to transport forty square pieces of grass to the roadside?" Gao Baosheng asked directly.

"Three hundred and six," the driver said.

"How much does it cost to transport forty square pieces of grass to that road?" Gao Baosheng asked the driver of a small truck next to him.

"Why didn't you wait for the car to arrive before you took the car and spent so much money?" The driver, who was over sixty years old, looked at Gao Baosheng and said.

"It's cheaper for me to hire a car at night! Will the grassland get off work in another hour? This trip won't take you half an hour!" Gao Baosheng said.

"You pay two hundred and eighty! Don't worry about anything, I will send your grass to the roadside for you!" the driver replied.

Gao Baosheng was still dissatisfied. He asked around and found that the cheapest one was a four-ton truck. He only needed 160. Gao Baosheng finally chose to use his car.

Logically speaking, this four-ton truck can only pull four directions of sand-proof grass at one time. Even though the bale is not big, its weight is not what ordinary people can imagine. One side is one ton. Gao Baosheng watched it pull eight directions at one time.

Anti-sand grass was pulled out of the pasture with thick black smoke.

At almost six o'clock in the evening, the pasture was about to get off work, and the truck drivers and coolie farmers looking for work began to go home. Gao Baosheng watched in fear as the small truck he hired finally pulled the last sand-proof grass out of the pasture.

At this time, the grassland staff also left one after another.

Gao Baosheng paid the driver, and the driver drove away happily. He made 160 in more than half an hour today, and the driver was very happy. He had never made such easy money before!

Sitting on the haystack, Gao Baosheng studied the sand-control grass. It was indeed an ordinary grain grass, but it was a pity that it could not be grown in Yuyang County. The sky was getting darker, and Gao Baosheng's sand-control grass turned around the corner of the road.

Seeing no one around, he put his hand on a bundle of sand and straw, and the bundle of sand and straw disappeared instantly.

Gao Baosheng looked a little dazed. Although the anti-sand grass was not a living thing and he was right next to it, it still felt a bit laborious to put it into the warehouse.

Gao Baosheng paused three times while carrying forty bundles of anti-sand grass. After making sure no one was passing by and there were no cameras around, Gao Baosheng got on his bicycle and rode quickly toward Baota City.

Arriving at the Baota City Bus Station, luckily the last bus to Suicheng City had not left yet. The last bus to Suicheng City left at 7:40 pm. It was almost 12 o'clock when Gao Baosheng returned to Suicheng City.

Lying on the bed in the train station guest house, Gao Baosheng lamented that this guest house was too cheap. It cost three yuan a night, but the room could not take a shower, and the sound insulation effect was basically non-existent. Gao Baosheng encountered six groups of knockers at night, and he lay down exhausted.

There was no reply from the bed.

The next day, Gao Baosheng took the earliest train back to Yuyang County at five o'clock. When he arrived at the county seat at five thirty, it was just dawn.

"Boss, how much does this truck cost per day?" Gao Baosheng came to the door of the furniture market. This is where Yuyang County hires trucks. The transportation business in Yuyang County will be better at this time of year, but the largest truck here is the one that can

Pulls an eight-ton medium-sized truck.

"It depends on how far you go and what you pull!" the driver said when he saw Gao Baosheng alone and he was so young.

"Just a few kilometers away from Gaojiawan Village, Mengjiawan Township, there are several sand-proof grasses." Gao Baosheng said.

"Mengjiawan costs 280 a day. If you haul a lot of things, you have to pay extra!" Seeing that Gao Baosheng seemed to really want to hire a car, the driver said.

"Master, the price is a bit high. If you go with an empty truck and come back with an empty truck, you will pull the sand grass to the sand control belt. How about one hundred and eighty days? It will only take a few hours in total. It will be done at five o'clock in the afternoon at the latest

Finished." Gao Baosheng said.

"I can't pull the one hundred and eighty. What do you think of the two hundred and four? If you can go, let's leave now!" the driver said.

"Two hundred yuan. I will take care of the meals at noon. Master, I have learned how to drive. Just take a rest when the time comes and leave the work to me. You will be back before three o'clock in the afternoon." Gao Baosheng continued to bargain?

"You know how to drive? You can't drive this car. Two hundred and one is the lowest price. If it doesn't work, ask someone else!" said the driver.

"Okay, that's it. I'm going to buy us some meat now and have something to eat for lunch. Master, please wait here for me for a while." Gao Baosheng agreed with the driver and went to the vegetable market to buy food.

After buying two kilograms of pig head meat and one roasted chicken, Gao Baosheng saw a beer seller and bought it. Nine bottles of Baoji beer cost 4.6 yuan, which was already very expensive at this time.

After finding a deserted place, Gao Baosheng took out his bicycle, put his things on the bicycle, and then came to the place where he hailed a taxi. The driver was waiting for him with his head raised.

"Young man bought so much delicious food. We agreed that the work would end at three o'clock in the afternoon. If you are late, you will have to pay extra! I will have to come back when this tank of gas is gone." The driver saw Gao Baosheng buying so much.

What a good thing, I happily helped him move the bicycle into the carriage.

"Master, I've driven a car for a few years before, how about you let me drive? It's hot at noon in our village. Then you can rest at home and I'll come." Gao Baosheng only wanted to use the car. He drove two cars in his previous life.

I have driven trucks, trucks and small cars for ten years, and there is nothing complicated about driving this small truck.

"Can you drive? How old are you? I can't drive this car for you." The driver refused.

Gao Baosheng saw a cigarette seller next to him. There were only five kinds of cigarettes on the cigarette rack. Among them, Liqun cost 3 cents per box, Princess 5 cents, Golden Monkey without filter for 6 cents, filtered one for 1 cent, and filtered one for 2 cents.

Soft Monkey King was 2 yuan and 4. He bought two boxes of Monkey King and gave one box to the driver.

"Master, just sit in the car and see if I can drive. If anything happens, it will be mine. What do you think?" Gao Baosheng said.

"That won't work either. This kind of driving is not casual... You get in the car now. If you can drive out smoothly, how about I let you drive for a while?" The driver saw Gao Baosheng hand over another box of Monkey King cigarettes.

Come here, I said so.

"Okay! Just watch it!" Gao Baosheng smiled and sat in the driver's seat with the car key inserted in it. He looked at the car's five gears, three forward and one reverse, which were no different from later generations of cars.

Fasten your seat belt, start the car in reverse gear, lightly press the accelerator, and Gao Baosheng skillfully reverses the car.

"Little brother, I didn't expect you to be really unwieldy! Okay, if you want to drive, you can drive, but when you get on the road, you listen to me. If you don't listen to instructions, just sit aside!" The driver was really serious when he saw Gao Baosheng.

It was an old driver and he said with a smile.

"Don't worry!" Gao Baosheng waited for the driver to get in the car, drove onto the road, and headed north.

Most small truck drivers in Yuyang County do not have driver's licenses. There are few cars in the county and no one checks them. Gao Baosheng did not drive very fast along the way. He and the driver smiled and chatted, and the topic was still in the car.

"I spent 16,000 yuan to buy this Dongfeng truck, and now I have made my money back in two years. Our county usually doesn't have much business, but we can get more business from July to November. Little brother, it looks very unusual?

He should be the county leader!" The driver soon became familiar with Gao Baosheng, he was also talkative, and the two chatted well.

"I just finished the college entrance examination this year. How could I be a leader? After the sandy season, the sand control grass from the countryside has not been delivered, so I asked my friends to go to Baota City to transport the sand control grass back by myself.

My friend's car is too big to enter the small road in our village. Now that the sandy season has just passed and the sand is still weak, we can only use a smaller truck." Gao Baosheng explained.

After passing Mengjiawan Township, the road becomes difficult to walk. When we are ten miles away from Gaojiawan, the road is only two meters wide, and the speed of the small truck also slows down.

It was only around nine o'clock in the morning when we returned to the village. Children were not going to school today. There were children playing naked on the edge of the Green Sea Lake. There were women washing clothes on the shore. I saw a car coming to the village. Everyone

They all looked up.

Gao Baosheng drove the car to the door of his house, and the children ran behind the car. Gao Baosheng called the children several times but they did not leave. Liu Fenglan heard the sound of a car at the door and walked out of the house.

"Son! You're back, how are things going?" Liu Fenglan said happily when she saw her son back.

"Our village can't get large trucks in, so I called a small truck from the county. I'll just wait for the grass to come and deliver it to the sand control belt. Where is my dad?" Gao Baosheng saw bundles of mullahs in his yard.

The straw curtain, knowing that it was my father, had already prepared the straw curtain.

"Yesterday your father asked every family in the village to hand over last year's straw curtains, and today he took the men in the village to repair the roof of the school!" Liu Fenglan said.

"Master Ji, this car will arrive around ten o'clock. Why don't you drink water at home first? There's nothing to entertain you at home. I'll just drive and wait for the sand control grass!" Gao Baosheng invited the driver into the yard.

He took the bicycle and other things from the carriage, and when others were not paying attention, he put a pack of oil sunflower in the bag of the car. He handed it to the driver and asked him to eat oil sunflower in the yard, while he drove to pick up sand control grass.

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Chapter completed!