Chapter 14 Contacting the Truck
After the group purchase was settled, Shen Qiuqiu began to contact the truck again.
For more than 700 kilograms of grapes, just find a small truck.
Originally, Yang Yanhong's man, Wang Lijun, drove a truck, so he was the most suitable person.
Unfortunately, he fell from the roof while helping others repair a house a few days ago and broke his arm.
Wang Lijun introduced a truck driver he met while driving a car to Shen Qiuqiu.
However, the other party wanted 2,600 yuan, which Shen Qiuqiu thought was a bit expensive.
Later, I found a few people, and basically none of them asked for less than 2,500 yuan.
Wang Lijun helped Shen Qiuqiu settle an account.
Qinghe Village is about 400 kilometers away from Yunchuan City, and the round trip costs about 500 to 600 gas.
There is a section of expressway of more than 200 kilometers in the middle, and the round-trip toll costs about 200.
Adding in the cost of gas for delivery in urban areas, the cost is about 1,000.
The main reason why those truck drivers are so open-minded is because they don’t want to go.
Not only is it tiring to run long distances, but it is also troublesome to deliver goods to every house in the city. If you are not careful, you will be ticketed.
Moreover, we have to stay one night in Yunchuan City, which wastes two days.
The key point is that the cement factory in town is shipping goods recently, and a simple trip will cost you 100 yuan. If you are lucky, you can make as little as 1,000 yuan a day.
Therefore, if the profit is less than 1,500 yuan, not many truck drivers are willing to run.
After listening to his analysis, Shen Qiuqiu was silent for a while.
Yang Yanhong was sitting next to her, eating melon seeds, and suddenly interrupted and asked: "National flower, aren't you a college student? Don't you have a driver's license?"
Shen Qiuqiu was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to understand what she meant.
"I have a C1 driver's license. I learned it when I was a junior in college, but I haven't touched a car in a long time."
Yang Yanhong spit out a few melon seed shells and said casually: "Then this is easy, our car has a blue plate, and you can drive it.
When the time comes, we will lend you the car and you can drive it yourself, saving more than a thousand yuan."
"I drive myself? But I have never driven a truck." Shen Qiuqiu was a little confused.
Yang Yanhong said nonchalantly: "This is not a problem. You are so smart. You can definitely do it by touching the steering wheel."
Shen Qiuqiu made a calculation in her mind. She could indeed save a lot of money and made her decision immediately.
"Okay, I'll drive. I'll rent the car for two days."
Wang Lijun looked at his wife, then at Shen Qiuqiu, and couldn't help but ask questions.
"Can this be done? Driving is no child's play."
In order to prove that he could do it, Shen Qiuqiu asked Wang Lijun for his car keys and got into the pickup truck parked in the yard.
Wang Lijun didn't dare to let her drive by herself, so he quickly got into the passenger seat and buckled the seat belt with one hand, but the car didn't move for a long time.
He slowly turned his head to look at Shen Qiuqiu in the driver's seat, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Shen Qiuqiu was looking down at her phone and replied without raising her head: "Oh, it's okay, I haven't driven a manual transmission for a long time, and I can't remember which one is the brake and which one is the accelerator.
Oh, there is another thing called a clutch, right..."
Wang Lijun suddenly broke into a cold sweat and tried to unbuckle his seat belt with his trembling right hand.
"Sister, how about we stop driving? There are thousands of roads, and safety is the first priority. If you drive improperly, your loved ones will burst into tears."
After a while, Shen Qiuqiu had finished checking.
He put his cell phone back in his pocket, inserted the key, and started the ignition without giving Wang Lijun a chance to get out of the car halfway.
Press the clutch, shift into first gear, release the handbrake, release the clutch, press the accelerator.
Shen Qiuqiu calmly held the steering wheel and the minivan slowly drove out of the gate.
Shen Qiuqiu drove a small truck around the village, not very fast, but very steadily.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Wang Lijun's hand holding the handle of the car. Shen Qiuqiu couldn't help but laugh and said: "Brother Lijun, don't worry, I have a good idea of whether you can drive or not."
There is a reason why Shen Qiuqiu is so confident.
When she first took the driver's license test, all subjects were passed at once, and both subjects two and three were scored 100 points;
After I started working, I occasionally drove Li Mao's car. I also drove the company's car several times and ran on the highway several times.
As an experienced driver, there won't be any problem if you drive slower.
Seeing that she was driving very steadily, Wang Lijun breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried.
"If nothing goes wrong these days, I will practice driving with you. This is no joke."
Shen Qiuqiu nodded in agreement. It was true that he hadn't touched a car for a long time and was still a bit unskilled.
After two days of driving practice in the village, the gift boxes purchased online also arrived, and the family sat in the yard folding paper boxes.
Looking at the cardboard boxes piled up in the yard, Grandma Shen couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"So many cartons must have cost a lot of money. What should I do if I can't sell them?"
Grandpa Shen concentrated on folding the carton and said without raising his head: "Xiaohua said there is a way, so let her try it. Don't throw cold water on her. It will be much better than selling it to the people in the cooperative."
Shen Qiuqiu was not worried at all and said with a smile: "Grandma, don't worry, our grapes will definitely be sold."
Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing can do it.
Little Orange lay comfortably next to Shen Qiuqiu's feet to bask in the sun, with two fleshy little paws on her feet playing with shoelaces, smart and playful.
Cats are really healing animals. Watching them act coquettishly and cutely makes you feel happy.
Shen Qiuqiu stretched out his hand to rub its little head from time to time.
The little guy tilted his head, narrowed his eyes comfortably, and kept rubbing against her palm.
Dahuang squatted aside, looking a little greedy, sticking out his tongue, trotting up to Shen Jiashu, tilting his big head and rubbing against him.
Rhubarb is a cross between a native dog and a wolfdog. It is larger and has a very powerful body.
Shen Jiashu didn't sit firmly and was knocked down by its big head.
There was a "ping ping ping ping rang" sound, and Shen Jiashu fell to the ground with his arms stretched out.
Dahuang also knew that he had made a mistake, so he whimpered and ran away with his tail between his legs.
Grandma quickly helped Shen Jiashu up, patted the ashes on his body, and asked with concern: "Does it hurt after the fall?"
Shen Jiashu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Grandma, I'm fine."
Afraid that grandma wouldn't believe it, he still jumped up and down.
On the other side, Dahuang huddled pitifully in the corner.
Shen Qiuqiu looked at it for a while and was shocked to realize that he had neglected it recently because of Little Orange.
She got up and went back to the house and brought out two dog ham sausages.
"Dahuang, come here."
After calling softly, Dahuang ran over in a hurry.
Shen Qiuqiu purred on its big head.
"You're not allowed to hit anyone casually in the future, you know? Little Orange is your brother, and you're not allowed to bully him."
As if it understood, it lay on the ground and wagged its tail.
Shen Qiuqiu then tore the ham sausage into pieces and fed them to it.
Rhubarb was so happy that he ate the ham sausage with big mouthfuls, and his big tail kept wagging, as if he wanted to shake his tail off.
Little Orange smelled the fragrance and came over.
He raised his little head and looked at the ham sausage in Shen Qiuqiu's hand with a pair of round cat eyes.
Defeated by the little guy's greed, Shen Qiuqiu smiled and broke off a small piece of ham, crushed it with two fingers, then put it in the palm of his hand and handed it to Little Orange.
"You can only eat a little bit."
The little orange pounced over with a "oooh" sound, and his little appearance was so cute.
Chapter completed!