The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 74: Learning to Drive, Hitting the Road
Ling Chengyan turned around and saw two people standing outside the half-open courtyard door, peering in with faces full of joy. Who else could it be but Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun.
"Uncle Xiangzi, Uncle Qingyun!" Little Xing was the first to jump up and run over to greet them.
Ling Chengyan also got up, quickly walked into the kitchen, and brought out two sets of bowls and chopsticks, inviting the two to sit down: "Hurry up, sit down and eat."
After speaking, she went back into the kitchen, grabbed four or five eggs, peeled two large green onions, and tossed them into the pan for a quick stir-fry. In no time, a plate of scrambled eggs with green onions was placed on the table. She also took out a few salted duck eggs to boil, which she had brought back when she caught some wild ducks. Any leftovers were salted by Little Rain.
Little Rain deftly served two bowls of porridge and brought them out. Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun quickly took the bowls.
Wu Qingyun smiled sheepishly, "Sister-in-law, we’ve already eaten."
Ling Chengyan smiled and pointed to the stewed duck meat in the bowl, saying, "The cafeteria won’t have this, just eat, no need to be polite with me."
The two exchanged a glance, chuckled together, agreed, and picked up the porridge bowls to eat.
Indeed, they had eaten before coming, so they couldn’t eat too much. Each had a bowl of porridge, took a few bites of the dishes, and put down their chopsticks.
Ling Chengyan went in and brought out the salted eggs, saying, "Why did you put down your chopsticks? Eat more, try the duck eggs Little Rain salted."
Little Rain peeked over, smiled with pursed lips, but said nothing.
As a result, when they cracked open two eggs, there was no salty taste at all. Only then did Ling Chengyan realize something was amiss. Looking at the amused Little Rain, she picked up two more duck eggs for a closer look, and indeed, there were penciled dates on the shells. The two they just cracked open were only three days and five days old, naturally not salty. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Ling Chengyan laughed and said, "Little Rain takes care of all these things at home. I really didn’t know... let’s just make do with them as duck eggs!"
Little Xing stuffed a duck egg each into Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun’s hands, proudly saying, "Wild duck eggs, mom brought them back."
After eating, Little Rain and Little Xing cleared the dishes and went downstairs. Ling Chengyan poured two cups of hot water for the two of them, then sat down to chat.
"I heard yesterday that newcomers were arriving, and I wondered if it would be you guys. Didn’t expect it really was you." Ling Chengyan said with a smile.
Zhang Wanxiang looked back at Wu Qingyun and chuckled, "We’ve been practicing marching and internal affairs with the old squad leader for a month, not knowing where we’d be assigned. It was just the day before yesterday when we got word to come here, we were so excited we couldn’t sleep all night."
Wu Qingyun with a grin, revealing his secrets beside him, said, "Who was snoring and talking in their sleep at night?"
He really hadn’t slept!
Zhang Wanxiang swung his fist playfully to punch Wu Qingyun, and they both laughed before starting to talk again.
This batch that Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun were in had twenty-two people in total. They first learned theory and would be paired with a mentor on the truck after a week.
Speaking of theory, Ling Chengyan invited the two inside, took out the book "The Complete Guide to Home Repairs" for them, and added a word of advice, "If you don’t understand anything about the theory, just ask me. Also, if you can come out in the morning, go to the garage. As long as we don’t have a long-distance trip, we’ll be in the garage repairing and maintaining vehicles. You can watch and get familiar with it."
Wu Qingyun clapped his hands, smiling, "That’s great! Learning theory while seeing actual things is much easier than rote memorization."
Their leave was temporary and couldn’t be delayed too long. Ling Chengyan packed a few of the salted but not salty duck eggs for them to take, "Come over when you have time, don’t wait for me to find you."
The two agreed with chuckles, greeted Little Rain and Little Xing, and then left.
The next day, when Ling Chengyan went to the garage, she saw a group of new recruits training on the field. Wu Qingyun and Zhang Wanxiang were among them. It seemed that they couldn’t spare the morning to visit the garage.
Ling Chengyan smiled and didn’t give it much thought.
From that day, Zhou Guoqing began teaching Ling Chengyan to drive. Ling Chengyan more profoundly understood Zhou Guoqing’s foul temper, it was just like a stone in a latrine, both smelly and hard.
After getting in the car, without checking outside, she reached for the keys, only to be scolded by Zhou Guoqing, "Not checking if there’s anyone under the car before starting the vehicle. If someone were under, wouldn’t you crush them to death?!"
"That’s the clutch, not the brake, why do you keep stepping on the clutch? Are you a pig brain?..."
Ling Chengyan didn’t talk back, she silently took note, adjusted her operations, and tried again.
Finally, Zhou Guoqing got tired of scolding and wanted to drink water. He picked up his big tea mug only to find it empty, so he had to go to the kitchen to fetch hot water.
Seeing him walk away, Liu Xianghu and another person named Wang Tao came over together, giving Ling Chengyan a thumbs up.
Liu Xianghu said, "Sister Ling, you are really patient. If it were me, I’d be dumbstruck from the scolding."
"The instructor’s just looking out for me, he’s worried for my sake," Ling Chengyan replied with a smile, asking them to help watch as she tried again.
Just now, Zhou Guoqing kept scolding, having her start over and over again. She hadn’t actually gotten the vehicle moving yet.
Liu Xianghu and Wang Tao took a few steps back, and Ling Chengyan calmed her nerves, going over the familiar actions in her mind: check the space under the car, check the handbrake and gear position, press the clutch, turn the key to start the vehicle, shift to first gear, release the handbrake, honk the horn, release the clutch, step on the gas pedal, the vehicle gave a slight shudder, and smoothly drove off.
Ling Chengyan drove around the square in front of the garage, catching a glimpse of Zhou Guoqing standing at the corner with his tea mug watching. She didn’t pause, confidently driving back to the original spot: braking, downshifting, parking, pulling the handbrake, and turning off the engine.
Liu Xianghu and Wang Tao came running up to congratulate her.
"Sister Ling is amazing, you got the hang of it in just one morning."
"Of course, I heard Sister Ling only took a few days to learn shooting, and every shot hit the tenth ring!" Liu Xianghu looked proud and proud, as if it were his own achievement.
After half a day, she felt her hands and feet were numb. Ling Chengyan was about to get out and stretch when she saw Zhou Guoqing returning with his big tea mug.
Then, Ling Chengyan started learning to park and reverse again, accompanied by another round of scolding.
In the afternoon, Ling Chengyan was taken to the driving training ground, set with S-turns and single-plank bridges... one task after another.
Ling Chengyan neither got angry nor cried, nor did she argue back, steadily learning and getting familiar with each task.
After two days of practice, Zhou Guoqing’s vehicle received another long-distance task.
Early in the morning, Ling Chengyan completed the vehicle inspection. Seeing Zhou Guoqing coming over, she was about to take the passenger seat when Zhou Guoqing pointed to the driver’s seat: "You drive."
Ling Chengyan was a bit surprised but didn’t shrink back, she silently got into the driver’s seat, confidently started the vehicle, and drove out.
On the road, there weren’t many vehicles, but there were quite a few pedestrians and bicycles, with a lot of people jaywalking, demanding her full attention to drive. Once out of the city, the road suddenly seemed wide open, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, not long after, she accidentally drove over a pothole, causing the vehicle to jolt violently.
