Today is a rainy day in Ziyang City, with the light rain of early autumn falling continuously.
Early in the morning, even though he didn't have to drive today, Chen Hongfei was still on time and was awakened by his biological clock.
Beside him, his wife was still sleeping soundly.
Without alerting the other party, Chen Hongfei got up quietly as usual.
After changing clothes, I carefully opened the bedroom door.
After a simple wash, Chen Hongfei did not go out to eat because he was not pressed for time today. Instead, he cooked some vegetable noodles at home for the first time in a long time.
After eating, we went out!
When we came downstairs, the sky was dimly lit.
Downstairs in the community, a blue and yellow vehicle parked quietly in an exclusive location.
This is a Volkswagen Jetta model with a Ziyang rental light plate on the roof.
Yes, Chen Hongfei's occupation is a taxi driver.
He bought this taxi in 2005. At that time, he spent a total of 180,000 yuan on the car and the taxi plate. The price of the car was 100,000 yuan, and the license plate cost 80,000 yuan.
However, based on today’s license plate prices, a taxi license plate has risen to nearly 200,000 yuan!
Taxi driver is Chen Hongfei's profession and the source of income that he relies on to support his wife and children.
However, this car, which has been driven for nearly six years, has reached a mileage of 600,000 kilometers and needs to be scrapped after so many years of driving.
Unscrewing the door with the key, Chen Hongfei sat in the familiar driving position without starting the car immediately. He stroked the steering wheel and sighed slightly.
"So many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and I have traveled a full 600,000 kilometers.
It was very easy to drive when I first bought it, but in the past two years there have been more and more problems. . . . . "
Although during the day, those taxis flexibly shuttle through the streets and alleys of the city, but at night, many vehicles need to be driven to repair shops for maintenance.
"It's time to change my car. Although this car has been with my family for the past few years, I can afford a house and my family can live a relatively comfortable life."
"only....."
Thinking of the vehicles that were about to be replaced next, Chen Hongfei couldn't help but feel a little headache.
Replacing a car is a good thing, but the car you are about to replace is not a well-known brand model, and the quality is completely unknown.
The cars produced by Jiuzhou Automobile Factory are very unfamiliar to Chen Hongfei.
I only know that it is a car produced in the city next door, and in the past two years, low-speed electric vehicles of this brand have often been seen driving on the roads in the city.
However, those cars are basically driven by old men!
"Jiuzhou Auto, I hope nothing will go wrong."
Chen Hongfei paid little attention to news about the New North End or the news about this model on the Internet.
Every day work and life have taken up most of his time.
With the slightest concern about the performance and quality of the new car coming today, Chen Hongfei started the vehicle.
Amidst the sound of the engine running, the taxi headed towards
In the misty drizzle, some early-rising workers waved to stop the car.
Chen Hongfei skillfully parked the car in front of the other party and asked: "Handsome guy, where are you going?"
"Government Service Center."
"Let's go, get in the car!"
With luck, a customer not far from the destination may also be the last customer of this car.
Send the customer to the destination smoothly, collect the money, and find a refill of five yuan.
The taxi set off again, and the time came to 6:30 in the morning, which was still early for the vehicle management office to start handling relevant business procedures.
Without driving to the designated scrapping location immediately, Chen Hongfei came to a nearby gas station.
Logically speaking, there should not be many vehicles at the gas station early in the morning.
But this morning, there were several taxis parked next to the gas station.
After skillfully driving the vehicle to the toilet at the gas station, Chen Hongfei got out of the car, picked up a bucket from the sink next to the toilet, took a bucket of water from the faucet, and added some gas to prepare for the taxi drivers. of car wash liquid.
Then he carried a bucket, braved the drizzle, dipped a sponge in water with car wash liquid, and carefully cleaned the dust and mud on the vehicle.
Although today is a rainy day and washing the car is not a wise choice, today is the time to send away this taxi that has made great contributions to the family.
Chen Hongfei still wanted the car to be scrapped cleanly.
While washing the car, several other taxi drivers around me were also washing the car.
"Old Chen, you are here too!"
Chen Hongfei wiped the mud off the wheels and replied: "After all, it has been with us for a long time, so it was neatly cleaned before sending it away!"
The driver at the car wash next to him replied with a little sadness: "Yes, in less than six years with us, he has traveled 600,000 kilometers, which is farther than other vehicles in ten years, or even twenty or thirty years." Far."
“Private cars now have only 30,000 to 40,000 kilometers on them, and they are in very good condition.
It was a hard time following us in this car. Except after twelve o'clock every day, we could stop and take a rest at five or six o'clock in the morning. The rest of the time we were on the road. "
"The car was so beautiful when it was new. It has been crashed and repaired over the years, and has gone through ups and downs along the way. I also complained that the car's condition was getting worse. Now that I have to give it away, I feel a little reluctant to let it go."
"My family relies on it to make money. Although it's hard work, I can earn my children's tuition and money to buy a house by driving it."
"Oh, who wouldn't be! If it weren't for the fact that there have always been problems in the past two years."
"Time flies so fast, it's time to say goodbye. In the blink of an eye, I have been driving for six years, from the age of thirty to thirty-six..."
Those who can come to wash taxi cars on rainy days are more or less emotional.
A few sentimental taxi drivers were chatting while washing their cars.
During the chat, Chen Hongfei carefully cleaned the exterior and interior of the vehicle, and packed his own things in the car into a box.
In the drizzle, the taxi, which had been carefully scrubbed, looked much better.
There was no time to feel too sad. After the car was washed, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, although the vehicle management office was still not at work.
But today there are a lot of taxis that need to be scrapped and new cars are being scrapped. Thousands of taxis are being scrapped and replaced with new models. You need to go there early to queue up.
After washing the car, Chen Hongfei and several friends around him drove a taxi to the outside of the vehicle management office and lined up to wait for today's procedures.
It was drizzling, and all morning, the taxi company staff, official vehicle management office staff, scrap company staff, and taxi driver masters were busy together.
The license plates of scrapped cars were removed, registered for scrapping, and relevant agreements were signed and completed with the staff of the vehicle management office and the taxi company.
Among the crowd, Chen Hongfei also completed the scrapping procedures for his vehicle.
The final step is to drive the car to the scrapyard along with other scrapped vehicles.
Parking the taxi, which was obviously slightly cleaner than other vehicles, in a corner of the scrapyard, Chen Hongfei left without looking back.
(End of chapter)
