Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forest farm

Maekawa Forestry Farm used to have three work teams, but now they have to be organized into six, so the personnel changes are naturally quite large.

Originally, the four tractor drivers and assistants were fixed and could not be disassembled, but the two new tractors came with their own tractor drivers and required two assistants.

After Zheng Xianyong and Zhao Limin discussed it, they decided to arrange for Sheng Xiping and Chen Weiguo to be assistants to the two new tractor drivers.

Although Sheng Xiping had passed the tractor-trailer certification exam a long time ago, he was in the security department before and had no tractor driving experience, so he could only be assigned as an assistant.

In fact, the skidder driver of the timber production team is also the tractor driver, and the relationship between him and his assistant is very delicate.

Typically, drivers are like emperors, earning 20 percent more than their assistants and having a bad temper.

The driver is called "big handle" and the assistant is called "little handle". This old wooden handle is divided into big and small handles.

Although most drivers drive tractors, their clothes are clean all day long.

The assistant's clothes are all stained with oil. Tightening screws, twisting panels, and arching the bottom of the car are all the assistant's job. The driver usually only talks about what's broken and how to fix it.

Most of the time, the relationship between tractor driver and assistant is equivalent to the relationship between master and apprentice.

The reason why the assistant swallowed his anger was to learn the driver's skills.

Tractor drivers often prevent their assistants from stealing their craftsmanship, teaching their apprentices to starve the master to death. This kind of thing often happens.

The tractor driver in Sheng Xiping's group was named Wang Yuanjun, who was transferred from the forestry bureau elsewhere. It is said that he was somewhat related to Feng Baosheng.

This man was not very old, only two or three years older than Sheng Xiping. He was quite arrogant. He was transferred from outside and had relatives with the secretary, so he looked down upon others.

As for Sheng Xiping, he doesn't have the same experience as him. Anyway, he just needs to do his job well.

After going to work every morning, Sheng Xiping comes from the station to the tractor warehouse on the mountain.

In order to ensure that the driver can start the tractor as soon as possible after going up the mountain and immediately start transporting the materials, the work team will build a tractor garage on the mountain.

A large iron oil drum was used as a stove inside, and a special person was assigned to keep the fire going. The fire was kept going all night, and the tractor shed was warm.

People who work in the mountains are happy to gather in the tractor shed, chat around the stove, or have something to eat, waiting for the work leader to arrange tasks.

The tractor assistant is not so leisurely. When he arrives at the tractor garage and puts down his bag, he must first clean up the tractor.

After the previous day's work, there were many branches hanging on the tractor's back cover, chassis and other places, which had to be cleared away.

If you don't clean up, start by tightening the screws.

The first is the universal joint screw of the transmission system, and the second is the tension adjustment of the track. These two screws must be watched.

After finishing these tasks, you need to add water to the tractor and then ignite the tractor.

The tractor has a diesel engine, so you need to use a gasoline engine when igniting.

It's okay when the weather is warm, and it takes basically no effort to hit it.

It was cold because the vehicle body was cold, so it couldn't start the fire for a while. The gasoline engine screamed at the top of its lungs for a while before the tractor's diesel engine was turned on.

At this time, the entire tractor warehouse was filled with incompletely burned diesel smoke. The diesel smoke in the warehouse was like an order, and everyone took their tools and went to work.

"Xiping, let's go." Some people even said hello to Sheng Xiping.

The tractor started, and the neatly dressed tractor driver Wang Yuanjun got on the truck, followed by Sheng Xiping. The tractor drove out of the hangar and went up the mountain to drag the wood.

After the tractor driver aims at the wood that needs to be dragged, he stops the vehicle, locks the "steering direction", and then releases the oil rope in the "drum".

Sheng Xiping jumped out of the car, pulled the "lock straps" off the loading plate, opened the "lock strap rings", and threw each lock strap to the wood that needed to be dragged.

Then he pulls the big rope in the drum and pulls the big rope through the snow to the wood to be transported.

After lowering the rope, tie each lock strap to the wood. Tie the lock strap and thread the big rope into the lock strap ring.

After the last piece of wood is threaded, slide the "ox nose horn" that holds the lock belt ring into the large rope buckle, and then quickly hide at a safe distance twenty meters away to send a winch signal to the driver.

The tractor operator first lowers the loading plate through hydraulic pressure, holds the "steering direction" tightly and starts to winch.

When all the wood is twisted onto the loading board, the tractor driver will blow the whistle and tell his assistant, "I'm leaving first. You can check here to see which pieces of wood are suitable for the next trip."

Under normal circumstances, the assistant has two sets of lock straps. After the driver leaves, the assistant can take the opportunity to tie the wood for the second trip in advance, and then find a place to rest and wait for the tractor to come up again.

As the logging area becomes larger, the distances for collecting materials will become farther and farther. At first, we can make seven or eight trips a day, but by the end of the logging operation, we will only make four or five trips a day.

So the assistant had nothing to do in the mountains, and it was cold, so he just found some dry firewood that was easy to light, or made a fire to keep warm.

Sheng Xiping's partner, Wang Yuanjun, had only been recruiting workers for a few years and had just switched from a tractor assistant to a tractor driver.

Anyway, in Sheng Xiping's opinion, this person's handles were average and he didn't have enough experience.

But Wang Yuanjun took advantage of the fact that he was transferred from outside, and the outside monks knew how to chant sutras, so he looked down on the people from the original forest farm.

Sheng Xiping is always rude and irritating, and sometimes his words are sarcastic.

That evening, during the last trip to collect timber, Sheng Xiping tied all the straps on the wood, then specially selected a strap and tied it to a "tree fence".

After putting on the belt loops, Sheng Xiping sent out the signal to gather, and Wang Yuanjun began to gather in sequence.

But no matter how hard it was twisted, the car almost stood up, and the wood just wouldn't move.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Wang Yuanjun was so anxious that he was sweating in the cold weather.

Wang Yuanjun was a little confused. He got out of the car and walked around the wood several times, but he couldn't find anything wrong.

It was dark, and the tree fence was blocked by a few pieces of wood. Wang Yuanjun didn't pay attention at all.

After turning around for a few times, no problem was found. He twisted it several times in succession, but still couldn't move.

"Is it possible? It's just a few pieces of wood. Why did it take you so long?"

Sheng Xiping, who was sitting on a piece of wood smoking far away, finally couldn't help it after smoking his second cigarette and shouted at Wang Yuanjun.

"If you can't do it, just come down and let me try."

Wang Yuanjun really had no choice but to hand over the tractor to Sheng Xiping.

Sheng Xiping entered the cab, first pretended to be wincing, then backed up the car a few meters to loosen the belt, and got out of the car to check.

While Wang Yuanjun wasn't paying attention, Sheng Xiping loosened the belt buckle tied to the tree fence, then returned to the car and twisted it again.

The wood was safely loaded onto the car. Sheng Xiping didn't care about Wang Yuanjun, and threw him directly on the mountain. He drove the car and pulled the wood down the mountain.

Master Wang, who had always been a coaxer, walked back along the tractor road alone this time with his head down. After a lot of effort, he finally returned to the station.

When he returned, the meal had already been finished in the canteen, and a group of people were bragging in the canteen.