Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

The secretary replied, "Just now, Bai Wenqing from the repair station came to our side to do some work. I chatted with him for a while, and he accidentally said something to me."

Ge Yunfei has also been worried about the tractor quota recently. Shengli Commune has more than a dozen brigades under it. Although a lot of new land was opened last year, the amount of grain planted this year is much higher than last year. However, it is still a little short of the requirements from above. If there were tractors, the grain output would be further increased by mechanized farming.

Ge Yunfei hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Did you ask them where they got the tractor from?!"

The secretary recalled and said, "It seems that an educated youth from their brigade helped to get it."

If it was brought by the educated youth, then this would make sense. Ge Yunfei said, "Go and find out which educated youth helped the Qingshan Brigade get the tractor."

"Yes!" the secretary responded and left Ge Yunfei's office.

Ten minutes later, the tractor drove into the village. The villagers and educated youth who had just finished their work immediately surrounded the tractor. Gao Junsong stood in the car and shouted, "Why are you surrounding the tractor?!"

Wu Jiangbo asked: "Captain, our team now has a tractor. Is it time to select tractor drivers? What rules does the team plan to follow when selecting people?!"

Gou Wa and Shan Zi, who were sitting in the back of the car, began to get nervous. Gao Junsong said, "On the way back, the branch secretary and I had already discussed this. If you want to be a tractor driver in the brigade, you must not only be able to drive a tractor, but also be able to repair it. You can't have to find someone to repair a broken tractor, right?!"

Villager B said: "Captain, we don't even know how to repair a tractor?! It's already good enough that we can fix this thing."

"Yes!" other villagers echoed.

"Stop arguing!" Tian Dazhuang yelled, and said, "We still follow the old rules, one person per family. Those who want to be tractor drivers should go to the brigade headquarters to sign up the day after tomorrow. Those who fail to sign up by then will be considered to have given up. The same goes for the educated youth, except for those who move out and build their own houses, who are considered one household. The other educated youth, both men and women, are considered one household each."

After a while, the villagers dispersed, and Yan Jiekuang drove the tractor slowly towards the brigade headquarters. When they were almost there, Gao Junsong shouted to Yan Jiekuang, "Little Yan, keep driving forward. Drive to the warehouse where farm tools are stored. From now on, this tractor will be stored there."

"Oh!" Yan Jiekuang responded and drove in the direction Gao Junsong pointed.

Tian Juhua, who was in charge of receiving and sending farm tools, was stunned when she saw the tractor suddenly coming. Then, just as she was about to ask, Gao Junsong's voice rang out: "Juhua, open the door of the warehouse next door."

"Oh!" Tian Juhua responded, immediately took out the key, ran to the door of the warehouse next door, opened the lock on the door, and pushed the door open.

Yan Jiekuang carefully drove the tractor in. After parking it, Yan Jiekuang shouted, "Gou Wa, Shan Zi, don't forget to take the things off the tractor."

"Got it!" Gou Wa and Shan Zi responded in unison. Gao Junsong and Tian Da Zhuang were stunned and turned to look at Gou Wa and Shan Zi. Tian Da Zhuang asked, "When did you two get in the car?!"

Gou Wa replied: "Dad, aren't you guys just destroying your bridges?! All these things in the carriage were brought up by Shan Zi and I. How come you guys are denying your responsibility now?!"

The people in the front of the carriage just reacted at this time. They were so excited that they forgot that Gou Wa and Shan Zi were also in the car. As the saying goes, I am not embarrassed, but others are embarrassed. At this moment, the people in the front of the carriage are just like this. Gao Junsong said: "What are you two still doing?! Why don't you move your things down quickly?!"

"Oh!" Gou Wa and Shan Zi responded reluctantly and started to move the things in the carriage. Yan Jie Kuang looked for a while, said hello to Gao Junsong and others, and left humming a song.

Su Zihui, who was reading in the room, heard the sound of the door opening and immediately walked to the window. Seeing Yan Jiekuang coming in from outside, she immediately opened the door, walked out, and asked, "Is the tractor ready?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It's done! I just went to the town and bought some tractor accessories. With this tractor, it will be easier to work in the future."

Su Zihui asked, "Are you planning to be a tractor driver?!"

Yan Jiekuang shook his head and replied, "I don't want to be a tractor driver! Being a tractor driver wouldn't be as comfortable as it is now." Then he asked, "How are your grandpa and the others doing these days?!"

Su Zihui replied: "What else can it be?! Same as always. But those old guys have set up a lot of traps in the mountains recently. They caught a lot of prey in the past two days."

"Oh?! I didn't realize it! They actually started to become self-reliant! This is a good thing!" Yan Jiekuang echoed and asked, "Tomorrow, we have to go to the county to register the tractor. Are you going?!"

"I'll go! Of course!" Su Zihui agreed immediately and asked, "When do we leave tomorrow?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "We will set out tomorrow after the team leader has arranged the production tasks."

At the same time, every household in the brigade was discussing the tractor driver issue. However, many people gave up participating in the tractor driver selection. The female educated youth still followed the old rules and drew lots to decide who would participate in the tractor driver assessment. The male educated youth were fighting for the tractor driver assessment spot and almost got into a fight over it.

The next morning, after Gao Junsong arranged the tasks, he took Yan Jiekuang directly to the place where the tractor was parked. When Yan Jiekuang arrived at the warehouse and saw the oil drums placed nearby, he said, "Captain, please find another place to put the oil drums. It's not safe to put them here."

Tian Dazhuang said, "I'll have someone move the oil drum to the office next door."

"Oh!" Yan Jiekuang responded without saying anything. He picked up the oil barrel and poured all the remaining diesel in the barrel into the tractor's fuel tank. Then he started the tractor, got into the cab, and slowly drove the tractor outside. Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang climbed into the car, and Su Zihui followed. Gao Junsong glanced at Su Zihui and warned, "Xiao Yan, drive slowly on the road."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Uncle Captain, you're not going to the county?!"

Gao Junsong said: "There must be someone to look after the house. I won't go today. There will always be a chance in the future."

"Okay! I got it!" After saying that, Yan Jiekuang released the brake, stepped on the accelerator, and drove the tractor slowly out of the village.

The county seat of Dami County is not very big. In addition, the address given by Hong Yongjun was very detailed. Near noon, Yan Jiekuang and his team found the county and the place to register the license. In this era, it is very easy to register a license as long as you have a letter of introduction.

After working for about half an hour, the license plate of the tractor was put on. Yan Jiekuang drove the tractor out of the place where the license plate was put on. Not long after, he drove the tractor to the door of the state-owned restaurant. After parking the tractor, Yan Jiekuang said, "Secretary, it's time for dinner now. Let's eat first and then go back?"

Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang looked at each other and said, "Xiao Yan, you and Xiao Hui go in and eat! We both brought some dry food."

Su Zihui said, "Uncle Secretary, please don't be polite to us. Today's meal is my treat. After dinner, you can rest on the tractor for a while and give us half an hour to walk around the county. Is this okay?!"

Tian Dazhuang took advantage of the situation and agreed, "Okay! Don't say I'm stingy. I'll give you one hour."

"Hey!" Su Zihui responded happily, and pulled Yan Jiekuang towards the state-owned restaurant.