novelraw Chapter 133 Driving a tractor is much better than picking corn.
Chapter 133 Driving a tractor is much better than picking corn.
Unexpectedly, she recognized the people who came to pick her up. They were Zhao Xinhui and her husband, whom she had met on the train when her family came here in winter!
This Zhao Tiantian is her niece, who brought the little girl to seek medical treatment. Good heavens, are there really so many coincidences in this world?
But little did she know, even more coincidences were about to happen!
Back in the county, I found my father was still away on a business trip; I didn't see him. He was busy dealing with the enemy spies that the ghost uncle had found. My sisters were also on vacation; seeing that the weather was bad and it looked like it would rain, she prepared to eat and then take the bus back to the commune.
First, we went to the state-run restaurant, where Cheng Damei happened to be there. She ordered all the dishes on the signboard, and Cheng Damei asked the chef to make them. She then came over to chat with Cheng Damei.
"I'm planning to take the kids to the beach this weekend. Tell your mom, don't just stay home all the time. Take a day off so we can all go out and have some fun. Your fourth uncle can drive us; there's plenty of room!"
"Aunt Cheng, you've made such a great arrangement! I was just thinking of letting my sisters go out for a stroll. I'll prepare some food; we can have a seafood barbecue later!"
"That's a deal! We'll all go!" Cheng Damei said happily.
"Aunt Cheng, I put some fruit I grew myself in the corner. Could you share it with Master Wang and the others?"
"Why are you taking things again!" These days, who can bear to eat fruit all the time? Although her family has a small yard, they mainly grow vegetables to eat. Where would they find the space to grow fruit?
"It's nothing precious that we grew ourselves, I just brought it along." Cheng Damei glanced at it and saw four large watermelons and a large box of strawberries for each person, which would be worth a lot of money on the black market.
She had seen this before in the Tong family's vegetable garden. These strawberries were so big; she heard that the seeds came from the agricultural research institute in Yan City!
"You're really generous. Otherwise, Aunt Cheng would help you sell them. You seven sisters will cost a lot of money in the future. Girls should be raised in comfort, so you need to help your mother save more money..."
Cheng Damei said mysteriously, "You don't know about the black market, do you? There's one in this county. I'll help you sell any good stuff you find!"
"Aunt Cheng, thank you! We'll keep these things for ourselves and for relatives and friends; we won't sell them. Don't worry, my mom often helps out for the military and earns several dozen yuan a month. Plus, with my sisters' survivor's allowance, we're doing quite well."
"Fine, then I won't try to persuade you. Just don't go. All sorts of people go there. You and your sister are so pretty, don't let bad guys target you!"
"Okay, Aunt Cheng, don't worry! When we go to the beach that day, I'll try to get some crabs to eat."
"There's plenty of that stuff. Your fourth uncle's friend lives there, and he can even take you out to sea!"
"Oh, that's wonderful! I'll definitely go!" She was going to fill the entire sea cucumber pool in the space with seawater to raise abalone!
Yes, my sea cucumber pond can raise abalone!
Back in Chenjiatun, Tong Yuheng took two bags of Daoxiangcun pastries to the brigade leader's house and told him that the machine would arrive the next day, and she would pick it up on the way. She said the fifty yuan would be considered as shipping, and he didn't need to reimburse her for any travel expenses.
Tomorrow morning she will take those young men who can drive tractors with her to the tractor, load it up, and drive it back.
"Uncle Chen, do you have any paperwork? What if we turn back and get arrested by the police?" Tong Yuheng was still a little worried.
"No, no, I've already spoken to them! By the way, do you have the invoice for the parts? It would be best if you did!" Having an invoice means the items were purchased by their brigade and are collective property, which cannot be easily confiscated. He was also afraid that the commune would take advantage of him.
"Yes, I actually thought of that. Take a look!"
Tong Yuheng took out about ten lists with the names and prices of various parts. The engine was the most expensive, followed by two large wheels and tires, which cost over 800 yuan. The rest were miscellaneous parts, with a total price of just over 1,000 yuan.
"Captain, this tractor doesn't come with a trailer. That was agreed beforehand; we have to assemble our own trailer."
"I know, I know, hehehe! This year's autumn harvest will probably save you a lot of effort. You are a great hero to our village!" The brigade leader praised Tong Yuheng, but she felt that this uncle was trying to trick her.
"Yuheng, is that Comrade Li your boyfriend? Could you ask him if the army has any scrapped vehicle trailers?"
Oh, so this is where he's waiting! She's not going to ask for help. If she's going to help, she'd need some rare medicinal herbs. Asking her to ask for help from a broken cart is just too much of a waste!
"You can just talk to him about it yourself. We're all one family, so he'll definitely give it to you if he has it. Hehe, I'll be going now if there's nothing else. Please take a bag of those snacks to the Party Secretary Grandpa. I won't go over there."
"Hey, you haven't said what time you're going to the county to pick up the stuff!" The captain chased after them and asked.
"Leave at six in the morning, have breakfast first! You'll have to reimburse me for lunch, team leader!"
"You silly girl, you won't let me go! Who's going to reimburse your lunch if I don't go?"
Tong Yuheng: You little swindler, you're just afraid we'll rip you off this time!
To make it easier to take out various things, Tong Yuheng rented a small courtyard in the county, under the name of her fourth uncle, Cheng Si. She stored the tractor parts in the house.
She used to store her baskets and hampers here, and Cheng Jinzhu always helped her bring them over. He sometimes uses this place to store goods too; he has quite a few connections with the black market.
However, Tong Yuheng is very cautious and will not sell any items from her spatial dimension in Qingshi County. Recently, she has also been selling them in Shengshi or Harbin, as she does not want to bring trouble to her family.
"Yuheng, have you finished eating? I got up before five o'clock!" Tan Suyun came directly to Tong Yuheng's house to find her early in the morning. By then, the sisters had already finished their martial arts practice and were eating breakfast.
It would take much longer to get from the educated youth settlement to their house than to go directly to the village entrance to wait for her. Tan Suyun must be very excited to have come to wait for her so early.
"Are you that happy? This tractor belongs to the team, not you." The Tong sisters were very puzzled.
"Of course I'm happy! When the brigade leader went to inform us yesterday, he said that we would take turns driving, five or ten days each. During the busy farming season, we would get full work points, and when it's not busy, we would get six centimeters for each day we drive!"
Haha, thank goodness I insisted on learning to drive a tractor from you back then. You have no idea how ugly Zhou Manman looked, like she'd eaten shit, hahaha!
Tong Yuheng: For me, carrying nearly 40,000 to 50,000 yuan in cash, these few full work points are really not a source of happiness. Should I act happier so that others don't think I look down on this little bit of money?
"Hehe, that's quite enjoyable. Driving a tractor is much better than picking corn."