Chapter 140: It seems they knew from the start that the tractor would break down.

Zhang Wei admitted that he wished Cen Yan would cause trouble, and he wished he could stomp this woman into the mud so that she would never be able to turn her life around.

But he wasn't bold enough to do something like damaging collective assets. If he did, and it was discovered and he was convicted of damaging collective assets, being sent to a labor camp would be the least he could do.

He hates Cen Yan, but he wouldn't risk his innocence and reputation.

"Since you didn't do it, don't even think about using this to harm me." Cen Yan calmly observed Zhang Wei's micro-expressions, believing that Zhang Wei had the intention but not the courage, and was temporarily innocent.

Zhang Wei gritted his teeth, "But I'm in charge of looking after the tractor. Now that you've damaged it, what if it implicates me? Cen Yan, no matter what, you have to take responsibility."

“If the machine breaks down, can’t we just fix it?” Cen Yan frowned. “The most urgent thing is to harvest! The tractor is not needed for the time being, so we can only ask the villagers to carry things back to the warehouse.”

"Master, I, I'll go and carry it right away. I don't need the work points." Meng Xiaolian wanted to make up for her mistake; she would never dare to touch the tractor again.

Cen Yan patted her shoulder, "Tractors break down all the time. I said, if something breaks, we'll fix it. If we can't fix it, we'll find out what's wrong. The commune is a reasonable place and won't cause us any trouble. Xiaolian, go do your other work first. Leave this to your master."

"A teacher for a day is a teacher for life." Cen Yan couldn't let the girls in the production team bear the consequences of damaging the tractor. At worst, she would take out money from her space and compensate the production team with a new tractor.

But first, we need to figure out why the tractor, which was working perfectly fine, broke down.

"Comrade Cen Yan, I heard the tractor broke down. What happened?"

Xiang Yiguo walked over, looked at the tractor that was stalled and not smoking, and impatiently stomped his foot.

How is he supposed to explain this to his employer?

Cen Yan sighed. She had to explain what she had just said to Xiang Yiguo again. How annoying.

She opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Tang Qiuxia squeezed out from the crowd.

"You, Cen Yan, I knew you were no good! You dared to damage the production team's tractor and delay their harvest plan! Team leader, we must send her to the enforcement team!"

Tang Qiuxia was overjoyed and held her head high, eager to convict Cen Yan.

Cen Yan frowned: "Tang Qiuxia, who told you the tractor broke down while I was handling it?"

Even Zhang Wei, who was standing nearby, spoke up for her: "It was Meng Xiaolian who ruined it."

However, Meng Xiaolian is Cen Yan's apprentice. If Cen Yan hadn't been so domineering and insisted on taking on an apprentice to teach her the craft, the tractor wouldn't have broken down. In a sense, this is Cen Yan's responsibility.

If the tractor can be repaired, that's fine, but if it can't, humph! Cen Yan can just wait to go to jail!

Zhang Wei stood with his hands on his hips, angrily hoping that something would happen to Cen Yan.

Tang Qiuxia covered her mouth and exclaimed, "What? It wasn't Cen Yan who broke the tractor? How is that possible!"

“Why is it impossible? Comrades can see very clearly that the tractor was broken by Xiaolian. I wasn’t driving the tractor when it broke down.” Cen Yan patted Meng Xiaolian’s hand, signaling her not to panic and that the responsibility wouldn’t fall on her.

Then Cen Yan continued to look at Tang Qiuxia and asked, word by word, "On the contrary, Comrade Tang Qiuxia, it seems you knew from the beginning that the tractor would break down, and you were certain that it would break down in my hands..."