Chapter 218 Drying

"Is this tractor yours? You just touched it?"

"Can you afford to pay for it if it breaks?"

The young man I saw last time stared at Bai Zhenfei with a ferocious look on his face.

In fact, he recognized Su Nanzhi and Bai Zhenfei at first sight.

He naturally knew that the two people working at the tractor factory might know more about tractors than he, who got into the agricultural machinery station through connections, but this did not affect their dislike for the two people.

Before Bai Zhenfei could react, he turned around and complained loudly to Kong Xiaoniu.

"Mr. Kong, you are leading people to destroy state property. If I report you, be careful that your entire village will be put under house arrest."

After saying this, the young man seemed to have vented his frustration, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Kong Xiaoniu was in his fifties and looked very upset when a man in his early twenties pointed at his nose and scolded him.

He still forced a smile and explained, "Comrade Zhang, isn't the repairman at the agricultural machinery station busy? You don't know how to repair it, so you can't just leave the tractor sitting there."

"I'm worried that it will delay the early farming season, and it will be hard to explain to the commune. After all, our village has tractors but is not as good as other villages without tractors. It's a bit unreasonable."

Although Kong Xiaoniu's tone was humble, everyone could understand what he meant.

If Zhang Qiang, the tractor driver, is criticized by the commune, he will not be in a good situation.

When Zhang Qiang heard this, his face turned pale and blue, which was extremely interesting.

Although he is a relative of his uncle, if he is criticized, his uncle will still teach him a lesson.

"Even so, you can't let anyone touch the tractor. If it breaks down, will it be yours or mine?"

His tone softened a bit, but his attitude still sounded bad.

Su Nanzhi spoke at the right time, "Comrade Bai is a technician of the county tractor and is familiar with the entire installation process of the tractor from 0 to 100."

At this point, she looked at Zhang Qiang with a half-smile, "So I think if our Comrade Bai can't fix it, then the maintenance technicians at your Agricultural Technology Station probably can't do it either. As for you... you're even worse off."

Zhang Qiang was a little annoyed by being bullied by Su Nanzhi, but what Su Nanzhi said was reasonable and well-founded, and he couldn't find any reason to refute it for a moment.

"Then...then this tractor also belongs to our agricultural machinery station. People from your county tractor factory have no right to touch my tractor."

His eyes lit up immediately, as if he had thought of something.

"Besides, your tractor factory produces wheeled tractors, not our walk-behind tractors. What if one breaks down?"

Bai Zhenfei, who was originally immersed in the joy of being praised by Su Nanzhi, immediately became a little dissatisfied when he heard Zhang Qiang's questioning words.

"Aren't all wheeled walk-behind tractors? And I reassembled the tractor we drove to Lingshui Village myself, so why can't I do it?"

During this time of staying with Su Nanzhi and Zhu Changsheng, Bai Zhenfei's personality not only became more cheerful, but also became more confident under the two people's subtle flattery.

If it were in the past, he would definitely apologize three times and then admit his shortcomings.

How can I refute others?

However, after all, he was not very experienced in this kind of thing, so Bai Zhenfei seemed a little timid when he said it.

Zhu Changsheng, who was standing by, immediately chimed in, "That's right. Our technician Bai's three generations have all worked at the tractor factory. It's no exaggeration to say he grew up working on tractors."

"Wheeled, hand-held, aren't they all tractors?"

Bai Zhenfei nodded frantically.

He grew up in a tractor factory as far as he can remember.

Even many regular workers in the tractor factory could not compare to him.

"You make it sound so easy, but if this tractor breaks down, will it be yours or mine?"

Zhang Qiang also did not give in at all.

Bai Zhenfei gritted his teeth and said, "It's mine."

But even though he spoke firmly, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken in his heart.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he never knew what was wrong with the tractor?

Su Nanzhi saw his hesitation and patted his shoulder.

"It's mine too."

Zhang Qiang didn't expect that Su Nanzhi and the others were so confident, and the happy smile on his face instantly disappeared.

"If you guys break it, it will all be your fault."

He kept comforting himself in his heart that this white technician might be just an embroidered pillow that looks good but is useless.

Thinking of this, he calmed down completely.

"I just want to see how you guys fix it."

Hearing this, Bai Zhenfei squatted down and checked the status of the tractor.

He must repair the tractor to live up to Sister Su's trust in him.

But Su Nanzhi stopped him and looked at Zhang Qiang.

"If the tractor breaks down, we'll take full responsibility."

"So what are you going to do if we fix the tractor?"

Zhang Qiang was stunned at first, then turned into anger and said, "You guys broke the tractor, so of course you're responsible. What does it have to do with me if you fix the tractor? I didn't ask you to fix it, so you don't have to do it."

These shameless words made Su Nanzhi want to laugh.

She glanced at Kong Xiaoniu standing beside her and said, "Village Chief Kong, according to what Comrade Zhang said, are we meddling in other people's affairs?"

"I think you should just do as Comrade Zhang said and wait for the repairman at the agricultural machinery station to be free to have him repair it."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Su Nanzhi didn't want to watch Kong Xiaoniu and Zhang Qiang fall in love with each other after repairing the tractor.

After all, she is a businessman, and her ultimate goal is to sell the tractor.

As for whether it is not good for her to sow discord like this?

Without her today, the relationship between Kong Xiaoniu and Zhang Qiang would completely collapse.

Kong Xiaoniu didn't expect that Su Nanzhi would leave as soon as she said she would.

He immediately started to smooth things over.

"Comrade Su, we are all comrades, why make things so awkward?"

"If you fix the tractor, can I treat you to a meal at the state-owned restaurant in town?"

Su Nanzhi received the mud and threw it back.

"Village Chief Kong, although we are not as well dressed as Comrade Zhang, we still have enough for a meal."

"We just want fairness. If you want to continue to smooth things over, then please find someone else."

Kong Xiaoniu didn't expect Su Nanzhi to be so determined. A trace of panic appeared on his face, and he didn't wait for him to continue persuading him.

A cold voice interrupted his next words.

"Brother Su, we came to Linghu Village with good intentions to help, but they treated us like fools. We might as well go back to Lingshui Village. At least we can sell our tractor to them there."

"This is definitely better than being in Linghu Village."

Zhu Changsheng was furious, as if he had been humiliated and pushed aside.

Bai Zhenfei didn't know why Zhu Changsheng suddenly exploded. When he saw the furtive look he gave him, he immediately reacted.

He picked up the tool bag beside him and strode away.

"Let's go."