The 60s: Living Alone and Lovin' It

(A female protagonist who is outwardly cold but rich in inner world, a plain slice-of-life story, purely fictional with no research value, writing is hard, please be lenient, dear readers.)

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Chapter 121 The tools are not suitable

At first, Chen Ye disliked being tied up. She didn't know how many times a day he would come and grumble in her ear. She felt that he was more annoying than the old nanny.

But she was a little uncomfortable when she suddenly didn't hear anyone mumbling to her one day. This person's habits were really terrible.

"Sister, you forgot, didn't I tell you that I was going to the commune with Grandpa yesterday? Yesterday was the day Grandpa collected his salary."

"Grandpa is also going to visit an old friend. I told you we wouldn't be eating at home, and asked you to think about eating then. Did you forget yesterday? Did you eat?"

Chen Ye...had she really heard this?

"Hahaha, well, don't worry, I'm an adult, how can I starve myself?" Chen Ye quickly laughed.

"It's time to eat, right? You guys eat first. I still have some work to do here. There's some dry food at home, so I'll just have a bite later."

With a look of "Sister, what are you talking about?" she said, "Sister, what time is it now? What are you eating? I just came to see how you are."

He was really afraid that without his supervision yesterday, his sister would have fainted from hunger at home.

Chen Ye...that's impossible. When she's hungry, she will still find something to eat by herself. She just won't eat as seriously as usual, but she will never let herself feel hungry.

"Me? I'm fine. Look at what I made." Chen Ye looked at Shuanzhu with a look of seeking praise.

Shuanzhu was a little confused when he suddenly met such a sister. Why did he feel that he and his sister seemed to have switched roles at this moment?

"Sister, I just told you that you really made it, but this bicycle is so weird, how can you carry things with it?"

Today's tricycles only have three wheels and a frame at the front, with the rest of the space being empty. They look even worse than ordinary bicycles with a rear seat for carrying things. Anyway, I don't quite understand how to tie them up.

Chen Ye patted the tied little head and said, "It's just a frame now. It will look nice once the rear compartment is finished. I'm researching how to make the rear compartment stronger so it can carry more things."

She didn't have an electric welder, and the current car frames were all made entirely by splicing. If they were installed on the rear carriage, the load capacity would probably not be enough. It would be great if she had a small household welding machine.

But this is just wishful thinking. The electric welding machines nowadays are not as diverse as those in later generations, and they are all found in factories. It is impossible for one person to own one. She is stuck at this step.

"Ah! Then all your work is in vain, you can't even carry anything?"

So his sister was busy all this time for nothing? Was her work in vain?

Chen Ye was a little discouraged, but her unyielding nature prevented her from giving up so easily.

I always feel that no matter what I do, if I give up easily once, there will be a next time, and my persistence will be broken again and again.

"Tie him up, I remember that little grandpa knows someone in the commune's agricultural machinery station, right?" The agricultural machinery station here is no different from a decoration. The only things they need to repair are those two tractors.

She had been there once and seemed to remember that there were welding tools there. If she could borrow them and use them, then her tricycle would most likely be successful.

"Ah! I think so?" Every time he went out with his grandfather, the main purpose was to have a meal, and he didn't pay much attention to other things.

"I'll go ask my grandfather," Chen Ye did what he thought and turned around and walked towards his grandfather's yard.

Shuanzhu hurried to catch up. He always felt that his sister had been a little crazy recently.

"Little Grandpa, Little Grandpa."

Chen Shengli was enjoying the cool air under a big tree in the yard, fanning himself with a big cattail leaf fan. It was obvious that the old man was also feeling very hot.

The little old man was wearing a big vest on his upper body and a pair of thick trousers on his lower body. His upper body was hiding in the shade of a tree, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, while his lower body and legs were exposed to the sun. He looked like he wished he could be cut into two halves and placed in different environments.

There was no way around it because Chen Shengli's legs were the most seriously injured. Even in this hot summer, his legs felt cold even when he was wearing long pants, but his upper body was fine and was still very hot.

"What are you calling for? Tell me what's going on."

"Are your legs feeling uncomfortable again?" She knew that her grandfather's legs were cold all year round, but it didn't feel as severe as it did this year.

"It's okay, that's all. Tell me what's the matter that makes you so anxious?" He is already very old, and his leg control is getting worse and worse, but he is used to it.

Chen Ye scratched her head, thinking that the little grandfather would not tell the truth if she asked him. She should wait until night to ask Grandpa Luo, and then she would know what happened to the little grandfather's leg.

"I was just thinking of asking you, can we go to the commune's agricultural machinery station and borrow their welding machine?"

Chen Shengli immediately thought of the tricycle that Ye Ziguqiu had made recently: "Is it made? Can it be used?"

No one would believe that a twelve-year-old child could make a bicycle that can be ridden and carry things with just four wheels and two broken frames.

Even as an old man who looks at his own children through a filter, he also feels uncomfortable in his heart, but he supports it. What's wrong with his own children having some weird hobbies? It's not like they can't afford to spend that little bit of money.

"As long as the bottom bracket is welded firmly, it will definitely work. It will definitely be more capable of carrying things than a bicycle. Can you ask someone to lend me a welding machine?"

Chen Shengli stood up and said, "Why ask? Just take that thing over there. When the time comes, just give me some benefits. Tie it up and go find your Grandpa Feng and ask if you can use the ox cart."

"Hey, Grandpa, I'm going right away."

The two old men brought the two children to the commune. Chen Shengli didn't know how he got in to communicate, but in the end he really let Chen Ye use other people's welding. Of course, other people didn't want Chen Ye to do it, because what if he broke their machine?

Chen Ye pointed out the places that needed welding, and others started welding them. Although he felt a little regretful that he didn't experience the feeling himself, everything was welded very firmly, and Chen Ye was still quite satisfied.

The tricycle could not fit on the ox cart returning to the city, so Chen Ye had to pedal the tricycle himself.

"Hey, you know what, this thing can really be ridden," Old Man Feng looked at it quite interestingly.

Chen Shengli was determined to defend his child: "What are you saying? Our Ye Zi is so smart, how could she just do it for fun? She must have done it only when she could do it."

Although he didn't quite believe it at first, he never discouraged his children's enthusiasm. If the children liked something that didn't cost much, they could play with it.

Old man Feng was unwilling to pay attention to the proud old man Chen: "Ye Zi, do you want to make the rear compartment of your car like a tractor?" It's made of iron and not easy to make. I wonder if my old friend can get one for me.