Chapter 311: Which commune is this? They actually bought so many tractors?
After breakfast, Su Wenchen was taken to the test track by Li Xingguo.
As soon as I arrived nearby, I heard the "thump thump thump" sound of a diesel engine starting up in the distant test field.
After a group of people came closer.
Fifteen brand new Dongfeng-12 walking tractors have been neatly lined up in a row and are being preheated one by one.
There was also a warehouse keeper who was counting the parts on the truck bed of each truck with a list.
After finally confirming that everything was fine, he took the list and walked up to Li Xingguo and Su Wenchen.
"Director, I've confirmed all the spare parts. The water pumps and rotary tillers are all loaded onto the truck, and I've also given them a small bucket of the corresponding anti-rust oil."
“Here’s the checklist!”
After saying that, he immediately handed the list in his hand to Li Xingguo.
After Li Xingguo took it, he glanced at it and handed it directly to Su Wenchen and said.
"Director Su, take a look and see if there's anything missing!"
"This anti-rust oil is for you. This rotary tiller is for you to use for spring plowing or after you have cleared the wasteland."
"It's best to have someone clean the dirt off the blade and apply anti-rust oil to the blade so that it won't rust easily."
"Otherwise, if you don't apply anti-rust oil after plowing the land and store it, the life of the blade will definitely be greatly shortened!"
Su Wenchen took the list from the other party, took a look at it and thanked him.
"No problem, but I still want to thank Director Xingguo for thinking of us!"
Li Xingguo smiled and waved his hand.
"This is what our factory should have reminded you of. Otherwise, the blades would rust easily, and those who didn't know would think we were deliberately using defective products to fool you!"
Su Wenchen walked to the back of a tractor's cargo bed, pointed at the things inside and replied with a smile.
"No, I know it's a new product from your factory just by looking at the shiny blade."
"But it's almost time. We have other things to do over there, so we won't keep you here any longer."
"If Director Xingguo has the chance to come to our farm someday, I'll treat you well!"
After saying that, he shouted towards Zhao Weiguo.
"Old Zhao, go drive the car! Let's go back to the branch!"
Seeing Zhao Weiguo go to drive the car, Li Xingguo smiled and nodded goodbye.
"Okay, I'll definitely come visit you when I have time. I didn't let the commune's pig truck leave. After unloading the five pigs from our factory, I arranged for someone to park it at the factory gate."
"I'll just go back with you guys later!"
"As for those people, once the police have completed their registration and review, they will contact you!"
Su Wenchen originally thought he would have to wait for a while, but he didn't expect that the pigs had just been brought in that morning!
Said immediately.
"Okay then. As for the pigs, we'll shamelessly take them back. Director Xingguo, you know that our branch farm is a well-known poor place here."
"I couldn't even eat a bite of meat during the Chinese New Year. As a leader, I can't bear it!"
"After the breeding base at our branch farm is built, I will definitely arrange some rabbits raised on our farm for our colleagues in the hand-held factory to try."
Li Xingguo laughed heartily upon hearing this. "That's a deal, then! I heard Director Su, you're planning to build a dedicated rabbit breeding base. Rabbits grow much faster than pigs, so good times are ahead for you farm workers!"
"I'm afraid we won't be able to eat rabbit meat every day by then."
Su Wenchen responded with a smile.
"You can't eat this every day! Rabbit meat is low in fat, and eating it every day will cause problems!"
Li Xingguo was stunned by what he heard and couldn't help laughing.
"Director Su, if this has a high fat content, are you really planning to feed your employees meat every day?"
"Your idea is something that even a large factory wouldn't dare to think of!"
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"Why wouldn't you dare think about it? In ten years, maybe most places will be able to eat meat every day. Even if they can't eat it once every three to five days, it should be possible."
"By then, every household will have a hand tractor like yours, and most farming work will be assisted by machines."
For Su Wenchen, now that they have bred white pigs ahead of time and introduced the fertilizer industry ahead of time, grain production will definitely increase significantly after ten years of development.
So what he said was not just random talk.
Although Li Xingguo felt that it was unlikely, he still spoke with a hint of hope.
"It would be great if we could really reach the level you described, Director Su."
"We can eat meat every day, what kind of life would this be?"
While the two were talking, Zhao Weiguo's jeep drove over.
Su Wenchen first looked up at the rising sun, then handed over the signed receipt.
"Director Xingguo, it's almost time. I won't bother you any more."
“This is the receipt!”
Li Xingguo took the list and replied.
"Director Su, just lead the way. The people I'll arrange will follow you and help you drive the tractor back!"
After saying that, he shouted to the middle-aged employee in the distance.
"Lao Zhou, what's going on? Can we leave now?"
Hearing Li Xingguo's words, the other party immediately shouted.
"Director, our bicycles have been loaded into the car and we are ready to go."
Seeing this, Li Xingguo finally reached out and shook hands with Su Wenchen.
"Director Su, have a bon voyage!"
Su Wenchen nodded upon hearing this.
"Director Xingguo, we'll see you later!"
After saying that, Su Wenchen got on the passenger seat of the jeep.
The next moment, the sound of diesel engines starting up one after another began to be heard on the test field.
For a moment, the violent "thump thump" sound of the engine resounded throughout the test field!
After the jeep started slowly.
A row of hand tractors with red silk tied to their front followed the jeep in a long line.
After leaving the factory, the huge scene made the residents of the city all crane their necks in curiosity.
"Which commune is this? How could they have so many tractors?"
"Did he become a live-in son-in-law for the tractor factory? How many tractors does that have to be?"
"Looks like there are more than a dozen of them! But with so many old tractors, this commune's production team must be really wealthy."
"Hey, isn't that pig-carrying cart at the end from Zhangji Commune? I heard they deliberately kept the pigs until after the Lunar New Year, waiting for the shortage of pigs during this time so they can trade them for tractors from the tractor factory!"
"Ah! How many pigs would it take to exchange for so many tractors? Normally, it would take hundreds!"
"What the hell are you talking about? How could Zhangji possibly have so many? By the end of the year, if their entire commune can still have 50 pigs combined after handing over the required pigs to the county, I'd consider it impressive."
"Fifty pigs can be exchanged for so many tractors? Then I have to go back and talk to our secretary. This will require at least a dozen tractors."
"Even if it's five pigs in exchange for one, it's still a good deal!"
"What are you thinking? If we give you one pound of meat, the whole pig will only cost you one or two hundred yuan, and that's even including the bones. Our tractor factory will lose a lot of money if we exchange it like this."
"In our factory, it takes twenty pigs to exchange for one tractor. We still have to queue up!"
"And that convoy just now belonged to Blue Water Farm, and the pigs in the back also belong to them! You guys just keep dreaming up these ridiculous things, even with five pigs per car."
When someone heard this from the man who claimed to be a worker at the tractor factory, they were immediately surprised.
"Is that the Blue Water Farm from the newspaper? No wonder they have over a dozen tractors at once."
"I heard a branch farm was built in Fengxian County, and all the local members have become farm employees! Why didn't this good thing happen to us?"
Because Zhao Weiguo's jeep needed to match the speed of the tractor behind, the speed was not fast along the way.
However, this long convoy would immediately attract other people's attention almost every time it passed through a place.
Especially after leaving the city and entering the dirt roads in the countryside.
Since spring plowing has begun, most members of the production teams have already started working in the fields.
Look at the old ox pulling the plow slowly in their fields, and then look at the iron ox galloping past with a "thump thump" sound.
It is absolutely impossible to say that I am not envious.
When the convoy arrived at the branch site, it was almost noon.
At this time, at the branch farm, Cao Jiwen, who was in charge of agricultural work, was organizing the employees of the branch farm to dig drainage ditches for the previously reclaimed land.
The next moment, the roar of tractors was heard coming from far away.
Many farm workers at the top of the canal who were responsible for transporting soil suddenly stood up and looked curiously into the distance.
"Eh? Didn't the maintenance department go to the east to open up wasteland today? Why are they coming here again?"
Someone put his hand flat on his forehead to block the dazzling sunlight.
"It doesn't look like the tractor from our farm. I see there's red satin on the front of the tractor!"
When they heard that it was not the tractor from their farm, some people immediately curled their lips.
"Which commune is this from? And they're showing off here on our farm? They act like they don't have tractors!"
"We still have large tractors! One of them is worth ten of theirs. How dare they show off their crappy little hand tractors in front of us?"
"Hey, but isn't that the jeep in the front without the red ribbon ours?"
"It's really our jeep. I think they said yesterday they were going to pick up the director? So these are also our tractors?"
Hearing that it might be a car from the yard, many people around immediately put down their shovels and stretched their necks to look into the distance.
The team leader in charge of this section of the canal immediately shouted when he saw this.
"Okay, stop looking! Hurry up and move the soil. If there's too much soil piled up soon, the people below will get anxious."
"And even if it's a tractor in the field, it has nothing to do with our canal digging team. Everyone should work hard to finish digging this section today. The work points we earn every day are real money."
After hearing what the team leader said, everyone immediately withdrew their curiosity.
They felt that what the team leader said made sense. With so many more tractors, it would be easier for the reclamation team to open up the land.
But the work points allocated to them are definitely fewer, as most of the hard work is done by the tractor, so naturally the work points earned are much less.
In the beginning, land reclamation and canal digging were the two most tiring jobs, and they also paid the highest work points of all the work.
But as more and more tractors joined the land reclamation team, the hard work of everyone except the tractor drivers of the maintenance team naturally dropped sharply.
Of course, work points will naturally decrease as well.
Their canal digging team is still the best. Although they have two excavators, it is far from enough. They still have to dig most of the places manually.
Many people thought that the work points they earned today could be exchanged for several kilograms of food for their wives and children at home.
I am full of energy.
Before the New Year, they could only rely on relief food, lying on the kang every day and reducing activity to save food. Even if there was some food at home, they dared not eat too much.
Now, not only can I eat my fill every day, but the work points I earn, when exchanged for food, can feed the whole family, and there's even a little left over.
Especially some of the older people have begun to consider not exchanging all their work points for food as they did at the beginning.
Instead, save until the end of the year and convert part of it into cash. Then you can go to the county to buy yourself a new set of clothes, and maybe even find a marriage partner!
(End of this chapter)
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