How can he be accused of making a mistake before he's even shared his joy?
Did Widow Li at the end of the village find out that he was fetching water for her?
No, does he have to be jealous of this? Widow Li is twelve years older than him!
In another 3-5 years, he could have had a child. What wrong ideas could he possibly have? He doesn't need a mother!
Seeing that Captain Qian remained silent for a long time, Aunt Qian continued to persuade him:
"No matter how urgent the tractor issue is, we can't come up with a foolish idea..."
Captain Qian felt a little weak as he thought about the 19 chickens he had prepared to give away, since they came from Aunt Qian's chicken farm.
Aunt Qian was furious about him sending away chickens and eggs to the repair shop technician; she was so disgusted with him that she didn't even want to mention it!
If the kids weren't all grown up, the washboard in the house would definitely come in handy again!
Captain Qian fawned over Aunt Qian, massaging her shoulders and saying:
"Old woman, look at you, you act like it's your life to ask me to sell some free-range chickens, but isn't this just doing my job?"
Fortunately, I didn't intend to make a mistake; I just wanted to trade her free-range chickens for a tractor...
What? Trade her free-range chickens for a tractor? How many free-range chickens would that take? A whole chicken farm's worth of free-range chickens, wouldn't they all have to be given away?
Aunt Qian, hands on her hips, scolded:
"Don't try to pull any tricks on me. You think you can trade my free-range chickens for your tractor? You'd better keep dreaming!"
Captain Qian defended himself:
"There are only 19, not many. Our village will reimburse the cost of one of them. Why are you in such a hurry?"
When asked about the one who could reimburse expenses, Captain Qian's eyes darted around.
There's no way around it; we can't just say it's his secret stash of money that he paid for it, or his wife would scratch his face raw!
Aunt Qian asked in confusion:
"19 chickens? What kind of tractor can be traded for only 19 free-range chickens? A tractor made from a bicycle? That still isn't enough!"
Captain Qian then realized that the two had gone off-topic. He was talking about the femoral head, while the old woman was talking about the hip joint. What were they talking about?
Captain Qian explained:
"Didn't you hear the tractor this afternoon? That rumbling sound?"
Aunt Qian said irritably:
"I'm not deaf yet. The rice threshing ground isn't far from our house, how could I not hear it?"
"What are you trying to say? Don't tell me it was delivered by that tractor in our village?"
Captain Qian said excitedly:
"Oh, it's that tractor from our village, Master Zhong fixed it for us!"
How much fake alcohol must one drink to experience such hallucinations!
Aunt Qian turned her body away, refusing Captain Qian's massage. He said it was too expensive; after a few squeezes, he was already eyeing her 19 free-range chickens. She couldn't afford it!
Seeing that Aunt Qian didn't believe him, Captain Qian pulled her up and led her out, dragging her to the rice threshing ground.
Aunt Qian's arrival was quite coincidental; she arrived just as Zhong Wanwan had finished assembling the tractor, completing the task.
Wei Maisui was excitedly cranking the tractor when Aunt Qian saw this, rubbed her eyes, and said in disbelief:
"Am I hallucinating too? How come I see our village's tractor has been repaired?"
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