Chapter 70: No one survives
The group moved their position.
Ye Baoguo and Ye Weiguo seemed to be walking on cotton, and their steps were a little light.
Their dream since childhood was to earn a two-wheeled bicycle in the future. Now they have the opportunity to ride a four-wheeled car. It feels like they are dreaming, but the envious eyes of their friends around them tell them that this is not a dream.
Ye Yu asked:
"Do you have a driver's license?"
"Driver's license? Motor vehicle driver's license? I have it!" Han Jing puffed out his chest and answered proudly.
It is not difficult to get a driver's license in this era, but it is more complicated than a few decades later. It is not only a technical issue, but mainly because not everyone can take the test. Generally speaking, only those who have a job that allows them to come into contact with vehicles can take the test. In addition, the test content also includes a very important background political review.
Therefore, there are very few people with a driver's license, and the most common license is for agricultural tractor drivers.
Yes, today's tractor drivers also have a license to drive. Of course, not all of them follow the rules, especially since the transportation department has not yet been established. For example, many driver apprentices drive large trucks without a license.
Han Jing used this as an excuse. During this Spring Festival, his applications for motor vehicle and tractor driver's licenses, which had just turned 18, were both approved. This also indirectly showed that the Han family, especially Old Man Han, had passed the first wave of danger.
Ye Yu sat in the passenger seat with great regret.
"?" Han Jing finally understood that Ye Yu wanted to drive the car. He paused and asked, "Can you?"
Ye Yu:
“You can learn if you don’t know how.”
Han Jingxin believed it.
In his eyes, Ye Yu is omnipotent and learning to drive is just a matter of minutes. He briefly introduced the gears, brakes, and accelerator to Ye Yu, and suggested that Ye Yu apply for the test during this Spring Festival. He believed that she would be able to get her driver's license soon.
Ye Yu glanced at it, memorized it, and asked, "Do you want to take the tractor driver's license test?"
"How do you know about the tractor?!" Han Jing opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't say anything. Why did Ye Yu know that their Wangjiagou would soon have a tractor?
"Use your brain," Ye Yu pointed his finger, then pointed to his face, "Also, you're obviously so happy, you've been talking much less, and it's obvious you're holding back on a new move."
"..." The surprise plan was aborted. Han Jing looked like a golden retriever, with his invisible tail drooping. He said lamentably, "Actually, you can also apply for a motor vehicle driver's license at the same time. Grandpa wouldn't mind lending you this car."
At this time, Gao Xinliang, Song Kai, Ma Shengnan, and Ye Baoguo brothers also sat in the back seat one by one.
Among them, Gao Xinliang, Song Kai, Ma Shengnan, and Ye Baoguo were squeezed together, and Ye Weiguo was treated like a child, sitting on Ye Baoguo's lap.
The car was a bit crowded, but in this day and age, whether it is cars, trains, trams, minibuses or buses, most of the time they are crowded.
Han Jing didn't stay depressed for long. When he held the steering wheel, his energy returned.
Amid the crowd's admiration, the vehicle started moving, gradually increasing in speed. There were also children chasing them, shouting and making noise, and they ran for a long time.
It is also very eye-catching along the way.
But the experience was not so comfortable. First, the vehicle chassis was ordinary. Second, the roads at that time, even in Yanjing City, could not be guaranteed to be all flat concrete. When passing through potholes, the shaking was not pleasant for the stomach.
Ye Yu half-opened the window to let in some fresh air. Ye Baoguo, who was in the back seat, was both excited and uncomfortable due to motion sickness. It was not until the air circulated that he felt better.
After about an hour, they arrived at their destination, which was not a pharmaceutical factory in the suburbs, but they parked in front of an old courtyard house not far from the pharmaceutical factory.
Ma Shengnan went to the pharmaceutical factory to negotiate with her mother, and the others entered the yard.
Parked in the middle of the courtyard were the surprises Han Jing had described: two second-hand tractors, smaller than the Red Flag Team's tractors and of similar condition.
The hand tractor can be operated in both water and land, and is more suitable for production in most fields in Yeguo at present.
Ma Shengnan paid for these two second-hand tractors. Her family, together with the families of Han Jing, Gao Xinliang, and Song Kai, jointly applied for them.
One to Wangjiagou, and one to the southern production team where Gao Xinliang and Song Kai lived.
If the production team where Gao Xinliang and Song Kai were located was not also a relatively well-known and wealthy production team, and there was not a rice research and experimental site in the local area, and if Wangjiagou was not famous throughout the country for its reputation created by the educated youth, this application would not have been approved.
All I can say is that it was the right time, the right place, and the right people.
Han Jing replied: "I checked, both tractors are in working order. Can you check again to see if there are any problems?"
He brought a wooden box and opened it. It was full of car repair tools, including a hammer, a screwdriver, pliers, and wrenches. There were five types of wrenches alone, including an open-end wrench, a ring wrench, and an adjustable wrench. It was more complete than the Red Flag Brigade.
"OK."
Ye Yu took the tools and walked around, knocking and hammering, even removing and reinstalling them. Basically, there was no problem. The tire was a bit worn, and the unloader on the piston rod was also recommended to be replaced for better durability.
There are also some small parts that it is recommended to prepare some or more, including suspension links, locking pins, nuts, screws, blades, etc., as well as engine oil, etc.
Han Jing had a plan for this, one he'd pondered for days: "Isn't Uncle Ye at the machinery factory? No need to bother him. When the time comes, we can go find the factory director or deputy director and ask him to help support the educated youth in the countryside. I'll do my best to write an article about this, and if that doesn't work, there's Xu Fei and the others. By then, won't the Yanjing Machinery Factory be in the newspapers?"
Ye Yu looked at Han Jing in amazement. This guy is not bad. This is very similar to future advertising sponsorship. In an era that values reputation, it would be difficult for any factory manager to refuse.
Han Jing raised his eyebrows proudly.
Because these two tractors were hitched a ride on the truck that took the troops back to Beijing, in addition to the tractors, Han Jing also asked them to collect some broken old machinery from the local agricultural and sideline product station, which were piled up in the corner, like scrap metal being sold.
Machines are so expensive these days that they are truly scrapped only when technicians are unable to repair them.
Han Jing originally thought that he could repair it, or at most replace the diesel engine or something like that, but he obviously overestimated himself and underestimated the technicians. Scrap metal is still scrap metal, and there is not much useful left after dismantling it.
Ye Yu:
"If repairs don't work, try a different approach. We can try assembling old parts for new ones."
For example, the old-fashioned oil press they had seen before.
The power principle of that is actually not difficult, especially when the machine shop can invest in parts and supplement sponsorship.
The greater difficulty lies in the fact that diesel itself is a consumable energy. Can Wangjiagou afford the daily wear and tear of the oil press like the Hongqi Brigade, or can it switch to other simpler power sources?
Human power or other natural forces, I have to say that in this era, human power is quite worthless.
Or adding additional functions to the hand tractor, or even making other agricultural machinery, such as irrigation, harvesting, threshing, etc. These are more difficult and require a solid foundation in science and engineering, a full understanding of farming, and imagination and creativity.
It is indeed difficult.
Ye Yu felt that since Han Jing was planning to solicit sponsorship from the machinery factory, he should not make a one-time deal, but rather get more money as advertising fees. Besides, interest is the best teacher, and he can also constantly review knowledge during the process of thinking.
"wait……"
"Waiting for what?"
Ye Yu:
"nothing."
I almost slipped up and blurted out "I'll take the college entrance exam ten years later", but luckily I stopped myself in time.
This pile of mechanical junk is a mess with all sorts of things, including some scrapped bicycle parts. Putting aside the more complicated motor, it takes a lot of time to assemble half a bicycle. The reason it is called half a bicycle is because two pedals are missing, and it is better to replace the chain and tires with new ones.
In short, you can still ride it.
Ye Weiguo demonstrated on the spot and rode half a circle with relative difficulty.
Ye Yu couldn't bear to watch it and gave himself a bad review because the chain was too lame and the naked machine was too ugly and it was an eyesore, but the two brothers Ye Weiguo were very excited.
Especially Ye Baoguo, his father was an employee of a machinery factory, but he himself had never been interested in machinery, even though Ye Hongjun had taught him some technical knowledge.
Han Jing was also very excited. Even Gao Xinliang and Song Kai seemed to be obsessed with modifying the remaining half of the toy, but their eyes were not as good as a ruler, their accuracy was poor, and their operation also had many flaws.
However, if they had a complete set of second-hand bicycle parts, they would be confident that they could assemble it.
At least the eyes will.
After a while, Ma Shengnan came back with two porters behind her and two sacks of medicine. Such a large inventory could only be gathered at the end of the year or the beginning of the next year.
Ye Yu:
“Warm up before exercising.”
Then comes body stretching. You need to learn at least three movements before you can start the medicinal bath. After all, the medicinal bath does not require you to sit still, but requires continuous practice of movements.
Medicine only plays a guiding role, and movement is the basis for stretching flexibility and unblocking tendons, veins and blood vessels.
So far, only Han Jing can make a big pot.
Yes, the big pot, they finally got the pot for the pot bath, sponsored by a pharmaceutical company.
First add some base ingredients into the pot and simmer for about half an hour, then add other processed ingredients in order. Just like cooking rice, the order of ingredients is also very important. After another half an hour, Han Jing can be put into the pot.
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Not to mention the issue of whether to put it in the pot or not, Han Jing, a thick-skinned man, couldn't help but blush when taking a shower in front of so many people. As soon as Ye Yu raised his eyelids, he immediately took off his outer coat and sweater, leaving only a thin layer of inner clothes, and jumped shiveringly.
Ye Yu added: "Practice as many sets of movements as possible. The clock is here. Try to do it for no less than three hours and no more than four hours the first time. Drink a bowl of water every half hour. If you feel dizzy, stop immediately and call for help."
Then came Ye Weiguo and the others.
The sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling rang out, and Ye Yu covered his ears in time.
It was also fortunate that they were in the suburbs and in the cellar, and there were few people in the pharmaceutical factory during the Spring Festival. And just in case, Ma Shengnan's mother, who was also the deputy director of the pharmaceutical factory, had already informed the workers on duty in the factory in advance under the pretext of bone setting treatment, otherwise the police might really have been called.
The main theme is "no one survives", and no one can walk out of the courtyard standing.
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