Chapter 73: Two Armies Confronted
Indeed, although both are second-hand, this tractor is more than one size smaller than the Red Flag Brigade's tractor.
Especially the nose.
Han Jing explained: "Walking tractors have a simple structure, low power, and low fuel consumption. Their main functions now are sowing and tilling. They are more suitable for small plots of land and are more compatible with the environment of the Wangjiagou Production Team."
He also suggested: "Pingquan Commune is now in Hebei Province, and the First Tractor Factory is in Hebei Province. The commune could try to contact the First Tractor Factory to see if they can apply for more small walking tractors, even second-hand replacements."
The commune chief's eyes lit up when he heard this.
They stayed in the commune for quite a long time, mainly because the commune president held Han Jing's hand and talked for a long time.
The two chatted about a beautiful future, especially about agricultural mechanization, which Han Jing was most interested in.
Ye Yu didn't want to pour cold water on anyone, but when Han Jing finally remembered that there was one more person in the office, he asked her, and she still answered honestly: "It will be difficult in ten years."
"Why?"
Ye Yu:
“Productivity mismatch.”
Pingquan Commune's land resources have an upper limit, and agricultural machinery is subject to national macro-control. Resources must be prioritized in grain production areas such as the Northeast, plains, and tropical regions, so as to maximize benefits.
Unless tractor production catches up, there should be no problem in the late 1970s, or the land in Pingquan Commune has a higher yield, hybrid wheat was not developed until the 1990s, or there are other production economies.
Therefore, Pingquan Commune probably would not have been able to apply for a second-hand walking tractor. The fact that Wangjiagou was able to apply for it was related to the background of Han Jing and others and the reputation created by Xu Fei. It was an individual special case.
Of course, Pingquan Commune can purchase it in the name of the commune, but the purchase price... the commune may not be able to afford it. If it is shared among each production team, it is not easy for the production team to make money, and the team members will definitely not agree.
After hearing this, the enthusiasm of the others finally waned, at least they were not as excited as before.
But difficulty does not mean there is no hope, and what people in this era lack most is not motivation.
The commune president will still apply to the higher authorities, but considering the final result, he will not be disappointed even if he fails, and will not vent his anger on Han Jing who made this suggestion.
Ye Yu is not exaggerating.
Rumors spread quickly in the countryside. Today, Pingquan Commune applied for agricultural machinery, and tomorrow, the major production teams dared to look forward to receiving tractors next month. Once this hope was dashed, even if the cadres knew the reason, the members of the production teams would not necessarily complain. When interests were involved, there would definitely be people who maliciously speculated why Wangjiagou was able to apply for a tractor.
Han Jingxin is a good person, but sometimes, entrepreneurship and development cannot rely solely on one's heart.
Ye Yu actually didn't understand entrepreneurship, but he had seen a lot of human nature, and people would return gratitude with resentment.
We had lunch at the commune.
The Spring Festival had just passed, and the commune's food reserves were still relatively abundant. The chef from the state-owned restaurant was asked to stir-fry shredded potatoes and pork, and there were two vegetarian dishes: cabbage vermicelli and winter melon and tofu soup. The staple food was sorghum and sweet potato steamed buns.
The other distributions were easy to deal with. Ye Yu bought up all the remaining sorghum and sweet potato buns and didn't ask for them to be cooked again. This was not a treat, but more like a public canteen.
Han Jing glanced at Ye Yu secretly.
Ye Yu knocked on the table four times, meaning that she was about 40% full. Her upper limit of food intake was very high, and even if her stomach was damaged, she could recover quickly, but her lower limit was actually not low either.
There are rumors that ordinary people will die of thirst if they don't drink water for three days. This is indeed life-threatening, but the human body may be more enduring than imagined, as it may starve to death without food for seven days. Pushed to the limit, ordinary people can only last for half a month to a month before their organs slowly fail and they die, or even longer.
The organs of people with special abilities have stronger self-repair capabilities, and some can last for three months or even half a year. Their spirit often collapses before their body, and many people commit suicide. Being able to eat only half of their fill is a rare thing in the end times.
Don’t ask Ye Yu why he knows these data which are useless in peacetime. Ask people today. They will understand as they have experienced famine.
The commune president and his colleagues had witnessed Ye Zhiqing's appetite. They had heard rumors about this before. After all, Ye Yu and his colleagues were "big customers" of the state-owned restaurant. The restaurant's cooking skills had even been featured in the newspaper, and they were always warmly entertained.
After dinner, Ye Yu and Han Jing went to the state-owned store again. Taking advantage of the fact that some New Year goods did not require tickets at the end of the Chinese New Year, they bought a lot of food and some daily necessities.
Then the two drove the tractor back to the village.
Their route this time was somewhat different from their usual route back to the village. They took the road that the large tractors of Hongqi Village passed by, which could greatly reduce the number of mountain roads that the tractors could not drive on.
Although Ye Yu could carry it alone, it was a bit too outrageous. Besides, he couldn't use space teleportation, so it was really stupid for one person to hold a tractor with both hands.
But Ye Yu regretted his decision not long after setting off, mainly because the tractor was so noisy that even cotton plugs in the ears couldn't block it out. The smoke was also heavy and smelled bad.
"From now on, I'll let you drive!"
Ye Yu's tractor driver's license is not for driving a tractor, but to get a motor vehicle driver's license at the same time. The sooner you take the test, the less time it will take.
"good."
Han Jing couldn't understand why Ye Yu was so disgusted with it, considering how glorious it was to be a tractor driver, and that tractors usually allowed one to earn full work points without having to go to the fields.
Before reaching the first destination, I saw from afar a large crowd of people gathered at the Hongqi Brigade intersection.
There were Captain Ding and villagers from Hongqi Village, Captain Wang and villagers from Wangjiagou Village, and people from other teams watching the excitement.
All I can say is that news spreads quickly.
Although there were no people from Wangjiagou in the town today, there were people from other villages and teams. The onlookers at this time were not just there to eat melons. Even though it had nothing to do with their interests and they would not get any benefits from it, there were still people who took the trouble to spend two hours running to Wangjiagou to help notify.
Maybe it’s because I was too idle during the Chinese New Year. I lay down for more than ten or twenty days and always wanted to move my muscles.
When the people in Wangjiagou heard the news, they were of course incredulous. They could actually own a tractor?
From the age of sixty to the age of three and a half, anyone who could walk, except the forest rangers in Nanshan, all set out and rushed to the Red Flag Brigade.
When they arrived at the Hongqi Brigade, the villagers there looked at them from afar and thought someone was coming to fight.
Indeed, there are many conflicts between villages nowadays, especially those involving water resources, fish resources, land resources, marriage, etc. It is not uncommon for the whole village to fight. Even if the matter is reported, both sides will be punished and the matter will be resolved through negotiation.
The campaign to destroy the Four Olds had many flaws, but as far as dismantling ancestral halls and dispersing clans was concerned, it was not entirely without benefits given the current circumstances.
A team member immediately reported to Captain Ding.
In just a few minutes, Captain Ding gathered dozens of strong men, who squatted at the entrance of the village with weapons such as sticks and hoes in their hands. More villagers retreated to the second line to cheer.
People from Wangjiagou:
“???”
Captain Ding also quickly discovered something was wrong, because among the crowd, the person rushing in the front was not a strong young man, but a child around ten years old.
There were elderly people in their seventies and eighties who risked their lives to fight for the interests of the brigade. During the three years of famine, when the authorities came to collect grain, the elderly people in their village all lay down at the entrance of the village, as if they were going to collect the grain and step on them.
But I've never seen anyone pushing a child out.
The sticks, clubs, and even hatchets frightened the children of Wangjiagou so much that they started running back, screaming, "Murder! Murder!"
The ones who were shouting the loudest were from Wang Gousheng's house, because there were also a few voices saying "Save the two cats in the sea". The big ones were roaring, but the small ones didn't understand anything and thought something bad had happened, so they started crying and making a lot of noise.
Some even sang out a few changes of tune, and the folk songs were not as beautiful as theirs.
Red Flag Team Villagers:
“…”
Who killed someone!
The captains of both teams finally met.
After talking, they realized how ridiculous this was, and the screams turned into laughter.
Wang Xiaoxi, who cried the loudest in Wangjiagou, was spanked twice on the buttocks by Captain Ding, who then stuffed a handful of peanuts into his mouth. This kid was really good, he even deafened his ears.
Captain Ding was very jealous of the purpose of the Wangjiagou people gathering at the Red Flag Brigade: "Why didn't our Red Flag Brigade get such a lucky break?"
Look at the names they changed after the founding of the People's Republic of China. How festive and legitimate they are!
Captain Wang, who was usually quite serious, was beaming with joy as he replied, "It's all thanks to Ye Zhiqing, Han Zhiqing, and the others."
Captain Ding was even more upset.
In fact, the educated youth in their team cannot be said to be bad, especially around the Spring Festival. Their Red Flag Team was published in newspapers twice. Zhao Chunjiao, who wrote one of the articles, was not transferred to the town, but stayed in the team's primary school to teach.
But they still can’t compare with the educated youth in Wangjiagou, who even got a tractor.
Captain Ding has been working longer than Captain Wang and has more acquaintances. Not only the Pingquan Commune, but also the captain of the neighboring commune has asked him about the situation in Wangjiagou. Everyone is eager to snatch the educated youth from Wangjiagou back to their own village, no matter which one.
Captain Wang replied modestly, "I heard it's just a small tractor, not as good as yours."
That’s true.
Captain Ding felt a little relieved.
It was because of the above reasons that when Ye Yu and Han Jing arrived, they saw so many people welcoming them.
Xu Fei mixed in and waved constantly. Han Jing jumped down and gave him a warm hug. Ye Yu also stretched out his hand and high-fived Xu Fei.
“It’s really a tractor!”
The children jumped and danced around the tractor. Even touching the tires or rubbing the wheels was a very exciting thing for them.
Han Jing doted on children, and was about to carry them all into the car, but was stopped by an old woman. "Children are so careless, what will happen if the car breaks?"
“…”
This is not a glass toy.
It can also be seen from here that the villagers value and cherish the tractors.
After the excitement, the team leader once again thanked Han Jingyeyu and others for bringing the tractor to the village.
Ye Yu said he didn't help much.
Han Jing also replied that it was nothing. The country's approval showed that it valued Wangjiagou. They must make production and construction better to live up to the country's trust.
The ability to speak is back online.
After these passionate words were spoken, the onlookers applauded.
Xu Feigang, who was in the crowd, had just chatted with Han Jing and Ye Yu for a few words when he saw this scene. He quickly took out his notebook to record it. He was almost a reporter who witnessed the educated youth on the scene of the production team. His writing style had improved significantly.
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