Chapter 67: Only a few thousand dollars? Forget it, there's no point in trying to reason with rich people…
The restaurant is scheduled to open next Saturday.
An Fusheng expects to be busy after the opening, so he wants to turn over the entire backyard before the opening.
At first, he thought that there weren't many people in the welfare home and they wouldn't eat much, so he wasn't very enthusiastic about turning the soil. Now that he plans to open a restaurant, An Fusheng feels it's necessary to grow more vegetables.
The vegetable garden had been turned over intermittently before, and with Mr. Fang's help a few more times later, about a quarter of the total area had been turned over.
Looking at the vast expanse of wasteland remaining, An Fusheng sighed, "So having too much land can be a problem!"
"Isn't there a machine that can automatically till the land?" Xu Sannian asked.
An Fusheng said with a weary expression, "Yes, of course I have them, but I don't have the money to buy them."
How much will it cost?
"I don't know, I've never bought one before, but I estimate it would cost several thousand yuan."
"Only a few thousand? Judging from your tone, I thought it would cost at least tens of thousands."
An Fusheng: "..." Forget it, you can't reason with rich people.
Xu Sannian said, "I'll buy it for you!"
An Fusheng exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? No... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Xu Sannian waved his hand dismissively, saying, "What's the big deal? It's just a few thousand yuan. It's not even enough for me to buy a new outfit."
An Fusheng was stunned: "Really...really?"
Xu Sannian, like a domineering CEO, said: "Buy it, go buy it now!"
An Fusheng silently opened a map app to find a farm machinery store.
“There are several agricultural machinery dealerships in this area,” An Fusheng said, pointing to a spot on the map. “This area seems to specialize in agricultural machinery; there are many shops here.”
Xu Sannian: "Then let's go here."
An hour later.
An Fusheng and Xu Sannian entered a farm machinery business called "Minfu".
The shop owner was a middle-aged man around fifty years old. He had probably been busy all morning, and now that it was afternoon, he was having lunch.
When the shop owner saw two bewildered young people enter the store, he put down his food and went up to them, asking, "What would you two like to buy?"
An Fusheng said, "We'd like to buy a tiller. Could you tell us about it?"
The boss readily agreed, "No problem."
Only after he finished speaking did he notice that the boss hadn't finished half of his meal. An Fusheng said a little embarrassedly, "Why don't we take a look first, and you finish your meal first?"
"It's alright, it's alright, I'm already full," the boss laughed. "It's all because of my wife. Every time she delivers food, she brings me a huge bucket, and she nags me if I don't finish it."
An Fusheng: "Alright then."
Even though An Fusheng and Xu Sannian knew nothing about machines, the boss didn't neglect them at all. He patiently asked whether they were farming paddy fields or dry land, how big the land was, how flat it was, and whether the soil was hard or soft. After An Fusheng answered each question, the boss immediately had a candidate to recommend.
The shop owner led the two to a red tiller. "This is a mini tiller, priced at 798. It's currently the best-selling model with a good reputation. Its advantages are its lightweight body, simple operation, stable engine performance, and relatively long-lasting power output, which can meet the needs of loosening soil, weeding, and ditching."
An Fusheng and Xu Sannian listened attentively.
The two followed the shopkeeper to a white machine. "This is a high-powered four-stroke tiller and weeder. It's powerful and can effectively handle tilling hard soil, which is quite suitable for your current land reclamation needs. In addition to tilling, it can also weed. It's also inexpensive, currently priced at 499. However, its claws are thick, and the soil it digs up is relatively large. If you're planting delicate vegetables, you'll need to break up the soil manually. But if you're planting corn or something similar, it's perfectly fine."
After introducing this machine, the boss walked to the last red and white tiller. "This one is more expensive, priced at 1999, but it is equipped with a four-stroke engine, which is very powerful. It can till ten acres of land a day without any problem. It also has multiple functions such as weeding, loosening soil, ditching and plowing, ridging and fertilizing. Moreover, it is a well-known brand with a ten-year warranty and after-sales service."
Xu Sannian said, "The expensive ones are indeed different. It sounds like it has more functions and is more powerful than others. Why don't we buy this one?"
The boss smiled kindly and said, "Having more functions doesn't necessarily mean it's the best. It depends on your usual needs. Having too many functions that you don't use is a waste."
An Fusheng strongly agreed: "We mainly grow vegetables. Different types of vegetables are harvested at different times, and the time for tilling and planting is also different. Except for the first time when we clear the land and plant a large area at once, we usually plant small plots after that. I think that 798 machine is enough."
The boss nodded, "If that's the case, I'd also recommend that one."
The boss pointed to the 1999 model and said to Xu Sannian, "Actually, the more functions a machine has, the more parts it has. With more parts, there's a chance that one of them will have a problem today and another will have a problem tomorrow. Although there is after-sales service, it's still quite troublesome to contact after-sales service every few days."
Xu Sannian indicated that he understood.
In the end, they decided to buy the 798 model. An Fusheng paid for it himself and didn't let Xu Sannian pay. He still had a few hundred yuan. He also bought an automatic sprinkler, the kind of magical device that sprays water from the other end when you just insert one end of the hose into the water. It was much better than their old method of directly filling the pipes with water.
"I didn't expect tillers to be so cheap," Xu Sannian exclaimed. "Compared to digging by hand, the cost-effectiveness is simply unbelievable. Every farmer should have one."
The shop owner said, "These agricultural machines are subsidized, which is why they are cheap. However, even though they are cheap, many farmers may not be able to afford them."
Xu Sannian was taken aback: "Huh? Farmers don't even have a few hundred yuan?"
Boss: "It's not that I don't have any, it's just that there are too many places where I need to spend money, but I only have so little money on me, so I can only spend it on the most important things first."
Xu Sannian: "Isn't farming important? Besides, digging is time-consuming and laborious. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to use that time and energy to do something else?"
Boss: "If you don't have any special skills, what can you do?"
Xu Sannian: "If you don't have the skills, you can learn them. There are many professors from famous universities teaching various technologies online now."
The boss said, "The older generation rarely has the awareness to learn independently. Sometimes you can feed them food and they won't even know how to chew it. We can only hope that more young people will join the agricultural field and drive the rapid development of agriculture."
Xu Sannian: "It makes me regret not studying agronomy. It's a pity I'm about to graduate."
The boss was amused by her naivety and laughed heartily: "This little girl is probably not suited to endure that kind of hardship."
Xu Sannian's truck couldn't transport the tractor. After paying, the shop owner taught An Fusheng how to use it, and the two went back first. The tractor would be delivered by the farm machinery shop owner later.
On the way back, they passed a shopping mall. Across the street was a men's clothing store. Xu Sannian saw the clothes in the window and said to An Fusheng, "Master, are you going to buy clothes? I see you always wearing the same old clothes."
An Fusheng: "No need. I think I'm tall and handsome now, so I look good in anything."
Xu Sannian: "..."
The two returned to the orphanage.
As soon as Xu Sannian got out of the car, he saw children gathered together, shouting. Curious, Xu Sannian went over and saw a white Samoyed in the middle. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the Samoyed was leaning on a child who was none other than Lin Wuyang.
Lin Wuyang was still holding his blue rag doll.
"Oh, you're here again?" Xu Sannian teased. "Bringing your family and dog along today?"
Lin Wuyang looked up at Xu Sannian, saw that her hands were empty, and then aloofly looked away.
Xu Sannian: "..."
An Fusheng also came over, "Wow, what a clean dog!"
Xu Sannian nodded, "Unlike Afu, who takes a bath every day but gets darker and darker. People who don't know him would think he's a gray cat."
The person responsible for bathing Afu every day: "..."
The tractor was delivered shortly after An Fusheng and his team returned.
The children went from watching the Samoyed to yelling and shouting around the tiller.
When An Fusheng bought the machine, the boss had already reminded him to buy diesel fuel on his way home, so now that he had fueled it, he could start plowing the land immediately!
The boss taught An Fusheng how to set up the machine and turn it on. The machine made a powerful "bang bang bang" sound.
The children were extremely excited.
"Wow, it made a sound! It's amazing!"
"Wow, it can move!"
"It even smokes!"
...
An Fusheng was also very excited. This was the guy who could help him plow the land!
But he was different from these kids. As the eldest brother, he needed to stay calm. It was just a machine, nothing amazing. Only naive kids would make a fuss over the smallest things.
An Fusheng tried hard to suppress the smile that was creeping up his face. After seeing the boss off, he couldn't wait to push the machine into the field, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, move aside a bit, I'm going to start plowing."
The children moved away on their own, but their eyes remained glued to the machine.
An Fusheng pushed the machine toward the wasteland. The overgrown land, when it encountered the powerful tractor, surrendered to its steel claws without any resistance. Wherever the tractor passed, the land turned over like a groveling cat, revealing the reddish-brown soil.
"Wow, this grassland was wiped out in no time! My brother is amazing!" An Shisi clapped his hands in praise.
The other children were also very supportive, following behind An Fusheng and showering him with compliments.
An Fusheng calmly accepted that although the tiller was very powerful, it was still under his control.
The efficiency of the machine is astounding.
In less than three hours, the backyard, which seemed impossible to dig completely, had been turned over, and even the soil for planting vegetables had been prepared.
An Fusheng suddenly had the illusion that farming was incredibly easy.
The assistants were very enthusiastic about their work. After An Fusheng directed them to cut off the tree roots in the field, they were still full of energy and high spirits. So An Fusheng assigned them the task of sowing seeds again.
This time, Lin Wuyang was also included.
Although Lin Wuyang is aloof, he still has a heart that loves labor. For example, now that he sees that everyone has seeds, he also stretches out his hands, which are blackened from picking up tree roots, towards An Fusheng.
"Do you know how to grow it?" An Fusheng asked.
Lin Wuyang looked at An Fusheng in silence, letting him figure it out for himself.
An Fusheng handed him a bag of celery seeds. "These are celery seeds. You can put five seeds in each hole, understand?" After saying that, An Fusheng demonstrated it to him.
Lin Wuyang carefully counted out five seeds from the bag and placed them into the pit. After placing them, he looked at An Fusheng, waiting for his approval.
“Yes, that’s it,” An Fusheng praised.
Lin Wuyang learned very well, ensuring that not a single seed was placed in the pit, and that not a single one was too many or too few. Moreover, while Lin Wuyang was placing the seeds, his dog would happily help cover them with soil from behind. Putting aside the fact that a snow-white dog gradually turned into a black dog, the efficiency was quite high.
Seeing that Lin Wuyang had successfully planted several, An Fusheng went to supervise the other children with peace of mind.
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Author's note: I'll update another chapter later and slowly make up for what I owe.
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