Yang Xiaogang seemed to be afraid that Xiao Yunfei would be suspicious, so he added before Xiao Yunfei could speak.
"Let me make it clear first. I'll work for you for free. I used your tiller and you didn't even ask me for money. It's only natural that I should help you out. Starting tomorrow, I'll be driving the tiller to help you work until our new assignments are assigned in the fall. Whenever there's work, just call me. Don't be shy with me."
Human nature is selfish. Xiao Yunfei didn't expect Yang Xiaogang to say this.
He chose Yang Xiaogang to drive the micro-tillage machine, firstly because Yang Xiaogang was smart and learned quickly, and secondly because he was honest and did not cheat, so he could do his work quickly and properly.
Now it seems that he really chose the right person.
But since Yang Xiaogang doesn't care about him, he naturally won't treat Yang Xiaogang unfairly.
He raised his eyes and asked.
"You've been helping me with my work for free. Don't you feel wronged?"
Yang Xiaogang asked back.
"Why should I feel wronged? What should I feel wronged about? If you hadn't lent me the tiller, I would have had to work until autumn to finish the land reclamation task assigned to me. You've done that kind of work before, and you know how tiring it is. But it's different now. Now I can just drive the tiller and get the job done. It's so much easier than before. I can't thank you enough, I don't feel wronged."
Yang Xiaogang became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes wide open and his face beaming with joy.
"Brother Yunfei, you don't know. My parents were so happy when they knew you chose me and that I could drive a tiller. They said I was capable and told me to get along well with you and not to make you angry. And now our whole family has a lot of face in the village. Everyone envies me and says that my ancestors are so proud of me that you chose me."
Will your ancestors be proud of using a micro-tillage machine?
Seeing Yang Xiaogang's happy expression, Xiao Yunfei's smile gradually turned bitter.
He felt that the people living in Ningguta were very pitiful.
The people exiled here have restricted movements, and most of them can only work day after day to fill their stomachs. They have lived such a hopeless life for years, decades, or even several lifetimes.
That's why they get so excited when they see hope and feel that their previous lives may be improved.
When people here see that the micro-tiller can really help people with work, it feels like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw. It is a feeling of being saved and finally having hope.
Xiao Yunfei thought to himself that if he didn't have Su Miaomiao, perhaps he would have lived a hopeless life like millions of people in Ningguta. It is also possible that he would not have been able to get here at all and died early on the road.
Because of his own experience, Xiao Yunfei sympathized with the people in Ningguta.
He patted Yang Xiaogang's arm and said.
"I understand what you mean, but I can't keep you working for me for free. Starting today, you'll work for me for free for fifteen days. After fifteen days, I'll start paying you. We can discuss the amount of your wages later."
Did he hear it right?
Fifteen days later, Xiao Yunfei actually wanted to pay him wages?
Yang Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"I don't want money. Even if I help you operate the tiller until autumn, I'm still taking advantage of you. I'm already embarrassed. If you give me more money, I'll really find a hole to crawl into."
He paused here, glanced at Xiao Yunfei, and then mustered up the courage to speak.
"Brother Yunfei, if you think I'm an okay person, can you promise me one thing?"
For people living in Ningguta, what they want most must be food, followed by money, because money can buy food, and food can fill their stomachs.
When poverty reaches a certain level, the most important thing is to be able to fill your stomach.
But now Yang Xiaogang says he doesn't want money.
Xiao Yunfei was very curious about what Yang Xiaogang wanted him to agree to, so he asked.
"What is it? Tell me."
"Brother Yunfei, can you accept me as your disciple?"
Accepting disciples?
Xiao Yunfei has no such plans for the time being.
He asked with a slight frown.
"Why do you want to be my apprentice?"
"Because I think you're amazing and I admire you so much. From now on, I want to follow you and hang out with you. And you just taught me how to drive a tiller, so in my heart you're already my master. But I don't know if you're willing to take me in."
Accepting a disciple is a big deal. One must have a deep understanding of the disciple's character and all aspects before making the decision.
Because accepting a disciple means being responsible for the disciple.
Not only do we have to teach apprentices knowledge and skills, but we also have to teach them how to be a good person and provide them with help in life.
The master-disciple relationship is a very important social relationship, which is deeply bound to a person, so it cannot be decided lightly.
What's more, Xiao Yunfei is now a criminal, and what he wants to do in the future will be very dangerous. If the matter is exposed, those who are related to him will definitely be held responsible.
So Xiao Yunfei politely declined.
"I don't have any thoughts of taking in a disciple for now. I think we are about the same age, so it would be good for us to be brothers."
Yang Xiaogang's disappointment was visibly evident, and he said with a smile on his face.
"Okay, then let's be brothers, good brothers."
It was getting late, so Xiao Yunfei asked Yang Xiaogang to go home first.
Xiao Yunfei returned to the house and saw that the herbs and wild vegetables had been processed. At this time, Zhang Xing was wiping the kang with a rag, and the children were picking up the fallen leaves and dirt on the ground with brooms.
Zhang Xing heard the voice and turned to him.
"Brother, I have to give you the medicine again before going to bed."
"I see." Xiao Yunfei didn't see Su Miaomiao, so he asked, "Where is your sister-in-law?"
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