Chapter 56: Busy Farming in April 3
All the members of the Pingxi Production Brigade were immersed in the joy of seeing the water running out of the river by itself. Some elderly people had lived their entire lives and had never seen such a rare thing. They were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. They felt that they had lived in vain all these years. New China was still a good place. In a socialist society, water flowed into the fields by itself!
While the members of the Pingxi Production Brigade were excited, the old master stood there awkwardly, unable to utter a word.
He was specially sent by the commune to help the Pingxi Production Brigade and teach them how to use the diesel water pump. However, he couldn't even install it himself, and a young man sent by the commune took care of the job directly.
He felt that he was really embarrassing himself.
He immediately lowered his head, packed up his things and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Chen Youfu quickly stopped him and said, "Go on, go on. Even though we've got water out of here, we might still have some problems later on. I need your advice. You have to stay for dinner at least."
The old master said with a stern face, "No thanks. I can't help you anyway. I have to get home to work!"
No matter how much Chen Youfu tried to persuade the old master, he just left. In the end, he had no choice but to let it go.
At this time, after the initial excitement, the members all turned their eyes of admiration and worship to the educated youth.
Everyone looked at them with admiration, especially Huo Jinyun.
Huo Jinyun just wanted to keep a low profile and not attract attention, but now that Xiao Dingkun has pushed her to do this, she has no choice but to do it seriously.
Amidst everyone's admiring gazes, he calmly said, "This place needs to be regularly filled with cold and hot water."
China currently faces a significant power shortage, with rural areas lacking electricity. In these backward areas, farming relies entirely on human labor and livestock, leading to extremely low production efficiency. This small diesel engine can be used to power tractors and irrigation and drainage equipment, gradually achieving rural mechanization.
However, this type of diesel engine will generate a lot of heat during the startup process. In order to cool the heat, water must be poured into it. When the water boils, the hot water must be released and new cold water must be added.
As soon as he said this, everyone around him nodded repeatedly, and even Chen Youfu said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, remember, we must write these things down!"
As people were surprised, Huo Jinyun closed the sluice gate and the water stopped immediately. Everyone was even more surprised. At this time, looking at Huo Jinyun was like looking at a god.
Chen Youfu hurried over and discussed the watering matter with Huo Jinyun.
There are a lot of fields in the production team, and all of them need to be watered. They have to plan which part to water first, which part to water later, how to pull the pipes, and which ditch to take.
Finally, Chen Youfu said with a smile, "These matters can actually be taken care of by the cadres in our brigade. However, when it comes time to move the diesel engine's water pump and pull the pipes, Jinyun, you have to help watch over it. Otherwise, our members will be clumsy and might damage the diesel engine."
Huo Jinyun was actually quite impressed by the peasant production team leader. He didn't seem to be clueless, but rather had some courage. He admired him. Furthermore, he was always humble and considerate of others. Naturally, he hurriedly said, "If you need me, just call me."
Chen Youfu was overjoyed and excitedly shook Huo Jinyun's hand. "Okay, Comrade Huo Jinyun, you don't need to do anything else with the irrigation this time. Just focus on helping us take care of this diesel water pump!"
Sun Lina, who was standing next to him, was quite proud of it. She smiled and said to Xiao Dingkun, "Dingkun, this time it's all thanks to you. If you hadn't come forward, Jinyun would definitely not admit that he could do this."
She also knew Huo Jinyun's personality. They came from the city together. When she heard that something happened in Huo Jinyun's family, he was extremely careful in his actions, afraid of making any mistakes, and dared not make a splash.
When Xiao Dingkun heard this, he was lazy and didn't even glance at her. He put his hands in his pockets and walked away.
His sister is familiar with Huo Jinyun, and he and Huo Jinyun have known each other for a long time. He knew that something happened in Huo Jinyun's family this time, so he had been hiding aside. But he couldn't keep hiding like this for the rest of his life.
So when Chen Youfu asked him to be the team leader of the educated youth, he directly gave it to Huo Jinyun.
This time, the diesel engine incident brought Huo Jinyun to the forefront again.
Now that the diesel engine water pump was fixed, he was too lazy to look at the admiring eyes of the people around him and just walked away.
Sun Lina was turned down in front of the team leader Chen Youfu and felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, she saw Su Wanru talking to Huo Jinyun, so she hurried over.
Fubao was originally there to watch the fun with Gu Shengtian, but later he saw that the water in the river actually came out directly from the hose. He was really stunned and felt that he had never seen such a rare thing in his life.
Gu Shengtian was also very excited. He pulled Fubao over to take a closer look. However, everyone was surrounding Huo Jinyun at that moment, and the two little guys couldn't squeeze in at all. Gu Shengtian made the next best thing: "Come on, let's go ask that Xiao Dingkun. He's also very powerful!"
Fubao of course agreed, so the two little guys caught up with Xiao Dingkun.
Gu Shengtian: "You are all so amazing. You actually know this. What's going on? How can the water just come out on its own? Is this a magic trick?"
Fubao also looked at Xiao Dingkun with admiration.
Xiao Dingkun originally ignored everyone, but when he saw Fubao among the two children, he stopped.
He raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "Diesel engines work on their own principles. They use the movement of the diesel plunger to create suction through pressure, sucking the water up."
He wasn't very interested in this, but he had heard about it a little, and it had also been mentioned in some extracurricular books he had read.
"What's a plunger?"
“What is stress?”
"What is a principle?"
This sentence really triggered a series of questions, and the two little guys asked a lot of questions.
Xiao Dingkun frowned.
He was a man without patience, not with anyone, let alone children.
But now it’s Fubao, and Fubao is curious.
He had no choice but to think hard: "All these things can be seen in the principle design diagram of the diesel engine."
Fubao tilted his head and asked with admiration and confusion, "What is a schematic design drawing?"
Xiao Dingkun: "...It's the design drawing."
Suddenly I had a headache.
Fortunately, Gu Shengtian changed the direction of the question at this time: "Big brother, how did you hear about this?"
Xiao Dingkun glanced at Gu Shengtian. He had no good feelings for children, but thinking that he was Fubao's older brother, he at least had a little patience and explained, "You should go to school and study hard. By the time you reach high school, you will have the basic knowledge of the principles in this area."
high school?
Fubao and Gu Shengtian looked at each other.
Their father is a junior high school student, which means he is a well-educated person. The eldest brother in the family, Niu Dan, is only in the fourth grade of elementary school. High school seems very far away. I heard that they have to go to high school in the district and there is no high school in the commune.
Xiao Dingkun looked at Fubao, seeing her face full of longing and confusion, and added: "So all children should go to school, study hard, read and learn to read, so that they can-"
As he was talking, he suddenly felt that he couldn't continue.
He is a person who doesn't care about anything, so why is he here preaching to a child these words that make him feel headache when he hears them?
He coughed, then continued calmly, "You should go to school first. You'll slowly understand once you get there."
This is Fubao.
Fubao lives in such a small mountain village, so he must guide Fubao to be interested in going to school.
While the three were talking, a man carrying a small bamboo basket of raw silver was hiding in the dark, frowning and looking at Xiao Dingkun carefully.
Although Xiao Dingkun and Fubao only exchanged two sentences, she could tell that Fubao and Xiao Dingkun were very familiar with each other.
She didn't know that Fubao was so familiar with Xiao Dingkun.
Shengyin narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
She had never seen Xiao Dingkun in her previous life, and there was no such person among the educated youth group.
Speaking of people with the surname Xiao, there was one, named Xiao Chujing. She was 21 years old when she went to the countryside. She was weak and could not lift anything with her hands or shoulders. As for what happened to her later, Shengyin didn't remember much.
I'm not doing very well anyway, otherwise she would have known.
And this Xiao Dingkun seems to be Xiao Chujing's younger brother. No one knows what minor accident happened in his life, and this Xiao Dingkun came to the countryside to replace his sister.
This is a variable.
After some thought, Shengyin felt that this change was actually a good thing for her.
According to Fubao's original destiny, she would follow her father to the educated youth point to play, and occasionally become familiar with Huo Jinyun at the educated youth point. The silly and innocent girl was very much liked by Huo Jinyun, who had a literary temperament. Huo Jinyun taught her to recognize words, tell her stories, and preach to her.
Huo Jinyun later became a teacher at the newly established primary school in the production brigade, and Fubao was his favorite student and darling. A few years later, the educated youth returned to the city, and Huo Jinyun went to university. Several more opportunities presented themselves, leading him to become an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a renowned figure in his field.
Fubao was admitted to university and moved to the city. Huo Jinyun still remembered the little girl from her time in the countryside, and took good care of her and gave her a lot of help. It can be said that Huo Jinyun was Fubao's benefactor and guiding light in her previous life.
Fubao met Huo Jinyun's younger brother Huo Jinze through Huo Jinyun. Huo Jinze fell in love with Fubao at first sight and pursued her madly. Fubao then married Huo Jinze.
The Huo family originally had a good family background and was not an ordinary family. Later, Huo Jinze developed his own business to a very large scale and became a big figure on the wealth list. The wealth that Fubao enjoyed was unimaginable to ordinary people.
And Huo Jinze also loved Fubao very much. It can be said that he held Fubao in his hands and cherished him all his life.
But from the current signs, Fubao did not seem to get familiar with Huo Jinyun because of this opportunity. Instead, he was chatting enthusiastically with Xiao Dingkun here.
He is just an unknown person. If Fubao does this, will he miss out on Huo Jinyun, his destined benefactor?
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