Chapter 65: What about our agreement to become monks together in the mountains? ...
Liang Qimao had forgotten how he got on the tractor. Only when he touched the familiar operating console in his hand did he come back to his senses and notice the urging gaze of the person under the tractor.
Qi Fang actually managed to fix the tractor, even when Director Xu couldn't do anything about it and was even short of parts...
Even if this tractor can't run in the end, it can be started and its accessories can be modified. Qi Fang doesn't look like a lumberjack at all, right?
Liang Qimao almost didn't recognize the three words "lumberjack", but he still pressed the button engraved in his memory almost instinctively.
The tractor started up with a rumble and circled around the small repair shop. Whether it was moving forward or turning, it seemed to be no different from before.
He tried several other buttons and they all worked, and it was more than just starting the car.
This made him unable to help but look at the tall figure under the car, only to see Xu Wenli waving at him and shouting, "Drive out! Drive out and try!"
The people had already come up, so no matter how much or how little they drove, he withdrew his gaze and drove out through the gate of the small repair shop.
The small repair shop was not far from the site headquarters. Not long after we drove out, someone there noticed the movement here.
Secretary Lang quickly came over and asked, "Is it fixed? Is it working?"
"Yes, it can be opened." Regardless of whether he was willing to admit it or not, Liang Qimao had to answer truthfully when Secretary Lang asked.
Xu Wenli followed behind the tractor and explained to Secretary Lang: "Xiao Qi fixed it for me. I modified the parts myself."
"Modify the parts?" Secretary Lang was genuinely surprised. "Xiao Qi is capable of this?"
"Why else would I ask him to try? He's already been repaired here once before. Those guys at the town's machine shop are crazy. They demoted someone with such good skills to the forest farm."
Xu Wenli would talk about this every time he thought of it. But if the town machine repair shop didn't go crazy, it wouldn't be their turn.
The two watched the tractor circle the small square. It turned out to be fine. Liang Qimao stopped the tractor and asked, "Are you still driving?"
"Leave it there for now. I'll get the internal combustion engine over and pull it up the mountain."
Secretary Lang breathed a sigh of relief. With these two RT-12s, even if logging 50 cannot be repaired for the time being, logging will not be delayed too much.
Xu Wenli also breathed a sigh of relief. At least Qi Fang had fixed the thing, otherwise his two apprentices would have really messed it up.
"Think of a way to get those 50-ton collection machines up and running first. You can't just sit there and wait, right?" Secretary Lang said to Xu Wenli again.
Xu Wenli was about to nod, but paused as he thought of something. "How about you let Xiao Qi stay with me for a few more days?"
Liang Qimao had just gotten off the tractor when he heard this and immediately felt unwell.
Xu Wenli was worried that Secretary Lang would disagree. "You've seen Xiao Qi's craftsmanship. What if these two RT-12s break down again and the town machine repair shop hasn't fixed them yet?"
As long as the town machine repair shop doesn't find the cause and solve the problem, they will have to use these two RT-12s.
As we all know, RT-12 is an old machine imported from Surguan. It is more prone to breakdown than Jimu 50, otherwise they would not have been replaced with this batch of new tractors.
Xu Wenli actually had another consideration, but he wasn't sure himself, so he didn't say it. However, Secretary Lang nodded and said, "Okay, let him stay with you for a while."
After a few words, Qi Fang no longer had to go up the mountain to cut down trees in the cold wind and heavy snow. Liang Qimao felt a little toothache.
If he had known Qi Fang had this skill, why would he have gone to stab Qi Fang? Why did he follow him? Isn't this just slapping himself in the face?
But when he heard that he was going to be seconded, Qi Fang asked, "Can I follow the internal combustion engine up the mountain to get the stuff?"
Could Secretary Lang and Xu Wenli say no? So Qi Fang went up the mountain with him in an internal combustion engine.
Qi Fang had a dull expression along the way. He didn't look at him, let alone make any sarcastic remarks, but it was worse than sarcasm.
Moreover, Liang Qimao always felt uneasy, wondering if this kid knew something else, fearing that the other party would reveal another big bomb for him.
This made him feel relieved when he separated from Qi Fang at the camp on the mountain, and he walked very fast.
When Qi Fang returned to the camp dormitory, Liu Weiguo and his men had just finished work and were a little surprised to see him. "Didn't you take the opportunity to stay overnight at the foot of the mountain?"
If it were them, since they had already gone down, why would they be in such a hurry to come up?
Let’s get a good night’s sleep at home with our wife and children first.
Someone else laughed and joked, "This is Qi Fang. If he were Weiguo, he would definitely go home to see his wife and children."
"Yes, his mother came to see him today, and he kept talking about his wife and children. His heart had already flown away."
Liu Weiguo was so amused by what he said that he didn't refute it. He even grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to Qi Fang. "My mom brought them here today. My wife fried them."
He especially emphasized the last sentence, and his arrogance was almost overflowing from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Qi Fang glanced at him and didn't answer. "I'll come back to pack my things."
Liu Weiguo was a little surprised. "Why are you packing up?"
"Go to the small repair shop for a few days."
This time Liu Weiguo was silent for a long while -
"Oh my god! Qi Fang, you can actually go home! Why didn't I encounter such a good thing?"
We agreed to become monks together in the mountains, so why did he leave the secular world without permission?
Originally, everyone was staying together on the mountain, and he had some psychological comfort. After all, he couldn't do anything at home, so he was better than others. But in the end...
Liu Weiguo was depressed, especially when he saw Qi Fang first take out a large pile of food from the cabinet and then rolled up the bearskin mattress.
This guy took away all the things his wife prepared for him, leaving only the things he used to bring when going up the mountain in the dormitory.
Seeing Qi coming back with so many bags, Yan Jigang and the second old lady were also surprised. Yan Jigang's eyes even widened, "Sister, brother-in-law?!"
Yan Xue, however, was not surprised at all. She came over to take the things from his hands and asked, "How many days are you staying here this time?"
"I don't know." Qi Fang didn't let her take it. He carried it in himself and came out to see what they were fiddling with in the yard. "Is it newly made?"
Yan Xuecai had someone build a sled, about the same size as the one Liu Chuncai had pulled up the hill. Yan Jigang had been playing with it in the yard for a while, and he even let the second old lady sit on it while he pulled it in front.
Upon hearing this, he immediately explained to his brother-in-law: "My sister said that she wants to go up the mountain to blow up pine cones." He had a strong desire to express himself.
Qi Fang said "hmm", picked him up and put him on the sled, then pulled it around twice.
Soon Yan Jigang's cheerful laughter was heard in the yard. After he had played enough, Qi Fang put down the sled, went in, washed his hands and took off his coat.
The second old lady was still worried about his sudden trip down the mountain, so she came over to ask about it.
"It's okay. The small repair shop can't fix the tractor. Let me borrow it to repair it for a few days."
Qi Fang said it lightly, but when he returned to his room, he found the right moment to hold Yan Xue's face and kissed her on the lips.
There was a real "bo" sound, and Yan Xue slapped him with the kiss, "Are you childish?"
"You asked me to call you sister." The man actually had the nerve to answer, and even lifted Yan Xue's chin, pretending to kiss her again.
This time, Yan Xue covered it with her hand, forcing him to lower his peach blossom eyes to look at Yan Xue and peck at the palm of her hand.
Yan Xue had discovered that this man seemed quiet and cold, and more mature than his peers, but when he was in a good mood, he would occasionally do something childish.
For example, he just now insisted on kissing her, and another time before, he insisted on touching her head with wet hands.
Thinking of this, Yan Xue pushed the man's face straight and said, "When you came back from town that day, you starched all the sheets at home. Did something good happen to you?"
She just asked casually, but she didn't expect the man to pause and droop his eyelashes. "When?"
This was a bit like playing dumb, but Yan Xue was actually curious. "The day you went to town to buy bricks and tiles, you brought me some agar-agar. Did you forget?"
Qi Fang certainly hadn't forgotten, but he still replied with a cold and handsome face: "Yeah, I forgot."
He couldn't just say that he met Qi Fang and wished Qi Fang to find a blind date soon, right?
Seeing Yan Xue was about to ask more, he lowered his voice and asked, "I wasn't here for a few days. You didn't ask Ji Gang to come back, did you?"
The peach blossom eyes stared at Yan Xue quietly, making it difficult for Yan Xue not to notice the ambiguous meaning in the words.
It seems that she really doesn't want to say it, even using this trick. Yan Xue narrowed her eyes and said, "Let me give it to you. Grandma and Jigang are living in our house now."
Qi Fang's expression froze again, and Yan Xue smiled and pushed him away, "Do you really think I'm willing to squeeze in with you? I have my own room."
She took two steps back, sat down on the kang, and got down to business. "Is the problem with this batch of 50 timber easy to solve?"
It is impossible to hide the fact that something as big as a tractor is going to and from a small repair shop. Yan Xue knew this and was not surprised to see the man come back.
Hearing her question, Qi Fang leaned against the desk and said, "It's not easy to solve. It's a flaw in the hydraulic system design."
Afraid she didn't understand, I explained a few more words: "The hydraulic system design is flawed, which will put pressure on the related components and cause damage to them. It was fine when the weather was warm before, but now it's cold."
No wonder there were no problems before, but problems arose just a few days after we went up the mountain to cut down trees.
However, since he said it was not easy to solve, rather than unsolvable, he probably already had a plan in mind. Yan Xue didn't understand and didn't ask any more questions.
She simply lowered her voice and said, "There's such a big problem with this thing. The person who designed this hydraulic system should be held responsible."
"Who knows?" Qi Fang sneered, "He's so capable, and those people are in cahoots with him."
There are some people and some things that they really can't do anything about right now, but not everyone can't do anything about it.
Yan Xue winked at the man and said, "This is a problem for the town's machine repair shop. All the forest farms in the town have changed their timber collection this year."
The town's machine repair shop is in trouble, especially after working non-stop for three days without finding the cause of the problem.
First, the forest farms urged me to pay, then the town leaders urged me to pay. The phone in the office kept ringing, which was so noisy that it made my head hurt.
The electricians, handymen, and apprentices below are still okay, but Chen Jizhong, who works in a technical position, earns a high salary and is under extremely great pressure. He has only slept in his chair for two nights in a row.
But these people not only called to ask for help, but also came to the scene to ask, "It's been three days, and you still haven't found the problem?"
"Can you hurry up? The forest farm is still waiting for the wood to be used. We can't just leave it there after cutting it down, right?"
"Secretary Qu asked me to come over and ask what's going on with this batch of 50 wood. Does the bureau still have tasks to complete this year?"
At first, Chen Jizhong managed to cope as best he could, but he eventually grew tired of the questions. He could tolerate the people in the bureau, but when the forestry farm came to urge him, he responded directly, "Who should I ask? I didn't collect this batch of 50 timber, and the county didn't say it had this problem!"
The visitor was baffled by the criticism, and someone from the management quickly stepped out to smooth things over. "Don't be angry, comrade. Master Chen hasn't slept for three days. He's anxious, so his words might be a little harsh."
I explained to him, "When the county engineer came down, they didn't say this problem would occur. We've already contacted the county and asked them to send someone down to take a look."
"The 50 can't be repaired, but can you spare some time to repair the RT-12 for us? At least we have something to use first."
"We'd like to, but we don't have the time. Look, in just a short while, three waves of people have come to urge us."
What else could the visitor say? He could only go back with a lot of anger. He didn't get the job done, and he would probably be criticized by the people in the field when he returned.
He just had a stomachache today, so before leaving the machine repair shop, he went to the toilet in the factory.
I was pulling up my pants after work when I heard people walking outside and talking in low voices.
"It's been three days. One moment he's telling us to tear down this, the next moment he's telling us to tear down that. Can we even take a break?"
"Come on, stop talking. He's the master chef and we're just handymen."
"Qi Fang was also a technician before, why didn't he behave like this? He went to great lengths to drive people away, only to find himself with nothing in return."
Probably because he was really angry, he immediately said, "Perhaps if Qi Fang hadn't gone to Jinchuan, this matter would have been resolved long ago. He is much more capable than him."
"I told you to keep your mouth shut, but you're still getting excited. Be careful if someone hears you and tells Master Chen about it."
I don’t know if he was really afraid of being heard so he stopped talking, or if he lowered his voice even more, but the person who came didn’t hear it anyway.
But he also remembered a name - Qi Fang from Jinchuan Forest Farm.
This made him not rush out after leaving the restroom. Instead, he went back to the factory and found someone. "Comrade, let me ask, have the people from Jinchuan Forest Farm come to urge us in the past two days?"
"Yes, which forest farm hasn't come to urge them? The factory's phone is almost blown away by calls."
He was a little disappointed by the other party's answer, but he still asked again: "Did they send anyone to the factory to urge it?"
"It seems not." The other party thought for a moment, "Now that you mention it, their forest farm really didn't send anyone to the factory to urge us. They just made a few phone calls."
The visitor didn't ask any more questions, thanked him and left, and reported to the farm as soon as he returned.
"You said they weren't rushing us, maybe they have a solution?" The field secretary was clearly unconvinced. "What solution could they have?"
"Why not give it a try and call? What if it really is there? It's better than just waiting here."
Their forest farm is now almost at a standstill. Three of the four 50 logging machines are broken, and only one is still struggling to operate. The two RT-12 machines are also unusable.
So the call was made to the Jinchuan Forest Farm. Secretary Lang was a little surprised when he first answered the phone. "Are you asking about Qi Fang from our forest farm? There's such a person. What's the matter?"
"He's from the town's machine repair factory, right?" The other party confirmed with him first.
After hearing him say yes, the other party got straight to the point, "Tell me the truth, do you have a solution at your forest farm? That's why you didn't go to the town machine repair shop to urge them?"
Some things are afraid of comparison. When you feel that you are very miserable, and find that there are people who are worse off than you, you will feel that you are not so miserable.
Secretary Lang was in this state right now. When he heard the other party's question, he even had the mood to take a sip of water. "It's not really a solution. I just want to repair the two RT-12s and use them first."
When the other party heard that it was repaired and used, he said, "Qi Fang from your forest farm can fix it, right? I heard that he is better than the master mechanic from the town machine repair shop."
This is purely flattery. After all, they need help from others, so they have to say something nice before they can speak.
Secretary Lang was also aware of this, and he didn't get carried away by the praise. He said, "I don't know whether it can be repaired or not. I have to ask him. If you are really anxious, I will call him over and you can tell him what's going on."
The other side naturally agreed and said that they would call the people from the small repair shop and let them talk to Qi Fang.
Secretary Lang hung up the phone and wanted to ask someone to go to the small repair factory to find Qi Fang, but after hesitating for a moment, he went there in person.
When he entered, Xu Wenli and Qi Fang were crowded in the operating room of a 50-ton skidder, bending over to check something. Qi Fang said something and Xu Wenli nodded with a very serious expression.
This made him pause, and he didn't say anything in a hurry. He waited until the two of them finished talking and stood up before calling out Xu Wenli.
"Secretary Lang is here? Is there any movement at the town machine repair factory?" Xu Wenli asked this as soon as he saw him.
This made Secretary Lang feel helpless. "Not yet." He didn't rush to talk about looking for Qi Fang. "What have you found out?"
It was just a casual question, but Xu Wenli unexpectedly relaxed his brows. "It's a problem with the newly replaced hydrostatic system. Xiao Qi and I were discussing it."
Secretary Lang now straightened his expression. "Is it confirmed? Can it be done?"
"It's confirmed." Xu Wenli nodded. "As for whether it can be done, Xiao Qi and I are still discussing it. We just have some clues."
This made Secretary Lang look at Qi Fang again. "If it can be fixed, even if it's just passable, I'll apply to the town to transfer Xiao Qi to the small repair shop."
That's what Xu Wenli wanted to hear. "You said it yourself. Don't let us say that the small repair shop is full and it's hard to handle."
"You asked him to fix the small loudspeaker and build a firewall for the headquarters, isn't it just for this?"
Secretary Lang knew exactly what he was thinking. "Alright, I need to talk to Xiao Qi about something." He looked directly at Qi Fang. "There are two more RT-12s at Naoshan Forest Farm. I was wondering if you could repair them."
Qi Fang didn't waste any time. He washed his hands and followed him to the farm office. That afternoon, the two RT-12s from Naoshan Forest Farm were pulled to Jinchuan Forest Farm using internal combustion engines.
The other party was well prepared and had even asked the town for any parts that might need to be replaced. The director of the small repair shop also came over and helped Qi Fang fix the parts together with Xu Wenli.
After the repairs were completed and they returned, they were no longer in a hurry. After all, they had two RT-12s, so they were definitely not the worst off. Who would still go to the town machine repair shop to suffer that kind of trouble?
Chen Jizhong still felt that he was being bullied by the county machinery factory. The factory director called them several times, but they always said they didn't have time. The same was true for the engineer from the county machinery factory he contacted.
After days of constant urging, someone finally showed up. I read that the problem was the same as with tractors in two other towns in the county, likely a problem with the newly replaced hydrostatic system. The county officials were already contacting the manufacturer, but they left without offering a solution.
This made him want to imitate others and curse their machine repair shop in private: "It hasn't been solved in these days, and it's still a county machinery factory."
However, when he thought about the curses others had said about them in private, he realized one thing: why did those people who were always urging people to kill them seem to be less in the forest farm?
I heard that several forestry farms got RT-12 spare parts from them, but I don’t know whether they can repair them themselves after taking them back.
Indeed, not many people were urging the town's machine repair shop to do so. Urging them wouldn't solve the problem anyway, so it would be better to first find a way to repair the previous tractor, which would at least ensure the normal progress of logging work.
Several well-informed forestry farms have already contacted Secretary Lang and sent their unrepaired RT-12s to Jinchuan.
Those who were not well-informed gradually discovered that something was wrong. After a little inquiry, they found out that there was a man named Qi Fang in Jinchuan Forest Farm who worked in the town's machine repair factory and was able to repair it.
Of course, there are also people who hear only a few words and then encounter some urgent matters. By the time they finish dealing with it, they have forgotten whether the other party was talking about Jinchuan or Xiaojinchuan.
He called again, but no one answered, so he called Secretary Qian of the Xiaojinchuan Forest Farm. "I remember your farm had a model worker named Qi Fang last year, right?"
Secretary Qian obviously still remembered him. "Yes, the young man is very capable and often does voluntary labor for the farm. What's wrong?"
"He came from the town's machine repair shop, right?"
"I really don't know. Wait for me to ask someone."
I asked some people, and everyone only knew that Qi Fang's family lived in the town, but they had no idea whether he had ever worked in the town's machine repair shop.
Go to the archives to check the information. The archives were flooded before, and many things are gone. Many of the remaining items are illegible.
Finally, Secretary Qian had no choice but to call Qi Fang down from the mountain and personally ask him, "Xiao Qi, have you ever worked in town before?"
Qi Fang was called down for unknown reasons, but he had indeed worked in the town before. He didn't want to burden his aunt's family, so he came down after graduating from junior high school and worked in the town construction team for two years.
He nodded, and Secretary Qian across from him was visibly relieved. "Then you can repair the RT-12, right?"
Qi Fang was stunned by the question at the time, and when he realized what was going on, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, I can't repair a tractor."
Secretary Qian was also confused. "Aren't you Qi Fang? Didn't you work at the town machine repair shop?"
"My name is Qi Fang, but I've never worked in the town's machine repair shop."
Qi Fang had just finished explaining when the office phone rang. Secretary Qian picked up the phone and asked, "What? You're mistaken. It's Qi Fang from the Jinchuan Forest Farm?"
Qi Fang didn't want to listen at first, but when the other party mentioned Qi Fang, he subconsciously looked over.
Secretary Qian was speechless. "I've already called the people down, and you told me you made a mistake. How could you mistake Jinchuan for Xiaojinchuan?"
That's not necessarily true. Yan Xue's Aunt Qiu Fang had made a mistake before, and she even made Yan Xue find the wrong person...
Qi Fang was just thinking this with his head down when Secretary Qian heard something. He paused for a moment and then stood up.
"What did you say? Did Qi Fang from Jinchuan Forest Farm come up with a solution?"
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