The warehouse wasn't large, just a few rows of shelves with spare parts scattered about. Zhu Youliang walked around and finally picked up a connector. Wu Dahai was about to ask him what he wanted when Jiang Xiaoyu returned, carrying a metal lunch box.
Wu Dahai saw it and hurried over. "What's going on? Mr. Zhang doesn't want to eat again?"
Jiang Xiaoyu glared at him and stuffed the lunch box in his hand, "You're in luck."
After saying that, he sat down at the table at the door.
Wu Dahai opened the lunch box and saw the plump white dumplings. He immediately picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering as he ate, "Mr. Zhang is so unlucky!"
"Shut up! Get out after you finish eating." Jiang Xiaoyu said angrily.
Wu Dahai went out in a huff. Zhu Youliang walked up to Jiang Xiaoyu and said, "The tractor in our village broke down a few days ago. We need to replace the connector. How much is one?"
Jiang Xiaoyu took a look and said, "One piece."
Zhu Youliang felt that it was a bit expensive, but thinking that they were all family and would not cheat him, he immediately took out the one dollar that Liang Yuan had given him last night, intending to go back and ask Chen Youguo for reimbursement.
After Jiang Xiaoyu finished registering, he also went out. Wu Dahai waved at him, and when he went over, he saw a few fat dumplings.
"How about it? Am I nice enough, brother? Eat it. Even though other people don't want it, it's delicious food. It's only right to fill your stomach." Wu Dahai said as he pushed the lunch box in his hand forward.
Zhu Youliang certainly wouldn't be disgusted. He was also feeling hungry, so he immediately picked up a dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth. "Thanks, Brother Wu."
Wu Dahai said proudly: "It's okay, I'll have meat to eat if I follow Brother Wu in the future."
Zhu Youliang quickly finished the remaining dumplings in the tin and was about to return the lunch box. However, Wu Dahai didn't let him and went in alone.
Zhu Youliang was waiting for someone when Chen Dafa came over.
"Youliang, come to my office, I have something to talk to you about." Chen Dafa waved at him from a distance.
Seeing that Wu Dahai was there, he called him over as well.
Zhu Youliang and Wu Dahai hurried over and when they arrived at the stationmaster's office, they saw an old man and a young man sitting there. The old man was quite old, while the young one was only about seventeen or eighteen years old.
Wu Dahai went in first: "Stationmaster, what do you want from us?"
Chen Dafa pointed at the two people sitting on the chairs and said, "This is the village chief Liang from Houmiao Village and his eldest grandson. The submersible pump in their village is broken. Go over and take a look."
Wu Dahai immediately wanted to refuse. He didn't know how to repair a submersible pump, and the place was so far away from Houmiao Village. Walking there in this weather would be exhausting. No wonder they had asked Zhu Youliang instead of Jiang Gong. This wasn't a good job. So he quickly covered his stomach and said, "Stationmaster, I'm sorry, I have a stomachache. I need to go to the restroom first." With that, he ran away.
"Come back, come back." Chen Dafa couldn't stop shouting from behind, so he looked at Zhu Youliang, "Youliang, can you do it alone?"
Zhu Youliang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Stationmaster, I can do it alone."
Seeing he agreed, Chen Dafa said hurriedly, "Alright, this should be done as soon as possible. Go take a look first, and come to me if you have any questions. Regardless of whether it's repaired or not, you can go straight home after you're done, so you don't have to run back and forth; it's far away. Oh, and by the way, go find Jiang Xiaoyu at the warehouse and tell her I asked you to give her a set of common repair tools. Once you get them, follow Village Chief Liang to Houmiao Village." This was originally supposed to be done by Engineer Jiang, the most experienced person at the agricultural machinery station. However, he felt embarrassed because Zhu Youliang had fixed the tractor he hadn't repaired, so he simply passed on the task. As for the others, they were all half-baked, perhaps even worse than Zhu Youliang.
Zhu Youliang nodded, said hello to Village Chief Liang, and went to the backyard.
When he returned with his tools, Village Chief Liang was already standing at the gate, with an oxcart parked beside them. His eldest grandson was already sitting in the front.
"Let's go." Zhu Youliang said after getting on the ox cart.
Village Chief Liang was a kind old man. When he saw Zhu Youliang coming up, he immediately smiled and said, "Young man, are you new here? I haven't seen you before."
Zhu Youliang nodded: "Yes."
Village Chief Liang was unhappy, feeling that Chen Dafa was playing him for a fool, but he didn't show it. He then pulled Zhu Youliang aside to chat with his parents, and their tone warmed up considerably. They chatted until noon before arriving at Houmiao Village. The area surrounding Houmiao Village was hilly, and while the terrain wasn't flat, it did have a number of paddy fields. Just as he crossed a small stream, Village Chief Liang spotted a figure squatting in the half-man-high grass nearby. Standing up, he saw Liang Dayou tinkering with the submersible pump again.
He immediately asked his grandson to stop the car and yelled towards the river: "Dayou, who told you to mess with this submersible pump again? If you break it, it will cost money to replace the parts."
Liang Dayou raised his head, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Uncle, why are you back so early? I went to high school and used a submersible pump before. Let me try, maybe I can fix it. I heard that in the village across from Qianmiao Village, a high school student fixed a tractor. He had never touched a tractor before, but he had seen others do it a few times." He had deliberately taken the submersible pump out while Liang Guoqing was away. He thought that since the paddy fields by the river had been planted and it was next to the water, he could try it out right away after it was repaired, so he decided to come here. Who knew Liang Guoqing was so sharp-eyed that he had discovered everything.
Zhu Youliang: "...\"
Liang Guoqing was so angry that he fell backwards: "Hurry up and bring the submersible pump back to me, I will settle the score with you later."
Seeing a stranger on the oxcart, Liang Dayou guessed that this person must be from the agricultural machinery station. Thinking that he had been tinkering with it all morning and hadn't come up with anything, he simply nodded, put the disassembled submersible pump back together, and headed back.
When they reached the oxcart, Liang Guoqin immediately slapped him on the back of the head. He didn't get angry, but smiled at Zhu Youliang and said, "Are you a technician from the agricultural machinery station? Hello, my name is Liang Dayou."
"Hello, my name is Zhu Youliang." Zhu Youliang stretched out his hand and shook hands with him.
Liang Dayou immediately said excitedly: "You are Zhu Youliang! Uncle, he is the high school student who repaired the tractor in the next village I told you about."
Liang Guoqing said angrily, "What are you yelling about? Behave yourself. I'll ask your grandfather to beat you up when you get back."
"Oh." Liang Dayou was only momentarily frustrated before immediately returning to his conversation with Zhu Youliang. He didn't get on the oxcart either, simply following behind with the submersible pump in his arms. He did, however, leave the bamboo poles holding the electrical wiring on the oxcart. By this time, the submersible pump was already charging, but the village didn't have the necessary equipment, so they used bamboo poles to tie the stripped wires to the high-voltage lines between the poles. It was dangerous, but there was no other way. Zhu Youliang had warned everyone when he first arrived, but they'd gotten used to it. After all, using a submersible pump was much easier than carrying water.
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