Chapter 260 Compensation
Bai Zhenfei frowned and turned the tractor key again. The engine made only a few weak "clicking" sounds and then became completely silent.
"This...shouldn't it be fine?" Wu Dang rubbed his hands, his dark face filled with anxiety. "Why can't I even start it?"
Su Nanzhi walked quickly to Bai Zhenfei's side and was about to ask something when she was interrupted by a voice.
"Su and the people she brought with her damaged our village's tractor. Pay us compensation!"
Liu Laosan stood in front of the tractor with his hands on his hips, looking righteous, but his slanted eyes were flashing with excitement.
Su Nanzhi didn't expect that she had underestimated Liu Laosan. She didn't expect that in addition to adding white sugar to the fuel tank, he was also preparing to take action.
"Liu Laosan, shut up right there." Wu Dang was anxious, but even angrier. "Comrade Su and the others were so kind to come and repair the tractor for our village, and you're talking nonsense here."
Liu Laosan scoffed, deliberately raising his voice. "Wu Dang, why should I shut up?" He glanced at the villagers gathering around him. "Everyone saw it. The tractor was still humming along, but now it's completely broken after all that tampering!"
As he spoke, his obscene gaze flicked back and forth between Su Nanzhi and Wu Dang. "But you, as the village chief of Dayang Village, always defend the girl from Qinjia Village..." He deliberately dragged out his words, "Do you have any...inappropriate relationship with Su Nanzhi?"
Suddenly, a few chuckles and whispers broke out in the crowd. Wu Dang was shaking with anger and was about to rush forward when Su Nanzhi grabbed his arm.
"Village Chief Wu, calm down." Su Nanzhi turned to look at Liu Laosan and said calmly, "Liu Laosan, we haven't found any specific problems with the tractor yet. How can you be so sure that we broke it?"
Liu Laosan was stunned for a moment, then stiffened his neck and said, "Isn't this obvious? You can't use it after you touch it!"
"Really?" Su Nanzhi sneered, "Unless... you knew the tractor would have problems." She paused deliberately, "Or, you were the one who broke the tractor?"
The discussion in the crowd became louder. Liu Laosan's face changed, but then he pretended to be calm: "You, you are slandering me!"
"If I'm slandering you, then take the tractor apart and inspect it carefully."
Su Nanzhi was not at all flustered. She looked at Liu Laosan intently and said, "Then we'll see if you're really as innocent as you say."
After saying that, she aimed at Liu Laosan and pressed the shutter button, then turned around and called out to Bai Zhenfei.
"Zhenfei."
Bai Zhenfei unscrewed the oil drain screw, and thick black oil gushed into the enamel basin. He reached out and stirred it, and specks of metal shavings appeared at the bottom of the basin.
"Aluminum dust." He frowned, then suddenly grabbed the crank and violently cranked the engine. The engine made a dry, creaking sound, like sandpaper rubbing against each other.
Su Nanzhi leaned closer: "The oil pump is leaking."
Bai Zhenfei used a screwdriver to pry open the oil pipe, and found that the pipe opening was blocked by a ball of black cotton yarn.
"The cotton yarn is blocking the oil line, and the plunger is grinding dry and heating up." He used pliers to pick out the clumps of cotton yarn. "These scraps mixed with the engine oil are sharper than a file."
"Comrade Bai, if we can get this cotton yarn out, can we use the tractor?"
Although Wu Dang was shocked that cotton yarn was taken out of the engine, the most important thing to him at the moment was whether the tractor could be used.
Unfortunately, he didn't hear the answer he wanted to hear next.
"No, this guy did something dirty and stuffed a lot of cotton yarn into the engine. Plus, he mixed sugar into the diesel just now, which made the blockage even worse and caused the engine to seizure. This tractor is completely scrapped."
As if to verify what Bai Zhenfei said, the tractor's exhaust pipe became completely silent after emitting a burst of black smoke.
When the villagers of Dayang Village heard Bai Zhenfei's words, they became excited.
Liu Laosan seemed to have grasped something and shouted, "I think you are the ones behind this. Otherwise, how could our tractor break down..."
He was interrupted by Su Nanzhi halfway through his words.
"Whether it was us or not is not up to you, and neither is our decision." Su Nanzhi fiddled with the camera in her hand, looking at Liu Laosan as if he were looking at a clown.
"Use evidence to illustrate the facts."
Hearing the word "evidence", Liu Laosan's pupils flashed with panic, but he forced himself to say: "What evidence? Anyway, the tractor cannot be driven after you repaired it. This is the evidence."
Su Nanzhi shook the camera in her hand and said to Liu Laosan, "Guess what I just photographed?"
Liu Laosan didn't know, but he knew that the camera couldn't be kept.
Almost before Su Nanzhi finished speaking, he pounced on her.
But before he could get close to Su Nanzhi, he was greeted by a heavy kick from Bai Zhenfei, and Su Nanzhi frantically pressed the shutter of the camera she was aiming at.
"It was the first time I saw what a desperate dog would do."
Su Nanzhi sneered and continued, "A fool like you should stay put. If you do something bad, you'll leave a lot of evidence behind."
Liu Laosan still wanted to argue that he didn't do it.
Su Nanzhi has already said it clearly.
"You poured at least half a pound of sugar into the gas tank, right? Just ask whose house is short of sugar and you'll know who poured it into the tank."
"And you stuffed cotton into the engine. It had some brains, but not much."
"Remember to wipe off your fingerprints after you turn on the engine."
"And your actions just now were a textbook example of a guilty conscience."
After saying this, Su Nanzhi ignored Liu Laosan, who was lying on the ground and hadn't reacted yet. Instead, she looked at Wu Dang and said, "Village Chief Wu, Liu Laosan destroyed collective property, affected production, and slandered people. His behavior is terrible. I will report his bad behavior to the commune."
When Liu Laosan heard the word "commune", he finally reacted.
"It wasn't me. You can't wrongly accuse me."
Although the evidence has been hammered at him, it is obvious that Liu Laosan is still struggling to death.
Wu Dang glared at Liu Laosan fiercely. Although he wanted to kill Liu Laosan now, he suppressed his anger and looked at Su Nanzhi with a pleading face.
"Comrade Su, do you think we can resolve this matter privately?"
Su Nanzhi could see Wu Dang's dislike for Liu Laosan, but she was a little curious about his attitude at the moment.
Wu Dang didn't hide it. "Comrade Su, to be honest, because of the Liu Shengli incident, our village has a bad reputation in the commune. If something like Liu Laosan happens again, our village won't be able to get tractors or fertilizers in the future."
Although the tractor is broken now, perhaps we can pretend that the problem lies with the tractor itself.
If it weren't for Dayang Village, he wouldn't care about Liu Laosan's life or death.
Su Nanzhi instantly understood Wu Dang's concerns. Looking at Liu Laosan who was relieved, a smile appeared on her lips.
"Village Chief Wu, if I were you, I would immediately send Liu Laosan to the commune."
"If you're worried about tractors and fertilizers, I can also show you a way to keep Dayang Village intact."
Wu Dang instantly became alert.
"What method?"
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