Chapter 106: The World is Full of Excellent Things
After the group had eaten and drunk their fill, Jiang He thought that everyone was tired after the past few days, so he simply gave them two days off. As for Yang Guojun and Chunying, no one knew what was going on with them and they hadn't returned yet. However, Liu Chunyi said that they called yesterday and said they would be back the day after tomorrow.
After settling Lu Mingfeng down beside the kang in Liu Chun'er's house, Jiang He looked at Liu Chun'er and the few people who had been waiting for them long before they arrived. "Village chief, just tell me what's the matter."
Liu Chun put the pipe in his hand on the table and knocked it. "These people are cadres from Qujiagou. They heard about the incident when you repaired the tractor yesterday.
Before, several villages near their village pooled their money to buy a second-hand tractor, but the buyers didn't understand what was going on, and the machine collapsed just after they drove it back. When they went back to look for it, the buyer was already gone.
They still couldn't bear to throw away the machine, but they gritted their teeth and thought that if it couldn't be repaired, they would just sell it. ”
"Yes, Xiao Xiaozhi, you don't know the situation of our village. That machine of mine cost several years of savings of our village! At that time, we were just greedy for small profits and thought we had picked up a bargain, but who knew... Alas!" An old man in the lead wiped away his tears as he spoke.
Jiang He looked at the elderly people who looked exhausted and tired, and felt sorry for them. "Have you got your tractor here?"
"We've got it, we've got it. To be honest, this tractor is almost falling apart, but the parts inside are all intact. It's okay if Xiao Zhi can't fix it." It can be seen that these people are desperate and they are just trying to save the situation by pulling it over.
The more Jiang He listened to them, the more strange it seemed to him. Logically speaking, although tractors were rare in this era, there was basically no big difference in assembling this thing among people who knew how to assemble it, unless this tractor was a little different from others. This aroused his curiosity, "Where is it parked?"
"It's behind the house." A middle-aged man among the men pointed at the door and said.
Jiang He walked to the door, and saw behind the door, on a long wooden board, there was a pile of what to outsiders looked like scrap metal and parts. Some were pushed over by carts, scattered here and there, as if they were accessories found at a garbage station.
But when his eyes fell on a piece of iron shell and saw the trademark LOGO on it, he turned around and looked at the people behind him, "Where did you get this thing from?"
"Um..." The person who started the conversation hesitated. Jiang He saw that the other party had something to hide, so he turned around and walked over to wipe the iron shell. "I have to say you are lucky."
Gao Youhui helped Lu Mingfeng out of the yard and just happened to hear him say, "What do you mean? Why don't you understand?"
"I think this tractor should be fine, but this model is not available in our country, so it can't be repaired by ordinary technicians." Jiang He explained, "Ford brand tractors, this big one is rare."
As far as he can remember, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, domestic machines were basically supplied by Russia, and some foreign brands were directly blocked from China due to its domestic policies.
The owner of this tractor must have spent a lot of effort to buy it, and all the parts were brought back in batches. However, he found that no one in the country could repair it, so he had no choice but to turn to the villagers of Qujiagou to be the scapegoats.
After checking, it was found that there were indeed no missing parts. Then why was that person able to buy these parts but unable to hire a craftsman? That means that something might have gone wrong in the middle.
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