A few days later, a brand new green tractor rumbled into the Huaihua Brigade.
A group of children who liked to play at the entrance of the village were the first to discover the tractor. They cheered and ran along the side.
"We have a truck, Captain Grandpa. Is this our team's truck?"
Gu Aiguo, who was sitting in the truck bed, smiled rarely on his serious face. He nodded vigorously, "Yes, it's the tractor from our Huaihua Brigade."
"The tractor is coming, the tractor is coming, our team has a tractor!"
"How majestic! He runs faster than a horse..."
"It's faster than my bike. Can I get on it?"
Maodan looked at Gu Aiguo eagerly, and a group of little kids also looked at Gu Aiguo eagerly after hearing what he said.
The commune tractor driver stopped the tractor, but before the tractor was parked, a dozen little kids scrambled to climb onto the tractor.
Gu Aiguo said with a smile: "You naughty kids, sit still and don't jump around on the bus. If you fall off, your head will explode."
The little rascals nodded vigorously after hearing this. Although they couldn't run around, their eyes and hands were restless. They looked around, touched things here and there, and kept chattering.
Gu Aiguo's head hurt from the noise, but he didn't stop it. This was a rare happy event, so it should be lively and exciting.
The tractor rumbled all the way to the threshing ground, and everyone who saw it on the road followed it.
Some children saw other children on the tractor and cried and wanted to get on the tractor, but were beaten by their parents. They still wanted to get on, but they didn't have the courage to tell the team leader.
Gu Aiguo said to everyone, "Call all the men between the ages of seventeen and thirty. Comrade Liu from the commune will teach you how to drive a tractor. Whoever learns will be the tractor driver for our brigade."
Treat everyone equally and impartially. It all depends on luck who becomes a tractor driver.
Gu Aiguo's words caused an uproar. He was a tractor driver, so impressive, even more impressive than the brigade cadres.
I heard that the tractor drivers of Xinhe Brigade only need to take care of the tractors every day and don’t have to do any other work, and they still get full work points every day.
For a time, families with men of marriageable age were overjoyed, while those without were very disappointed.
Gu Aiguo shouted, "Hurry up, Comrade Liu has to rush back to the commune soon. You must be there within ten minutes. If you don't, it will be considered as giving up."
It’s a pity that the brigade has not yet had electricity, otherwise the whole brigade would be able to hear the loudspeaker.
No one had time to chat and hurried back to find people. Some of those who came to watch the fun circled around the tractor, trying to make it look like a flower.
Maodan, the clever little boy, jumped off the tractor and wanted to go back quickly to tell his second and third uncles that it was a pity that his youngest uncle was not at home. If his youngest uncle was here, what would have happened to the others? Their family would have suffered a great loss.
Comrade Liu is one of the two tractor drivers in the commune. He is always arrogant wherever he goes, but he dare not neglect the Huaihua Brigade, which is well-known in the county. There is a female hero in the brigade who has caught a spy!
In less than ten minutes, all the qualified people arrived. It was the first time for everyone to see a tractor so close. They were excited but also nervous. They didn't even dare to touch it.
Comrade Liu saw this and smiled: "Don't be nervous, everyone, come around, I'll tell you how to open it."
With a loud bang, Comrade Liu had just finished speaking when he felt that the sky had darkened. Dozens of men surrounded him, leaving only a hint of white above his head.
Comrade Liu: ...
"Ahem, there's no need to gather so close together. Spread out a little. Let me first explain to you the structure of a tractor."
After hearing his words, everyone hesitated and took a small step back, fearing that they would suffer if they retreated too much.
Comrade Liu: ...Forget it, let’s continue.
Comrade Liu eloquently explained to everyone the structure of the tractor and the functions of each part. This stumped the country men who had not received much education. They all had eyes full of mosquito coils and felt dizzy.
They have been dealing with the land all their lives, and what they are most familiar with are what is suitable to be planted on that piece of land, what is best to be planted in which season, how to repair broken shovel and hoe handles, how to weave backpacks and bamboo baskets, how to twist straw ropes, etc.
When it comes to tractors, everyone is like a young lady getting married, it’s the first time!
The people watching the excitement didn't understand what was said and looked at Comrade Liu with admiration. Comrade Liu could explain such a difficult thing so clearly and logically, which made him worthy of being the tractor driver of the commune.
Feeling everyone's admiring gazes, Comrade Liu puffed out his chest proudly and spoke a little louder.
Chen Qiangwei listened and nodded on the side. Comrade Liu was indeed quite capable.
After explaining it twice and drinking two large cups of tea, Comrade Liu felt a sense of depression in his chest as he looked at the group of men around him who were still ignorant.
Comrade Liu took the Z-shaped hand crank and inserted it into the slot. Then he stepped forward with both feet, pressed the compressor with his left hand, and gripped the hand crank with his right hand to stir vigorously. Soon the tractor began to make a "thump thump thump" sound.
Someone in the crowd whispered, "It's moving, it's moving, look, it's amazing."
After starting the tractor, Comrade Liu looked at the driver and asked, "Do you understand everything?"
The men who were learning to drive looked at each other, nodded first and then shook their heads.
Comrade Liu: Damn it, I can’t do anything about it. Does he understand it or not?
"I'll demonstrate it again. Watch it clearly. Then you can come up one by one and try it."
Then Comrade Liu patiently demonstrated it to everyone again. "Do you understand now?"
Everyone shook their heads in shame again. Gu Annan said shamefacedly, "I understand most of it, but I still don't know how to use it. How about you teach me again?"
Comrade Liu: ...Is it that difficult? When he was learning, the county technicians only taught him once, and if he couldn't learn it, he would be scolded.
"Ahem, I'll teach you again, this is the last time, everyone, please watch carefully."
The man who was learning to drive took a step forward to see more clearly. Comrade Liu's sky was half dark again, but he was too tired to complain.
He patiently taught them again, thinking that he was being kind. If the technicians from the county came to teach them, they would definitely scold them from head to toe and from toe to head.
Then everyone was asked to take turns to start the tractor. Everyone looked at each other, wanting to go up but afraid that they would not be able to start the tractor and would be laughed at.
Gu Aiguo's face darkened, "Just hurry up, Gu Annan, you go first!" He really has no manliness at all, he has brought shame to the whole commune.
Gu Annan walked forward nervously with a bitter face and took the hand joystick from Comrade Liu.
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