An Shizheng shook his head helplessly and said, "If you don't use a bicycle, you can use wood, but it might break down after a while."
"This way, repairs will take up most of our time, which defeats the purpose of making a harvester."
An Zhigang asked without giving up, "Is there really no other way?"
An Shizheng spread his hands and said, "If we had enough tools, there would be other ways, but the problem is that we don't have anything."
An Zhigang held his head with both hands and scratched it constantly. Although he had the help of An Shizheng in making this simple harvester, he had assembled most of it by himself bit by bit.
He swore that he had never been so serious and careful even during exams.
"Is there really no other way?" He stared at An Shizheng, who shook his head gently, cruelly shattering his last bit of fantasy.
"How about we go ask grandpa?" An Shizheng suggested.
An Zhigang lowered his head and sighed, "This is the only way."
He was just one step away from success but was stuck here. He could only hope that his grandfather would agree.
"What? You want to remove the transmission gears and chain of the bicycle? Are you itching for trouble, you little bastard?" Before An Jingzhi could say anything, An Xiangjun, who heard it from the side, immediately said angrily.
An Zhigang took a half step back and said cautiously, "Dad, this is the only way! I can't lift it with anything else."
"I don't care if you can carry it or not! You're so brave, you even dare to think of stealing a bicycle!"
An Xiangjun was about to beat An Zhigang, but An Jingzhi stopped him in time, "Why are you hitting him? I bought that bicycle. I haven't said anything yet, why are you so anxious?"
An Xiangjun looked aggrieved. "No, Dad, this little bastard has set his sights on the bicycle, and you're not going to deal with him?"
"The child isn't playing around." An Jingzhi said, "Just go and do what you need to do. Don't just stand there."
"Dad!" An Xiangjun asked unwillingly, "You're not really going to agree, are you?"
He turned around and saw An Shizheng standing nearby. He asked, "Shizheng still has to ride his bicycle to work every day. If Zhigang were to dismantle it, would he walk?"
"Your father knows what's going on, so leave it alone."
After driving the people away, An Jingzhi asked the two to sit down and explained their plan in detail.
Theoretically, it's feasible, but the problem is the same as what An Xiangjun mentioned: if the bicycle is dismantled, will Anshi City Hall have to walk to it? The daily distance is not short.
An Zhigang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Grandpa. If I can dismantle it, I can put it back together."
"I just want to verify whether this method is feasible. If it is, I can ask the captain to solve this problem."
"But before that, I have to let them see the results."
He rubbed his hands and said, "Grandpa, look?"
An Jingzhi nodded and said, "I don't have any objections, but no matter what, it will delay my attempt to go to work tomorrow morning. You can discuss it with him."
When An Zhigang looked at him, An Shizheng immediately said, "I'm not interested. I can get up early tomorrow and walk there. If I'm lucky, I can even catch a ride."
"Good brother!"
With An Jingzhi's permission, the two dismantled the bicycle while An Xiangjun and An Xianghong glared at them.
The next day, everyone saw An Shizheng carrying a strange-looking object to the field.
He Xiaohua was the first to go up and ask, "What is this? Isn't it the harvester you mentioned?"
"That's him."
"What? You're ready?"
Several cadres in the team were in a meeting to discuss this year's grain tax payment when a young man came running over, panting, "Captain, something big has happened!"
"What's the big deal? Are there going to be another fight?" The captain stood up from his stool and asked.
The other person gasped and shook his head, "No, no."
"What is that? Tell me!" The man spoke with heavy breathing, which scared several brigade cadres. It was almost time to pay the public grain, and they didn't want anything to go wrong.
"Forget it, let's go to the field and ask ourselves!" The captain made a prompt decision and walked outside.
When I arrived at the field, I found a group of people gathered together, talking and making a lot of noise. Judging from their expressions, it seemed like something happy had happened, but not like something serious had happened.
The captain's temples were throbbing. "What are you doing? You're not going to work anymore, are you? What are you all doing gathered here?"
When the villagers heard the captain's voice, they all smiled happily: "Captain, come quickly!"
The villagers made way for the team leader, who walked into the middle of the crowd and only then realized what they were surrounding.
An Zhigang was responsible for controlling the direction in the front, while An Xiangjun was behind, manually turning the pedals removed from the bicycle.
An Xiangjun, who was so angry last night that he wanted to grab his son and beat him up, was now being watched by everyone, with his chest puffed out, feeling excited and happy.
His son was really capable. He felt even more proud when he saw others staring at his position eagerly.
The two of them cooperated very well. In the blink of an eye, several rows of rice were cut down and neatly placed aside.
An Xianghong was also watching from the side. Seeing that they had finished another row of cutting, she hurriedly pushed An Xiangjun aside and said, "That's enough. You've been trying for a long time. It's my turn now."
"Why did you try for so long? I've just started. Big brother, please wait a little longer."
The two brothers started arguing with each other, and An Zhigang was helpless. "Uncle, how about you take control of the direction?"
An Xianghong immediately gave up the competition with his brother and took An Zhigang's place.
"What is this?" The captain was stunned.
Li Xinfeng came over and said proudly, "Captain, my son has finally built a harvester. What do you think? When will the work points be given to my family?"
A group of young men surrounded An Zhigang and told him that they also wanted to try it later.
There were also many people surrounding An Xiangjun and An Xianghong.
Everyone went to people they knew to ask for help, wanting to try this new thing.
Dazhu's mother followed Li Xinfeng and asked expectantly, "Zhigang's mother, can you talk to Zhigang and let me try it later?"
"Everyone line up, everyone line up."
After An Zhigang finished explaining the situation to his father and uncle, he came to the team leader and said, "Uncle, the harvester is finally made."
“Is this the harvester you made?”
"yes."
"This..." He had just said it as a joke at first, and he didn't have much hope. He didn't expect that he would actually make a finished product, and it was even better than he had imagined.
The two people worked together, one was responsible for pushing and the other was responsible for shaking the harvester, and the speed was more than twice as fast as before.
"There are indeed many problems, but the important thing is that it is cheap. If the power is enough, we can add two more harvesters in the front and the efficiency will be higher." An Zhigang thought the other party was dissatisfied and added.
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