If I say too much, I'll seem hypocritical.
Li Xuran asked: "The clutch can't be depressed completely, so now it can't be engaged, right?"
Pei Xu nodded: "That's what happened."
Song Yifan asked: "What should we do now? Should we tear it down and repair it?"
Pei Xu got out of the car and said, "I don't have the skills to fix it. I can drive it now, but it's not easy."
Jiang Lin said worriedly: "Don't open it, it's not safe."
Pei Xu said: "Let's find a car mechanic. Maybe he can help take a look at the clutch problem."
Song Yifan kept dialing his boss's number. He leaned close to Chuzhe's ear and heard the busy tone. "Has the boss disappeared?"
Jiang Lin said: "When we came back, we asked, and the boss had gone to deliver agricultural supplies to a family near a reservoir. The boss's wife explained that it might be because of the bad signal."
Pei Xu made up his mind: "I'll go to the town to find him, and see if there's any mechanic who can fix it." After saying that, Pei Xu climbed onto the machine, stepped on the clutch, and took a video.
Jiang Lin said, "I'll go with you."
The two machines continued to work in the field, Song Yifan and Li Xuran continued to saw bamboo. Pei Qi sawed them gathered in the field and the motionless machines from the rooftop, and he vaguely guessed what was going on.
"Hello, Uncle Li." The two people greeted politely.
Pei Zongli looked at the bamboos that had been sawed into more than one meter long and asked, "What are you doing?"
Song Yifan replied: "This is for driving piles and pulling wires when we dig ridges."
"Is your machine broken?"
Li Xuran said weakly: "Uncle Li, you know everything?"
Pei Zongli said stubbornly: "I am not blind. There are only two young men working in the fields. Jiang Lin and my rebellious son are nowhere to be seen."
Song Yifan secretly suppressed his laughter and acted pitiful: "Both machines were broken, which made Brother Xu and Brother Lin very anxious. They couldn't get through to the boss on the phone, so they went straight to the town to find someone to fix it."
Pei Zongli put his hands behind his back and said angrily: "Who in town can repair this kind of farm machinery? Minor problems can still be used, but major problems have to be returned to the factory for repair!"
Pei Zongli hit the nail on the head. Pei Xu took the video to several auto repair shops. The repairmen shook their heads one after another, pointed at the screen with their fingers covered in black motor oil and said, "This is a farm machinery clutch, and there is a big difference. It's not that we don't want to make money from you, but we really don't know how to repair it."
Pei Xu was steering with a worried look on his face. Jiang Lin kept calling the owner of the farm machinery store. He pouted angrily, "Are you trying to delay us?"
Pei Xu stepped on the accelerator and said, "Let's go to the store and stop him."
The two parked their car opposite the farm machinery store and watched for several hours but still could not find any sign of the boss.
The sunny days were gone, Pei Xu got up early in the morning and stared at the gloomy sky in a daze, and the boss finally answered the phone.
"You have to charge me for the repairs according to the outside price."
Song Yifan quickly typed a line on the memo interface: "The machine broke down the next day. This is obviously a problem with the machine itself. We do not bear this responsibility." Then he showed it to Pei Xu.
“We do not bear the cost of repairing the machine as it is not our responsibility.”
The boss said anxiously, "There was no problem when I handed over my machine to you. I didn't ask you for compensation when you damaged it. I just asked you to bear the repair costs. Is there any problem with this?"
Jiang Lin interrupted: "The machine broke down after just one day of use. We didn't damage it on purpose. You kept saying it was a new machine. How could a new machine have such a big problem within the scope of normal use?"
The boss yelled on the other end of the phone: "Young man, what you said is unreasonable. My machine has problems in your hands. Isn't it your fault? Who knows how you messed with it? You rented my machine but didn't take good care of it and tried to evade responsibility. You are unreasonable no matter what I say!"
Jiang Lin was eager to grab the phone, but Pei Xu held his hand and whispered, "Calm down, I'm here."
Unexpectedly, the boss on the other end of the phone said: "A bunch of fake farmers who came from nowhere, rented a few machines, and stood in the fields to take pictures. Their arms and legs were thin, and their faces were as white as if they were scraped with putty. Who are they putting on a show for? They broke my machine and they're still making a scene here."
Everyone's anger was ignited. Jiang Lin came closer and yelled, "Who the hell are you calling a show?"
"I'm talking about you bunch of fake farmers who are cheating!" the boss countered.
Pei Xu clenched his fists and said angrily: "I won't talk nonsense with you. Now that the machine has a problem, you have the responsibility and obligation to come and repair it, and apologize to my brothers for what you just said!"
"Apologize? You're thinking about eating sweet potatoes in the middle of winter, bullshit!"
After that, the boss hung up the phone angrily. The boss lady beside him advised: "How can you talk to customers like that? Can you change your bad temper?"
"Am I afraid of these little brats from outside the province? I'm just putting it off and not repairing it! The longer I put it off, the more money I have to pay for renting the machine! It's ok if they don't pay, but they still have a deposit of several thousand yuan with me, and I can't expect to get even a penny back."
"What the hell is this!" Pei Xu adjusted his glasses and cursed angrily.
Everyone else was stunned and their anger dissipated a lot. Pei Xu, who was well-mannered and polite, would actually get angry and swear!
Jiang Lin understood his anxiety and volunteered, "I'll drive the machine. It just can't brake, but it can still work. I just need to be careful."
Pei Xu disagreed: "No! Just imagine how dangerous it would be if a car had no brakes and was driving on the road."
Jiang Lin pointed at the gloomy weather and said, "This bastard just wants to hold us back now."
Song Yifan turned off his phone screen and said, "I just called, but the boss's phone is turned off."
Jiang Lin was walking around excitedly with his hands on his hips. "We don't have much time. Look at the weather forecast. It may rain in the next few days. Once it rains, the ground will be muddy and the machines will not work well. At least we have to turn the land over and make ridges!"
They silently took out their phones to check the weather forecast, their faces full of dark clouds. Pei Xu thought for a while and said, "Then let me drive all three machines at the same time, Jiang Lin, you and Yifan go to town to rent two more machines."
Cheng Enyue stopped him and said, "Brother Xu, we don't need to work on this machine. It's too dangerous. Safety is the most important thing."
Pei Xu made up his mind: "We have to pay for the rented machine every day it is parked in the field. This money must be paid and cannot be wasted. I have experience and I am sure there will be no problem."
Li Xuran said encouragingly: "Then let's get started! Let's do it until the smoke comes out!"
Jiang Lin and Song Yifan successfully rented two machines. Five machines were working non-stop in the fields, and Song Yifan was responsible for adding machine oil.
As night fell, the noise of machines working could still be heard from the fields. Song Yifan had prepared dinner and called everyone one by one: "Go home and eat. We will continue working tomorrow. It is not safe to work at night."
Jiang Lin picked up the intercom and said, "Director team, could you please send a few more sets of headlights to help us with the lighting?"
The director team brought in several sets of headlights to illuminate the areas where they were working.
After Song Yifan finished adding the oil, he held up his phone to record the video: "It's seven o'clock in the evening now, it's already dark, but the brothers are still working on the fields with the rotary tillers. No matter how much we persuade them, they won't stop because it might rain tomorrow. Everyone is trying to finish the work tonight because tomorrow is New Year's Day and the schedule is very tight!"
The machine did not stop and the people kept spinning like a spinning top. Finally, at around 11 o'clock in the evening, the task of rotary tillage was completed.
The boys dragged their exhausted bodies home, their fingers shaking as they high-fived each other.
Cheng Enyue joked, "When I was participating in the talent show, the intensity of my training was not as high as it is now. At that time, at most my legs were shaking from dancing, but now my hands are shaking."
Xiang Chuzhe joked: "Trembling hands, a half-dead heart, I'm really tired to the point where there's no stitches in my heart."
Pei Xu held the thermos and poured warm water for everyone, saying, "Thank you guys, no words can describe your hard work, but if I say it, I will seem hypocritical, and if I don't say it, it will be difficult to express my sincerity."
Jiang Lin teased him frivolously: "What? You want to confess your feelings? Why are you being so formal?"
Pei Xu gently touched his foot and teased, "Confession? I'm not familiar with this process at all. It's always others who confess to me."
"Oh, Dr. Pei is doing really well." Jiang Lin couldn't help but feel jealous.
Song Yifan smiled and said, "It seems that uncle's worry is unnecessary. Yesterday afternoon, Uncle Li talked to Master Qi for a long time, from your undergraduate degree to your doctorate and then to your future life event. He was afraid that you would become a farmer in the village and no girl would be interested in you."
A burst of laughter broke out.
Song Yifan pushed a dump truck loaded with bamboos to the field. He pounded the bamboos hard and shouted, "One hammer, forty! Two hammers, eighty!"
Li Xuran was driving a machine to make ridges. Hearing his call, he laughed and said, "Are you trying to extort money by hammering like this?"
Song Yifan stubbornly kicked the bamboo down and said, "I'm taking my time to do a fine job. There won't be any rework." As soon as he finished speaking, he lost balance and fell on the ridge of the field.
"Hahahaha, don't blackmail me." Li Xuran said with a laugh.
Song Yifan patted his clothes and said, "What are you laughing at? I got up early and can't I move around a bit?"
Li Xuran laughed even more happily, "You can move, but don't stop what you are doing."
Song Yifan continued to pull the line to the other side and said, "You know, you are very much like those unscrupulous supervisors on TV. People are obviously working, but you have to find trouble and whip them with a whip."
Jiang Lin was hammering the stake on the other side and accidentally made it crooked. Fortunately, his other hand that was holding the stake quickly dodged it. "Oh my god, I almost lost my hand here."
Seeing this, Pei Xu said, "Be careful, it's okay to go slowly."
Jiang Lin said proudly: "I'm watching, it won't hit me."
Pei Xu's heart was relieved and he said, "God is kind enough to give us face. As long as it doesn't rain tomorrow, our work will be much smoother."
Jiang Lin replied, "That would be great." He waved the hammer in his hand, "Once the matter in the field is over, I will go and settle the account with that unscrupulous boss."
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