The driver, bouncing along on the tractor, chuckled and pointed ahead: "See those two on the motorcycle? They bought it on behalf of the village and the commune."
The onlookers were stunned. "No, Master, are you talking about Comrade Ke from Luofeng Village?"
"Of course, such a beautiful woman, don't you people from your town recognize her?"
They know each other, but it's precisely because they know each other that they can't believe it.
Luofeng Village is so poor, and it's located in a remote mountain village. How did they make such a fortune to buy so many tractors?
It might be like those large pieces of equipment from before, rented from the provincial machinery factory.
Tsk tsk, Luofeng Village must be desperate for money. Instead of farming properly, the villagers are just envious of others who want to build houses on the mountaintop to raise chickens and ducks.
But the leaders didn't stop it; they even approved it!
Is this some kind of "I won't turn back until I hit a brick wall" attitude?
Immediately, someone chuckled, asked a few questions, and, after receiving permission, carried their bicycle into the truck bed, ready to go and watch the scene unfold.
Soon, a dozen or so tractors were filled with people, even though the driver explained with a wry smile, "Comrades, we only have three tractors left to drive back, and they will be full of goods and people, so we can't bring you back."
With such a lively event, who would want to miss it? The master's weak voice was drowned out by the buzzing discussion.
Ke Meiyu laughed and said, "It's alright, Master. Many young men in our village have already learned to drive tractors. We can let them drive them to drop people off and have a good experience."
"Comrade Ke, did your Red Star Commune really buy these tractors? They must have cost a fortune!"
Amidst everyone's trembling fear, Ke Meiyu deftly lifted her leg and turned around, leaning against Qin Yuanjiu while gripping the iron frame with her hands. She nodded and smiled, saying, "That's right, wild boars from the mountains love to come down and cause trouble in winter."
"The villagers were brave and they wiped out two groups of wild boars. They handed over half of them and exchanged the rest for tractors."
The villagers believed she was a lucky charm, but outsiders had never seen her before and were afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so everyone unanimously claimed that she was killed by the strong young men in the village.
Wild boars are notorious, and catching just one is troublesome enough, let alone a whole herd!
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but ask with concern, "My goodness, the young men in your village must have gone through a lot of trouble? Were any of them injured?"
“Of course! You can’t mess with wild boars on the mountain, can you? Even a lone wolf wouldn’t dare to face them head-on. Their tusks are sharp and long,” Ke Meiyu nodded, gesturing with one hand.
"A young man faced a wild boar head-on, intending to pierce the boar's vulnerable eye with a bamboo pole and defeat it in one blow. His idea was good, and he did succeed, but the boar's tusks pierced his stomach, leaving a bloody hole!"
Ke Meiyu gestured with her hand to indicate a hole the size of a bowl.
Everyone gasped. "Comrade Ke, with such a huge hole in his stomach, how can he possibly survive?"
She nodded. "Of course, why not?"
"We found some golden dog hair, stuck it on, and then tightly wrapped it with strips of cloth. Now the person is still as lively and energetic as ever!"
Qin Yuanjiu remained silent. The villagers had already prepared a pre-arranged statement. The young man who had twisted his back while digging the canal was bound with strips of cloth and became the person who had been gloriously wounded and had a large hole punched in his head.
The way his waist was so stiff and he couldn't move looked exactly like someone with a bloody hole in their stomach.
Ke Meiyu changed the subject and said, "There was also a young man who volunteered to be the bait, leading the wild boar into the trap. But the wild boar was very fast, and the young man only had time to pounce on the trap in front of it and jump over it."
The largest one that followed crashed into the trap, and his arm was broken in the fall…
Qin Yuanjiu chuckled.
While the house was being built, another young man's arm was hit. He was prone to bruising easily, and now his skin was bruised, swollen, and covered in blood, looking quite frightening and serious. However, the injury hadn't reached the bone, and he could still eat and dress without any problems.
But the villagers dragged him around, tied a cloth strip around his neck, and made him pretend to be a patient!
"There was another young man who was running too fast. He turned his head to look at the wild boar, and with a thud, his head hit a tree. A huge bump instantly appeared. It's a miracle his neck wasn't broken!"
Qin Yuanjiu couldn't help but add his own commentary.
To please his wife, the young man went to the back mountain to collect honey, but unfortunately encountered a horsefly and was stung hard, causing a bump to immediately appear on his forehead.
Ko Mei-yu spoke with great enthusiasm, and the audience listened with great interest.
As she boasted, the tractor convoy arrived at Luofeng Village.
By this time, the whole village was already waiting at the village entrance, the most conspicuous being the row of "pig-hunting heroes" with strips of cloth wrapped around their bodies.
The people on and off the tractor stared in astonishment, clearly shocked by the sheer number of vehicles.
Oh my goodness, it seems like the entire village of Luofeng has come, young and old alike, as long as they can walk! A dark mass of people, the sheer number of these poor, unruly villagers is quite intimidating.
Good heavens! How come these city folks are even more ignorant than me? It's just a tractor, why are hundreds of them squeezing themselves into the tractor's bed like pancakes?
The village chief and the village party secretary stepped forward excitedly, "Comrade Qin, you really bought a tractor?"
Qin Yuanjiu nodded with a smile, "Aren't the tractors already here? The machinery factory also sent three tractors to haul wild boar meat and goods from Beijing."
"It was prepared long ago, and all the selected items are the best."
As they spoke, they led the arriving master into the village to inspect the wild boar meat and Beijing goods.
People jumped off the tractor like dumplings being dropped into a pot, and before they could even stand still, they surrounded the wounded.
Immediately, some eloquent elderly people, half-truthfully and half-jokingly, recounted the thrilling story of hunting wild boars to everyone.
Not a single city dweller raised any questions; they were simply impressed by the fierce spirit of the Luofeng villagers, who were willing to risk their lives to take down the wild boar herd.
The young men who had been waiting at the village entrance all day excitedly rushed to the tractor and took turns getting familiar with and starting it.
After their initial gossip was satisfied, the group belatedly pulled at the delivery driver and asked, "Comrade, where are you taking this wild boar?"
"Which unit are you from? Has your superior said how to handle this?"
"We brought some cash and coupons. Can we exchange them here to get some extra nutrition for the children?"
The mechanics from the machine shop were surrounded and seemed determined not to let them pass until their pleas were granted!
They were in a difficult position: "Comrades, it's not that we don't agree, but we are just ordinary staff members and don't have that much authority to handle this."
Seeing so much fresh wild boar meat being loaded onto the tractor, the townspeople were incredibly envious. The children, especially, shamelessly lay down on the ground, howling that they wanted some meat!
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