Chapter 48: Passed the Exam

Sun Er clenched his fists with a frown on his face.

He always thought that Lin Shu should be his wife. Although the marriage didn't work out, he still had a great liking for her.

He always felt that his psychological preference for her was a great protection for her.

Now that she had caused her sister to divorce, it meant that she was not a faithful wife and was a troublemaker!

If she was his woman, she would have to be taught a lesson.

Now that her sister had returned to her parents' home and lay on the kang, refusing to eat or drink, he, as a brother, felt distressed. He wanted to find a way to force Lin Yue to take back his divorce and take his sister back to live a good life.

Dad said that the couple had just divorced and were still angry, so it would be useless to go to their house and beg now.

After two days of waiting for Lin Yue's hatred to dissipate and Lin's father and Lin's mother's anger to subside, they would take Xiaohong back to beg for help. Lin Yue might relent and agree to get back together.

After all, a child cannot live without a mother, right?

Mother Lin is at home taking care of the children and doing housework. She is too busy and needs help, right?

However, the third brother said that Lin Yue, Lin's father and Lin's mother were all coaxed by Lin Shu. If he wanted his sister to return to the Lin family, he might have to start with Lin Shu, a woman.

Her man is dead, she... must be quite lonely, or how can she change from a good and quiet little daughter-in-law to a broken woman?

It must be hard for her to lose her man!

He instantly felt a sense of superiority because he was wanted by a woman because he was a man!

She lacks a man, and it's not like she can't help her.

As long as she apologizes to her sister and asks Lin Yue to take her sister back, he can consider nurturing her.

Sun San felt that his second brother's eyes were a bit dangerous, and immediately pulled him to the other side, "Second brother, be careful and don't offend the Lu family."

Sun Er snorted and glared at Lin Shu fiercely, "Just wait and see how I drive! "

The square in front of the commune was crowded with people and noisy.

Tractor drivers are decent jobs. They don't have to work hard in the fields. The most important thing is that they can get full work points and receive an additional subsidy of 10 to 15 yuan per month, as well as additional meat, eggs and candy subsidies.

Who wouldn't want to try such a good job?

Soon, the leader in charge of the recruitment came out and said, "Some people always say that the recruitment of workers in the commune is done by default or through backdoors, and they just don't believe that we are openly assessing. This time we are recruiting tractor operators, and we have tentatively decided to recruit four people per team. We will openly divide them into groups for teaching and examination, and those who meet the standards will stay."

The commune has a total of 14 teams, and plans to select 25 tractor operators, including the logistics team.

It is not difficult to learn to drive a tractor. As long as you are not stupid, you can learn it in one or two days with a master's one-on-one teaching.

However, the commune must select the best, those who have a good brain, learn things very quickly, are careful and diligent, and can adapt to changes and draw inferences from one instance.

In the short term, the commune does not require tractor operators to be very good, and they can continue to train in practice after selection.

The admission criteria are not complicated. The first step is for the master to explain the various parts and functions of the tractor. After explaining it several times, the candidates will take turns to answer questions. Those who answer correctly will be retained, while those who answer incorrectly will be eliminated.

Then, they will start to learn on the machine. The master will first give a demonstration, and then the candidates will sit on both sides of the tractor head to observe. After that, the candidates will take turns to operate. Those who complete the assessment within the specified time will be retained.

If there are many people who stay, they will continue with the farmland assessment and the competition of installing farm machinery to plow the land.

Lin Shu whispered to Lin's father, "Dad, don't lose to me and my sister-in-law."

Lin's father was in a good mood, and his unyielding boasting spirit became even higher. "How could that be? I definitely can't lose to you girls. Isn't it just driving a tractor? I can do it. I've touched the steering wheel before."

There were a total of four tractors without a carport, and eight masters. The master was in the middle, lecturing, and the examinees gathered in a circle to learn. They were taking the test right away.

The master talked for more than ten minutes, drank half a jar of water, and then impatiently asked the test to start.

"Hey, what's the one that you turn with your hands called?"

"What's the one that you step on called?"

"Accelerator?"

"No, no, is it a foot bolt or something?"

Sister-in-law Lu muttered in Lin Shu's ear, and she got every word right.

Lin Shu had told her about these parts before, and now that she saw the real thing, she quickly matched the names in her mind with the parts on the tractor.

She also sneaked over to whisper a few words to Brother Lu, Father Lin, and Lin Yue.

Father Lin was not a big deal about this step, as he had lived a long life and had seen a lot. He had really seen a tractor before and had talked to the driver out of curiosity.

Some men subconsciously trembled when they saw such a beautiful woman like Lin Shu, and wanted to show their intelligence and masculine charm in front of her.

As a result, they were eliminated in a flash with just a test of the names of the tractor parts. Their faces turned red, and they were ashamed. Some people couldn't help but get angry out of shame.

Some people are just stupid, and they are shy because they have never seen the world. When they are tested, their minds go blank and they even forget their own names.

At noon, everyone ate the dry food they brought with them, and in the afternoon they were taught to operate the machine.

This is a tall Oriental red tractor. The engine start is controlled by a pull rope, and you must use your skill to successfully ignite the engine.

After ignition, the machine will start to smoke with a bang.

The motor vibrates too much, the whole tractor is shaking, and the chimney is spitting out black smoke.

Lin Shu moved aside to avoid being smoked by the black smoke.

A young woman in a green plaid shirt sneered at Lin Shu, "You may not even be able to pull the rope, right?"

She saw that Lin Shu was so delicate and had white skin. How could she look like a working person? Maybe she was a dummy that was kept in a box since childhood?

It's really a waste of such a good man like Lu Shaotang!

Sister Lu was right next to Lin Shu. She didn't hear clearly, so she turned around and asked, "Song Chunlian, what did you say? Is your sister home?"

Song Chunlian was Song Chunfang's biological sister. When Song Chunfang didn't marry Brother Lu, she was angry and wanted to marry her cousin to Brother Lu or Lu Shaotang.

But Fang Dihua didn't like any of them, because Song Chunfang's cousin was dull, even duller than Brother Lu, and Song Chunlian was not pretty enough.

Song Chunlian pouted and said nothing.

She saw her brother-in-law and Chang Er, but she didn't go over to stand with them. She was angry that they didn't help her sister fight against the Lu family.

Sun Er kept looking at Lin Shu.

Unfaithful to her husband!

Fortunately, he didn't marry her. What a shame! After

the four vehicle masters finished their explanation, the examinees were divided into groups to learn from the machines.

The tractors were very tall, and the examinees could squeeze in and stand at the back or sit on both sides. There was a lot of space on the tires.

The master slowly drove in a straight line, reversed, turned, and turned around in the square. He drove around for more than 20 minutes with a "thump thump". "Okay, take turns to come up and try."

Sun Er was trying hard to show off his skills in front of Lin Shu and everyone. He pushed the others aside at once, "Master, I'll go first."

The master let him try.

Sun Er sat in the driver's seat, his high position and wide field of vision gave him a sense of superiority that looked down upon everyone. He glanced at Lin Shu on the ground, held the steering wheel with both hands, and began to step on the accelerator.

After driving in a straight line for two minutes, the master ordered him to turn and turn around.

Sun Er boasted that he had learned well, but he stepped on the wrong foot. "Bang", the tractor shook and stalled.

He was still wondering, and said angrily: "What's the matter? I stepped on the clutch, why didn't it reverse..."

"Get out of here, get out of here!" The master was angry, "Are your ears on your butt? Is that what I taught you? Do you want to break the clutch or what?"

The master chased him down directly, "Next!"

Each person has three chances, but they take turns.

The next one needed to start the tractor, but he was stumped

by the first step of pulling the rope to start the engine. The master rolled his eyes and said, "What idiots!"

If he wasn't afraid of damaging the engine, he would have eliminated more than half of the candidates by pulling the rope to start the engine.

The master glanced at the examinees and saw an old man and a few women. He felt a little contemptuous in his heart, thinking that the sun was scorching and the old man and his young wife might not be able to withstand the sun. It would be better to eliminate them early and let them go home to rest.

He pointed out Lin Shu, Lu's sister-in-law, and Lin's father, "Come on, you try it."

Lin Shu signaled her sister-in-law and Lin's father not to be nervous, and she smiled and said, "I'll try it first."

In her previous life, when she went to the farmhouse, she had touched tractors and farm machinery, including a pull-rope diesel pump. This thing did not have much technical content, mainly because everyone had never touched machinery, and it was inevitable to be nervous when they first touched it.

She stepped forward, put on her pair of labor protection gloves, and held the pull rope.

"Tsk," Song Chunlian sneered, are you here for the exam or to show off?

The other examiners also looked down on her, thinking that Lin Shu was too delicate to be a worker.

Lin Shu's eyes were firm, and she pulled hard, "bang bang bang", and the ignition was successful at once!

Sun Er: "Shit luck."

Song Chunlian: "A blind cat meets a dead rat!"

The master's eyes lit up, and he put away his contemptuous expression and became serious, "Not bad! Try it on the machine."

Lin Shu sat on the high driver's seat and asked her sister-in-law to sit next to her and watch more.

The master didn't mind, so he asked the other examinees to practice in a circle as usual, while he directed them on the ground.

He thought that this girl might be lucky, and the engine would start immediately, but it would probably stall in a minute.

Sun Er said contemptuously: "Don't even hold the steering wheel."

Many people also thought that Lin Shu was unlucky and would definitely not be able to drive.

"Bang bang bang", the tractor started, and the chimney expanded and contracted, emitting black smoke.

Lin Shu drove steadily and had no problem going straight.

The master gestured to her to turn and U-turn.

Lin Shu twisted the steering wheel hard. Driving a tractor is really strenuous work. The steering wheel is very heavy, but she still completed the master's assessment requirements very well.

There was no problem with the subsequent assessment contents such as reversing and parking.

It was just that her hands hurt from the vibration.

The candidates who originally looked down on her were immediately amazed, "Wow, she is so amazing!"

"I thought she was just here for fun, but it turns out that she drives like she is playing."

The master asked her to stop the car, "Did you know how to drive before?"

The commune has a regulation that the family members of tractor masters are not allowed to take the test to avoid cheating.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "No, it's because you taught me well, master."

The master couldn't help but touch his chin, maybe he is really a good teacher.

Soon, they were slapped in the face. Many of the others stalled after two "thumps". Either the accelerator and clutch started to fight, or the accelerator was used as a brake.

The veins on the master's forehead bulged!

"Stop, stop, stop!" If they continued like this, wouldn't the tractor be broken?

He pushed several people aside and shouted, "Look at how this lady drives! Learn well!"

He asked Lin Shu to drive again for everyone to see.

Lin Shu motioned to her sister-in-law to sit next to her and watch more.

Sister-in-law Lu is very studious. She has been simulating in her mind. When others drive, she coordinates her brain, eyes, hands and feet. She can do it right no matter what.

"Thump, thump" came back in a circle. Lin Shu's cheeks were rosy and sweaty. She was so beautiful and charming that people dared not look directly at her.

The master shouted, "Open your eyes and watch carefully. You are all stupid! You dare to learn how to drive a tractor? I think you can just go back to play with your pee potty!"

Those who had laughed at Lin Shu for driving a tractor when the wind blew, shut up completely.

More people began to praise her, wanting to ask her to share their experience in driving a tractor.

"Isn't this female comrade too good?"

"Yes, it's her first time to learn, and it's our first time too. It's useless to compare with us."

Sun Er stiffened his neck and looked gloomy. She must have used a backdoor in advance!

When it was Lu Dasao's turn, Lin Shu found that she was a natural tractor driver. She could pull the rope to start the fire in one go!

Mrs. Lu has a natural affinity for cars. She can feel it as soon as she touches one. She can learn as soon as her master teaches her. She learns very quickly and can also apply what she has learned to other situations.

After a few minutes, she felt like she was one with the machine. Whether she was moving forward or backward, she looked like an experienced driver.

The master's rough voice rang out in the square again, "Look at you old men, each of you is worse than the two women! You are so stupid, shameful! You still have the nerve to laugh at others!"

Many men were sweating, or they hung their heads. Some of them were so angry that they just gave up and walked away. I don't want to take the exam anymore. Why should I listen to your scolding?

The master sneered. How can you know who has a good temper and who has a bad temper if you don't scold them? Those

with bad tempers drive tractors, and then turn around and vent their anger in the ditch of the tractor?

This is also a part of the test.

A few men passed, and a few were eliminated.

The master asked Lin's father to take the test, thinking that if he could pass, he would give those complacent men a slap in the face, and if he couldn't, he would go back and rest.

Lin's father also passed.

The master started to scold them again: "Look at you, you are still standing there, one dissatisfied and the other indignant, what are you so proud of? You can't even beat the two women, and now you can't even beat the big brother, you all better hold your tails and behave yourself, don't grumble there."

After saying that, he glared at Sun Er, he didn't like this fool.

Big Brother Lu also passed.

Sun Er narrowly passed on the third chance.

The two brothers of the Chang family passed.

Lin Yue also passed. He was young and smart, and he learned things quickly. Men like machinery, so it's natural that he can learn quickly now that he can drive it.

Sun San and Sun Si have not been ranked yet and have to wait until tomorrow.

When Lu Shaocai's son Lu Changfu pulled the rope to light a fire, he failed four or five times, which made the master so angry that he scolded him and eliminated him.

Lu Changfu stared at his hands and tractor blankly, wondering if he was a fool. How could he not be better than Lin Shu, a delicate young wife?

Oh, his father asked him to deliver cigarettes to the master and use the back door.

He was eliminated before he could even leave, what should he do?

How about trying again in the evening?

The next two days will still be assessments on flat ground.

Sun San is a thoughtful person. When the assessment ended in the evening, he saw that everyone else had left, so he took his brothers to find the master, handed the master two boxes of Daqianmen with three yuan in them, and hoped that the master would open the small stove for him.

It's different to pay for hands-on teaching. The three of them quickly became proficient and asked the master to take them to the farm to experience it.

Others did the same, including Song Chunlian.

Lin Shu would not go to the farm assessment in two days. She originally went there to accompany her sister-in-law. In fact, her sister-

in-law was very talented in learning to drive and didn't need her to continue to accompany her to take the exam. Sister-in-law Lu thought it was a pity that she didn't go, "Sister-in-law, you are so good, you will definitely pass the exam."

Lin Shu: "Sister-in-law, driving a tractor requires a lot of strength. I don't have enough strength. The steering wheel is too heavy."

Driving a tractor is really tiring. The rumbling of the big machine made her arms numb.

In the future, she will definitely have to go to the fields to sow and harvest under the scorching sun, and she may have to work overtime at night. Only strong people can do it.

She knew her

limitations. She couldn't do it. She just wanted to lie down. She could cook and sew comfortably at home. She didn't need to go out in the wind, sun and rain. Why did she have to drive a tractor?

The sister-in-law didn't force her.

Lin Shu asked the sister-in-law to encourage her father and brother more and let them persevere to the end.

Brother Lu was relieved that Lin Shu didn't go.

The two women performed exceptionally well, which put a lot of pressure on him.

He was really trying hard to pass the test. In the end, it was not to become a tractor driver, but to avoid losing face, especially to his wife and sister-in-law.

If he lost to the two women, would he be able to hold his head up at home in the future?

Wouldn't his mother dislike him even more?

The fourth day was an on-site assessment.

The remaining examinees could basically drive a tractor on flat ground. There were still about 40 people, so they would naturally continue to be eliminated.

It had just rained a while ago, and the ground was a bit sticky. The teachers didn't make it difficult for us, and found a high ground in the commune brigade for everyone to take the test.

The requirements for the field test are lower than those for the flat ground, after all, it is more difficult.

Mrs. Lu's hands were itchy after not touching the steering wheel for a day, and she couldn't wait for the first test.

Although Lin Shu didn't come, her sweet encouragement kept echoing in her ears. Mrs. Lu seemed to have divine help and completed the test content very well.

The master was very satisfied and shouted, "Look at this big sister, she is a natural tractor driver!"

He also looked to the side, "Where is the little sister?"

Mrs. Lu said, "My sister-in-law said she was not strong enough to turn the steering wheel, so she gave the opportunity to everyone else."

Although it was a pity for the master, she was too delicate to handle a big tractor.

Soon, Sun Er was scolded again.

Master: "Are you a barbarian? Driving a tractor, you drive it, not carry it! What's wrong, do you want to carry the car directly over? Or do you want to pull the steering wheel out of my hand? You are leaning sideways, what's the evil thing on your mind? Turn, turn!! Can't you hear me? Do you want to drive into the ditch? I told you to turn, not to go to your grandmother's house, what do you want to do by turning so hard? Are you a cheater?"

This master is good at scolding people, and all the candidates present will remember the content of the scolding for decades to come. No matter how many times they are scolded, the evil sound will accompany them throughout the whole process of taking the driver's license test in the future.

So Sun Er was eliminated after being scolded.

He was so angry that he wanted to throw his master into the mud and beat him up, but unfortunately he was held down by his two younger brothers.

This test lasted for four days. Father Lin, Lin Yue, Big Brother Lu, Chang Er, Sun San, and Sun Si all passed.

Chang Dazhi was eliminated.

Song Chunlian's small stove worked and he passed.

After a few more days of testing, the assessment was over and the 25 best tractor drivers were finally selected.

Big Sister Lu was the first!

Some of the candidates knew how to drive a tractor, and some paid money to get extra training, but none of them could pass Big Sister Lu, because they were not as good as Big Sister Lu in the part of mounting the farm machine and plowing the fields.

Brother Lu had passed the assessment, but the final number was 25, and the 40 who passed the assessment continued to compete for selection.

The person in charge personally supervised and watched them plow the land with farm machinery. Whoever did a better job in a faster and shorter time would be the winner.

Sister-in-law Lu took the lead.

Brother Lu was left behind.

When Lin Yue was plowing the land, the plowshare got stuck and a section of the farmland was not plowed, which was also his mistake.

Chang Er, Sun Si, and Song Chunlian were all eliminated in the selection.

Sun Er won.

Surprisingly, Father Lin survived the selection and ranked fifth.

Father Lin felt that he was purely inspired by Lin Shu and Sister-in-law Lu!

Whenever he thought he might not be able to do well and be eliminated, he would meet the eyes of Mrs. Lu, who would make a fist to cheer him up.

Father Lin would feel a surge of strength from the bottom of his heart. If he could pass the exam to become a tractor driver, he would be responsible for driving a tractor to plow the land in the future, and he would not be a mud-legged peasant who followed the production team leader to work in the fields.

Those people in the village would have to look up to him!

Who dares to bully his old Lin family!

Old Li was always showing off in front of him, and he turned into a lapdog when he saw the team leader, and he had to pass cigarettes to the postman from the commune.

If he became a tractor driver in the future, wouldn't Old Li have to pass cigarettes to him?

The key is the old Sun family. They used to look down on him. In the past few days, after work, they would hang around Linjiatun for no reason. They tried to get close to him and wanted to send their daughter back. He refused with a sullen face and threatened him.

Humph, if he and his son passed the exam to become tractor drivers, and the three sons of the Sun family were eliminated, how proud he would be!

How proud!

Famous!

Praise!

Must pass!

Inspired again and again, Lin's father really passed the exam. He was selected from the best.

He found it incredible!

Sun San walked up to Lin's father and smiled a little weirdly, "Uncle, congratulations, I didn't expect you to be so great."

Lin's father glanced at him. This kid was cunning and willing to spend money. He was a shady guy. Be careful of him.

He also said congratulations.

Sun San: "Uncle, I'll buy you a bottle of wine and go to your house to have a drink and chat."

Lin's father refused immediately, "Our two families are in such a mess, so let's not get too close."

Sun San still wanted to pester him.

Lu Dasao and Lin Yue came over together.

Lu Dasao asked curiously: "Sun Defu, you are so rich, why don't you return your sister's betrothal money? If you had returned the sewing machine earlier, there wouldn't be any problems later."

Sun San gritted his teeth, it was really... disgusting!

At this time, there was a commotion in the square. Some people who were rejected by the selection of merits were dissatisfied and shouted there.

"It's said to be an open selection, but it's not fair at all!"

"Yes, why didn't you tell us that someone took the back door?"

"There are people doing extra training at noon and in the evening, and it's unfair that we didn't get to do it!"

"Unfair, unfair!"

Sun San and a few others grumbled to each other, and those people started shouting, "And there are people in their 50s, how can they drive a tractor at their age?"

"Yes, can he do it?"

"Unfair!"