Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1216 Agricultural Water Pump
The sun sets and night falls.

Zhang Yu drove the tractor slowly into the brigade warehouse.

"Xiaoyu, I'm sorry to bother you these days."

Captain Xie came forward with a smile.

Zhang Yu jumped off the tractor swiftly, smiled slightly, and responded: "Captain, you are too polite. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll be glad if I can help."

Captain Xie nodded with satisfaction and patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder. "Good boy, we are so grateful to you these days. If you didn't know how to drive a tractor, we wouldn't know how to use it. With the tractor helping to draw water, we have saved a lot of effort these days. It's all thanks to you, Xiaoyu."

Zhang Yu waved his hand and said modestly: "Captain, you are too kind. I am just doing my best. Besides, this is everyone's credit. Compared with those people who carry water, my contribution is nothing!"

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Captain Xie somewhat embarrassedly explained the purpose of his visit.

"Xiao Yu, I came here this time just to ask, how are those brats doing in their studies?"

Captain Xie had not originally intended to push this, but when he heard from Xie Zhiying that Zhang Yu would be returning to Beijing in a few days, he became a little worried.

Zhang Yu didn't care about this and said bluntly: "They have almost learned it. It's no problem for them to drive the tractor alone. Starting tomorrow, they can take turns driving."

After these words were spoken, the smile on Captain Xie's face became even more obvious.

Now that Zhang Yu goes back, their team will have a tractor driver.

He no longer had to worry about the commune taking back his tractor on the grounds that they had no tractor drivers.

Zhang Yu suddenly thought of something and added, "By the way, the tractor in the team is quite old. We need to pay attention to maintenance during daily use, and there are also some common minor problems that need to be paid attention to."

When talking about this, Captain Xie also became worried.

Before their brigade, there was also a brigade that was allocated tractors.

This tractor is easy to use, but it is really troublesome when it breaks down.

There were very few people in the entire commune who repaired tractors, and most of them worked in the commune's agricultural machinery institute.

But it was not that Captain Xie looked down on them. It was just that the masters at the commune's agricultural machinery institute could only fix minor problems, but if there was a serious problem, with their skills, they would just be fooling around and would not be able to fix it at all.

Even so, every time I invite them, I have to beg and plead.

Those people ate and took things at the same time, and they had no idea what politeness was.

Sometimes a lot of good things were wasted, but in the end the tractor was still not repaired.

As a last resort, they had to run to the county town to find a mechanic. As a result, the tractor had to be out of service for at least five or six days.

Looking at the sad expression on Captain Xie's face, Zhang Yu also thought of this.

The illiteracy rate in Longguo at that time was over 80%, not to mention the rural areas.

Those who have some technical skills have been running to the county town for a few days.

"I'm not an expert in this area, but I know a little bit. How about this, starting from the day after tomorrow, have them come earlier. I'll use this time before they start work to teach them where their problems are. As for the tools, don't worry, Captain. I have an extra set of tools, which are also quite heavy. I won't take them with me when I go back. I'll just leave them here."

Of course, this tool was not the one he was used to.

Zhang Yu would definitely not be willing to give up the tricks he was used to.

This set was signed by him before. The things inside are not very complete, but it is more than enough to repair a tractor.

Later he got a more complete toolbox, and this set became useless.

It is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to throw it away, and it just takes up space.

In that case, we might as well do the Xie family team a favor.

As soon as these words came out, Captain Xie was so excited that he stepped forward and held Zhang Yu's hand tightly, with an expression of disbelief: "Xiao Yu, are you really willing to teach them how to repair tractors?"

You know, repairing tractors is a skill.

It’s not easy to learn a skill these days.

In order to learn carpentry skills, the third son of his family, in addition to receiving money, also worked for the master for several years, working hard all day long without complaint, like a workhorse.

Only then did the master agree to teach him the craft.

Even so, I only learned a lot of things. They didn't even intend to teach the real core part.

The master in the church starved his apprentice to death, for fear that the apprentice would surrender and he would be out of work.

The real technology is passed on to their sons.

But even so, his third child has a skill that can support him, so he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Zhang Yu waved his hand, looking nonchalant: "What's the big deal? If other people want to learn, just come along."

Captain Xie patted Zhang Yu's shoulder with excitement and said, "Good, good, these brats are blessed! I will go back and tell them to study hard. This is a blessing that cannot be obtained even if you ask for it."

After watching Captain Xie leave, Xie Zhiying, who had been silent, spoke up: "Xiaoyu, you don't have to be like this."

He knew what his nephew was thinking, and that he was so generous mainly for them.

Zhang Yu shook his head: "Uncle, it's okay. Besides, I don't rely on this skill to make a living. I'll teach Jingjiao now."

He had his own reasons for doing this.

No matter what, Grandpa Xie and the others are his mother's family.

Apart from anything else, just because his mother sacrificed her life for the country, Zhang Yu cannot forget Grandpa Xie.

His mother is gone, so he has to fulfill his filial duties on her behalf.

This time he came to persuade Grandpa Xie that those who had set their sights on the Xie family's property were already in decline and no longer had the ability to cause trouble for the Xie family, so it would be better for Grandpa Xie to take his family back to Beijing.

Although they will have to go through those ten years later, the Xie family has cleared their identities after going through so many twists and turns. Now when they return to the capital, no one will associate them with the Xie family of the past. Although there will be storms, it should not be a big deal for the Xie family.

He always felt that the Xie family was being buried here.

There are more opportunities in Beijing.

With the abilities of Uncle Xie and Second Uncle Xie, they should not remain silent any longer.

Apart from anything else, just seeing Uncle Xie and Uncle Xie working under the scorching sun made him feel a little sad.

In the past, when they went out, they were called Mr. Xie and Young Master Xie. But now...

It’s just that Grandpa Xie doesn’t want to return to Beijing.

Uncle Xie and Uncle Xie II even advised Zhang Yu that they felt their current life was stable and they did not want to change too much.

Even if I want to go back to Beijing, it’s not now.

Zhang Yu thought about it carefully afterwards. Since the Xie family was unwilling to return to Beijing, he could not force them too much. At most, he could come more often to fulfill his filial piety to his parents.

However, not returning to Beijing does not mean that the Xie family cannot live a better life.

He helped the brigade train a group of tractor drivers who knew how to do maintenance, and the brigade owed him a big favor.

Because of this favor, even if he didn't say it, these people would take better care of Xie's family.

Zhang Yu shook his head. This was all they had done for the Xie family.

But I have to say that Grandpa Xie is very perceptive.

There are still several years to go before 65, but the other party can already guess that things will not be very peaceful in the future.

If Zhang Yu had not read about it in history books, he would probably not have realized the ups and downs involved when the time came.

But it doesn't matter, he never intended to take the political route, he was determined to take the technical route in his life.

If you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid of traveling all over the world.

As long as he doesn't commit suicide, no one can touch him with his current background.

Looking at the tractor in front of him, Zhang Yu suddenly had an idea. He had seen water pumps in later generations, and vaguely remembered that before the portable water pumps, people used a tractor-driven agricultural water pump to irrigate the land.

Until he was reborn, some places still used that kind of agricultural water pump.

Now that he has a tractor, he might be able to make a water pump to draw water directly from the well and then extend the water to the field through a hose.

This way, there is no need to fetch water manually.

This is many times more efficient than manual watering.

The principle of a water pump is actually quite simple, and not much is needed. As long as it has an inlet and an outlet nozzle, and a drain nozzle, and can continuously form a vacuum or negative pressure at the inlet and a slight positive pressure at the exhaust nozzle, the well water can be pumped out.

This is not a difficult task for Zhang Yu now.

"Let's go home and have dinner. Your grandma and the others have probably already prepared the meal and are waiting for us to go back and eat." Xie Zhiying's voice interrupted Zhang Yu's memories.

Since he didn't have paper and pen, Zhang Yu simply stopped thinking about it.

Let’s think about it when we get back.

On the way back, he remembered that he had not used today's sign-in yet, so he decided to see if he could get some good stuff today.

"System, sign in!"

As his voice fell, the system prompt sounded.

"Ding, congratulations to the host, today's sign-in is successful."

"Get a bundle of hose."

Looking at the extra water hose on the system page, Zhang Yu was slightly surprised.

The first reaction was: "The system said you can't control the sign-in, what is this?"

The system's slightly dull voice sounded in his mind: "The system has no right to interfere with sign-in items!"

"Then what is this?" He pointed at the hose on the system page and asked again.

"The system has no right to interfere with sign-in items!"

Zhang Yu was almost laughed out of anger by the system.

This is also called having no right to interfere with signed items.

He was just trying to make an agricultural water pump when the system gave him a bundle of water hoses. He didn't believe that the system had not tampered with it.

And those used diapers he had signed in before, could it be that he had dirty hands?

Even if he had ruthless hands, they wouldn't be that ruthless.

As if sensing Zhang Yu's thoughts, the system sounded a prompt again.

"Ding, the system is running low on energy and is about to enter hibernation!"

"System, stop pretending to be dead!"

"Ding, the system is running low on energy and has entered hibernation mode."

Zhang Yu was so angry this time that he laughed.

The co-author system also knows what is evasive but useful.

However, looking at the water belt on the system page, Zhang Yu still clicked on the detailed introduction above.

Looking at the 50-meter-long water hose, he was happy but couldn't help but want to sigh.

Farm water pumps were not a big problem for him.

But the hose...

After much thought, I guess I can only ask the rubber factory if they can produce water hoses.

The fifty-meter water hose in his hand is the only water hose he currently has.

This is not the future. There is a well not far from every household, making irrigation very convenient. Although the 50-meter water hose is not long, it can be used to make do.

But now it’s different, there are no wells next to many fields.

Zhang Yu was not sure about other places, but in Xiejia Brigade, there were even fewer wells because there was a river passing by the fields.

In order to facilitate villagers' water use, the few wells are scattered around the village.

If you want to use the village well for watering, a short 50-meter water hose will definitely not be enough to solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but poke the system.

"Can you also change tomorrow's sign-in item to a hose?"

The system remained silent, so Zhang Yu took it as its agreement.

As for how to take out the water hose, that is another worry.

Forget it, I don't want to.

There will always be a road when the car reaches the mountain, and the bridge will naturally be straight when it reaches the bow of the boat.

Let’s first find a way to make an agricultural water pump.

After dinner, Zhang Yu returned to the house and quickly drew a picture according to his memory.

Now that we have the blueprints, the next step is to find a place to build the agricultural water pump.

Zhang Yu has already thought of the location. Isn't the machinery factory in the county the best place?

It just so happened that Director Li owed him a favor, so he didn't feel embarrassed to come to him for help.

Several tractor drivers have been taught almost completely and are now able to work independently.

The next day, after watching several tractor drivers take turns pulling water several times, Zhang Yu mentioned to Captain Xie that he was going to the county town.

Captain Xie saw that the tractor drivers were really capable of doing the job, so he didn't say anything.

However, knowing that Zhang Yu was going to the county town, Captain Xie asked him to help go to the hospital to check on Wang Zhiqing's recovery. If he was better, he should not stay in the hospital.

"Okay, I'll go to the hospital."

"Sorry to bother you, Xiaoyu. I should have been the one to do this, but I really can't spare the time these two days. Xiaoyu, don't argue with them. If Wang Zhiqing doesn't want to come back, let him stay in the hospital. But the two female Zhiqing who are taking care of him must come back."

Speaking of this, Captain Xie couldn't help but frown.

These two people both make him worry.

Originally, he didn't care at all about when the educated youth would come back.

On the contrary, I think it would be better if the educated youth did not come back, so as to avoid destroying their crops.

As for the distribution of food.

What the hell are these educated youth dreaming of!
It is absolutely impossible to distribute food to them without time.

Captain Xie thought that these newly arrived educated youth did not seem to be short of money, so even if they could not get any food, they would not starve to death.

I just thought of leaving them alone and letting them stay in the hospital for a few more days, so that I wouldn't have to clean up their mess at this critical juncture.

As a result, they got into trouble again after only staying in the hospital for a few days.

The two female educated youth were jealous of Wang Qing and started fighting in the hospital.

Hearing that the two female educated youths had started fighting over Wang Qing, Zhang Yu's eyes widened and he blurted out subconsciously: "Didn't those two already have a quarrel? How did they get together again?"

He remembered clearly that in front of everyone, the female educated youth surnamed Song dug up all the secrets of Wang Qing and another female educated youth.

Both sides had been in such a mess, why did they get together again?