60s: I have a store

Chapter 435: Lucky Child
After several days of practice, Zhou Zhiming and his colleagues have become quite skilled in driving tractors.

Zhou Yimin felt a great sense of accomplishment when he saw this scene, as if he had trained Zhou Zhiming and others from someone who knew nothing about tractors to someone who could drive a tractor skillfully.

Zhou Dazhu boldly proposed to Zhou Yimin: "Uncle Sixteen, we are learning so well, is there any reward?"

After he finished speaking, his eyes were still moving around, and one could tell at a glance that he had some ulterior motive.

Zhou Yimin heard this, but he still saw the efforts of the past few days, and after thinking for a while, he said: "You tell me, as long as it's not too much, I will agree to it."

It's okay to just think of it as a reward.

When Zhou Dazhu and the others heard this, they immediately became happy and expressed their thoughts: "Uncle Sixteen, we want you to drive the tractor and take us to the market!"

After he finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhou Yimin intently.

Even Zhou Zhiming, who was always calm and steady, was excited. It went without saying that it would attract a lot of people's attention.

Although I have passed the period of youthful recklessness, this kind of thing of being in the limelight can still satisfy my vanity and has many benefits.

"Yimin, forget it."

Zhou Dazhui and his friends did not expect to be stabbed in the back by Zhou Zhiming.

Zhou Yimin wanted to hear Zhou Zhiming's thoughts: "Brother Zhiming, why forget it?"

Zhou Zhiming explained: "It's at least 30 or 40 miles from here to the market. How much diesel would be wasted going back and forth!"

Although the commune rewarded the tractor, Zhoujiazhuang still had to purchase the diesel on its own, which was a considerable expense.

Moreover, Zhou Zhiming felt that the old branch secretary would not agree.

Zhou Dazhui and the others lowered their heads in shame. They were not as thoughtful as Zhou Zhiming thought. They just thought that doing this would make them stand out.

I never imagined what kind of sacrifices the village would make.

Zhou Yimin just smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll drive the tractor and take you to the market!"

He also felt that this was a good exercise, just like in later generations, when taking a driver's license test, there was a project that allowed long-distance driving, although it was later cancelled.

Besides, there aren't many cars on the road right now, and I'll be accompanying him the whole time, so there shouldn't be any accidents.

Zhou Dazhu and the others thought there was no hope, but they immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Sixteen!"

Zhou Zhiming wanted to say something, but heard that Zhou Yimin had already made the decision.

Zhou Yimin saw that Zhou Zhiming was worried: "Brother Zhiming, don't worry, I will pay for the diesel myself."

Zhou Zhiming quickly explained: "Yimin, that's not what I meant."

If this incident caused a breakdown in the relationship with Zhou Yimin, it would be a loss. Moreover, if the old branch secretary knew about it, he would probably expel me from the family tree.

Zhou Yimin replied: "Brother Zhiming, I understand, don't worry, but I think that since I promised to take you to the market, there is no need to let the village pay for it."

Then, without giving Zhou Zhiming a chance to continue explaining, he urged him to get in the car.

However, Zhou Dazhui and the others were a little puzzled. Why didn’t Zhou Yimin take the driver’s seat?

"Uncle Sixteen, did you go to the wrong place?"

Zhou Yimin replied: "You didn't go the wrong way! I said I would take you there, I didn't say I would drive you!"

"Brother Zhiming, you go first!"

Zhou Zhiming was a little confused, but after hearing this, he realized that he was judging Zhou Yimin by his own standards. Zhou Yimin was not angry at all. Thinking of this, he felt relieved.

"Ok."

After Zhou Zhiming sat in the driver's seat, his hands trembled slightly when he held the steering wheel, both because of nervousness and excitement. With the roar of the engine, the tractor started slowly, and Zhou Dazhu and others cheered on the side.

The tractor moved slowly along the country road, and pedestrians on the road looked at it in surprise.

You have to know that tractors were rare in that era and many people had only seen them many times.

Not to mention, you can see it from such a close distance now. If you are brave enough, you can touch the steel-like body of the tractor with just a stretch of your hand.

At this time, a little kid pointed at the tractor and asked, "Dad, what is that? It's running so fast. Why can't I see it?"

The child's father explained: "This is a tractor. I heard it was awarded to Zhoujiazhuang by the state. It's amazing."

Isn't it normal that I haven't seen one? In addition to Zhoujiazhuang, the only other tractor in the area is the Commune. Moreover, the Commune's tractor is quite old and cannot be compared with Zhoujiazhuang's.

The child said innocently: "Dad, I will study hard and ask the country to reward our village with a tractor."

He usually gets good grades in exams and is praised by teachers, so in his opinion, a tractor should not be difficult to build!

The child's words made everyone around him laugh. This was probably the funniest joke they had heard this year.

If the government would give rewards so easily, tractors and other items would not be so rare.

But I didn't say it out loud so as not to undermine the child's confidence.

After hearing this, Zhou Yimin said: "Little friend, I believe you can do it too."

After saying that, he took out a candy and handed it to the child.

Zhou Zhiming was also very sensible and stopped the tractor directly.

The child looked at his father, then at the candy, his eyes full of desire.

The child's father said, "Take it if you want to eat it, but don't forget what you said!"

The child took the candy from Zhou Yimin: "Thank you, uncle!"

Then he couldn't wait to open the candy and put it in his mouth, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Everyone around was shocked by this scene. They didn't expect Zhou Yimin to be so generous and actually give a candy.

How could Zhou Yimin be hidden from the little thoughts of the people around him? They just wanted the children to learn what they had just said and see if Zhou Yimin would also give out candies.

Zhou Yimin said directly: "Brother Zhiming, drive!"

After hearing this, Zhou Zhiming did as Zhou Yimin said, released the brakes, and the tractor started moving again.

When the people around saw this scene, they felt like they had missed out on a billion dollars and could only sigh that the child was lucky.

I picked up a candy for nothing.

The shock of the passers-by gave Zhou Dazhui and his friends a special sense of accomplishment.

Zhou Zhiming drove the tractor steadily towards the market.

Along the way, the breeze blew across his face, Zhou Yimin looked at the fields and villages on the roadside, and felt the unique atmosphere of this era.

Seeing that the distance was about the same, Zhou Yimin said, "Brother Zhiming, stop first and change people."

"Each of you has to drive a certain distance for this round trip. This is the last lesson of the tractor training."

Zhou Zhiming then understood why Zhou Yimin agreed to go to the market. So this was the reason!

(End of this chapter)