Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 75 Walking Tractor

The next day.

The commune sent a hand tractor, and Tang Ze kept his promise and actually got the job done.

The members were excited and everyone wanted to touch this iron thing in person.

Zheng Hu and his gang kept circling around the hand tractor, especially Deng Yuanen, whose eyes were shining as he looked at this iron thing.

But unfortunately, there was no ready-made "hand tractor driver" in the team.

"Captain Zheng, I've brought you the tractor. It requires training on how to use it. Send someone to the commune to learn how to use it."

The delivery person can definitely drive a tractor, but it is impossible for him to stay and teach you step by step.

The other party gave Zheng Xianfa some explanatory materials and then returned to the commune.

"Captain, how about we first decide on the candidates for tractor driving? Once we have them, we can send them to the commune to learn. Once they learn, they will be able to be put to use."

Several team leaders looked at each other, and finally could only shake their heads and sigh.

Team Two had never owned a walking tractor, and naturally, no one had a walking tractor driver. Seeing the machine right in front of them, but no one knowing how to use it, everyone felt very upset.

Fang Wei could drive in his previous life, but he couldn't drive a walk-behind tractor.

It would certainly be fine to let him figure it out on his own for a while, but he didn't want to be in the spotlight.

"Captain Zheng, how about we give it a try?"

Everyone's enthusiasm quickly cooled and the scene suddenly became silent.

At this moment, a weak voice sounded.

Fang Wei turned his head and saw that the person who was speaking was Engineer Wen, and the person standing next to him was Engineer Luo.

"If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can't do it. What does it mean to try?"

Zheng Xianfa was already feeling upset, but when he heard Wen Gong's hesitant words, he immediately became angry.

Fang Weiyi immediately stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Engineer Wen, where did you work before? Have you ever driven a walking tractor?"

"My husband and I used to work in a tractor factory. We've driven tractors of all sizes. We can not only drive them, but we can also repair them."

To be honest, Wen Gong couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Zheng Xianfa.

When he said "let's try it" just now, it was actually a humble and euphemistic expression, but who would have thought that he would be rebuked by others.

"Why didn't you tell me you could drive a tractor? Come on, Engineer Wen, come over and show us how."

Zheng Xianfa's expression changed very quickly. He walked up to Mr. Wen and his wife with a smile and invited them to the tractor.

As a result, Mr. Wen's lover, Mr. Luo, jumped on it and drove the tractor around in circles.

The breeze blew her hair, and her cheerful spirit touched everyone present.

This is people's confidence.

"Okay, okay! Engineer Luo, and Engineer Wen, you two don't have to feed the cows anymore. You can go to the breeding group and work with the young scholar.

Now I give you a task: train two tractor drivers for the team."

Zheng Xianfa seemed to have forgotten what happened before and was extremely enthusiastic towards Engineers Wen and Luo.

At the same time, he also made adjustments based on the work of the two people. He is simply a master of changing faces.

Engineer Wen and Engineer Luo looked at each other and smiled. They didn't expect that their professional knowledge would come in handy here, and they both felt very fortunate.

Suddenly, Zheng Xianfa slapped his forehead and found that he had overlooked a big problem.

"Well, young scholar, I was so quick to speak that I forgot to ask for your opinion. You don't object to my arrangement, do you?"

Speaking of this, Zheng Xianfa still felt a little guilty.

The breeding team is Fang Wei's "private land". Others cannot interfere, and he has always had the final say on who to hire.

As a result, Zheng Xianfa took over the responsibility this time and was really afraid that Fang Wei would be unhappy.

"I have no objection. Let Engineer Luo and Engineer Wen join the breeding team. I welcome them with open arms."

Fang Wei naturally wouldn't refuse Zheng Xianfa's request for such a small matter. Furthermore, she had a good impression of Engineers Wen and Luo, so she agreed directly.

However, he would not let Zheng Xianfa get away with it so easily. He turned around and made a request, asking Deng Yuanen to learn how to drive a tractor.

Zheng Xianfa agreed readily, and then arranged two more members to let Deng Yuanen and the other two study under Engineers Wen and Luo.

The breeding team has nothing to do now, so the three of them study hard and practice diligently every day, and soon they will be able to drive a tractor around.

"Third brother, if we need to transport heavy things in the future, it will be much more convenient if we have a tractor."

Zheng Hu was a little envious of Deng Yuanen. From that day on, the captain issued a strict order that no one was allowed to drive a tractor privately except Engineer Wen, Engineer Luo and the three trained tractor drivers.

Violators will have their work points deducted.

"Well, that's what I meant when I asked Deng Yuanen to learn how to drive a tractor."

Fang Wei did not hide his intentions. After all, it was all for the collective interest, so he was not afraid of what others said.

When he got home, he went to look at the two jars of sweet potato wine.

The sweet potato wine has been sealed in the wine vat. After fermentation, distillation and filtration, it will become more mellow after being sealed for a period of time.

It’s just right to drink during the Spring Festival.

"Third brother, what a pity that piece of land in the valley is. We should have planted some potatoes there."

Seeing his third brother circling around the wine jar as soon as he came back, Fang Ping walked over and muttered something.

"Forget it. We have enough food right now. We need to leave that piece of land fallow, or it won't be fertile next spring."

Fang Wei decided to rest his farmland for the winter, mainly because he was tired.

Do you really think it’s easy to walk such a long mountain road to farm?

It was just that he and his elder brother were in good health and not afraid of poisonous insects and wild beasts. How about trying someone else? Not to mention farming, a single round trip that day would be exhausting enough, not to mention working.

Furthermore, the mountains are not safe. Various poisonous insects and snakes frequently appear there. Without the ability to drive away insects and catch snakes, no one dares to enter the deep mountains and forests.

"Well, I just think it's quite wasteful."

Fang Ping couldn't persuade his third brother, so he had to suppress his thoughts.

Fang Wei saw it clearly and found it amusing. He wasn't planning to be lazy now that he had food, but was planning to plant more soybeans next year.

Soybeans have slightly higher requirements for soil fertility. If they are left fallow in the winter, the effects will be apparent in the spring of the following year.

Team 2 had too much rice to eat, so the other production teams had to hold on until next year’s summer harvest.

After selling 2500 kilograms of sweet potatoes, Fang Wei stopped and gave 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes each to his eldest brother's father-in-law and second sister.

After a while, Pan Lianhua also came to borrow food.

The second team had a bumper harvest in the autumn, that was because they planted "Nan Guang No. 1". Other production teams were not so lucky.

For example, in the Yao village, the food rations for this winter and next spring are still tight. If they want to survive until next summer’s harvest, they must mix in some miscellaneous grains.

Among them, sweet potato is a very good "food substitute".

Fang Wei agreed without hesitation and gave the other party 600 kilograms of sweet potatoes.

There is still a little left, so keep it at home, maybe it will be useful.

This time, Fang Weiyi sent Pan Lianhua and the brothers and sisters back to the village, and played in the village for two days, getting to know several outstanding young hunters.

The people in the village do half farming and half hunting. Even Pan Lianhua dares to go into the mountains alone to hunt.

“The farming conditions on the mountain are worse. The village has mostly sloping fields and terraces, and the yields of the crops grown there are not high.

So everyone is pinning their hopes on the Nanguang No. 1, hoping for a good harvest next summer."

Pan Lianhua took Fang Wei to carefully inspect the farmland everywhere, hoping that he could give some useful suggestions.

This is the task assigned to her by Agong, and next year they will invite people to the village to provide on-site guidance.

(End of this chapter)