After a few seconds of silence, the villagers started talking:
"Which girl is this from? She's so capable!"
"I take back what I just said. She is not here to cause trouble. She is really here to help us steal seeds."
"Yes, according to this progress, my family will be able to fertilize the fields tomorrow."
"My house will be able to release water and plant rice in two days."
Several other tractor veterans: "..."
Hey Hey hey! Don't include our progress! We can't plow that fast!
After the old master asked Xu Yin's opinion, he cheerfully said to them:
"How about you discuss it with her and let her do the plowing. She doesn't need any money or votes. Just give her the quota of two kilograms of pork. After that, you can lend her the tractor for two days."
The old tractor owner thought about it and felt that this business could be done.
At Xu Yin's speed, it would take no more than the ten days originally planned. It could be completed in three or four days.
I lent her the tractor for two days, not to mention being able to go back two or three days earlier, and my income was not reduced... No! If you go back early, you may be able to earn extra money, and your income may increase!
And the price is just two pounds of pork quota, where can I find such a good thing?
"make a deal!"
…
In the dog days of summer, the cicadas are chirping, the sun is shining brightly, and the ground is as hot as a steamer.
Xu's mother packed up and went to the fields to deliver water. On the way, she met a village woman who was also delivering water to her family.
"Aunt Jinhua, your Yinyin is on summer vacation, right? Why haven't you seen her?"
The person asking the question was Li Laogen's daughter-in-law. She and Li Qiaohong were neighbors. When chatting with each other, Li Qiaohong often talked about the little girl of Lao Xu's family. She was a eldest girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She was never considerate of her family and did not help the family with farm work. Work.
How could Mother Xu not hear the sarcasm in her words? She picked up the basket and said, "Whether our family has summer vacation or not, it's none of your business whether you're at home or not? You'll have enough to eat!"
"You!" The little wife's cheeks turned red with anger.
"Okay, maybe I will take the college entrance examination next year, so I am studying in hiding!"
The village woman on the side saw this and hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
"Aunt Jinhua, how is your rice harvest going? My dad has been very worried these past two days. It was sunny a while ago, and it has been a bit windy these past few days. It might rain, and the millet hasn't dried yet. The ground hasn't been plowed yet. What if it rains?"
"No!" Speaking of this, Xu's mother couldn't help but worry.
"My rice harvest is almost done, and we can finish it today. I don't know what day it will take to plow the fields. There are only a few oxen in the team. I'm afraid it will take three to five days for our family to finish plowing." We still need to fertilize the fields and release water. I don’t know if it will be too late. I hope God will bless me and the rain will not fall until the water is released..."
Just as he was talking, the sound of a tractor's motor came from the entrance to the village.
Everyone turned and looked.
"Is it the tractor from the brigade? Here to help us plow the fields?"
"No way, I heard from my family that the tractors from the brigade recently went to the county to transport bricks to earn extra money and they haven't returned yet."
"Then this is..."
As he spoke, the tractor drove closer.
Xu Yin stuck her head out and waved to Xu's mother: "Mom, can I do it? I borrowed a tractor for our family. After harvesting the rice, we can plow the land immediately."
"..."
Xu's mother was a little confused: "Did you borrow it?"
"No!" Xu Yin said with a stern expression, "I helped the master of the farm plow the land for three days. In return, they promised to lend me two days of work for free, but our family has to pay for the diesel fuel ourselves, mom. Don’t think I’m a prodigal.”
"It's okay!" Xu's mother was too happy. With the help of her daughter, she climbed into the passenger seat of the tractor, and her daughter drove towards her own field.
Xu Yin also gave Xu's mother the coupon for buying meat inside the farm that the masters had given her, which could buy eight kilograms of meat.
Xu's mother's eyebrows were so happy that she said, "My daughter is very capable!"
Then she didn't know what she thought of. She turned around and glared at Li Laogen's daughter-in-law, who was still standing there dumbly, and shouted:
"Aren't some people curious about what my daughter is doing during the holidays? Do you know now? Humph!"
Li Laogen's youngest daughter-in-law was annoyed and ashamed, stamping her feet: "What are you showing off by being stinky!"
The village women nearby had no time to pay attention to her, thinking about what Xu Yin had just said: The tractor on this farm would be borrowed from her house for two days. The little land in Lao Xu's family is not worth two days, if...
They looked at each other and hurried to the field.
"Hey, you guys..."
When Li Laogen's daughter-in-law saw them walking away without looking back, she kicked the pebbles in anger.
The field of Lao Xu's house was now crowded with people, all coming to see the tractor.
"Old Xu, your daughter is like this!"
The old man in the field next door gave Father Xu a thumbs up.
Father Xu was so happy that he couldn't find any clues. He rubbed his hands and laughed: "She made it herself."
Some people also gathered around Xu’s mother to inquire about the tractor’s origin. When they heard that the farm lent it to them, they became excited:
"Jinhua, it only takes half a day to plow your land. Can you lend it to my family later?"
"Use it? Does your family know how to use this thing?"
Xu's mother immediately got the idea.
"This... should Yinyin still come? Do we pay or provide food?"
The work of plowing is really tiring, and the tractor plows deeply, and the soil turned up is darker and more fertile. Therefore, most people would rather pay some money or food to hire a tractor to plow.
If the brigade didn't have a tractor and went out to earn extra money, they would have queued up long ago.
"Okay, I'll talk to Yinyin."
Xu's mother reluctantly agreed.
In fact, this is exactly what Xu Yin proposed.
She helped the farm master plow the land for three days. Not only did she unlock [Intermediate Driving Skills] and earn a bunch of energy points, but she also received a popular "little potato" civilian car in the early 1980s as a reward.
It's a pity that it burns gasoline.
But then she thought that after unlocking the riding skills, she was rewarded with an electric bicycle that converted solar energy into electricity; then no matter how hard she worked, she could still drive an electric car even if her driving skills were not perfect.
Thinking of this, Xu Yin felt so hot that she wished she could plow the entire village's fields.
The next morning, she spent two hours plowing her field, rode a small electric donkey to the farm, and came back with three kilograms of meat.
Xu's mother was in a good mood and cooked everything, including two kilograms of braised pork and one kilogram of steamed pork with pickled vegetables. She asked the relatives who had helped in the previous two days to make a hearty meal, and also gave the family a large watermelon.
After that, Xu Yin began to plow the villagers' fields.
Xu’s mother repeatedly told her not to be too tired:
"Not to mention that your speed is much faster than that of an ox. Even if the tractors from the brigade are skilled, they can't plow you. Just take a break when you get tired in the middle. We are not arguing about anything, so we don't have to work so hard."
"Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of it."
Having said that, she still worked hard for "S" and even broke several records. Her energy points were doubled many times. She was so happy that she almost jumped on the tractor head to dance.
