Chapter 40: There's a car
"Then I'll go to Dayao Village with Changfu today and buy some bricks and tiles back. There are enough bricks to build this wall for you to build a house, do you really want to do that? Zhang Baocheng asked.
"Nonsense, didn't that tell you? There is no rush to build a house. Changgui said with certainty.
"Okay, let's go find Changfu now." Zhang Baocheng said.
Now Changgui pays them every day, of course, he has to do his best to do things for Changgui.
"Well, Ma Yongxing and I will go to Jinshi Bridge and find a way to get some cement back." Changgui said.
There is a cement factory in Jinshiqiao, which is the only cement factory in Xuefeng County. But now cement is selling well. After the farmland was contracted to the households, the peasants had a little surplus money in their hands. New houses are being built everywhere.
There is no need for Changgui to shout, Ma Yongxing and Wang Yanhu came over after eating.
"I have a relative in Jinshiqiao, let's go look for it today to see if he can get some cement from the cement factory." Wang Yanhu said good news.
"That's great. The three of us went to the Golden Stone Bridge together. You can get this thing with cement, and it's okay to get a little more. I can harden the barn with cement. It will be more convenient to dry things later. Changgui said.
Now Changgui has to dry rice and stone fungus. It all depends on two bamboo mats at home. Not enough to dry at all. If the soil in front of the house is covered with cement, the rice and stone fungus can be dried directly on the ground.
There is a large open space in front of the house of the Changgui family. If you want to put mats, you can put six or seven bamboo mats. This kind of bamboo mat is not the kind of mat that is used to make the bed, but a large mat specially used to dry the grain. A mat is enough to dry a load of grain.
As a reborn person, Changgui actually doesn't like to pave all the surroundings of the house with cement, especially in summer, when the sun is shining, it is too hot. But it can't be done now. The open space in front of the house was covered with cement, and it was no problem to dry ten loads of rice.
When the business is stable in the future, the cement floor in front of this can be shoveled and then re-greened.
"If you want to lay a cement floor, you need a lot of cement." Wang Yanhu said.
"Leave that alone and see if we can get cement." Changgui said.
It was really inconvenient to not have a car, and the three of them walked to Jinshi Bridge again. Changgui suddenly had a thought in his heart: Why don't you buy a tractor first?
The tractor is very easy to operate, and it is also very suitable for the rough road of Xuefeng Village. If you buy a small car, you can't drive on such a road when it rains.
But you can't buy a car in Jinshiqiao, and you may not be able to buy it in Xuefeng County, so you have to go to Shaoqing City.
If you can't get cement at Jinshi Bridge, Changgui is ready to go to Shaoqing. Cement should be easier to buy in Shaoqing, and by the way, buy a tractor to tow back from Shaoqing.
The three of them rushed to Jinshiqiao, and Wang Yanhu went to find the relative. But soon walked back dejectedly.
"I don't want to help. The people who said they didn't know the cement factory clearly didn't want to help. Waste two cans of canned oranges in vain. Wang Yanhu was so angry that he scolded his mother.
"Forget it, we also went to the cement factory just now to ask. I have to queue up, and I don't know how long it will be. The capacity of the cement plant in our town is too small. The cement produced is not even satisfied with the units in the county. Only a small amount of cement is offered to be sold to private individuals. Looks like I still have to go to the city. Changgui said.
"Changgui, you can just buy a tractor in the city and come back. Wait until you buy a tractor, see how Robbencheng is doing. By the way, it can also be delivered in time for grain delivery. Not only our brigade, but also the surrounding brigade can be pulled. Tractors are the most popular during this time. Ma Yongxing said.
"Okay. Get the tractor back today. By the way, pull a cart of cement back. Changgui said.
The operation of that kind of steering wheel tractor is very simple, and it should not be difficult to operate Changgui, who has one or two decades of driving experience in his previous life.
The three of them immediately took a car to the county seat, and then transferred to Shaoqing.
At a restaurant next to the station, one person ordered a bowl of noodles.
"Boss, do you know where tractors are sold?" Changgui asked the restaurateur.
"Agricultural machinery factories should have sold. Tractors are produced by agricultural machinery factories. "The restaurateur next to the station was the most well-informed.
Changgui asked the direction clearly, and after the three of them finished eating, they immediately killed the agricultural machinery factory.
At the agricultural machinery factory, I saw rows of brand-new tractors.
A tractor with a steering wheel is a bit more expensive than a walk-behind tractor. But Changgui still bought one with a steering wheel. It's a little easier to do.
If you buy a tractor, the agricultural machinery factory will not give you a license or anything like that, and there is no such service at all these days. You have to go to the county transportation bureau to do it yourself. I also have to get a driver's license for a farm tractor.
Of course, many rural tractors have never been licensed. Like Luo Bencheng, he has always been driving without a license. It's just that he has been running on the country road, and no one closes it.
The agricultural machinery factory sold diesel, and Changgui filled the tractor with oil, and then bought an oil drum and bought a barrel of spare oil. After all, when driving back from Shao Qing, there may not be enough oil in the tank.
The Shaoqing cement plant is very large, and although the supply of cement is relatively tight, they are still keen to sell to individuals. Because the cement sold to individuals is much more expensive.
Now the cement factory is also self-financed, and if you want to be able to pay wages, you have to make money. The profit margin of cement is very low, and if you want to make money, you still have to sell some unplanned.
Therefore, Changgui didn't have much effort, so he easily bought a truckload of cement from the cement factory.
Watching Changgui easily drive the newly bought tractor, like an old driver, made Wang Yanhu and Ma Yongxing very strange. Drivers are very popular these days. Even if you are a tractor driver, you can impress others.
"Changgui, when did you learn to drive a tractor?" Wang Yanhu asked.
"Is there anything so easy to drive with a tractor that you still need to learn? In the past, when I was in the production team, I often went to the brigade to touch the tractor. That'll be it. It's just that I don't have a chance to open it. "Changgui is naturally made up, and he did touch the tractor of the brigade at that time. If you can learn it by touching it, you will be able to drive everywhere.
The tractor must not be able to run as fast as a car, let alone drag a cart of cement.
Changgui's worries were not superfluous, and that bucket of spare diesel oil played a role on the road. On the way, I refueled the tractor twice, and when I ran into a gas station, I hurriedly filled up the oil barrel.
Fortunately, diesel is not very expensive, and Changgui can afford it.
In the evening, Changgui drove the tractor to Xuefeng Village.
Hearing the sound of the tractor, Luo Bencheng thought that the thief had stolen his tractor. As a result, when he ran out of the door, he saw that his tractor was in front of his house.
When I ran outside, I found that a tractor had driven into Xuefeng Village.
Luo Bencheng suddenly had an ominous premonition! This year's unique business of pulling grain is not doing well.
Because it is a unique business, Luo Bencheng's fees in Xuefeng Village are one or two percent higher than those in other villages. It's not that the people in Xuefeng Village don't have any opinions. However, there is no way to take Robbencheng. It is unlikely that the people of Xuefeng Village will go to other brigades to call a car. Other brigades will not go to Xuefeng Village to grab business.
However, this team is different when it has competitors. The charges are definitely going to come down and go back to the normal price. One more car, and at least half of the business is missing. So angry that Robbencheng stomped his feet.
"Maybe someone from another brigade has something to do with our Xuefeng Village?" Wang Lahua comforted.
"You know the! Who dares to shout a tractor outside in our Xuefeng Village? Robbencheng said angrily.
"That's right. Who in our brigade are most likely to buy a tractor? Wang Lahua asked.
"Our brigade now has money to buy tractors, in addition to our family, there is also Wang Junwu's family. Wang Junwu went to work in the provincial capital, and it was impossible to buy a tractor. In addition, only Changgui has this possibility. Last time he bought a pumping machine, and now he still has the money to buy a tractor, is it so profitable to sell medicinal herbs? Luo Bencheng was a little red-eyed.
He still had a little idea before, and after two attempts with no result, he gave up. But now that he found out that Changgui had made so much money, he began to make up his mind again. It's only been a long time, and Changgui has made almost tens of thousands of dollars.
The people of Xuefeng Village found that the tractor that drove into the existence was not Luo Bencheng's, but Changgui's newly bought, and they were very surprised to come around to see the excitement.
"Changgui! You're rich now. Such an expensive tractor is also said to be bought. Wang Pingping stretched out his hand and asked Changgui for cigarettes.
Wang Pingping is a well-known thief in Xuefeng Village and has been arrested many times. But this person is just a dog who can't change eating.
"It's all borrowed money. Junwu borrowed a few thousand yuan from me. Let me buy a tractor for transportation. Changgui pulled Junwu over as a shield again.
However, some people believe in Changgui's excuse, and some people don't.
It doesn't matter if he is believed or not, Changgui doesn't care.
"Changgui, I'll send grain after a while, and I'll call your car and tell you about it when you arrive." Zhang Fangqing said.
"No problem." When the time comes, pull your house first.
Changgui won't really drive a tractor to run transportation, he is going to teach Wang Yanhu and Ma Yongxing first. This tractor is going to give them two to drive.
Driving a tractor can generally earn more than a dozen yuan a day, which is very good. But how can Changgui be able to see this money?
Changgui bought a tractor, mainly so that he would not walk when he went out in the future.
Zhang Baocheng and Changfu have already negotiated the matter of bricks in Dayao Village. The price is also negotiated. But you have to call the car yourself to pull it.
I thought it would cost a sum of money to call a tractor, but it turned out that Changgui bought a tractor, which is convenient.
"You can go tomorrow to pull, your fence and pigsty, I estimate that it will cost at least fifty or sixty thousand bricks. It's enough to build an eight-entry house. Isn't it a pity to use it to build a fence and repair a pigsty? "Changfu still hopes that Changgui will renovate the house first. In this way, you can ask for a mother-in-law earlier. A home, without a woman, where is it like home?